KCACTF Region IV - Festival 51: Full Schedule

4:00pm CST

Stage Management Orientation

Orientation meeting for stage management

Tuesday February 5, 2019 4:00pm - 5:00pm CST
Upstate Campus -HPAC Black Box Humanities and Performing Arts Center, 170 Gramling Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29303

5:00pm CST

DTM Local Volunteer and ASPIRE orientation

Orientation meeting for DTM local volunteers

Tuesday February 5, 2019 5:00pm - 7:00pm CST
Upstate Campus -HPAC Black Box Humanities and Performing Arts Center, 170 Gramling Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29303

DTM

7:00pm CST

DTM Orientation Session

Orientation meeting for DTM participants

Tuesday February 5, 2019 7:00pm - 9:00pm CST
Upstate Campus -HPAC Black Box Humanities and Performing Arts Center, 170 Gramling Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29303

DTM

10:30am CST

Authentic Liberated Expression: A Somatic Approach to Bringing the Body and Dreams into Acting

Based on the work of Marion Woodman, Gabrielle Roth, and Bobby Bosnak, this workshop is designed to introduce embodied somatic approaches and techniques into the acting studio that include authentic movement, ecstatic dance, and dream work. Participants should wear comfortable clothing. If time allows, student monologues will be worked.

Moderators

Bess Park

Bess Park (MA/MFA) is completing her doctoral work at Pacifica Graduate Institute where she is studying Depth Psychology with a concentration in Somatic Studies. Her research focuses on the intersectionality of Somatics, Performance Studies, and Depth Psychology. Bess has been a university... Read More →

Wednesday February 6, 2019 10:30am - 12:00pm CST
Upstate Campus -HPAC Black Box Humanities and Performing Arts Center, 170 Gramling Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29303

Workshop, Acting/Directing

1:00pm CST

Ronald Rand's "Art of Transformation" Master Acting Workshop

Ronald Rand's "ART OF TRANSFORMATION" Master Workshop, is the only workshop in the world bringing to participants the unique opportunity of learning the 40 tools on Stanislavsky's acting chart, "The Method of Physical Actions." Together we explore through improvisation, poetry, and physical exercises, ways to unleash creativity, dealing with the "inner critic," bringing greater insight towards characterization, simplicity, revealing one's authentic voice - leading to successful auditions and truthful characterizations. The acting workshop is useful for those with experience or beginners. The great Russian Master teacher and director, Stanislavsky developed his "Method of Physical Actions" chart after 40 years of experimentation. He gave this chart personally to Stella Adler when he worked with her in 1934 in Paris. She is the only American teacher to have studied with Stanislavsky for five weeks. She brought the chart back to The Group Theatre. Ronald Rand was taught by Stella Adler for over 5 years, and his mentors include Harold Clurman, Jerzy Grotowski, Joseph Chaikin and Bobby Lewis.

Moderators

Ronald Rand

Performing Artist & International Goodwill Ambassador, Ronald Rand is currently an Adjunct Professor of Theatre in the Theatre Program at the University of North Alabama. He has been a Visiting Guest Professor at over 75 universities, and colleges across America and around the world... Read More →

Wednesday February 6, 2019 1:00pm - 2:30pm CST
Upstate Campus -HPAC Black Box Humanities and Performing Arts Center, 170 Gramling Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29303

Workshop, Acting/Directing

9:00am CST

Load In Mystery at Midnight

Speakers

Becky K. Becker

Member Delegate, Clemson University

Dr. Becky K. Becker is Chair of the Department of Performing Arts at Clemson University and professor of theatre. She is Chair of the National Playwriting Program for Region IV of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. A director, dramaturg, and playwright, Becky has... Read More →

Thursday February 7, 2019 9:00am - 12:30pm CST
Upstate Campus -HPAC Black Box Humanities and Performing Arts Center, 170 Gramling Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29303

NPP, Tech / Rehearsal

1:00pm CST

NPP Performance and Response: Mystery at Midnight

Mystery at Midnight by Sean McCord

NPP Invited Performance

Moderators

Becky K. Becker

Member Delegate, Clemson University

Speakers

Richard "Buzz" Herman

KCACTF NPP National Chair, KCACTF / Unviersity of Central Missouri

Richard “Buzz” Herman is Professor Emeritus of Theatre and Dance at the University of Central Missouri. Buzz currently serves as the NPP National Chair for KCACTF. He is past Region V Chair of NPP, has served a member of the Region V Selection Team. He has received three KCACTF... Read More →

Elena Velasco

Elena Velasco is a theatre artist whose work encompasses many aspects of performance, production, activism and education. She firmly believes that through a redefined actor-audience relationship and a “multilingual” approach to performance, theatre can be the catalyst for change... Read More →

Laura Smiley

Laura Smiley – is the NPP Co-chair for Region 2. Associate Professor of Theatre at Slippery Rock University, Laura’s teaching includes focus on acting: Stanislavski, Uta Hagen & Shakespeare, directing styles, as well as, compassionate yoga practice to strengthen student wellness... Read More →

Thursday February 7, 2019 1:00pm - 3:00pm CST
Upstate Campus -HPAC Black Box Humanities and Performing Arts Center, 170 Gramling Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29303

NPP, Performance

3:00pm CST

Moving Staged Reading Rehearsal

Speakers

Becky K. Becker

Member Delegate, Clemson University

Thursday February 7, 2019 3:00pm - 4:00pm CST
Upstate Campus -HPAC Black Box Humanities and Performing Arts Center, 170 Gramling Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29303

NPP, Tech / Rehearsal

4:00pm CST

David Shelton Award Winner: Moving - Staged Reading and Response

Moving by Sean McCord

Moderators

Becky K. Becker

Member Delegate, Clemson University

Speakers

Richard "Buzz" Herman

KCACTF NPP National Chair, KCACTF / Unviersity of Central Missouri

Elena Velasco

Laura Smiley

Thursday February 7, 2019 4:00pm - 6:00pm CST
Upstate Campus -HPAC Black Box Humanities and Performing Arts Center, 170 Gramling Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29303

NPP, Performance

7:30am CST

SDC Finalist Rehearsals

Friday February 8, 2019 7:30am - 11:30am CST
Upstate Campus -HPAC Black Box Humanities and Performing Arts Center, 170 Gramling Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29303

SDC

12:30pm CST

SDC Finalist Interviews

Friday February 8, 2019 12:30pm - 4:30pm CST
Upstate Campus -HPAC Black Box Humanities and Performing Arts Center, 170 Gramling Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29303

SDC

8:00am CST

SDC Finalist Tech Rehearsals

Saturday February 9, 2019 8:00am - 11:00am CST
Upstate Campus -HPAC Black Box Humanities and Performing Arts Center, 170 Gramling Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29303

SDC, Tech / Rehearsal

11:00am CST

SDC Finals

Saturday February 9, 2019 11:00am - 1:30pm CST
Upstate Campus -HPAC Black Box Humanities and Performing Arts Center, 170 Gramling Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29303

SDC, Performance