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Wisconsin High School Theatre Festival is a three day theatre experience for high school students and teachers. Always held at a UW Campus, the festival consists of educational theatre workshops, the Forensic One-Act play competition, and evening events. The evening events include two Wisconsin high schools that are chosen to showcase their school's theatrical production to festival participants. This festival provides students and teachers an opportunity to learn from trained theatre professionals and educators, to take the stage, and to watch their peers perform. All high schools are invited to attend. Prior registration is required.
WI High School Theatre Festival will be held at UW-Whitewater on November 19-21, 2009.
Sarah Marty, Program Coordinator, Registration, UW-Madison, Liberal Studies & the Arts, phone 608-263-2790, smarty@dcs.wisc.edu.
Miranda McClenaghan, Director, UW-Madison, Liberal Studies & the Arts, phone 608-265-8041, mmcclenaghan@dcs.wisc.edu.
WI HS Forensics Association (WHSFA)
Download the School Registration Form in Microsoft Word. Please do not mail these until you are certain whether you are competing as a one-act school or signing up as a general festival registration.
Registration deadlines - Your registration materials and payment must be received by:
Refunds are not available. Please plan carefully for the Festival Weekend.
4:00 pm - Registration begins/Exhibitor check-in
8:00 pm - Showcase performance
8:00 am - WHSFA performances
9:45 am - WHSFA performances/workshops/Tech Olympics: Practice and registration
11:30 am - WHSFA performances/Tech Olympics: Practice and registration/workshops
1:15 pm - WHSFA performances/Tech Olympics/workshops
3:00 pm - WHSFA performances/Tech Olympics/workshops
4:00 pm - Showcase performance
4:45 pm - WHSFA performances/workshops
8:00 pm - Showcase performance
8:00 am - WHSFA performances
9:45 am - WHSFA performances/workshops
11:30 am - WHSFA performances/workshops
1:15 pm - WHSFA performances/workshops
3:00 pm - WHSFA performances
4:45 pm - WHSFA performances
Theatre Festival workshops are scheduled throughout the day on Friday and Saturday in conjunction with Forensic One-Act Plays. Workshops are an educational opportunity for students expand their theatrical experience in a fun and relaxed environment. All participating students are welcome to attend. Workshops are taught by highly qualified instructors who have been involved in theatre and theatre education for numerous years. Information regarding workshops for the 2009 Theatre Festival will be mailed with the Theatre Festival Booklet. Workshop subjects that have been included in past years include: acting, auditioning, stage combat, costumes, dance, improvisation, mime, musical theatre, and tech.
One act plays are scheduled throughout the day on Friday and Saturday in conjunction with workshops. High schools throughout Wisconsin come to the Theatre Festival to perform their one-act play at the State level. Students perform their play and receive adjudication from Festival Judges. Participating students are welcome to watch any one act plays. Family and friends who are not attending the Theatre Festival are welcome as well and may purchase time block tickets ($7 per time block) on site to view a performance. One-Act performances are a great educational opportunity for students to receive constructive criticism from theatre professionals to enhance their theatrical abilities.
Make plans now to participate at the Festival whether your school is highlighted "on the WHSFA stages," or you plan to participate in the many valuable workshop opportunities or Showcase Auditions. You should make lodging arrangements soon as space may be limited. Download the hotel list.
Thursday, November 19 at 8 pm
Dark of the Moon
By Howard Richardson & Bill Berney
Presented by Beloit Memorial High School
Directed by Greg Wallendal
Dark of the Moon is a witch tale resembling Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, with some Greek myth influences from the Cupid/Psyche tale, yet sets the story deep in the Appalachian Mountains. John, a witchboy from Bald Mountain, having fallen in love with the beautiful human girl, Barbara Allen, strikes a deal with Conjur Woman to transform him into a human so that he can be with Barbara forever. Conjur Woman agrees on the condition that Barbara must stay true to him for one year. If Barbara stays true, Conjur Woman vows to make the transformation permanent. The rest of the witches, a jealous, vindictive bunch, refuse to let John go so easily and continually try to coax him back Bald Mountain. As the Conjur Man says, " 't ain't easy bein' human..." Will John be a human for all time? Will Barbara stay true?
Friday, November 20 at 4 pm and 8 pm
A Midsummer Night's Dream
By William Shakespeare
Presented by Jefferson High School
Directed by Ryan Clarksen
Written around 1595, A Midsummer Night's Dream contains three interwoven plots. The first involves two sets of couples (Hermia and Lysander, and Helena and Demetrius) arguing over who should be with whom. They flee to a forest where the King and Queen of the Fairies (Oberon and Titania) are feuding over the custody of a powerful youth. Oberon instructs Puck, his right-hand fairy, to interfere in the lovers' dealings, which leads to further complications. Another set of characters -- Quince the carpenter, Bottom the weaver, and a group of workers -- head to the same forest to rehearse a play for the duke's wedding. Oberon and Puck seize this opportunity to involve Bottom in the feud against Titania. Meanwhile all of these conflicts must be resolved in some way by the end of the night so as not to interfere with the wedding the next day.
Test your technical skills! This is a traditional WI High School Theatre Festival event and is very popular with participants. To learn more, download the category details and instructions.
If you are a university/college theatre department or theatre supplier who wants to reach an attentive audience of over 2200 high school theatre students and their instructors, consider exhibiting at the WI High School Theatre Festival! With a minimal fee, you are provided a table and table cloth, electricity access, and entry into all Festival events. Download Exhibitor Registration Forms.
The Department of Liberal Studies & the Arts is a part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Continuing Studies. The units within Continuing Studies provide continuing education programs for lifelong learners, from precollege to seniors, as well as counseling services for adult learners. You will find the UW-Madison Continuing Studies home page at http://www.dcs.wisc.edu, or browse the Web site using the navigational links below.
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File last updated: October 2009
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