Class A, Region II One-Act Play Contest

Region II Schools	Area-District - Schools 1-9. Archer City; Electra; Graford; Munday; Perrin: Whit; Petrolia; Poolville; Quanah; Seymour; Windthorst 1-10. Chillicothe; Groom; Harrold; Hedley; McLean; Paducah Samnorwood; Silverton; Vernon; Northside 1-11. Afton: Patton Springs; Aspermont; Benjamin; Guthrie; Haskell: Paint Creek; Jayton; Knox City; Newcastle; Rule; Spur; Throckmorton; Woodson 2-12. Blackwell; Garden City; Hermleigh; Roby; Roscoe; Highland; Sterling City; Trent; Water Valley; Westbrook 3-13. Albany; Baird; Bronte; Clyde; Eula; Cross Plains; Hamlin; Haskell; Miles; Roscoe; Rotan; Stamford; Winters 2-14. Eden; Lohn; Novice; Richland Springs; Rochelle; Santa Anna; Valera Panther Creek; Veribest; Zephyr 3-15. DeLeon; Evant; Goldthwaite; Gorman; Meridian; Ranger; Santo; Tolar; Valley Mills 3-16. Blanket; Gustine; Lingleville; Lometa; May; Mullin; Rising Star; Sidney; Star
Regional Meet Director	Jerrod Cook, Director - ACU Box 27916, Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX 79699; Office Phone - 325-674-6943; FAX 325-674-6831. E-mail: jerrod.cook@acu.edu
Contest Manager	Bobby Robinson, 1021 5th Street, Rule TX 79547, PHONE (940) 997-2156, FAX: 940-997-2446, CELL (outside Rule) 325-280-0035. E-mail: brobinson_br_43@yahoo.com
Contest Date	April 24, 2009
Venue	Cullen Auditorium, Abilene Christian University -For maps of Abilene and ACU, please go to: http://www.acu.edu/mediavisitors/maps.html Click on "Maps of Campus." Cullen Auditorium is #16. -Kevin Weems, 325-518-6131 is the Manager of Cullen Auditorium and the Regional OAP Contest Sound/Lights Advisor. -Parking is available early in the lot north of (behind) Cullen Auditorium, as well as other areas around the campus perimeter. -Stage Dimensions for Cullen Auditorium: Proscenium opening - 50' Entire Acting Area Wooden Stage Width - 60' (Backstage non-acting areas L and R are cement) Front of Lip to Grand Drape - 8' Grand Drape to Concert (Red) Drape - 8' Concert to Back (Black) Drape - 12' Back Drape to Back Wall (non-acting area) - 15'
Admission	-Family and fans, please use the south of Cullen Auditorium. There are side entrances, but they will be locked for the contest. -One-time admission to the One-Act Play Performances will be $8 for adults and $5 for students. -Directors and company members (cast, crew, and alternates) and bus drivers participating in the Regional One-Act Play Contest will not be charged an admission fee, if you have your pass to show the gatekeeper.
Stage Manager	Bre Marquis, San Angelo, TX
Timers	There will be 2 performance timers--one in the house and another backstage; a third timer will time the blackouts and music; the Stage Manager will also time backstage.
Critic Judge	Lynae L. Jacob, Amarillo College, PO Box 447, Amarillo, TX 79178 -Mrs. Jacob has a BS in Education and a MA in Speech and Theatre from West Texas A&M University. She has served as the Director of Theatre at Amarillo Tascosa High School and Amarillo High School and has directed twelve one-act plays. She is committed to the process and believes in the benefits of UIL OAP to both directors and actors. Directors - please send your original marked scripts directly to her at the address above as soon as possible after you advance to the regional contest.*

DRESSING ROOMS

Cast Guidelines

-Dressing areas will be assigned as soon as possible.

-Be quiet in approaching and leaving dressing rooms during rehearsal and contest.

-Place one responsible company member in charge of all valuables. ACU is not responsible for articles left in dressing rooms.

-Leave dressing rooms clean after use. Classrooms must be used for dressing facilities, as our regular dressing rooms are accessible only to the stage.

-Directors will be asked to sign a form, agreeing to leave his/her dressing room in the same condition as it was upon initially entering.

DIRECTORS' MEETING
When	1:15 p.m. Friday, April 24, 2009
Where	Cullen backstage left

PERFORMANCE
Schedule:	1:52 p.m. - First show (DeLeon's "...Forum") will set. -Order: (Determined by blind draw on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2009) - The Contest Manager will make the "cellphones and cameras" announcement one time, before the first performance, then will announce each play, thereafter. 2:00 p.m. - 3A - "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" 2. 1B - "Into the Woods" 3. 2A - "The Last Night of Ballyhoo" 4. 3B - "Pygmalion" 5. 1A - "The Grapes of Wrath" 6. 2B - Reviving Ophelia"
Information:	-Shows will run back to back. -This sequence will be followed by the Contest Stage Manager (CSM): 1. Runner will call you and escort you to the rear stage door. 2. After previous company has departed, the CSM will call you to enter. 3. Take positions, then CSM will call your set. 4. After your set, the Director(s) will exit to the house. 5. Stage worklights OUT and Contest Manager will announce your show, then enter the House. 6. CSM calls Light Cue to GO to BLACKOUT. 7. CSM turns the show over to your Stage Manager. 8. Your SM takes over to call your show to the end. 9. After your production, the CM, Director(s), and your Technicians return backstage. 10. CSM will call your strike. 11. Following strike, the Contest Staff will resume their responsibilities. -Judge will probably leave at the conclusion of each performance.
Cast Guidelines:	-Please be orderly in the dressing room. -Once in costume and makeup, do not leave dressing rooms until called. -Do not enter auditorium in costume and makeup during other performances - no exceptions. -Observe all possible productions of other schools. -No one may enter while a performance is in progress. -Load out following the final show, with that show being first, and continuing in reverse order of presentation. -Please have a couple of company members return to the stage to help pull up your spike tape while the judge is deliberating.

AWARDS

-Following verification, awards will be presented about 45-60 minutes following the end of the final show.

-The two winning plays will advance to the State Meet at Hogg Auditorium on the campus of The University of Texas in Austin on Saturday May 9, 2009. That link is: http://www.uil.texas.edu/academics/drama/pdf/HoggSM09.pdf

JUDGE'S CRITIQUE

-The judge's critique's will follow after the announcement of awards, according to distance from Abilene - furthest first - with the two advancing plays being critiqued last, as usual, even if schools are spending the night in Abilene.

Cast Guidelines:

-We would appreciate your limiting your in-house celebrations and ask you to please move revelry to the foyer.

-All participating company members should remain throughout the entire critique.

-Parents, grandparents, and fans may attend the critiques.

-Critiques should last 10-15 minutes each (four non-advancing plays) to 20-25 minutes each (two advancing plays).