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Published November 2022
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Bring the best performances from your chapter to the International Thespian Festival! The Chapter Select Showcase highlights outstanding performances from chapters around the globe.
Chapters can recommend one top-scoring live short performance by aThespian troupe from their respective festivals/conferences for the Chapter Select Showcase lineup at ITF. Performances may be one-acts, cuttings from full-length productions, reader's theatre, dance, mime, comedy, drama, etc. Please check with your chapter director to learn more about how your troupe may qualify.
Chapter directors must submit their recommendations to EdTA by April 3, 2023.
If your troupe is not part of an active chapter, please contact events@schooltheatre.org to learn about other performance opportunities.
Any Thespian troupe in good standing with the parent organization (the International Thespian Society and the Educational Theatre Association) is eligible for the Chapter Select Showcase at ITF.
To give as many troupes as possible the chance to perform at ITF, troupes may not perfrom on the main stage and in the Chapter Select Showcase in the same year.
April 3, 2023 | Chapter Select Showcase recommendation forms due. |
April 10, 2023 | Chapter Select acceptance forms, technical requirements, and proof of performance rights due. |
May 1, 2023 | Chapter Select Showcase lineup announced; once EdTA announces the full lineup, schools/troupes may announce publicly. |
May 3, 2023 | Deadline for troupes to register for ITF 2023. |
May 10, 2023 | Deadline to assign housing and submit parking pass requests. |
May 25, 2023 | Digital programs due. |
4 p.m., June 18, 2023 | Production meeting and venue tour at Indiana University. Please note: This meeting takes place on Sunday. There is no additional cost for early registration or housing for Sunday arrivals. |
Chapters are responsible for training and recruiting adjudicators to score performances at their own regional events. Chapters may use the rubrics below to score performances. Check with your chapter director for specific details about the adjudication process in your chapter.
The full rubric, an overall score, and written feedback from the adjudicators should be shared with each director once the adjudication is complete.
Adjudicators should disclose any conflicts of interest prior to screening a production and should not be assigned to screen a production should any of the following conflicts of interest arise:
Up to 17 live productions will be selected for the ITF 2023 Chapter Select Showcase lineup. Slots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. A performance slot is only secured when all acceptance materials, including proof of performance rights, have been received.
Productions will be selected for the ITF Chapter Select Showcase based on achieving among the highest scores at a chapter event according to the Chapter Select Showcase adjudication rubrics and being recommended by the chapter director.Pre-Festival Planning:
The Chapter Select Showcase will be presented in the Ruth N. Halls Theatre, which houses a proscenium stage 34 feet wide by 30 feet deep. The theatre seats 443 audience members.
The use of all Ruth N. Halls technical equipment will be supervised by ITF personnel. Each performing troupe must provide an individual who will be responsible for providing the appropriate cues.
General area lighting is available (up/mid/down right; up/mid/down left; up/down/true center) in clear, cool, and warm washes. Special lighting effects are not available. A follow spot is not available. A production may include special lighting instruments if they can be set and struck within the permitted time frame. Such instruments must be approved in advance by EdTA and should be noted in the acceptance form.
ITF will provide audio playback, amplification, and speakers. Groups may use their own smart phone, iPad/tablet, or laptop to run cues through the provided sound system and must provide their own operator for the playback device. The operator may be a student or an adult as assigned by the production. All playback devices must have a 3.5 millimeter / 1/8-inch or USB audio output option. Due to the limited amount of time allotted for set and strike, the use of microphones is not permitted for the Chapter Select Showcase.
No projectors or screens will not be provided; the performing troupe must bring and set up everything required. All projectors must be set and stuck during the production's one-hour time slot. No projectors may be set up in the house; all projections must be made from within the playing space. If projections are made from upstage of a screen, they must not require a throw of more than 15 feet. The performing troupe must provide an operator for their projector who must control the projections from onstage or upstage, not from the booth.
If your production contains a gunshot or other loud noise, you must indicate so on your acceptance form. Notice will be posted in the ITF app as part of the production's program. No smoke, haze, or pyrotechnic effects will be permitted.
A prop is any item that will fit through a single door and is carried on- or offstage by a single person during the performance. Set pieces are anything larger. Set pieces and flats are not allowed. Please review the list of set pieces provided and be sure to indicate on your acceptance form which pieces you wish to use and how many, if there are more than one available.
Due to the limited recommended strike time (5 minutes), limit the size and number of props you bring. Only those items essential to the plot of your production should be used. Props, costumes, and makeup must be furnished by the performing troupe. The International Thespian Festival, LLC and Indiana University cannot be responsible for props, costumes, makeup, valuables, or any item not on the following list:
To support our teachers and provide a safe performance experience, EdTA and ITF have partnered with the United State Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) to provide stage safety resources and educational materials. The following standards must be reviewed and adhered to by any program performing on a main stage at ITF: