Results/Awards
One-Act Play Contest
One-Act Results 2024-rev
One-Act Results 2023
One-Act Results 2022
One-Act Results 2021
One-Act Results 2020
One-Act Results 2019
One-Act Results 2018
One-Act Results 2016
One-Act Results 2015
One-Act Results 2014
One-Act Results 2005
Tech Challenge Contest
Tech Challenge Results 2023
Tech Challenge Results 2022
Tech Challenge Results 2019
Tech Challenge Results 2018
Tech Challenge Results 2017
Tech Challenge Results 2016
Tech Challenge Results 2015
Tech Challenge Results 2014
History
Festival Site & Showcase Summary
| Year | Festival Site | Showcase Show | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | UW-Oshkosh | Foxfire Moon ChildrenThe Cherry Orchard | Racine Theatre Guild Shorewood HS UW-Milwaukee (PTTP) |
| 1992 | UW-La Crosse | The Heidi Chronicles Crimes of the Heart Oklahoma!Quilters | UW-Stout Viterbo CollegeMadison West HSWaukesha Civic Theatre |
| 1993 | UW-Stevens Point | Steel Magnolias 1776 | Nicolet HS UW-Stevens Point |
| 1994 | UW-Whitewater | Nunsense Dancing at Lughnasa | Brookfield Central HS UW-Whitewater |
| 1995 | UW-Stevens Point | Into the Woods TartuffeWild Oats | Wausau West HS UW-Stevens Point Dominican HS |
| 1996 | UW-Whitewater | Noises Off The Colored Museum andPullman Car Hiawatha42nd StreetThe Crucible | Kettle Moraine HS Milwaukee Plus XI HS Verona Area HS Appleton West HS |
| 1997 | UW-Stevens Point | Cabaret Joseph and the AmazingTechnicolor DreamcoatThe Diviners | Hartford Union HS Luxemburg-Casco Sr HS Greendale HS |
| 1998 | UW-Whitewater | Out of Order Godspell | Middleton HS Kenosha Bradford HS |
| 1999 | UW-La Crosse and Viterbo College | Working The Wizard of Oz | Shorewood HS La Crosse Logan HS |
| 2000 | UW-Whitewater | The Night Thoreau Spent in JailCinderella | Superior Senior HS Appleton North HS |
| 2001 | UW-Stevens Point | Our Town Quilters | Northland Pines HS Wis. Rapids Lincoln HS |
| 2002 | UW-Whitewater | Footloose A Chorus LineA Midsummer Night’s Dream | Ellsworth HS Wauwatosa West HSNicolet HS |
| 2003 | UW-La Crosse and Viterbo College | Rags Bat Boy the Musical | Appleton West HS Kenosha Bradford HS |
| 2004 | UW-Whitewater | Pirates of Penzance Of Thee I Sing | Dominican HS Verona Area HS |
| 2005 | UW-Oshkosh | Scapino! | Middleton HS |
| 2006 | UW-Whitewater | The Three Sisters Urinetown: The Musical | Dominican HS Shorewood HS |
| 2007 | UW-Stevens Point | Marvin’s Room Anything Goes | The Prairie School, Racine Verona Area HS |
| 2008 | UW-La Crosse and Viterbo College | Charley’s Aunt Miss Saigon | Nicolet HS Appleton North HS |
| 2009 | UW-Whitewater | A Midsummer Night’s Dream Dark of the Moon | Jefferson HS Beloit Memorial HS |
| 2010 | UW-Oshkosh | Rabbit Hole Seussical | Kenosha Tremper HS Gibraltar HS |
| 2011 | UW-Whitewater | The Torch Bearers The Phantom of the Opera | Waterford Union HS Appleton North HS |
| 2012 | UW-Stevens Point | The Birds Once on This Island | Shawano Community HS Dominican HS |
| 2013 | Waunakee HS | Leaving Iowa Spamalot | Badger HS Verona Area HS |
| 2014 | Viterbo University | Journey to the West Hello! My Baby | Appleton North HS Indian Trail HS & Academy |
| 2015 | UW-Whitewater | The Scarlet Heart The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | Wis. Rapids Lincoln HS Middleton HS |
| 2016 | UW-Stevens Point | Rwanda & Juliet La Cage Aux Folles | UW–Madison Arts Institute UW-Stevens Point |
| 2017 | UW-Whitewater | Noises Off Peter and the Starcatcher | Waukesha West HS Middleton HS |
| 2018 | Viterbo University | Several contest one-acts | |
| 2019 | UW-Milwaukee | All My Sons Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor DreamcoatA Piece of My Heart | Whitefish Bay HS Reedsburg HSUW-Milwaukee |
| 2020 | Classrooms.Cloud | N/A | |
| 2021 | UW-Stevens Point AnywhereSeat.com | N/A | |
| 2022 | UW-Whitewater | Almost, Maine Mean Girls, HS Edition | Kenosha Indian Trail HS & Academy Kenosha Bradford |
| 2023 | UW-Green Bay | Measure for Measure | UW-Green Bay |
| 2024 | UW-Milwaukee | Hadestown: Teen Edition | Wauwatosa West |
Timeline
WISDAA (WHSFA) begins contest in “dramatics.” For many years, the contest was held in Stevens Point.
WISDAA teams up with UW-Madison’s Division of Continuing Studies to offer a more comprehensive festival with educational programming and outreach along with rotation to several partner universities (see list to the left).
The Alliance for Wisconsin Theatre Education (AWTE) also plays a pivotal role in supporting educator professional development and support of programming at the festival.
Renovations at UW-Whitewater forces the festival to be held at a high school — for its first and only time to-date, Waunakee High School.
The Wisconsin Thespians (Educational Theatre Association affiliate) begins offering Individual Events at the festival.
UW-Madison’s Division of Continuing Studies discontinues programming in Theatre; WISDAA takes over coordination of the overall festival.
Driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival is offered in a fully virtual format, including multiple one-acts from schools, video recorded in-person, social distanced and masked performances as well as recordings of videoconference performances. Online workshops and exhibit booths also were held.
Continuing during the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival is offered both as a return to in-person performance (with various public health measures in place), as well as a virtual option. Besides one-act plays, only online, asynchronous workshops and Thespys events were offered.