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Student Festival Schedule

FESTIVAL REGISTRATION NOW OPEN - CLICK HERE
2021 VIRTUAL BRITISH COLUMBIA PROVINCIAL THESPIAN FESTIVAL (BC PTF)
February 19th, 20th & 21st 2021 online at the BCT ZOOM Theatre
Friday February 19th 2021
3:15 - 4:30pm             Opening Ceremony & Celebrity Guest Q & A 
  • Welcome from our Current PTO 
  • Welcome from our International EdTA HQ - Hans & Maryann
  • Welcome from BC Chapter Director - Mr. Wrotniak & BC Thespian Board 
  • Welcome from our Sponsors
  • Q and A with Celebrity
4:30 - 5:30pm             Workshop 1
  • Hip Hop Dance Choreography with Mark Drum (EdTA) - Performance (LARGE GROUP HIGH ENERGY)
  • ​Build Sustainability into your Theatre Productions with Kyla Gardiner (SFU) - Tech / Design
  • ​Provincial Thespian Officer Applicant - Leadership Development Workshop - Leadership (special application required)
5:30 - 6pm                  Career Education Q & A's
  • How to get an Agent & be a working actor with Vittoria DeMichina (VA Management) - Performance
  • ​How to get into IATSE & be a working technician with Bob Croft (IATSE 118) - Tech / Design
  • How to be a professional playwright with Dave Deveau (Green Thumb Theatre) - Playwriting 
6:00 - 6:45pm             Dinner Break
6:45 - 9pm                  Live One Acts Plays Sponsored by Stagefab  (Centralized and Decentralized Performances)
  • Virtual Mainstage & Virtual Studio performance schedules TBA after registration
 
Saturday February 20th 2021
​8:45am - 9:30am - Large Group Gathering - Celebrity Guest Q & A
9:30am - 10:30am      Workshop 2 
  • Musical Theatre Dance with Erika Babins (Arts Umbrella) - Performance (LARGE GROUP HIGH ENERGY)
  • ​Safety, Safety, Safety with Don Parman (ActSafe) - Tech / Design​
  • BC Thespian Scholarship CLOSED ROOM Auditions (special application required)
  • ​Provincial Thespian Officer Applicant - Leadership Development Workshop - Leadership (special application required)
10:30 - 11:30am         Workshop 3 
  • ​Improvisational Theatre with Curtis Holt-Robinson (UBC Improv) - Performance
  • Acting for the Film & Television Industry with Daniel Bacon (Vancouver Acting School) - Performance
  • Adapting Theatre to Film with Paul Moniz de Sa (Arts Umbrella) - Performance
  • TBA (University of Alberta - Drama) - Performance
  • The Director's Checklist with Natalie Murao (The Cinematheque) - Directing
  • 7 Lessons for Dreamers & Makers with Peter May (SCAD) - General Arts
  • Creating a Life in the Theatre with Elia Kirby (Great Northern Way Scene Shop) - Tech / Design
  • BC Thespian Scholarship CLOSED ROOM Auditions (special application required)
  • Provincial Select Devised Student Performance Rehearsal with Susan Bertoia (Select Students) 
11:30 - 12:30              Lunch
​12:30 - 1:30pm           Workshop 4
  • Understanding the Industry & Finding an Agent Q & A with Lissa Lloyd & Tom Gusway (Lloyd Talent) - Acting Careers
  • ​Improvisational Theatre with Curtis Holt-Robinson (UBC Improv) - Performance
  • Film Acting Techniques with VFS Faculty - Performance
  • Devising Performance Mini Creation Session with Jessica Camichael (Concordia University) - Performance
  • Playwriting with John Lazarus (Queen's University) - Playwriting
  • Casting & Directing Talent with Steve Stanley (SCAD) - Directing
  • Tech Design Challenge Prep Time with Derek Lane (Mandatory for all students participating in the Tech Challenge)
  • ​BC Thespian Scholarship CLOSED ROOM Auditions (special application required)
  • Provincial Select Devised Student Performance Rehearsal with Susan Bertoia (Select Students) - MAYBE
1:45 - 2:45pm             PTO Student & Alumni Led Sessions
  • Improv Performance with PTO's  - Performance
  • Muted Mic Zoom Karaoke Party with PTO's - Performance
  • ​Tech Vent Session with PTO's Hannah & Deborah - Tech / Design
  • Provincial Select Devised Student Performance Rehearsal with Susan Bertoia (Select Students)
2:45- 4:45pm             Saturday Performance Session 1 
  • Thespys - Contrasting Monologues, Duo Zoom Scenes and Solo Musicals - Live Performance Adjudicated (Multiple Studios)
  • ​Tech Design Challenge Performance 
5 – 6pm                      Dinner Break
6 – 8pm                      Saturday Performance Session 2
  • Thespys - Contrasting Monologues, Duo Zoom Scenes and Solo Musicals - Live Performance Adjudicated (Multiple Studios)
  • ​Tech Design Challenge Performance sponsored by StageDOOR technical
8 – 9pm                      Closing ceremonies 
  • Live Devised Performance from the "Provincial Select" student performers
  • Scholarship Winners Announced
  • New PTO Announced
  • Chapter Select Ribbons Awarded
  • Thespys Ribbons Awarded (if they can be tabulated in time) 
  • ​Exceptional work from the Tech Design Challenge will be Showcased

Sunday February 21st 2021
10am -2pm                Post Secondary Sponsors Hall for Grade 11 & 12’s (& Prep for Online Post Secondary Auditions)
  • A Specific Schedule of what schools will be speaking at what times will be coming soon. There will also be a tutorial for students to learn how to use the BCT Online Auditions portal prior to it opening up after the festival!
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