2024 Bi-District: Conference 4A, districts 5 & 6 OAP
March 27, 2024
Site: Tarleton State University in The Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center on the Auditorium Stage
404 Doc Blanchard Stephenville, Texas 76402
Contest Manager: Prudence Jones
Email: pljones@tarleton.edu office#:254-968-9669 cell#:570-561-9194
Host: Dan Stone
The judges for the contest are:
Michele Mcllvain
4008 State Highway 6
DeLeon Texas, 76444
Chuck Roe
1603 Monte Carlo Drive
Mansfield Texas 76063
Melissa Green
3232 North 29th Street
Waco Texas, 76708
Rehearsal Schedule:
| Tuesday, March 26, 2024 | ||
| 4:00 p.m. | Sweetwater | |
| 5:00 p.m. | Brownwood | |
| 6:00 p.m. | Stephenville | |
| Wednesday, March 27, 2024 | ||
| 8:00 a.m. | Big Spring | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Snyder | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Graham |
| Performance Schedule: | ||||
| Wednesday, March 27, 2024 | ||||
| 12:00 p.m. | Big Spring | |||
| 1:00 p.m. | Brownwood | |||
| 2:00 p.m. | Sweetwater | |||
| 3:00 p.m. | Stephenville | |||
| 4:00 p.m. | Snyder | |||
| 5:00 p.m. | Graham | |||
Dressing Room Schedule:
10:00 Big Spring 183
11:00 Brownwood 185
12:00 Sweetwater 182
1:00 Stephenville 186
2:00 Snyder 183
3:00 Graham 185
You must be clear of the Dressing 30 minutes following your performance.
Director’s Meeting and Performance:
11:15am Director’s meeting in Green Room
11:50am Se-up for Play #1
12pm- Curtain on Play #1 (plays will be performed back-to-back)
Load In:
The contest manager will meet your company at the loading dock and bring you to the stage door. Please be on time. Following the rehearsal, the stage manager will show you where to store your properties and your host will show you to the room assigned for your school during the contest.
Rehearsal:
You will have one hour to rehearse. A complete run-through of your play may not be possible. There will be an onsite assistant with how to use sound and light boards.
Performances:
The cast are reminded not to re-enter the auditorium in make-up or costume after the performance. Remind your students, too, that they will not be allowed to enter the auditorium while a play is in progress. Plays will perform back-to-back.
Time Warning Procedures:
The stage manager will be giving audible calls from the edge of the SL wing for set, strike and the 60 second start.
The stage manager will give the 35-minute warning. Your designated crew member should respond with 35-minute warning received.
Contest Fee:
The entry Fee of $750.00, made payable to Tarleton State University will be collected before the rehearsal. All other required paperwork will be turned in at that time as well.
Admission to the Performance:
There will be $2 admission charge. Latecomers will be seated only during the pause between shows. Please let families and friends know this since absolutely no exceptions will be made.
Also, in order to maintain the proper atmosphere for enjoying a live performance, we ask you let families and friends know that no photographs, flash or otherwise, or videotape may be taken during the performances.
Awards and Critiques:
The announcement of advancing play and the presentation of awards will be following the last performance, properties load out and as soon as the adjudicator has completed their decision. Oral Critiques will follow each performance.
Stage and Lighting:
We are lit to the front edge of the apron. Note that you will have the option to set in front of the Grand Drape because of the depth of the apron. We will only have a black background available.
Sound:
If you wish to use the sound system our available inputs are USB, Aux, Qlab, or CD. There will be a sound technician to assist your students.
Unit Set:
Tarleton UIL Stock Set Pieces
Platforms:
4 total 1’x1’
2 total 4’x4’
2 total 4’x8’
Pylons:
4 total 1’x1‘
2 total at 4’ tall
2 total at 6’ tall
2 total at 8’ tall
Staircases and Ramps:
2 total 2 step unit 2’ wide
2 total 2 step unit 4’ wide
2 total ramps
Doors and Windows:
2 total Doors 4’x8’
2 total Window 3’x6’
Frenchdoor (Provided by Stephenville)
Folds:
4 total 2 panel Bi-fold 8’ tall
4 total 3 panel Tri-fold 8’ tall
Load out:
Schools will load out properties off the auditorium stage after all plays have completed. We suggest that you do this during the adjudicator’s decision-making time to load for departure.