Florida oh how I love thee…

The Florida State Thespian Conference was the very first conference I attended six years ago. Theatrefolk was very green, we did pretty horribly, but it was a start. We got our feet wet, we grew, we changed. Every year we gladly return.
For the past four years, Theatrefolk has had a play at the State [...]

Spotlight! E-news from Theatrefolk Issue 26 - Competition: Performing in Pairs

The latest issue of Spotlight is now available for your reading enjoyment.
Now is the time of year that many students (especially if you’re in a Thespian Troupe!) compete in monologues, duets and group events.
For this newsletter we’re going to focus on the competition process and the duet category. How do you prepare? How do you [...]

Festival Looking for High School Writers

Small Wonder (a small festival being produced by Paul Barile) is looking for 10-minute plays.
Criteria:

Writer must be a woman currently enrolled in high school
Play must feature no more than three characters
Play must be formatted
No submission fee
Open to high school-aged women across the country with preference given to Chicago writers
E-mail Paul Barile (prbarile@sbcglobal.net) for specifics
March 1 [...]

Shout - Post-Show

It’s after the show. Lindsay and Kristin mingle with the cast.

Stories from Missouri State

Today is the last day of the Missouri State Thespian conference. Some thoughts….
We met a TON of student directors. Not random kids. Kids who go flicking through the racks of plays cause they’re bored and they didn’t go to workshops like they were supposed to and they didn’t go to the one acts, and so [...]