District - Individual Events

DUES Drama dues ($20) must already be paid Entrance fee to compete is $40.

One of the things we all look forward to is Districts and State competitions. They are the coolest thing you will ever do! First, we audition here, for Mr. Zembuch, and then he selects which pieces he wants to represent our troupe at Districts. There are A TON of categories you can participate in; from large group musical, to set design! So don’t worry if you‘re not really a “performance person”. Once the pieces for Districts are selected, we go to American Heritage High School, and we present them in a room full of drama kids, awesome supporters, and 3-4 judges, who will then critique our pieces. At the end of the day, we get our critique sheets back with feedback, and the scores the judges gave us. To qualify for the State Festival, one must receive a SUPERIOR on at least one of your pieces. The score we receive (which are averaged to one of the following: FAIR, GOOD, EXCELLENT, SUPERIOR), is what decides if we qualified for The Florida State Festival, which usually takes place during spring break and it is absolutely HUGE. We seriously mean huge. It’s the biggest theatre conference in the world! It takes place in Tampa, where drama kids take over the city for a week! At the state festival, students have the opportunity to go watch shows & other students’ performances, attend workshops, and more! But to be able to participate in everything, students must be on their best behavior at all times! District Competition Date: December 5 th District Competition Audition Dates: Week of October 5 th EXPERIENCED PEOPLE MUST BE READY TO SHOW ZEMBUCH A ROUGH DRAFT OF THEIR PIECES ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 TH !!!

Audition Requirements MUST be fully prepared. If musical: MUST have sheet music + accompaniment track (on cd) or pianist. If from a straight play: MUST have full play in possession day of audition. If technical: MUST have a rough draft + copy of play you read.

Here are the categories:

TECHNICAL

PERFORMANCE

General Individual Events Rules Any violation of the General Rules of Florida State Thespians’ Individual Events will be subject to disqualification and/or disciplinary action by the Board of Directors.

1. All individual events have a maximum time limit of five (5) minutes, except for Large Group Musical, Ensemble Acting and Technical Events as stated in the rules. If any student or group goes over this time limit, she/he/they will be disqualified.

2. An introduction MUST include ONLY the entrant’s name(s), title of selection, troupe number and notice of asterisk material. Do not give name of school or other information. The time begins after the troupe number is said. The introduction may not be used to establish mood or define character. The introduction is not a performance piece.

3. If your piece contains material that MAY offend members of your audience, you are REQUIRED to asterisk the piece on the Individual Event Registration Form and you are REQUIRED to include in your introduction that your piece contains “material that may possibly offend” and you are REQUIRED to allow a few, brief moments for audience members, should they choose, to leave.

The asterisk must be followed by one or more of the following codes: L -for adult language; S -for sexual situations; D -for frank talk of death; SA -for substance abuse; V -for violence; R -for religious commentary; P -for works related to prejudice or intolerance.

4. All material should be presented as if within the context of a full production.

Each student has the opportunity to participate in 3 performance events, and2 technical events. *Everyone participating must print out their own critique sheets. *I you are interested in participating in any of the events listed above, please go to for all the rules and requirements with all the details.

WHEN CAN I AUDITION? Auditions will be held the week of OCTOBER 5 TH. You may audition: - During lunch, 3 rd period. -Some auditions may be held after school but those are limited for certain circumstances.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE !