Technical theatre, stage management: Performance based assessment
School
Student
Category
Professionalism:
Slating/opening
Transitions
Final moments
Portfolio
organization
(hard copy/electronic)
Light cues
Accomplished (4)
Troupe
Selection
Proficient (3)
D Slating and opening: Clearly held
the moment to end, clear slating
articulation of name and piece
D
Transitions: Thoughtful,
motivated, creative, and smooth
D
Final moments/exiting: Confident
approach and exit, personable
opening, clean solid conclusion,
grounded exit from audition
space, energetic, no errors
D
The portfolio is organized in the
way previously outlined in the
portfolio instructions
D The portfolio is easy to read and
followed a concise standardized
stage management book
D
No loose or mistakenly placed
materials/pages exist
D
D
D
D
All lighting cues are placed in the
script in a clear and detailed way
Cues are moveable, sequential,
and make sense within the text
Significantly more than the
minimum numbers of cues
necessary to run the show are
given (creative license)
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
Judge
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Partially proficient (2)
Slating and opening: Mostly clear
articulation of name and piece(s),
mostly clean and direct, minor
errors, mostly energetic, mostly
personable and confident
Transitions: Mostly smooth,
creative, thoughtful and
motivated
Final moments/exiting: Mostly
confident exit, mostly grounded
exit from audition space, mostly
held the final moment, with a
clean, solid conclusion with
auditor
D
The portfolio is mostly organized
in the way previously outlined in
the portfolio instructions
The portfolio is mostly easy to
follow and somewhat lacks flow
One to two loose or mistakenly
placed materials/pages exist
throughout the portfolio
D
All lighting cues are placed in the
script in a clear way
Some details in the notation of
most cues are present
Most cues are moveable,
sequential, and make sense within
the text
More than the minimum numbers
of cues necessary to run the show
are given (creative license)
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
Not evident (1)
Slating and opening: Somewhat clear
articulation of name and pieces.
Somewhat confident approach and
personable. Somewhat clean and
direct. A few errors.
Transitions: Somewhat smooth and
thoughtful transitions. Somewhat
creative and motivated transitions
Final moments/exiting: Somewhat
grounded exit from audition space
and holding of the final moment,
somewhat confident exit, clean
conclusion with auditor
D
The portfolio is somewhat organized
in the way previously outlined in the
portfolio instructions
The portfolio is somewhat easy to
follow and often lacks flow
Three to four loose or mistakenly
placed materials/pages exist
throughout the portfolio
D
Most lighting cues are placed in the
script in a clear way
Limited details in the notation of the
cues are present
Cues may have issues with 1 of the
following: moveable, sequential, and
make sense within the text
The minimum numbers of cues
necessary to run the show are given
(limited creative license)
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
Slating and opening: Unclear
articulation of name and pieces,
limited energy and reserved
approach, could be more
personable, clean and direct,
several errors.
Transitions: Could be smoother,
more thoughtful, more motivated,
more creative.
Final moments/exiting: Did not
hold the final moment, exit from
audition space could be more
grounded, somewhat clean
conclusion with auditor, exit not
confident
The portfolio is not organized in
the way previously outlined in the
portfolio instructions
The portfolio is not easy to follow
and lacks flow
Five or six loose or mistakenly
placed materials/pages exist
throughout the portfolio
Less than half of the lighting cues
placed in the script are unclear
No details are present in the cues
Cues may have issues with at least
two of the following: moveable,
sequential, and make sense within
the text, important cues are
missing from the text and little
creative license was taken
Sound cues
D
D
D
Presentation
D
D
D
All sound cues are placed in the
script in a clear and detailed way
Cues are moveable, sequential,
and make sense within the text
Significantly more than the
minimum numbers of cues
necessary to run the show are
given (creative license)
D
Presentation is of a creative and
professional quality
Presentation demonstrates a
comprehensive understanding of
stage management style
Presentation justifies the
synthesis of the stage
management portfolio, i.e. cue
execution, collaboration,
production concept, detail and
descriptive elements
D
D
D
D
D
D
All sound cues are placed in the
script in a clear way
Some details in the notation of
most cues are present
Most cues are moveable,
sequential, and make sense within
the text
More than the minimum numbers
of cues necessary to run the show
are given (creative license)
Presentation is of a creative and
professional quality most of the
time
Presentation demonstrates a
comprehensive understanding of
stage management style most of
the time
Presentation justifies the
synthesis of the stage
management portfolio most of
the time, i.e. cue execution,
collaboration, production
concept, detail and descriptive
elements
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
Most sound cues are placed in the
script in a clear way
Limited details in the notation of the
cues are present
Cues may have issues with 1 of the
following: moveable, sequential, and
make sense within the text
The minimum numbers of cues
necessary to run the show are given
(limited creative license)
Presentation is of a limited creative
and professional quality
Presentation demonstrates a
comprehensive understanding of
stage management style some of the
time
Presentation justifies the synthesis of
the stage management portfolio
some of the time, i.e. cue execution,
collaboration, production concept,
detail and descriptive elements
D
D
D
D
D
D
Less than half of the sound cues
placed in the script are unclear.
No details are present in the cues.
Cues may have issues with at least
2 of the following: moveable,
sequential, and make sense within
the text. Important cues are
missing from the text and little
creative license was taken
Presentation is not of a creative
and professional quality
Presentation does not
demonstrate a comprehensive
understanding of stage
management style
Presentation does not justify the
synthesis of the stage
management portfolio, i.e. cue
execution, collaboration,
production concept, detail and
descriptive elements
Additional space for comments by the judge:
A (4)
Professionalism
Portfolio
Light Cues
Sound Cues
Overall Presentation
Final Score
P (3)
PP (2)
NE (1)
Score
Total
X4
X5
X5
X5
X6
100 - 90
89 - 80
79 - 61
60 - 25