Stage managers may participate in the festival in two ways. To
participate in either or both, a stage manager must be NOMINATED by the
director of an associate or participating entry which the student stage
managed (or appropriate faculty mentor if the director is also a
student).
Regional Stage Management (10 Minute Play Festival)
National Stage Management (KCACTF Stage Management Award)
Nomination Procedure
Regional Stage Management (10Minute Play Festival)
Upon receipt of a nomination, the regional vice-chair for design
and technology will notify the nominee and ask him or her to submit
A current resume
A short statement describing their philosophy and approach to stage management
At the regional selection committee meeting in early December, the
regional chairs of Design and Technology, Directing and Playwriting
will select stage managers for each 10-minute play invited to the
festival. Selection will be based on the strength application materials.
Stage managers will then be provided contact information with the
playwright and director. At the festival, the stage managers will
fulfill the expected duties for their play. There is no advancement to
the national festival.
National Stage Management
(Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival StageManagement AWARD)
The purpose of the KCACTF Stage Management Award is to provide
student stage managers with feedback from professionals working in the
field; to give outstanding student stage managers national recognition;
and to provide the opportunity for student managers to attend the
national festival at the Kennedy Center.
This is a National-eligible award, meaning that one stage manager will be
selected at the regional festival to attend the National Festival in Washington
DC.
Students nominated for this award will need to prepare
a display to bring to the regional festival. Stage managers are encouraged
to include all of the following materials in their display. (Please note that
an inability to provide all requested materials should not discourage or prevent
students from participating in the stage management competition)
A one-page statement of the stage manager's production management approach.
- Documentation
- At least one representative production photograph, in color,
labeled as to scene/locale. It should illustrate the entire setting and
its relationship to the stage and theatre space.
- Playbill or program from the production.
- Process: visual information such as
- Effective collaboration with director, performers, designers, and production staff
- Effective management of rehearsal and performance process
- Team building and personnel management
- Effective use of resources
- Preparation of schedules, shift plots and running-sheets
- Script notation and calling the show
- Implementation: visual information such as
- Prompt book/sample script with cues and blocking.
- Effective use of schedules, lists, plots and running-sheets for one performance.
- Computer applications
- Indication of communication style of stage manager such as examplesof email correspondence
- Any other materials used to accomplish job
- All materials must be labeled with the play title and playwright
and the student stage manager's name. Wherever possible the name of the
stage manager's college or university should not be visible on the
front of any materials.
Be careful to maintain the privacy of individuals.
Do not
include any paperwork that might indicate private information of cast,
crew, orproduction staff. Examples: Any lists with social security
numbers, medical information forms, or address and phone numbers.
It is strongly recommended that students bring their materials in
person to the design exhibit space at the specifically scheduled time
for installation of all exposition materials. Students will be notified
of these times via email. Stage management nominees must attend their
regional festival, and display their materials, in order to be eligible
for nomination to the National Stage Management Award. The
student stage manager may also send their materials in advance to the
host of the regional festival. The stage manager is responsible for
developing a suitable method of shipping; return postage and packaging
must be included for the work to be returned via mail.
At the regional festival, a guest professional (or professionals) will respond
to the work of all national-eligible stage management nominees who are present
at their regional festival, in a public forum. One stage management winner
from the region (national stage management finalist) will be selected. The
selection of national finalists shall include the guest respondent/s; the selection
process may include other guest respondents as determined by the regional design & technology
chair.
The stage management finalist will be announced at the regional festival. National
stage management finalists will be invited to attend the national festival
in Washington, D.C in April.
The National Festival
KCACTF will provide national finalists with travel, shared hotel accommodations
and per diem for the period of national festival (normally Tuesday through
Saturday). Attendance at the National Festival is
not mandatory; however, the National KCACTF Stage Management Award will be
determined by a student's work assignments, and participation in workshops
and master classes, while at the national festival. Faculty mentors are not
able to observe workshops or master classes held during the national festival
week.
Nominating
Student Stage Managers for the 10-minute play festival (Regional) or
the KCACTF Stage Management Award (National-eligible)
Faculty nominators must download and complete a REGION
3 STAGE MANAGEMENT NOMINATIONForm. On the form, you may nominate the stage manager for either competition, or for both.
NOTE: Only students who have stage managed an associate or participating KCACTF entry are eligible. Student stage managers must be nominated by the director of the production they stage managed (or appropriate faculty mentor if the director is also a student).
On completing the nomination form, the nominator must provide a
detailed letter of nomination. The letter of nomination must address
the effectiveness of the student stage manager's collaboration,
team-building, and communication with director, actors, designers and
production staff; the effectiveness of their personnel management
skills; their effectiveness of time management at rehearsal and
performance; the effectiveness of their process, including paperwork,
script notations and calling the show; and the effective use of
resources.
The nomination form AND the letter of nomination must be sent by mail, fax,or email to
Gion DeFrancesco
Region III Co-vice Chair for Design and Technology
Miami University Dept. of Theatre
208 Hiestand Hall
Oxford OH, 45056
Fax: 513.529.4048
Email defranga@muohio.edu
NOMINATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY NOVEMBER 1, 2007
(you may submit a nomination for work "in progress" so long as the productionwill open before Dec. 31, 2007)
Note: Only bona fide students are eligible for nomination to this award. A bona fide
student is: a)an undergraduate student who is registered for a minimum
of six semester hours or nine quarter hours at the time of production;
b) a graduate student who is enrolled for three semester or four
quarter hours at the time of production;c) a continuing part-time
student who is enrolled in a regular degree program at the time of
production.