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Arkansas
Thespians
One Act Festival
2024
ONE ACT INFORMATION 2024/2025
Online Registration for One Acts will open on Monday, August 19!
There are two steps to the registration. Registration info will be updated this summer.
1. You must register your one-act on the One-Act Event Registration Form. Deadline is Friday, October 18, 2024. The link to the Open Water One-Act Registration Form is located on arkansasthespians.org
2. You must register your one-act on the One-Act Submission Form (this asks for cast, crew, student director, etc.). Deadline is November 8, 2024. If you need to make any additions or deletions to your cast or crew you can access this form until the deadline date of November 8, 2024. The link to the Open Water One-Act Submission Form is located on arkansasthespians.org
On Site Festival Dates.
November 15-16 at Searcy High School
November 22-23 at Har-Ber High School in Springdale
Each troupe must complete and submit the principal approval form located on the Arkansas Thespian website arkansasthespians.org
Email the completed principal form, proof of licensing and proof of royalty payment to oneacts@arkansasthespians.org
The registration/entry fee for a troupe is $100.00. The registration/entry fee for a non troupe one act is $150.00.
You will use the Open Water platform to pay your registration fee. A judge’s evaluation ballot is posted on the Arkansas Thespian website arkansasthespians.org for you to view the criteria.
On the Thespian website below the “One Act Stage Specs.” You can click on Searcy or Har-Ber, to learn about the physical facility of each host school. Also, other than the basic Light Board, Follow Spot and Sound Board with one offstage mic, nothing additional will be provided by the host school. Everything; props, costumes, set and additional technical equipment must be provided by the performing school.
Please read the One-Act Festival section of the Festival Handbook for additional information that has been provided this year for clarification of questions I may not have answered here.
For questions please call or email Billy Ivey at 870-340-6099 and/or oneacts@arkansasthespians.org
One Act Festival
Stage Specs
One Act Flagging Regulations
First we need to keep in mind that the reason we flag is because many of the high school districts in the state of Arkansas are being held to strict community standards, we at Arkansas Thespians would like to err on the side of caution.
By completing and signing the registration form you understand that any materials that need to be flagged in the One Act being presented by this troupe, which is representing your school should be listed on the registration form, that includes foul language, offensive material, situations, and/or obscenities. These Materials MUST be FLAGGED for content.
Failure to comply with this rule will result in both disqualification from this year's event and being barred from next year’s event(s).
FURTHER FLAGGING DETAILS
Flagging is not a moral judgment on the work itself but a warning to audiences and judges about what is to come or will experience.
The rule of thumb in reference to flagging a performance is as follows: If you have a question about whether your performance should be flagged, then you should probably flag it just to be safe.
If you still have questions, you may submit it to the One Act Coordinators (use this google form, https://forms.gle/tk6CxktGAv7VNsbq8), and we can determine whether a show should be flagged if that makes you more comfortable.
Remember, the process of flagging a show is often subjective. A FLAGGED work is akin to a video content warning.
Not sure if your show should be flagged? Fill out this form: Flagging Form
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