FALL 2017 (Student Lab) AWARD
All Theatre majors are invited to submit proposals for the Fall 2017 Student Lab production. The award is to assist students in the Department of Theatre to fund the production of works that are of interest to the current student body.
The Award provides $250 to support a student production in the SRO Theater in October 2017. The Award is designed to enable students to create theatre that is creatively rich in a low-tech environment.
Process:
In a typed document (not to exceed two single-spaced pages), provide the following information:
1. FALL 2017 Student Lab Production Award
2. Applicant’s Full Name
3. Major(s) and Minor(s)
4. B.A. Theatre Option (Performance, Design & Technology, Customized)
5. Cumulative GPA
6. B.A. theatre GPA
7. THR courses completed or in progress at UNCW or other institutions
8. Why this production will be of educational and professional benefit?
9. Which students will be involved and in what roles (director, stage manager, costume designer, etc.)?
10. Student should attach a copy of the script along with the application. (* If script is available as a PDF please attach along with application. If hard copy, please submit separately to Sue Wilder.)
Please submit application electronically (PDF) by 5:00 pm, Friday, March20 to Theatre Administrative Associate Sue Wilder ().
(*See item 10 above for instructions regarding script submission.)
The faculty of the Department of Theatre will review all submissions and will announce the award before the end of the semester. The faculty has final approval of the production team.
The recipients of the Award must adhere to the following guidelines:
Student Lab Series Guidelines + Procedures
General Guidelines:
The guiding principle of this production is to create theatre that is creatively rich in a low-tech environment.
Directors of Lab Series productions must be Theatre Majors. The Faculty advisor for the Lab Series is Professor Ed Wagenseller. Approval of equipment/material use will be given by the appropriate faculty member (Technical Director: Professor Max Lydy; Costume Director: Professor Mark Sorensen; Scenic and Lighting Design: Professor Rand Enlow).
Rehearsal /Production Procedures:
Lab Series productions will follow the departmental procedures and schedules as outlined in the Theatre Department Student Handbook. As the SRO is a high demand classroom space, we will be following a strict regimen for restoring the space at the end of each rehearsal and performance. All rehearsals must be booked through Sue Wilder.
1.Each rehearsal + performance must be followed by the standard Theatre Dept. rehearsal or performance report, e-mailed to Salzman, Wagenseller, Lydy, Enlow, Sorensen, and Sue Wilder.
2.The entire production will have a budget of $250. Students may not add to the production budget through personal expense. The intent is for students to learn to create great work within budget limitations.
3.Anything (materials, equipment) brought into the building must have faculty approval.
Student Lab Series Equipment and materials use policy:
1.No consumable materials are available for use. This includes, but isn’t limited to the following items: tape, fabric, lumber (new or repurposed), hardware, paint or notions.
2.Shop equipment/tools are unavailable for use outside of normal hours of operation, or when the faculty supervisor for that area is not present. Equipment usage is at discretion of each specific area faculty member.
3.Request for use of the scene shop will be made one week prior to the anticipated work call to the faculty Technical Director. Requests will be accompanied with; the student supervisor(s) contact information, activities to be accomplished and equipment required. No access is permitted to the scene shop after hours or on weekends. This includes as a pass through to the Mainstage mid rails, catwalks, grid, prop room or loading zone.
4.All equipment and tools borrowed must be returned to its proper storage place prior to the end of each shop’s work day. All areas must be swept and all trash removed from the building.
5.Productions will be allotted, when available and deemed appropriate by the faculty Technical Director, a total of 192 sq. ft. of stock flats for production use. Determination of loan is dependent on a complete design package.
6.Productions will be allotted, when available and deemed appropriate by the faculty Technical Director, a total of 128 sq. ft. of stock platforms for production use. Determination of loan is dependent on a complete design package.
7.Productions will be allotted, when available and deemed appropriate by the faculty Costume Designer minimal use of costumes and accessories from costume storage. No permanent alterations including cutting, dyeing, or distressing may be done to any costume. All costumes and accessories will need to be cleaned and restocked within 5 days of the end of the production.
8.Audience risers areunavailable for Student Lab Series productions. Audience seating requests should be made and coordinated through the Department Chair.
9.The house sound system is unavailable. A portable sound system may be available upon request. This system will consist of a powered mixer board, two speakers, and play back source (CD Player). No auxiliary items may be added without prior consent of the faculty Technical Director. The system may not be adjusted or altered without prior consent of the faculty Technical Director. This system will be available the week prior to opening.
10.All departmental equipment and supplies must be returned before the close of the first business day following the final performance.
11.Lighting. Student Lab Series productions are responsible for securing their own lighting designers and/or board operators who must be approved of by the Lighting Design professor. A repertory light plot will be provided and preprogrammed into the operating console. Lights may be refocused, but they must be refocused after the production. A small inventory of light fixtures (up to 4 instruments if the season production needs allow) can be used as “specials.” Specials must be struck and restored to their storage position after the production. Precut gel may be used, but it must not be recut. Gobos may be used, but priority for both gel and gobos goes with season production. The Lighting Design professor must give approval for gobos.Projection equipment is not available for Student Lab Series productions.
12.Props may be used but are at the discretion and approval of the Scenic Design Professor, and a meeting to discuss usage of entire selection must be arranged. All season productions have priority.
13.Publicity, Box Office and Programs - It is the producer and director's responsibility to determine and execute the publicity and program requirements of the production within the allocated budget. Box office staff, House Manager, and ushers are the responsibility of the producer and director and must be coordinated with Administrative Associate Sue Wilder.