Thespian Schedule SY 2011-12

UPDATE: Changes in red.

The TWPI Board met and decided on the following competition schedule:

October 29-technical theatre: film, costume design, scenic design
November 5-performance theatre: monologue, duet acting, solo musical theatre, group musical theatre (new), mime
December 3-technical theatre: film, costume design, scenic design, marketing (new)
December 3-performance theatre: monologue, duet acting, solo musical theatre, group musical theatre, mime
January 14-technical theatre and performance theatre (all categories)
February 18-technical theatre and performance theatre (all categories)
March 23 and March 24 (as needed)--regional competition

The dates are subject to change. Locations will be announced as arranged.
First technical theatre competition at MHS-T Building.

For Technical Theatre competitions, the plays to be designed for are as follows:
October--Treasure Island by Phil Willmott (costume and scenic design only)
December--The Miracle Worker by William Gibson(costume and scenic design, marketing)
January--Aida by Elton John, Tim Rice and David Henry Hwang, Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls (costume and scenic design, marketing)
February--Sleuth by Anthony Shaffer (costume and scenic design, marketing)
March--revision of any SY 11-12 competition submission (costume and scenic design, marketing, film)

News & Notes #19-2010 Festival-more on college callbacks

The tech students each got 22 callbacks; while there was a lot of overlap, they also each got individual callbacks from different schools. The schools giving them callbacks included the same six that called back performance students (1. Florida International University, 2. Saint Louis University, 3. Savannah School of Art and Design, 4. University of Southern Illinois, 5. Texas Christian University and 6. University of Wyoming) plus these schools:


Central Washington University
Coastal Carolina University
College of Santa Fe
Loyola University New Orleans
Marquette University
Murray State University
Ohio Northern University
Rockford College
Rowan University
Saint Mary's University
South Dakota University
Southwestern College
University of the Arts in Philadelphia
University of Cincinnati
University of Oklahoma School of Drama
University of Nebraska Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film
University of Southern California
University of Wisconsin
Wake Forest University
Viterbo University of Theatre and Music Theatre

More on this later.

Thespian Technical event

Thespians competing in set design, costume design, or film (I'm not sure about this last): there is a competition this Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 1 PM at MHS, room D 101.