February 5-7,
2026
Georgia
Thespian
Conference
High School Georgia Thespian Conference
February 5 - February 7, 2026
Uptown Columbus, Georgia
High schools (grades 9-12) with active troupe memberships are welcome. High school Troupe Directors will coordinate and be responsible for registering their school’s attendees.
Troupe Directors may register inducted Thespians currently enrolled at your school this year and chaperones who are (or will be) 21 by February 5, 2026. Georgia Thespians will cap attendance at 7,000 attendees if necessary.
Registered Troupe Directors and chaperones can attend all conference events but should also consider themselves supervisors of students throughout the conference.​
Registration
Details
Cost
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$150 per attendee
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$55 per troupe assessment fee
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$25 – $45 per program (optional; see program for more details)
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Registration change fees: see Registration Modification process and fee schedule in the Conference Registration Guide
Complete Registration Submission Must Include
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Registration invoice with required signature section completed, printed in “portrait” (not in “landscape”)
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Payment or a copy of the emailed credit card receipt if you paid online.
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Completed Conference Agreement Forms for all your attendees organized alphabetically by last name
Registration invoices and Conference Agreement forms will be submitted digitally. Please do not snail-mail invoices and agreement forms.
2025 Registration Dates
Registration Opens: Sunday, ​September 28 at 9:00 AM
Registration Closes: Wednesday, November 5 at 5:00 PM
Acceptable Forms of Payment
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​Certified checks
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School checks
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School booster club checks
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Money orders
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Credit cards
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Cash
​​No personal checks will be accepted.
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All checks/money orders should be made payable to “Georgia Thespians”.
Schedules
Troupe director's have the choice of schedule when registering. Schedules are subject to change.
Gold Track Schedule
Time | FEBRUARY 5 | FEBRUARY 6 | FEBRUARY 7 |
|---|---|---|---|
9:00-
10:30 AM | Show Session 2 | Junior College Auditions | Show Session 5 | Thespys Playwriting | |
10:30 AM -
12:00 PM | Lunch
| Junior College Auditions | Workshop Session 7 | Troupe Director Social | |
12:00 -
1:30 PM | All-State Theatre Final Dress Rehearsal | Registration | Workshops Session 4 | Junior
College Auditions | Quiz Bowl Finals | Lunch |
1:30 -
3:00 PM | Opening Ceremony | Show Session 3
| Junior College Auditions | Workshop Session 8 | Improv Challenge Finals |
3:00-
4:30 PM | Workshop Session 1 | BACKstage Challenge | Workshop Session 5 | Scholarship Callbacks | Film Festival | Closing Ceremony |
4:30 -
6:00 PM | Dinner | Dinner | Scholarship Callbacks | |
6:00-
7:30 PM | Workshop Session 2 | BACKstage Challenge |
Senior College Auditions | Show Session 4 | |
7:30 -
9:00 PM | Show Session 1 | Senior College Auditions | Workshop Session 6 | Improv Challenge | |
9:00 -
10:30 PM | Workshop Session 3 | Senior College Auditions
| ThesCon Karaoke |
Blue Track Schedule
Time | FEBRUARY 5 | FEBRUARY 6 | FEBRUARY 7 |
|---|---|---|---|
9:00 -
10:30 AM | Workshop Session 3 | Junior College Auditions
| Troupe Director's Social
| Quiz Bowl Finals | Thespys Playwriting | |
10:30 AM-
12:00 PM | Shows Session 2 | Junior College Auditions | Show Session 5 | |
12:00 -
1:30 PM | All-State Theatre Final Dress Rehearsal | Lunch
| Junior College Auditions | Workshop Session 7 |
1:30 -
3:00 PM | Registration | Workshop Session 4 | Junior
College Auditions | Lunch |
3:00 -
4:30 PM | Opening Ceremony | Show 3 | Scholarship Callbacks | Workshop Session 8 | Improv Challenge Finals |
4:30 - 6:00 PM | Workshop Session 1 | BACKstage Challenge | Workshops 5 | Scholarship Callbacks | Film Festival | Closing Ceremony |
6:00 -
7:30 PM | Dinner |
Senior College Auditions | Dinner | |
7:30 - 9:00 PM | Workshops Session 2 | BACKstage Challenge | Senior College Auditions | Show Session 4 | |
9:00 - 10:30 PM | Show Session 1 | Senior College Auditions | Workshop Session 6 | Improv Challenge
| ThesCon Karaoke |
Meals
Bus Parking
Troupes bringing buses have street parking options along Front Avenue: the Columbus Convention and Trade Center (801 Front Avenue, Columbus, Georgia 31901), the CSU Coca-Cola Space Science Center, and other available street parking spaces in the area.
Unloading:
Busses can upload at CSU Riverside Theatre Complex at the corner of Bay Avenue and 10th Street or in front of RiverCenter for the Performing Arts (900 Broadway, Columbus, Georgia 31901).