Festival 2012 - The 57th EMACT Drama Festival

Congratulations to all the Festival Participants and Volunteers!

Your feedback is vital to the festival experience. We have arranged a Talkback session on SATURDAY, JULY 21 10:00 A.M. at:

nextdoor THEATER
40 Cross Street
Winchester, MA 01890

Join your fellow participants and festival staff for a discussion that always contributes to making future festivals a more enjoyable experience.

Remember the Raffle? Well, here's who won!

Tickets
For the 57th Annual EMACT Drama Festival
June 28 – 30, 2012
At the Performing Arts Center  / Chelmsford High School / Chelmsford, Massachusetts

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Save 25% by buying a Full-Festival ticket.

There are 11 shows in the Festival.  They will be presented in four sessions. Tickets are available for specific sessions or for the full festival. 

A Full Festival Ticket is valid for all 11 shows and saves you 25% off the individual session tickets.  It is also a decorative keepsake!  The Full-Festival Ticket also admits you into any workshops that may be offered.

Tickets may be purchased in advance online via our website.  Advance online ticket sales require payment with a major credit card.  All fees are included in the ticket price and tickets will be held for you at the door.  Please bring your order confirmation email.  Tickets may be ordered online up until four hours before the start of each session.

For each online order, you may purchase any quantity, but you can only pick one session or the full-festival ticket.  If you would like to purchase tickets for multiple sessions, first choose one session and complete the order.  Then use the button “Start New Order With Same Patron Information”.
 
Tickets will also be available at the door for each session.  Only cash or checks will be accepted for payment at the door.  The box office is open 30 minutes prior to each session.  There are no advance reservations or sales via phone or mail.

Tickets are not required for adjudication sessions, or the awards ceremony.  Ticket for any workshops will be available at the box office, and are included with the Full-Festival tickets.  Cast and crew members are admitted to any shows within their session with the hand stamp issued backstage.

All sessions are general seating. AACT standards require the house be sealed during performance so late entry or exiting during performance are prohibited.   Each session will run continuously with a 10-minute intermission between each show.  Shows will go on immediately after the previous show and may start earlier than anticipated if a show does not use the entire 60 minutes allotted for performance.  Audience members should arrive before the published start of the session to ensure admission to the theater.

Thursday 28 June 2012 – 7:00 PM, evening session – 3 shows
$25 in advance or at the door
Acme Theater – Escanaba in Da Moonlight
Arlekin Players – The Guest
Walpole Footlighters – Thanksgiving
Adjudications for three shows, no ticket required

Friday 29 June 2012 - 7:00 PM evening session – 3 shows
$25 in advance or at the door
Theatre Company of Saugus - The Proposal
Theatre To Go - The Women of Lockerbie
Harvard Community Theater - Crossing Brooklyn
Adjudications for three shows, no ticket required

Saturday 30 June 2012 – 10:00 AM, morning session – 3 shows
$25 in advance or at the door
Theatre with a Twist - You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Hovey Players - Closer
Winthrop Playmakers - The Laramie Project
Adjudications for three shows, no ticket required

Saturday 30 June 2012 – 3:00 PM – Lunch break

Saturday 30 June 2012 – 5:30 PM, evening session – 2 shows
$25 in advance or at the door
Burlington Players - Radium Girls
Nashoba Players - The Dark of the Flame
Adjudications for two shows, no ticket required

Saturday 30 June 2012 – 9:00 PM – Dinner break

Saturday 30 June 2012 – 10:00 PM – Gala Awards Ceremony
No ticket required

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If you have any questions, please send a message to tickets@emact.org.

Questions about the festival may be directed to Celia Couture:festival@emact.org

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Information about Tickets for Cast & Crew

Cast and crew members are not required to purchase a ticket to their performance session and will be admitted to watch the other shows in your session, based on your backstage schedule / preparation needs.  All cast and crew members will receive a hand stamp at their pre-tech meeting which will be your ticket to your session.

Everyone will save with a Full Festival Ticket if you plan to attend at least three of the four sessions of the festival. 

If you have any questions, please send a message to tickets@emact.org.

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New Venue for 2012 - The Performing Arts Center at Chelmsford High School

It’s gonna be a Wild, Wild Fest on June 28, 29 and 30th at the EMACT 2012 State Festival! We are thrilled to be at the Center for the Performing Arts at Chelmsford High School, a state of the art facility with direct access from 495 and route 3.   We also have an astounding team of accomplished and well-regarded adjudicators joining us this season.

Directions:
The Performing Arts Center is located at the rear of Chelmsford High School, which is located at 120-200 Richardson Road in North Chelmsford.
* Take Rt. 3 north or south to the Drum Hill exit (Exit 32, Rt. 4).
* Follow the signs to Old Westford Rd.
* Bear right onto Graniteville Rd. at the fork.
* Continue past the first entrance to the High School on the right, at the intersection with Davis Rd.
* Bear right onto Richardson Rd. just past the ice cream stand.
* Continue past another entrance to the High School on the right, just past the intersection with Crooked Spring Rd.
* Turn right at the next opportunity, just past the wooded area on the right. This driveway leads to the track, tennis courts and football fields.
Park in the large lot near the tennis courts.

We are still seeking volunteers act as adjudicator escorts, ushers, box-office, lobby decorations, signage, marketing and house staff.  If you are interested in volunteering your services for even a session, contact:  Celia Couture at:  festival@emact.org

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Advertise at the Festival

Festival Program

As we have done in the past, the Festival program will have an opportunity for you to announce your upcoming season, auditions or summer productions.   A mailing from our Advertising liaison, Robert Hallisey will be coming to your home groups soon.  We anticipate a full festival this year so you will have the opportunity to reach a large group of fellow-community players, actors and designers.  

If you are interested, please contact VP of Festivals, Celia Couture at celia@ccconsultingllc.com with contact information and she will give you a call.  

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Hotel Information

We worked out a great rate for us at

Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Chelmsford/Lowell
25 Research Place
North Chelmsford, MA 01863

Phone: 978-256-5151

The room rate is $65.00 per night and includes a hot breakfast buffet. The rooms are all suites (either a 1 bedroom or a studio). The hotel is approximately 2 miles from the school.

The website is: http://www.hawthorn.com/hotels/massachusetts/north-chelmsford/hawthorn- suites-by-wyndham-chelmsford-lowell/hotel-overview

You must book via telephone. To get the $65 room rate, use the code "EMACT". You must book by June 8th to take advantage of this rate.

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Adjudicator Biographies

Annette Procunier : A 2008 EMACT Festival adjudicator, Annette is the author of the book, Do You See What I See? : How to Adjudicate Theatre Festivals. Annette has been active in theatre for 40 years starting, as so many do, with her high school play. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto. An acclaimed director, and in great demand as a teacher of adjudication and directing, Annette has adjudicated more than 100 festivals in North America, Europe and Asia during the past 26 years.
 

Benny Sato Ambush: As a distinguished Producing Director-In-Residence at Emerson Stage, the producing/presenting arm of the Department of Performing Arts, Emerson College, Boston, we are happy to have Benny return as an adjudicator for another EMACT Festival. He is a professional stage director, producer, Artistic Director, educator, consultant and published commentator with national and international experience.
His resume includes: Producing Director - Oakland (CA) Ensemble Theatre, Associate Artistic Director - San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater, Acting Artistic Director - Providence, RI’s Rites and Reason Theatre Company, and Producing Artistic Director - Richmond, VA‘s Theatre Virginia.
His directorial highlights include: the Oregon Shakespeare Festival - Portland, Arizona Theatre Company, South Coast Rep, Old Globe Theatre, Ford's Theatre, American Conservatory Theatre and Geva Theatre. He toured the former Soviet Union and Kenya via the United States Information Agency and adjudicated theater productions on U.S. Army, Air Force and NATO military bases in Germany, Belgium, Italy and Turkey.

Spencer Watson: A returning veteran of EMACT Festival, Spencer has been involved in scholastic, collegiate and community theatres since early high school days in Port Jefferson, NY in the late 1950’s. He minored in theatre at Allegheny College and has acted in over 75 non-professional productions. He has directed over 50 productions and has lent his technical expertise to lighting, set and sound design for numerous others. His productions have won awards in Delaware, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Spencer has been involved in community theatre in New York, Connecticut, Texas, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Maryland. He represents Maryland in the Board of the Eastern States Theatre Association. He recently authored an article on adjudication.

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