SEARS BRITISH COLUMBIA
DRAMA FESTIVAL

Regulations & Zones

ZONE FESTIVALS - OVERVIEW

The province of British Columbia is divided into eighteen Drama Festival Zones. Ideally each Zone organizes their own zone drama festival and an adjudicator chooses an outstanding production to be the representative production which then may be invited to attend the Provincial Festival. Only Zones which organize a Zone Festival may send a representative production to the Provincial Festival.

DETERMINING YOUR ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SEARS-ABCDE BRITISH COLUMBIA DRAMA FESTIVAL

To be considered a viable Zone Festival, a minimum of four schools producing a show from the Zone must participate.

Zone Festivals should be held between November and March.

A Zone Festival Adjudicator will choose a production to be the "Representative Production" at the Provincial Festival.

A Zone Festival Adjudicator will also choose a production to be the "Alternate Representative Production" at the Provincial Festival.

Both the Representative Production and the Alternate Represent Production will be invited to participate in the Provincial Festival workshops and conference.

The Representative Production will be invited to perform their production as part of the Provincial Festival Celebration.

Should a chosen Representative Production withdraw from the Provincial Festival (due to illness, lack of funding, etc.), the Alternate Production will be invited to participate in the Provincial Festival.

Any production given permission to participate in the showcase shall be included in the adjudication process.

The final deadline for Zone Festivals to be completed and to report their results to the Festival Coordinator is FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2010 in order to gather the information necessary for the Provincial Festival.

EXPECTATIONS

Productions participating in the Provincial Festival must:

meet the requirements for entering a Zone Festival.
send a hard copy of the script to the Provincial Coordinator by March 31. This script will not be returned.
ensure all performance royalty requirements are met.
supply a list of their cast and crew for the festival program information by March 31.
Directors may be a bona fide teacher from that production's school, or a bona fide student from the production's school (one enrolled in a full program of courses) or is a volunteer is the director of a festival play (zone/provincial) they must be, or must be sponsored by a bona fide current BCTF and ABCDE member from that production’s school.
EACH PRODUCTION MUST HAVE A TEACHER SPONSOR FROM THE SCHOOL WHO IS A CURRENT MEMBER OF ABCDE AT THE TIME OF THE ZONE FESTIVAL AND FORWARD. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS!
The cast and crew of each production will be grade 8 - 12 students from one secondary school.
Productions shall have a running time of not less than 15 minutes or more than 60 minutes.
Scenery must be set up in 10 minutes and struck in 5 minutes.
Self-contained or self-explanatory single acts or scenes from longer plays may be entered, provided permission has been obtained from the publisher or author.
Organized curtain calls are permitted.
cover all their own costs including transportation to and from the festival.
each production will receive equal rehearsal/technical time at the theatre including set-up and strike.
extra rehearsal time during the festival is not permitted.
be self-contained and provide all their own costuming and scenery unless other arrangements are made with the theatre or other schools. These arrangements should not give the participating production any outstanding advantages.
Storage space for scenery may be available but is not guaranteed.
The host theatre will provide the basic technical support of light and sound. This is normally a general wash and access to sound equipment.
A limited number of "specials" (individual lights to focus on special areas of the stage) will be made available to each participating play, depending on the limitations of the host theatre.

2012 ZONE REPRESENTATIVES

Zone 1 - Northeast
Jennifer Baloc, North Peace Secondary, Fort St. John

Zone 2 - Northwest
Alison O'Toole, Prince Rupert Secondary, Prince Rupert

Zone 3 - North Central
Earl Tourangeau, Quesnel Secondary, Quesnel

Zone 4 - Kamloops
Lori Jane Froese, Kamloops School District Office

Zone 5 - North Okanagan
Brittany McMillan, Okanagan

Zone 6 - South Okanagan
Lori Grant, Princess Margaret Secondary, Penticton

Zone 7 - Rocky Mountains
Emilio Regina, Selkirk Secondary, Kimberley

Zone 8 - Kootenays
Robyn Sheppard, L.V. Rogers Secondary, Nelson

Zone 9 - Hope/ Mission
Willis Taylor, Yale Secondary, Mission

Zone 10 - North Island
Pamela Schwarze, Dover Bay Secondary, Nanaimo

Zone 11 - South Island
Alan Penty, Victoria High School, Victoria

Zone 12 - Langley
Sharon Conrad, Brookswood Secondary, Langley

Zone 13 - Surrey
Craig Wrotniak, North Surrey Secondary, Surrey

Zone 14 – PoMo/PoCo/Co
Coco Roberge, Charles Best Secondary, Coquitlam
Zone 14B - Burnaby/ New Westminster
David Wallace, Burnaby South Secondary, Burnaby

Zone 15 - North/West Vancouver
Cynthia Bunbury, Sutherland Secondary, North Van.

Zone 16 - Vancouver
Julie Bond, Kitsilano Secondary, Vancouver

Zone 17 - Delta
Greg Dennett, Seaquam Secondary, Delta
Zone 18 - Richmond
Linda Watson, A.R. MacNeil Secondary, Richmond

ZONE REPRESENTATIVES are responsible for:

ensuring that all teachers sponsoring productions in their Zone Festival are current members of ABCDE at the time of their festival and forward.
ensuring that all participating teachers and students know and follow the rules of zone festivals.

maintaining communication with Sharon Conrad (including keeping her informed of all Drama Festival activity in their particular Zone)

reporting the outcome of their Zone Festival to the Provincial Coordinator immediately upon the completion of their festival.

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