Music Theatre International (MTI) has added another kid-friendly hit to its licensing catalogue, with DreamWorks Theatricals’ Trolls JR. now available for licensing.
The musical production features music and lyrics by Joriah Kwamé and a book and additional lyrics by Krista Knight. Based on the hit DreamWorks animated film, it follows overly optimistic Trolls and their comically pessimistic enemies, Bergens, who are only happy when they have Trolls in their stomach.
Trolls Jr. was featured in the New Works Showcase at the 2026 Junior Theater Festivals in Atlanta and Sacramento. The musical was developed through the DreamWorks Theatricals/MTI Emerging Writers Program. The program was created to identify teams of book writers, composers, and lyricists with unique voices and points of view to develop musical adaptations of popular DreamWorks Animation titles intended for the Music Theatre International catalogue.
“The Trolls films are a colorful and sparkly staple of family movie nights and childhoods across the world,” said MTI’s Chief Operations Officer John Prignano. “Trolls JR. brings that same sparkle to the stage, and I cannot wait to see the way that theaters adapt these works and showcase their young performers.”
Licensing information can be found at MTIShows.com.