Mississippi Theatre Association
Annual 2010 Festival/Conference
Schedule of Events

 Thursday, January 14, 2010

 3:00 p.m.         High School Director’s Meeting.  Location: The Lyric Auditorium

 6:00 p.m.         High School Senior & Junior Auditions (Pre-Registration Required) Registration and Setup.
                              Location:  The Lyric Theatre (Tupelo Community Theatre)

 7:00 p.m.         Auditions begin. Talk back following auditions

 Friday, January 15, 2010

 6:30 a.m.         Registration
                              Location: The Lyric Theatre

 7:30 a.m.         Meeting for secondary teachers receiving CEU credit
                              LOCATION:  The Lyric Theatre Annex

 Performance 

 8:00 a.m.        

Picayune High School
Talking Bird by William Rester
Directed by William Rester

Corinth High School
The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon by Don Zolidis
Directed by Myra Byrnes

Pearl River Central High School
The Winner by Dwayne Craft
Directed by Judy Myers

11:30 a.m.       Lunch                          

12:00 p.m.       High School Director’s Meeting – All other Blocks
                              Location:  The Lyric Theatre Auditorium

 12:30 p.m.       Workshops

2:00 p.m.         Youth Playwriting Competition – Reader’s Theatre Auditions
                              Location:  Hilton Garden Inn, Walnut Room

Performance

 2:00 p.m.        

Starkville High School
Almost, Maine by John Cariani
Directed by Mandy Kinney 

Lafayette High School
The Heartbreak Tour by Peter Morris
Directed by Leah Shollenberger

Oxford High School
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber
Directed by John Davenport

Ocean Springs High School
La Dispute by Marivaux. Translated by Timberlake Wertenbaker
Directed by Sandra Camphor

5:00 p.m.         Community Theatre Director’s Meeting. Directors must attend one of the meetings. Location:  The Lyric Theatre Auditorium 

5:00 p.m.         10-Minute Play Festival Participants Meeting
                              Location: BancorpSouth Conference Center, Sweet Gum Room

7:00 p.m.        Individual Events Festival (Adults) 
                             Location: Calvary Baptist Church, 501 West Main Street

 Performance

 7:45     Official Welcome.  Presiding: Stacy Howell, MTA President

 Oak Grove High School
The Selkie Girl by Laurie Brooks
Directed by Suzanne Allmon 

Desoto County Thespians
I Never Saw Another Butterfly by Celeste Raspanti
Directed by David Boone

Informal Adult Social

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Performance   

7:30 a.m.        

Tallahatchie River Players  
Nunsense by Dan Goggin
Directed by Phil Nanney

 Black Rose Theatre Company
Graceland by Ellen Byron
Directed by Tracey Echo Mohler

8:30 a.m.         Youth Playwriting Competition – Reader’s Theatre Production.
                             Location: BancorpSouth Convention Center, Poplar Room

PERFORMANCE

His and Hers by Steven Mockler                   

10:40 a.m.       Community Theatre Director’s Meeting. Directors must attend one of the meetings. Location:  The Lyric Theatre Auditorium

 11:00 a.m.       Workshops

12:00 p.m.       Individual Events Festival – Design & Original Script.  Turn in materials.
                              Location:  Calvary Baptist Church, 501 West Main Street

 1:00 a.m.         Individual Events Festival Adjudicator’s Meeting (Youth only)
                              Location:   Calvary Baptist Church, 501 West Main Street

                               Individual Events Festival – (Youth only)
                               Location:  Calvary Baptist Church, 501 West Main Street

 Performance

 1:15 p.m.        

Vicksburg Theatre Guild 
Tracks by Peter Tarsi
Directed by Ian Tubman

Fondren Theatre Workshop  
The Monster Monologues
Directed by Diana Howell
This production contains mild profanity.

 4:00 p.m.    Adult Playwriting Competition
                         Reader’s Theatre Production and talk back.
                         Location:  BancorpSouth Convention Center, Poplar Room

Production:   Thanks to Mama by Kevan Jenner Brown

 6:30 p.m.         10-Minute Play Festival Performances. 
                              Location: BancorpSouth Convention Center, Sweet Gum

 Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged performed by the New Stage Professional Acting Interns.

Youth Social will follow the 10-Minute Play Festival.  Location:  BancorpSouth Convention Center,

 Performance

 6:00 p.m.         Special Guest Speaker — George Calhoun

Playwright George M. Calhoun in conjunction with the Mississippi Humanities Council shares his experience of turning true stories into theatrical drama.

Tumblin’ Down – A Journal’s Journey
Want to create a play from journals or diaries? Here’s how. What must be done? What are the pitfalls? Playwright G. M. Calhoun shares tricks and tips of fashioning true stories into theatrical drama. A representative from the Mississippi Humanities Council (MHC) tells how old interviews discovered new life through the Center for Oral History & Cultural Heritage. Included is a presentation of the end result, the commissioned one-act play TUMBLIN’ DOWN.  Free scripts of Tumblin’ Down will be available at the Keynote courtesy of the MHC. 

6:45 p.m.        

Actor’s Playhouse 
Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by Denise Halbach
This production contains strong adult language and material.

WINGS Performing Arts of Lynn Meadows Discovery Center
An Appalachian Twelfth Night by Robert Williams, Jr.
Directed by Tonya Hays  

 10:00 p.m.       Social. 

 Youth Social

            BancorpSouth Convention Center

Adult Social:   Gumtree Museum of Arts

211 West Main Street
Tupelo, MS 38804-3917

Sunday, January 17, 2009

Performance

8:00 a.m.        

Tupelo Community Theatre   
Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by Josh Mabus
This production contains strong adult language.

Starkville Community Theatre  
Eleemosynary by Lee Blessing
Directed by Paula Mabry 

11:15 a.m.       Awards Ceremony for Individual Events and 10-Minute Festival. Location:  The Lyric Theatre.  (Following last production)

 11:00 a.m.       Division Meetings

 The Division meetings are very important to the ongoing development of your division.  During these meetings you will discuss with division chairs the festival and future direction of the division.  Everyone is encouraged to attend these meetings.

Community Theatre Division:             Hilton Garden Inn, Walnut Room
Secondary Division (CEU Meeting):  Hilton Garden Inn, Pecan Room                     

12:30 p.m.       Business Meeting, Luncheon & Awards Ceremony. Location:  BancorpSouth Conference Center