EXHIBITORS: Design/Technology/Stage Management  

Check-in will begin Wednesday, February 24, at 9am and continue until 6pm.  Everyone needs to check in at our table in the second floor lobby of the Globe-News Center Theatre, regardless of the space in which your exhibit will be set up .  It is probably best if you check  in first, then go and get your exhibit materials and take them directly to the space where you will be exhibiting.  There is ample parking by the facilities.

Because of how the spaces are designed, we will be exhibiting all of the Barbizon and Alcone national competitors in the areas of Scene Design, Costume Design, Lighting Design, and Make-up Design in the lobbies of the Globe-News Center Theatre lobby.  These exhibits are on the 4’x8’ panels, and music stands are provided for models or notebooks if needed.  No tables will be used for the exhibits of any of these competitions.  If you feel a music stand will be too flimsy for your model because it is either super big or super heavy, you may bring in a model stand.  We are trying to allow space for audience members during the shows and viewers of the exhibit to flow freely.  The panels will be grey 2” thick foam, and you should bring T-pins to use for pinning your exhibit materials onto the panels.  No exhibits should interfere with any other exhibits.  Please review the information on our website at www.kcactf6.org <http://www.kcactf6.org>  for more information.  Note that you are referred to the national website for more specifics on materials required for the national competitions.  Please review these!  Stage managers should bring their supporting documents with them at check-in if you have not already sent them.

All of the other exhibits:  Stage Management , Sound Design, ( both national competitions) Props, Graphic Design, and various technologies and designs that are not part of the Barbizon and Alcone national competitions will be set up in the convention center directly across the street from the theatre.  If you are entering this competition in scenic, costume, lighting and graphic design exhibits , your work will be on 4’ x 8’ panels.  The remainder of these exhibits will be set up on ½ of an 8’ table.  I have contacted some of the scenic art competitors to see if they prefer a panel over a table.  If you are using a dummy for a costume technology and crafts exhibit, I recommend a panel.  Let me know soon if this is not okay with you.

We have many workshops lining up for the conference!  So far, we have workshops in the following areas:  Introduction to Millinery; Blocking for Scene Designers and Directors; VectorWorks Basics;  a blood workshop;  Practical Properties Portfolios; Color Science for Designers in Theatre;  Stage Management; Theatre Safety Planning for House Managers/Stage Managers; Preparing and Presenting Your Portfolio; Behind the Scenes at Santa Fe Opera; 3-D Wounds:  Working with Latex in Plaster Molds;  Modern Mask Making;  Model Building – Overview;  Model Building – A Work Session; Preparing for URTA; Sound in a Theatrical Space; Documenting Sound Designs; The Use of Soldering in Model Building; and many more!  In addition to the workshops, we will have professionals reviewing portfolios for those who have requested a review and interviews with Santa Fe Opera.  Plan on taking advantage of these opportunities!

Response sessions will begin Thursday, Feb. 25 from 8:30-10:30am and continue Friday morning and Saturday morning.  By the end of the day Wednesday we will post your response time in both the theatre lobby and the convention center exhibit space.  I recommend that you stay for the entire session in which your responses occur.  You can learn a great deal from other people’s responses!  Stage managers should plan on attending all of the stage management sessions.

Strike of the exhibit will occur Saturday, Feb. 27, from 12:00 noon– 1pm following the morning performance. Please be prompt!  No exhibits may be taken down before this time!   We would like to get the exhibits down quickly so you may attend workshops at 1:30 pm.  No materials will be mailed, you must pick them up yourself or arrange to have someone pick them up for you during strike.

Bring your own T-pins if you are using a panel!  These work the best.

I look forward to seeing you all and your work!  If you have any further questions, shoot me an email.  

- Michelle Ney

Info & Forms  

Information

Entry Form
(due Feb. 2, 2010)

Workshop Proposal Form
(due Feb. 5, 2010)

Questions?

Michelle Ney, Design Chair
Department of Theatre and Dance
Texas State University
San Marcos, TX 78666
(512) 245-2147
mn10@txstate.edu

Michael Heil, Vice Design Chair
Dept. of Theatre
Texas Christian University
TCU Box 297510
Fort Worth, TX 76129
(817) 257-7625
Michael.heil@tcu.edu