{"id":154689,"date":"2026-01-07T16:43:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T22:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=154689"},"modified":"2026-01-07T14:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T20:50:11","slug":"mississippi-theatre-association-festival-coming-to-ole-miss-january-15-18-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/mississippi-theatre-association-festival-coming-to-ole-miss-january-15-18-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi Theatre Association Festival Coming to Ole Miss January 15\u201318, 2026\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>Mississippi Theatre Association (MTA) <\/strong>will host its annual statewide theatre festival <strong>January 15\u201318, 2026<\/strong>, on the campus of the <strong>University of Mississippi<\/strong>. This multi-day event is the largest theatre festival in the state, bringing together high school students, community theatre groups, educators, and theatre professionals from across Mississippi.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the weekend, participating schools and community theatres will compete in adjudicated performances for the opportunity to advance to the <strong>Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC)<\/strong> in March. In addition to mainstage productions, the festival will feature a wide range of programming including Individual Events, a 10-Minute Play Festival, Theatre for Youth performances, workshops led by theatre professionals, and special events designed to educate, inspire, and celebrate Mississippi\u2019s theatre community.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mississippi Theatre Association Festival serves as both a competitive and educational experience, offering students and artists the chance to grow their skills, receive professional feedback, and connect with peers from across the state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of the public are invited to attend festival performances and workshops. Weekend passes and single-day passes will be available for purchase. Full festival schedules, ticket information, and additional details can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/mississippitheatre.org\/\">https:\/\/mississippitheatre.org\/<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Mississippi Theatre Association&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mississippi Theatre Association is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and advancing theatre education and performance across the state through festivals, workshops, advocacy, and community engagement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14544\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mississippi Theatre Association (MTA) will host its annual statewide theatre festival January 15\u201318, 2026, on the campus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":150505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17316],"tags":[5,33462,7067,4,33464,655],"class_list":["post-154689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mississippi","tag-mississippi","tag-mississippi-theatre-association","tag-ole-miss","tag-oxford","tag-southeastern-theatre-conference","tag-university-of-mississippi"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ford-Center-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154689"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154690,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154689\/revisions\/154690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}