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EMACT Annual Drama Festival 2008
The 2008 festival will be held June 13 - 15, 2008
Help Promote the Festival
EMACT needs help from area groups to publicize the EMACT Annual Community Theater Drama Festival. In exchange, we’re offering your group some outstanding opportunities to promote your shows and organization!
Got a Show Going Up Before June 12?
Put Festival inserts* in the program for your show and you’ll get a FREE AD** on the EMACT Website until Festival AND we’ll take 50% OFF a half-page ad in the EMACT Festival program book!
Include a half-page Festival ad* insert in the program for your show and you’ll get a FREE AD** on the EMACT Website until Festival AND we’ll take 50% OFF a half-page ad in the EMACT Festival program book!
No show but you’d like to participate?
Email or snail mail Festival information out to your mailing list and we’ll take 50% OFF a half-page ad in the EMACT Festival program book!
*Printed 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 program inserts and ½ page JPG ad for your program supplied free by EMACT.
**Web site ads include up to three changing images that sequence themselves… place your own text, season, picture or whatever you want, along with a link to your website (see sample at www.emact.org, left side of Home page).
To participate, please email Promotion Manager, Jen Howard at jhoward@burlingtonplayers.com ASAP.
This is an opportunity you won’t want to miss!
Workshop: Stage Management 101
Date: May 3, 9:00 A.M.
TCAN (The Center for Arts in Natick) and EMACT (Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theaters) are pleased to provide the performance community with a rare, low-cost opportunity to learn Stage Management. This one-day workshop led by Lisa Goldthwaite, Associate Theater Director at Newton North High School, and Myra Hope Bobbitt, Masters graduate of Yale University School of Drama, will cover how to "manage" a show, from pre-production through rehearsals, performances, strike, to post-production.
Workshop: How to Win a Festival:
Date: June 14, 10:00 A.M.
This workshop is designed to assist festival participants to understand what adjudicators are looking for and why. It is focused on the 10 rules of adjudication and how they are applied in assessing the quality of a production.
Other Important Dates
Open House: May 10th, 10:00 A.M.
Lighting Workshop: Sunday, June 8th from 6 - 9 PM.
Click here to get more information about the 2008 Festival, including:
- Important Dates
- Workshop Dates and Descriptions
- Technical Package Downloads
- Festival Location Information
- Adjudicator Biographies
Annual Membership Drive ~ Why Go It Alone? ~ Join Us!
Good reasons for membership:
- ETC ~ Educational Theatre Consulting
- DASH ~ Achievement Recognition Awards
- September's Annual Achievement Awards Gala
- Website posting of Auditions, Productions, Events and Emergencies
- Membership and Resource Directories
- Electronic fee payment for Membership, Programs and Services and Ticket Purchases for the Annual Drama Festival
- Overall, as a member you receive the benefit of being part of a larger focused theatre organization, increasing both your personal and or your company's public exposure and networking possibilities
Individual Membership: $20/year
Group/Company Membership: Basic: $50/year
There are two easy ways to become a member.
1. Print and mail the membership form:
Click here to download and print the Membership Form. The Membership Form is a PDF file. Adobe Acrobat can be downloaded FREE and used to open it.
OR
2. Pay for Membership online with PayPal!
Click here to go to the online form that will allow you to register as an EMACT member and pay for your membership via PayPal.
Featured Member Group
Belmont Dramatic Club Inc.
Belmont, MA
Founded in 1903, the Belmont Dramatic Club is the second oldest continuously operating community theatre group in the United States. We are a volunteer-run community theatre based in Belmont, Massachusetts, and we celebrated our 100th anniversary during our 2003-2004 Season.
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