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TIME KEEPER AND DOOR KEEPERIndividual Events Room Responsibilities

TIME KEEPER1. Responsibilities: To keep the time of each performance accurately by recording it on a stopwatch.2. There is a 5 minute time limit for all IE’s except for Ensemble Acting (8 minutes) and technical events which have a 15 minute time limit.3. The time must begin immediately after the announcement of the troupe number in their introduction.4. The time keeper will raise his/her hand at the 5 minute mark. This is to provide the performers with the opportunity to end the scene

within the next five seconds to avoid disqualification.5. The time keeper will stop the performance at the 5:30 mark. This is critical in order to keep the rooms running on time.6. Any piece exceeding the 5:05 mark will be disqualified.7. The judges in the room will let the time keeper know whether they want to see every time, or only those of a certain length.8. The first time keeper of the day should discuss what procedures the judges wish to follow and then relay that information to the time

keeper taking over the next shift. Each time keeper should then inform the next time keeper in that room.9. The judges may request a particular manner of handling the time keeping – as long as the procedures above are followed, the judges may

choose how and when they are informed about the time of a piece.10. The time keeper should keep a festival schedule in hand to call each performer when the time arrives.11. Do not call an event to perform until the scheduled time. Even if a student is present and ready to perform early, DO NOT ALLOW

ANYONE TO MOVE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.12. If there is a conflict between these rules and the judges in the room, the time keeper is to notify the festival hosts immediately.

INSIDE DOOR KEEPERResponsibilities: To ensure that no one leaves an event room while a performance is in progress, and to maintain quiet during allperformances.

1. When the time keeper calls a performer to begin, the inside door keeper should close the door to the room and remain by it during theperformance.

2. The inside door keeper should ask for quiet if there is still noise in the room after a performer has been called to perform.3. The inside door keeper should assist the outside door keeper in ensuring that no one enters the performance room without a festival

badge.4. The inside door keeper should make sure that aisles are clear, and that proper theatre etiquette is observed during all performances.5. If a disturbance occurs, and the inside door keeper is unable to correct the situation, he/she should alert the adult in the room to the

situation.6. At the conclusion of each event, the inside door keeper should open the door to allow troupes to enter and leave between events.7. The inside door keeper should keep a festival schedule in hand and should know which performance is on, next, etc. to answer questions

from audience members and performers.

OUTSIDE DOOR KEEPERResponsibilities: To ensure that no one enters the performance area without a festival badge, that no one enters the performance area duringa performance, and that the hallway outside the performance area remains quiet.

1. The outside door keeper must ensure that NO ONE enters a performance area without a festival badge. DEMAND to see a badge fromeach person attempting to gain entry.

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2. If they say they have lost it, or someone else is carrying it for them, or their sponsor has it, or anything else, DO NOT LET THEM ENTER THEROOM. Inform the adult assigned to the room if there are any problems in this area.

3. When the inside door keeper closes the door for the next performance, the outside door keeper must ensure that all near the door remainquiet while the performance is in progress.

4. The outside door keeper should keep a festival schedule in hand and should know which performance is on, next, etc. to answer questionsfrom audience members and performers who are waiting outside the room.

5. Absolutely NO ONE is to be admitted to the performance area once a performance has begun. This includes sponsors, parents, etc. Bepolite, but firm. If anyone insists on entering:

1. First make sure whom they are going to see, and that the person they wish to see is actually performing at that time. Often, audiencemembers do not realize that they are demanding entrance to an event when the person they wish to see is not even performing atthat time.

2. Second, if it is the person they wish to see, remind them that they will be disrupting that person’s performance by entering, and thatyou are not allowed to let any one disrupt a performance. They will be doing the performer a favor by NOT entering at this point, asthe judges will be upset by the intrusion.

3. Even if the person persists after all this, DO NOT LET HIM/HER IN THE PERFORMANCE AREA! If the person gives you a really difficulttime, alert the adult in the room.

FUTURE STATE FESTIVAL DATES

Registration will be open Tuesday night, from7pm-9pm, on all future festivals. Officialfestival activities will now begin Wednesdaymorning.

2016: March 16-192017: March 15-182018: March 14-17

Links

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Festival Registration

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PLAYWRITING RULES

1. The script must be the original work of one current student OR the collaborative work of no more than two current students from the same Thespian troupe.

2. The text must contain dialogue, and have a minimum of two characters 3. The script submitted must be in the form of a non-musical one-act stage-play

with a maximum total length of 30 pages. 4. The script should be produced using the designated elements and their specified

pagination, and according to the Florida State Thespian guidelines. All text must be in the Palatino font.

5. The Board suggests using professional scriptwriting software such as Final Draft, Script It, Scrivener, Slugline, Trelby, Storyist, or StoryO.

6. Scripts must be saved as a PDF file, and emailed to the District Chair or State Director per the given competition deadlines. It is the responsibility of the playwright(s) and Troupe Sponsor to ensure the safe, complete, and timely transmission and receipt of all necessary digital documents. No paper copies of the script will be accepted.

7. The first page of the script will be the Title page, including information relating to the title, playwright(s), sponsor, troupe number, school name, and completion date, and will be arranged according to the Florida State Thespian guidelines.

8. The (optional) second page of the script may contain a synopsis, character list and breakdown, floor-plan, or any other information the playwright(s) deem(s) necessary to understanding the script.

9. All successive pages of the script will contain the actual text of the stage-play and will be arranged according to the Florida State Thespian guidelines.

10. The script will contain only pages specified by the Florida State Thespian guidelines.

11. A script that is improperly formatted is in violation of the specified Florida State Thespian guidelines and is subject to disqualification prior to adjudication.

12. Judges may make comments on the evaluation form and/or during the verbal adjudication.

13. A festival evaluation (if possible) will include five fifteen (15) minutes of verbal interaction to be used as the judges see fit to expand the learning process of the playwright(s).

Updated: Thursday, August 22, 2013

STANDARD ELEMENTS FOR STAGE-PLAYS

GENERAL [12 pt. Palatino, Bold, All Caps, Center Justify, Left Margin: 1.25, Right Margin: 7.25] General is the title of the play. It is always in all caps, and centered, and appears only on the first page.

SCENE HEADING [10 pt. Palatino, Bold, All Caps, Underline, Full Justify, Left: 1.00, Right: 7.25] A Scene Heading identifies pertinent information to upcoming scene, and are numbered in succession.

ACTION [10 pt. Palatino, Italic, Full Justify, Left: 1.75, Right: 7.25] Action relates character and scenic information. It is always plain text & italicized. It appears after dialogue or before a character name.

CHARACTER NAME [12 pt. Palatino, Bold, All Caps, Left Justify, Left 2.90, Right: 7.25] Character names precede dialogue, and indicate who is talking. They are always written in bold, capital letters and followed by a colon.

DIALOGUE [12 pt. Palatino, Full Justify, Left: 1.00, Right: 7.25] Dialogue is the spoken word. It is always preceded by a character name, and in plain text.

PAGE HEADERS & PAGE NUMBERS [10 pt. Palatino, Italic, Right Justify, Right: 7.00] Page headers identify the stage-play's title and page number. Each page after the first page of dialogue or action must have these on the upper right hand corner. Page Headers margins (.40 in) are the distance between the edge of the top of the physical paper and the Header text.

Updated: Thursday, August 22, 2013

HAMLET

ELSINORE. A PLATFORM BEFORE THE CASTLE.1 1

Francisco at his post. Bernardo enters.

BERNARDO:Who's there?

FRANCISCO:Nay, answer me: stand, and unfold yourself.

BERNARDO:Long live the king!

FRANCISCO:Bernardo?

BERNARDO:He.

FRANCISCO:You come most carefully upon your hour.

BERNARDO:'Tis now struck twelve; get thee to bed, Francisco.

FRANCISCO:For this relief much thanks: 'tis bitter cold, and I am sick at heart.

BERNARDO:Have you had quiet guard?

FRANCISCO:Not a mouse stirring.

BERNARDO:Well, good night. If you do meet Horatio and Marcellus, the rivals of my watch, bid them make haste.

FRANCISCO:I think I hear them. Stand, ho! Who's there?

Enter Horatio and Marcellus.

HORATIO:Friends to this ground.

MARCELLUS:And liegemen to the Dane.

FRANCISCO:Give you good night.

MARCELLUS:O, farewell, honest soldier: Who hath relieved you?

FRANCISCO:Bernardo has my place. Give you good night.

Exit.

MARCELLUS:Holla! Bernardo!

BERNARDO:Say, what, is Horatio there?

HORATIO:A piece of him.

BERNARDO:Welcome, Horatio: welcome, good Marcellus.

MARCELLUS:What, has this thing appeared again to-night?

BERNARDO:I have seen nothing.

MARCELLUS:Horatio says 'tis but our fantasy, and will not let belief take hold of him, touching this dreaded sight, twice seen of us: therefore I have entreated him along with us to watch the minutes of this night; that if again this apparition come, he may approve our eyes and speak to it.

HORATIO:Tush, tush, 'twill not appear.

BERNARDO:Sit down awhile; and let us once again assail your ears, that are so fortified against our story what we have two nights seen.

HORATIO:Well, sit we down, and let us hear Bernardo speak of this.

BERNARDO:Last night of all, when yond same star that's westward from the pole had made his course to illume that part of heaven where now it burns, Marcellus and myself, the bell then beating one...

Enter Ghost.

MARCELLUS:Peace, break thee off; look, where it comes again!

BERNARDO:In the same figure, like the king that's dead.

HAMLET page 2.

MARCELLUS:Thou art a scholar; speak to it, Horatio.

BERNARDO:Looks it not like the king? mark it, Horatio.

HORATIO:Most like: it harrows me with fear and wonder.

BERNARDO:It would be spoke to.

MARCELLUS:Question it, Horatio.

HORATIO:What art thou that usurp'st this time of night, together with that fair and warlike form in which the majesty of buried Denmark did sometimes march? By heaven I charge thee, speak!

MARCELLUS:It is offended.

BERNARDO:See, it stalks away!

HORATIO:Stay! speak, speak! I charge thee, speak!

Exit Ghost.

MARCELLUS:'Tis gone, and will not answer.

BERNARDO:How now, Horatio! You tremble and look pale: is not this something more than fantasy? What think you on it?

HORATIO:Before my God, I might not this believe without the sensible and true avouch of mine own eyes.

MARCELLUS:Is it not like the king?

HORATIO:As thou art to thyself: Such was the very armor he had on When he the ambitious Norway combated; so frowned he once, when, in an angry parle, he smote the sledded Polacks on the ice. 'Tis strange.

MARCELLUS:Thus twice before, and jump at this dead hour, with martial stalk hath he gone by our watch.

HORATIO:In what particular thought to work I know not; but in the gross and scope of my opinion, this bodes some strange eruption to our state.

HAMLET page 3.

MARCELLUS:Good now, sit down, and tell me, he that knows, why this same strict and most observant watch so nightly toils the subject of the land, and why such daily cast of brazen cannon, and foreign mart for implements of war; why such impress of shipwrights, whose sore task does not divide the Sunday from the week; what might be toward, that this sweaty haste doth make the night joint-labourer with the day: who is't that can inform me?

HORATIO:That can I; at least, the whisper goes so. Our last king, whose image even but now appeared to us, was, as you know, by Fortinbras of Norway, thereto pricked on by a most emulate pride, dared to the combat; in which our valiant Hamlet. For so this side of our known world esteemed him, did slay this Fortinbras; who by a sealed compact, well ratified by law and heraldry, did forfeit, with his life, all those his lands which he stood seized of, to the conqueror: against the which, a moiety competent was gaged by our king; which had returned to the inheritance of Fortinbras, had he been vanquisher; as, by the same covenant, and carriage of the article designed, his fell to Hamlet. Now, sir, young Fortinbras, of unimproved mettle hot and full, hath in the skirts of Norway here and there sharked up a list of lawless resolutes, for food and diet, to some enterprise that hath a stomach in't; which is no other. As it doth well appear unto our state. But to recover of us, by strong hand and terms compulsatory, those fore-said lands, so by his father lost: and this, I take it, is the main motive of our preparations, the source of this our watch and the chief head of this post-haste and romage in the land.

BERNARDO:I think it be no other but e'en so: well may it sort that this portentous figure comes armed through our watch; so like the king that was and is the question of these wars.

HORATIO:A mote it is to trouble the mind's eye. In the most high and palmy state of Rome, a little ere the mightiest Julius fell, the graves stood tenantless and the sheeted dead did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets: as stars with trains of fire and dews of blood, disasters in the sun; and the moist star upon whose influence Neptune's empire stands as sick almost to doomsday with eclipse: and even the like precurser of fierce events, as harbingers preceding still the fates and prologue to the omen coming on, have heaven and earth together demonstrated unto our climatures and countrymen. But soft, behold! Lo, where it comes again!

Re-enter Ghost.

HORATIO:I'll cross it, though it blast me. Stay, illusion! If thou hast any sound, or use of voice, speak to me: if there be any good thing to be done, that may to thee do ease and grace to me, speak to me:

Cock crows.

HORATIO:If thou art privy to thy country's fate, which, happily, foreknowing may avoid, O, speak! Or if thou hast uphoarded in thy life extorted treasure in the womb of earth, for which, they say, you spirits oft walk in death, speak of it: stay, and speak! Stop it, Marcellus.

MARCELLUS:Shall I strike at it with my partisan?

HORATIO:Do, if it will not stand.

HAMLET page 4.

BERNARDO:'Tis here!

HORATIO:'Tis here!

Exit Ghost.

MARCELLUS:'Tis gone! We do it wrong, being so majestical, to offer it the show of violence; for it is, as the air, invulnerable, and our vain blows malicious mockery.

BERNARDO:It was about to speak, when the cock crew.

HORATIO:And then it started like a guilty thing upon a fearful summons. I have heard, the cock, that is the trumpet to the morn, doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat awake the god of day; and, at his warning, whether in sea or fire, in earth or air, the extravagant and erring spirit hies to his confine: and of the truth herein this present object made probation.

MARCELLUS:It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say that ever against that season comes wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, the bird of dawning sings all night long: and then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; the nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, no fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, so hallowed and so gracious is the time.

HORATIO:So have I heard and do in part believe it. But, look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, walks over the dew of yon high eastward hill: break we our watch up; and by my advice, let us impart what we have seen to-night unto young Hamlet; for, upon my life, this spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. Do you consent we shall acquaint him with it, as needful in our loves, fitting our duty?

MARCELLUS:Let's do it, I pray; and I this morning know where we shall find him most conveniently.

Exeunt.

ELSINORE. A ROOM OF STATE IN THE CASTLE.2 2

HAMLET page 5.

_____Poor _____Fair _____Good _____Excellent _____Superior (06-08) (09-14) (15-20) (21-26) (27-30)

The overall rating arrived at from the point totals and verified by the District Chair or State Director is FINAL.

____________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________Judge’s Name (Please Print) Judge’s Signature

Florida State Thespian Society Theatre Performance AssessmentPANTOMIME

Name: District: Troupe:

Title: # In Group:

Circle a number (1-5) to identify the performer(s) level of success for each specified indicator. Supply constructive comments below & on the back.

WEAK STRONGStory has a logical development:

1 2 3 4 5Clear gestures and facial expressions:

1 2 3 4 5Shows emotional energy:

1 2 3 4 5Shows muscular tones and balanced interaction:

1 2 3 4 5Use of silence or music is appropriate:

1 2 3 4 5Communicates ideas to audience through well-developed character(s):

1 2 3 4 5

COMMENTS

Florida State Thespian Society Theatre Performance AssessmentMONOLOGUE

A full copy of the plays was presented. Name: ______________________________________________________________________ District: _________ Troupe: ___________

Title: _______________________________________________________________________ Author: _____________________________

Title: _______________________________________________________________________ Author: _____________________________





WEAK STRONGCharacter (Development / Consistency / Believability):

1 2 3 4 5Differentiation Of Texts:

1 2 3 4 5Emotional Commitment:

1 2 3 4 5Focus / Energy / Concentration:

1 2 3 4 5Physicality / Blocking:

1 2 3 4 5Vocal Delivery (Volume / Clarity / Interpretation):

1 2 3 4 5

COMMENTS

Florida State Thespian Society Theatre Performance AssessmentDUET ACTING


Title: _______________________________________________________________________ Author: _____________________________





WEAK STRONGCharacterization / Believability:




1 2 3 4 5Developed Relationship:


1 2 3 4 5

COMMENTS

Florida State Thespian Society Theatre Performance AssessmentENSEMBLE ACTING


Title: _______________________________________________________________________ Author: _____________________________

# In Group: __________________________









1 2 3 4 5Ensemble Play / Developed Relationships:


1 2 3 4 5

COMMENTS

Florida State Thespian Society Theatre Performance AssessmentSOLO MUSICAL THEATRE

Name: ______________________________________________________________________ District: _________ Troupe: ___________

Song: ______________________________________________________ Show: ______________________________________________

Composer: __________________________________________________ Lyricist: _____________________________________________







1 2 3 4 5Delivery / Style:


1 2 3 4 5Staging / Choreography:

1 2 3 4 5Vocal Delivery (Volume / Clarity / Interpretation / Pitch):

1 2 3 4 5

COMMENTS

Florida State Thespian Society Theatre Performance AssessmentDUET MUSICAL THEATRE


Song: ______________________________________________________ Show: ______________________________________________









1 2 3 4 5Developed Relationship:



1 2 3 4 5

COMMENTS

Florida State Thespian Society Theatre Performance AssessmentSMALL GROUP MUSICAL THEATRE


Song: ______________________________________________________ Show: ______________________________________________


# In Group: __________________________











1 2 3 4 5

COMMENTS

Florida State Thespian Society Theatre Performance AssessmentLARGE GROUP MUSICAL THEATRE


Song: ______________________________________________________ Show: ______________________________________________


# In Group: __________________________











1 2 3 4 5

COMMENTS

Florida State Thespian Society Theatre Performance AssessmentSCENE DESIGN


Title: _______________________________________________________________________ Author: _____________________________





WEAK STRONGAccuracy (Period / Style):

1 2 3 4 5Attention To Detail:

1 2 3 4 5Function (Use Of Space):

1 2 3 4 5Interpretation (Theme / Mood):

1 2 3 4 5Creativity (Problem Solving):

1 2 3 4 5Presentation (Justification):

1 2 3 4 5

COMMENTS

Florida State Thespian Society Theatre Performance AssessmentCOSTUME CONSTRUCTION


Title: _______________________________________________________________________ Author: _____________________________






1 2 3 4 5Attention To Detail (Embellishments / Trim):

1 2 3 4 5Function (Suitability To Character):

1 2 3 4 5Sewing (Seams / Hems):



1 2 3 4 5

COMMENTS

Florida State Thespian Society Theatre Performance AssessmentCOSTUME DESIGN


Title: _______________________________________________________________________ Author: _____________________________






1 2 3 4 5Attention To Detail (Embellishments / Trim):

1 2 3 4 5Function (Suitability To Character):

1 2 3 4 5Interpretation (Theme / Mood):



1 2 3 4 5

COMMENTS

Florida State Thespian Society Theatre Performance AssessmentPUBLICITY DIRECTION


Title: _______________________________________________________________________ Author: _____________________________





WEAK STRONGAttention To Detail (Grammar / Spelling):


1 2 3 4 5Organization:

1 2 3 4 5Presentation / Justification:

1 2 3 4 5Concept / Theme:

1 2 3 4 5Promotional Appeal:

1 2 3 4 5

COMMENTS

Florida State Thespian Society Theatre Performance AssessmentPLAYWRITING


Title: _______________________________________________________________________ Author: _____________________________





WEAK STRONGCharacters (Developed / Consistent):

1 2 3 4 5Dialogue (Readability):

1 2 3 4 5Plot (Logical Progression):

1 2 3 4 5Stageability:

1 2 3 4 5Creativity / Ingenuity:

1 2 3 4 5Formatted:

1 2 3 4 5

COMMENTS

Florida State Thespian Society Theatre Performance AssessmentSTUDENT DIRECTED SCENE


Title: _______________________________________________________________________ Author: _____________________________





WEAK STRONGBlocking / Stage Pictures:


1 2 3 4 5Concept / Theme:

1 2 3 4 5Interpretation:

1 2 3 4 5Presentation / Justification:

1 2 3 4 5Prompt Book:

1 2 3 4 5

COMMENTS

Florida State Thespian Society Theatre Performance AssessmentMAKE-UP DESIGN


Title: _______________________________________________________________________ Author: _____________________________





WEAK STRONGAccuracy (Period and Style):

1 2 3 4 5Attention To Detail:

1 2 3 4 5Application (Suitability):

1 2 3 4 5Interpretation (Theme and Mood):

1 2 3 4 5Problem Solving (Creativity):


1 2 3 4 5

COMMENTS

Florida State Thespian Society Theatre Performance AssessmentSOUND DESIGN


Title: _______________________________________________________________________ Author: ______________________________





WEAK STRONGAccuracy (Period and Style):

1 2 3 4 5Attention To Detail (Quality):

1 2 3 4 5Function (Use Of Space):

1 2 3 4 5Interpretation (Theme and Mood):

1 2 3 4 5Problem Solving (Creativity):


1 2 3 4 5

COMMENTS

Florida State Thespian Society Theatre Performance AssessmentONE ACT (Performance)

Title: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Playwright: _________________________________________________________________ District: _________ Troupe: ___________







1 2 3 4 5Staging (Choreography / Physicality / Space Creation):

1 2 3 4 5Direction (Style / Pacing / Rhythm / Interpretation) :


1 2 3 4 5Design Implementation (Costumes / Set / Sound / Lighting / Make-Up / Props):

1 2 3 4 5

COMMENTS

Florida State Thespian Society Theatre Performance AssessmentONE ACT (Technical)

Title: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Playwright: _________________________________________________________________ District: _________ Troupe: ___________





WEAK STRONGLoad-In & Load-Out / Set-Up & Strike:

1 2 3 4 5Design Concept (Effective / Efficient / Safe ):

1 2 3 4 5Design Implementation (Costumes / Set / Sound / Lighting / Make-Up / Props):

1 2 3 4 5Crew (Team Work / Knowledge Of Tasks / Focus):

1 2 3 4 5Stage Management (Effective / Efficient / Safe / Organized):

1 2 3 4 5Prompt Book (Preparation / Cues):

1 2 3 4 5

COMMENTS

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Florida State Thespians · 2. There is a 5 minute time limit for all IE’s except for Ensemble Acting (8 minutes) and technical events which have a 15 minute time limit. 3. The time