Recommendations for Recordings:

• Virtual submissions will be recorded with one camera and/or phone.
• Please record with a source of light directly in front of you. How To Record A Perfect Self Tape for Audition At Home! – Bombay Actors Guide
• The quality of the recording will not be considered when evaluating preliminary round submissions.
• Timing of the audition will begin with the first action or word in character following the setup and introduction and will not stop from that point onward.

The recorded monologues will be viewed by the Scholarship Selectors who will select 32 semi-finalists. Nominees will receive feedback given by selectors or faculty respondents during the first day of the Festival. Semi-Finalists are announced at the Festival and need to be present in
order to move on to the next round.

The Semi-Final Round Audition Semi-Finalists are announced at the Festival. The semi-final round will be performed live and open to the public. It will consist of a scene with a partner and one (1) monologue from preliminary round (student’s choice). Scenes and monologues must be fully memorized. The total running time of the Semi-Final Round will not exceed five (5) minutes, including transitions.

Selection of Partners: Nominees MAY choose to partner with each other for their scene while being considered for the Acting Scholarship themselves. Each student will prepare the two monologues described in the criteria above and will have the option to utilize the same scene described above or a second scene with either the same partner or another student.

The Scholarship Selectors will select 16 finalists and offer feedback to all semi-finalists and their
partners.

The Final Round Audition will be live and open to the public. It will consist of both monologues from the Preliminary Round and the scene from the Semi-Final Round. The order of the Final Round audition material will be determined by the students in consultation with their mentor(s.) Time limit is six (6) minutes total, including transitions.

One finalist and one runner up will be selected by the Scholarship Selectors.

Eligibility
Only those performers who are bona fide students during the festival year are eligible. For the purpose of these awards, a bona fide student is:

• An undergraduate student* registered for at least six semester or equivalent quarter hours;
• A graduate student* registered for at least three semester or equivalent quarter hours;
• Or a continuing part-time student* enrolled in a regular degree or certificate program.

*Undergraduate, graduate, and continuing part-time students must be matriculating and pursuing a degree at the time of the KCACTF official response. The chair of the theatre department (or their delegate) must verify the candidate and partner’s bona fide student status.

All scene partners must have been a bona fide student at the time of the initial KCACTF response or during the term in which the regional festival occurs (confirmed in writing as outlined above). Nominees and their partners need not be students at the same institution.

Only students from institutions that had participating or associate productions with-in the last calendar year may be eligible for scholarships and awards.

Double-check that you have permission to perform all three pieces you’ve selected. You will need to know the rights holders of each in order to complete the online Registration Form. To find the rights holder of a particular play, a good, though not perfect resource is www.findaplay.com. Some pieces are published for reading and study by publishers who do not control the performance rights. You may need to provide proof that you’ve secured performance rights to any pieces not automatically cleared. For example, all Dramatists Play Service except Albee and Beckett are automatically eligible for use at the regional level so you do not need hard copy proof but different publishers have different rules. Be sure to check!

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