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Connecticut Drama Association -
website
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.
Maine Drama Council -
website
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.
Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild -
website
5-minute set up, 40-minute run, 5-minute strike;
1 hr. tech rehearsal
2 judges at prelims and semifinals, 3 at finals. Consultant at each festival.
Each judge types critique on a computer;
Every director gets a copy of every show’s critiques.
Shows are ranked after each show. Rankings are not revealed to directors.
Justification sheet is completed by judges at end.
New Hampshire Educational Theatre Guild -
website
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.
Rhode Island Theater Education Association
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.
Vermont Drama Council -
website
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.
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