South Carolina International Thespians
& Palmetto Dramatic Association
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PDA & SC Thespian
High School Festival
Fri.- Sun., February 20-22, 2026
Coastal Carolina University
​All forms: Delegate Code of Conduct & Health form, and Community Standards-Chapter Select are on the Delegate Registration: January page.
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The Festival Schedule is still being built, so some tabs are from last year until events can be finalized for Festival 2026. However, the PDA One Acts and the School Status-Registration tabs are up to date. Thespys should be posted by Friday, February 6th with Workshops and singular events finalized soon after.
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NOTE: On Wednesday, February 18th, the website will be converted to a format more easily viewed on smaller devices. Some pages will not be made available for viewing until after the Festival, on Monday, February 23.
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Anyone interested in judging Thespys or presenting workshops at the 2026 Festival should apply here:
Junior Thespian Festival
Saturday, May 2, 2026
Castle Heights Middle School
2382 Firetower Rd, Rock Hill, SC 29730
Intent to Participate will open January 2026
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NOTE: On Wednesday, February 18th, the website will be converted to a format more easily viewed on smaller devices. Some pages will not be made available for viewing until after the HS Festival on Monday, February 23.​​
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In South Carolina two organizations, Palmetto Dramatic Association & SC Thespians, come together to create a high school theatre festival that encourage the development of quality Theatre in secondary schools. We encourage education, advocacy, fellowship, networking, and fun. At our festival, we host individual events- both performance and technical, workshops, performances of one acts, as well as readings of original one acts, and a play writing competition.
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Later in the Spring, SC Thespians sponsors the SC Junior Thespian festival in order to foster life skills with the up and coming theatre students in middle school.