WAY TO ACT WELL YOUR PART, OREGON THESPIANS!
GUIDEBOOK is a mobile app being used by several State Festivals this year, and Oregon (green as we are) is certainly not going to be left behind.
CLICK HERE to download the app on any i-device, apple, android, whatever … and begin making the most of this weekend!
There will be no printed programs at State this year! Don’t have a smart phone? No worries! Make friends with someone who does! You can use the links below to print a One Act or Workshop schedule.
Look through the info on GUIDEBOOK, making special use of the SEARCH feature to find what you need to know. And watch for updates!
CLICK HERE FOR PRINTABLE ONE-ACT SCHEDULE
CLICK HERE FOR PRINTABLE WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
The basic Festival Schedule will be on the back of your nametag (clever, no?)
There will be updates! Listen to announcements, and make friends with people using Guidebook!
Over 1200 Thespians are about to converge on Salem, Oregon!
Workshops! Main Stage! One Acts! Tech Events!
COMPLETE ONLINE (and smart-device-accessible) SCHEDULE COMING SOON!
Audition, One Act, and Tech Presentation times have been sent to Troupe Directors.
Remember to submit your Parade of Troupes Slide and (if you have one) Theatre Etiquette Video by Spring Break!
DANCE THEMES:
Thursday – THERE GOES MY HERO – Dress the part for your role in your own superhero adventure!
Friday – LET YOUR FREAK FLAG FLY – Celebrating fandoms of all kinds!
In the next month, Oregon Thespians statewide will begin preparing their participation in the 2014 State Festival: EVERYONE’S A THESPIAN. The State Festival is April 3-5 in Salem. Opportunities abound, and the deadline to participate in almost all of them is MARCH 6TH!
Here is your “Before March 6th” To Do List:
All of the above have an application/registration deadline of March 6 (this is a postmark deadline for any mailed items, online registration closes at midnight that night).
By Spring Break, remember to prepare your Parade of Troupes Powerpoint Slide, and submit your Theatre Etiquette Video. Click the links for more information.
Stay tuned! There’s no time to dance in the end zone following last weekend’s victories … the Adventure Continues! Go to it!
OREGON is where it’s at in terms of High School Theatre this weekend!
Nearly 1500 Thespians will be gathering at three Regional locations this Saturday, February 1st, for the 2014 Oregon Thespians Regionals … the first step to the 2014 State Showcase Auditions!
Tournament Coordinators are busy planning the very full and complex events of each location’s day. Remember that last-minute changes create some major challenges for those scheduling rooms, judges, and rounds. Be ready to make this weekend’s event a celebration of the great work being done throughout the state!
If you must make changes to your original registration, contact your event coordinators as soon as possible!
REGISTER ONLINE FOR REGIONALS – Look through the information found here, and take a look through the Regionals SOP found here. The registration deadline is THURSDAY, January 16. Remember that students registered as Thespians need to be inducted Thespians and on EdTA’s roster before they are registered.
RECRUIT JUDGES– You can send prospective judges THIS LINK. Each Troupe should be responsible for recruiting one judge for every 10 entries they’re bringing to the event. Review the judge information found here, and get them to the Judge Training Day on Saturday, January 18. We’d love to have judges registered by January 16 as well.
PLAYWRITING SUBMISSIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY MONDAY, JANUARY 20 – Click Here!
Regionals sneak up fast following the Holidays (which are sneaking up fast right now … just two weeks to Thanksgiving and Hanukkah … yikes)!
The registration deadline is January 16. THAT is definitely too late to begin gathering information. Start laying the groundwork now, so after the Winter Break your Troupe can assemble and submit an accurate registration representing some fine and well-prepared work. (Registration will be live beginning December 10.)
Take a look at the information here, including entry limits and guidelines, and get the ball rolling! If you are planning to attend the International Thespian Festival in Lincoln in June (remember that you don’t “qualify” to attend this event, though you can qualify to participate in Individual Events there) you may wish to visit this site and pay particular attention to material selection (important resources are at the end of the NIES Guide).
Remember that Pantomime is an event in Oregon that is no longer included in the National Individual Events Showcase (NIES) process (but it’s no less fun!).
An empty stage can be a magical place, with so much promise and possibility. At State, though, we want to fill our empty stage with a celebration of what high school theatre in Oregon is all about!
As your Troupe prepares and presents your season of productions this Fall, consider helping to fill the empty stage at The Historic Elsinore Theatre for our State Festival in April. Apply for one of the Main Stage Production slots!
Applications take advance planning and preparation, and there are some very important deadlines, so review the information found here.
Shows performed from January 2013 to January 15, 2014 are eligible. The application deadline is December 15, 2013. Contact Kelley Marchant with any questions!
We had a great time together at Improv Fest last weekend, where we learned that a few ambitious Troupes have already mounted and struck the first successful productions of the year. For most of us, though, the next few weeks contain an Opening Night, and an opportunity to get out and share some of the great work being done across the state.
Use the Facebook Pages to promote your show (see the links at the bottom of the right-hand side-notes on this page). Many schools offer low or no-cost admission to card-carrying Thespians!
Remember that if you want a production considered as a possible Main Stage Production at the State Festival, specific time and technical requirements exist. Take a look at the information and apply well in advance!
Break a leg, everyone!
The 2013 Improv Festival is being hosted by Crook County HS in Prineville on October 5. Make plans now to attend for this terrific mixer to start off a year of unity! Remember, at Improv, your teammates are all from other Troupes! Everyone works (and plays) with everyone else!
No preparation is necessary (it’s improv!), as members of your Troupe arrive for check-in between 8:30 and 9:15 am. After an introduction to the day’s prompts, you’ll join teammates from other schools to create a scene based on the provided inspirations. You’ll perform the scene twice in two different rounds, once before lunch and once after lunch. And the final round will feature a handful of the highest rated scenes, performed in front of everyone for all to enjoy! The day ends around 3:45 or 4 pm.
JUNIOR THESPIANS, we’re planning a special opportunity at Improv for you to join other middle school students for a special workshop in the morning, and a chance to create your own theatre fun in the afternoon! Register at the same online site to secure your place in this inaugural Junior Thespian activity with Oregon Thespians!
REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 26.
Troupe Directors are reminded that the most substantial Troupe Director Meeting of the year happens at Improv. Even if you can’t bring students, please plan to attend!
