To attend the CA State Festival, you must meet these requirements:

1. Have a minimum 2.0 GPA and no F’s

2. Be significantly involved as cast or crew (run OR build) in two of the following: Notre Dame's Fall Play, Spring Musical, or Student Directed One Act

3. Volunteer for Crab Fest at NDSJ (the funding here helps support Thespian festival fee waivers and the department as a whole)

4. Positively represent Notre Dame Drama at all times and have no school disciplinary action taken against you

5. Attend at least two open ITS meetings prior to the trip (held during lunch in M114 every first Monday of the month unless otherwise communicated)

6. Complete or continue to excel at all of your theater department commitments (be they designing, performing, directing, or leadership)

7.  Be an inducted thespian or promise to pledge this year

8. Create a thespy to present at the CA State Festival (not required for freshmen or transfer students)

• More information on thespy choices, guidelines, and timelines can be found on the next two tabs

• Creating a thespy includes attending the two mock thespy dates and at least two of the thespy workdays, as well as the additional thespy revision day (these dates can be found on the timeline)

Students interested in attending the CA State Festival must be either an inducted thespian or promise to pledge as a thespian this school year. To become a thespian, students must have 10 points from two different categories (acting, leadership, or tech) by the end of the year. This Google sheet will help you to calculate your current and future points. As long as students are set to become a thespian by the end of the year, they will qualify for the CA State Festival.