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The
Massachusetts One Act Play Festival is an event that the Sharon High
Theatre Company has always been a participant. We participated in the finals round this past year with our production of Volpone. Over the past 10 years we have presented the following plays:
2002 - Volpone - Ben Jonson - State Finalist
2001 - Two Precious Maidens Ridiculed - Moliere - Semi Finalist
2000 - The Dancers - Horton Foote - Semi Finalist
1999 - The Uncast - original - Semi Finalist
1998 - Zabelle - original - Semi Finalist
1997 - Covenant - original - Semi Finalist
1996 - Scheme of the Driftless Shifter - Carolyn Lane - State Finalist
1995 - Roomers - Semi Finalist
1994 - Love, Lori - original - State Finalist
1993 - Of Widows and Vegetables - Michael Scanlon
1992 - The Scheme of the Driftless Shifter - Carolyn Lane- Semi Finalist
1991 - The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
Auditions are
usually held in December for the one act play for competition as well
as the children's play. You can be cast in only one of those shows.
If you are interested in participating either on stage or off stage
for the one act play you must be available during February vacation.
You can not audition for the competition play if you go are going
away during February vacation. We rehearse at the end of the
vacation: Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. It is a big
commitment and one you should discuss with your family. You must also
be available the full weekends of the preliminary, semi-final and
final dates. There are no exceptions!
It is an
exciting aspect of the theatre company. The preliminaries are held
the Saturday after February vacation. We usually travel to another
school (Brockton, Weymouth, Case or Durfee High School) and
participate in a full day of meeting students from 7 schools and
watching their play as well as presenting our own.
After
watching the plays, we then wait and wait! During this time, the host
school usually has a dance or pizza party. There are two judges who
determine who the three schools are that will continue on to
semi-finals. During the awards ceremony, the judges hand out awards
for acting, set, lighting, costume design and play writing. We have
been very fortunate to have received many of these awards.
So if you are
free February vacation and are committed to this intense theatre
experience, plan to audition. If you are not cast in this show, you
can participate in the technical end of the production. Don't throw
away the experience just because you didn't get a part. We need
people to design sets and costumes, run the lights and sound, and
move the set on and off. Plus, we need your enthusiasm!
