Drama Festival 2013

The 54^th Annual High School Drama Festival on Friday, April 26 will be a day of creativity, enthusiasm and discovery, culminating with our production of Once Upon A Mattress.

Registration is $30.00 per person and includes lunch, dinner, admission to all festival events and the evening performance.

To reduce needless copying, registration materials are available online only.  You may download the general registration form, application to perform a scene, scene selection guidelines and a copy of this introductory letter from the website:  www.oswego.edu/theatre

Our tentative agenda for Drama Festival '13 is as follows:

8:00-9:00       Registration and Welcome •  Tyler Hall / Waterman Theatre

9:00-Noon     School Performances • Waterman Theatre

12:00-1:00       Lunch • Ballroom, Hewitt Union

1:10-2:00         School Performances •  Waterman Theatre

2:15-5:15          Workshops • Tyler Hall

5:15 -6:15        Dinner • Ballroom, Hewitt Union 

6:15-7:00        Entertainment • Tyler, Room 102

7:30                 Once Upon a Mattress • Waterman Theatre

Workshops will again be offered in three sessions.  Performing schools will be assigned a workshop session with the respondent. A list of workshop choices will be posted on the Theatre Department's website in February and updated as plans are finalized.  Please visit the site regularly as some workshops may require students to prepare a monologue, song or bring supporting material with them.

Would your group like to present a one-act play or scene(s) from a full length play/musical? We can accommodate seven to nine scenes. The scene must be no longer than 20 minutes and setting should be minimal (as set up/strike time for each scene is limited). A specific floor plan and list of basic furniture will be forwarded upon acceptance, and our Technical Director will be in touch regarding what elements you might bring.

Deadline for submissions is Monday, March 4. You will be notified if your scene will be included by Friday, March 8. We will keep a list of alternates in case of a cancellation. The choice of scenes for the festival will be made by the coordinator (with a committee) if there are more than nine submissions. The choice will be based on balancing a program (musical, classic, contemporary, original) and giving a school that may not have performed before, a chance. Please adhere to the submission deadlines noted below.

Group registration deadline is Friday, March 29; a final count by Tuesday, April 16.  This final count is given to campus catering and the box office, and you will be invoiced for that number of reservations. Our aim is to accommodate as many schools as possible, with reservations accepted until we reach capacity.   Please let us know as soon as possible if you plan to attend.

If you have questions, please call me at 315-312-4883 or email: mark.cole@oswego.edu. Also send me your address for our email list for future Drama Festival announcements.  We hope to see you on Friday, April 26. 

Sincerely,

Mark Cole

Drama Festival Coordinator

Submitting a Scene                                                                           Monday, March 4

Notification of Scene Acceptance                                                Friday, March 8

Deadline to bring a group                                                              Friday, March 29

Tech Forms (for performing schools)                                       Wednesday, April 10 

Final count                                                                                           Tuesday, April 16