One-Acts




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One-Acts competition is to be held at USF for two days in January. This means from 8 in the morning until 10 at night, there are back-to-back performances and loads of cool people to meet. There's a catch though and a fee. All medical forms, field trip forms, student contracts, and the $25 fee must be turned in by all deadlines or you will not go. Trust me. You don't want to miss out!

PERFORMANCE RULES:

  • Scripts (including musicals) may be published, original works, or cuttings from full-length plays. Reader's theatre or chamber theatre are not allowed.
  • Each troupe will Be given FIVE minutes to get from the off stage storage box to the wings. During this same five minutes all techies are able to get to their positions in the theatre. After this five minutes when all are in their places, the One-Act Manager for the venue will ask the Student Stage Manager if all is ready. Once the One-Act Manager has received the �clear� from the Student Stage Manager, he will inform the Student Stage Manager that he/she �may start.� Time will begin when the Stage Manager says, "Go!" and time will end when the Stage Manager says, "Clear!". No cues or action are allowed before or after these two calls by the Stage Manager. All music must be contained within your 40 minute time limit.
  • If a school exceeds the FIVE minute preparation time, their FORTY minutes will begin immediately after this FIVE minute period.
  • Each troupe has a thirty minute makeup and costume period which is done as the act before them performs.
  • Stage Managers' meetings for both the director and student stage manager are held twice during the day. Attendance is required.
  • No costumes or makeup may be put on before entering the dressing room. NOTE: If a very elaborate hair-do or makeup is required, permission must be granted IN ADVANCE from the State Director.
  • Please remember that you will NOT be able to use smoke, fire, candles, fog, or open flame. You will also not be allowed to use a cyclorama or follow spot! If you wish to use the fly system you must include with this document a letter stating your reason for using the flies and exactly how you intend to use them.
  • Only one entry per troupe at the District and the State level is permitted.
  • A one act play must receive a superior rating at the District level. The number of superiors permitted to showcase at State will be determined by the following formula:

    • 1-6 plays from affiliated schools performed at District
    1 superior
    7-12 plays from affiliated schools performed at District
    2 superiors
    3-19 plays from affiliated schools performed at District
    3 superiors
    20-25 plays from affiliated schools performed at District
    4 superiors
    26 or more plays from affiliated schools performed at District
    5 superiors

  • One Act Showcase plays must be sponsor-directed or directed by a currently enrolled student under the sponsor's supervision.
  • Sponsors must notify the District Chairperson and State Director if the play must be asterisked. This will be noted in the program.
  • Programs may be provided by the troupe at the performance. NO obvious advertising may appear in the program.
  • The cast must be the same which performed at District. Extenuating circumstances should be referred to the State Director at the State level.
  • A written critique of the one act will be given to the sponsor following the oral critique.
  • The set must store in a 6'x9' rectangle.
  • No sponsor is allowed backstage during the performance.
  • No video or audio recording is permitted.


    • The following One-Acts may NOT be performed at States '03:


    All in the Timing--The Universal Language
    Answers
    Art of Remembering (The)
    Barbie, Get Real
    Cagebirds
    Candid
    Class Action
    Diviners (The)
    Down Came the Rain
    Elephant Man (The)
    God
    Help Wanted
    Idiot and the Oddity (The)
    Impassioned Embraces
    Laramie Project (The)
    Little by Little
    Lost Elevator (The)

    Medea
    Midnight Train (The)
    Night in the Ukraine (A)
    No Problem
    Nobody Heard Me Cry
    Pinocchio Commedia
    Scare Crow
    Scenes from a Tuesday in September
    Senior Year Survivor
    Simply Maria or the American Dream
    Snow Stars
    Story in Harlem Slang
    Sylvia
    Three Doors
    Undercover Lover (The)
    Valiant (The)
    Wake Up Call
    Whole Shebang (The)

    NEW THIS YEAR:

  • There will be two one act tech judges for those troupes that CHOSE to have their tech evaluated. This tech adjudication will be presented in writing, not in an oral critique. The rating given by the tech judges will affect the tech students only.

    • If you need more information, you can either go to the Official One Act Event-General Rules Page, or ask any of the Officers. That's what they're there for...among other things...


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