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Thursday, February 28 • 9:50am - 3:00pm
High School Theatre Festival Performances: Block 1

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Come enjoy five performances by high school groups from across the Southeast! There's a free Knoxville Trolley that stops at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium; see attached image file for map and schedule. Free parking will be available; Civic Auditorium staff will be on-site to assist. It is a 15-minute walk from the Knoxville Convention Center.
 
  • 9:50AM  |  T-Shirt Toss! 
    Find your seat 10 minutes before show time for a chance to catch a t-shirt from one of these participating schools: Hollins University, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Long Island University
  • 10:00–10:45AM  |  Night Sky
    Lafayette High School  |  Virginia
  • 11:00–11:45AM  |  The Axeman’s Requiem
    Oak Grove High School  |  Mississippi
  • NOON–12:45PM  |  The Crane Wife
    Charlotte Country Day School  |  North Carolina
  • 1:00–1:45PM  |  Elephant’s Graveyard
    Blythewood High School | South Carolina
    *Advisory: There are both stimulated gunshots and a fake gun in this play.*
  • 2:00–2:45PM  |  The Crane Wife
    Nolensville High School  |  Tennessee
Presiders
avatar for John E.R. Friedenberg

John E.R. Friedenberg

Director of Theatre & Associate Teaching Professor, Wake Forest University
John E. R. Friedenberg (Jerf) (BA Wake Forest University, MFA Carnegie Mellon University) works as Director of Theatre and Associate Teaching Professor at Wake Forest University, where he has taught for over 25 years, including courses in producing & directing, theatre management... Read More →
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Kristin Wright

High School Festival Production Manager, SETC
Kristin is a recent graduate of Greensboro College where she earned her B.A. in Theatre with concentrations in Stage Management and Directing and Minor in Sociology with concentrations in Culture and Diversity. Her experience includes working as an assistant stage manager and assistant... Read More →

Adjudicators/Respondents
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Dianne Carr

Dr. Diane Carr is an experienced and dynamic leader whose focus is on developing strategies for sustainable growth, managing business operations, advancing volunteer, mentor and outreach service programs, defining community relationship development and leading educational program... Read More →
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Herb Parker

Professor, East Tennessee State University
HERB PARKER is Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance with East Tennessee State University. He is the author of “Acting Shakespeare is Outrageous! Playing the Bard for Beginners,” and “A Monologue is an Outrageous Situation! How to Survive the 60-Second Audition... Read More →
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Moses Goldberg

Moses Goldberg retired after 25 years as Producing Director of Stage One: The Louisville Children’s Theatre. He now works as a freelance director, teacher and playwright. He has directed professionally at theatres from Washington to Florida, including — in 1988 — one of the... Read More →

Sponsors
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Hollins University

BOOTH 610
Hollins is an independent liberal arts university dedicated to academic excellence and humane values. Hollins University offers undergraduate liberal arts education for women, selected graduate programs for men and women, and community outreach initiatives. The Hollins curriculum... Read More →
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Norcostco

Booth 102
Norcostco is a national theatrical supply company specializing in Costume Rental, Theatrical Lighting, and Makeup for Professional Makeup Artists. Norcostco has been proudly serving the performing arts community since 1884.


Thursday February 28, 2019 9:50am - 3:00pm EST
Knoxville Civic Auditorium
  Festival, Secondary School Theatre

Attendees (124)