E4T - Tech Theatre Design Requirement One-Sheet for Shakespeare DTASC 2025
Featured plays for Shakespeare Festival, 2025 are Merry Wives of Windsor and Macbeth
There is no max to the number of designers that participate in the creation of each design, however all designers must be students enrolled at your school. However, there are limits on the number of presenters that may be present in the competition room.
- VARSITY: All groups may have 1-4 presenters.
- JV & MIDDLE SCHOOL: All groups may have 1-6 presenters.
All categories include an 8-minute presentation where designers have an opportunity to share their design products and discuss their inspiration and design process. After all the 8 min. Presentations, there will be a Tech Finals Round where the finalists have 3 mins to answer questions from the judges. (The time starts when the questions are answered.)
Requirements listed below are a general overview, please click on the individual links for detailed rubrics and expectations for each category.
S1 - Set Design
- Concept & Inspiration board (in print) with concept or Design & Research notebook
- (Certificate of achievement awarded for finalists meeting all notebook criteria.)
- Set Design: with printed Front Elevation & Ground plan, using correct scale and dimensions
- Please note all scene(s) of the play that this set is used for, in your paperwork.
- MS Division - 1 scene;
- JV Division - 2 scenes;
- Varsity - 3 scenes (2 scenes should be sequential to demonstrate practicality of transitions)
- If design is digital, color front elevations and floor plan, using ¼” or ½ “ = 1’ scale, are required, in printed format.
- Students presenting a digital design are responsible for bringing appropriate technology (digital and printed) to share with judges. (Please download the files; do not count on internet access.)
- Set Dressing: Show Set Props, furniture, foliage, practical choices for set
- Set Construction:
- One physical set model using correct scale and dimensions for one scene during the play..
- Actual Set Model Construction Expenses
- For set model physical, $100.00 materials cost summary is required, with receipts. (Materials needed for construction of black box to house set model are not included in $100.00 total.)
S2 - Light Design (Varsity & JV Only)
- Concept & Inspiration board (in print) with concept or Design & Research notebook
- (Certificate of achievement awarded for finalists meeting all notebook criteria.)
- One (1) Light Plot of one Scene or Section of the Play. Note: There is still only one light plot, but it must accommodate multiple scenes.
- (Must include a set design using ¼” or ½“ = 1’ scale.)
- One (1) light prompt script. (Must include a sequence of a minimum number of cues)
- JV: 5-10 Cues
- Varsity: 10-15 Cues for Varsity. These may cover more than one scene.
- including circuiting chart, color schedule, and focus chart.
- No theoretical budget is required for this category.
S3 - Marketing & Publicity
- Concept Notebook, Target Audience, and Key Art
- (in print) with concept or Design & Research notebook
- (Certificate of achievement awarded for finalists meeting all notebook criteria.)
- One (1) Theatrical Press Release
- Identify 3 media outlets
- Publicity plan ideas, including calendar.
- 1 idea for Middle School,
- 2 for Junior Varsity,
- 3 for Varsity
- Poster (MS, JV & Varsity)
- Website Landing Page (Varsity only)
- Identify (2) two paid advertisement opportunities
- Timeline & Budget for Publicity and Marketing
- MS, $250/budget;
- JV, $500 Budget;
- Varsity, $1000 budget
- For physical presentation, $100.00 Actual Expenses for materials, with receipts
S4 - Character Costume
- Concept & Inspiration board (in print) with concept or Design & Research notebook
- (Certificate of achievement awarded for finalists meeting all notebook criteria.)
- Choosing from one of the two featured plays.
- Three (3) color costume renderings with fabric swatches, identified by character name and scene number.
- Fully realized costume for one of the renderings. If the model speaks they count towards the max # of presenters, if they don’t speak, they do not count towards the max # of presenters.
- Parts of this costume must be constructed; It cannot be assembled entirely from existing pieces.
- Costume may be on a mannequin brought by presenting school or on a human model.
- $100.00 allowed for materials. Cost summary included, receipts required.
- Color makeup renderings with makeup schedule – one for each costume.
S5 - World Court Costume
- Concept & Inspiration board (in print) with concept or Design & Research notebook
- (Certificate of achievement awarded for finalists meeting all notebook criteria.)
- All designs must be derived from a Royal Court from anywhere in the world during the lifetime of William Shakespeare.
- Three (3) color costume renderings with fabric swatches, identified by name.
- *One or two of these costumes must be for a person of the Royal Court; the other one or two costumes are for non-royal citizens / commoners of that country. Three total.
- Fully realized costume for one of the renderings. If the model speaks they count towards the max # of presenters, if they don’t speak, they do not count towards the max # of presenters.
- Parts of this costume must be constructed; It cannot be assembled entirely from existing pieces.
- Costume may be on a mannequin brought by presenting school or on a human model.
- $100.00 allowed for materials. Cost summary included, receipts required.
- Color makeup renderings with makeup schedule – one for each costume. Include brand charts (costs not required).
F-6 Sound Design – Required Elements (Varsity only)
- Concept/Inspiration Board and Design & Research notebook - actual hard copy (Certificate of achievement
awarded for finalists meeting all notebook criteria.) - One (1) Light Plot. (Must include a set design to correct scale and dimensions.)
- Note: There is still only one light plot, but it must accommodate multiple scenes.
- One (1) light prompt script. (Must include a sequence of a minimum number of cues)
- JV: 5-10 Cues
- Varsity: 10-15 Cues for Varsity. These may cover more than one scene.
- An instrument schedule including circuiting chart, and color schedule.
- Note: No theoretical budget is required for this category.
CLICK HERE FOR DETAILED LIGHTING RUBRICS
S6 SOUND Design Rubric
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