Load In/Tech Meetings/Rehearsals:
6:00PM - 7:45PM Cookeville Performing Arts Center, TN
7:45PM - 9:30PM The Whole Backstage Theatre, AL
Keynote Presentation: Hip Hop Theatre Initiative: A Model for Student and Community Engagement
Join Daniel Banks for a Keynote Forum exploring Hip Hop, Applied Theatre, and Theatre of Purpose. During the presentation and dialogue, he will share practical information about how to structure and apply such techniques into an existing theatre program/curriculum.
Introduction: Elaine Malone (SETC Teacher’s Institute Chair)
Presider: Tiza Garland (SETC Vice President of Programming, U of Florida)
3:00PM-4:30PM
I Don’t Want to Talk About It
Alabama - The Whole Backstage Theatre
Written by Bradley Hayward, Directed by Kelleybrooke Brown
Being a teenager is hard, and nobody wants to talk about it. Confronting the daily challenges of growing up, this series of monologues and scenes offers a look at a multitude of issues including dealing with parents who just don’t get it, rumors, bullying and suicide.
5:30PM-7:00PM
Black Sash
Mississippi - WINGS Performing Arts
Written by Sarah Grammar, Tonya Hays, Emily Overmyer, and Sarah Pendleton, Directed by Tonya Hays
Black Sash is an original production written and researched by students celebrating the work of the Black Sash women’s organization and their fight against apartheid. The production centers on the efforts of these upper/middle class women as they fought the injustices of apartheid. The production takes us on a journey from 1955 through 1990 and Nelson Mandela’s release.
7:00PM-8:30PM
The SantaLand Diaries
Mississippi – Tupelo Community Theatre
Written by David Sedaris, Adapted for the stage by Joe Mantello, Directed by Tom Booth
The play is a brilliant evocation of what a slacker's Christmas must feel like when he decides to become a Macy's elf during the holiday crunch.
8:30PM-10:00PM
The Fantasticks
Alabama - Wetumpka Depot Players
Music by Harvey Schmidt and Lyrics by Tom Jones, Directed by Kristy Meanor
A legend in its own time, The Fantasticks is the longest running musical in history! This is a simple romantic comedy about a boy, a girl, their meddling fathers and the wall that divides them. A musical crafted with charming simplicity, captivating music, and whimsy.
Playwright: The House of Yes, Juvenilia, The Water Children
"Whether we're writers or actors, what really counts is not dreaming about fame and glory--but stamina" (Anton Chekhov's, The Seagull)). Playwright Wendy MacLeod explores the importance of practicing your craft in an interview format.
In the Sideshow of Wonders, Marie discovers that it’s easy to get lost in a world of make-believe…but it might not be easy to escape from. In her Uncle Fletcher’s Sideshow of Wonders, she discovers a world of mystery and strangeness. And though no one else can see it, Marie discovers a terrible curse at work, and only she can put a stop to the endless chain of misfortunes.
Open Rehearsal - 7PM Thursday, Windjammer Suite, Riverview
Staged Reading & Response - 7PM Friday, Windjammer Suite, Riverview
Staged Reading is directed by Todd Ristau (Hollins U)
Respondent: Craig Popisil, Dramatists Play Service
The 2014 SETC Charles M. Getchell Award winning play and playwright have also been honored by ATHE with an invitation to receive further development through a workshop and staged reading at their annual conference.
7:30PM-9:00PM
A Thousand Cranes
Kentucky - Actors for Children Theatre
Written by Kathryn Schultz Miller, Directed by Sarah Diamond Burroway
This is the true story of a Sadako who falls ill from *radiation sickness* 10 years after Hiroshima's atomic bomb. She's visited in the hospital by a friend who shares the legend of the paper crane: if you fold 1,000 cranes, your wish for health and life will come true.
9:0PM-10:30PM
Quilters
Kentucky - Artists Collaborative Theatre
Book by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek, Lyrics and Music by Barbara Damashek, Directed by Lauren Stewart
In this musical patchwork of American history, a pioneer woman and her daughters stitch together the interrelated stories of dozens of women into a colorful masterpiece. Through music, drama and dance, each "quilt block" celebrates the women of the frontier.
Schedule:
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 – Auditions & Job Contact Companies (CC West Ballroom)
6:00PM-7:30PM Mandatory Dancers' Briefing & Warm-up (CC East Ballroom)
7:30PM-8:30PM Dance Call (CC East Ballroom)
8:00AM-4:00PM Auditions Warm-up Rm (CC 201D)
9:00AM-5:00PM Auditions Holding Rm (CC 105A)
9:00AM-9:00PM Audition Callback Posting (CC 105B)
Look for your audition number to see who called you back.
Adjudicators: Nicholas Irion (Texas Tech U), Ricky Ramon (Hispanic Scholarship Consortium), Deb Shaw (Midland Independent School District)
Tickets will be avialable for purchase at the Mobile Civic Center.Performances:
10:30AM-11:15AM
On the Verge
Virginia - Stafford High School
Written by Eric Overmyer, Directed by Michael D'Addario
On a remote island in the tropics, three Victorian ladies set off to explore the last undiscovered bits of globe. As they trek from coast to jungle to howling ice field, they find themselves unraveling multiple mysteries of the magically changing world around them, and also unexpectedly, the mysteries within themselves. (Scenes 1,4,6,8,9,12-15,18,19 and 22 will be presented)
11:30AM-12:15PM
Bel Canto
West Virginia – Wyoming East High School
Written by Will Scheffer, Directed by B.J.A. Adams
Two blue collar Jersey Girls and their handicapped mother wait out a hurricane in their cellar. When their mother dies, the sisters debate what they have done, and what to do with their lives.
12:30PM-1:15PM
The Last Illusion
Alabama – Bob Jones High School
Written by B. Dwayne Craft, Directed by B. Dwayne Craft and Mary Davis
The Last Illusion takes inside the real world of the great Harry Houdini. The magic of his love for Bess Houdini and the impact his life had on those who knew him is an experience the changes audiences forever.
1:30PM-2:15PM
Of Mice and Men
Florida – Dr. Phillips High School
Written by John Steinbeck, Directed by Karen J. Rugerio
Set in the Depression Era, George and Lennie, two drifters with a special bond, search for their piece of the American dream. George, ever-protective of his friend, gets Lennie safely away after a brush with the law. Lennie, the "gentle-giant", tragically sets in motion a series of events that tests the meaning of true friendship and devotion.
2:30PM-3:15PM
Elephant’s Graveyard
Georgia – Savannah Country Day School
Written by George Brant, Directed by DJ Queenan
Elephant's Graveyard is the true tale of the tragic collision of a struggling circus and a tiny town in Tennessee, which resulted in the only known lynching of an elephant. Set in September of 1916, the play combines historical fact and legend, exploring the deep-seated American craving for spectacle, violence and revenge.
5:30PM-6:15PM
And They Dance Real Slow in Jackson
Kentucky – Paul Laurence Dunbar HS
Written by Jim Leonard, Jr., Directed by Tonda-Leah Fields
A memory play set in the mind of Elizabeth Ann Willow, a young woman in a wheelchair caused by Polio. The play follows Elizabeth as she faces the confusion and prejudices of those in her small town, and she eventually seeks refuge from the world within her own mind.
6:30PM-7:15PM
Property Rites
Mississippi – Picayune Memorial High School
Written by Alan Haehnel, Directed by William Rester
Kyle Macmanus has invested millions in a high-tech work of art -- fifteen human-figure sculptures programmed to perform thousands of movements, monologues, dialogues, and more. But just when Kyle is about to sell the sculpture, it malfunctions; the figures are alive. As each one struggles to achieve autonomy, they begin a fatal race against their desperate owner's destructive plan.
7:30PM-8:15PM
The Parchman Hour
North Carolina – Central Academy for Technology and Arts
Written by Mike Wiley, Directed by Larry Robinson
The Parchman Hour is about the efforts of Freedom Riders in 1961 to challenge and change the segregation laws in the South. The story is told through the Freedom Riders' own stories and through choreography to the music and songs integral to the Freedom Riders' experiences.
8:30PM-9:15PM
Agnes of God
South Carolina – Richland Northeast High School
Written by John Pielmeier, Directed by Donna Wilson
The conflict between science and religion takes center stage in Agnes of God, the story of a young novice accused of murdering her newborn baby and the court appointed psychiatrist who has been summoned to assess her sanity.
9:30PM-10:15PM
American Tall Tales
Tennessee – LaVergne High School
Written by Austin Sanders, Directed by Alex Wallace
Using only their imaginations and the junk around them, 9 young kids recreate heroes of American folk lore.
In the Sideshow of Wonders, Marie discovers that it’s easy to get lost in a world of make-believe…but it might not be easy to escape from. In her Uncle Fletcher’s Sideshow of Wonders, she discovers a world of mystery and strangeness. And though no one else can see it, Marie discovers a terrible curse at work, and only she can put a stop to the endless chain of misfortunes.
Staged Reading is directed by Todd Ristau (Hollins U)
Respondent: Craig Popisil, Dramatists Play Service
Briana Valderrey - Undergraduate Award Winner
Bert Williams and the Subtle Black Pantomime
Briana Valderrey is a recent graduate of the U of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she earned her BFA in Drama - Technical Production, focusing in stage management. Previously she has studied directing at Columbia U, and hopes to continue her education with a PhD in Performance Studies.
Samuel Kolodezh - Graduate Award Winner
Spectral Laughter: Constructing a Modern Subjectivity through Humor in The Castle Spectre
As a first year doctoral student in the Joint Ph.D Program in Drama and Theatre at the U of California, Irvine and U of California, San Diego, he is interested in the intersection between technology and identity, affect studies, and performance philosophy, alongside Shakespearean and Gothic drama, theatre and performance.
SETC 2014 Distinguished Career Award Winner
Keynote Presentation: THE MAGIC BULLET or WHAT IT TAKES...
Terry is the consummate actor, director, singer, composer and dancer enjoying a career that has never had a break. He received nominations for multiple Tony’s, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Emmy Awards for his roles on Broadway and television. SETC is honored to present Terrence Mann with our highest honor, the 2014 SETC Distinguished Career Award.
Introduction: Scott LaFeber (Emerson College)
Presider: Tiza Garland (SETC Vice President of Programming, U of Florida)
