The Maryland Community Theatre Festival Association is a sanctioned State Affiliate of the American Association of Community Theatre (AACT), Region II, the Eastern States Theatre Association (ESTA). The winning production(s) will be automatically invited to compete in the E.S.T.A. regional tournament later that year. Every two years, in odd numbered years, each AACT Region will send its overall best production to the AACT National Festival (AACTFest).<\/p>\n
Who May Enter<\/strong> If space permits, more than one production may be permitted.<\/p>\n There will be a fee per production entered, which will be discounted for AACT Member Organizations.<\/p>\n Eligibility<\/strong> What May Be Presented<\/strong> The total length of the production may not exceed 60 minutes. If a company\u00a0elects to have a curtain call, it must be concluded within the allotted performance\u00a0time. In addition, each company will be allowed a maximum of 10 minutes to set\u00a0up and ten minutes to strike. (See the Rules of Competition for details.)<\/p>\n Performance, set-up and strike will be timed by the stage manager. If a\u00a0production is disqualified by exceeding the performance time limit, that\u00a0disqualification will be passed on to those participants and to the adjudicators confidentially after the last adjudication, so as not to interfere with the performance or critique. The adjudicators will be advised that that production will not be eligible\u00a0for award. The performance is deemed to begin with the first lighting change, sound, (recorded or live,) or movement onstage other than to a preset position. If\u00a0the set-up exceeds 10 minutes, the excess will be deducted from the performance\u00a0time. If the strike exceeds 10 minutes, the production will be disqualified.<\/p>\n Other Production Rules<\/strong> The critiques by the adjudicators will begin immediately after the production is struck. The critiques will be done publicly, with each adjudicator addressing the participants in such a way as to be heard by the audience. Adjudication may be done individually or in a Panel format, and will be limited to a particular time so that all the adjudicators have equal time to respond to the performance. They will not be allowed to discuss their evaluations with each other or anyone else until after the awards are are given. Each adjudicator will be given the same amount of time, and will be asked to be positive and instructional in their critiques. (See Guidelines for Adjudication.)<\/p>\n Awards<\/strong> What Is Required To Participate<\/strong> The Maryland Community Theatre Festival Association is a sanctioned State Affiliate of the American Association of Community Theatre (AACT), Region II, the Eastern States Theatre Association (ESTA). The winning production(s) will be automatically invited to compete in the E.S.T.A. regional tournament later that year. Every two years, in odd numbered years, each AACT Region will…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-69","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mctfa.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mctfa.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mctfa.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mctfa.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mctfa.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mctfa.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72,"href":"https:\/\/mctfa.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions\/72"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mctfa.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mctfa.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAny community-based amateur theatre organization in Maryland or The District of Columbia may enter provided,<\/p>\n\n
\nOnce a play is in rehearsal for the festival, actors and technicians may not be\u00a0paid, directly or indirectly, to rehearse or perform in that production. Directors and designers may receive normal remuneration, though not\u00a0for any “hands-on”\u00a0participation in the tournament. Actors who are active members of Actors Equity and any other persons regardless of affiliation who receive more than half their annual income from work as actors, shall not be permitted to perform.<\/p>\n
\nProductions entered may be a cutting of a full-length play or musical, a one act\u00a0play, or any other performance of a theatrical nature. If you are intending to do a cutting of a full-length production, you must furnish\u00a0proof of permission from the author or leasing agent to perform the script as cut.<\/p>\n
\nTech-in and rehearsal time onstage, order of performance, time limits on\u00a0critiques, sequestering of adjudicators and methods of scoring and award\u00a0presentation will be determined by the tournament coordinators, and will depend on the number of participants, the running times of the productions and the time and space constraints on the use of the facility.<\/p>\n
\nAwards shall be determined by the adjudicators. At a minimum, the adjudicators shall determine the following:<\/p>\n\n
\nA participating organization must provide:<\/p>\n\n