January 2016 Conference Program
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2016 Kansas Thespian Conference Cirque de Thespis THURSDAY, January 7, 2016 FRIDAY, January 8, 2016 (cont.) 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. .............. Registration 5:00-6:45 p.m. ................................... Dinner Lobby Display Set Up Tech Portfolio Interviews On Your Own Conference Entry – Hyatt Regency & Eagle D 2 nd Cypress A (209A) – Dinner will be provided level – Promenade Level 7:00 p.m. 1:00-5:00 p.m. ................. Individual Events See program for I.E. room numbers James and the Giant Peach by Benji Pasek and Justin Paul 1:00-5:00 p.m. .................... Tech Challenge Kansas Thespians All State Musical 1:00-3:15 p.m. ............. An Absolute Turkey Blue Valley North Immediately following the play Century II Concert Hall Cypress B (209B) & Redbud A/B/C (210A/B/C) Speed Charades Mary Jane Teall Theatre Eagle E/F/G/H 4:15-5:00 p.m. ............ Student State Board Eagle E Creative Costumes Eagle D Competitive Improvisation Eagle A/B/C/D Thespian Sponsor Meeting 5:00-6:45 p.m.… ............................ …Dinner Cypress A (209A)/Redbud B (210B)/Redbud C (210C) 6:00-6:45 p.m. . Senior Audition Workshop Maple (205) & Walnut (208) Theatre Quiz Bowl On Your Own Pick up & Pay for Silent Auction Items Those auditioning MUST attend this workshop Birch (203) Conference Entry – Hyatt Regency 7:00 p.m. .................................. Band Geeks Pittsburg Afterglow for Guest Artists & College Reps Century II Concert Hall th Waterview Suite/Hyatt 18 Floor 10:00-11:30 p.m. ................................ Dance 11:30 p.m. .................. Activities Conclude 11:45 p.m. ......... Students in Hotel Rooms Grand Eagle Ballroom Individual Events Showcase Mary Jane Teall Theatre Sponsors check rooms - lights out by midnight Theatre Educator Scholarship Interviews Walnut (208) SATURDAY, January 9, 2016 11:30 p.m. ................... Activities Conclude 11:45 p.m. .......... Students in Hotel Rooms 7:15 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. ................. Breakfast th Guest Artists only - Waterview Suite/Hyatt 18 Floor Sponsors check rooms - lights out by midnight 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. ........................ Session V FRIDAY, January 8, 2016 8 College/Scholarship Auditions Birch (203) 7:15 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. .................. Breakfast 10:15 – 11:45 a.m. .................... Session VI th Guest Artists only – Waterview Suite/Hyatt 18 Floor College/Scholarship Auditions Birch (203) 8:00 a.m. – 6:45 p.m. ............ Silent Auction Conference Entry – Hyatt Regency 10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Something’s Afoot Washburn Rural 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. .......................... Session I 10:15 – 11:45 a.m. ....................... Session II 12:00-1:00 p.m. .................................. Lunch Mary Jane Teall Theate 12:00-1:00 p.m. ................................. Lunch Improv Throwdown – Elimination Smackdown Improv Throwdown – Scene Shootout grab you lunch-then play or watch grab you lunch-then play or watch Students and Sponsors in Expo Hall College Reps, Guest Artists, Vendors in Maple (205) Students and Sponsors in Expo Hall College Reps, Gust Artists, Vendors in Maple (205) 1:30-3:00 p.m. ............................ Session III 1:30-4:00 p.m. .............................................. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus Topeka Hayden 12:00-1:30 p.m. ............. College Callbacks 3:15-4:45 p.m. ............................. Session IV Awards and Farewell Locations posted on callback forms 1:45 p.m. ............................. The Foreigner McPherson Mary Jane Teall Theatre Century II Concert Hall College/Scholarship Auditions Birch (203) 2 Welcome to the 43nd Annual Kansas Thespian Conference January 7 - 9, 2016 Steve Landes and David Tate Hastings Kansas Thespian State Directors Kansas Thespians, a Chapter of the International Thespian Society and The Educational Theatre Association Doug Berlon, Educational Theatre Association Representative Ari Hayaud-Din, International Thespian Officer Thank you to the staffs at the Wichita Hyatt Regency and Century II for their assistance in hosting this conference! 3 Here is a reminder of the security rules --- please be sure to follow all rules and behave appropriately – you wouldn’t want to have your badge pulled!! SECURITY RULES FOR KANSAS THESPIANS 1. ALCOHOL/DRUGS Delegates who consume alcohol or who are under the influence of drugs or alcohol during the conference weekend will be returned home at the expense of the parent on the first violation. TOBACCO-Use of tobacco is strictly prohibited. Delegates who use any tobacco product may be sent home at the parent’s expense on the first violation. 2. CURFEW Delegates must be in their assigned rooms as per the instructions of their sponsor. All student delegates must be in their hotel room by the conference schedule. All delegates must follow the conference LIGHTS OUT conference schedule. Sponsors are to check rooms to make sure all are present and that lights are out on time. Sponsors are to work with the conference and hotel security personnel should any problems arise. The sponsor in charge of security should be immediately notified of any security problem. 3. ROOM ASSIGNMENTS. Delegates must stay in the hotel room assigned by their sponsor. (This is for security and emergency reasons.) Each sponsor should have a list with his/her delegates’ room assignments. AT NO TIME IS A MALE ALLOWED IN A FEMALE’S ROOM OR A FEMALE ALLOWED IN A MALE’S ROOM. 4. CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE All delegates are required to attend the events scheduled during the conference weekend. 5. PROPERTY DAMAGE. Delegates will be responsible to the hotel or to the host school for any damage. All students are required to be in attendance at each mainstage performance and activities provided by the conference (workshops, oneacts, auditions, etc.) Any delegate not participating will be issued a warning or the conference badge lifted. 6. BE A CLASS ACT. DRESS. Proper attire (including shoes) must be worn at all times while at the festival. Delegates are encouraged to wear comfortable clothing for workshop activities and to dress appropriately for theatre attendance. Hats are not allowed in the building. Clothing which advertises, promotes or suggests inappropriate behavior is not considered proper attire. BEHAVIOR. Refrain from inappropriate language, unnecessary noise, reckless behavior. Show respect to fellow delegates and adults. Thank the workshop presenters. FOOD/DRINK. It is the responsibility of every delegate to abide by the host facility policies. There is to be no food or drink in the theatre at all times. Beverage and food containers must be relegated to specific areas. Check for those areas. DAMAGE. If anything is damaged, please notify a festival official immediately. 7. BADGES. Delegates must wear identification badges at all times. This badge must contain a copy of the delegate’s health information. This badge is admittance to all conference activities. 8. THEATRE ETIQUETTE. Students are expected to behave as ladies and gentlemen at all times. Rudeness will not be tolerated. DO NOT WALK IN OR OUT OF A PERFORMANCE IN PROGRESS. Follow proper theatre etiquette which is listed in each program. 9. VIOLATIONS and CONSEQUENCES. Law enforcement officials will be contacted if students are found to be in possession of drugs or alcohol. Parents will be contacted and the student will not be allowed to participate in any additional conference events. Other major violations include, but are not limited to, fighting, excessive inappropriate behavior, not meeting curfew, or flagrant disregard to the hotel or conference rules. Incense is not be used in the hotel rooms. On minor infractions, the first violation will result in a warning. If an adult witnesses a violation, that adult is to confiscate the name badge and turn it in to the registration table along with a description of the incident. The student’s sponsor will be contacted and depending on the severity and/or frequency of complaints, a consequence (punishment) will be enforced. Violations of the security rules could result in the expulsion of a delegate from the conference and may cause their troupe not to be invited back to the Kansas Thespian Conference. 4 KANSAS HIGH SCHOOLS ATTENDING THE KANSAS THESPIAN CONFERENCE Andale HS, Troupe 4367 Janet Rhoads, Sponsor Andover Central HS, Troupe 6282 Cassandra Conley, Sponsor Andover HS, Troupe 3540 Sarah Koehn, Sponsor Blue Valley HS, Troupe 4847 Jeff Yarnell, Sponsor Blue Valley North HS, Troupe 4151 Max H. Brown, Sponsor Blue Valley Northwest HS, Troupe 5222 Steve Landes, Sponsor Blue Valley Southwest HS, Troupe 7529 Dan C. Schmidt, Sponsor Blue Valley West HS, Troupe 6325 Laurie VanderPol, Sponsor Campus HS, Troupe 573 Roxana Stitt, Sponsor Circle HS, Troupe 4439 Amanda Porter, Sponsor Clearwater HS, Troupe 8238 Lex Rhoadarmer, Sponsor Derby HS, Troupe 184 Richard Shultz, Sponsor DeSoto HS, Troupe 1979 Jason Hagg, Sponsor Eisenhower HS, Troupe 7721 Daniele Baxa, Sponsor Emporia HS, Troupe 6688 Megan Sturm, Sponsor Flint Hills HS, Troupe 6913 Julie Gray McCreight, Sponsor Fort Scott HS, Troupe 7365 Angie Bin, Sponsor Fontenac, HS Troupe 8221 Angella Curran, Sponsor Garden City HS, Troupe 2846 Barbara Hilt, Sponsor Gardner Edgerton HS., Troupe 2135 Jeff Lady, Sponsor Goddard HS, Troupe 1840 Jamie Oettle, Sponsor Great Bend HS, Troupe 6208 Dan Heath, Sponsor Hayden Catholic HS, Troupe 7275 Mark Radziejeski, Sponsor Hutchinson HS, Troupe 2277 Tobie Henline, Sponsor Jefferson County North HS, Troupe 6178 Charles Goolsby, Sponsor Jefferson West HS, Troupe 7245 Shawn Beauchat, Sponsor Kaupaun Mt. Carmel HS Troupe 695 Brian Strole, Sponsor LaBette County HS, Troupe 6290 Heather Wilson, Sponsor Lawrence Free State HS, Troupe 5773 Nancee Beilgard, Sponsor Leavenworth HS, Troupe 287 Jennifer Morgan-Beauchat, Sponsor Liberal HS, Troupe 3024 Miriam Climenhaga, Sponsor Maize HS, Troupe 3596 Kathleen Barbara, Sponsor Maize South HS, Troupe 7460 Kim Newby, Sponsor Manhattan HS, Troupe 941 Linda Uthoff, Sponsor McPherson HS, Troupe 3796 Greg McGlynn, Sponsor Mill Valley HS, Troupe 7718 Jon Copeland, Sponsor Newton HS, Troupe 47 Michael Parker, Sponsor Olathe East HS, Troupe 5078 Edward Shafer, Sponsor Olathe North HS, Troupe 3310 Dustin Pence, Sponsor Olathe Northwest HS, Troupe 6685 Robin Murphy, Sponsor Olathe South HS, Troupe 5006 David Tate Hastings & Jeremy Riggs, Sponsors Paola HS, Troupe 66 Leslie Coats, Sponsor Pittsburg HS, Troupe 3149 Greg Shaw, Sponsor Riverside HS, Troupe 7953 Shawna Gilbert, Sponsor Rose Hill HS Troupe 6544 Tanya Dockers, Sponsor St. Thomas Aquinas HS, Troupe 6339 Kim Harrison, Sponsor Salina Central HS, Troupe 639 Chad Nulik, Sponsor Salina HS South, Troupe 1476 Kate Lindsay, Sponsor Shawnee Mission Northwest HS, Troupe 888 Keli Rodgers, Sponsor Shawnee Mission West HS, Troupe 2413 Eric Magnus, Sponsor Spring Hill, HS Troupe 7730 Brett Buffum, Sponsor Sumner Academy of Arts and Sciences, Troupe 2760 Jamie Zebell, Sponsor Topeka HS, Troupe 210 Derek Jensen, Sponsor Valley Center HS, Troupe 522 Megan Upton-Tyner, Sponsor Washburn Rural HS, Troupe 6193 Connie Archer-McGinnis, Sponsor Wellington HS, Troupe 7375 Dorathea Kelley, Sponsor Wichita Heights HS, Troupe 923 Stuart Graham, Sponsor Wichita North HS, Troupe 3473 Tyrone Galbreath, Sponsor Wichita Northwest HS, Troupe 2661 Richard Lundin, Sponsor Wichita Northeast Magnet HS, Troup 6570 Cynthia Marion, Sponsor Wichita Northwest HS, Troupe 7365 Richard Lundin, Sponsor Wichita South HS, Troupe 182 Vonda Schuster,, Sponsor Wichita Southeast HS, Troupe 1820 Martha Gates, Sponsor Wichita West HS, Troupe 1204 Sarah Kelly,, Sponsor Winfield HS, Troupe 3533 Vaughn Zecha, Sponsor 5 State Thespian Officers for the 2016 Kansas Thespian Conference LAVANYA AGGARWAL - Lavanya Aggarwal is a senior at Blue Valley High School Troupe #4847. She most recently started a troupe board for her school, aiming to promote advocacy as well as other interdepartmental needs. Lavanya has been in over 20 shows, doing everything from acting to working some jobs on tech crew, and was even a part of the school improv troupe Fifth Wall. Outside of drama, she is an avid musician, playing flute and singing whenever she gets a chance. She hopes to one day change the world and would like to thank anyone who has supported her large aspirations and wacky ideas.CARISSA McAFEE - Jefferson Cty North HS Troupe 6178 ISSAC SILVA - Issac is a senior at Garden City High School Troupe 2846. He was inducted into thespians a year ago. After being inducted he attended the State conference and was cast in the All-State Musical. He also attended the international festival. He is VP for his troupe 2846 and STO. He plans to attend and hopefully perform in the international conference this summer. He loves theatre, and plans on doing it for the rest of his life! He is very grateful for having such loving parents that support him in his endeavors. He would like to give a special shout out to the ladies that have gotten him where he is today: The Hilt sisters, and Ms. Alvarado. He’s been in 10+ productions and hopes to keep adding to his resume. He also would like you to follow him on Twitter: @silvasurfer32. HANNA WATSON - Hanna Elisabeth Watson is a senior from Andover High School and is the President of Thespian Troupe #3540. She has delectated in theatre since fifth grade, performing most recently as Aida in Andover High School’s production of “AIDA.” Outside of performing, Hanna enjoys playing guitar, writing spoken word, and participating in any activity that places her behind a lectern. She would like to thank God, her family, and Ms. Sarah Koehn for their support and integral roles in shaping her future. CARISSA McAFEE - Carissa was first introduced to theatre in first grade by the Missoula Children’s Theatre company. Since then, she has been in 17 productions, her favorite being Wednesday in The Addams Family. She has been the president of Troupe #6178 for the past two years. Outside of theatre, Carissa also runs long distance, FBLA, and loves working with special needs children. She would like to thank her parents, Mr. Goolsby, and Mrs. Morgan-Beauchat for all the support, help, and guidance they have given her in her theatre journey. 6 2015-16 SPONSOR REGIONAL BOARD Front Row: Max Brown, Greg Shaw, Richard Schultz, Mark Radziejeski Back Row: Chad Nulik, Daniele Baxa, Greg McGlynn, Kate Lindsay, Steve Landes (Not pictured - David Tate Hastings) SPONSOR STATE BOARD Andover – Sarah Koehn Blue Valley – Jeff Yarnell Blue Valley North – Max Brown* Blue Valley Northwest – Steve Landes* Campus - Roxana Stitt Derby – Richard Shultz* Eisenhower - Daniele Baxa Emporia - Megan Sturm Fort Scott - Angie Bin Goddard – Jamie Oettle Hayden Catholic - Mark Radziejeski* Hutchinson - Tobie Henline Jefferson West – Shawn Beauchat Lawrence Free State - Nancee Beilgard Leavenworth - Jennifer Morgan-Beauchat Maize - Kathleen Barbara Manhattan - Linda Uthoff McPherson - Greg McGlynn* Olathe North - Dustin Pence Paola - Leslie Coats Pittsburg - Greg Shaw* Salina Central - Chad Nulik* Salina South – Kate Lindsay* Topeka - Derek Jensen Washburn Rural - Connie Archer-McGinnis Wellington – Dorathea Kelly Wichita Northwest - Richard Lundin Wichita West - Sarah Kelly Wichita Northeast Magnet - Cindy Marion Wichita North - Tyrone Galbreath Wichita South - Vonda Schuster *Denotes Regional State Board Member 7 KANSAS STATE BOARD Corben Acevedo Emporia Lavanya Aggarwal Blue Valley Sydney Alder Wichita South Michael Bertels Jefferson County North Logan Best Washburn Rural Hope Bohannon Campus Mackenzie Briggs Garden City Sam Chapin Blue Valley North Adam Cole Topeka Julian Cornejo Wellington Chelsey Davis Jefferson County West Brody Day Wichita Heights Chastity DeBoard Eisenhower Hailey DeWolfe Blue Valley North Aaron Dix Salina Central Pam Dominguez Eisenhower Sofie Flores Salina South Hannah Foster McPherson Mason Frasher Leavenworth Hannah Fuhlhage Olathe North Michael Duncan Hayden Catholic Dawson Gantenbein Wichita Heights Nathan Endreshak Salina South Beth Gasser Blue Valley West “If you were born with the ability to change someone’s perspective or emotions, never waste that gift. It is one of the most powerful gifts God can give—the ability to influence.” ― Shannon L. Alder 8 Ashley Gorton Andover Mary Greenwood Wichita South Claire Hartman Washburn Rural Damien Henderson Campus Nathaniel Hoopes Lawrence Free State Lizzy Huffman Jefferson West Joli Hutto Labette County Ben Johnson Wichita Northwest Megan Keller Blue Valley NW Francesca Kelley Topeka Dylan Kramer McPherson Olivia Lewis Wichita Southeast Kaleb Litts Paola Sebastian Loyd Fort Scott Carissa McAfee Jefferson County North Caiden McCullough Derby Meghan McGehee Goddard Madeline Munsey Shawnee Mission NW Darlene Nguyen Wichita North Cole Nuessen Emporia Olivia Nunnelley Goddard Ryan Pangracs Leavenworth Hunter Parker Fort Scott Kenzi Parsons Shawnee Mission NW 9 Alison Pieschl Maize Brianna Priddle Wichita Northwest Kendall Rees Hayden Catholic Madison Rexwinkle Labette County Riley Rundell Salina Central Jarod Shulista Paola Issac Silva Garden City Caulin Smith Derby Caleb Soliday Northeast Magnet Isaac Sorrell Manhattan Charlie Stebbins Blue Valley Toula Sweeney Manhattan Evan Talley Wichita West Colin Tighe Hutchinson Nicholas Todd Garner Edgerton Coral VanBecelaere Pittsburg Sophia Wagner Maize Samantha Walker Olathe North Jack Warring Pittsburg Hanna Watson Andover Elizabeth Weaver Northeast Magnet Violet Williams Wichita North Raemona Wilson Lawrence Free State Kaytee Wisley Wichita Southeast Kathleen Zimmerman Wichita West “The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.” ― Benedict Cumberbatch 10 2017 Kansas Thespian Conference January 5-7, 2017 You know you’re a Techie when... ...you have a permanent mark above your ears from the headset. ...you wave at little kids from the spot booth. ...you prefer the light board over your girl/boy friend. ...you are more concerned about the location of your adjustable crescent wrench than you are about your car keys. ...your parents memorize the stage phone number. ...you really believe that wearing all blacks makes you invisible. ...you dress your snowman in black. ...you use glow tape instead of night lights to find your way around your home at night. ...you can tie a bowline know without having to tell the bunny story to do it. ~Johnny Virgo Due to your generous donations, the Kansas Thespian Scholarship Fund received $1,645 from the following schools: Labette County High School $50 Leavenworth High School $50 Manhattan High School $100 McPherson High School $50 Newton High School $25 Olathe North High School $75 Olathe South High School $150 Riverside High School $50 Salina High School South $50 Washburn Rural High School $50 Wichita North High School $20 Wichita Northwest High School $50 Wichita Southeast High School $50 Avila University $100 Blue Valley North High School $250 Blue Valley Northwest High School $50 Blue Valley West High School $30 Campus High School $50 Derby High School $50 Eisenhower High School $25 Emporia High School $20 Flinthills High School $25 Free State High School $50 Goddard High School $25 Hayden Catholic High School $150 Hutchinson High School $50 11 Workshop Descriptions - 2016 ACE ANY THEATRE AUDITION - Gai Jones This participatory workshop teaches actors how to become confident with any audition. Entering the audition room, slating, taking directions, interviewing, improvising, cold reading, analyzing a short monologue, ending a monologue performance, and exiting the room will be experienced by all participants. Stepping into the shoes of the casting director will also happen. Participation by all delegates is requested. ACTING, ACTION AND IMPROVISATION - Peter Zazzali Action is at the heart of the actor’s work. Just as painters choose colors and poets select words, actors craft the characters they assume in the key of dramatic action. This 75-minute workshop offers teachers and students basic skills and techniques for psychophysically generating actions onstage. Borrowing from exercises ranging from Spolin to Laban, we will learn how to fully engage in the actor’s most basic creative tool: Action playing. ACTING ON THE FLY: MASTERING THE COLD READING - Emily Kasprzak This workshop will introduce students to tricks and tips to nail your audition, even if you have never seen the script. Students will focus on establishing given circumstances, objectives and obstacles all in a matter of seconds! ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE COLLEGE AUDITION - Bruce Miller Soup to nuts what you should for in a college, college program, cost, the program that’s right for you etc. Plus -- how to prepare and execute a college audition from selection to delivery. ASSISTANT DESIGNERS: WORTH MORE THAN JUST ACQUIRING COFFEE - Madelynn Nevins Assistant designers are often overlooked, but they are a very vital part of the design process. This workshop will cover the various responsibilities an assistant designer has, and explores the best way to get the most out of an assistant-ship, in order to launch your design career. AUDIO ANSWERS - Lynnea Roller and Huston Ward Come be a part of a hands-on audio workshop in an open forum setting! We will discuss and play out different scenarios dealing with microphones and sound equipment. Bring your examples and questions and we’ll solve them in a fun setting! BEGINNER SALSA: MAMBO - Britany Morgan Learn a style that has its own unique flavor. From West Side Story to In the Heights, this dance will get you moving on stage and off. Come learn basic steps, turn patterns, and how to work with a partner- important for the theatre business. No partner or previous experience required. BEGINNER SALSA II: BACHATA AND MERINGUE - Britany Morgan Learn two styles of Salsa that will get you moving. Meringue is a simplistic dance, just done to faster music. If you can walk, you can Meringue. Bachata is a dance that will not only help with partner work but musicality as well. No partner or previous experience required. Just come ready to dance. BEING A STATE BOARD MEMBER - Ari Hayaud-Din, ITO and Kansas STO’s Interested in being a State Board Member? Don’t miss this workshop! Information will be shared on how to become a state board member and what duties the state board members perform BEING IN THIS MOMENT THROUGH YOGA - Paul Keoni Chun Do you find yourself nervous when auditioning or performing? Learn how yoga can help to center your body, mind, and spirit so that you can show your abilities to your best potential. Come release your anxieties! Please wear comfortable clothes that you can move in. BITING INTO STYLE: THE VICTORIAN COTILLION - Lindy Bartruff Every well-developed actor/performer pays delicious attention to period styles for his/her resume. In this workshop, you are invited to a Victorian dance party where you will add the movement, manners and mangez of the Grand March, Waltz Cotillon and VDP treats to yours! (Long skirts encouraged, ladies!) BREAKING DOWN SHAKESPEARE - Kathleen Warfel This workshop will help the student better understand how to decide the meaning of a given monologue as well as how to project that meaning. Students should bring a desired monologue for work. 12 BREAKING INTO HOLLYWOOD - Robert Gorrie Veteran television actor Robert Gorrie (Gotham, The Good Wife, Law & Order) will guide participants through simulated on-camera auditions, focusing on the specifics of the primetime television casting process. Know what it takes to get in the room, stand out, get callbacks, and book jobs in the ultra competitive network arena. Participants will work with sides from a variety of TV shows. CONQUERING MEMORIZATION - Tony Piazza Having trouble memorizing lines? Are you stuck delivering the same line readings over and over again? Terrified of learning long speeches? Working from images will make it easier for you to remember and let you get more in touch with your character. This workshop will show you how to begin learning your role in an organic manner. COSTUMING IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY: WHAT IS A COSTUME? - Melanie Shelley Explore the roles of costumes and costume management in entertainment while learning some great costume organizational hacks. COSTUMING SKILLS FOR BEYOND THE STAGE - Melanie Shelley Costuming and crafting skills play an important role in event planning from costuming the participants to dressing the venue. Think of events as an extension of the stage. Come prepared for hands on fun. CREATE THE SCENE - Taylor Harvey Using just a simple, short AB scene and a partner, pairs will create their own version of the scene. We’ll watch and work them to find more clarity, boldness, and theatricality. Great way to gain a sense of empowerment as an actor/creator and to see the endless possibilities in acting, as well as appreciate what others create from their imagination. CREATING A CHARACTER USING STANISLAVSKY’S SYSTEM - Heather Tinker Do you want to know how to present a better character on stage? This workshop will teach you ten basic steps based on Stanislavsky’s system to create a well-rounded and realistic character. You will learn how to create a back story for your character and determine what your character’s objectives are as well as many other useful tools for developing an interesting and balanced character. CREATING PROSTHETIC CHARACTERS FOR STAGE AND SCREEN: LOOKING PAST THE GREASEPAINT - Jake Jackson In this workshop we will discuss some basic to advanced ways to create professional looking prosthetic makeups for stage and screen and the materials that can be used to accomplish them. We will also discuss the lifecast and mold making process, advanced makeup applications and the advantages of making actor specific prosthetic makeups. These workshops will also showcase live makeup demonstrations. CREATING THE DIGITAL PORTFOLOIO - Dustin Shaffer This workshop will explore the various uses and advantages of the digital portfolio for the young theatre artist. Whether you are pursuing a job in professional theatre or you are applying/auditioning/interviewing for admission to a college or university, this session will discuss how you construct and present your work utilizing the latest technology. CREATING THE FANTASY - Jennifer Morgan - Beuchat This workshop is designed to assist students in designing and creating fantasy makeup. Supplies will be provided for students to create their own magical characters with makeup. CRUSH YOUR PLAYWRITING - Stephen Gregg We’ll use Olathe South’s soon-to-be heading to the International Theatre Festival’s production of Stephen Gregg’s play, Crush, to teach the principles of playwriting. Crush was extensively workshopped over a period of two years and we’re going to teach playwriting by showing how problems were solved, dialogue sharpened and impact heightened compared to the earlier drafts. You needn’t have read the play -- it’s the premiere, so you couldn’t have -- but do be prepared to write; it’s a a playwriting workshop! DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION MUSICAL THEATRE STYLE - Megan Case Non-stop dance from start to finish, students will learn combinations from big dance musicals. A high energy fast paced class for the intermediate to advanced dancers or those who really want a challenge. You will learn new styles and choreography. You won¹t stop moving from start to finish. DEMYSTIFYING THE COLLEGE AUDITION - Timm Adams Auditioning for a college theater program just may be the most stressful part of moving on to the next stage of your life. You know you want to major in theater, and you’ve probably narrowed your list of choice schools. But how do you ensure a successful audition and interview? This workshop is a frank discussion about that all important college audition. What should you expect? What should you prepare? What should you be doing now? What should you NOT do? And how do you choose the school that’s the right fit for you? 13 DON’T STOP, HIP HOP! - Emily Kasprzak This workshop is for high energy dancers only! Students will move nonstop to two different hip hop routines- perfect for beginning or intermediate level dancers! If you want to be challenged, work up a sweat, and have a good time this is the workshop for you! DRAFTING FOR BEGINNERS - Mitchell Southerland An introductory course in drafting and the use of AutoCAD. Used primarily by technical directors and scenic designers, AutoCAD is one of a few standard drafting programs the theater practitioner needs to be familiar with. We will discuss industry drafting standards and the basics of working within the program. Don’t forget to bring your computers! DREAM WORK FOR ACTORS, DIRECTORS, PLAYWRIGHTS - Gai Jones This is a participatory workshop for the actor, playwright, or director to realize another dimension about him/herself in the journey of creative potentials. The purpose of dream work is to share a creative part of you, to get feedback from others, and to unlock your creativity. This is not Dream Analysis or Dream Psychotherapy. This is Dream Awareness Work. ¹Dreams have long been associated with creative inspiration in the expressive artsŠdreams have served as a primary vehicle for human creativity and increasing self-awareness.² It is Dream Actualization. It helps an actor/director to get into the place of freeing emotions and imagination with passion and creativity. Each participant will have an opportunity to work with a dream and stage a dream. ENTICING, EXPRESSIVE, EXCITING ENSEMBLE EXPERIENCES: PLAY! LAUGH! COMPLIMENT! COLLABORATE! CREATE! - Gai Jones Experiences are participatory for all who attend. The objective of this workshop is to work and play in a win-win situation; we will create a safe, free place to be a risk taker; participants are encouraged to make bold choices, laugh, support others, receive and give compliments. Gai Jones brings you ensemble experiences from her book RAISING THE CURTAIN which can be used in workshops and rehearsal halls to bring focus, stimulate the imagination, provide fun for the creative actors. The quote often heard is ³In ensemble experiences I felt so left in.² Need 10 or more participants to participate in the workshop. EXERCISE YOUR CHARATER! - Kathleen Warfel This workshop will give the student actor 3 different exercises to expand their knowledge of their character. The student should bring a prepared monologue for use in the exercises. EXPLORING AND SHAPING THE SPACE - Joe Klug In this workshop students will be introduced to various exploration and discovery techniques for the Scenic Design process. (Collage work, Renderings, Rough White Models) They will engage in conversation with each other about excavating a theatre space, and how to explore, shape and manipulate the landscape for a production. FOAM RUBBER TWINKIES AND BOULDERS YOU CAN THROW - Dan Williams Using styrofoam for construction of scenery, props, and costumes. GETTING AN EAR FOR DIALECTS - Kathleen Warfel This is a workshop for quick approaches to different dialects: Per 90 minute session, British, Irish & American Southern are planned, but I will cover other dialects as time allows. HEAD-FIRST ACTING - Bruce Miller Games and exercises that will get you to think and make the kind of choices that good actors make. Games that focus on objectives, tactics, listening with all your senses and delivering an effective story arc filled with moments. IMPROV ELIMINATION SMACKDOWN - Trish Berrong Held in the lunch room both Friday and Satuday, Master Improv specialist, Trish Berrong will lead you in Improvisation games throughout the long lunch period. Come play with us or just watch while you eat lunch!!!! IMPROV SHOWS THAT DON’T SUCK - Trish Berrong From casting your troupe, to creating a set list, to emceeing and teching your improv shows, there are a gazillion ways to guarantee your audience will dig your improv show. Get tips and answers from a professional improviser, director and producer. (no limit) IMPROVING YOUR WORK THROUGH IMPROVISATION - Anthony McMurray We often find ourselves as performers tied in knots before, during, and after performances when in reality our goal is to give ourselves permission to speak. This workshop will lead attendees through a series of improv exercises in the hope of finding a stronger, more specific performative impulse. IMPROVISE WITHOUT THINKING - Trish Berrong The worst thing you can do in an improv scene is listen to the part of your brain that tells you to be witty, clever, and funny. Get out of your head—your best characters and ideas come from your heart and your body. (limit 25 students) 14 INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES FOR THE DESIGNER/TECHNICIAN - Mitchell Southerland Learn the techniques you need to be successful in your auditions for colleges and internships. We will cover everything from portfolio content to in-person and phone interviews. Learn how body language and attitude are inseparable parts of the process and what you can do to land that second interview. JOURNEY FROM STAGE TO SCREEN - Anthony McMurray How do you adapt your theatre training to the more intimate medium of film and TV? Workshop will work on creating dynamic and interesting, yet subtle and honest acting which will translate well on camera. Students will receive feedback on their work from the workshop leader, but also being able to watch their own camera footage and learn how to distinguish the subtleties of quality film and television acting through their own eyes. KICK-#%# IMPROV CHARACTERS - Trish Berrong No matter what game or long-form you’re playing—no matter who you’re on stage with—the only thing you have complete control of is your own choices about what you do and what you say. Learn a bunch of ways to create powerful, creative, fun characters. (no limit) LAUNCH YOUR FILEM CAREER: ACTION! - Reis Myers McCormick and Deborah Stone Reis Myers McCormick and Deborah Stone are eager to help you make the jump from stage to film acting, specifically the audition process. Our popular presentation is very interactive and includes handouts, samples, and a mock camera audition with Deborah, who has cast hundreds of actors in her producing/directing career. Our workshop is about the business of the business, and will ‘edutain’ any level of student. Adults are welcome! Bring your questions and be ready to get on your feet ! LIFE IN THE BIZ - Dion Graham A conversation with actor Dion Graham about life as an professional artist. How to prepare yourself to survive and thrive. All are welcome. LIGHTING - Lynnea Roller Learn the basics for programming lighting consoles. Topics discussed will include patching conventional and intelligent fixtures; manipulating channels; recording cues, groups, submasters, and palettes; changing timings for cues and individual channels; using dynamic effects; and creating step-based effects. LIGHTING DESIGN: AN INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP - Peter Sargent An Overview for an approach to the basics of lighting design, instrumentation, process and paperwork. What is, really, Intelligence Lighting. LINDY HOP - Evan Borst The original swing dance! This class will give some fundamentals of this dance that has come from beginnings in the Savoy Ballroom in New York to thriving on five continents today. No partner required. LIVING IN THE MOMENT - Dion Graham This workshop focuses on learning to use oneself to bring your work to full, rich life. Please bring prepared scenes and monologues. Come prepared to work and have fun! MAKE YOUR PARTNER PERFECT - Dirk Otis Improv, acting, drama and comedy are most effective when they are collaborative. Actors can get so caught up in their individual careers and personal craft they can often forget that acting is, more often than not, a team sport. Learn the essential building blocks become a more supportive actor to others on stage and on set with some of the introductory concepts of team improvisational acting With exercises derived from introductory improv comedy, you will learn to be a more aware team player. The best actors are always helping other actors on stage, and these skills can help an actor of any background help their fellow artists’ performances and in turn their own. Beginners to even the most veteran improvisers will take valuable lessons about improv from this workshop. Also, it’s improv, so it gets a little silly. MAKING UP IS NOT HARD TO DO - Jennifer Morgan-Beuchat This workshop is designed for the student/adult new to the world of stage makeup. It will introduce the basics of what goes into prepping, designing, applying, and taking off makeup for the stage. Additionally, students will look at various brands of stage makeup, and have the opportunity to design and apply their design on fellow workshop participants. MERGE OF WEST AFRICAN DANCE STYLES - Kody Kitchens Involves voice and creative movement. Merging styles of dance and also songs from Mali and Guinea, West Africa with modern creativity. MOVING TO NYC! - Laura Lindsay In this workshop, we’ll answer all of your questions for making the big move to the big city. We’ll discuss what to pack, how to travel, what neighborhood to live in, how to find an apartment, how to find a job, and just generally how to survive in the biggest city in the country. So bring your questions, because this workshop is geared towards what YOU want to know! 15 MUSICAL THEATRE REHEARSAL & PERFORMANCE: THE REAL DEAL - Julie Danielson TWO SESSIONS ONLY: Want a change of pace from your workshops and classes? Come rehearse a vocal ensemble number from a Broadway show and perform it before the final main stage production! Work with a Broadway music director in a fast-paced, professional setting. This session will only be offered twice and participation will be limited to 35 per session for a total of 70 performers on stage... First ComeFirst Served. Solo opportunities may be available. [Sheet music will be provided, please bring a 3-ring binder and pencil] MUSICAL THEATRE REPERTOIRE: CHOOSING THE PERFECT SONG - Julie Danielson ONE SESSION ONLY! Come and get the inside scoop on how to find and select the perfect audition song from a former Broadway casting assistant. Discover what kind of songs help you stand out from the crowd and show off your best assets. Learn research techniques, discover new sheet music sources and practice choosing songs using real-life examples. Great for people prepping for college auditions! To get the most out of this class, bring your book of music with you as well as note-taking materials. OLD AGE MAKEUP - Sandy Cabrera This workshop is dedicated to the illusion of old age makeup for the stage. Students will learn about the importance of the character and play analysis in relationship to makeup. You will learn how to create a makeup sheet and keep track of the makeup used. You will see a demonstration of aging for the stage. This process will show you how to use different colors regarding ‘old age makeup’ ON CAMERA TECHNIQUE: AUDITIONING FOR COMMERCIALS AND FILMS - Meagan Flynn It’s not the stage! Get ready for your close-up as we explore the difference between stage and film acting. Learn the terminology, techniques and then get ready to practice. Using sides (if you don’t know what sides are you will learn!) from actual commercials and television shows we will show off some of our skills. Lights! Camera! Action! ORIGINAL SHAKESPEARE STAGING PRACTICES - Mark Mannette How did Shakespeare and his fellow actors rehearse and perform their roles? In this workshop students will take a look at scenes from Shakespeare’s plays and learn how early modern actors prepared for performance in a typical playhouse, such as the Globe or the Rose. This hands on and highly interactive workshop allows student actors to feel present in the staging of a short scene and experience the thrill of interpreting Shakespeare as his actors did and as his audiences experienced his work. This workshop does not focus on original pronunciation of the work, but on original staging practices. PAPER PALACES AND CARDBOARD CARS - Dan Williams Methods of using cardboard and other paper products to construct scenery. A less expensive method of creating durable scenery. Instruction will include demonstrations and hands on work. PARTNER CHARLESTON - Evan Borst We’ll kick things up a notch with this fun dance for happy feet! Easily used in convention with other swing dances or as a high energy experience all by itself. PLAYING SHAKESPEARE - Taylor Harvey Think Shakespeare’s boring? No fun to act? Think again. In this session we’ll work on both scenes and monologues to make them exciting to watch and play. You can either bring in monologues or scenes you’ve been working on, or just get up on your feet with one of the pieces I’ll bring with me. Either way, you’re guaranteed to leave with a better understanding and more excitement about the Bard. PLAYING SHAKESPEARE - Mark Mannette Students should bring 5-10 lines of memorized text, preferably verse, from one of Shakespeare’s plays. In this workshop, students will learn to harness the natural rhythm of iambic pentameter while learning additional techniques for voice and interpretation of these timeless works. Focus is placed on living in the present, mastering the language, and emotionally committing to the desires of each character. PLAYING WELL WITH OTHERS: CREATIVE COMMUNICATION - Julie Noonan Theatre is a collaborative art, and unless you’re doing a one person show, you will need to communicate with others. This workshop will involve participants in exercises to practice attention giving and receiving that allow a group to function as a whole. The communication exercises will be applicable to all areas of the theatre: acting, directing, designing, technicians, and management. PLAYWRITING - Stephen Gregg We’ll focus on the big differences between playwriting and other forms of writing you might be more familiar with, like fiction. The best way to learn is to try it, so come prepared to write. PLAYWRITING 2 - Stephen Gregg We’ll concentrate on character, the demon that is plot, and the second-most important word in playwriting, which is ... well, you’ll just have to attend to find out. Bring materials to write with. 16 A PRIMER ON SAFE RIGGING PRACTICES - Mitchell Southerland An overview of safe rigging practices applicable to the high school-aged student and their instructors. Hands-on demonstrations of safe rigging practices, as well as visual examples of unsafe practices. A great way for the young technician to become familiar with the standards of theatrical rigging. RESEARCH FOR DESIGNERS - Joe Klug Students will learn about Primary and Secondary research. They will also discuss Dramaturgical research and how the background of a play can influence the design choices on stage. We will discuss where to find them, how to interpret them, and finally how to use them in our design process. A PRIMER ON SAFE RIGGING PRACTICES - Mitchell Southerland An overview of safe rigging practices applicable to the high school-aged student and their instructors. Hands-on demonstrations of safe rigging practices, as well as visual examples of unsafe practices. A great way for the young technician to become familiar with the standards of theatrical rigging. RIGGING THEATRE SAFETY - Huston Ward and John Johnson In theaters, rigging safety is very important. Anything that is up has the potential to come down ... if not done properly. ATC will be covering the basic principles of rigging safety; discuss different systems; the importance of knowing WHO is allowed on your stage; knots to know; safety equipment, and will be available to answer any questions you may have concerning your own house. SABRE COMBAT FOR THE STAGE - Greg McGlynn Sabre Combat for the stage is designed to give students HANDS ON experience in working with actual sabre fencing weapons. Students will learn, how to work safely with the equipment, the 8 defensive sabre parries and cutting styles, how to create combination attacks and break moves used in combat choreography for the stage. The final project, will be a 1-2 minute original sabre sword fight scene created between you and a partner for the stage. SCENE STUDY - ACTING THE GIVEN CIRCUMSTANCES - Jim Bartruff I know the lines and I follow the blocking, but, my performance still seems incomplete. What can I do? Have you considered your given circumstances? Let’s explore how context makes every performance more believable and meaningful. SCENIC ART FOR THE THEATRE: PREPARING A DROP - Rachel Downs Rachel will demonstrate how to frame and size (or starch) a drop for the stage. Handouts included and portfolio review with Q & A. Participation welcome. SCENIC ART FOR THE THEATRE: LAYING OUT A DROP - Rachel Downs Rachel will demonstrate how to lay out a brick design on the sized drop. We will measure, draw with charcoal, snap with chalk lines, and marker in the final design. Participation encouraged. SCENIC ART FOR THE THEATRE: PAINTING A BRICK WALL - Rachel Downs Rachel will demonstrate how to paint a brick backdrop. Workshop includes scumbling, lining with a lining stick, and glazing. Participation encouraged. 4th workshop: Scenic Art for the Theatre: Finishing touches on a brick wall Rachel will put the finishing touches on the brick wall backdrop. Workshop includes highlight, shadow, glazing, spatter, and possibly spraying. Participation encouraged. TEACHERS ONLY - Bruce Miller Master Teacher and frequent Kansas Thespians guest, Bruce Miller will lead a “TEACHER’S ONLY” workshop. He’ll give you the answers about helping kids select college audition pieces, advice to give students about college, answer your toughest questions about how to be the best theatre teacher and advisor to your students!!!! Come prepared with questions and notes!!! THE SCENIC DESIGN PROCESS: A GENERAL OVERVIEW - Joe Klug Students will get an in-depth step by step look through the Scenic Design process. How does a designer go from script analysis and conversation to the visual design on stage? Students will learn about the various communication tools, and process work that is universal and industry standard. THE SEVEN SECRETS OF THE WORKING ACTOR - Chris Booth This workshop helps connect-the-dots for success in your artistic career. We will discuss the practicality and balance between your art and “the Biz.” Not only will the workshop go through the Seven Secrets and show how to use them to towards building a successful career but will also illustrate their practical application. Participants will also receive monologue and career coaching. 17 SOLO JAZZ - Evan Borst This will be a routine grounded in authentic jazz movement. We’ll utilize steps known from other pieces like the Big Apple, Tranky Doo, Mama’s Stew, Shim Sham, and more to expose you to the fun that is solo jazz dancing. SOLVING COSTUME PROBLEMS - Stephanie M. Jorandby “Hey, how do I...” Do you have a special costume problem that needs attention? Looking for sewing, craft, or design advice? Do you have to do a REALLY fast quick change in your spring musical? Get ideas and advice from a professional costume designer and craftsperson. Can you stump the expert? Actors, technicians, designers, and teachers are encouraged to attend. Bring any questions or expertise you can offer! SPEAK THE SPEECH: ACTING SHAKESPEARE - Jim Bartruff Shakespeare’s plays challenge audiences and performers alike. Why did he write all those “thees” and “thous” and “wherefores”? Let’s remove some of the mystery by exploring famous speeches from a handful of his most popular plays including Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This is a doing workshop, prepare to not only speak the speech, but to act the speech as well. SPECIAL FXs MAKEUP - Sandy Cabrera This workshop is dedicated to the illusion of special effects for the stage; particularly bruises and injuries. Students will learn how to create believe bruises, cuts, wounds, and injuries. They will learn about the importance of creating a character/play analysis in relationship to makeup. Students will see a demonstration of how to create believable bruises and injuries. They will learn how to help the audience believe the character and story through the character’s appearance. STAGE LIGHTING: AN INTRODUTORY WORKSHOP - Peter Sargent An overview for an approach to the basics of lighting design, instrumentation, process and paperwork. What Is, really, Intelligence Lighting. STAGE MAKEUP 101 - Sandy Cabrera This workshop will the basic stage makeup elements. Students will learn about the importance of creating a character/play analysis in relationship to makeup. They will learn how to create a makeup sheet and keep track of the makeup used for a specific character. They will learn about stage makeup, brushes, skin care, and safety tips. Students will learn how to apply foundation, shadows and highlights, eyes and lip makeup. They will learn how to help the audience believe the character and story through the character’s appearance. STAGE MANAGEMENT: AN INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP - Peter Sargent A Workshop on the approach to be a stage manager. What is leadership? How to Communicate. What does one need to know to be successful. STAGE MANAGING AND BEYOND - Laura Lindsay In this workshop, we’ll look at the many different facets of stage management. Most people are familiar with the traditional form of stage management, but did you know there are many other fields to which you can apply your stage management skills? We’ll discuss what it’s like to stage manage special events, awards shows, galas, benefit concerts, business summits, industrial events, and more. There’s a whole world of stage managing out there beyond the theater. STAGE MANAGING - HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, AND PROFESSIONALLY - Laura Lindsay This workshop will be a crash course in stage management, and we’ll start from the beginning. How is stage managing in high school different from stage managing in college, and how is that different from stage managing professionally? We’ll take a look at paperwork and talk about the personas of stage managers. We’ll answer all of these questions and more, and some of the answers might surprise you! STRESS RELIEF AND MEDITATION FOR THE THEATRE ARTIST - Robin Murphy A life in the theatre can be full of anxiety. From remembering lines to remembering cues, there is a great deal of pressure in producing theatre. In this workshop, we will discuss and practice several techniques that can help lower your stress level, making it easier to cope with the intense nature of theatre production. These techniques are also essential for the actor who uses internal characterization. These techniques also can be used outside the world of theatre, to promote better mental health and stronger resiliency. Come prepared to get comfortable and be ready to explore your inner landscape. TECHNICAL PORTFOLIO - Ross Rundell You’ve done all this great work in high school, but what proof do you have? This session is geared to providing you with tips and direction for creating a technical portfolio. Also included will be a discussion on interview techniques. TECHNICAL RESUME DISCUSSION - Ross Rundell This session is meant for audience participation. If willing please bring a resume on a USB drive to share with the group. We will go through as many as possible together to provide group feedback. 18 TECHNICAL RESUMES - Ross Rundell A great technician can be undermined by a bad resume. This session is intended to give technicians a look into what potential employers look for in a resume, and how they can better sell themselves as an artist. Also, included will be a discussion on cover letters, what are they, and what should include. THE TALK: HOW TO TELL YOUR PARENTS YOU WANT TO STUDY THEATRE - Stephanie M. Jorandby “I’m going to major in theatre.” What does it mean to study theatre in college? How is it different than high school? Can you really get a job in this field? This workshop will discuss the professional skills you will gain, the transferable “soft-skills” you can take anywhere, and the kinds of career options that are available to students of theatre. If you’re ready to turn your avocation into your vocation, this workshop will give you the tools and research you need to make an informed decision--AND some great facts to share with mom and dad. TOOLS OF THE TRADE/STARTING AS A PROFESSIONAL ACTOR - Meagan Flynn Tools of the Trade/Getting Started Professionally as an Actor will cover what is expected in the industry as far as headshots, proper resume format, demo reels and self-taped auditions. In addition we will look at what agents and casting directors do and how to get an agent in this area and in larger markets. We will cover booking a job and what is expected of you on set and afterwards. We will also cover how you get paid on work and dos and don’ts of finding acting gigs. Sub topics may also include how your parents have to be involved as a minor, unions, red flags, scams, social media as it relates to acting and producing your own work. We will also look at resources here in Kansas area that you can use to find work and promote your work. Get ready to take a lot of notes! We are covering a lot!!! USING 2D CAD TO CREAT 3D MODELS - Jason Harris Participants will learn how to use CAD software to aid in drafting elements of set models, and then they will work hands-on to build their own model pieces. WEST AFRICAN DANCE - TRADITIONAL DANCES OF GUINEA, WEST AFRICA - Kody Kitchens This workshop consists of dances done in Guinea West Africa. History/Meaning of the dance and song WEST AFRICAN DANCE - TRADITIONAL DANCE OF MALI, WEST AFRICA - Kody Kitchens This first workshop would consist of dances from Mali West African. I would teach the meaning and history of the dance, also song that are sung before the dance is done. WEST AFRICAN DANCE: MALI AND GUINEA - MERGING THE TWO - Kody Kitchens This workshop will involve voice and creative movement. Merging both styles of dance and also song with modern creativity WHAT IS DRAMA THERAPY? - Janice Fronczak Thinking about majoring in theatre when graduate and are wondering what other career opportunities are out there .and yet want to help people? Become a drama therapist! In this enjoyable workshop, come learn some very basics from a nationally registered drama therapist (RDT), participate in a magic box check-in, theatre game-type warm-ups, emotional sculpting, etc. This group goes very far in a very short time. No actual therapy will take place, just a very exciting introduction to the incredible world of using the expressive arts for healing, expression and sharing. BROADWAY FACTS Broadway Theaters are mostly not on Broadway. There are 40 Broadway theaters, but only 4 are actually on Broadway. Of the rest, 35 are in the Theater District, in the area bounded 6th Avenue, 9th Avenue, West 41st Street, and West 53rd Street. The one exception is the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center, all the way up in the West Sixties. … but Broadway is where it all started. Broadway theaters were mostly downtown in the 19th century, but by 1900 they were starting to cluster on Broadway near what became Times Square. Following the lead of Oscar Hammerstein’s Victoria Theater, theaters on Broadway—there were as many as 16—advertised themselves with brilliant electric lighting. Back then, Broadway was known as the Great White Way. Seating capacity makes a Broadway theater. A Broadway theater doesn’t have to be on Broadway, but it does have to seat at least 500 people. An Off-Broadway theater seats between 100 and 499. 19 Late Night Events Competitive Improv Head Sponsor: Jeff Yarnell Awards: 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place trophies for each room Cypress A (209A) Sponsors: Angie Bin, Brett Buffum, Jeff Lady, Jeremy Riggs Redbud C (210C) Sponsors: Kim Newby, Dorathea Kelly, Dustin Pence, Jon Copeland Redbud B (210B) Sponsor: Eric Magnus, Jamie Oettle, Jason Hagg, Keli Rodgers Blue Valley - Team A Blue Valley North - Team B Blue Valley West - Team B Circle Fort Scott Garden City Hayden Catholic - Team B Jefferson County North Maize Newton Olathe North - Team A Olathe South - Team B Riverside Saint Thomas Aquinas Shawnee Mission NW - Team A Wellington Wichita Heights Wichita Northwest Andover Blue Valley - Team B Blue Valley North - Team A Blue Valley NW - Team A Derby Lawrence Free State - Team A Goddard Gardner Edgerton - Team B Hayden Catholic - Team A Labette County Manhattan Olathe East - Team B Olathe Northwest Pittsburg - Team B Rose Hill Shawnee Mission NW - Team B Washburn Rural Wichita North Blue Valley NW - Team B Blue Valley West - Team A Campus Emporia Lawrence Free State - Team B Gardner Edgerton - Team A Great Bend Hutchinson Mill Valley Leavenworth Olathe East - Team A Olathe North - Team B Olathe South - Team A Pittsburg - Team A Spring Hill Wichita Northeast Magnet Winfield Wichita Southeast Theatre Bowl Head Sponsor: Mark Radziejeski & Connie McGinnis Awards: 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place trophies Maple 205 Sponsors: Connie McGinnis, Stephanie Arbogast Walnut 208 Sponsors: Mark Radziejeski, Angella Curran Blue Valley West Goddard Hayden Labette County Manhattan Olathe East Wichita North Andover Blue Valley North Maize Mill Valley Olathe South Washburn Rural Wichita Northwest In England, during the reign of Oliver Cromwell (1642-1660), theatre was outlawed, but music was not, so many playwrights started writing libretto for opera. 20 Late Night Events Speed Charades Head Sponsor: Tyrone Galbreath Awards: 1st - 3rd place tropies for each room Eagle F Sponsors: Barbara Hilt, Cynthia Marion, Amanda Porter Eagle G Sponsors: Julie McCreight, Greg Shaw, Laurie Vanderpol Eagle H Sponsors: Shawna Gilbert, Richard Lundin, Michael Parker Andover Central Andover Blue Valley North - Team A Blue Valley Northwest - Team A Blue Valley West - Team A Derby Eisenhower - Team A Emporia - Team A Flinthills - Team A Goddard - Team A Hutchinson Labette County Olathe South - Team A Circle Garden City Leavenworth Manhattan Newton Olathe East - Team A Riverside Spring Hill Wellington - Team A Wichita North Wichita Northeast Magnet Wichita Northwest Blue Valley North - Team B Blue Valley NW - Team B Blue Valley West - Team B Eisenhower - Team B Emporia - Team B Flinthills - Team B Fort Scott Goddard - Team B Olathe East - Team B Olathe South - Team B Pittsburg Wellington - Team B Wichita Southeast Eagle A Sponsors: Brian Strole, Heather Wilson, Vonda Schuster Andover Central Andover - Team A Blue Valley North Blue Valley Northwest - Team A Blue Valley West - Team A Campus Derby Eisenhower - Team A Emporia -Team A Flinthills - Team A Garden City Goddard - Team A Great Bend - Team A Hayden - Team A Lawrence Free State Creative Costume Head Sponsor: Martha Gates and Sarah Koehn Awards: 1st - 3rd Place for each room Cypress B 209 Sponsors: Jennifer MorganBeuchat, Dan Heath, Megan Sturm Hutchinson - Team A Jeff County North - Team A Jefferson West Labette County - Team A Maize - Team A Manhattan McPherson Newton Olathe East - Team A Olathe North Olathe South - Team A Pittsburg - Team A Riverside Rose Hill - Team B Washburn Rural Redbud A Sponsors: Edward Shafer, Kim Harrison, Sarah Koehn Eagle D Sponsors: Tanya Docers, Roxana Stitt, Tobie Henline Blue Valley NW - Team B Blue Valley West - Team B Eisenhower - Team B Hutchinson - Team B Jeff County North - Team B Leavenworth - Team A Maize - Team B Rose Hill Team A Wellington - Team A Wichita South - Team A Wichita North Wichtia NE Magnet - Team A Wichita Northwest Wichita Southeast Winfield Andover - Team B Emporia - Team B Flinthills - Team B Fort Scott Goddard - Team B Great Bend - Team B Hayden Catholic - Team B Labette County - Team B Leavenworth - Team B Olathe East - Team B Olathe South - team B Pittsburg - Team B Wellington - Team B Wichita South - Team B Wichita NE Magnet - Team B The complete works of Shakespeare uses a vocabulary of 17,677 words. About 1,700 of these are words believed to have been invented by Shakespeare. 21 COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY REPRESENTATIVES Faculty members from these colleges/universities are attending as either a workshop presenter and/or a participant in the scholarshiup auditions. Thank you for being a part of our conference! Allen Community College - Iola, KS Avila University - Kansas City, MO Barton Community College - Great Bend, KS Coffeyville Community College- Coffeyville, KS Cowley College - Arkansas City, SK Emporia State University - Emporia, KS Fort Scott Community College - Fort Scott, KS Friends University - Wichita, KS Hutchinson Community College - Hutchinson, KS Kansas City Kansas Community College - Kansas City KS Kansas State University- Manhattan, KS Kansas Wesleyan University - Salina, KS KD Conservatory College of Film & Dramatic Arts - Dallas, TX MidAmerica Nazarene University - Olathe, KS Missouri Western State University - St. Joseph, MO Nebraska Wesleyan University - Lincoln, NE Neosho County Community College - Chanute, KS New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts - New York, NY New York Film Academy - New York, NY Newman University - Wichita, KS Northwest Missouri State University - Maryville, MO Oklahoma City University - Oklahoma City, OK Oral Roberts University - Tulsa, OK Ottawa University - Ottawa, KS Pittsburg State University - Pittsburg, KS Rockford University - Rockford, IL Savannah College of Art and Design - Savannah, GA Southwestern College - Winfield, KS Stephens College - Columbia MO Sterling College - Sterling, KS Tabor College - Hillsboro, KS Univeristy of Nebraska at Kearney - Kearney, NB University of Central Missouri - Warrensburg, MO University of Kansas - Lawrence, KS University of Saint Mary - Leavenworth, KS Washburn University - Topeka, KS Webster University - St. Louis, MO Wichita State University - Wichita, KS There is no row ‘I’ in most Broadway theaters. This is to avoid disappointing people who might have thought they were sitting in row 1. 22 Individual Events Students must be in their IE room by the start time or they will be disqualified. EAGLE F - Duet Musical 1:20 - 2:40 Judges: Liz Jarmer, Gavin Myers, Alan Murray Session 1 1:20 - Hurley/Feuerborn - Mill Valley - “It’s Me”/Me and Juliet - Rodgers and Hammerstein 1:30 - Spencer/Labrum - Andover - “Marry the Man Today”/Guys and Dolls - Franks Loesser and Abe Burrows 1:40 - Ramirez/Perez - Garden City - “Notice me Horton”/Seussical - Ayers/Flaherty 1:50 - Katz/Welch - Washhburn Rural - “It Takes Two”/Into the Woods - Stephen Sondheim 2:10 - Ramos/Almos - Garden City - “The Dark I Know Well”/Spring Awakening - Duncan Sheik 2:20 - Rasmussen/Funschelle - Maize South - “For Good”/Wicked - Stephen Schwartz 2:30 - Linhardt/Watson - Andover - “Written in the Stars”/Aida - Elton John/Tim Rice 2:40 - Harriger/Ybarra - Wellington - “You’re Awful”/On the Town - Bernstein & Edens/Camden & Green Session 2 3:10 - Anderson/Parr - Garden City - “Some Other Me’/If/Then - Brian Yorkey/Tom Kit 3:20 - Owen/Mead - Fort Scott - “Back of the Bus”/Band Geeks - Tommy Newman/Gaby Alter 3:30 - Warring/Amick - Pittsburg - “Butter Outta Cream”/Catch Me If You Can - Marc Shaiman/Scott Wittman 3:40 - Bradley/Marshall - Newton - “What You Don’t Know About Women”/City of Angels - Cy Coleman/David Zippel 3:50 - Carson/Smith - Labette County - “Crazier Than You”/The Addams Family - Andrew Lippa 4:10 - Swyers/Hall - Blue Valley SW - “Take Me or Leave Me”/RENT - Jonathan Larson 4:20 - Bell/Taylor - Olathe East - “Evening Prayers”/Carrie - Michael Gore/Dean Pitchford 4:30 - Crane/Tinker - Olathe North - “Single Man Drought”/I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change - Jimmy Roberts 4:40 - Curry/Azeltine - Blue Valley North - “How the Other Half Lives”/Thoroughly Moden Millie - Scanlan/Morris 4:50 - Solowy/Austin - Blue Valley North - “Last Night of the World”/Miss Saigon - Boubill/Maltby Jr./Schonberg EAGLE H - DUET ACTING 1:30 - 5:00 Judges: John Denny, Erin Renard, Mark Mannette Session 1 1:30 - Laughlin/Smith - Wichita NE Magnet - Barefoot in the Park - Neil Simon 1:40 - Contreras/Woolheater - Wichita North - Smoke Scenes - Nick Zagone 1:50 - Parker/Adamson - Fort Scott - Wait Until Dark - Frederick Knot 2:10 - Sucher/Erickson - Maize South - Antigone - Jean Anouilh 2:20 - Lyons/Brooks - Fort Scott - Bad Seed - Maxwell Anderson 2:30 - Wallace/Helm - Wichita Northwest - The Almost First Kiss - Chad Schnackel & David Dalton 2;40 - Viteia/Martinez - Wichita North - The Big Lie From Ten/Two - Lindsay Price Session 2 3:30 - Serafin/Serafin - Garden City - Spring Awakening 3:40 - Needham/Readron - Andover - The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza - Don Zolidis 3;50 - Elmore/Smith - Derby - Underdog (aka Fight Me) - Don Zolidis 4:00 - Goheen/Carter - Blue Valley - Who Doth Inhabit the Primary Position - Jay Leibowitz 4;20 - Bamburg/McFadden - Blue Valley - Voices - Peter Bee 4;30 - Bogart/Frankenfield - Olathe North - The Boys Next Door - Tom Griffin 4:40 - Vivone/Knepper - Olathe North - The Blueberry Hill Accord - Daryl Watson 4:50 - Forstater/Dickey - Blue Valley North - The Producers - Brooks and Meehan The world record for most full costume changes for a leading character in a theatre production goes to Joe Casey (played by Michael Jibson) in the Madness musical Our House. He had 29 quick changes. 23 Individual Events EAGLE A - DUET ACTING 1:20 - 5:00 Judges: Julie McCreight, Kelley Graham, Trevor Comstock Session 1 1:20 - Moore/Johnson - Wichita Northwest - Smoke Scenes - Nick Zagone 1:30 - Hurtt/Combs - Campus - Dirty Hands - Jean-Paul Sartre 1:40 - Martindale/Knudsen-Naegele - DNA - David Dalton and Chad Schnackel 1:50 - Briggs/Cabrera - Garden City - Extremities - William Mastrosimone 2:10 - Thompson/Mitchell - Mill Valley - Funeral Parlor - Christopher Durang 2:20 - Maize South - Moore/Craft - KinderTransport - Diane Samuels 2:30 - Kressly/Pollock - Rose Hill - Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller 2;40 - Rexwinkle/Hutto - Labette County - Dinner With Friends - Donald Marguiles Session 2 3:40 - Quinn/Hurd - Mill Valley - Check Please Take 2 - Jonathan Rand 3:50 - Lies/Cicchetti - Maize South - The Crucible - Arthur Miller 4:00 - Lock/Knight - Blue Valley - Crooked - Catherine Trieschmann 4:20 - Meacham/DeWeese - Blue Valley - Drugs Are Bad - Jonathan Rand 4:30 - Herlein/Nelson - Olathe North - Favors - Julianne Homokay 4:40 - Zipse/Leondedis - Blue Valley West - God’s Favorite - Neil Simon 4:50 - Stephens/Seck - Blue Valley North - An Absolute Turkey - Georges Feydeau RIVERVIEW - MONOLOGUE 1:10 - 5:00 Judges: Kim Newby, Nancee Beilgard Session 1 1:10 - Libby Weaver - Wichita NE Magnet - Little Foxes/Waiting for Lefty - Lillian Helman/Clifford Odets 1:20 - Daniel Alatorre - Gardner Edgerton - Look Back in Anger/Critic’s Choice - John Osborne/Ira Levin 1:30 - Tyler Ridgeway - Labette County - Midsummer Jersey/The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail - Ken Ludwig/Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee 1:40 - Toula Sweeney - Manhattan - Richard III/Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead - William Shakespeare/ Tom Stoppard 1:50 - Brianna Dougherty - Emporia - Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You/Steel Magnolias - Christopher Durang/ Robert Harling 2:10 - Noah Garcia - Wichita North - Stressed/The Pregnancy Project - Alan haehnel/Lindsay Price 2:20 - McKenzie Kuhlmann - Emporia - Summer/Smoke & Laughing Wild - Tennessee Williams/Christopher Durang 2:30 - Dylan Wolford - Gardner Edgerton - The Blackboard Jungle/The Miracle Worker - C.B. Gilford & elizabeth Gibson/ William Gibson 2;40 - Faith Garrie - Gardner Edgerton - The Libertine/Cinema Limbo - Stephen Jeffries/Wade Bradford 2:50 - Faith Knapp - Blue Valley SW - Graceland/Snow Angel - Ellen Byron/David Lindsey Abaire Session 2 3:05 - Nicholas Mauer - Blue Valley NW - Hamlet/New York - William Shakespeare/David Rimmer 3:15 - Ellisa Bragaw - Spring Hill - Autumn’s Child/Backwater - Tom Smith/Leon Kaye 3:25 - Reese Greiner - Olathe NW- Lips Together Teeth Apart/Pterodactyls - Terrence McNally/Nicky Silver 3:35 - Alex Roberts - Olathe South - The Crucible/An Ideal Husband - Arthur Miller/Oscar Wilde 3:45 - Alyssa Grinnell - Spring Hill - The Dreamer Examines His Pillow/The Upside of Cavities - John Patrick Shanley/ Mary Depner 3:55 - Maria Gnoza - Blue Valley - The Glory of Living/CSI Neverland - Rebeca Gilman/Wade Bradford 4:15 - Casey Gardner - Olathe East - Like Dreaming, Backwards/Promedy - Kelly Powell/Wade Bradford 4:25 - Natalie Harmon - Blue Valley North - Tourette’s Syndrome/The Bear - Leikam/Chekhov 4;35 - Molly Pickert - Blue Valley North - The Diary of Anne Frank/Tomorrow’s Wish - Goodrich & Hackett/Bradford 4:45 - Katy Hull - Blue Valley North - Auntie Mame/another Part of the Forest - Dennis/Hellman 4;55 - Jonah Allen - Blue Valley North - Women of Lockerbie/Kid Simple - Deborah Breevort/Harrison 24 Individual Events SANTA FE TRAIL - MONOLOGUE - 1:10 - 5:00 Judges: Kelsey Ketzner, Lauren Spencer Session 1 1:10 - Karina Leland - Wichita NE Magnet - Curse of the Pharaoh’s Kiss/The Night of the Iguana - Bradford/Williams 1:20 - Jacob Casey - Gardner Edgerton - Death of a Salesman/Superior Donuts - Arthur Miller/Tracy Letts 1:30 - Kendall Rees - Hayden Catholic - Hamlet/Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead - Shakespeare/Tom Stoppard 1:40 - Karen Thompson - Gardner Edgerton - If A Man Answers/Twelve Angry Men - David Rogers/Reginald Rose 1:50 - Isaac Sorell - Manhattan - Jugger’s Rain/Back to School - Ron Mark/Barbara Lhota & Janet B. Milstein 2:10 - Sierra Wilson - Labette County - Midsummer Night’s Dream/Bike America - Shakespeare/Mike Lew 2:20 - Megan Kinnane - Andover - Othello/’Night Mother - William Shakespeare/Marsha Norman 2:30 - Hannah Sutton - Gardner Edgerton - Othello/Better Places to Go - Shakespeare/Matthew Barnes 2:40 - Tristan Winans - Emporia - Pillowman/The Producers - Martin McDonagh/Mel Brooks 2:50 - Mason Brooks - Gardner Edgerton - Philadelphia Here I Come/The Unwanted - Brian Friel/Walter Wykes Session 2 3:05 - Krystiana Henwood - Spring Hill - Caveman/Dogface - Alisha Gaddis/Kellie Powell 3:15 - Will Cecil - Olathe NW - King of the Moon/Sweet and Twenty - Tom Dudzick/Floyd Dell 3:25 - Curtis Leonard - Olathe South - Fuddy Meers/Alice in Wonderland - David Lindsay-Abaire/Lewis Carroll 3:35 - Kayla Goff - Olathe East - Laughing Wild/Under Seige - Christopher Durang/G.L. Horton 3:45 - Zander Balsly - Olathe East - The Last Days of Judas Iscariot/Les Miserables - Guirgis & Boubil/ Claude-Michel Schonberg 3:55 - Rebecca Johnson - Spring Hill - The Birds: A Modern Adaptation/Can We Talk - Don Zolidis/Mary Depner 4:15 - Grant Harvey - Blue Valley North - Henry VI Part I/Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Shakespeare/Mitchell 4:25 - Sean Day - Blue Valley North - Good Morning America/6 Degrees of Separation - Wang/Guare 4;35 - Ahia Thomas - Blue Valley North - The Mob/An Ideal Husband - Godsworthy/Wilde 4:45 - Oscar Chase - Blue Valley North - Scenes from American Life/Brighton Beach Memoirs - Gurney/Simon 4:55 - Carden Busby - Blue Valley North - Dating Dilemma/Every Morning I Wake Up - Crowe/Love EAGLE G - MONOLOGUE - 1:10 - 5:00 Judges: Esme Banuelos, Roger Coberly, Robert Gorrie Session 1 1:10 - Raya Lehan - Mill Valley - A Doll’s House/Goodbye Charles - Ibsen/Davis 1:20 - Maci Carlson - Rose Hill - A Moon for the Misbegotten/Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Eugene O’Neill/Tennessee Williams 1:30 - Naomi Becerra - Wichita NE Magnet - A Streetcar Named Desire/When It Rains Gasoline - Tennessee Williams/ Jason Martin 1:40 - Arihn Quinene - Garden City - The Effect of Gamma Rays on the Man in the Moon Marigolds/The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe - Paul Zindel/Jane Wagner 1:50 - Marlee Perez - Labette County - Agnes of God/Speech and Debate -John Pielmeier/Stephen Karam 2:10 - Tyler Brush - Gardner Edgerton - All My Sons/Idiot’s Delight - Arthur Miller/Sherwood 2:20 - Savannah Smith - Manhattan - Auntie Mame/Psychosis 4.48 - Patrick Dennis/Sarah Kane 2:30 - Carson Vitt - Mill Valley - Bad Tempered Man/Boy’s Life - Menander/Korder 2:40 - Kellie Kemper - Wellington - Between Daylight/Fences - Matt Williams/August Wilson 2:50 - Hannah Collette - Gardner Edgerton - Cell/Tomorrow’s Wish - Judy Klass/Wade Bradford Dublin theatre manager, James Daly, allegedly invented the word “quiz” on a bet that he could introduce a new word into the English language. 25 Individual Events STIMSON TRAIL - MONOLOGUE - 1:10 - 5:00 (con’t) Judges: Esme Banuelos, Roger Coberly, Robert Gorrie Session 2 3:05 - Emily Layt - Blue Valley NW - Mrs. Pugh/Newsgirl - Sandra Hunter/David Rimmer 3:15 - Mia Hodges - Blue Valley West - Like Dreaming Backwards/I Said Turn it Off - Kellie Powel/Gypsy 3:25 - Audrey Carr - Blue Valley SW - Monster/Crimes of the Heart - Jasmine Smith/Beth Henley 3:35 - Deanna Bowles - Olathe South - A Streetcar Named Desire/An Ideal Husband - Tennessee Williams/Oscar Wilde 3:45 - Michael Meissner - Blue Valley - A Tale of Two Cities/The Complete History of America (Abridged) - Robert Johnson/Adam Long, Austin Tichenor, and Reed C. Martin 3:55 - John Pace - Olathe NW - Look Back in Anger/The Liar - John Osborne/David Ives 4:15 - Sierra Stahly - Blue Valley West - Brighton Beach Memoirs/Romeo and Juliet - Neil Simon/William Shakespeare 4:25 - Lauren Browning - Blue Valley SW - Completeness/Lady Percy - Itamar Moses/William Shakespeare 4:35 - Lexi Pudvan - Blue Valley North - A… My Name is Still Alice/Hedda Gabler - Silver & Boyd/Ibsen 4:45 - Gwynne Easley - Blue Valley North - Melancholy Play/Family Voices - Ruhl/Pinter 4:55 - Hailey Dewolfe - Blue Valley North - Enigma/Sundried - Dell/Ferber WALNUT ROOM 208 - SOLO MUSICAL THEATRE - 1:20 - 5:00 Judges: Misty Maynard, Dorathea Kelly Session 1 1:20 - Caymen StockBauer - Andover Central - “Still Hurting”/The Last Five Years - Jason Robert Brown 1:30 - Guy Cauthon - Gardner Edgerton - “The Impossible Dream”/Man of La Mancha - Mitch Leigh, Joe Darion 1:40 - Kimberly Loya-Enriquez - Garden City - “The Light in the Piazza” - The Light in the Piazza - Craig Lucas/ Adam Guettel 1;50 - Ashley Peery - Goddard - “The Spark of Creation”/The Children of Eden - Stephen Schwartz 2:10 - Angelina DeLeon - Campus - “Diva’s Lament”/Spamalot - Eric Idle, John Du Prez 2:20 - Brielle Burger - Goddard - “What It Means To Be A Friend”/13 - Jason Robert Brown 2:30 - Brett Baldwin - Garden City - “When Words Fail”/Shrek the Musical - David Lindsay-Abaire/Jeanine Tesori 2:40 - Andover Central - Julia Tarbox - “When You Got It, Flaunt It”/The Producers - Mel Brooks/Thomas Meehan Session 2 3:30 - Libby Frazier - Blue Valley West - “The Human Heart/Once on This Island - Stephen Flaherty 3:40 - Zach Miller - Blue Valley SW - “Disaster”/Disaster! The Musical - Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick 3:50 - Kyle Kersten - Olathe South - “On The Street Where You Live”/My Fair Lady - Alan Jay Lerner/Frederick Loewe 4:10 - Lavanya Aggarwal - Blue Valley - “Last Midnight”/Into The Woods - Stephen Sondheim 4:20 - Lindsey Hart - Olathe East - “Fly Into the Future”/Vanities - Stephen Sondheim 4:30 - Kiki Manning - Blue Valley North - “Safer”/First Date - Zachary and Weiner 4:40 - Reid Spencer - Blue Valley North - “They Call the Wind Maria”/Paint Your Wagon - Lerner & Leowe 4:50 - Sam Chapin - Blue Valley North - “It All Fades Away”/Bridges of Madison County - Brown OSAGE ROOM 207 - SOLO MUSICAL THEATRE - 1:20 - 5:00 Judges: Sally Pedruzzi, Cindy Marion Session 1 1:20 - Lisa Earlenbaugh - Mill Valley - “I Miss the Mountains”/Next to Normal - Yorkey & Kitt 1:30 - Nick Todd - Gardner Edgerton - “Moving Too Fast”/The Last Five Years - Jason Robert Brown 1:40 - Issac Silva - Garden City - “My Shot”/Hamilton - Lin Manuel-Miranda 1:50 - Kate Robinson - Goddard - “One Hundred Easy Ways”/Wonderful Town - Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Leonard Bernstein 2:10 - Ali Shappell - Gardner Edgerton - “Pulled”/The Addams Family - Andrew Lippa 2:20 - Isaac Glover - Hutchinson - “Run Away With Me”/The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown - Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk 2:30 - Dakota Brungardt - Garden City - “Singin’ In the Rain”/Singin’ In The Rain - Freed/ Brown 2:40 - Morgan Sherman - Campus - “Honey Bun”/South Pacific - Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein 26 Individual Events OSAGE ROOM 207 - SOLO MUSICAL THEATRE - 1:20 - 5:00 (con’t.) Judges: Sally Pedruzzi, Cindy Marion Session 2 3:20 - Tasia Jewel - Blue Valley NW - “Meadowlark”/The Baker’s Wife - Stephen Schwartz 3:30 - Jessica Jones - Blue Valley - “Pulled”/The Addams Family - Andrew Lippa 3:40 - Joann Armstrong - Blue Valley SW - “Free”/Precious Little Jewel - Jeff Blumenkrantz 3:50 - Kevin Velasco - Olathe South - “Kick Your Ass”/Toxic Avenger - Joe DiPietro, David Bryan 4:10 - Hunter Grosz - Olathe East - “Shiksa Goddess”/The Last Five Years - Jason Robert Brown 4:20 - Maddie Posz - Blue Valley North - “Part of That”/The Last Five Years - Jason Robert Brown 4:30 - Jacob Springer - Blue Valley North - “Out There”/The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Menken 4:40 - Reena Burt - Blue Valley North - “Breathe”/In the Heights - Miranda 4:50 - Ramelle Mueller - Blue Valley North - “Home”/The Wiz - Smalls OAK ROOM 206 - SOLO MUSICAL THEATRE - 1:20 - 5:00 Judges: Dennis Dutton, Liz Anderson Session 1 1:20 - Olivia Schultz - Gardner Edgerton - “Here Alone”/Little Women - Mindi Dickstein/Jason Howland 1:30 - Delaney DeSpain - Garden City - “I Know Things Now”/Into the Woods - Stephen Sondheim 1:40 - Meghan McGehee - Goddard - “I MIss the Mountains”/Next to Normal - Brian Yorkey, Tom Kitt 1:50 - Bailie McCosh - Maize South - “Seize the Day”/Newsies - Alan Menken, Jack Feldman, Harvey Fierstein 2:10 - Annabelle Williams - Andover - “I’m A Woman”/Smokey Joe’s Cafe - Leiber and Stoller 2:20 - Sofie Flores - Salina South - “It Won’t Be Long Now”/In the Heights - Lin Manuel Miranda 2:30 - Riana Daniels - Washburn Rural - “Many a New Day”/Oklahoma! - Oscar Hammerstein/Richard Rodgers 2:40 - Goddard - Olivia Nunnelley - “Maybe This Time”/Cabaret - John Kander, Fred Ebb Session 2 3;10 - Andrea Strickler - Olathe South - “Fly Away”/Never Never Land - Scott Alan 3:20 - Bailey Cockerham - Blue Valley SW - “See I’m Smiling”/The Last 5 Years - Jason Robert Brown 3:30 - Brian Percival - Olathe East - “The Kite”/You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown - Clark Gesner 3:40 - Cali Hoyer - Olathe East - “With Every Breath I Take”/City of Angels - Larry Gelbart/Cy Coleman/David Zippel 3:50 - Clayton Henriksen - Blue Valley West - “Make Them Hear You”/Ragtime - Terrance McNally, Stephen Falherty, Lynn Ahrens 4:10 - Hailey Young - Olathe East - “The Life of the Party”/The Wild Party - Andrew Lippa 4:20 - Elise Dorsey - Shawnee Mission NW - “Meadowlark”/The Baker’s Wife - Stephen Schwartz 4:30 - Emily Ho - Blue Valley - “Out Here on my Own”/Fame - Michael Gore/Leslie Gore 4:40 - Elie Laville - Blue Valley North - “Stranger”/Big Fish - Andrew Lippa 4:50 - Halle Wagner - Blue Valley North - “Kindergarten Boyfriend”/Heathers - O’Keefe MAPLE ROOM 205 - SOLO MUSICAL THEATRE - 1:20 - 5:00 Judges: Justin Ralph, Kati Bush, Michael Parker Session 1 1:20 - Lauren Dowell - Campus - “A Change in Me”/Beauty and the Beast - Howard Ashman & Tim Rice 1:30 - Madison Adler - Garden City - “Burn”/Hamilton - Lin-Manuel Miranda 1:40 - Evan Heger - Manhattan - “Corner of the Sky”/Pippin - Stephen Schwartz 1:50 - Natalie Carrera - Mill Valley - “Don Juan”/Smokey Joe’s Cafe - Lieber & Stoller 2:10 - Levon Mathis - Andover - “Dont Let Me Go”/Shrek - David Lindsay-Abaire/ Jeanine Tesori 2:20 - Alex Reida - Andover Central - “Feeling Good”/The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd - Leslie Bricusse/Anthony Newley 2:30 - Cire’ Miller - Fort Scott - “O Bless the Lord”/Godspell - Stephen Schwartz 2:40 - Faith Maddox - Washburn Rural - “Happy to Keep His Dinner Warm”/How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - Frank Loesser 27 Individual Events MAPLE ROOM 205 - SOLO MUSICAL THEATRE - 1:20 - 5:00 (con’t.) Judges: Justin Ralph, Kati Bush, Michael Parker Session 2 3:10 - Allison Sturgis - Olathe East - “Green Finch and Linnet Bird”/Sweeney Todd - Stephen Sondheim 3:20 - Lana Herman - Olathe NW - “I Know the Truth”/Aida - Elton John/Tim Rice 3:30 - Jordan Reeder - Olathe East - “I’m Alive”/Next to Normal - Brian Yorkey/ Tom Kitt 3:40 - Wyatt Walberg - Olathe East - “Lonely Town”/On The Town - Bernstein/Comden and Green 3:50 - Annie Arnett - Blue Valley NW - “Killer instinct”/Bring it On - Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Kitt, Amanda Green 4:10 - Veronica Wood - Olathe South - “Life of the Party”/Wild Party - Andrew Lippa 4:20 - Paige Boomer - Olathe South - “Watch What Happens”/Lysistrata Jones - Douglas Carter Beane 4:30 - Brea Clemons - Blue Valley SW - “Saturday Alone”/Calvin Berger - Barry Wyner 4:40 - Sarah Ault - Blue Valley North - “I Ought To Cry”/Little by Little - Brad Ross 4;50 - Ashley Ruckman - Blue Valley North - “I’m Not Afraid of Anything”/Songs of a New World - Jason Robert Brown CEDAR ROOM 204 - SOLO MUSICAL THEATRE - 1:20 - 5:00 Judges: Vonda Schuster, Jennifer Morgan Session 1 1:20 - Maggie Tyner - Newton - “Pulled”/The Addams Family - Andrew Lippa 1:30 - Derek Brumbaugh - Pittsburg - “Purpose”/Avenue Q - Robert Lopez / Jeff Marx 1:40 - Rex Templin - DeSoto - “Soliloquy”/Carousel - Rogers & Hammerstein 1:50 - Mitch Quaney - Hayden Catholic - “The Streets of Dublin”/A Man of No Importance - Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens 2:10 - Skylar McCall - Riverside - “Waiting”/The Addams Family - Andrew Lippa 2:20 - Maya Ballester - Emporia - “With You”/Ghost - Bruce Joel Ruben/David A. Steward and Glen Ballard 2:30 - Sally Olmstead - Maize - “If I Loved You”/Carousel - Rodgers and Hammerstein 2:40 - Lauren Couchman - Newton - “On My Own”/Les Miserables - Claude Michel Schonberg Session 2 3:10 - Kenzi Parsons - Shawnee Mission NW - “Breathe”/In The Heights - Lin-Manuel Miranda 3:20 - Alex Teeple - Shawnee Mission NW - “Burn”/Hamilton - Lin-Manuel Miranda 3:30 - Eli Huber - Olathe East - “Corner of the Sky”/Pippin - Stephen Schwartz 3:40 - Emilie Dayton - Blue Valley SW - “Cute Boys with Short Hair Cuts”/Vanities - David Kirshenbaum and Jack Heifner 3;50 - Alec Walberg - Olathe NW - ”The Devil You Know”/Sideshow - Russell/Krieger 4:10 - Giana Epps - Blue Valley SW - “Rain”/Once on this Island - Flaherty and Ahrens 4:20 - Emily Sulentic - Blue Valley West - “Safer”/First Date - Austin Winsberg, Michael Weiner, Alan Zachary 4:30 - Caroline Seitz - Blue Valley West - “Stars and the Moon”/Songs for a New World - Jason Robert Brown 4:40 - Zoe Holyoak - Blue Valley - “Still Hurting”/The Last Five Years - Joseph Robert Brown 4:50 - Sebastian McCarty - Blue Valley North - “Disaster”/Crazy, Just Like Me - Guspirini Tech Challenge Teams Andover HS - Sarah Koehn Blue Valley West - Laurie VanderPol Emporia HS - Megan Sturm Goddard HS - Jamie Oettle Great Bend HS - Dan Heath Hayden Catholic HS - Mark Radziejeski Labette County HS - Heather Wilson Leavenworth HS - Jennifer Morgan-Beuchat Manhattan HS - Linda Uthoff Olathe North HS - Dustin Pence Olathe South HS - David Hastings Paola HS - Leslie Coats Riverside HS - Shawna Gilbert Salina Central HS - Chad Nulik Wichita North HS - Tyrone Galbreath Wichita Southeast HS - Martha Gates 28 Individual Events BIRCH ROOM 203 - SOLO MUSICAL THEATRE - 1:20 - 5:00 Judges: Jessica Curtiss, Nick Wynn, Dirk Otis Session 1 1:20 - Raemona Wilson - Lawrence Freestate - “Kindergarten Boyfriend”/Heathers - Lawrence O’Keefe and Kevin Murphy 1:30 - Rowan Crespo - Riverside - “A Mother Doesn’t Matter Anymore”/Bye Bye Birdie - Charles Strouse/Lee Adams 1;40 - Cassie Hurt-McLarty - Pittsburg - “Art is Calling For Me”/The Enchantress - Victor Herbert / Harry B. Smith 1:50 - Katie Robu - Newton - “Diva’s Lament”/Spamalot - John DuPrez, Eric Idle, Neil Innes 2:10 - Braxton Pauls - Emporia - ”Empty Chairs and Empty Tables”/Les Miserables - Alain Boubil & Claude-Michel Schonberg/Jean-Marc Natel & Herbert 2:20 - Michael Duncan - Hayden Catholic - “Foolish to Think”/A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder - Robert Freedman & Steven Lutvak 2:30 - Antonio Fenton - Wichtia NW - “Goodbye”/Catch Me If You Can - Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman 2:40 - Louisa Nickel - Newton - “How Could I Ever Know”/The Secret Garden - Lucy Simon, Marsha Norman Session 2 3:10 - Rebecca Carroll - Shawnee Mission NW - “A Trip to the Library”/She Loves Me - Joe Masteroff/ Jerry Bock/ Sheldon Harnick 3:20 - Quinn Cole - Olathe East - “Breathe”/In the Heights - Lin-Manuel Miranda 3:30 - Tristan Jordan - Olathe East - “A Secretary is Not a Toy”/How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - Frank Loesser 3:40 - Maggie Gallaway - Blue Valley West - “I’m Not Alone”/Carrie - Michael Gore and Dean Pitchford 3:50 - Austin Ragusin - Blue Valley SW - “In Love With You”/First Date - Michael Weiner and Alan Zachary 4:10 - Josiah Lopez - Blue Valley SW - “Why God Why”/Miss Saigon - Boublil and Schoenberg 4:20 - Allie Carroll - Olathe NW - “See I’m Smiling”/The Last Five Years - Jason Robert Brown 4:30 - Max Petersen - Blue Valley North - “World’s Greatest Dad”/Elf - Sklar, Beguelin, Martin, Meehan 4:40 - Alycia Martin - Blue Valley North - “All That Matters”/Finding Neverland - Magee 4:50 - Julia Lytle - Blue Valley North - “Before it’s Over”/Dogfight - Pasek, Paul, and Duchan ENTERPRISE BOARDROOM - TECHNICAL THEATRE - 4:00 - 5:00 Judges: Dan Williams, Jason Harris Session 2 4:00 - Ryan Hovey - Olathe South - Theatre Marketing - Crush - Stephen Gregg 4:10 - Kelly Edwards - Olathe North - Scenic Design - Singin’ In The Rain - Comden, Green, Brown, Freed 4:30 - Isaiah Reasby - Olathe South - Lighting Design - Crush - Stephen Gregg 4:50 - Sadie Klein - Blue Valley North - Lighting Design - Jane Eyre - Caird & Gordon CYPRESS A ROOM 209A - SHORT FILM/GROUP ACTING - 3:40 - 5:00 Judges: Dustin Shaffer, Melanie Shelley Session 2 3:40 - Jake Province - Fort Scott - Short Film - “Don’t Worry” 3:50 - Madelynn Kurtz - Hayden Catholic - Short Film - “Senior Honors” 4:00 - Dani Stompoly - Mill Valley - Short Film - “All Alone” 4:10 - Njenga/Kullberg - Olathe East - Short Film - “Mansion of Cardboard” 4:30 - Beucore/Martin/Hall - Fort Scott - Group Acting - Thomas - Jim Gordon 4:40 - Ashton/Apel/Carlson - Olathe East - Group Acting - Arsenic and Old Lace - Joseph Kesselring 4:50 - Fuhlhage/Diaz/Stahl - Olathe North - Group Acting - The Coplete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged The Reduced Shakespeare Company, Long, Singer, Winfield André Tchaikowsky bequeathed his skull to the RSC, which was used to play the famous Yorick in the 2008 production of Hamlet. 29 Auditions On the next two pages, you will find the schedule for all auditions. Break a leg to all those auditioning! Thursday, January 7 - Theatre Educator Interviews (Walnut 208) These interviews take place following the main stage show. Please report outside Walnut (Room 208) for the interviews. Olivia Lewis, Wichita Southeast HS #1820 Madison Rexwinkle, Labette County HS #6290 Mariah Trible, Valley Center HS #522 Alec Walberg, Olathe Northwest HS #6685 Bethany Allen, Hutchinson HS #2277 Friday, January 8 - Performance Auditions, Session IV (Birch 203) Joann Armstrong, Blue Valley Southwest #7596 Ashley Arnold, Salina South HS #1476 Maya Ballester, Emporia HS #6688 Mattie Bell, Olathe East HS #5078 Jace Blankenship Valley Center HS #522 Paige Boomer, Blue Valley Southwest HS #7596 Brett Broadbent, Seaman HS #2001 Kelsey Canizalez, Manhattan HS #941 PJ Capettini, Paola HS #66 Allie Carroll, Olathe Northwest HS #6685 Olivia Carter, Blue Valley HS #4847 Will Cecil, Olathe Northwest HS #6685 Samuel Chapin, Blue Valley North HS #4151 Cordell Cox, Paola HS #66 Marissa Cyphers, Mortheast Magnet HS #6542 Aaron Dix, Salina Central HS #639 Londyn Doll, Flinthills HS #6913 Erik Eisenbarth, Flinthills HS #6913 Nathaniel Endreshak, Salina South #1476 Jose Flores, Salina South #1476 Claire Hartman, Washburn Rural HS #6193 Friday, January 8 - Tech Auditions (Cypress A- 209A) Dinner will be provided Bethany Allen, Hutchinson HS #2277 Logan Best, Washburn Rural HS #6193 Brea Clemons, Blue Valley Southwest HS #7596 Kelly Edwards, Olathe North HS #3310 Emily Ho, Blue Valley HS #4847 Sadie Klein, Blue Valley North HS #4151 Sydney Lenox, Northeast Magnet HS #6543 Lakyn Lynn, Valley Center HS #522 Allison Moore, Wichita Northwest #2661 Arian Moye, Olathe South #5006 Gaylin Nicholson, Paola HS #66 Kayleigh Shaffer, Olathe North #3310 Mariah Trible, Valley Center HS #522 James Warren, Salina South #1476 The Third Wall by Kim L. Wong (Wichita Northwest #2661) will be workshopped during Friday sessions IV, V and VI in 101 B Session IV - Auditions Session V - Rehearsal Session VI - Performance 30 Auditions SATURDAY - JANUARY 9, 2016 - Perfomance Auditions - Session V (Birch 203) Allison Franken, Blue Valley North #4151 Mason Frasher, Leavenworth HS #287 Isaac Glover, Hutchinson HS #2277 Lana Herman, Olathe Northwest HS #6685 Emily Ho, Blue Valley HS #4847 Grace Horvat, Olathe Northwest HS #6685 Eli Huber, Olathe East HS #5078 Joli Hutto, labette County HS #6290 Amanda Johnson, Salina South #1476 Farrah Karty, Olathe East #5078 Logan Kressly, Rose Hill HS #6544 Elie Laville, Blue Valley North #4151 Olivia Lewis, Wichita Southeast HS #1820 Kaleb Litts, Paola HS #66 Xan Mattek, Salina Central #639 Carissa McAfee, Jefferson County North HS #6178 Meghan McGehee, Goddard HS #1840 Kevin Merwin, Flinthills HS #6913 Laura Miller, Hutchinson HS, #2277 Nicole Miller, Blue Valley North #4151 Allison Moore, Wichita Northwest #2661 Gaylin Nicholson, Paola HS #66 Alexis Pudvan, Blue Valley North #4151 SATURDAY - JANUARY 9, 2016 - Perfomance Auditions - Session VI (Birch 203) Michael Duncan, hayden Catholic #7275 Marlee Perez, Labette County HS #6290 Austin Ragusin, Blue Valley Southwest #7957 Jocelyn Reed, Hutchinson HS #2277 Emily Reese, Valley Center HS #522 Madison Rexwinkle, Labette County HS #6290 Alli Schulze, Salina South #1476 Issac Silva, Garden City SH #2846 Dani Stompoly, Mill Valley HS #7718 Andrea Strickler, Olathe South #5006 Hannah Sutton, Gardner Edgerton HS #2135 Toula Sweeney, Manhattan HS #941 Siera Thompson, Mill Valley HS #7718 Colin Tighe, Hutchinson HS #2277 Mariah Trible, Valley Center HS #522 Carson Vitt, Mill Valley HS #7718 Alec Walberg, Olathe Northwest HS #6685 Halley Wallace, Wichita Northwest #2661 James Warren, Salina South #1476 John Warring, Pittsburg HS #3149 Casey Williams, Valley Center HS #522 Rebecca Winsky, Salina South #1476 Veronica Wood, Olathe South #5006 Congratulations to Kansas Thespian Troupes for your involvement in TOTS-EAT! (Trick Or Treat So Kids Can Eat) Outstanding Commitment Award—Greatest percent participation of active ITS troupes within a chapter. Chapter Directors David Hastings and Steve Landes. Trick or Treat so Kids Can Eat (TOTS-EAT) is the International Thespian Society’s annual nationwide community service initiative to collect food for the hungry. This is the perfect project for students who want to help the less fortunate in their communities. Thanks to the International Thespian Society, it truly is easy to have a big impact on hunger in your community with a little work. 31 Congratulations to the following schools whose productions were chosen to perform at this 43rd annual Kansas Thespian Conference! AN ABSOLUTE TURKEY (Blue Valley North) Complete with slamming doors and mistaken identity,this show is a lightning-paced symphony of intrigues, betrayals and misunderstandings by the supreme master of farce, Georges Feydeau. The ‘turkey’ or ‘fool’ of the piece chases after his friend’s wife; the wife hatches a mischievous revenge plot. Liaisons are arranged and bungled in a shady hotel, couples re-couple and bedtime leads to bedlam. BAND GEEKS (Pittsburg) A high-stepping tribute to high school marching bands and misfits everywhere! With just seventeen members and dwindling funds, the Cuyahoga Falls High School Marching Beavers are close to extinction. When a troubled athlete is relegated to their ranks, Elliott, the tuba-playing band captain and Laura, his best friend, must find a way to unite the band, embrace their inner geek and save the Marching Beavers. THE GAME’S AFOOT (Washburn Rural) It is December 1936 and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, has invited his fellow cast-members to his Connecticut castle for a weekend of revelry. But when one of the guests is stabbed to death, the festivities in this isolated house of tricks and mirrors quickly turn dangerous. Then it’s up to Gillette himself, as he assumes the persona of his beloved Holmes, to track down the killer before the next victim appears. THE TRAGEDIE OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS (Topeka Hayden Catholic) Dr. Faustus, a well­respected scholar, grows dissatisfied with the limits of traditional forms of knowledge—logic, medicine, law, and religion— and decides that he wants to learn to practice magic. THE FOREIGNER (McPherson HS) Troupe #3796 is proud to bring Kansas native Larry Shue’s production of The Foreigner to the State Conference Main stage. A “devilishly clever idea,” the play demonstrates what can happen when a group of devious characters must deal with a stranger who (they think) knows no English. Shue’s comedy is positively antic, yet pleasantly seasoned with a few dashes of Kansas sentimentality. 32 To our Workshop Presenters and College Representatives Thank you for all that you do and the opportunities you give to theatre students in Kansas! Workshop and Guest Artist Directory - 2016 TIMM ADAMS is a seasoned Equity actor, musical director, vocal coach, director, and educator. Currently Professor of Music and Head of Recruiting at Rockford University, Timm teaches private voice and music/musical theater courses, and musical directs the Performing Arts Department’s main stage musicals. He holds a Masters degree in Vocal Performance from Baylor University and has enjoyed an extensive career in theater, as an actor, director, and musical director. He has performed throughout the Midwest and Southeast in such shows as Hello, Dolly! (Cornelius), Joseph and the… Dreamcoat (Joseph), Singin’ in the Rain (Cosmo), Pump Boys and Dinettes (L.M.), Buddy…The Buddy Holly Story (Norman Petty), and Return to the Forbidden Planet (Ariel, the rollerblading robot). As a director, Timm’s favorite productions have been The Fantasticks, The Taffetas, Quilters, The Hot Mikado, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Dogfight. TAYLOR AVAZPOUR is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association and has performed with KC Starlight, Musical Theatre Heritage, New London Playhouse, and Quality Hill. Taylor has done commercial/print work as well through his agency, Talent Unlimited. Taylor currently serves as the Assistant Director of Music Theatre Kansas City. Taylor earned his BFA in Musical Theatre from The Boston Conservatory and his Initial Graduate Certification in High School Theatre and Speech from Avila University, and will complete his Master of Arts in Education in June. JIM BARTRUFF has worked in professional, community and educational theatre for almost 40 years. He is the Director of Theatre at Emporia State University where he directs and teaches courses in acting, directing, script analysis, musical theatre and Shakespeare. His recent directing credits include South Pacific and As You Like It. He has taught in Montana, Oregon, Nebraska, Minnesota and Kansas and led theatre study tours to Minneapolis, New York and London. LINDY BARTRUFF has been the Emporia State University’s dance director in the theatre department for the last 10 years. She is performer, teacher, director and choreographer. She holds degrees in Theatre and English and studied with Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, and taught dance, theatre dance, choreography and acting at North Central Michigan College, Carroll College (Montana), University of Montana and Minnesota Moorhead. She was a founding member of the Grandstreet Theatre School in Helena Montana, a 2015 Tony nominated school. She has performed in three national tours and written and choreographed over fifteen dance shows, and choreographed or directed over one hundred theatre productions. She has served as adjudicator for Montana and Minnesota speech and drama tournaments, and as choreographer and coach for ESU KCATCF participants. With Jim Bartruff, ESU Director of Theatre, she has led over thirty theatre tours to New York and London. For the last three years, she has created a week-long immersion in NY theatre and dance called: NYC: the dancer in me. 2016 will see the induction of the ESU dance company, Co. Soaroar: dancers making noise. Proudly, this intergenerational, interactive company’s mission is artistic and humanitarian outreach. TRISH BERRONG has studied, taught, performed and produced improvisational theater for 20+ years. She’s learned from the best instructors in Chicago (at Second City, iO and Annoyance) and passed that knowledge on to improvisers in pretty much every troupe in Kansas City, MO. She’s the Education & Training Director at ComedyCity (KC’s longest running professional troupe), player wrangler at Operation: Show! (KC’s high school improv league), coach of the Liberty High School improv program, and a creative marketing strategist at Hallmark Cards. She has fewer cats than her students or Instagram feed would lead you to believe. CHRIS BOOTH (AEA) is an award winning actor, comedian, and storyteller. Chris’ TV work includes National Geographic’s Brain Games as well as being the co-creator, writer, and co-star of the Spike TV pilot Punching the Midget and the Travel Channel pilot Ultimate Fan Pass. Chris’ stage work includes the Off-Broadway hit Awesome 80’s Prom (Snelgrove) and Born Without Clothes (Carl). Chris is also the co-creator, writer, and co-star of the award-winning sketch comedy group City Hall. He has performed improvisation at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade, the People’s Improv Theater, the Magnet, and has toured with the National Comedy Theater. His commercial work includes spots for Dewar’s, Nestles’ Crunch, Audi, Showtime and two spots for Comedy Central. When not performing, Chris can be found at The Tank Theater, in Times Square; where he currently serves as Curator Emeritus and sits on its Artistic Board. Chris is the Assistant Director of Admissions at the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts. EVAN BORST began dancing since 2001. Since then he’s traveled extensively to increase his knowledge of the dance and measure his skills in competition. Locally he is on the board of the Wichita Swing Dance Society, founder of the Lindy Bombers, and Captain of the competitive team Hot Rhythm Revival. He’s excited to come back to the Thespian Conference once again to share his love for the dance! SANDY CABRERA is an artist currently based in Wichita, KS. She is pursuing a BFA in Theatre Design and Technology at Wichita State University. Sandy has worked as a Hair/Wig/Makeup Assistant Designer for Music Theatre Wichita, her favorites include: Catch Me If You Can, Disney’s Mary Poppins, Les Miserables, Singin’ in the Rain, Disney’s The Little Mermaid and Sunset Boulevard. She’s been a guest speaker (Stage Management and Make-up Workshops) for several Wichita surrounding high schools, Girl Scout troupes, and CYT Wichita. She currently serves as the Hair/Makeup Artist for Bill Booth Theater Company, which this past summer traveled to perform in London at The O2 Arena. She is currently the Production Stage Manager for Music Theatre for Young People, Wichita. (SandyTCabrera.com) MEGAN CASE is a recruiting specialist for Webster University. She has performed across the country in musical theatre and dance venues. For the past 20 years, Megan has been teaching and choreographing in Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City. Megan has a theatre performance degree from the University of Evansville. PAUL KEONI CHUN is the Founder and President of Keoni Movement Arts, a 501(c)(3)nonprofit organization dedicated to sharing the Joy of the Movement Arts: Yoga, Dance and Gymnastics. (www.KeoniMovementArts.org) He has taught this “Being in THIS Moment through Yoga” workshop at the Kansas Thespian Conference for nine years. He teaches yoga at Equinox health clubs in New York City. In addition to teaching movement, he has worked as a professional performer, having acted, sung, danced, and tumbled in offBroadway and regional theaters and having appeared in film and on television. Paul holds a B.A. in Human Biology from Stanford University. JULIE DANIELSON currently serves as the Artistic Director and Resident Music Director for Music Theatre Kansas City (MTKC) and Broadway at Baker. She has her own private vocal coaching studio and works as a professional musician. In New York, she was the Broadway music assistant for Bring it On and played for Spring Awakening, Legally Blonde and Smash. She worked for Telsey+Co Casting in NY (casting shows like Rent, Wicked, Annie and Kinky Boots) and also coached for the Broadway Artists Alliance. She is proud to be the music director/conductor for the first-ever Kansas All-State Musical, James and the Giant Peach. She has music directed over 80 shows and has played for over 100. Education: CCM. 33 RACHEL DOWNS is a free-lance artist from Wichita, KS. Since 2004 her variety of work includes designing finishes and murals for area homes and businesses, and faux finishing almost any surface you can think of, from floors to ceilings and everything in between. Her work as a set designer and scenic artist can be seen at a variety of venues across the state and she is the recipient of three Mary Jane Teall awards for design. Rachel has taught faux finishing classes for Faux Retreat, Prismatic Painting Studio, and Caring with Colors and partners with area schools to teach scenic painting workshops for theatre. JANICE FRONCZAK is a tenured full Professor of Theatre at the University of Nebraska at Kearney where she teaches performance courses, playwriting, drama therapy, movement, voice and diction, intro to theatre and Directs Main Stage shows. She has published an original collection of monologues that is used by high school drama teachers all over the U.S. entitled, Blue Food. She is also a Registered Drama Therapist and is currently finishing up her M.A. in Counseling so she can have a state license to practice as a Drama Therapist. MEAGAN FLYNN (Actor/Director/Executive Producer) A proud Montana native, Meagan shines in front of and behind the camera. Meagan can be seen questioning George Clooney in Jason Reitman’s Oscar-nominated “Up in the Air”. Meagan is a Regional Emmy® award-winning producer for the nationally recognized web series, “The Unreal Housewives of Kansas City”, executive producer of the short film ³Adrift² and the proud owner of Smart Mouth Productions, LLC-the creative force behind the award-winning web series “The Wingman². Smart Mouth has also produced the short films ³The Playdate², ³Always Come Home², ³The Etiquette of Impotence², ³Tipping Point² ³Masterpiece² and ³High Bid.² Meagan directed the later five films as well as ³The Wingman.² Her works have been seen on iTunes, IndieFlix, Fun Little Movies, the Pentagon Channel, NET TV, and film festivals around the country. Meagan recently penned the feature length family drama, “Everything That Glitters” She has received various awards and nominations for her acting, producing and directing most recently the Austin Revolution Film Fest¹s Female Filmmaker of 2015. www.meaganflynn.com. ROBERT GORRIE is an NYU Graduate from the Film & Television program and is a professional actor with over 12 years of experience in the industry and is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA. He has appeared in leading roles in daytime and primetime television as well as film. He recently guest starred on FOX’s Gotham as John Grayson. Some of his other notable credits include Law & Order SVU, The Good Wife, One Life to Live, and As the World Turns. He has two feature films slated for release in 2015 and is currently appearing in a national campaign for Southwest Airlines. DION GRAHAM has performed a wide variety of classical and contemporary roles on Broadway, Off-Broadway, internationally, and in film and television. He recently played Fred Cole on Madam Secretary on CBS. He was also State’s Attorney Rupert Bond on HBO’s The Wire. He’s the series narrator for A&E’s The First 48. Award winning and critically acclaimed, his performances have been praised as thoughtful and compelling, vivid and full of life. Besides his career as an actor and director he also maintains a commitment to working with young people both in the US and around the world. He’s happy to be here again with his Thespian friends of Kansas. STEPHEN GREGG’S plays include This is a Test, Small Actors, One Lane Bridge, S.P.A.R., This is a Text and many others. His new full-length play, Crush, will premiere this fall at Olathe South High School in Kansas. TAYLOR HARVEY is currently a senior at the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater BFA Actor Training Program. She most recently worked with renowned playwright, Jeffrey Hatcher on the premiere of Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders in St. Paul, Minnesota. Other recent credits include The Cherry Orchard (UMN/Guthrie), Medea (UMN/Guthrie), As You Like It (Globe Theater Education- London), and Hot Mikado (Hope Summer Repertory Theater). In the Kansas City area she’s performed with Musical Theater Heritage, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and Theater in the Park. She also worked as an assistant teaching artist with The Coterie. ARI HAYAUD-DIN (ITO) is a senior at Hebron High School troupe 6069 and is incredibly honored to be serving as an At-Large International Thespian Officer. Her love for the arts has been building for 10 years and she believes the best part about theatre is watching the impact it makes on others lives. When not doing theatre related activities, which is very rare, Ari is usually watching Legally Blonde with her 3 dogs. Her goal for this festival is to break fundraising records for Broadway Cares and Send a Troupe because she believes giving back with the arts is vital. If you have any questions about festival, from here to Nationals, she is ready and able to help you out! Follow her on twitter @ITOAriH to stay connected through and after festival! SHIRLEE IDZAKOVICH is a costumer who is from NYC and has over 100 build out under her belt. She has done stage, tv, film, Broadway and off Broadway. She is a contributing editor for Itheatrics and their Broadway Jr. Collection. Her passion is sharing techniques and teaching the next generation about costuming for stage and everything they need to know to make the show work. JAKE JACKSON is a classically trained special effects makeup artist learning the bulk of his skills from Dick Smith¹s advanced makeup course. He has had a lifelong love of creating characters and monsters for stage and screen. His makeup effects work for film includes the features ³Hell Town² (2014) and “Dust, Blood and Fire” (2015). For the stage he has created Shrek for the Helen Hocker Theatre (HHT) production of Shrek: The Musical, The Frankenstein Monster for the Topeka Civic Theatre (TCT) production of Young Frankenstein:The Musical, Ariel and Caliban makeups for The Tempest (TCT) and an army of zombies for Night of the Living Dead (HHT). Jake is married with five kids and holds dual bachelor degrees in Management and Marketing and a Masters degree in Education. He is also the owner and operator of Monster Maker By Night FX Studios in Topeka, KS. JOHN JOHNSON has been a wonderful asset for the staff and customers of Associated Theatrical Contractors for the past six years. He came to ATC with a BA in Theatre and Masters of Art from MSU, a strong theatrical background as a sound and lighting technician with Tony Orland Theatre in Branson, theatre teacher for seven years as well as working with the local are arts groups with technical assistance and a area performer in many local shows. TOM JOHNSON has been the Vice-President of TSI for over 30 years. He is a seasoned stagehand of 45 years. His knowledge of stage equipment, lighting, rigging and stage curtain manufacturing is extensive. GAI JONES, the Founder of California Youth in Theatre, entered educational theatre by way of a small liberal arts college for women in Oklahoma which offered a specialized Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech and Drama. She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at CA State University, East Bay and Santa Barbara Community College Center for Life Long Learning, writes Theatre ed books, directs, produces educational Theatre productions, and is a SAG/ AFTRA commercial actress. She is the author of Raising the Curtain, www. perfectionlearning, Break a Leg, A Love Letter to Theatre Teachers and Students, (a gift for theatre teachers) www.gaijones.com and a new e-book The Student Actor Prepares: Acting for Life, www.intellectbooks.com. She has a new self-published book, entitled Curtain Goin’ Up: Truisms and Tips for Community Theater Actors, Directors, Technicians and Other Volunteers. She serves on the national EdTA board. STEPHANIE M. JORANDBY is a costume designer, craftsperson, theater educator, visual artist, musician, and storyteller from Menomonee Falls, WI. She is Assistant Professor of Theatre - Costume at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. Previously, she served as the faculty Costume, Hair, and Makeup Designer and interim Instructor of Theatre at the University of Central Missouri and the Resident Costume Designer and 34 Costume Shop Supervisor at Wisconsin Lutheran College. Stephi earned her MFA in Costume Design from Southern Illinois University in 2012. Past engagements include costume design for Ozark Actors Theatre in Rolla, Missouri, The Papermill Theatre Touring Children’s Theatre in Lincolin, New Hampshire, costume crafts head for the McLeod Summer Playhouse in Carbondale, Illinois, and wig stylist for Miller and Campbell Costume Service in Milwaukee, WI. EMILY KASPRZAK is the Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts at University of Saint Mary. She received her MFA from Michigan State University, and her BFA from Emporia State University. Currently she teaches dance, stage costuming and acting at USM. KODY KITCHENS has been dancing since the age of 3 years. Traveled studying west African culture. I have taught over 5 years. He has been in TV shows and movies sharing my gift that I have and I am looking for to sharing with everyone at the conference soon JOE C. KLUG is a Professional Freelance Designer and Visiting Professor of Scenic Design at Florida International University. He freelances in the Chicago (Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, Dear Stone Theatre Company) and Milwaukee Areas (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee First Stage) The, as well as designing for professional Summer Stock Companies (Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre, Bristol Valley Theatre). As a Visual Artist Joe¹s work focuses on how to re-engage with an audience that is disconnected from the immediate experience . Through exploring, excavating, and shaping the space, Joe¹s work seeks to re-animate the audience experience and live in the moment of the story being told on stage. LAURA LINDSAY hails from Hillsboro, KS and has lived in New York City for over five years. She is a graduate of Kansas State University and has been a member of Actors Equity Association as a stage manager since 2011. During her time in NYC, she has stage managed countless productions, festivals, events, award shows, etc. She worked for two years as a stage manager and as the Assistant Program Director at Urban Stages, a not for profit theater company in NYC. She now has a full time job as the House Manager at The Juilliard School and continues to stage manage special events and productions. MARK T. MANNETTE is the Director of Theatre at Newman University in Wichita, Kansas. Previously, he was Director of the Theatre Program at St. Andrews University in North Carolina. As an arts entrepreneur, he has founded several entertainment-based companies. Mr. Mannette was also Artistic Director for a number of theatre companies and has directed numerous plays throughout the United States. He earned his MFA from Mary Baldwin College in partnership with the American Shakespeare Center in Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature in Performance with a concentration in directing. A member of Actor’s Equity Association, Mr. Mannette has acted in over one hundred and fifty stage plays in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, Kansas, and Florida. Recently, he was a drill sergeant for a Shakespeare boot camp for a professional company in New Hampshire. REIS MYERS MCCORMICK began her career in regional theater, and has performed thousands of commercials and voice-overs. She teaches Audition Techniques at KD Conservatory in Dallas, and has worked notably on Breaking Bad, and currently as a recurring co-star on the ABC Emmy-winning series American Crime. GREG MCGLYNN received a B.A. in Theatre/Communications from Sterling College in 1987 and a Masters in Education from Friends University in 2005. He’s worked professionally as an actor and trained with several fencing clubs and Olympic instructors. He has volunteered instruction in Fencing, Juggling and Acting on Native American Reservations and has taught High School Theatre in Texas and Kansas for 22 years. He was the technical director of the 2001 Texas State Championship One Act Play SIDE MAN and has been honored with several Jester Awards from MTW in scenic design and direction. Greg has also been privileged of having shows selected to the Kansas State Thespian Conference, 2011 A CHRISTMAS CAROL ‘in living black and white’ and 2014 the British farce NOISES OFF. Greg is the proud father of two and the Theatre instructor for Troupe #3796 at McPherson High School. ANTHONY MCMURRAY AEA - Anthony is a native of Kansas and is thrilled to be back at KS Thespians. After graduating from Blue Valley West he went on to study and work as an actor is NYC. Anthony received his BA from the University of Northern Colorado and his MFA from Louisiana State University. Anthony has been seen in daytime dramas, independent films, regional theatre around the country and national print ads. He currently lives in NYC with his lovely wife Amanda. BRYAN MERCER has gained 35 years of professional experience as an actor, singer, musical director, composer, educator, and custom workshop leader in the Southeast. Bryan has had long standing relationships with the Center for Puppetry Arts, Seven Stages, The Hippodrome Theater, Theatrical Outfit, and Alliance Theatre Education, where he has developed and honed many of his original techniques through workshops, camps, and unique and moving productions. Bryan has also taught for the Wolftrap Institute for Early Learning through the Arts, The High Museum of Art, the Voices and Vibes series with the Atlanta Symphony, and maintains a large roster of private students who seek mentorship in vocal performance, audition preparation, and most importantly, self-confidence and believing in their own artistic gifts. BRUCE MILLER (Professor) is the Senior acting teacher for the BFA acting and musical theater programs in the Department of Theatre Arts at the University of Miami . He teaches acting and script analysis. He is the author of The Scene Study Book, Acting Solo, Actor’s Alchemy, and Acting on the Script as well as Head-first Acting and The Actor as Storyteller. His more than 100 articles on acting appear regularly in Dramatics Magazine and Teaching Theatre. He is the 2002 recipient of the University of Miami Excellence in Teaching Award. Miller has conducted acting workshops nationally and internationally, including a series for the Educational Theatre Association’s Professional Development Program. He is the winner of the EDTA’s Founders Award given for lifetime achievement in educational theatre. He is a member of AEA, SAG, and AFTRA, and holds an MFA in Acting from Temple University. BRITANY MORGAN is the Technical Director for Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas. After receiving her BFA from Stephens College she worked as a freelance choreographer and makeup artist. Her most recent work includes last years The Addams Family: The Musical that performed in the Mary Jane Teall Theatre in which she was the choreographer and technical director. Britany also teaches salsa, jazz, tap and private voice as well as makeup artistry. She is delighted to be back another year presenting at the Kansas Thespian Conference. JENNIFER MORGAN-BEUCHAT is the Director of Theatre at Leavenworth High School. With over 200 productions to her credit, she has performed, directed, and designed for community, educational, and professional venues around the world. Jennifer represented Kansas last year at Arts Advocacy Day in Washington DC and serves on the Kansas Thespian State Board as the Public Relations Liaison. ROBIN MURPHY has been a theatre artist for over 45 years. She has been involved in performance, direction, technical theatre, film, playwriting and producing. She attended Emporia State and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Her master’s is from Baker. She has also taught high school theatre for 25 years, currently at Olathe Northwest in Kansas City. MADELYNN NEVINS graduated from Wichita State University with a BFA in Theatrical Designer and Performance with emphasis in Lighting and Man- 35 agement. She is currently the Production Manager at Music Theatre for Young People, the Production Stage Manager for Laughing Feet Performers, and is a freelance lighting designer that has spent the last nine summers working at Music Theatre Wichita in the lighting department. JULIE NOONAN is an Associate Professor and the Director of Theatre at Ottawa University. She teaches all levels of performance and studies courses. Dr. Noonan directs both musicals and spoken-word plays; her most recent include: The Musical of Musicals: The Musical, This is Not a Pipe Dream and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. She holds a Ph.D. in Theatre from the University of Kansas. DIRK GARRETT OTIS is an actor and comedian that has been performing improv and sketch comedy at New York City’s top venues for over 5 years. He has been featured on Funny or Die and College Humor as well as performances at The P.I.T. (Peoples Improv Theatre) with his comedy troupe, The Shorts Show. With millions of views, his shorts have quickly become memorable viral videos that have been featured across the Internet. He is an Alumni of the New York Film Academy’s prestigious Acting for Film Conservatory as well as The Peoples Improv Theater’s Improvisation Workshops where he studied under The PIT’s current creative director Kevin Laibson. He now teaches Improv and Monologues at NYFA’s High School Summer Camp programs as well as presents improvisation workshops at High Schools and Festivals across the country. He is also an Admissions Representative for NYFA and enjoys helping young people enter into the world of the performing arts. Originally from Kansas City, Missouri he graduated from the University of Missouri before moving to New York to pursue his acting career and attending The New York Film Academy. TONY PIAZZA has been Director of Theatre at Allen Community College since 1999. During that time he has directed over 40 productions. He acted professionally in New York and California and is a member of AEA and SAGAFTRA. He holds a B.A. in Dramatic Art from U.C. Santa Barbara, an M.A. in Drama from San Diego State University and also trained at Stella Adler Studios in New York City. SEAN ROBERSON has been with TSI for 10 years as a salesman and lighting designer. He is experienced in planning and installing rigging, stage drapes and lighting. He has created the lighting design for many productions in the Wichita area. Sean has, also, been a stagehand for over 20 years. He has traveled with shows throughout the U.S. LYNNEA ROLLER has been a wonderful asset for the staff and customers of Associated Theatrical Contractors for over 10 years. She¹s been programming lights professionally for almost 25years and is an ETC certified trainer for the EOS / ION and Element family of consoles. ROSS RUNDELL is a former Kansas Thespian out of Salina Central High School. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Emporia State University, and received his Master’s in Technical Design & Production from Yale School of Drama. Previous work includes time with Santa Fe Opera, Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts and Yale Repertory Theatre. He now works as the Technical Director at Glimmerglass Opera Festival in Cooperstown, New York. PETER SARGENT is the Dean of the Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts at Webster University in St. Louis. He is the Resident Lighting Designer for the Repertory Theatre of St Louis. He coordinates the Auditions at the International Thespian Festival and is a founder for the Unified Auditions. DUSTIN SHAFFER is a Kansas City-based costume designer and director. Shaffer received his B.G.S. in Theatre and Film from the University of Kansas (1999), an M.A. in Theatre from Missouri State University (2005), and an M.F.A. in Costume Design from the University of Florida (2009). In addition to costume design, Dustin works as an actor and freelance illustrator. Shaffer currently serves as the Director of Theatre at Neosho County Community College in Chanute, KS. MELANIE SHELLEY, Associate Dean and Professor of Arts Management, has served the Ann Lacy School of American Dance and Entertainment in many capacities over almost three decades. She enjoys working with dance and entertainment business students as the Student Success Coordinator and preparing dancers for professional careers through her Dance Workshop course. Dean Shelley recently moved from Costumer to Costume Consultant for the American Spirit Dance Company. She also was a choreographer, company manager, and production stage manager for this elite performing group. She was the first director of the OCU Pep Dancers and served a number of years as the Spirit of Grace Liturgical Dance Director. Her choreographic credits include the Sooner State Games Opening Ceremony, productions of the Oklahoma Opera and Music Theater Company, and fashions shows including the Seventeen Magazine Model Search. Her choreography has been performed both in the United States and internationally, in Beijing and Taipei, Republic of China and her costume designs have been included in the New York City Toy Show. She was active with Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma for many years serving as costume shop foreman, ticket office manager, and assistant choreographer for On Your Toes. Her dance credits include concerts with Dinah Shore, Marie Osmond, George Burns, Bob Hope, and Marilyn McCoo. Dean Shelley has been named to Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers for multiple years, was named Oklahoma City University’s Exemplary Teacher of the Year for 2000, and served as Faculty Fellow and Interim Chair of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning for Oklahoma City University’s Academic Affairs Office in 2006-2007. In 2013, she received the CETL Distinguished Service Award in recognition of her work and dedication to Oklahoma City University. In 2014, she was named selected as the Ann Lacy School of American Dance and Entertainment Distinguished Alumna. MITCHELL SOUTHERLAND is Production Manager for Music Theatre Wichita. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma’s Scenic Technology program, Mitch has had the opportunity to work previously with the Santa Fe Opera and Chicago’s Goodman Theatre. A proud member of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, he is eagerly becoming involved in this region’s operations. When not piloting his desk or running around the Century-2 building, Mitch can be found outside enjoying a round of disk golf or just enjoying nature. DEBORAH STONE travels extensively and is currently working on projects in Greece and Rome. Watch for her documentary on Thomas Kinkade for PBS, NY. Reis Myers McCormick and Deborah Stone are both serious about mentoring the next generation of artists, and many of their workshop students from festivals all over the US have kept up with them. HEATHER TINKER currently serves as the Adjunct Director of Theatre at MidAmerica Nazarene University. She has been teaching and directing at MNU since 2007. Heather is involved with teaching and directing at Benedictine College, Kansas City Young Audiences, Christian Youth Theatre, and The Culture House. Heather completed her Bachelor’s degree in Communication and Public Relations with a minor in Theatre at MidAmerica Nazarene University in 1998 and a Master of Arts degree in Theatre from the University of Kansas in 2012 where she received the Ambrose Saricks Family Scholarship for work in community or educational theatre. HUSTON WARD has been a wonderful asset for the staff and customers of Associated Theatrical Contractors for almost 5 years. He has been a Certified Teacher in Missouri since 1999. He has a BS in Communication with a minor in Theatre and has almost finished a double Masters in Education. He’s been doing theatre for 37years: on stage, instructing, behind the scenes, and much more! 36 KATHLEEN WARFEL (AEA, SAG-AFTRA), has spent most of her last 35 years working in the Kansas City area on stage and film , as actor, director and teacher. Her most recent stage work was at the Unicorn Theatre in Women Playing Hamlet (where she played 7 different roles, from an aging soap star to Hamlet’s Gravedigger). She recently finished teaching a 6 week workshop and directing Three Sisters for Independence Community College in Iindependence, Ks., home of the Inge Festival. DAN WILLIAMS is the Scene and Lighting Design Faculty at Oral Roberts University. He has been attending and presenting workshops at the Kansas Thespian Conference since he was in high school. His previous workshops have included: Foam Carving, Scenery for the Financially Impaired, Lighting Maintenance, and serving as a panelist in the “Stump the TD” discussions. DENISE WILLIAMS is the Director of the Performing Arts Center and Designer/Technical Director for the Jenks Public Schools in Jenks, OK. She has 20+ years experience in working in schools throughout the midwest. She is also co-owner of “i Scene it” design and fabrication. DR. PETER ZAZZALI teaches acting, directing, and directs for the Department of Theatre at The University of Kansas. His research areas include acting theory, actor training, sociology of theatre, and the history of the US not-for-profit theatre. In addition to KU, Dr. Zazzali has taught at institutions such as the Western Australian Academy of the Performing Arts, American Musical and Dramatic Academy, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Colby College, CUNY, and Cornell University. A member of Actors Equity (AEA), the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), he has directed and/or acted in more than 100 productions in the professional theatre. Thursday Night Thespian Dance (30 minute supervision shifts in the Grand Eagle Ballroom) 9:45-10:15 Stephanie Arbogast, Tanya Dockers, Martha Gates, Dan Heath Dan Schmidt, Roxana Stitt, Megan Sturm, Laurie VanderPol 10:00-10:30 Daniele Baxa, Shawna Gilbert, Kim Harrison, Tobie Henline, Richard Lundin, Eric Magnus, Jessie Titterington, Vaughn Zecha 10:15-10:45 Nancee Beilgard, Garry Goddard, Derek Jensen, Dorathea Kelly, Keli Rodger, Eddie Shafer, Cara Spencer, Heather Wilson 10:30-11:00 Shawn Beuchat, Miriam Climenhaga, Jon Copeland, Angella Curran, Sarah Koehn, Jeff Lady, Julie McCreight, Jennifer Morgan-Beuchat 10:45-11:15 Angie Bin, Cynthia Marion, Robin Murphy, Jamie Oettle, Amanda Porter, Vonda Schuster, Brian Strole, Linda Uthoff 11:00-11:30 Brett Buffum, Tyrone Galbreath, Charles Goolsby Jason Hagg, Dustin Pence, Jeremy Riggs, Greg Shaw, Richard Shultz, Jeff Yarnell JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH (All State Show) The plot centers on a young English orphan boy who enters a gigantic, magical peach, and has a wild and surreal cross-world adventure with seven magically-altered garden bugs he meets. Roald Dahl was originally going to write about a giant cherry, but changed it to James and the Giant Peach because a peach is “prettier, bigger and squishier than a cherry.” 37 Kansas Thespian Conference Leadership Co-Chapter Directors David Tate Hastings & Steve Landes Main Stage Shows Steve Landes Registration David Tate Hastings Workshops Max Brown College/Scholarship Auditions Kate Lindsay All State Musical Chad Nulik, Max Brown, Dan Schmidt One-Act Performances/Chapter Select Mark Radziejeski Kansas Thespian Playworks Nancee Bielgard & Brett Buffum Late Night Events Daniele Baxa Silent Auction Cassie Conley & Jeff Lady Competive Improv Jeff Yarnell Lobby Displays Vonda Schuster Creative Costumes Martha Gates Tech Challenge Leslie Coats Speech Charades Tyrone Galbreathe Honor Troupe Richard Schultz Theatre Quiz Bowl Mark Radziejeski Guidebook Cassie Conley State Thespian Officers Dustin Pence & Tyrone Galbreathe Program Roxana Stitt Awards Richard Shultz Individual Events Kathleen Barbara, Richard Lundin, & Eddie Shafer Public Relations Jennifer Morgan-Beuchat Special Thanks We would like to thank all of our Thespian Sponsors, College Representatives, and Chaperons who assisted with the above activities. It takes a team to run a student-­‐centered, teacher-­‐friendly conference that promotes Educational Theatre in Kansas. Thank you for supporting Kansas Thespians. Can you help us improve the Kansas Thespian Conference? Contact David Tate Hastings or Steve Landes at thespis@kansasthespians.com and let them know how you will help us make our conference stronger. We need your leadership. 38 Kansas Thespian Conference 2016 Seating Chart - Conference Hall Please review theatre etiquette on page 40 of this program. Thank you! HOUSE LEFT HOUSE RIGHT Blue Valley NW: C. 1-17; D. 3-11 Olathe South: D. 12-19; E. 1-20; F. 17-21 Hayden Catholic: F. 1-16; G. 1-10 Wichita SE: G. 11-22; H. 22-23 Gardner Edgerton: H. 5-21; J. 1-19 Blue Valley SW: J. 20-23; K. 4-23 Leavenworth: L. 1-19; M. 1-4 Pittsburg: M. 5-19; N. 1-25; O. 19 Maize: O. 20-25; P. 18-25 Winfield: P. 11-17 Minnea[polis: P. 10 Olathe East: p. 1-9; Q. 1-21 Sumner: Q. 22 Salina Central: R. 1-22; S. 1-12 Flint Hills: S. 13-21; T. 18-27 Blue Valley West: T. 1-17; U. 1-24 Circle: U. 25-28; V. 17-27 Hutchinson: V. 1-16; W. 1-8 Wichita North: W. 9-28 Mill Valley: X. 1-17 St. Thomas Aquinas: X. 18-21 Riverside: X. 22-28; Y. 17-28 Washburn Rural: Y. 1-16; Z. 1-17 Paola: Z. 18-28; AA. 16-29 Eisenhower: AA. 1-15; BB. 1-5 Jeff C. West: BB. 6-8 Salina South: BB. 9-29; CC. 18-29 Wellington: CC. 1-17; DD. 1-16 Manhattan: DD. 17-29; EE. 23-30 Spring Hill: EE. 4-22 Olathe NW: EE. 1-3; FF. 1-20 Valley Center: Ff. 21-27 Frontenac: GG. 1-9 Girard: GG. 10 Garden City: C. 101-116; D. 1-2; D. 101-106 Andover Central: D. 107-118; E. 120 Andover: E. 101-119; F. 101-112 Rose Hill: F. 113-120; G. 116-121 Shawnee Mission NW: G. 101-115; H. 101-122; J. 101-115 Labette County: J. 117-123; K. 112-123 Blue Valley: K. 101-111; L. 101-119; M. 101-113 Olathe N: M. 1144-120; N. 113-124 McPherson: N. 101-112; O. 101-112 BVN: O. 113-125; P. 101-124; Q. 101-125; R. 101-121; S. 101-107 Wichita South: S. 108-118 Lawrence Free State: S. 119-121; T. 101-125 Goddard: U. 101-127; V. 101-108 Wichita Heights: V. 109-127; W. 126-127 Wichita NE Magnet: W. 109-125 Fort Scott: W. 101-108; X. 101-111 Andale: X. 112-119 Maize South: X. 120-127; Y. 124-128 DeSoto: Y. 109-123 Great Bend: Y. 101-108; Z. 101-110 Campus: Z. 111-128; AA. 122-128 Emporia: AA. 101-121; BB. 101-106 Shawnee Mission W: BB. 107-123 Wichita NW: BB. 101-106; CC. 101-120 Wichita W: CC. 121-129; DD. 123-129 Derby: DD. 107-122 Newton: DD. 101-106; EE. 101-107 Topeka: EE. 108-122 Jeff Co. N: EE. 123-130; FF. 101-105 Kapaun: FF. 106-123 Liberal: FF. 124-130 Clearwater GG. 101-108 39 PLEASE PRACTICE PROPER THEATRE ETIQUETTE WHILE AT THE KANSAS THESPIAN CONFERENCE ► Dress appropriately for the main stage performances. ► Arrive early. Do not enter the theatre during a scene. ► Turn off all watches, pagers, and cell phones during the performance. ► Remove hats and caps while in the theatre. ► Do not put your feet on the back of the seat in front of you whether it is vacant or not. ► Enter at the end of the row; do not step over seats. ► Do not take food or drink into the theatre. ► Do not talk during a performance. Do not talk during an overture to a musical. ► Do not leave during the play unless it is an EMERGENCY. ► Applaud at the end of the performance during the curtain call. ► At the conclusion of the play, wait until the house lights come up to exit. THANK YOU! ENJOY THE CONFERENCE! 40 KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING Maps of Century II Convention Center, Promenade Meeting Rooms and Hyatt Conference Center CENTURY II PERFORMING ARTS & CONVENTION CENTER Expo Hall 41 Kansas Thespian Workshops Personal Planner Twitter @KansasThespians Name _____________________ School _____________________ SESSION I ______________________ ROOM__________ SESSION II ______________________ ROOM__________ SESSION III ______________________ ROOM__________ SESSION IV ______________________ ROOM__________ SESSION V ______________________ ROOM__________ SESSION VI ______________________ ROOM__________ DON’T FORGET TO VISIT Associated Theatrical Contractors Costume Holiday House Theatrical Services, Inc. College Representatives Lobby Displays Silent Auction (Friday only) Auction items for Broadway Cares Equity Fights Aids Some actors claim that technicians arn’t important. They may use the example from ancient greek theatre -”Did they have lights back then?” The answer is simply “Yes.” And who supplied them with light? “God.” ~ Matt (a techie) 42 43 ACT SHARE RE P E A T JU N E 2 0 – 2 5 , 2 0 1 6 , U NIVERSIT Y OF NEBRASK A – L INCOLN S C H O OLT HEAT RE.ORG/F EST IVAL 44
