Tomball High School U.I.L

Tomball High School U.I.L. One-Act Play Contest Conference AAAAA Region 3 Districts 19 & 20 Bi-District Contest Manager: Dr. Kate Lacy Cell Phone 281 620-6070 Email: [email protected] Contest Host: Clint Cottom Cindy Hearn Director of Theatre Assistant Director [email protected] [email protected] Office Phone: 281 357-3220 ext. 2509 281 357-3220 ext. 2508 Fax: 281 357-3248 or 281 357-3258 Cell: 281 723-8132 Site: Tomball High School TISD Chris Scott, Principal JD Janda, Director of Fine Arts 30330 Quinn Road 310 South Cherry Tomball, TX 77375 Tomball, TX 77375 281 357-3220 ext. 2202 281 357-3200 ext. 2047 Date: March 25, 2020 at 1:30 at Tomball High School Critic Judges: Luis Muñoz University Interscholastic League - Retired BA - Theatre and English - Texas A&I MA - Directing - Southwest Texas State Luis is a graduate of Texas A&I University in Kingsville and Southwest Texas State University. He has directed well over a hundred plays and his production of Coram Boyˆ was selected to perform at the EdTA International Thespian Festival in June 2013. He also participated in 2015's National qualifier Big Fish. After graduating from the SWTSU graduate program, he taught at MacArthur High School in San Antonio where he took his students to the UIL state finals four times. Winning three seconds and a first in conference 5A. (Before 6A was created) During that time he also directed two recipients of the prestigious Samuel French Award in acting. He is a past-President of the Texas Educational Theatre Association and was honored with their Founders Award in 1993 and their Emeritus Award in 2015. He was named to the Texas Thespians Hall of Fame and received the Loren Winship Award for contributions to Secondary Theatre Education from the American Alliance for Theatre Education. He is retired from his role as a Theatre Director for the University Interscholastic League and oversaw the state One-Act Play, Theatrical Design and Young Filmmakers contests. Allen Otto Bachelor Arts / Trinity University Juris Doctorate / University of Houston Allen Otto has been involved with UIL One-Act Play since 2001, working in competitions from Zone to State. Allen holds a BA from Trinity University and a Juris Docturate from the University of Houston School of Law and is currently the chief trial attorney in the Crimes Against Children Division for the Harris County District Attorney’s Office. During his time at Trinity University, Allen directed and performed and continues to be actively involved in theatre in the Houston area, including directing shows and coaching summer theatre camps for High School and Middle School students. Allen has also worked with Houston ISD to help build and grow participation in UIL Elementary, Middle, and High School tournaments and coached High School students in acting, performance skills, and public speaking. In addition to OAP adjudication, Allen is a UIL certified contest manager helping organize contests since 2009. Allen has served as a judge for various UIL events at the District, Region, and State levels. Larry Carpenter Waco ISD School Administrator B. A. Texas Tech University M. Ed. Tarleton State University An adjudicator since 2010, Larry has judged more than 340 shows from all over Texas in all conferences. Larry has directed one-act plays in conferences 1A-4A, advancing to area, region, and state along the way. Additionally, he has directed more than 40 shows at the high school, middle school, elementary, and community theatre levels. Several of his students have gone on to either college or professional theatre in New York, California, Washington, and here in Texas. He currently serves as the Director of Fine Arts for Waco ISD, an urban district in Central Texas. Please make sure your company is also aware of all instructions that apply to them, as well. 1. Eligibility Notice/Entry Please submit/update all necessary Online Entry requirements prior to the contest. The Deadline is typically by midnight the day after you District Contest. 2. Performance Order · The Bi-District Contest will be held Wednesday March 25 at Tomball HS. · Rehearsals will be March 24. The one-hour rehearsals would begin at 1:15, 2:30, 3:45, 5:00, 6:15, and 7:30 by order of performance. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 1:15 Rehearsal 2:30 Rehearsal 3:45 Rehearsal 5:00 Rehearsal 6:15 Rehearsal 7:30 Rehearsal 20B 19C 19B 20C 19A 20A 3. Rehearsals and Performances A host student will meet you and your company at the loading dock door on the southeast corner of the building, adjacent to the stage, 15 minutes before your scheduled rehearsal time. Please be on time. This host will give you instructions, answer questions, and assist you in unloading and setting up for your rehearsal. Following the rehearsal, he/she will show you where to store properties and show you the room assigned to your company to use prior to your performance. Things cannot be left in that room after your rehearsal. In the Tomball High School Auditorium it is not permitted to walk on, sit on, jump over the lip around the front of the stage unless it is called for in the blocking or the play. Please use the stairs at the sides of the apron to access the stage from the pit. Please avoid touching the front of the velour curtains. The only food and drink permitted in the theatre are those used in the action of the play. Fire and smoke effects are only permitted with permission from the auditorium manager prior to the rehearsal. To avoid any questions during the competition, remember that all uses of the basic set must be fully disclosed to the contest manager (or her designee) at the official rehearsal. Unauthorized or undisclosed use of the basic set may be considered a violation. The contest manager shall make any decision concerning the use of the basic set and that decision shall be final. A complete run-through of your play may not be possible during your rehearsal. You will find your rehearsal period of greatest value if you spend your time on difficult scenes, transitions, combat, and technical matters. The Tomball High School technicians will be available to assist you with the lighting and other technical aspects. Performance Information · Please do your vocal warm ups in your dressing room or in a manner that does not interfere with the performances. · The first play will begin at 1:30 P.M. with a director’s meeting at 12:00 P.M. in the Food Lab. · The house will open at 1:00 P.M. The casts are reminded not to re-enter the theatre in makeup or costume before or after the performance and may not enter while a play is in progress. · The company for the first performing school will set up for performance at 1:20 P.M. · Order of Performances – Back to Back (However the set uptimes for the plays may be adjusted to coincide with the school bells and passing periods, as to not interfere with the performances) You will be called to come to the Black Box for your performance twenty minutes before your set up/performance time. Please be ready at that time, your room will be locked for you. You will be taken to the Black Box until you are needed to load your items to the stage. When you arrive at the stage, please introduce your technical crew to the backstage judge. The backstage timekeeper will start your set up and strike time with the company in the stage left wing, to make sure the judge is not in the house, if they so choose. Most sets and props will be stored at stage right; the UIL set will be stage left. You will meet the backstage timekeeper stage left at the end of your set up. For the one-minute rule, if the judge is in place, the directors have entered the house, and all is ready, a CD will be played for the audience. At the conclusion of the announcement, the show is in your technician’s hands and you have one minute to begin. At the end of your show please meet at the stage left side of the stage to begin your strike. You will strike your props and furniture to the stage left hallway to be loaded into your truck or be taken back to your dressing room after your seven minutes. Or you may return it to your box at Stage Right during your seven minutes. The UIL set must be back in place before the end of your seven minute strike. You will be escorted back to your room when it will be unlocked for you. Please do take precautions with your valuables; a locked room is not always fail-safe. 5. Admission to the Performances Admission for all Bi-District Audience Members is $10 Due to school being in progress and for the safety of all students please adhere strictly to these policies: · In order for company members to get between your dressing room and the auditorium to see other performances, they must wear a Participant Wristband. · Only people with a Participant Wristband (Members of your Performing Company listed on the UIL Entry Form) are permitted to go into the school building, i.e. dressing rooms, commons, etc.; all other Audience Members, i.e.: family, school administrators, friends, etc., must stay in the Lower Lobby and Theatre area ONLY. · ALL AUDIENCE MEMBERS MUST PARK IN THE BACK (EAST) PARKING LOT OFF OF ZION ROAD BETWEEN THE FOOTBALL STADIUM AND SCHOOL BUILDING (ON THE NORTH HALF ONLY UNTIL AFTER 3:00).

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