State Festival Practices

1-hour total. 15-minute set up; 40-minute run; 5-minute strike;
No technical rehearsals. The host school runs the lights.
3 adjudicators; private adjudication with cast/crew and 2 reps from other schools; immediately after performance in another room.

5-minute setup, 35-40 minutes run, 5-minute strike;
55-minute technical rehearsal
No public critique; Rubric from principals’ association;
After every block of shows adjudicators meet for 20 minutes with the school who presented and all directors.
A Maine Principals Association rep tallies the score.

5-minute set up, 40-minute run, 5-minute strike;
35-minute tech rehearsal minimum.
2 adjudicators at regionals, 3 at states. Consultant at each festival.
Public Critique: After each performance, adjudicators address student choices for 10 minutes in the audience.
Forums: Students meet in randomly grouped forums of about 20 at end of each block of 2 or 3 shows for a 10 minute discussion of each show.
Simultaneously, adjudicators address director choices for 10-minute per show in a directors' forum.
Each director receives a comment sheet with commendations and recommendations from each adjudicator.
Adjudicators use order-of-preference charts to select shows to move on.

1 hour for everything
1 hour tech rehearsal
2 adjudicators at regionals, 3 at finals. Consultant at each festival.
After each performance, adjudicators talk to audience, 10 minutes total per show.
Adjudicators write critique sheets.
Directors meet with adjudicators for a 10-minute critique of each show.
Use of rubric that determines the top 5 schools, then select the top three.

1 hour for everything,
45-minute tech rehearsal
3 adjudicators for states and directors also vote.
Students have one big forum while directors meet with adjudicators for critique sessions.
19 votes are cast - 10 from directors, 9 from adjudicators.
Awards: each school submits list of awards to the consultant for final awards.