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DEVISED THEATRE PROJECT

The Prompt:
 
TITLE: We Gather To Bear Witness
  • Ensembles will select their sources of inspiration as their creative container (examples: a photograph, a poem, a fictional or non-fictional short story, a memory, interviews, a question, etc.).  Ensembles will be asked to clearly articulate how their sources informed their process and product, form and content.
  • Each ensemble will create a unique performance vocabulary informed by their source materials. This vocabulary should include movement, voice, visual image, sonic landscape, text and scenic environment and communicate the piece’s style and aesthetic.
  • Ensemble should consider time restraints and travel considerations.  These parameters are designed to form a creative container to spark your imaginations and deepen your exploration.
Logistics/parameters:
  • Approximately 16’X16’ playing space; ensemble determines audience placement & interaction. 
  • Work lights up/down provided; any additional lighting will be ensemble-generated. 
  • Regions provide electrical power; ensemble must provide all technical sources (music sources, extension cords, projector, clip lights, etc.)
  • There is a 20 minute time limit, which must include set-up, performance and strike.  Set up and strike can be part of the performance.​
  • Contributions of the ensemble are to be balanced and evenly distributed.  
  • Not every member of the ensemble must perform, but the majority should.
  • Faculty mentors may provide outside-eye feedback, but students should drive the work.
  • No live flame.
  • No smoking.
  • No functional weapons.​​
Additional Information:
  • Each showing will be given a short response from regional faculty and/or devising guest artists.  Each deviser will be expected to speak articulately about their work, displaying rigor of process and responsibility for form and content.
  • Devising isn’t an aesthetic; it’s a process.  This approach to creating new work includes multiple aesthetics, production value spectrums, and performance styles.
  • Participants should ensure that the content of their piece significantly reflects the prompt as it guides the creative process. 
  • Regions will only provide the space; ensembles must bring everything else.  Be careful about making assumptions (availability of chairs, acting blocks, etc)
  • Schools may enter multiple groups for the devising initiative.​
Articles on Devised Theatre To Get You Inspired and Working:

The first includes live links to several other devising resources and the second can be accessed through your school library.
  • -“What is Devised Theatre?” Posted by Martine Kei Green-Rogers, 28th Sept. 2016, THEATRE TIMES, https://thetheatretimes.com/what-is-devised-theatre/
  • -“On the Case for Devising Theatre on Social Justice on College Campuses,” Joan Lipkin, THEATRE TOPICS, John Hopkins University Press, Vol. 26, Number 2, July 2016 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/627135/

Deadline extended to January 20, 2023 at 5:00 pm.

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Devised Theatre Project Coordinator Cat Gleason, devised@kcactf5.org

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  • About
    • Archive
    • Region 5 Leadership
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    • COVID-19 Statement
    • Best Practices Statement
  • Students
    • ASPIRE Arts Leadership
    • Design, Technology, and Management >
      • Collaborative Theatre Challenge
      • The Expo
      • Portfolio and Resume Review
      • Stage Crew Olympics
      • Stage Management
    • Directing >
      • SDC Directing Scene
      • Ten-Minute Play
      • Directing Intensive
    • Dramaturgy
    • Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy
    • Performance >
      • Drag and Neo-Burlesque Ball
      • Irene Ryan Scholarship
      • Devised Theatre Project
      • Musical Theatre Intensive
      • 10-Minute Play Concert Readings
    • Playwriting
    • Professional Auditions and Interviews
    • Student Advisory Board
  • Faculty
    • Enter Shows
    • College Fair
    • Costume Parade
    • Faculty Acting Showcase
    • Nominate Faculty
    • RESPONDENTS' GATEWAY
    • Response to Response
    • Directing Faculty
    • Undergraduate Theatre Scholar Award
    • Workshops
    • Employment
  • Festival 55
    • Festival Schedule
    • Accommodations
    • Parking
    • Announcements
    • ITJA Blog
    • Invited Productions
    • Health Guidance