Theatre North Carolina

Picture Yourself With NCTC!

Last weekend was a busy weekend for NCTC. The State High School Play Festival, the Southeastern Theatre Conference Screening Auditions, and College Discovery Day all took place over three beautiful fall days at Greensboro College! More information about this fantastic weekend will appear here soon, but we wanted to get some pictures from these events out now!

Check out the sampling below, and head over to the NCTC Facebook Page for the full photo albums. While you're there make sure to tag yourself if you appear in any photos!

Congratulations to all who participated!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Many more photos at the NCTC Facebook Page!

Dates and Deadlines

College Discovery Day
November 20 at Greensboro College

Deadlines

October 29
Registration deadline for college representatives

November 12
Registration deadline for high school students and teachers

Click here for more information!
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SETC Sceening Auditions
November 18 & 19 at Greensboro College

For pre-professional actors (including college students).

Deadline

November 3
Registration deadline

Click here for more information!

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2011 Producing Theatre Gathering
Dates Announced!

By popular demand, the 2011 NCTC Producing Theatre Gathering will return to Triad Stage in Greensboro.

July 17-19, 2011

Mark your calendars!
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More Upcoming Events

October 29/30 and November 5/6
NCTC Regional High School Play Festivals

November 18/19
NCTC State High School Play Festival at Greensboro College

March 2-6
SETC Convention in Atlanta

March 19
NCTC Middle School Play Festival (sites TBA)

April 11/12
Arts Day
NCTC is a leading sponsor of this Arts NC event.

Registration is Now Open for College Discovery Day

Registration is Now Open
for College Discovery Day

Discover your future in theatre--November 20 at Greensboro College

College Discovery Day replaces and expands upon the NCTC Unified College/University Auditions, Design/Tech Interviews and Fair.

Colleges - Find your incoming class and recruit future applicants! You will be connected with students in grades 9-12 and will have the opportunity to assist with sessions, bring your own students to help with recruitment, watch auditions, conduct interviews and participate in the College Fair - all for one low, group price!

High School Students (grades 9-12) - Discover your future in theatre, as you meet more than 20 colleges and participate in exciting sessions! High School Seniors audition and present portfolios, underclassmen prepare for senior year, and everyone gets an in-depth look at college theatre programs in North Carolina. Parents are also welcome!

High School Teachers - We need your help promoting this event to your students! Please help us spread the word, especially in this first year! In return for your help, we invite you to attend the event (lunch included) for free. You will have the opportunity to attend all of the sessions, observe auditions, meet college representatives and will be able to help your students to prepare for college.

Workshop topics include:
 
Discover Schools - Learn about NC Colleges and Universities and the differences between public schools, private schools and conservatories

Discover Careers - Learn about the many different careers in the theatre industry and how your college study can help you prepare to enter the theatrical workforce

A Day In The Life of a Theatre Major - Current college students will give you the inside scoop and tell you what it is like to be a college theatre major

How to Prepare for College Auditions - Learn where to find audition material and what you can expect in the audition room when you're a senior
 
Click here for the full schedule, registration and payment information.

Discover Your Future in Theatre! NCTC College Discovery Day

NCTC Launches College Discovery Day

Discover your future in theatre!
November 20, 2010 at Greensboro College

College Discovery Day replaces and expands upon the NCTC Unified College/University Auditions, Design/Tech Interviews and Fair.

Colleges - Find your incoming class and recruit future applicants! You will be connected with students in grades 9-12 and will have the opportunity to assist with sessions, bring your own students to help with recruitment, watch auditions, conduct interviews and participate in the College Fair - all for one low, group price!

High School Students (grades 9-12) - Discover your future in theatre, as you meet more than 20 colleges and participate in exciting sessions! High School Seniors audition and present portfolios, underclassmen prepare for senior year, and everyone gets an in-depth look at college theatre programs in North Carolina. Parents are also welcome!

High School Teachers - We need your help promoting this event to your students! Please help us spread the word, especially in this first year! In return for your help, we invite you to attend the event (lunch included) for free. You will have the opportunity to attend all of the sessions, observe auditions, meet college representatives and will be able to help your students to prepare for college.

Workshop topics include:

• Discover Schools - Learn about NC Colleges and Universities and the differences between public schools, private schools and conservatories
• Discover Careers - Learn about the many different careers in the theatre industry and how your college study can help you prepare to enter the theatrical workforce
• A Day In The Life of a Theatre Major - Current college students will give you the inside scoop and tell you what it is like to be a college theatre major
• How to Prepare for College Auditions - Learn where to find audition material and what you can expect in the audition room when you're a senior
• and much, much more!

Click here for the full schedule, registration and payment information.

NCTC Annual Report - Spotlight: 2009 Fall Theatre Gathering

We are spotlighting the NCTC 2009-2010 Annual Report over the next few weeks. In this post we cover the 2009 Fall Theatre Gathering: SETC Screening Auditions & College Auditions and Fair.

Greensboro College once again hosted the annual Fall Theatre Gathering, with over 800 participants this year. The State High School Play Festival, SETC Screening Auditions and Unified College/University Auditions and Fair all take place at this event. In 2009, over 100 high school students auditioned for college, and more than 275 pre-professional actors auditioned to advance to professional theatre auditions at SETC. We thank David Schram and the Greensboro College faculty, staff, and students for their amazing work!

For the past four Fall Gatherings I have volunteered for NCTC with all the other theatre students at Greensboro College. The past two years, when the Gathering was hosted at our school, I was the Facility Stage Manager for the State High School Play Festival. This has been such a wonderful opportunity for me. I loved working with the high school students and teachers, as well as the NCTC staff and board. Seeing the hard work and dedication from the high school students makes volunteering with NCTC worth every minute of the work that we put into preparing for and running the conference. The work that I did with NCTC was also a major stepping stone for me toward deciding that I want to pursue a career in Conference and Event Management.

--Claire Wisniewski, Senior, Greensboro College

As a high school senior way back in the 80’s, I auditioned at NCTC’s College and University Fair.  I was going only to be seen by the one institution I had decided to attend. It was a school I was familiar with and had already visited. But post-audition, while wandering through the fair, I discovered how varied educational theatre programming is in NC. In the end, I attended a college I hadn’t even heard of before and snagged a theatre scholarship to boot. Had I auditioned on individual campuses, I would have gone to the one campus only, and missed out on an experience that was perfectly suited for me.

As a program director, I derive a unique pleasure from recruiting at NCTC. Yes, I come to look for students for Lenoir-Rhyne's theatre and arts management majors. But I see students who, like me way back when, are searching for their perfect school but aren’t sure where to find the program for them. The NCTC event represents real diversity in theatre education and the professors attending are genuinely interested in helping students find the “right fit”. I have witnessed countless college and university representatives referring students to other schools that might better suit their needs. And because those institutions are in the same building, the trip becomes a walk across the room rather than a trip across the state making it much more cost effective for students and families with limited resources.

NCTC promotes quality theatre on all levels. The organization functions as a bridge between middle and high school, college and university, community and professional theatres. The College and University Fair, at the NCTC Fall Gathering, facilitates the relationships between high school students, parents, and teachers with those in higher education.  Lenoir-Rhyne is proud to be a part of this event each year.

--Mia Self, Assistant Professor of Theatre, Lenoir-Rhyne University

The College Fair

News for K-12 Teachers

The NCTC board is planning some exciting changes for 2010-11 that will be of interest to you.
Look for more details over the summer and in the fall, but here is a sneak-peak:

Big changes to the Unified College/University Auditions and Interviews - plans are underway to rename this event and to include ALL high school students. We plan to offer many new things including audition preparation workshops (for underclassmen), sessions on careers in theatre (other than acting), sessions for parents, design/tech special activities, a session on the differences between BA, BFA, Majors, Minors, Private and Public colleges, and more! Save the date: November 20, 2010 at Greensboro College.

High School and Middle School Play Festivals
A task force of NCTC board members, educators and adjudicators are hard at work on a major revision to the festival feedback sheet. We are still in the process of choosing a format, but look for an exciting change--that many of you have been requesting. The new form will allow for more written feedback from the adjudicators, provide a rubric for clarity, and simplify the scoring system. Schools will still receive ratings and verbal adjudication, and the awards will not change. This is an addition to feedback, not a reduction and we look forward to introducing this new form to you, as soon as it is ready. If you have suggestions about the feedback sheet, please email NCTC Executive Director Angie Hays (angelahays@nctc.org) and she will share your ideas with the task force.

Please note that festival fees will increase in 2010-11. The board is committed to keeping costs as low as possible, but with increasing expenses, we have determined that an increase is necessary. Fees for the High School Play Festival will be $125 per show (a school may enter two shows) and $10 per student. Middle School fees will be $125 per show (a school may enter two shows) and $8 per student.

As you know, the HSPF registration process is quite competitive. We anticipate a record number of participants in 2010 and will make minor changes to the registration process, in order to accommodate as many schools as possible. We will still process registrations on a first come, first served basis, but will ask you to rank your site preferences (top three). Please try to plan for either weekend of the festival, plan to attend both days of the festival, and know that you may be limited to one show if sites fill up quickly. While we cannot reserve any slots, we will do our best to offer registration to all schools that want to participate. We just ask that you be as flexible as you can and we will do our best to accommodate your requests. We plan to open festival registration on or around September 1.

News for College/University Faculty and Staff

Big changes to the Unified College/University Auditions and Interviews - plans are underway to rename this event and to include ALL high school students and more college representatives. A task force of college representatives and high school teachers are working on plans and are changing the focus a bit, to allow you the opportunity to interact with all students, not just actors and a few technicians.

We want to introduce you to underclassmen and students that might be interested in a BA program. We plan to offer many new things including audition preparation workshops (for underclassmen), sessions on careers in theatre (other than acting), sessions for parents, design/tech special activities, a session on the differences between BA, BFA, Majors, Minors, Private and Public colleges, and more! We need your help!

Please save the date - November 20, 2010 at Greensboro College - and plan to bring several members of your faculty. We will offer group pricing and will ask you to help us plan and run the sessions. The new sessions will take place in the morning, followed by auditions for seniors and the college fair in the afternoon. Please email Executive Director Angie Hays (angelahays@nctc.org) with your suggestions for the event.

Producing Theatre Gathering - This event is for you too! The Producing Gathering is designed for theatre artists and administrators - anyone who produces theatre. That's you! We welcome you to join us this year, July 25-27 at Triad Stage in Greensboro.

Register for this unique event where Community, Professional, and College Theatre leaders will discuss pressing issues and collaborate to find solutions. Click here for more information!