INDUSTRIAL HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2007
Participants:
1. Industrial #1 - Jung Book
2. Industrial #2 - Curious Savage*
3. Gonzales - Soap Opera by John Kirkpatrick
6. Van Vleck - The Steadfast Tin Soldier
Click
for driving directions
to Vanderbilt and Industrial HS
Critic Judge:
SCOTT MOHON
has begun his 2nd season as Executive Director for Theatre Victoria having
returned to Victoria after 24 years, with a wealth of theatrical, theme park and
corporate experience. He recently directed Richard Dresser’s
Rounding Third, Tony-nominated
actress Kimberly Scott in Neil Simon’s
Proposals and the hit summer musical
Seussical - all for Theatre
Victoria. He also directed the theatre's last two season
finales, the female version of The Odd
Couple and Our Lady of the
Tortilla. He A graduate of Victoria High School, Scott received a BFA
from The University of Texas at Austin then went west to work on his MFA at the
University of California, Irvine. While in California, he began his long-time
working relationship with Tony-nominated director/choreographer, Jeff Calhoun on
Broadway at the Bowl at the
Hollywood Bowl starring Placido Domingo and
How Do You Keep the Music Playing?, starring Mimi Hines with music
direction by John McDaniel. Reuniting his collaboration with Calhoun and
McDaniel in NYC, he stage managed and understudied the role of Vince Fontaine on
Broadway in the Tommy Tune production of
GREASE!. Scott has been a theatre professional on Broadway, for theme
parks and in regional, dinner and community theatres through out the United
States having held the positions of Entertainment Manager for Universal Studios
Orlando, Director of Production and Operations for Hey City Theater in
Minneapolis, MN, Portland, OR, Cleveland, OH and Salt Lake City, UT; Managing
Director for Bloomington Civic Theatre in Bloomington, MN; General Manager for
Granbury Opera House in Granbury, TX and Vice President, Operations for Walton
Arts Center in Fayetteville, AR.
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STAGE/AUDITORIUM
(click for more information):
* Large (50’x 35’) fully functional theater (no
fly system).
to create a smaller playing area.
* Theater seats 900.
* Theater has new curtains, as of 5/99.
* Theater seats have been reupholstered (9/ 00)
* Loading dock door, at rear of theatre, for easy load in.
* All curtains pull from the SL wing.
* Restrooms
available on stage (SR wing), in the lobby and near your dressing rooms.
* UIL unit set will be on the back wall of the stage for quick set up.
SOUND:
*NEW (11/05)
Bose House sound system located in the back of the auditorium, 5 changer c/d and mini
c/d, c/d burner, dual tape deck
*The house sound system has the ability to play all of its sources at the same
time.
*The House system has four Bose 502 A Panaray Speakers (two on the back wall of
the stage and two in front of the stage).
*Bose Bass Module, hung over stage.
*6 Sennheiser over-stage choir mics
*3 Sennheiser wireless hand held mics, 3 Sennheiser body mics, 3 Sennheiser
wired hand held mics.
*Each school is welcome to bring you own sound system if the house system does
not meet your requirements.
*Headsets for
backstage communication, available if needed.
LIGHTS:
*All
light cues will be programmed into light board prior to your site rehearsal, if
possible.
Light
Cue Programming Information - You will need the
free acrobat reader to open this file - if you do not have acrobat reader click
here to download it. Contact Mike Doggett if you have problems
or need help. Click here to contact Mike
Doggett. *Control area for lights is located at the back
of the auditorium.
*The stage will
be have 9 light areas, and a blue and red wash (Click
for light Plot).
*NEW
3/04 ETC Express light board
*NEW 3/04 Follow Spot
UNIT SET AND STORAGE:
Industrial
High School will provide the standard UIL set.
Door and window unit,
and French door
are available.
new UIL unit set as of 10/03. 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:
Since this in not an official UIL Contest (only a festival) we will be having
two hour rehearsals that can be held during the school day. You may only use one hour if you would like to
give your kids more of the high school experience. There will only be two spots
open to rehearse (at 1.5 hours) on the day of the contest, please try and
schedule your rehearsal on days prior to the contest saving those two rehearsal
times for school that might not be able to make two trips to Vanderbilt.
Depending on how many plays we have this year there might be time for more than
two rehearsals the day of the contest.
Wednesday, December,
5, 2007
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM -
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Aransas Pass
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM -
400 PM - 6:00 PM -
Thursday, December,
6, 2007
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM -
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM -
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM -
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM -
Friday, December,
7, 2007
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM -
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM - Van Vleck
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM -
400 PM - 6:00 PM -
Saturday, December,
8, 2007
8:30 - 10:30 AM
10:30 - 12:30 PM - Gonzales
*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.
DIRECTOR'S MEETING:
1:00 PM - Meeting with the contest director and judge.
(the director's meeting might be later if more school need to rehearse the
morning of the contest.
PERFORMANCE ORDER:
Order
of performance will be selected by a draw. Plays will run back to back. Order
will be determined by a draw. The first
play will start at:
2 p.m. ish - Industiral #1
3 p.m. ish
- Industrial #2
4 p.m.
ish -Van Vleck
5 p.m. ish
- Gonzales
(it is very possible that we will be running ahead of schedule because some
plays are shorter than others or behind if some plays are too long --
WE WILL RUN THE PLAYS BACK TO BACK AND NOT
ON THE HOUR) Please tell your parents to be sure and arrive early. WE WILL
LET LATECOMERS IN DURING A SHOW.
AWARDS CREW:
The award ceremony will take place as soon as
the judge is ready, after the last play -- a more exact time will be given when
we know how many plays will be at this year's festival.
List
of awards:
1. Each play will be awarded a plaque with a rating of Superior, Excellent or
Outstanding.
2. medals for best actor and actress
3. medals for all star cast (2 per school)
4. medals for all star cast honorable mention (2 per school)
5. medals for most improved actor/actress ( 1 from each school)
6. medals for outstanding technical student (1 from each school)
SITE CREW:
A site crew
made up of Industrial H.S. Theatre students (and theatre students from your high
school, if you choose to bring any) 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).
FOOD:
Cobra Corner Menu - The Cobra Corner Store and Grill has put together
sever meal deals for our festival. If ordering food from Cobra Corner,
please submit your order before the day of the contest and be sure to let
them know when to have your food ready for you on Saturday.
ADMISSION:
$5.00 Adults & Students $3.00
DIRECTOR'S DON'T FORGET TO BRING:
1.
Copy of your cut script for the judge (try to mail it to me around Nov 1st). Contact
Information
2. Check for $200.00, make check payable to Industrial Theatre.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS (2006):
(Industrial
(2 plays), Gonzales*,
Aransas Pass, West Oso*, Van Vleck, Somerset*)
Please
email or call Mike Doggett with any questions about the facility.
MDogit@aol.com,
361.284.3216 (school), or 361.676.6100 (cell phone)
