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"STAGESTRUCK"
Washington State Drama Festival 2008 April 11 & 12, 2008 Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA
Washington Alliance for Theatre Education
General Information Festival Guidelines Tentative Festival Schedule EVENTS: One-act plays, acting and musical auditions, musical cuttings, technical displays, workshops, and a collaborative dance performance during closing ceremonies highlight the events of the festival. COSTS: NON-MEMBERS REGISTRATION $150.00 Through March 15 $175.00 received after March 15 MEMBERS REGISTRATION *By FEBRUARY 29, 2008 Registration is only $100.00 $125.00 Through March 1 - 15 $150.00 received after March 15 Members receive a discounted registration fee. Become a member today for only $20.00 !! Purchase Orders and Checks accepted only. No cash or credit cards. For the cost of registration, you are not limited in the number of students you wish to bring. However, each school is responsible for its own housing and meals!! You are limited to the number of entries that you can bring to the festival to those listed below. *FIRST TIME COMING TO THE FESTIVAL??? Call the number listed below for one "heckuva" deal!! Private and Parochial welcomed!!!! FINAL REGISTRATION Registration Requests Deadline: March 21, 2008 All Registrations Final Deadline: April 4, 2008 PAYMENT INFORMATION: Make checks/money orders/purchase orders payable to: Washington Alliance for Theatre Education or W.A.T.E. Mail checks, money orders, purchase orders, registration forms and correspondence to: Bryan Jackson, Festival Coordinator c/o Lewis and Clark High School 521 W. 4th Ave Spokane, WA 99204 Request registration forms from address above or you can e-mail or phone: onyxstar12@aol.com bryanj@spokaneschools.org (509)535-8260 Be sure to include in your request 1. Name of School 2. Name of Instructor
ENTRY INFORMATION: Each school may bring a maximum of: 1. 6 musical auditions (individual performance) 2. 6 acting monologue auditions (individual performance) 3. 2 one-act plays or cuttings or original works 4. 1 musical cutting for adjudication (see guidelines) 5. 6 technical displays 6. 1 musical cutting showcase (see guidelines) 7. 4 students to participate in the closing ceremonies musical collaboration. (see guidelines) 8. 4 students to audition for parts for the closing ceremonies scenes. (see guidelines) ACT NOW!! We try to meet special requested times for schedules as they come in to us. To insure that you get the times most favorable for your school, be sure to turn your registrations in early!!
FESTIVAL GUIDELINES PLEASE NOTE: The W. A. T. E. State Theatre Arts Festival is a W. I. A. A. sanctioned event and all W. I. A. A. rules and regulations must be strictly followed. There is to be no use of alcohol, illegal drugs, or tobacco products while participating in this festival. Drama teachers and chaperones are responsible for the conduct of their students. Any student violating the rules of conduct will be sent home immediately at the cost of the students parents/school. See WIAA handbook for clarification of these rules/regulations. Participating categories for 2008 WATE Theatre Arts Festival are as follows: One-Act Plays Monologue Auditions Play Cuttings Technical Display/Portfolio *Musical Cuttings Musical Auditions #Collaborative Scenes #Collaborative Dance Presentations must be done without make-up or costumes and with minimal props. DO NOT BRING ANY SET PIECES. The focus of adjudication is on acting and directing. Make-up, costumes, props, and set pieces are non-essential to judging and will only hinder your set-up and strike time. Storage space for set pieces is non-existent. Minimal furniture will be available at each performance space. All works should be performance level. No works in progress, please. ROYALTIES: PARTICIPANTS/SCHOOLS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ROYALTIES PERTAINING TO THEIR PRESENTATIONS. NEITHER WATE OR EWU WILL BE HELD LIABLE FOR ROYALTIES THAT ARE NOT PAID. EVALUATION CRITERIA: Please note the evaluation criteria forms in your registration packet. It is in these areas that adjudication will be based. REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION will be verified via e-mail (If you prefer another method of confirmation, indicate it on your registration form.) Schedules (subject to changes) will be sent to participants via e-mail approximately two weeks prior to the festival. ENTRIES: To allow the largest number of schools to participate, WATE will limit the performances to two (2) per school. This does not include the categories of musical cuttings, musical auditions, Jr./Sr. monologue auditions, or technical displays/portfolios. Schools are allowed to bring one (1) additional production as a stand-by, but there are no guarantees made of its showing. Priority for stand-by pieces will be given in the order that they are presented during registration at the registration desk. TIME LIMITS: Schools are expected to adhere to the time limits. Since adjudicators and students are wishing to attend other sessions/performances and space may be needed for other scheduled events. Straight Play Cutting/One-Act/Student Written Play: Playing time is 40 minutes, with five (5) minutes for set, five (5) minutes for strike, and ten (10) minutes for adjudication. (At the individual school's discretion, you may cut your set-up and strike time down for time to add to your playing time.) Musical Cuttings: Playing time is 50 minutes, with five (5) minutes allowed for set up and five (5) minutes for strike. Time will be called at 40/45 minute marks. (At the individual school's discretion, you may cut your set-up and strike time down for time to add to your playing time.) Adjudication will be held in another location following the musical cutting as space permits. These are to be done without costumes and set pieces. For showcase presentation with costumes, see below. MONOLOGUE AUDITIONS: Each performer is allowed four (4) minutes total time for the performance. An audition performance may include one (1) or two (2) monologues; including introductions. Each school is permitted six (6) monologue auditioners. The typical audition piece should include a standard performance introduction that identifies the performer, title of selection, author, and character portrayed. No original works, please. Standard audition pieces should consist of two contrasting monologues delivered back to back. (Contrasting may be comedy/serious or contemporary/classical). Minimal hand props are allowed. Verbal adjudication will follow each audition. MUSICAL AUDITIONS: Each performer is allowed four (4) minutes total time on each performance that may include up to two (2) songs; including an introduction. Each school is permitted six (6) musical auditioners. The typical musical audition piece should include a standard introduction that identifies the performer, titles of songs, sources of songs, author, and character portrayed. No original works, please. Standard musical audition consists of two songs: one ballad/one up-tempo (one of the songs may be a character song) that are presented back to back. ALL PIECES SHOULD BE PERFORMED WITH ACCOMPANIMENT. While we will endeavor to place musical auditions in rooms with pianos, please be prepared in the event that it is not possible. Please bring cassette/CD players, and cassettes/CDs. Some rooms may have players in them, but the performer is ultimately responsible for their performance. It is the performer's responsibility to have an operator for the cassette/CD player. Verbal adjudication will follow each audition. EVENING MUSICAL SHOWCASE (Non-Adjudicated): Schools have 50 minutes for entire performance. This time INCLUDES set-up and strike. Schools may use costumes, props, etc. Again, neither WATE or EWU has space available to store sets and costumes. This is the responsibility of the performing school. Please note on your registration form if you desire your musical cutting to be scheduled as both. Non-Adjudicated Showcase Collaborative Musical Dance and Scenes: Students in the musical showcase need to memorize the music that is sent in the registration packet and come to the collaborative sessions prepared for movement work. Each school is allowed up to four students. There is no audition for the musical showcase, just registration. Students in the collaborative scenes need to memorize the role(s) for the scene(s) in which they have an interest (maximum of two different roles) and come to the festival memorized and prepared. Scheduled scenes will be included in the registration packet. Auditions will be scheduled for each scene with the scene's director during sessions 4 or 5. See entry form for showcase.
STAGESTRUCK" HELLO! Plans for the festival are going is going great for this upcoming year. There are plans for workshops in acting, Shakespeare, stage combat, make-up, directing, auditioning, musical theatre, and a quite a few others. The theme "STAGESTRUCK" is a celebration of all that makes theatre near and dear to our hearts. The festival will include workshops on many elements of theatre from choreography, make-up, lighting, model building, costuming, and more. There is still the emphasis on one-act plays, monologue auditions, play cuttings, and musical presentations from schools around the state. Don't forget to request your packets early. Join WATE today and receive the benefits of membership. Well see you there!!
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS APRIL 11th 8:00am 8:30am Registration in Showalter Hall at EWU 8:30am 9:00am Opening Ceremonies Introductions-Guest Presentation Adjudicator Briefing 9:00am 10:00am Session 1 Workshops and Presentations 10:15am - 11:15am Session 2 Workshops and Presentations 11:30am 12:30pm Session 3 Workshops and Presentation 12:30pm 2:00pm LUNCH BREAK 2:00pm 3:00pm Session 4 Workshops/Presentations/Scene Auditions 3:15pm 4:15pm Session 5 Workshops and Presentations 4:15pm 5:30pm DINNER BREAK 6:00pm 10:30pm Musical Theatre Cuttings Showcase-University Theatre APRIL 12th 9:00am 10:00am Session 6 Workshops and Presentations 10:15am 11:15am Session 7 Workshops and Presentations 11:30am 12:30pm Session 8 Workshops and Presentations 12:30pm 2:00pm LUNCH BREAK 2:00pm 3:00pm Session 9 Workshops and Presentations /Collaborative Piece 3:15pm 4:15pm Session 10 Workshops and Presentations/Collaborative Piece 4:30pm 5:30pm Closing Ceremonies/Collaborative/Recognition-University Theatre
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