Dramaturgy Initiatives
As many of you know this year’s festival will be virtual. Because of this we are making a few changes in the dramaturgy initiatives. This year we will include opportunities to showcase your work from your home institutions in the form of a dramaturgical protocol (the Student Dramaturgy Award) or as a digital lobby display (a new opportunity!). These projects can be from realized productions, independent projects, or class projects. The Dramaturgy Fellows program, where dramaturgs take part in the 10 Minute Play Festival, will be on hiatus this year but we hope to bring it back next year.
Questions? Contact Dramaturgy Coordinator Cat Gleason: dramaturgy@kcactf5.org
NEW!! Digital Lobby Display
This year we are instituting a new initiative that responds to our moment. In recent years, more and more theatres have been using digital displays in their lobbies as a form of audience outreach. In our response to the need to maintain safety and distance many theatres (and theatre departments) have been creating virtual lobby displays – taking the digital display folx have been developing around the country and bringing it online.
In response to this trend we are inviting dramaturgs to submit a digital lobby display for a regional award. Submissions should include: Six dramaturgical slides formatted in Google Slides. Be sure to remove the name of your home institution from all materials.
To enter, you must be either an undergraduate or graduate student enrolled at least part-time (6 semester hours) at the time of the creation/completion of the project that is being submitted for the award.
Entering your Project:
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In response to this trend we are inviting dramaturgs to submit a digital lobby display for a regional award. Submissions should include: Six dramaturgical slides formatted in Google Slides. Be sure to remove the name of your home institution from all materials.
To enter, you must be either an undergraduate or graduate student enrolled at least part-time (6 semester hours) at the time of the creation/completion of the project that is being submitted for the award.
Entering your Project:
Entry for this event has closed
Student Dramaturgy Award
The LMDA/KCACTF Student Dramaturgy Award is designed to recognize contributions by student dramaturgs to the conception, development and production of theatre with dramaturgical work that participates fully and uniquely in the collaborative act of making theatre and in promoting social discourse around the theatrical event.
The Student Dramaturgy Award is divided into two general categories:
Each project submitted to the festival may be entered in only ONE category - either National or Regional. This year because of the challenges of producing theatre the eligibility for both awards will be the same. Each student can make their own choice about which category they would like to participate. They may want to consider the Regional Award if they are very new to dramaturgy or for a project of limited scope.
The Student Dramaturgy Award is divided into two general categories:
- The LMDA/KCACTF Student Dramaturgy Award (also referred to as the National Award)
- The Region 5 ATHE Student Dramaturgy Award (also referred to as the Regional Award).
Each project submitted to the festival may be entered in only ONE category - either National or Regional. This year because of the challenges of producing theatre the eligibility for both awards will be the same. Each student can make their own choice about which category they would like to participate. They may want to consider the Regional Award if they are very new to dramaturgy or for a project of limited scope.
The National and Regional Awards
Eligibility:
You are eligible for both the National and Regional Award if you completed a dramaturgy protocol and your school participates in KCACTF.
To enter, you must be either an undergraduate or graduate student enrolled at least part-time (6 semester hours) at the time of the creation/completion of the project that is being submitted for the award.
Moving on to the National Festival:
If you are selected as the recipient of the Region 5 National Award during our regional festival in January 2021, your work will be evaluated alongside the other seven National Award recipients. As the result of that evaluation, four of the eight National Awardees will be invited to participate in the National Festival in April at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. If you are passed on to the National Festival, you will be required to submit a PDF version of your protocol.
Entering your Project:
To enter the festival dramaturgy event: Fill out an online entry form at the bottom of this page by January 8, 2021 at 5:00 PM
The Digital Protocol Includes:
You are eligible for both the National and Regional Award if you completed a dramaturgy protocol and your school participates in KCACTF.
To enter, you must be either an undergraduate or graduate student enrolled at least part-time (6 semester hours) at the time of the creation/completion of the project that is being submitted for the award.
Moving on to the National Festival:
If you are selected as the recipient of the Region 5 National Award during our regional festival in January 2021, your work will be evaluated alongside the other seven National Award recipients. As the result of that evaluation, four of the eight National Awardees will be invited to participate in the National Festival in April at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. If you are passed on to the National Festival, you will be required to submit a PDF version of your protocol.
Entering your Project:
To enter the festival dramaturgy event: Fill out an online entry form at the bottom of this page by January 8, 2021 at 5:00 PM
The Digital Protocol Includes:
- A title page, identifying the dramaturg, the project, and the school. Include your address, phone number, email address, and date of the project.
- Two statements written by the dramaturg, one describing the breadth and scope of the project and its challenges, the other detailing the process from start to finish.
- As much documentation of process as possible. Unrealized projects should reflect thoroughness in forethought and planning rather than documentation of the production process (since these projects are usually unrealized). Realized projects should reflect thoroughness in forethought and planning as well as documentation of the production process.
- All materials that seem relevant, but do not exceed 100 pages. This may include information from websites created; questions asked during the process; and information gathered for individual packets. We are not interested in you scanning everything that you researched, but in you analysis and compilation of materials researched.
- All materials must be in .pdf, .doc, and .docx format only.
Entry for this event has closed
