2016 Festival Program Welcome to the 26th Annual Wisconsin High School Theatre Festival! On-site Festival Phone Number: 920-355-1895 WHSFA Cell Phone Questions should be referred to Festival Staff at WHSTF Headquarters located in the Entrance Lobby Area of the Noel Fine Arts Center located at 1800 Portage Ave., Stevens Point. At the Festival: Schools must check-in at WHSTF Headquarters in the Lobby Area of the Noel Fine Arts Center. Participants must wear a name badge to attend all Festival events. One-Act Performances will take place in the Jenkins Theater and Michelsen Hall in the Noel Fine Arts Center at 1800 Portage Ave., Stevens Point. Performances must begin on time as scheduled. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the Festival House Managers. Theatres have a maximum seating capacity and audiences will be limited to that number. One-Act audience time-block passes are available for purchase by family and friends at the Festival registration desk. Festival Workshops are scheduled at the Noel Fine Arts Center. Tech Olympics will be held on Saturday in the Studio Theater. Read the workshop descriptions included in this booklet to learn more about all of the programs. Note that many of the workshops are scheduled more than once. If a class is full when you arrive, please consider selecting another workshop during that time-block. Showcase Performances will be held Thursday and Friday at the Sentry Theater 1800 Northpoint Drive, Stevens Point, WI. Tickets are required for Showcase performances and are available for sale (cash or check only) in the venue lobby starting one hour before each show. Teachers are invited to visit the AWTE Teachers’ Lounge located in Room 140 of the Noel Fine Arts Center. The AWTE meeting will be in Room 140 at 11:30am on Friday. Parking/Transportation: Meter parking is available in Lots R and Y at $.75 per hour. (Lot R meters have coin and cell phone app payment options; Lot Y has coin and debit/credit card payment options.) Bus parking in campus lots on Thursday and Friday is not available. Buses can park on the street for drop-off and pick-up (and load in and out), but then will be directed away from the theatres. Parking meters on campus are not enforced after 7pm on Thursday and 7pm on Friday and are open (not enforced) all day on Saturday. On Saturdays, large buses have parked in Lot R, but should NOT park in Lot Y. Updated campus parking map: http://www.uwsp.edu/Parking/Documents/UWSPMap-9-22-16.pdf

Alliance of Wisconsin Theatre Education Meeting Friday, November 18, 2016 at 11:30 AM Room 140 All educators welcome to attend. 1

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Thursday, November 17, 2016 4:00-6:30pm

Festival Registration Opens, UW-Stevens Point Noel Fine Arts Center

8:00 pm

2016 Festival Welcome, WHSFA Hall of Fame Awards, Showcase Recognition Sentry Theatre, 1800 Northpoint Drive



Tickets will be available for sale in the venue lobby starting at 7:00pm. Doors open at 7:30pm General admission seating.

Immediately followed by:

Opening Festival Showcase Production (tickets required) Sentry Theatre, 1800 Northpoint Drive



Rwanda & Juliet Presented by the UW-Madison Arts Institute



As part of the 2016 Year of Shakespeare in Wisconsin, join us for a special screening of Rwanda & Juliet, by filmmaker Ben Proudfoot.



Dartmouth Professor Emeritus Andrew Garrod travels to Rwanda to mount a production of Romeo and Juliet featuring members of both the Hutu and Tutsi tribes a mere two decades after inter-tribal genocide has occurred. The journey towards opening night is fraught with financial and interpersonal tensions, setbacks and against-the-odds triumphs. This layered, nuanced documentary gets to the heart of the matter by giving us a clear-eyed example of why Shakespeare is as relevant and important today as ever before.

PLEASE NOTE: Respect all Festival workshop, performance, lounge, theatre and dressing room spaces. Leave all rooms in great condition—always as good as or better than you found it. Please take time to thank the members of the UW Whitewater Staff, Drama Students and Volunteers for their hard work and dedication to make this event successful. Let your teachers know which workshops worked best for you, as well as those that didn’t meet your expectations. Your input is valuable—your feedback helps Festival staff plan future events. Please make every effort to arrive on time for workshops and performances.

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Friday, November 18, 2016

Session 1 8:00-9:30

Session 2 9:45-11:15

Session 3 11:30-1:00

Session 4 1:15-2:45

Session 5 3:00-4:30

Session 6 4:45-6:15

Session 7 6:30-7:15

Michelsen Hall

WHSFA Performances: Mosinee LakeView

WHSFA Performances: Eau Claire North Northland Pines

WHSFA Performances: Reagan IB Milwaukee HS of the Arts

WHSFA Performances: Waukesha South Loyal

WHSFA Performances: Crandon Plymouth

WHSFA Performances: Adams Friendship Wrightston

WHSFA Performances: Augusta Indian Trail

Jenkins Theatre

WHSFA Performances: Gibralter Dominican

WHSFA Performances: Reedsburg Holmen

WHSFA Performances: Bay Port Drummond

WHSFA Performances: Luxemburg-Casco Middleton

WHSFA Performances: Waukesha West Greenwood

WHSFA Performances: Niagara Tomahawk

WHSFA Performances: Badger Waupaca

Dance Studio Room 130

Viewpoints (Hanlin)

Classroom 121 Sonnets (Schneider)

Sonnets (Schneider)

Making of Orphan Train (Theimann)

Create Theatre Co (Theimann)

Making of Orphan Train (Theimann)

Classroom 136

Wisconsin Thes- Wisconsin Thes- Wisconsin Thespians Event pians Event pians Event (Stanfield) (Stanfield) (Truckey)

Classroom 201

Scene Study (Gill)

Improv Class (Smith)

Scene Study (Gill)

Classroom 221

Classroom 283

Unrehearsed Shakespeare (Sierzyn) Advanced Acting (Cermak)

Lighting Design Lighting Design Advanced (Cermak) (Cermak) Acting (Cermak)

Studio Theatre Theatre Rigging Theatre Rigging Performing (Wirtz-Olsen) (Wirtz-Olsen) Flying (Nutally)

Performing Flying (Nutally)

Classroom 140 AWTE

AWTE

AWTE

Unrehearsed Shakespeare (Sierzyn)

AWTE Board Meeting

AWTE

Highlights of the Day 7:00am–3:00pm Festival Registration, UW-Stevens Point, Noel Fine Arts Center Main Entrance 8:00am–5:30pm Exhibits, Noel Fine Arts Center 8:00am–8:00pm WHSFA Performances 4:00pm & 8:00pm Festival Showcase Production Sentry Theatre, 1800 Northpoint Dr.

La Cage Aux Folles Presented by UW-Stevens Point Department of Theatre and Dance Run time is 2 hours and 45 minutes including a 15-minute intermission.

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Session 1 – Friday 8:00-9:30 am Michelsen Hall

WHSFA Performance: The Boys Next Door by Tom Griffin; directed by Cory Mattson, Mike Sherfinski, Mosinee High School.



10 minute interval



WHSFA Performance: Steel Magnolias by Robert Herling; LakeView.

Jenkins Theatre

WHSFA Performance: Tracks by Peter Tarsi; directed by Kurt Thomas, Lizbeth Thomas, Gibraltar High School.



10 minute interval



WHSFA Performance: Strider by Robert Kalfin & Steve Brown, Music by Mark Rozovsky; directed by Bryn Van Beek, Mike Michaud, Katie O’Neil, Jeff Schaetzke, Dominican High School.

Dance Studio Room 130

The Viewpoints with Jared Hanlin

Classroom 121

The Sonnets with Rober Schneider

Studio Theatre

Intro to Theatrical Rigging with Scott Wirtz-Olsen

Room 140

AWTE Lounge

Session 2 – Friday 9:45-11:15 am Michelsen Hall

WHSFA Performance: The Ninth Train by Jim and Jane Jeffries; directed by James Jeffries, Jane Jeffries, Eau Claire North.



10 minute interval



WHSFA Performance: 13 Ways To Screw Up Your College Interview by Ian McWethy; directed by Merchelle Kolasa, Northland Pines High School.

Jenkins Theatre

WHSFA Performance: Almost, Maine by John Cariani; directed by Heather Anstett, Jeff Herschleb, Brian Pittman, Reedsburg Area High School.



10 minute interval



WHSFA Performance: Lend Me A Tenor by Ken Ludwig; directed by Melissa Noth, Kam-Lin Roswall, Holmen High School. 5

Classroom 121

The Sonnets with Robert Schneider

Classroom 136

Wisconsin Thespians Event with Holly Stanfield

Classroom 201

Acting: Basic Scene Study with Brian Gill

Classroom 283

Advanced Acting: Advanced Actor Training with Jim Cermak

Studio Theatre

Intro to Theatrical Rigging with Scott Wirtz-Olsen

Classroom 140

AWTE Board Meeting

Session 3 – Friday 11: 30-1:00 pm Michelsen Hall

WHSFA Performance: The Bear by Anton Checkov; directed by Samantha Martinson, Reagan IB High School.



10 minute interval



WHSFA Performance: Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 by Anna Deavere Smith; directed by Becca Marten, Milwaukee High School of the Arts.

Jenkins Theatre

WHSFA Performance: Exit by Ron Dune; directed by Pam Belden, Ryan Leland, Bay Port High School.



10 minute interval



WHSFA Performance: Anne-Arky by Lindsay Price; directed by Tori Kane, Katharine Wallin, Drummond Area School District.

Classroom 121

Making the Orphan Train Production with William Theimann

Classroom 136

Wisconsin Thespians Event with Holly Stanfield

Classroom 201

Improvisation for the Actor with Steve Smith

Classroom 283

Lighting Design with Jim Cermak

Studio Theatre

Performer Flying in Theatre with Tracy Nunnally

Classroom 140

AWTE Lounge

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Session 4 – Friday 1:15-2:45 pm Michelsen Hall

WHSFA Performance: Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire; directed by Katheryn Donahue, Erin Richards, Waukesha South High School.



10 minute interval



WHSFA Performance: Super Scary by Tim Kochenderfer; directed by Nancy Popp, Loyal High School.

Jenkins Theatre

WHSFA Performance: Ordinary People by Nancy Gilsenan; directed by Peter Geissler, Luxemburg-Casco High School.



10 minute interval



WHSFA Performance: Selfie by Bradley Hayward; directed by Abbie Hannam, Patrick Motiff, Middleton High School.

Classroom 121

Create a Theatre Company with William Theimann

Classroom 136

Wisconsin Thespian Event with Holly Stanfield

Classroom 201

Acting: Basic Scene Study with Brian Gill

Classroom 221

Unrehearsed Shakespeare with Jay Sierzyn

Classroom 283

Lighting Design with James Cermak

Studio Theatre

Performer Flying in Theatre with Tracy Nutally

Classroom 140

AWTE Lounge

Session 5 – Friday 3:00-4:30 pm Michelsen Hall

WHSFA Performance: The Happiness Shop by Lindsay Price; directed by Alicia A. Bradley, Amy Houle-Bukovic, Crandon High School.



10 minute interval



WHSFA Performance: The Worlds of Mark Twain by B. Feick/H. Stoltenberg; directed by Brad Feick, Herb Stoltenberg, Plymouth High School.

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Jenkins Theatre

WHSFA Performance: Black Comedy by Peter Shaffer; directed by Nathan Berish, Waukesha West High School. Brindsley Miller, a talented young artist, prepares for guests.



10 minute interval



WHSFA Performance: The Cry of the Peacock by Billy W. Boone; Greenwood High School.

Classroom 121

Making the Orphan Train Production with William Theimann

Classroom 136

Musical Theater Audition with Paul Truckey

Classroom 221

Unrehearsed Shakespeare with Jay Sierzyn

Classroom 283

Advanced Acting: Advanced Actor Training with James Cermak

Classroom 140

AWTE Lounge

Session 6 – Friday 4:45-6:15 pm Michelsen Hall

WHSFA Performance: Divided We Fall by Bryan Starchman; directed by Brittany Roscovius, Adams Friendship High School.



10 minute interval



WHSFA Performance: Almost, Maine by John Cariani; directed by Rebecca Ludtke, Katie Summers, Wrightstown High School.

Jenkins Theatre

WHSFA Performance: The Wicked Witch of the Old West by Faye Couch Reeves; Niagara High School.



10 minute interval



WHSFA Performance: They Eat Sunshine, Not Zebras by Dara Murphy; directed by Michele Balda, Nancy Herbison, Tomahawk High School.

Session 7 – Friday 6:30-7:15 pm Michelsen Hall

WHSFA Performance: Competition Piece by John S. Wells; directed by Susan Maenner, Augusta High School.



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WHSFA Performance: E.D. by Sage Holloway; directed by Robert M Allen, Indian Trail High School and Academy.

Jenkins Theatre

WHSFA Performance: Amelia Earhart: Flights of Fancy by Will Huddleston / Kathryn Schultz Miller; directed by Andrew Stoltenberg - Director, Badger High School.



10 minute interval



WHSFA Performance: John Lennon and Me by Cherie Bennett; directed by Monica Reeves, Waupaca High School.

Special Sessions – Friday, 4:00 pm and 8:00 pm Festival Showcase Production (tickets required) at Sentry Theatre, 1800 Northpoint Dr. La Cage Aux Folles Presented by UW-Stevens Point Department of Theatre and Dance Winner of multiple Tony Awards including BEST MUSICAL, the classic and much-revived musical comedy La Cage Aux Folles tells the story of Georges, the owner of a swanky and sexy Saint-Tropez nightclub, and his partner Albin, who moonlights as the glamorous drag queen songstress Zaza. When their son brings his fiancée (and her conservative parents) home to meet the flashy pair, feathers get ruffled and households upended in a poignant tale of one family’s struggle to stay together, stay fabulous, and above all else, stay true to themselves. You roared at the film adaptation, The Birdcage—now marvel at the hummable music some call Jerry Herman’s (Hello Dolly/Mame) best! Run time is 2 hours and 45 minutes including a 15-minute intermission. Tickets go on sale in the venue lobby 1 hour before each performance. Doors open 30 minutes before curtain.

UW-Madison Summer High School Theatre Camp July 2017 Offered by UW Continuing Studies in partnership with UW-Madison Department of Theatre and Drama and the Wisconsin Union Theater, this one week commuter camp will focus on lighting, sound, and stage management with workshops in the new Play Circle Theater and the Wisconsin Union Theater. Course fee: $350.00 http://continuingstudies.wisc.edu/uwytc 9

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Saturday, November 19, 2016 Session 1 8:00-9:30

Session 2 9:45-11:15

Session 3 11:30-1:00

Session 4 1:15-2:45

Session 5 3:00-4:30

Michelsen Hall

WHSFA Performances: Owen-Withee Madison East

WHSFA Performances: Superior Ashwaubenon

WHSFA Performances: Regis DeForest

WHSFA Performances: Green Bay West Ellsworth

WHSFA Performances: Hamilton Sussex

Jenkins Theatre

WHSFA Performances: Whitefish Bay Waterford Union

WHSFA Performances: Pulaski Catholic Memorial

WHSFA Performances: Homestead Northwestern

WHSFA Performances: Tremper Waunakee

WHSFA Performances: St. Thomas More Barneveld

Dance Studio Room 130

Stage Combat (Elst)

Unrehearsed Shakespeare (Sierzyn)

Stick Dance (Cermak)

Classroom 283 Advanced Acting (Cermak)

Advanced Acting (Cermak)

How to Prepare a Monologue (Marchant)

Classroom 201 The Sonnets (Schneider)

How to Prepare a Song (Hanson)

How to Prepare a Song (Hanson)

Classroom 121 Stage Makeup (Amanda Profazier)

Stage Makeup (Amanda Profazier)

Classroom 221 Stage Management (Olsen)

Session 6 4:45-5:30

Session 7 6:30-7:15

WHSFA Perfor- WHSFA Performances: mances: Neenah Little Wolf Appleton North

Statewide Design Tech (Olsen)

Classroom 136

Sound Design (Rodriquez)

Sound Design (Rodriquez)

Studio Theater Tech Olympics Room 120 Set Up & Registration

Tech Olympics Practice

Tech Olympics Competition

Tech Olympics Competition

Tech Olympics Competition until 4

Classroom 140 AWTE Lounge (Dance)

AWTE Lounge

AWTE Lounge

AWTE Lounge

AWTE Lounge

Highlights of the Day 7:00am–12:00pm Festival Registration, UW-Stevens Point, Noel Fine Arts Center Main Entrance 8:00am–3:00pm Exhibits, Noel Fine Arts Center 8:00am–4:30pm WHSFA One Act Performances, Michelsen Hall and Jenkins Theatre 9:00am–11:15am Tech Olympics Registration and Practice, Studio Theatre Room 120 11:30am–3:00pm Tech Olympics Competition, Studio Theatre Room 120 3:30pm

Tech Olympics Award Ceremony, Studio Theatre Room 120

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Session 1 – Saturday 8:00-9:30 am Michelsen Hall

WHSFA Performance: Bang Bang You’re Dead by William Mastrosimone; directed by Marilyn Jaskot, Jeffer Scheuer, Owen-Withee High School.



10 minute interval



WHSFA Performance: The Surprising Story of the Three Little Pigs by Linda Daugherty; Madison East High School.

Jenkins Theatre

WHSFA Performance: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) by Adam Long, Reed Martin, and Paul Kafno; directed by Amber Kind-Keppel, Whitefish Bay High School.



WHSFA Performance: Wings by Arthur Kopit; directed by Leigh Birmingham, Rebekah Hahlbeck, Waterford Union High School.

Dance Studio Room 130

Stage Combat Principles with Christopher Elst

Classroom 283

Advanced Acting: Advanced Actor Training with James Cermak

Classroom 201

The Sonnets with Robert Schneider

Classroom 121

Stage Make-up with Amanda Profazier

Classroom 221

Stage Management: Nightmares to planning with Gary Olsen

Studio Theater Room 120

Tech Olympics Registration and Practice

Classroom 140 (Dance)

AWTE Lounge

Session 2 – Saturday 9:45-11:15 am Michelsen Hall

WHSFA Performance: The Entire American Revolution (In 40 Minutes or Less!) by Eddie McPherson; directed by Amber Gilbert, Cheri Tesarek, Superior High School.



10 minute interval



WHSFA Performance: A Little Box of Oblivion by Stephen Bean; Ashwaubenon High School.

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Jenkins Theatre

WHSFA Performance: For Feet’s Sake: The Wild Tail of a Little Mermaid by Krista Knight; directed by Amy Tubbs, Pulaski High School.



10 minute interval



WHSFA Performance: The Habitation of Dragons by Horton Foote; directed by Chris Andacht, Catholic Memorial High School.

Dance Studio Room 130

Unrehearsed Shakespeare with Jay Sierzyn

Classroom 283

Advanced Acting: Advanced Actor Training with Jim Cermak

Classroom 201

How to Prepare a Song for College Auditions with Mark Hanson

Classroom 121

Stage Makeup with Amanda Profazier

Classroom 136

What is Sound Design? with GW Rodriguez

Studio Theater Room 120

Tech Olympics Practice

Classroom 140 (Dance)

AWTE Lounge

Session 3 – Saturday 11:30-1:00 pm Michelsen Hall

WHSFA Performance: The Rehearsal by Don Zolidis; directed by Judine Brey, Regis High School.



10 minute interval



WHSFA Performance: Vanities by Jack Heifner; directed by Brett Price, Kayla Staplemann, Janis Williams, DeForest Area High School.

Jenkins Theatre

WHSFA Performance: Fall of Orpheus by Emma Zander and Amelia Figg-Franzoi; directed by Amelia Figg-Franzoi, Wayne Peters, Homestead High School.



10 minute interval



WHSFA Performance: The Crucible by Arthur Miller; directed by Michael Goodlet, Patricia Luostari, Northwestern High School.

Dane Studio Room 130

Stick Dance with James Cermak

Classroom 283

How to Prepare a Monologue for a College Audition with Tyler Marchant 13

Classroom 201

How to Prepare a Song for College Auditions with Mark Hanson

Classroom 221

Planning a Statewide Design/Tech Showcase with Gary Olsen

Classroom 136

What is Sound Design? with GW Rodriguez

Studio Theater Room 120

Tech Olympics Competition

Classroom 140 (Dance)

AWTE Lounge

Session 4 – Saturday 1:15-2:45 pm Michelsen Hall

WHSFA Performance: The Zoo Story by Edward Albee; directed by Eleanor Hinz-Radue, James Paplham, Green Bay West High School.



10 minute interval



WHSFA Performance: Frankie and the Gingerbread Boy by Bobby Keniston; directed by Jennifer Kieren, Ellsworth High School.

Jenkins Theatre

WHSFA Performance: Equus by Peter Shaffer; directed by Nic Cicerale, Tremper High School.



10 minute interval



WHSFA Performance: White Room of My Remembering by Jean Lenox Toddie; directed by Rick Braun, Beth Roberts, Waunakee High School.

Session 5 – Saturday 3:00-4:30 pm Michelsen Hall

WHSFA Performance: Harvey by Mary Chase; directed by Rachel Bauer, Hamilton Sussex High School.

Jenkins Theatre

WHSFA Performance: Journeys to Neverland by Tom Tesserac; directed by Matt Zembrowski, St. Thomas More High School.



10 minute interval



WHSFA Performance: The Raft of the Medusa by Georg Kaiser, translated by George Wellwarth; directed by Heidi Bosch, Duane Draper, Brian Walker, Barneveld 14

Session 6 – Saturday 4:45-5:30 pm Jenkins Theatre

WHSFA Performance: Girls Like That by Evan Placey; directed by Jane Mary Dix, Neenah High School.



10 minute interval



WHSFA Performance: The White Snake by Mary Zimmerman; directed by Ron Parker, Appleton North High School.

Session 7 – Saturday 6:30-7:15 pm Jenkins Theatre

WHSFA Performance: Happily Never After by Tim Kelly; directed by Karyn Pamperin, Little Wolf Jr./Sr. High School.

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2016 Festival Operations UW- Stevens Point Festival Staff Festival Host: UW-Stevens Point Dept. of Theatre and Dance Co-Chair & WHSFA Liaison: Jeffrey Stephens & Tyler Marchant Workshop and Volunteers Liaison: Tyler Marchant Displays, Facilities, and Signage Liaison: Jeffrey Stephens Chair, Theatre & Dance Department: Joan Karlen Sentry@1800 Theater Production Manager: Nathaniel Springer

UW-Madison Continuing Studies Festival Staff Sarah Marty, UW-Madison, Festival Events Director Maureen Friend, UW-Madison, Administrative & Exhibitor Coordinator Liz Nagel, UW-Madison, Registration Coordinator

Wisconsin High School Forensic Association Staff Adam Jacobi, Executive Director & One-Act Coordinator Dr. Robin Mello, Theatre Advisor Sue Luterbach, Adjudicator Liaison Tyler Sturzl, Adjudicator Liaison Charlie Krupa, Adjudicator Liaison Dr. J. Scott Baker, Tabulation Samantha Goodwin, Operations Jim Jacobi, Merchandise Brenda Krupa, Merchandise Dr. Jill Prushiek, Merchandise

Special thanks to WHSFA Evaluators, Festival Workshop Leaders, and Showcase Schools.

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One-Act Adjudicator Profiles Complete biographical profiles are available at whsfa.org/theatre/contests. Jane Bambery-Sexton – Retired language arts/communication teacher, New London HS; regular theatre adjudicator beloved for her insightful commentary.

David Loos – Theatre and speech director at Algoma HS for 49 years with 37 appearances at State Theatre, earning numerous awards; WHSFA Hall of Fame director; regular theatre and speech adjudicator.

William Patrick Barlow – Freelance director, theatre consultant and adjunct (Madison College); former director of performing arts at Madison College; former director at Lake Geneva Badger HS.

Chuck Malone – WHSFA executive director (E.D.) Emeritus; E.D. for nine years; former high school theatre, speech and English teacher; taught theatre education, Carroll University; WHSFA Board member, vice chair, Theatre Advisory Committee, and Hall of Fame Director.

James Cermak – Director and coaching consultant; former theatre professor Concordia College–Moorhead, MN; managing artistic director, Gooseberry Park Players.

Robin Mello, PhD – Head, BA degree program and education, Theatre Department, UW-Milwaukee; storyteller; program evaluator; circus performer; actress; WHSFA theatre advisor.

Jamie Cheatham – Artistic director and head of acting at Marquette University; professional actor, director, fight director; formerly at UW-Parkside; fight director with S.A.F.D.; resident fight director at Milwaukee Rep.

Jane Purse-Wiedenhoeft – Associate professor and director, UW-Oshkosh; professional actor, director, dialect coach, and stage combatant; studied at The Actors Center, New York, among other noted certifications and master instructors.

John Cramer – Managing artistic director of Waukesha Civic Theatre, owner of Alleycat Enterprises production company; member Actors’ Equity Assoc.; producer, director, choreographer, designer, actor, singer, dancer, administrator, and teacher.

Kristi Ross-Clausen – Tech theatre teacher and auditorium manager, Nicolet HS; former production stage manager UW-Madison; 25-year journeyman stagehand, IATSE Local 470; Actor’s Equity Assoc. stage manager.

Sara Danke Lukaszewicz – Theatre teacher, Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln and East Jr. HS; former president, Alliance for Wisconsin Theatre Education; WHSTF showcase director 2015.

Roxi Wakeen – Educator and coaching consultant; former communication arts and theatre teacher, Baldwin-Woodville HS; directed countless plays and musicals across her career; WHSFA section chair; graduate St. Mary’s College and UW-Eau Claire.

Gayle Gander – English/language arts teacher, theatre advisor at Oconto Falls HS; WHSFA section chair; community theatre in northeastern Wisconsin; graduate of UW-Whitewater. Maria Hanson – Retired high school speech, theatre, and English teacher; also founded and directed community and children’s theatre; past board member and production chair for Pleasure Guild of Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

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The 2016 Wisconsin High School Theatre Festival Welcomes the following Exhibitors Cardinal Stritch University Carthage College Clearwing Productions Costume Holiday House Edgewood College MainStage Theatrical Supply, Inc. Marquette University Millikin University Nebraska Wesleyan University Northern Michigan University Northern Illinois University Ripon College UW-Eau Claire UW-La Crosse UW-Milwaukee UW-Oshkosh UW-Parkside UW-Platteville UW-Stevens Point UW-Whitewater Viterbo University Winona State University Wisconsin Lutheran College Wisconsin Thespians

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Workshop Descriptions & Biographies Acting: Basic Scene Study Using “Open” or “Contentless” Scenes, students will learn to then create and build fully developed dramatic scenes using imagination, objectives, obstacles, tactics, intensifiers and given circumstances. Brian Gill, assistant professor of performance/head of acting, UW Parkside. Credits include: Renaissance Theaterworks, First Stage, Milwaukee Repertory, Goodman and Chicago Shakespeare. Regional: Theatre at the Center, Illinois and Texas Shakespeare Festivals, Ford’s Theatre. Trained at Shakespeare’s Globe, London.

Advanced Acting: Advanced Actor Training Developing an actor/character should begin with hands, feet, and creative body language. Exploring use of non-verbal principles and meanings, the actor’s physical presence can be explored and used more expressively by practicing actual gestures, stances, and character rhythms. Focus is on interactive acting skills and crafts. As director of theatre, Jim Cermak taught 14 theatre courses at Concordia College–Moorhead featuring The Theatrical Event, directed 63 musicals/plays, created scenography for 28 productions, lighting for 60 productions, led 10 European theatre seminars, plus worship for 19,000 ELCA Youth.

Basic Stage Combat

How to Prepare a Monologue for a College Audition Teachers and students! How do you prepare (or help a student prepare) a monologue for college auditions? Come and discuss strategies —and if you have a monologue you want to work, bring that too! Tyler Marchant is associate professor of acting and directing at UW-Stevens Point. Tyler has worked on Broadway, Off-Broadway, major regional theatres and around the country.

How to Prepare a Song for College Auditions A step-by step approach to picking, preparing, and performing a song for your college program auditions. Students should bring sheet music for two song options and be prepared to perform one or both, depending on time and number of participants. Mark Hanson is the current coordinator and assistant professor of the BFA in musical theatre program at UW-Stevens Point.

Improvisation for the Actor Ninety minutes of fun exploration of the art of improvisation! These games are based in the Second City style, which emphasizes the skills of talking and listening over telling jokes. Steve Smith has worked on stage and on camera for more than 20 years. In addition to Broadway and regional theatre, he has experience in episodic television, commercials and industrial film; ans has trained in improvisation at Second City in Chicago.

A very basic introduction to the craft of stage combat. Students will safely learn how to deliver and “sell” slaps, punches, kicks and falls. The students will then combine these techniques to create a brief unarmed fight. Brian Gill: see Acting: Basic Scene Study for instructor bio.

Create a Theatre Company This exciting workshop introduces you to the Company Model—a way of creating theatre while building a script. This engaging and active workshop teaches you how to devise theatre using real/historical stories through participatory theatre. We will present process dramas, creating actor teams, and what it takes to create a show from start to performance.

Intro to Theatrical Rigging This workshop is intended as an introduction to theatrical rigging. Topics include the design and installation of typical theatrical rigging, counterweight systems, rigging hardware and vendors, best practices, rigging math, and a question and answer session about your specific concerns. Scott Wirtz-Olsen has worked in professional and academic theatre for the past twenty plus years. Currently he serves as the technical director for UW-Stevens Point. He is also an aerial rigger and performer with Monarch Aerial.

William Thiemann: see Making the Orphan Train Production for instructor bio.

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Making the Orphan Train Production

Performer Flying in Theatre

This is an entertaining and performance-based workshop that introduces a relatively unknown piece of history—the Orphan Trains. We show how to create an original production and explore the process of how to dramatize people’s life stories. This workshop also features several scenes based on real historical documents that dramatize the power theater has on making our world better.

An introduction into the the art of Performer Flying! A chance to get hands on experience and ask the questions about flying you have always wanted to ask. Topics will include: Shows that can include Performer Flying (aka Peter Pan, Billy Elliot, Little Mermaid., Dance...). What do I need to know as a director/designer about working with a flying co.? Tracy Nunnally has worked in professional theatre for almost 30 years. His contributions include all aspects of theatre automation, motion control, rigging, pyrotechnics, special effects, scenery construction, and technical design. The owner and president of Vertigo™, a special effects rigging company, and full professor at Northern Illinois University, Tracy heads the design and technology area, the graduate theatre technology program, and the BA Theatre Studies program for the School of Theatre and Dance.

William Thiemann is an English and theatre education major at UW-Milwaukee. He and his fellow Orphan Train actors created and produced the original play Orphan Train last spring. They are now traveling around the state presenting workshops at schools and theatre conferences.

Musical Theatre Audition Musical Theatre Audition is a lecture/active based workshop designed to teach students proper auditioning techniques. Items covered will include preparation of materials, walking into the audition space, dealing with the pianist, finding the center, using the musical vamp, moving on the “air” and interpreting a song. Paul Truckey is professor/director of theatre at Northern Michigan University. Paul has worked extensively as a professional performer, most notably in the original Broadway production ofLes Miserables. Paul teaches a variety of courses at NMU, including acting, musical theatre performance, directing, modern drama, and voice/movement.

National Individual Events Sponsored by Wisconsin Thespians an Affiliate of the Educational Theatre Association In this workshop students are invited to prepare and perform material for the Monologue, Duet Acting, Solo Musical Theatre and Duet Musical Theatre performance Individual Events. Visit the Wisconsin Thespian at www.wisconsinthespians.org for detailed event requirements. There is a $10.00 per person registration fee to actively participate in this adjudicated event. All students who participate in IEs at the WHSTF are eligible for a $250 scholarship from Wisconsin Thespians and the Educational Theatre Association. Holly Stanfield teaches theatre at Mary D Bradford High School in Kenosha, WI. She has worked as a public school theatre and music educator for over 30 years. Kendra Dando teaches theatre and public speaking at Middleton High School, and has taught public school in St. Louis, MO and Middleton, WI for 12 years. Holly and Kendra are co-chapter directors of the Educational Theatre Association for Wisconsin and are excited to welcome several guest adjudicators from the theatre community to join us for this exciting showcase of student work.

Planning a Statewide Design/Tech Showcase Open forum discussion on creating a statewide Design and Technology Showcase and Job Fair. College representatives and vendors are strongly encouraged to attend. Gary Olson: see Stage Management: Nightmares to planning for instructor bio.

Stage Combat Principles Using games and pedagogical principles developed by the best in the business, learn to give students all the tools necessary to start them on the path to stage combat proficiency, featuring important lessons like partnering, active listening, and stakes and tactics. Christopher Elst: An Equity Member candidate, a certified teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors, an associate instructor with Dueling Arts International, and one-half of the dynamic duo behind Theater RED, Christopher designs violence and intimacy for theatres in Milwaukee, Madison, and Chicago. http://www.christopherelst.com/

Stage Make-up Come and learn how to apply old age make-up, how to do a make-up plot for a show, blood, cuts, bruises and much more. Amanda Profaizer is the assistant professor of costume design at UW-Eau Claire. Some of her favorite design works are Sweeney Todd, King Lear, In the Next Room, Seussical the Musical, and A Mid-Summer Nights Dream.

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Stage Management: Nightmares to planning

Jared Hanlin is an assistant professor at UW-Stevens Point, serving as the voice and movement specialist. He teaches classes in movement, voice and articulation, dialects, stage combat and acting. He is an actor, director, speech/dialect coach and fight director. He received his MFA in acting from the University of Arkansas.

How to plan for and expect the unexpected when stage managing a production. Professor Gary Olsen is the coordinator of the design and technology program at UW-Stevens Point. He has designed lighting, sound, or technical directed over 200 productions at UWSP.

Step in Time! Vigorous musical theatre dance class. Warm up the body quickly and thoroughly by learning a useful five-minute movement sequence that has been passed down for generations. Sing and dance an adaptation of the original Marc Breaux and Dee Wood choreography for “Step in Time” from Mary Poppins. Wear jazz shoes or sneakers and bring a water bottle. Jeannie Hill, associate professor, teaches tap, jazz, musical theatre dance, composition and career seminar in addition to choreographing for Danstage and musicals at UWStevens Point. She has enjoyed a varied international performing and teaching career and holds a BA in theatre from UVM and an MFA in dance from UW-Milwaukee.

The Sonnets A chance to get down-and-dirty with one or more of Shakespeare’s sonnets. Dr. Robert Schneider has been active as a dramaturg, reviewer, playwright, and occasional actor. Bob has contributed articles, interviews and opinion pieces to Theater Magazine, Plays International, American Theatre, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and the New York Times. In addition to NIU, he’s taught at the University of Paris, Connecticut State University, and Yale.

Viewpoints: Physical Actor Training Adapted from modern dance practices, The Viewpoints is a burgeoning training method for heightening an actor’s sensitivity to powerful stage movement and physical ensemble playing. Participants will be guided through a long improvisational exploration of all nine physical Viewpoints. Wear clothes you can move in freely!

Lighting Design Lighting—universal principles and practices. Explore lighting in the “lived world” and on stage: schools, commercial theatre, and alternative performance spaces. Philosophy, design theory, and page-to-stage exploration for technician and director, including the role of women in lighting design. How to create a light design and plot, choose and place color, and set rhythms of the play. Jim Cermak: see Advanced Acting: Advanced Actor Training for instuctor bio.

Unrehearsed Shakespeare How did actors in Shakespeare’s day do a different play every afternoon—sometimes not having done it for months? How did they master all those words? How did they know what the story was about when their scripts only had their lines? The answer for some people is that they did it just like today’s soap opera actors: they developed special skills and used a “teleprompter.” This workshop will introduce those skills, explore scripts and offer an experience in performing Shakespeare unrehearsed (but NOT unprepared)! Jay Sierszyn is the head of the Theatre Department at Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee.

What is Sound Design? What is sound design? What if I told you that it’s not just getting a thunder sound effect from a CD? This workshop will go over the art of storytelling through sound, and how it fits in the theatre. GW Rodruguez is a professional freelance sound designer, the lighting and sound supervisor for UW-Madison, and a member of TSDCA (www.tsdca.org). He received his BA in technical theatre from CSU San Bernardino, and his MFA in sound design at Boston University. Visit his portfolio: www.gwrodriguez.com

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2016 WHSFA One-Act Synopses 13 Ways To Screw Up Your College Interview by Ian McWethy; directed by Merchelle Kolasa, Northland Pines High School. Two university recruiters need to go to the wait list—oh no!—to get one more student or they will be fired. A Little Box of Oblivion by Stephen Bean; Ashwaubenon High School. It is a lovely spring day. Cool Guy is settling on a park bench when Woman rushes on with a box. Before Cool Guy can say no, the box has been left on the bench. A series of motley characters arrive, each with a theory about the box. Almost, Maine by John Cariani; directed by Heather Anstett, Jeff Herschleb, Brian Pittman, Reedsburg Area High School. On a cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine. Almost, Maine by John Cariani; directed by Rebecca Ludtke, Katie Summers, Wrightstown High School. Almost, Maine, is a town so far north, it’s almost not in the U.S. One clear night in the middle of winter, residents find themselves falling in and out of love in the strangest ways. Amelia Earhart: Flights of Fancy by Will Huddleston / Kathryn Schultz Miller; directed by Andrew Stoltenberg, Badger High School. A contemporary reporter becomes obsessed with the history of Amelia Earhart. Anne-Arky by Lindsay Price; directed by Tori Kane, Katharine Wallin, Drummond Area School District. A high school drama club prepares for their opening night of Anne of Green Gables. A rumor spreads there is an acting agent in the audience, students scramble to be discovered. Anarchy ensues! Bang Bang You’re Dead by William Mastrosimone; directed by Marilyn Jaskot, Jeffer Scheuer, OwenWithee High School. Josh, a student, awakens in his jail cell after killing his parents and 5 classmates.

Black Comedy by Peter Shaffer; directed by Nathan Berish, Waukesha West High School. Brindsley Miller, a talented young artist, prepares for guests. When a blown fuse thrusts his flat into darkness, his best laid plans smash headlong into a hilarious and steady stream of visitors. Competition Piece by John S. Wells; directed by Susan Maenner, Augusta High School. The prep school group has tons of rehearsal time and chooses a hot romance. Join us for the fun arising during auditions, rehearsals and performances! Divided We Fall by Bryan Starchman; directed by Brittany Roscovius, Adams Friendship High School. Everyone has some burden, but shared pain is always easier to bear. E.D. by Sage Holloway; directed by Robert M Allen, Indian Trail High School and Academy. Eating Disorder is a student written play illuminating high school students confronting body issues. This show has mature subject matter and mature language. Equus by Peter Shaffer; directed by Nic Cicerale, Tremper High School. Dr. Martin Dysart, a psychiatrist, is confronted with Alan Strang, a boy who has blinded six horses in a violent fit of passion, a hideous mystery, since Alan has always adored horses. Exit by Ron Dune; directed by Pam Belden, Ryan Leland, Bay Port High School. Five people awaken to find themselves on a stage with no visible exit and no memory of how they got there. Fall of Orpheus by Emma Zander and Amelia Figg-Franzoi; directed by Amelia Figg-Franzoi, Wayne Peters, Homestead High School. A re-telling of the classical Greek myth about Orpheus and Eurydice. For Feet’s Sake: The Wild Tail of a Little Mermaid by Krista Knight; directed by Amy Tubbs, Pulaski High School. Thessaly, youngest of five daughters of the Mer-King, desperately wants to explore the surface, but has to make a brutal choice about her future.

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Frankie and the Gingerbread Boy by Bobby Keniston; directed by Jennifer Kieren, Ellsworth High School. Frankie is an outcast, constantly put-upon by peers. Frankie bakes herself a companion. When her creation follows her to school, the social order is threatened, and the cruelty Frankie has known reaches new heights. Girls Like That by Evan Placey; directed by Jane Mary Dix, Neenah High School. Excerpts from an urgent and explosive new play that explores pressures on young people today in the wake of advancing technology. Happily Never After by Tim Kelly; directed by Karyn Pamperin, Little Wolf Jr./Sr. High School. A marriage counselor has opened an office in the kingdom to see how famous fairy tale couples are faring. Everywhere the counselor looks: disaster! Harvey by Mary Chase; directed by Rachel Bauer, Hamilton Sussex High School. Elwood P. Dowd insists on including friend Harvey in all of his sister Veta’s social gatherings. Trouble is, Harvey is an imaginary 6 ½-foot tall rabbit. John Lennon and Me by Cherie Bennett; directed by Monica Reeves, Waupaca High School. Hollywood-wannabe Stella or “Star,” the ultimate John Lennon fan, is stymied by cystic fibrosis. She spends her time in a residence for seriously ill young people, and confronts fate with imagination. Journeys to Neverland by Tom Tesserac; directed by Matt Zembrowski, St. Thomas More High School. Young J.M. Barrie is visited by the spirit of his recently deceased brother David, who tells him stories of a far-off world. Lend Me A Tenor by Ken Ludwig; directed by Melissa Noth, Kam-Lin Roswall, Holmen High School. Saunders, manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, is primed to welcome famous Tito Morelli, Il Stupendo, who arrives late, is given a double dose of tranquilizers and passes out. Ordinary People by Nancy Gilsenan; directed by Peter Geissler, Luxemburg-Casco High School. What do we do with hurt, who do we blame, and what role does forgiveness play? Conrad, his father, and his mother are all “ordinary people” dealing with the loss of a loved one in different ways.

Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire; directed by Katheryn Donahue, Erin Richards, Waukesha South High School. Becca and Howie Corbett have everything a family could want, until a life-shattering accident turns their world upside down and leaves the couple drifting perilously apart. Selfie by Bradley Hayward; directed by Abbie Hannam, Patrick Motiff, Middleton High School. Facing bullies, parents, pressure, sickness and their own self-judgement, these high school seniors search for ways to stand out, one click at a time. Steel Magnolias by Robert Herling; LakeView. In an in-home beauty parlour in the fictional northwestern Louisiana parish of Chinquapin, Shelby discusses her wedding plans among friends. Over three years, the women interact at times with conflict, but in the end, remain friends. Strider by Robert Kalfin and Steve Brown, Music by Mark Rozovsky; directed by Bryn Van Beek, Mike Michaud, Katie O’Neil, Jeff Schaetzke, Dominican High School. Based on the Tolstoy short story about a horse, this musical selection explores life, love, servitude, race, compassion, and human cruelty. Super Scary by Tim Kochenderfer; directed by Nancy Popp, Loyal High School. Everyone in the theater, including a vacuuming janitor and audience member who has to pee, keeps interrupting to share their own, less thrilling versions of the Storyteller’s Hallow’s Eve stories. The Bear by Anton Checkov; directed by Samantha Martinson, Reagan IB High School. Popova, mourning her late husband’s death, refuses to leave her home. Hilarity ensues in this comedic farce about love, commitment, and passion. The Boys Next Door by Tom Griffin; directed by Cory Mattson, Mike Sherfinski, Mosinee High School. In a communal residence for individuals with intellectual disabilities, resident Norman discovers his liking for Sheila. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) by Adam Long, Reed Martin, and Paul Kafno; directed by Amber Kind-Keppel, Whitefish Bay High School. Perform all of Shakespeare’s plays in under 40 minutes: this farcical cutting of the full length play of its same title takes the audience on a wild ride through comedies, tragedies and histories. 27

The Crucible by Arthur Miller; directed by Michael Goodlet, Coach, Patricia Luostari, Coach, Northwestern High School. Set during the 17th-century Salem witch trials, yet emblematic of 1950s political persecution or wherever sanctimony is used as a weapon of oppression and intolerance, The Crucible explores human cruelty and manipulations, accusations, and dishonesty afflicting a paranoid community looking for scapegoats. The Cry of the Peacock by Billy W. Boone; Greenwood High School. Nine-year-old Mary Blanton has suffered trauma as evidenced by monster-filled dreams and horrific scratches on her neck and back. Who did this to an innocent child who finds comfort through an imaginary pet peacock? The Entire American Revolution (In 40 Minutes or Less!) by Eddie McPherson; directed by Amber Gilbert, Cheri Tesarek, Superior High School. History has never been so fun...or so fast! The Habitation of Dragons by Horton Foote; directed by Chris Andacht, Catholic Memorial High School. In a small Texas town, illicit passion sparks a series of family tragedies. The Happiness Shop by Lindsay Price; directed by Alicia A. Bradley, Amy Houle-Bukovic, Crandon High School. In the middle of the night, our heroes find themselves in an odd curiosity shop in an unknown place, filled with life-sized, happy dolls, Roppets, which are not quite robots but not quite puppets. The Ninth Train by Jim and Jane Jeffries; directed by James Jeffries, Jane Jeffries, Eau Claire North. During WWII, Nicholas Winton started the kindertransport to get Jewish children out of Czechoslovakia before the expected Nazi invasion. Follow one family’s agonizing decision whether to keep the family together to face the trials ahead or split up and send their children to a foreign country. The Raft of the Medusa by Georg Kaiser, translated by George Wellwarth; directed by Heidi Bosch, Duane Draper, Brian Walker, Barneveld. In September 1940, a Canada-bound ship carrying children from bombed cities of England was torpedoed in the North Atlantic. Only a few escaped in lifeboats, where we discover still-contemporary divisions due to racism, immigration, refugee status, and class. When we feel threatened, how will we respond?

The Rehearsal by Don Zolidis; directed by Judine Brey, Regis High School. All the drama involved in a high school musical: divas not being cast in desired roles, not enough guys auditioning, and clueless newcomers all part of the comedic backdrop. Cast members are kept in line by a no-nonsense director and a power-drunk stage manager. The Surprising Story of the Three Little Pigs by Lind Dissatisfied by monotony of living the same story for decades, one of the three little pigs decides to do something differently. a Daugherty; Madison East High School. The White Snake by Mary Zimmerman; directed by Ron Parker, Appleton North High School. A 1000+ year-old Chinese fable tells the story of a snake spirit who transforms herself into a beautiful woman to experience the human world. The Wicked Witch of the Old West by Faye Couch Reeves; Niagara High School. Clementine struggles to get her parents’ attention and fails to draw them away from their technology addiction. The Worlds of Mark Twain by B. Feick/H. Stoltenberg; directed by Brad Feick, Herb Stoltenberg, Plymouth High School. Mark Twain, America’s greatest humorist; his stories reveal the flaws of human nature giving us a chance to laugh at ourselves. The Zoo Story by Edward Albee; directed by Eleanor Hinz-Radue, James Paplham, Green Bay West High School. It is Central Park; a Sunday afternoon in the summer; the present. They Eat Sunshine, Not Zebras by Dara Murphy; directed by Michele Balda, Nancy Herbison, Tomahawk High School. How do we react to something or someone who is different from us? They Eat Sunshine, Not Zebras explores this theme in a unique and humorous way. Tracks by Peter Tarsi; directed by Kurt Thomas, Lizbeth Thomas, Gibraltar High School. Strangers experience a metaphysical journey as they meet in a dirty subway station, unfolding a mystery that they all come from different geographical locations.

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Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 by Anna Deavere Smith; directed by Becca Marten, Milwaukee High School of the Arts. In 1991, Rodney King, a black man, was pursued for speeding, then severely beaten by four white L.A. police officers—recorded and released to the public. Three of the four police officers were cleared of all charges, which resulted in riots, fires and violence. This is series of monologues based on interviews with first-hand sources.

White Room of My Remembering by Jean Lenox Toddie; directed by Rick Braun, Beth Roberts, Waunakee High School. After spending almost half her life as an artist in New York City, Jessie returns to sell her family’s run-down farm in Bucks County, PA. Wings by Arthur Kopit; directed by Leigh Birmingham, Rebekah Hahlbeck, Waterford Union High School. Diving deep into human power to heal after a devastating stroke, Emily Stilson, 70-years old and a celebrated former stunt pilot, suffers a stroke and is plunged into a world of disorientation and grief. Memories flood in between painful attempts to relearn basic functions of everyday life.

Vanities by Jack Heifner; directed by Brett Price, Kayla Staplemann, Janis Williams, DeForest Area High School. Three small town Texas cheerleaders meet in the gym to practice for that day’s football pep rally. Toward the end of the act, they are stunned by a sudden announcement over their school’s PA system.

Wisconsin High School Forensic Association 2016 Special Awards Lyn Luce Leadership Award Susan Luterbach: Sue directed the theatre and speech programs at St. Joan Antida High School in Milwaukee for several decades, and served as a district chair and member of the WHSFA Board of Control for a number of years, in addition to many years of service to the Wisconsin High School Theatre Festival in managing awards. Sue was a close friend of the late Lyn Luce, and served with Lyn on the executive committee of the Wisconsin Forensic Coaches’ Association.

Hall of Fame: Excellence in Forensic Education Patricia Luostari: For more than five decades, Pat directed theatre and speech at Northwestern High School in Maple. Budget cuts and limited resources never stymied her efforts, and her mantra, “If you learned something and had fun doing it, then you won” inspired generations of students. The auditorium at Northwestern has been named in her honor.

Acting Hall of Fame—Alumni Recognizing two or more years of earning Outstanding Acting Awards at the festival. Andy Damos, Eagle River, 1998 & 1999 Adam Helboch, Maple Northwestern, 1998 & 1999 Seth Lengkeek, Iola Scandinovia, 1995 & 1996 Leif Posey, Pulaski, 1996 & 1997

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1992

UW-La Crosse

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UW-Stevens Point

1994

UW-Whitewater

1995

UW-Stevens Point

1996

UW-Whitewater

Racine Theatre Guild Shorewood High School UW-Milwaukee (PTTP) UW-Stout Viterbo College Madison West High School Waukesha Civic Theatr Nicolet High School UW-Stevens Point Brookfield Central High School UW-Whitewater Wausau West High School UW-Stevens Point Dominican High School Kettle Moraine High School Milwaukee Plus XI High School Verona Area High School Appleton West High School

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UW-Stevens Point

1998

UW-Whitewater

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UW-La Crosse and Viterbo College UW-Whitewater

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UW-Stevens Point

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UW-Whitewater

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UW-La Crosse and Viterbo College UW-Whitewater

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UW-Oshkosh

Foxfire Moon Children The Cherry Orchard The Heidi Chronicles Crimes of the Heart Oklahoma! Quilters Steel Magnolias 1776 Nunsense Dancing at Lughnasa Into the Woods Tartuffe Wild Oats Noises Off The Colored Museum and Pullman Car Hiawatha 42nd Street The Crucible Cabaret Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat The Diviners Out of Order Godspell Working The Wizard of Oz The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail Cinderella Our Town Quilters Footloose A Chorus Line A Midsummer Night’s Dream Rags Bat Boy the Musical Pirates of Penzance Of Thee I Sing Scapino! 30

Hartford Union High School Luxemburg-Casco Senior HS Greendale High School Middleton High School Kenosha Bradford Senior HS Shorewood High School La Crosse Logan Senior HS Superior Senior High School Appleton North High School Northland Pines High School Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln HS Ellsworth High School Wauwatosa West High School Nicolet High School Appleton West High School Kenosha Bradford Senior HS Dominican High School Verona Area High School Middleton High School

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UW-Whitewater

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UW-Stevens Point

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UW-La Crosse and Viterbo College UW-Whitewater

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UW-Oshkosh

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UW-Whitewater

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UW-Stevens Point

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Waunakee High School

2014

Viterbo University

2015

UW-Whitewater

2016

UW-Stevens Point

The Three Sisters Urinetown: The Musical Marvin’s Room Anything Goes Charley’s Aunt Miss Saigon A Midsummer Night’s Dream Dark of the Moon Rabbit Hole Seussical The Torch Bearers The Phantom of the Opera The Birds Once on This Island Leaving Iowa Spamalot Journey to the West Hello! My Baby The Scarlet Heart The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Rwanda & Juliet La Cage Aux Folles

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Dominican High School Shorewood High School The Prairie School, Racine Verona Area High School Nicolet High School Appleton North High School Jefferson High School Beloit Memorial High School Kenosha Tremper High School Gibraltar High School Waterford Union High School Appleton North High School Shawano Community High School Dominican High School Badger High School Verona Area High School Appleton North High School Indian Trail HS & Academy Lincoln High School Middleton High School UW-Madison Arts Institute UW-Stevens Point

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