Crash course

NCTCPlay Festiva l A Crash Cou rse

Where Do I Start?0 First Step: You’re Here!0 Come and Watch a Festival0 Talk with a Teacher who is a Member0 Talk with Us!

Registration (HSPF) 0 Make Sure You’re an Organizational Member 0 August 29 Early Registration for Current Members 0 $325 per show, no per student fees

What Region am I?West: Alleghany, Alexander, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell,Catawba, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston, Graham, Haywood,Henderson, Iredell, Jackson, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, McDowell,Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Stokes, Surry, Swain, Transylvania,Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin, Yancey.Central: Alamance, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson,Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Granville, Guilford, Lee, Mecklenburg,Moore, Montgomery, Orange, Person, Randolph, Rowan, Rockingham,Stanly, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren.East: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan,Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe,Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Jackson, Johnston,Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow,Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Richmond, Robeson,Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson

HSPF Sites Weekend 1 Weekend 2 October 26-27 November 2-3Kings Mountain High School Watauga High School West (Kings Mountain) West (Boone)Rocky RiverPinecrest High School High School Central (MintCentral (Southern Pines) Hill)Children’s TheatreMeredith College of Charlotte Central (Raleigh)Mt. Tabor Central (Charlotte)High School Central Washington High School(Winston-Salem)Paramount East (Washington)Theatre East(Goldsboro) State Play Festival November 15-16, Greensboro College

MSPF SitesMarch 16, 2013Pinecrest High School,Southern PinesKings Mountain High School, Kings Mountain

Festival Basics (full rules available on our website)0 Students Only0 Tech Meeting0 45 Minutes0 10’ x 10’0 Lighting0 Sound

Adjudication0 Two Adjudicators0 Rubric Based0 Verbal Feedback

Adjudicators will circle one rating box in each column. Superior Excellent Good Fair Projection and All actors can be heard and Most actors can be heard Actors can be heard Actors’ projection understood throughout the and understood throughout and understood and articulation Articulation entire production. the production. Projection with difficulty. skills are very and articulation is Lack of projection limited, making it inconsistent at moments. and articulation difficult to follow detracts from the play. production. Comments Physicality All actors consistently display Most actors display Some actors display Actors display very appropriate movements, facial appropriate movements, appropriate limited movements, expressions, and gestures to facial expressions, and movements, facial facial expressions support and enhance the gestures to support and expression, and and gestures. This production. enhance the production, gestures. This lack of physicality although this physicality is limited physicality detracts from the sometimes inconsistent does not support or production. enhance production. CommentsCharacterization All actors display full Most actors display Some actors display Actors display very commitment, vocally and commitment, vocally and commitment to limited physically, to their characters. physically, to their their characters. commitment to They have made clear, characters. Most actors Some actors have their characters. specific, and appropriate have made appropriate made choices to Strong character choices to support their choices to support their support their choices are not characters. characters. character. evident. Comments Purpose and All actors successfully Most actors successfully Some actors identify Few actors identify identify and perform goals, identify and perform goals, and perform goals, and perform goals, Objective obstacles, and tactics for obstacles, and tactics for obstacles, and tactics. obstacles, and their characters. They their characters. They play They play actions to tactics for their

clearly and consistently play appropriate actions to support the characters. appropriate actions to support the performance. performance. enhance the performance. Comments Pacing and Entire ensemble displays Ensemble displays Ensemble displays Ensemble displays appropriate pacing and appropriate pacing and appropriate pacing very limited Energy energy throughout the energy throughout most of and energy during understanding of performance. Pacing and the performance. Pacing and some of the appropriate pacing energy is clearly intentional energy supports the performance. Pacing and energy, which and enhances the production. and energy does not detracts from the production. support the production. production. CommentsUnderstanding Clear evidence that the text Evidence that the text is While a surface Evidence of is well understood and well understood and understanding of text understanding of of Text communicated to audience. communicated to audience. is evident, subtext and text, subtext, and Utilization of subtext Use of subtext reveals some context are not context is lacking. reveals a deeper understanding of character successfully utilized understanding of character and plot. Context supports or communicated to and plot. Context is used to the production. the audience. enhance the production. CommentsComposition Consistent and engaging Consistent use of movement Inconsistent use of Movement or stage use of movement and stage and stage pictures clarify movement and stage pictures do notand Blocking pictures to clarify actions, actions, reveal relationships pictures that clarify actions, reveal reveal relationships between characters, and sometimes clarifies relationships between between characters, and display characters’ actions, reveals characters, or display display characters’ connections to their relationships between characters’ connections to their environment throughout characters, or display connections to their environment. most of the production. characters’ environment. connections to their environments. Comments

Communication All actors and technicians Most actors and technicians Some actors and Actors and respond very clearly to listen and respond to each technicians listen and technicians do not and Focus each other, display strong other, display focus and safe respond to each other, listen and respond to focus and safe practices practices throughout the display limited focus each other, focus is throughout the performance, from load-in or questionably safe not evident or performance, from load- to load-out. practices during the processes are unsafe in to load-out. performance or in during the load-in and load-out. performance or in load-in and load-out. Comments Production The production design The production design often The production design The production design consistently enhances the enhances the performance sometimes supports does not support Design performance and supports and supports action. the performance and performance and may action. action. detract from action. Comments The rating category circled most often determines the overall production rating. If there is a tie between two ratings, the overall rating will be the higher of the two. In the event in a tie between three categories, the middle rating will be the overall rating. Using ratings as a guide, adjudicators will choose two plays to receive the Distinguished Play Award and one Honorable Mention. Number of Superior Ratings _______ Number of Excellent Ratings _______ Overall Rating ___________________ Number of Good Ratings _______ Number of Fair Ratings _______ Additional Comments:

Awards 0 Theatre Arts Awards 0 Acting Awards 0 Design and Production 0 Directing 0 Distinguished Play/ Superior Rating 0 Scholarships

Cast Your Vote (HSPF)0 Distinguished Play: 1 Chosen by Adjudicators, One Chosen by You!0 Must have representation at all shows.0 One vote per school.

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