SETC 64th Annual Convention March 6-10, 2013, Louisville, KY
Over 4,000 actors, professional company representatives, design and technical professionals, theatre educators, students from universities and high schools, commercial exhibitors, university representatives, community theatre producers and participants – those who practice theatre as a vocation and those who hold it as their avocation – will gather for The Nation’s Largest Theatre Convention at the Galt House Hotel, Louisville, KY.
Since 1949, SETC has been hosting an annual convention held each year during the first week of March. This is a theatre convention that HAS IT ALL! Participants can choose from a multitude of events and activities to find their niche or interest.
Annual meeting of the Endowment Committee.
So what does Creativity have to do with Learning? With Teaching? With the future of Education?
Schedule:
8:00am-8:30am
Registration and Coffee
8:30am-11:00am
Morning Session: Theory and Practice – what creative skills do theatre skills build?
11:00am-12:30pm
Tour of School & Lunch
12:30pm-3:00pm
Afternoon Session: If…then. What are the implications of what we know about developing creativity in theatre study, and what experiments are you taking away to try?
Participants in the Teachers Institute are invited to stay as guests for Wednesday evening programs, which kick off 3 1/2 days of theatre workshops, shows, exhibits, auditions and design/technical events. ONSITE REGISTRATION AVAILABLE.
Annual meeting of the Divisional Chairs: Professional Theatre, College and University Theatre, Theatre for Youth, Community Theatre, High School Theatre.
Train with an expert staff of flying directors and aerial choreographers from one of the nation's largest flying and rigging rehearsal studios. In order to ensure that participants get plenty of hands-on time with the equipment, class size is limited. Open to all over age 18. Pre-registration required.
Mandatory meeting for SETC Committee Chairs and open to all interested parties.
Companies pickup registration materials. Job Contact set up.
Show your SETC pride! SETC T-Shirts, baseball hats, messenger bags, lanyards and more will be for sale near the registration area. Proceeds go to supporting the SETC Endowment and Scholarship funds.Come here to find information such as schedule changes, locations and lost and found. Leave messages for people you need to reach.
SETC's Silent Auction will hold unique and distinctive Set and Props renderings, models props and signed photographs. Proceeds go to supportign the SETC's Endowment and Scholarship funds. Stop by and check it out!
The SETC Board Meeting will immediately follow the Executive Committee Meeting.
Orientation meeting for all Theatre for Youth Festival participants. At least one member from each group must be present. Each group will have a scheduled time for theatre walk-through.
Train with an expert staff of flying directors and aerial choreographers from one of the nationâs largest flying and rigging rehearsal studios. In order to ensure that participants get plenty of hands-on time with the equipment, class size is limited. Open to all over age 18. Pre-registration required.
Load In/Rehearsals:
2:30pm - 4:30pm Load-in MS1
3:00pm - 3:30pm Load-in MS2
3:30pm - 4:00pm Load-in WV
4:00pm - 4:30pm Load-in TN
4:30pm - 6:00pm Tech Meeting/ Rehearsal MS1
5:30pm - 7:00pm Tech Meeting/Rehearsal MS2
7:00pm - 8:00pm Crew Break
8:00pm - 9:30pm Tech Meeting/Rehearsal WV
9:00pm - 10:30pm Tech Meeting/Rehearsal TN
What factors, beyond auditions, are involved in making casting decisions. Hear information direct from hiring theatres.
A collaborative discussion on the art of ensemble theatre making, from initial concept to stage performance, including the work of writers, actors, directors, and designers.
A practical how-to demonstration of the latest controls and LED fixture types for use in the theatre: capitalize on the positives and avoid the pitfalls.
Kick-off the 2012 Convention with advice on how to navigate the vast choices and particular events for the next 3 1/2 days.
Explore and experience various approaches of teaching concepts in movement with movement professionals and educators.
Get proven tools, grounded in Fitzmaurice Voicework, to safely use your voice in Outdoor Dramas. Interactive.
Strategies, techniques and tips for landing the job. Designed for the professional actor wanting to step up and refine their audition process. Seven volunteers with a 90 second monologue will be selected for coaching.
Designed to help students planning to participate in the SETC college auditions overcome the intimidation of assessment and let their true artistry shine.
Explore combat in shows, including the basics of recording and supervising stage combat and theatrical violence. Emphasis is on safety, maintenance of fights, and observation during shows.
Basic singing improvisation exercises to help singers get out of their heads and into the moment. Entire class is on your feet working with a variety of material including: The Groundlings, Del Closeâs Second City, Viola Spolin and The Upright Citizen's Brigade.
Professional Theatre Reps and Presenters attend a special reception to acknowledge and thank them for their time and expertise in helping to create the 64th Annual Convention. By Invitation. Sponsored by Disney Theatrical Group.
Exploratory exercises that open up the body through the principles of the Alexander Technique. Experience the sense of ease, fluidity and expansion that is possible when combining imagination and physical consciousness. No pre-registration necessary.
Organizational meeting to discuss Design/Technical events hosted by the committee during Convention. All Design/Tech focused participants welcome.
High School students will work with Broadway director/choreographer James Gray in the fun-filled improvisation master class. All levels welcome to work on improvisation techniques designed to help ensure you 'pop put from the rest' in this competitive business. Pre-registered only. Sponsored by Open Jar Institute.
APPLYING 21ST CENTURY SKILLS TO CREATE & PRODUCE ART
Internationally acclaimed teacher and artist Eric Booth will give the first ever Wednesday keynote address to kick off SETC’s 64th Annual Convention with the first opening night keynote address. He’ll look at the current state of the arts and how artists are transforming themselves; applying 21st century skills to find new and unique ways of creating and producing art; and, extending those skills beyond.
“For me, a visit to the SETC Convention is like coming home (not just because my first Equity job was at the Actors Theatre of Louisville!). SETC gathers the best and the brightest who share my interests and passions, the conference is a greenhouse of new ideas--I can't wait to share my learning with such dynamic and generative colleagues,” Eric said.
Eric, a leading arts advocate who is recognized as one of our nation’s most creative teachers, is frequently referred to as the father of the teaching artist profession. He began his career as a classical actor, performing for over 20 years on Broadway, Off-Broadway and at regional theatres across the country.
All techies and designers who work or study in any aspect of technical theatre or theatre design are welcome. Prizes, snacks and cash bar. Sponsored by TOMCAT, USA.
SETC Spring Professional Auditionees: Come see and walk through the space where you will receive your briefings and audition. This is your chance to get your bearings! (Open for Professional Auditionees # 1 - 780).
Annual Meeting of the Auditions Committee.
The festival begins! Actors present their monologues for the playwrights and directors. Pre-registration only.
Playwrights pen their plays overnight!
Create your design for an original play, written the night before. Sit in on the first read-through and start to work - you have 12 hours to complete your costumes, scenery, sound, and light design board to be showcased at the Ten Minute Play Festival. Pre-registered only. Register online, limit 15 designers!
Directors, Stage Managers and Playwrights participating in the Ten-Minute play festival gather with playwriting mentor for a final read-thru and casting. Pre-registered.
Combined voice and movement warm-up for the actor. Connect to breath, enliven the resonators and work articulators. Connect to your center and core to find balance and release muscular tension.
Annual meeting of the Publications Committee?with the Southern Theatre Editorial Board. Open to all.
Show your SETC pride! SETC T-Shirts, lanyards and more will be for sale near the registration area. Proceeds go to supporting the SETC Endowment and Scholarship funds. Come here to find information such as schedule changes, locations and lost and found. Leave messages for people you need to reach.
The SETC silent auction generates funds to support the endowment, which awards valuable scholarships to students throughout the southeastern region. This year’s theme is HATS - a tribute to the Kentucky Derby. Auction includes original hats of various periods, styles and sizes.
8:00AM-10:00AM - Companies ONLY setup tables and list jobs
10:00AM-10:30AM - JCS COMPANY Briefing & Offstage Showcase - special off-stage showcase for advanced directors and designers (pre-selected only).
10:30AM-6:00PM - Pre-registered employees meet employers and interview for off-stage jobs. Actor/Tech sign up for numbers (Pre-registered for Job Contact ONLY). See April Marshall or Constance Smith in Job Contact to secure number today.
1:00PM - 6:00PM - Employees who register onsite for Job Contact are admitted
Load-in, Spike and Tech Check:
10:30AM-10:50AM Alabama, Spain Park HS
11:15AM-11:35AM Florida, Dr. Phillips HS
11:40AM-NOON Kentucky, Owensboro HS
Performances:
12:30PM-1:15PM Alabama, Spain Park HS
1:30PM-2:15PM Florida, Dr. Phillips HS
2:30PM-3:15PM Kentucky, Owensboro HS
Load-in, Spike and Tech Check:
3:30-3:50 pm Mississippi, Oak Grove HS
3:55-4:15 pm North Carolina, Weaver Academy
4:20-4:40 pm South Carolina, Woodmont HS
4:45-5:05 pm Tennessee, Montgomery Bell Academy
5:10-5:30 pm Virginia, Westfield HS
Performances:
5:30-6:15 pm Mississippi, Picayune Memorial HS
6:30-7:15 pm North Carolina, Weaver Academy
7:30-8:15 pm South Carolina, Woodmont HS
8:30-9:15 pm Tennessee, Montgomery Bell Academy
9:30-10:15 pm Virginia, Westfield HS
Rehearsals:
8:00am - 8:30am Load-in FL
8:30am - 9:00am Load-in SC
9:00am - 10:30am Tech Meeting/Rehearsal FL
10:00am - 11:30am Tech Meeting/Rehearsal SC
12:30pm - 1:00pm Load-in GA
1:00pm - 1:30pm Load-in VA
1:30pm - 3:00pm Tech Meeting/Rehearsal GA
2:30pm - 4:00pm Tech Meeting/Rehearsal VA
Performances:
5:00pm - 6:15pm The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Tupelo Community Theatre, MS
6:15pm - 7:30pm The Boys in Autumn - Company of Angels, MS
7:30pm - 8:45pm Tuesdays with Morrie - Actors Guild of Parkersburg, WV
8:45pm - 10:00pm The 39 Steps - Chattanooga Theatre Centre, TN
Load Out:
10:00pm - 11:00pm MS1, MS2, WV, TN
SETC Gratefully acknowledges YPAS and Dramatists Play Service for their Festival Sponsorship.
8:30AM-9:00AM Mandatory AUDITIONEE Briefing, 1-260
9:00AM-9:30AM Mandatory Auditioning COMPANY Briefing
9:30AM-5:15PM Acting and Singing Auditions 1-260
5:30PM-7:00PM Mandatory Dancer Briefing/Warm-Up (Cochran)
7:00PM-8:30PM Dance Call & Dancer-Only Audition (Cochran)
8:00AM-4:00PM Auditions Warm-up Rm (Holly)
9:00AM-5:00PM Auditions Holding Rm (Dogwood)
9:00AM-9:30PM Audition Callback Posting (Walnut & Maple)
Look for your audition number to see who called you back.
Lighting sponsored by Magnum Companies.
Make your audition 'look' work for you. Learn what to wear to make you look your best, what not to wear, how to type yourself and select the best 'look'.
Representatives from AACT, ATHE, USITT-South, AATE and other theatre organizations join SETC president for open dialogue.
Map out a plan for a professional career by learning to set targeted goals and develop an action plan on how to reach them.
Explore the vast differences between traditional theatre course offerings versus AATP course offerings; examine the significance and overall value of AATPs to all theatre practitioners.
Compare and contrast the collaborate process in TV with theatre in this presentation of the art direction process for TV sitcoms with an Emmy-nominated production designer.
Get real world information from a leader in LED technology â learn what to look for in LEDs and how to be smarter about specifying LEDs and what the technology and data really means to you.
Create millinery floral trimmings exploring different materials and techniques, from vintage to modern.
URTA Faculty discuss the Do's and Don'ts of graduate school, including preparing portfolios, working with advisors, interviews, and how technology changes the game.
Inspiration can be elusive. "Outside Influence" promotes the identification of effective tactics for the development of new works through the dynamic application of everyday stimuli.
Discover a greater sense of ease and freedom in movement and expression in ten-minute, hands-on sessions with an Alexander Technique practitioner.
Fitzmaurice Voicework is a comprehensive approach to voice training that can include work on breathing, resonance, speech and text.
The renowned Polish Director Jerzy Grotowski declared: “The actor will do in public what is considered impossible.” This short, vigorous plunge into Grotowski’s psychophysical work invites performers to overcome their expressive hesitations and discover the joys of repeatable acting choices. Wangh’s insights bridge the gap between Grotowski’s physical training exercises and practical, American text work. He also offers guidance for teachers who wish to introduce this work to their acting students. Pre-registered only.
Respondents: Sandra Asher (Playwright), Alicia Fuss (Nashville Children's Theatre)
Performances at 9:00am, 10:30am and NOON.
9:00am
The Tallest Tale Ever Told by Vivian Snipes
Presented by Lexington's Children's Theatre, Directed by Vivian Snipes
For ages 8 and up.
10:30am
NOTHING By Nic Balthazar
Presented by Unity Producations, Directed by Jon Kovach
For ages 12 & up.
NOON
Freckleface Strawberry by Gary Kupper/Rose Chaiola
Presented by The Whole Backstage Children's Theatre, Directed by Kelleybrook Brown
For all ages.
SETC gratefully acknowledges Atlanta Workshop Players, Magnum Companies and Dramatic Publishing for their Festival Sponsorship.
Ten-Minute Play Festival rehearsals, and Designers work on their Ten-minute Play Design Boards.
9:00AM-11:00AM Register student applicants, receive designs
11:00AM-1:00PM Room closed for final set-up & prescreening
1:00PM-5:00PM Respondent's Walk-Thru: Closed to convention participants
6:00PM-6:30PM Special Viewing of Design Display - Professional Companies only
6:30PM-10:00PM Design Competition Display open to all convention attendees
7:00PM-10:00PM Designer Keynote Sessions
NOTE: Design Competition Displays OPEN UNTIL 10PM for viewing.
Lighting for Design Programming is sponsored by Magnum Companies.
Energize and theatrical-ize your audition by injecting the unpredictable and the imaginative, whether it is in context or not - ideas include dropping to your knees, suddenly dancing a jig or barking like a dog.
Participants are introduced to tools and resources for creating original theatre pieces, based on the interests of an ensemble.
Small theatre programs of three or fewer faculty encounter unique challenges that larger programs may not face. Share your experiences and solutions with those that face similar problems. Discover that you are NOT ALONE!
An open forum for all Committee Chairs, Vice Chairs and members to dicuss next steps for SETC's future.
Introduction to the organic process of creativity. Engage the collaborative power and potential of creativity: grab onto it and RIDE!
Make healthy choices easy within a crazy and sometimes unpredictable theatre production schedule with short and easy exercise routines and simple recipes.
Learn to build your own masks with this affordable cast paper-mache technique as we explore the collaboration between performer and craftsman.
Listen to actors read brief excerpts of new plays by 8-12 SETC members. No critiquing but a unique opportunity to meet playwrights through their work.
Imagine using the actual context of theatre to teach freshman orientation seminar. This new approach uses playwright Arthur Millerâs writings as a foundation to introduce students to navigating four years of college.
If ye wad learn the Scots dialect, haste yersel to this workshop!
Demonstration of the dance audition format given at SETC with focus on dancing and career opportunities.
The new National Core Arts PreK-12 Standards are moving towards completion. This Q&A session will address how the standards will impact theatre education learning and teaching.
Explore physical and cerebral approaches to connect to your character and think "outside the box." Learn which approach works for whatever character you are working on right now!
Experiential workshop to develop stylized acting techniques for use in Elizabethan and Restoration theatre.
Faculty and students new to KCACTF gain insight into the festival that celebrates college theater student work. Discuss the regional and national opportunities that the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival offers students and faculty.
Round table discussion on working together as artistic directors, playwrights, and publishers to foster an environment where new work can thrive and tackling the challenges of creating and supporting new work in theater.
Have an idea for show you want to create but not sure how to get started? Learn how to take a creative idea and start building a show based on that idea.
Ever been asked to provide a signed performance to deaf audience members? Ever had a parent call to request their deaf student be enrolled in your educational programming? Learn how to make your theatre accessible to deaf audience members and artists.
What physical and practical requirements are needed to fly performers? Get answers to your questions and find out what shows are possible in your space.
Participate in the discussion and planning of SETC's annual competition. Learn how your high school students can submit scripts.
Shrink the gap between thinking and doing. Physically understand the honest need pertaining to your character's objective. Experience "Have To"!
Learn techniques for surviving the challenges of small departments. Topics will include season election, casting, design/running a shop, marketing, and recruitment. Share your ideas!
Share your insights on responding to shows. Session is for the veteran respondent and the faculty member new to KCACTF. Meet colleagues and heare stories of respondents who are enriched by the KCACTF experience.
Discussion of the basic characteristics that make a good Stage Manager and Assistant Stage Manager and their relationship to one another.
Experience a mock NY Equity principal audition. Participants are asked to cold read and sing individual audition material. Dress to audition and bring your book of vocal repertoire AND accompaniment on iPod or CD.
Annual Meeting of the Denise Halbach Award Committee.
Panelists discuss issues and challenges from both a faculty and student perspective in developing and defining the capstone course and experience for theatre majors.
David Gonzalez, Storyteller, Musician, Poet, Actor, Writer and Music Therapist
THE WARRIOR AND THE FOOL: BEING AN ARTIST IN THESE HARD TIMES
SETC is pleased to present storyteller, musician, poet, actor, writer and music therapist, David Gonzalez as he shares his stories of love, hope, courage and wisdom with SETC audiences on Thursday afternoon. David has created numerous productions that combine compelling drama, music, and multi-media. He is the artistic director for the Alliance for a New Humanity, a global service organization dedicated to peace and sustainability. He received his doctorate in Music Therapy from NYU, where he taught for ten years.
David, who has been described as “a New York Puerto Rican version of Bill Cosby,” says, “I believe that the rhythmic dynamism of Caribbean Latino music and language is the under-pinning of much of what I do. I subscribe to the ‘aesthetic of funk’ – that is the beauty and power of rhythm, to inform and energize my work.
David’s advice to emerging theatre artists “It is 10% inspiration, 90% perspiration. Read a lot. Learn to meditate. Follow your bliss. Stay out of debt.” Powerful words from this multi-award winning performer. Come to David’s keynote on Thursday and hear more!
Join us for snacks and stroll the aisles of the Exhibitor Showcase for expertise, ideas and inspiration as you check out the hottest products and services available in the industry.
Sponsored by Hollins Exposition Services, Barbizon Lighting Co., Hall Associates Flying Effects and Dramatic Publishing.
Design/Tech students seeking entry into school are requested to be at their portfolio displays to show their work to school representatives.
Response for this year's festival performances.
Fast paced workshop focuses on the preparation performers must do to slate. A clean slate is crucial to of the rest of the audition.
Learn to utilize the work of Laban and Bogart to create rich and vibrant characters in this hands-on workshop for actors and directors.
Annual meeting of the Publications Committee, which oversees Southern Theatre magazine, SETC News and Theatre Symposium. Open to all.
A discussion of techniques and tips for successful delegation. Aimed at stage managers but useful for anyone working in theatre.
Through the use of digital audio software learn how to record a pianist as MIDI data and reassign the notes to multiple instruments creating a richer and fuller sound-scape. Great tool for small theatres and programs that can not afford to hire a full orchestra for productions.
Explore ways to develop as a professional, find a job, deal with money and navigate the world of theatre, including taxes, budgets, unions and self-promotion.
Panel explores developing, producing and performing an interactive, immersive "theatre for one"experience. Meet the innovators who created A Ghost in the Room, staged August, 2012.
Focus on spirituality, faith and religion in drama classrooms, rehearsals, and productions with and for youth through an engagement with war-themed plays.
Stage combat is acting! Learning basic unarmed technique, you will see how the simplest of moves translates into acting terms. Participants will be able to apply acting technique to explore the possibilities of a simple piece of fight choreography.
Physical approach to character performance using archetypal "body energies" and clowning techniques - a fun romp through big character choices.
Grounded in the work of Sensory Awareness pioneers Henrich Jacoby, Charlotte Selver and Elsa Gindler, participants will have an opportunity to gain experience with the Sensory Awareness approach and its traditional and contemporary techniques for performers in academic arts training.
Explore strategies for developing a service learning course, from syllabus design to working with community partners. Ideal for college and high school instructors.
Meeting for those interested in exploring the theatre lab. All technical/design disciplines are welcome to attend to see if you would like to participate in a Saturday showing of the work. Participants will work on designs Thurs. & Fri. 6:00PM-11:00PM.
Actors explore their own "habituals" and learn to make new physical choices for creating characters through observation and imagination.
Back by popular demand - learn how to stage your own festival for fun and profit in this interactive workshop. Participants will compete in improv games as teams in hope of winning the coveted rubber chicken! Laughter and fun for everyone plus practical information on how to turn it into a fundraiser.
Introduction to performing spoken word audio and distributing it through the internet; includes demonstration of equipment, editing software and interfacing with mp3 host sites.
All SETC Auditions Coordinators, State Representatives, and State Executive Officers attend this meeting to find out plans for the Fall SETC Professional Screening Auditions hosted by the member states. Come learn and give your input!
In theatre it's easy to get caught up in an endless cycle of self-promotion. Learn to use Applied Theatre techniques to help both homeless and non-homeless actors work together to tell a common story.
Work with Broadway director/choreographer James Gray (A Christmas Story, The Producers, Young Frankenstein) in this exciting, fun-filled dance master class. Learn a dance combination from a Broadway Show. Wear dance attire. All levels welcome.
Discuss topics pertaining to training the actor of faith for life as a professional actor with professors who have experience in Hollywood, New York City and other major markets.
Learn to apply aspects of the Michael Chekhov Technique to audition material, focusing on being physically engaged with the given circumstances and character.
Panel presents a ground-breaking approach using graduate acting and playwriting students to train graduate chemistry students in science lab safety procedures promoting the use of basic acting techniques for interpersonal training.
Learn how to use pitch and resonance to create vocal variety and enhance performance. Bring a monologue or other prepared material.
Those Actors who Auditioned today and were called by a theatre to attend the Dance call meet for instruction and to learn and rehearse dance routines. Dance call immediately follows.
Students participating in the Light Lab sessions will use this time to explore and work on their projects with supervision. See page __ for more information on the Light Lab.
Use the Meisner technique to create intense focus and connection while working on exercises and scene studies. Apply the subtleties of acting on camera to this technique.
Get recruiters to sit up and take notice. Faculty from URTA institutions discuss tips and techniques for a successful graduate school audition. Bring audition material!
Immerse yourself in techniques for using new, original work in instruction, program growth, and building a culture of creativity where artists support artists.
Actors are empowered to investigate physical action in terms of motivation (preparation), the action, and the reaction in stage combat techniques, utilizing active language and scenes created in the class. Work with renowned Broadway and Film Fight Director, J. Steven White, Fight Director for The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, which starred SETC Friday Keynote Norm Lewis.
The use of the Laban concept 'Shape' in exploring Psychological Gesture, as well as 'Posture & Gesture' for the actor. Shape explores the idea of "relationship." Explore how understanding the use of Shape can clarify and specify an actor's use of Psychological Gesture.
Find 'vocal movement' with your feet and get out of your head and into your body! Explore the possibilities of vocal choices from speaking the elements of speech to speaking parentheses, brackets, punctuation, and/or/but/yet, list(s), etc.
Actors called back by companies present dance routines.
Our panel of distinguished designers show examples of their work, share thoughts on their careers designing in the business and answer questions from the audience.
Registration begins at 9:00 PM. All convention attendees are welcomed to participate. Those interested in being scored should arrive early. Spaces for scored competitors are limited and will be issued on a first come, first served basis.
Sponsored by EmptySpace Technology, LLC
Performances of ten-minute plays that have been conceived, written and rehearsed over the last 24 hours. Response immediately follows. Designers present their design boards.
Respondent: Mark Charney (Texas Tech U)
Playwright & Director: Lisa Soland (Maryville College)
The Sniper’s Nest is the story of the real-life love affair between CIA agent Lee Harvey Oswald and young research scientist Judyth Vary Baker. During the summer of 1963 they worked together in New Orleans to develop a biological weapon to kill Fidel Castro. This true tale of espionage is still to this day kept secret from the public for reasons much more sinister than just covering up an assassination of a president.
7:15AM-8:00AM Student Check-in, Brown
7:30AM-8:00AM College Rep Check-in, Coffee, Carroll Ford
7:30AM-8:00AM Vocal and Physical Warm-Ups, Combs Chandler
8:00AM-8:30AM Professor Briefing, Caroll Ford
8:00AM-8:30AM Student Mandatory Briefing, Combs Chandler
8:30AM-1:00PM Auditions, Caroll Ford
Actors Holding Rm, Nunn
Callback Postings for actors, Brown
Callback Auditionee Interviews, Ed Expo & Reserved Tbls in Exhibit Hall
1:30PM-1:50PM - Auditionee Afternoon Warm-up
1:00PM-2:00PM Lunch Break
2:00PM-5:00PM Auditions Continue, Caroll Ford
2:00PM-6:00PM Callback Interviews, Ed Expo & Reserved Tables
Meeting of the Southeast Section of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT), the association of design, production and technology professionals in the performing arts and entertainment industry.
Daily orientation for KEAP recipients.
Combined voice and movement warm-up for the actor. Connect to breath, enliven the resonators and work articulators. Connect to your center and core to find balance and release muscular tension.
Workshop focuses on the integration of voice and movement in the acting process and explores approaches to creating a kinesthetically-driven acting technique.
See April Marshall or Constance Smith in Job Contact to secure number on Thursday. Pre-approved Technicians who will also work as actors have 10 seconds to be seen by hiring companies. Briefing takes place first, then to holding, followed by walk-thru.
Show your SETC pride! SETC T-Shirts, lanyards and more will be for sale near the registration area. Proceeds go to supporting the SETC Endowment and Scholarship funds. Come here to find information such as schedule changes, locations and lost and found. Leave messages for people you need to reach.
Proceeds go to supporting the SETC Endowment and Scholarship funds.
8:00AM-8:30AM Mandatory Actor/Tech Briefing 5001-5075
8:30AM-9:00AM Mandatory AUDITIONEE Briefing, 261-520
9:00AM-9:30AM Actor/Tech Walk-Thru, 5001 - 5075
9:30AM-5:45PM Acting and Singing Auditions, 261-520
NOON -1:30PM Professional Division Meeting/Lunch â Auditions & Job Contact Companies (Archibald)
6:00PM-7:30PM Mandatory Dancers' Briefing & Warm-up (Cochran)
7:30PM-8:30PM Dance Call (Cochran)
8:00AM-4:00PM Auditions Warm-up Rm (Holly)
8:30AM-5:00PM Auditions Holding Rm (Dogwood)
9:00AM-9:30PM Audition Callback Posting (Walnut & Maple)
Look for your audition number to see who called you back.
Festival Chair: Dwayne Craft (Bob Jones HS)
Adjudicators: Diane Carr (Educational Theatre Association), Michael Bobbitt (Adventure Theatre MTC), Bobby Smith (Director, Choreographer, Actor)
Load-in, Spike and Tech Check:
8:00-8:20 am West Virginia, Greenbrier East HS
8:25-8:45 am Alabama, Bob Jones HS
8:50-9:10 am Florida, Fort Walton Beach HS
9:15-9:35 am Georgia, Milton HS
9:40-10:00 am Kentucky, Youth Performing Arts School
Performances:
10:30-11:15 am West Virginia, Greenbrier East HS
11:30 am-12:15 pm Alabama, Bob Jones HS
12:30-1:15 pm Florida, Fort Walton Beach HS
1:30-2:15 pm Georgia, Milton HS
2:30-3:15 pm Kentucky, Youth Performing Arts School
Load-in, Spike and Tech Check:
3:30-3:50 pm Mississippi, Oak Grove HS
3:55-4:15 pm North Carolina, Kings Mountain HS
4:20-4:40 pm South Carolina, Richland Northeast HS
4:45-5:05 pm Virginia, York County School for the Arts
Performances:
5:30-6:15 pm Mississippi, Oak Grove HS
6:30-7:15 pm North Carolina, Kings Mountain HS
7:30-8:15 pm South Carolina, Richland Northeast HS
8:30-9:15 pm Virginia, York County School for the Arts
Adjudicators: James Alexander Bond (Stage Director's and Choreographer's Society), Murray Chase (Venice Theatre), Cecelia Wingate (Independent Director)
Rehearsals:
8:00am - 8:30am Load-in KY1
8:30am - 9:00am Load-in KY2
9:00am - 9:30am Load-in AL1
9:30pm - 10:00am Load-in AL2
10:00am - 11:30am Tech Meeting/Rehearsal KY1
12:30pm - 2:00pm Tech Meeting/Rehearsal KY2
1:30pm - 3:00pm Tech Meeting/Rehearsal AL1
2:30pm - 4:00pm Tech Meeting/Rehearsal AL2
Performances:
5:00pm - 6:15pm Golda's Balcony - Theatre Winter Haven, FL
6:15pm - 7:30pm Theatre Stitches - Greenwood Community, SC
7:30pm - 8:45pm Exits & Entrances - Sumter Players, GA
8:45pm - 10:00pm A Trilogy Stage - Door Productions, VA
Load Out
10:00pm-11:00pm FL, SC, GA, VA
Responses by the Distinguished Designers
8:30AM-11:30AM Juried Undergraduate Student Response
1:00PM-2:30PM Craft Exhibit Response
3:00PM-5:00PM Juried Graduate Student Response
5:30PM-7:30PM Non-Juried Graduate and Undergraduate Response Sessions
Segell/Stopher
(Concurrent for Sets, Lights & Costumes)
Responses to designs are offered by Design Faculty from SETC Member Schools
Playwright: Lee Blessing
Director: David Hanson
Produced by Cordova High School
The story of Kim Bergalis' life and her final years as she suffers as the first case of HIV to be transmitted from a healthcare worker to their patient.
Examine the logistics, challenges and opportunities of developing site-specific theatre performances, which take place outside traditional theatre spaces. Charleston Stage Company (WV) has produced several site-specific productions since 2004 in various locations.
Learn tools, tips and techniques to prepare aspiring young talents for the BUSINESS side of show business. How to prepare for auditions, contracts, work environments.
Explore the use of African-American plays vs. Euro-centric plays to teach acting techniques to African-American actors as best practices in a variety of academic settings.
A visually packed presentation showing tips & trick for combining the "new" with the "old" scenic design techniques using SketchUp and Photoshop along with traditional hand sketching and rendering skills to visually communicate theatrical ideas.
Learn how to create custom masks which conform to the face of the actor using expandable cold foam. The masks move with the movement of the actor and can be larger than life.
A demonstration in the 1-to-6 lab of how these similar disciplines can and should work together to create a unified and exciting production.
The Marian Smith Award is A $2300 cash award presented annually to a graduate student within the SETC region attending, or upon entering, an accredited graduate theater program in costume design and/or technology. The Smith Award Committee interviews finalists at this time. Winner will be announced at the Saturday Awards Banquet.
William E. Wilson Scholarship Award is a $6,500 cash award presented annually to a secondary school educator pursuing a graduate degree in theatre or speech and theatre in a regionally accredited graduate program. Winner will be announced at the Awards Banquet.
Discover a greater sense of ease and freedom in movement and expression in ten-minute, hands-on sessions with an Alexander Technique Practitioner.
9:00AM - 6:00PM Employees meet/interview employers for off-stage jobs.
Off-stage showcase for advanced directors and designers (pre-selected only).
Three directors rehearse the same scene displaying different approaches used in high school, community, college and professional directing. This is a rare opportunity for directors to observe other directors.
Learn simple skills for branding and marketing your talent and creating a specific and unique product ("You, Inc."). For actors in the emerging theatrical marketplace.
Movement Expert Stephen Wangh demystifies Jerzy Grotowski’s astonishing theatrical insights, explains how actors can unleash the paradoxical power of fear itself, and reveals how performers - and teachers - can transform their greatest frustrations into sources of inspiration and creativity. Open to all!
Discussion and demonstration of some of the latest technology available to stage managers. Examine new hardware and equipment, as well as software and web applications.
How to identify and avoid the things that "block" our natural creative mind. Introduction to techniques that keep the artistic pipeline open.
Disability doesn't mean inability and being differently-abled doesn't have to stop you from living your dreams in theatre. Learn first-hand how an actor, actress and director worked through challenges and overcame them. Come ready to discuss your challenges.
In this workshop you will explore stage makeup and the effect that stage lighting has upon the face. Great for lighting designers and makeup artists alike!
Explore the challenges of a realized location shoot, including lighting, microphone and camera placement in this highly participatory and interactive session for performers and technicians.
Via a live link from London, join this conversation on the current state of theatre in England - what's hot, what's cool, what's new.
Unpack the mystery behind successful director/choreographer communication in musical storytelling. Using Anything Goes as a guide, explore problems and successes inherent in the dynamic relationship between directors and choreographers.
Improvise songs on the spot by exploring song structure. Express feelings and ideas musically and learn to improvise musically as a group. Find your edge and take a risk.
The staged reading of a new play will provide insight into the ways in which director, writer and actors collaborate to bring a newly written work to the stage.
This meeting will provide general information on Southern Theatre magazine, including types of stories sought, submission methods, and?how to become an editorial board member for SETC's year-round publication. Participants are encouraged to bring story ideas?to the meeting. Open to all.
An open rehearsal and dialogue focused on how to practically apply the Alexander Technique during rehearsals and performances.
Increase your fitness and combat technique utilizing the interval and cross-training principles found in popular home fitness training videos, military and residential "boot-camp" programs. Explore techniques for unarmed and armed stage combat. Exercise clothing required.
Catch the audience's breath. Enter as if your life depended on it. Amp up any performance with honest engagement. Active class -- challenging all levels.
Delve into four of Michael Chekhov's shape-shifting, psychophysical exercises, and explore our transformational potential in body, voice and emotion. Bring memorized text.
Design/Tech students seeking entry into Undergrad or Grad School display their portfolios and make appointments for interviews. School reps view students' work and request interviews on table forms.
Design/Tech students seeking entry into school are requested to be at their portfolio displays to show their work to school representatives.
How do I get an agent? Do I need an agent? Once I get an agent, what do I do next? If you want answers to these questions or have your own questions, don't miss this Open Forum with Talent Agent Mark Redanty. As an agent for over 28 years, Redanty has represented or continues to represent notable talents and was a featured Keynote Presenter in 2009. BRING YOUR QUESTIONS.
Prepare your students for a professional career in acting; teach students how to market themselves as actors; and find out what casting directors 'see' when casting a project.
Use pro-active communication strategies to hone your communication skills, breaking the communication process down to basic components.
Explore how to research, write, direct and perform Civic History. Capture your county or town's past and bring it to life.
Based on the format of the popular "Outside the Box: Design-Tech Solutions" column in Southern Theatre magazine, this workshop offers a collection of cost-saving, time-saving, and/or low-tech solutions for design-tech challenges.
Explore techniques for using half-scale dress forms, fabric, and inspirational artwork; look at color, line, shape and texture, and apply to a costume design. Hands-on workshop.
Take your work from the page to the stage with tips and techniques designed to improve your musical theatre performance.
For all SETC participants who wish to be a part of the SETC Musical Theatre Committee. Bring your ideas and enthusiasm.
You've written your new play and think it's ready to produce. Is it really? Learn how a staged reading can benefit a new piece and make it performance ready.
Playwright & Director: Tim Mooney
Tim Mooney gives a birds-eye view of the great arc of human history, as seen through its most astonishing speeches. Inspiring and impassioned, Mooney brings electrifying moments to life from Socrates, Mark Anthony, Frederick Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, Teddy & Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Martin Luther King. “A monumental undertaking!” “Staggering!” Astonishingly timely.” “Moved me to tears.”
Awaken the imaginative potential of your body. Master Teacher Stephen Wangh, author of An Acrobat of the Heart, introduces students to the exciting physical exercises of renowned Polish Director Jerzy Grotowski. Wangh’s work invites you to re-connect body, image and emotion, and helps you discover dependable, creative acting sources. After the training, Wangh will respond to questions and discuss how this work interfaces with other acting, movement and voice trainings. Registration required
Explore directing exercises with skeletal scripts using creativity and collaboration to create the story, action, subtext and back stories.
The words "Going abroad changed my life" are often spoken by students who study abroad. In today's world, it is no longer enough to study a second language - panelists share experiences, fundraising ideas, and opportunities for theatre students to study abroad.
Develop and implement arts based programs for school-aged children in underserved and inner city schools, focusing on the six C's - Culture, Creativity, Curriculum, Community, the Classics and Currency.
Choosing gel and gobos can be nerve-wracking. Learn the psychology of color and what the universal language of line means to your audience.
Construct a modern kilt experiencing all steps and stitches used in the construction of the traditional Scottish kilt. Preregistration and basic sewing skills required.
Peter Pan, Beauty and the Beast, and The Nutcracker are shows with flying effects that often mystify audiences and intimidate directors. Discuss ways to add flying to your production as a team of experts unveil the secrets surrounding flying effects.
Fast-paced class includes a thorough warm-up, conditioning, isolations, and traveling work in a classic jazz style. Ideal for high school through professional dancers and teachers with several years of technical dance training. Expect to sweat and laugh a lot!
Speaker Barbara Sexton-Smith, President & CEO of Fund for the Arts. Reservations Only - $20 includes entertainment, lunch and a chance to win door prizes. Tickets on sale until Thurs. NOON at Registration.Friday lunch, entertainment and prizes. Sponsored by the 10 states of the Southeast region. Reservations Required. Accompanist: Jamey Strawn.
Norm Lewis – Actor, Musician, ABC-TV’s Scandal, Broadway Star
THE BROADWAY FAMILY
Keynote Presentation
Introduction: Patrick Gagliano (Newberry College)
Presider: Steve Bayless (SETC Vice-President of Programming)
Join Tony-nominated star Norm Lewis at the Friday Keynote as he shares his experiences as one of Broadway’s most successful actors. He has appeared on Broadway for more than 20 years, including starring roles in Miss Saigon, Sondheim on Sondheim, The Little Mermaid, Les Miserables and Chicago. Norm, known for his rich baritone voice, is considered one of the most versatile leading men on Broadway. (G)
Kilt-making continues in part 2 with putting the finishing touches on your own authentic replica of a Scottish kilt. This session sold out last year!
Annual meeting of the Publications Committee with the Southern Theatre Editorial Board. Open to all.
Here's a chance to find out what is happening in your state! Open to all attendees.
State-Room-Presider
Alabama-Stopher-Neil David Seibel
Florida-Combs Chandler-Donna White
Georgia-Breathitt-Dean Slusser
Kentucky-Wilson-Dana Hope
Mississippi-Jasmine-Joseph Frost
North Carolina-Laffoon-Andrew Gall
South Carolina-Sampson-Harry Culpepper
Tennessee-Lilly-Darren Michael
Virginia-Stanley-Mike Hudson
West Virginia-Berea-Jeffrey Ingman
Take your designs to the next level! I will demonstrate and explain many ways to incorporate technology into your costumes! Learn how to use Fiber Optic hair extensions in wigs and LED’s to illuminate the eyes of a mask. You don’t need your TD or your lighting designer to do this for you – loose the fear and get a soldering iron!
Interested in becoming involved with Theatre Symposium, the official journal of the Southeastern Theatre Conference? Join us as we plan for the upcoming April Symposium.
An introduction to the 'Walks', one of the forms of the Suzuki Method, a physically rigorous training developed by Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki. Come ready to work in socks or in bare feet, and be prepared to sweat!
Create demo reels that will make viewers want to know more about you, using simple ideas and techniques.
To know Shakespeare gives you a head start in life. Learn techniques to develop a profound understanding of Shakespeare and his works.
Annual meeting of the National Theatre Honor Societies: Alpha Psi Omega and Delta Psi Omega. Open to all members, as well as those interested in re-activating or starting a chapter. Recent developments, networking and sharing opportunity. Refreshments served.
Learn how the U of Florida incorporated American Sign Language (ASL) in a production of Two Rooms, rather than having a special performance which would include an interpreter. Review risks, results, challenges, and discoveries
Does the auditory experience of a production need to be set in the realistic setting of the action of the play or can the sound design be more abstract? Examine the effects of realistic vs. abstract sound design by testing a variety of genres with the texts of plays.
Work with Broadway director/choreographer James Gray (A Christmas Story, The Producers, Young Frankenstein) in this exciting, fun-filled dance class. Work on a dance combination from a Broadway show in a 'mock' dance audition. Learn techniques on how to stand out and 'book the gig'. Wear dance attire. All levels welcome. Open Jar Institute sponsors the Wed. night High School Students Opening Night Improv.
Learn how The Salvation Army of Chattanooga's ReCreate Cafe partnered with faculty, students, and alumni from 7 colleges as well as members of the community to sell out a run of Godspell with a cast of homeless and housed.
Meeting for the Society of American Fight Directors.
Playwright: Adaptation by Walter Evans and Doug Joiner of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Director: Doug Joiner (Georgia Regents U)
Julius Caesar as a post-apocalyptic adventure; the suspense and intrigue come alive in our updated retelling of classic betrayals unfolding with abundant gunplay and violence.
Learn the acting techniques utilized at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in NYC and Art of Acting Studio in LA. Hands-on seminar investigates action, environment, given circumstances, relationship and need using the imagination. Analyze and present text offered by the instructor.
NOTE: Joan See will present this master class due to an unexpected weather related flight cancellation. Learn solid techniques actors and directors use to get the best performance on film. Work on current film and TV scripts, plus 'sides' in an on-camera audition setting. Pre-register to participate; professors invited to observe. Please join us at 5:45PM in French.
Those Actors who Auditioned today and were called by a theatre to attend the Dance call meet for instruction and to learn and rehearse dance routines. Dance call immediately follows.
Students participating in the Light Lab sessions will use this time to explore and work on their projects with supervision.
Create a custom hat to wear to the awards banquet and other gala events. Materials and assistance provided. Cash prizes awarded to the top three designs.
Panel discussion about the study and practice of stage management. Bring your questions and be prepared for a wide range of solutions from our varied group of panelists.
Broadway actors share insight into the business of being a working professional. Topics range from the audition to continued education to finding an agent to apartment hunting and survival jobs.
Techniques and tips for eye-catching resumes and solid interviews.
Learn the essential dance vocabulary encountered in a musical theatre movement call and make an impact during auditions.
