2023 Daily Schedule At-a-Glance
| Thursday 11/16: One-Acts | Thursday 11/16: Programming | Friday 11/17: One-Acts | Friday 11/17: Programming | Saturday 11/18: One-Acts | Saturday 11/18: Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:15am: Registration | 7:15am: Registration | ||||
| 8:00-8:40am | Thespys (if necessary | 8:00-8:40am | 8:30am: Tech Chal. Regist. | ||
| 8:50-9:30am | 8:50-9:30am | ||||
| 9:40-10:20am | 9:45-11:15am Workshops, Thespys | 9:40-10:20am | 9:45-11:15 Workshops, Tech Chal. | ||
| 10:30-11:10am | 10:30-11:10am | ||||
| 11:20-12:00pm | 11:30am-1pm Workshops, Thespys | 11:20-12:00pm | 9:45-12:15 Workshops, Tech Chal. | ||
| 12:10-12:50pm | 12:10-12:50pm | ||||
| 1:00-2:00pm: Lunch | 12:45pm: Tech Awards | ||||
| 2:00-2:40pm | 2-3:30pm Workshops, Thespys | ||||
| 3:45pm: Registration | 2:50-3:30pm | ||||
| 3:40-4:20pm | 3:45-5:15pm: Workshops, Thespys (if necessary) | ||||
| 4:30-5:10pm | 4:30-5:10pm | ||||
| 5:20-6:00pm | 5:20-6:00pm | ||||
| 6:10-6:50pm | 6pm: Showcase | 6:10-6:50pm | |||
| 7:00-7:40pm | 7:00-7:40pm | ||||
| 7:50-8:30pm | 7:50-8:30pm | ||||
2023 General, Special, and Ongoing Events
| Timeframe(s) | What’s Happening | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday 3:45pm-8:00pm | Friday 7:30am-8:00pm | Saturday 7:30am-1:00pm | Festival registration & merchandise sales | Weidner Center: near main entrance |
| Thursday 3:45pm-5:45pm | Friday 8:00am-5:00pm | Saturday 8:00am-12pm | Exhibits: Post-secondary institutions + products/services | Weidner Center Lobby |
| Friday 9:45am-1pm | 2-3:30pm | Thespy Contest/ Auditions | Weidner: Jean Weidner Theater (Black Box) |
| Thursday 6pm | Showcase | Theatre Hall: University Theatre |
| All Day Friday + Saturday AM | AWTE Directors’/Educators’ Lounge | Weidner Patron’s Lounge |
| Saturday: 8:30am-9:30am Registration | 9:45am-12:15pm Contests | 12:45pm Awards | Tech Challenge | Weidner: Jean Weidner Theater (Black Box) |
2023 One-Act Schedule
| wdt_ID | Day | Time | Venue | School | Play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | Thursday | 4:30 PM | Cofrin Family Hall | Drummond High School | Tracks |
| 40 | Thursday | 5:20 PM | Cofrin Family Hall | Holmen High School | Bad Auditions By Bad Actors |
| 41 | Thursday | 6:10 PM | Cofrin Family Hall | Oshkosh West High School | Orphan Trains |
| 42 | Thursday | 7:00 PM | Cofrin Family Hall | Badger high School | Relative |
| 43 | Thursday | 7:50 PM | Cofrin Family Hall | Riverdale High School | I, Chorus |
| 44 | Friday | 8:00 AM | Cofrin Family Hall | DeForest Area High School | Lovers, Lunatics, and Poets |
| 45 | Friday | 8:00 AM | University Theatre | Greenwood High School/Loyal High School | Social Pariahs |
| 46 | Friday | 8:50 AM | Cofrin Family Hall | Gibraltar High School | All in the Timing |
| 47 | Friday | 8:50 AM | University Theatre | Campbellsport High School | Murder Box |
| 48 | Friday | 9:40 AM | Cofrin Family Hall | Wrightstown High School | Find Me |
| 49 | Friday | 9:40 AM | University Theatre | Hamilton High School | Fire Exit |
| 50 | Friday | 10:30 AM | Cofrin Family Hall | Neenah High School | This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing |
| 51 | Friday | 10:30 AM | University Theatre | Tomahawk High School | She Wrote, Died, Then Wrote Some More |
| 52 | Friday | 11:20 AM | Cofrin Family Hall | Madison East High School | Snappy’s Happy Half-Hour |
| 53 | Friday | 11:20 AM | University Theatre | Appleton North High School | SCENES FROM METAMORPHOSES |
| 54 | Friday | 12:10 PM | Cofrin Family Hall | Marinette High School | Tick Talk |
| 55 | Friday | 12:10 PM | University Theatre | Wauwatosa East High School | The Hallmarks of Horror |
| 56 | Friday | 2:00 PM | Cofrin Family Hall | Waukesha West High School | Macbeth |
| 57 | Friday | 2:00 PM | University Theatre | Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School | The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza |
| 58 | Friday | 2:50 PM | Cofrin Family Hall | Homestead High School | The Lottery |
| 59 | Friday | 2:50 PM | University Theatre | Owen-Withee High School | Perfect |
| 60 | Friday | 3:40 PM | Cofrin Family Hall | Lincoln High School – Wisconsin Rapids | The Art of Being Vague |
| 61 | Friday | 3:40 PM | University Theatre | Northland Pines HS | The One Act Play that Goes Wrong |
| 62 | Friday | 4:30 PM | Cofrin Family Hall | Prescott High School | The Importance of Being Earnest |
| 63 | Friday | 4:30 PM | University Theatre | West De Pere High School | The Inexplicable Chaos Factor of Mia Gregory |
| 64 | Friday | 5:20 PM | Cofrin Family Hall | Poynette High School | #censored |
| 65 | Friday | 5:20 PM | University Theatre | Oconto Falls High School | Andromeda’s Galaxy |
| 66 | Friday | 6:10 PM | Cofrin Family Hall | Monroe High School | Appropriate Audience Behavior |
| 67 | Friday | 6:10 PM | University Theatre | Augusta High School | Home Shopping Studios Live! |
| 68 | Saturday | 8:50 AM | Cofrin Family Hall | Pulaski High School | Pandora’s Fire |
| 69 | Saturday | 9:40 AM | Cofrin Family Hall | Waunakee Community High School | The Scheme of the Driftless Shifter |
| 70 | Saturday | 9:40 AM | University Theatre | Northwestern High School | Something’s Rotten in the State of Denmark |
| 71 | Saturday | 10:30 AM | Cofrin Family Hall | Middleton High School | The 146 Point Flame |
| 72 | Saturday | 10:30 AM | University Theatre | Regis High School | Tracks |
| 73 | Saturday | 11:20 AM | Cofrin Family Hall | Jefferson High School | The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza |
2023 Thespys/Auditions Schedule
2023 Workshop Schedule
| Fri., 11/17 – 9:45-11:15am | Yoga for Actors, Dinesh Yadav, [WC] Studio 1 | LED Lighting – Everything from Purchasing to Programming, Jeffery Chesebro, [WC] Fort Howard | Creating an Emergency Action Plan, David Pierce, [WC] B113 | Design and Production Portfolio Preparation, Mark Harvey, [TH] 110 | |||||
| Fri., 11/17 – 11:30am-1pm | Broadsword Stage Combat for Shakespeare: Demo and Conversation, Bill Watson, [WC] Studio 1 | Finding the Art and Subtlety in Acting on Camera, Simon Provan, [WC] Fort Howard | Audition, Alan Kopischke, [WC] B113 | Out of the Kit Makeup Effects, Kaoime Malloy, [TH] 110 | |||||
| Fri., 11/17 – 1-2pm | Lunch / Exclusive Exhibit Time | ||||||||
| Fri., 11/17 – 2-3:30pm | Musical Theater Dance Styles, Nancy Weiss McQuide, [WC] Studio 1 | Finding the Art and Subtlety in Acting on Camera, Simon Provan, [WC] Fort Howard | The Patron Experience IS your Brand! Kaghen Miller, [WC] B113 ~ Aimed at directors/teachers ~ | Interaction of Colors, Dinesh Yadav, [TH] 110 | Acting Shakespeare with No Prep – Bill Watson [TH] 212 | ||||
| Fri., 11/17 – 3:45-5:15pm | Musical Theater Dance Styles, Nancy Weiss McQuide, [WC] Studio 1 | Comedy Improv: Of the Student, By the Student, and For the Student, Ron Parker, [WC] Fort Howard | Going beyond ticketing: Marketing, Fundraising, Classes and Collections, Kaghen Miller, [WC] B113 ~ Aimed at directors/teachers ~ | Out of the Kit Makeup Effects, Kaoime Malloy, [TH] 110 | Discovery-Driven Monologues – Neil Scharnick, [TH] 212 | ||||
| Sat., 11/18 – 9:45-11:15am | Director/Designer Communication, Erin Hisey, [TH] 212 | The Patron Experience IS your Brand! Kaghen Miller, [WC] Fort Howard ~ Aimed at directors/teachers ~ | So… You Want to Audition for College? Nate Plummer, [WC] B113 | Design and Production Portfolio Preparation, Mark Harvey, [TH] 110 | Basics of Safe Swashbuckling Ron Parker – [WC] Studio 1 | ||||
| Sat., 11/18 – 11:30am-1pm | Audition, Alan Kopischke, [TH] 212 | LED Lighting – Everything from Purchasing to Programming, Jeffery Chesebro, [WC] Fort Howard | Crafting Musical Theatre Performances, Nate Plummer, [WC] B113 | Punches, Slaps, and Kicks, Oh My! The Basics of Unarmed Stage Combat, Ron Parker, [WC] Studio 1 | |||||