Directors' Page - THE 2025 Downeast Regional of the Maine Drama Festival
Directors' Page - THE 2025 Downeast Regional of the Maine Drama Festival
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MDI Drama is pleased to host the 2025 Downeast Regional of the Maine Drama Festival on March 7th and 8th. Please be sure to review the 2025 Drama Council Bulletin and the Official Rulebook.
Program and Tech Information: Please complete the Special Installations Form and provide your production information on the Google Doc shared in the Downeast Festival Info folder as soon as possible. The deadline is Monday, February 17th. Facility technical information for the Higgins-Demas Theater is available in the H-D Theater Tech Folder UPDATED!.
Public tickets will be available for purchase at the door: $5 (plus 1.25 surcharge) for students/seniors 65+ and $10 (plus 1.50 surcharge) for adults.
Tech Day is Saturday, March 1st. All schools are expected to have a representative present. The UPDATED agenda is posted below.
Proof of Licensing - MPA/MDC rules require a physical copy be submitted to the host director -- please print before coming to Tech Day!
From Thomas Heath of the MDC: "Any show which cannot provide proof of Performance Rights will not be allowed to perform at the Festival."
We plan to host the 12th Annual Downeast Maine Tech Olympics after the final session of plays on Saturday. We will share more information on Tech Day.
The MPA wishes to stress that it is the responsibility of visiting directors to monitor student behavior during the entirety of the competition weekend. To that end, please be sure that you have enough chaperones to be able to do so.
All directors are required to complete the Special Installations Form by Monday, February 17th. Items must be in place by the time of the Tech Day meeting 11 AM on Saturday, March 1. "Within the capabilities of the Host School, [all] schools are allowed to use special lighting, sound, or other equipment. Any special equipment should be cleared with the Host Director [Casey Rush] to make sure that its use is allowed at the Host School. Special equipment that is installed during Tech Saturday must be made available to all schools. Use of special equipment by other schools can not interfere with the use of that equipment by the school that installed it. Anything not installed at Tech Saturday must be installed during the five minute setup, and removed during the five minute Strike" (from the 2024 - 2025 Drama Festival Bulletin & Rule Book). It is strongly suggested that you bring your light and sound operators to familiarize them with the operation of our equipment. Please do not bring all of your students.
Please bring a copy of your performance license/cutting permissions to Tech Day.
Finally, please remember that it is each visiting director's responsibility to inform his or her students that they must secure their own money and personal possessions. The Maine Principals Association, Maine Drama Council, host director and host school are not responsible for lost or stolen items.
Please feel free to contact me by text or voice at (207) 669-5990 (I can't answer during class!) or by e-mail to crush@mdirss.org, the last being by far the quickest and most reliable way to reach me.
I look forward to seeing you on Tech Day.
Casey Rush
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Important Food Information
Sadly, we will NOT be able to offer food service at this year's regional. I will compile and share a list of local restaurants that will be open and can accommodate large(-ish) orders. There are a few pizza and sandwich places on the island, but we don't have any chain restaurants (except for one Subway in Bar Harbor), so I would definitely make plans in advance.
You will be allowed to eat either in your host room or in the cafeteria -- please be sure to clean these spaces when you are done. To that end, I have lengthened the dinner times on Friday and Saturday as much as possible to provide more opportunities for groups to eat.
Local Restaurants that can accomodate large takeout orders:
Somesville Freshies (Somesville) - 244-7206
Mount Dessert Bakery (Bar Harbor) - 801-9191
Pat's Pizza (Bar Harbor) - 288-5117
Side Street Cafe - (Bar Harbor) - 801-2591
Dog and Pony Tavern - (Bar Harbor) - 288-0900
As I have mentioned before, I have never paid for meal plans when we traveled in the past. I buy simple stuff for the meal before we perform (sandwich fixings, snack bars, fruit, water, etc.) and have had parents organize crockpot meals, soups, and bread (we have done this in Rockland, Freeport, Yarmouth and Ellsworth in past years, so it can be accomplished remotely). I'm a big believer in not giving the kids lots of heavy, greasy food before they perform. Also, the air in our building is notoriously dry, so I would encourage your kids to stay hydrated.
Directors' Packet
Directors' Packet
Fest Information
Downeast Festival Info Folder (your program page is located in this folder) UPDATED!
Tech Specifications
H-D Theater Tech Folder (contains multiple documents) UPDATED!
H-D Theater Data Sheet UPDATED!
Maine Drama Festival Information
Mount Desert Island High School Information
DOWNEAST Regional Schedules and program - UPDATED!
DOWNEAST Regional Schedules and program - UPDATED!
DOWNEAST REGIONAL TECH DAY AGENDA AND SCHEDULE
DOWNEAST REGIONAL TECH DAY AGENDA AND SCHEDULE
UPDATED: JCR 2/2/2025
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