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THURSDAY, APRIL
12, 2012
Mike Doggett
– Area One-Act Play Contest Director
Theater Office: (361) 284-3226 ext. 1222 fax: (361) 284-3641 Cell: (361) 676-6100
mdoggett@iisd1.org
Click
for driving directions
to Vanderbilt and Industrial HS
FROM THE CONTEST MANAGER:
1. Please email Mike Doggett ASAP
after you advance so he will have your email address so important information
can be sent to you. The judge has requested all cuttings prior to the
contest.
2. Please bring all UIL required credentials to the contest with you,
documentation will be checked before your site rehearsal begins.
Please do not forget your entry check for $300, due before your site rehearsal
begins.
3. Please email your cast list (in order of appearance) to Mr. Doggett ASAP mdoggett@iisd1.org also include crew names, alternate names, setting, and time of play along with playwright's name and publisher of the play. A proof will be emailed to you to check and send back corrections on Wed or Thu before the contest.
4. Please mail your script directly to the judge
(Jackie deMontmollin), be sure to include which contest the script is connected to
3A,
Area 2, Region IV in Vanderbilt.
Mail to this Address:
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Jackie
deMontmollin |
5. Remind your company to be SILENT in the
lobby of the theatre as sound goes through air vents, in the lobby, directly
into the theater.
6. Food. Click here to
find out what food choices are available in Vanderbilt and in Edna (15 minutes
away)
7. The program proof
will be emailed to all directors on Monday, April 9 and I need each director to
proof your section of the program and email it back to me with with any
corrections by 3:30 PM on Tuesday, April 10.
8. IF ANY OR ALL SCHOOLS WOULD LIKE SUPPLY A TIMER, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO
PUT THEM TO WORK. The more timers we have the more clocks we have to
pick from and that is always good when dealing with the 40 minute time limit, I
will go with the lowest clock for the official time.
THINGS YOU WILL NEED TO BRING WITH YOU TO TH E SITE
REHEARSAL
2. Music log (not over 10 minutes).
3. Proof of royalty payment.
4. Permission to cut a full length play by the publisher (if needed).
5. Permission to produce a play not on the approved list (if needed).
6. Permission for any additions to the basic unit set (if needed).
7. Permission to add characters or change character gender (if needed) .
9. Substitute cast change forms (if needed).
10. Eligibility Form. Now done online.
11.
12.
Check for 300.00 for Area Contest, make check payable to
Industrial High School Theatre
Music Log Form pdf file

Critic Judge:
Jackie deMontmollin




UNIT
SET AND STORAGE:
Industrial
High School will provide the standard UIL set.
Door and window unit,
and French door
are available. Storage space is
not
very
limited. You
will be able to move your props and furniture back to the storage area after
your performance.

DRESSING ROOM:
*All schools will have
a private lockable dressing room.

REHEARSAL: Please contact
Mr. Doggett to arrange your rehearsal time
as soon as you can after advancing from your district contest.
Wednesday, April 11
9:00 - 10:00 AM-
10:15 - 11:15 AM -
11:30 - 12:30 PM
-
1:15 - 2:15 PM -
2:30 - 3:30 PM -
3:45 - 4:45 PM -
5:00 - 6:00 PM -
6:00 - 7:00 PM -
Saturday, April 12
8:00 - 9:00 AM -
9:10 - 10:10 AM -
10:20 - 11:20 AM -
*Anyone that would like
to come to the theatre before your site rehearsal to look at light or do
whatever is welcome to do so - email Mike Doggett to arrange a time.
*Any
conflict with rehearsal time will be broken with distance between schools and
Vanderbilt. Schools closer to Vanderbilt will rehearse at earlier
times. We will try to meet all director preferences, if possible.
*Set
up time will not start until all of your things have been moved to the center of
the stage. Set up time will stop when all items are relocated back in the center
of the stage. You will then be able to move your things back to storage and or
back to your dressing room.
*Spike tape will be provided at the site rehearsal

DIRECTOR'S
MEETING:
11:30 AM - Critic judge meets with cast and
directors (theatre)
11:45 AM - Meeting with the contest manager and judge (board room)

PERFORMANCE ORDER:
The order of performances will run on the hour. Order
of performance will be
selected by a draw. The order will be alphabetical using the title
of the play.
Performance order draw done on June 22, 2011
1:00 p.m -------District
30 A -
2:00 p.m.-------District
28 A -
3:00 p.m.-------
District 29 A
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4:00 p.m -------District 30 B -
5:00 p.m.-------District
29 B -
6:00 p.m.-------District
28 B -
The theatre will be open to
audience members coming in late. There have been improvements to the
theater where light does not entire the theater, when the lobby doors are open.
BUT please ask your company members and parents to sit in the back of the
auditorium if they come in late for.

SITE CREW:
A site crew
from Industrial High School will be on hand to offer technical assistance.
Light board and sound will be operated by a competing school’s stage
crew. Students from each school's
crew will operate the curtain backstage. If the site crew pulls a school's
curtain or does any other technical operation a member of the cast or crew must
give vocal instruction on every detail of the cue(s).

ADMISSION:
$5.00 Adults & Students $3.00

AUTHORIZED AND UNAUTHORIZED PERSONNEL:
In
accordance with UIL regulations, only students listed on the official
Eligibility-Notice (except alternates) may be in dressing rooms or on the stage
area. Only eligible students may
participate in any capacity as members of the contest company.
This includes helping with costumes and make-up during the rehearsal or
performance time at the contest site.
Further,
the Area Meet prohibits all unauthorized personnel from the backstage,
stage, or dressing room areas. Unauthorized
personnel are defined as alternates, parents, friends, colleagues, or other
persons not specifically authorized by UIL rules and/or director of the one-act
play contest.
The announcement of advancing plays, the presentation of awards, and oral critiques will follow the last performance as soon as the judge is ready with the decisions. All casts are encouraged to stay for the critique of all plays.

(These items will be checked before your official one hour rehearsal
begins)
1.
2 Original cut copies of your script for the judge and the sound
timer.
2. Music cue log (not over 10 minutes).
3. Proof of royalty payment.
4. Permission to cut a full length play by the publisher (if needed).
5. Permission to produce a play not on the approved list (if needed).
6. Permission for any additions to the basic unit set (if needed).
7. Permission to add characters or change character gender (if needed) .
9. Substitute cast change forms (if needed).
10. Eligibility Form.- online - you do not need to bring a copy with you.
BUT you do need to bring a copy
community compliance form signed by your administrator (this is new this
year)
11.
Check for 300.00 for Area Contest, make check payable to
Industrial High School Theatre
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Please
call or email me anytime you have questions or if I can help you in any way.
MDogit@aol.com, 361.284.3216 (school),
361.284.3131 (home) or 361.676.6100
(cell phone)