Student Festival Schedule

2021 VIRTUAL BRITISH COLUMBIA PROVINCIAL THESPIAN FESTIVAL (BC PTF)
February 19th, 20th & 21st 2021 online at the BCT ZOOM Theatre
Friday February 19th 2021
3:30 - 4:30pm Opening Ceremony & Celebrity Guest Q & A with Jason Daunter

Welcome from our Current PTO
Welcome from our EdTA President - Gai Jones
Welcome from our International EdTA HQ - Hans
Welcome from BC Chapter Director - Mr. Wrotniak & BC Thespian Board
Q and A with Celebrity Guest Broadway Stage Manager: Jason Daunter

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 Geoff Dunbar (IATSE 118) - Tech / Design
How to be a professional playwright with Dave Deveau (Green Thumb Theatre) - Playwriting

6 - 7pm Dinner Break
7 - 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 with Jeff Daniels

Daily announcements & PTO updates
Q and A with Celebrity Guest: Jeff Daniels, interviewed by Jason Daunter

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
Casting & Directing Talent with Steve Stanley (SCAD) - Directing
Adapting Theatre to Film with Paul Moniz de Sa (Arts Umbrella) - Performance
Movement for the Actor Lin Snelling (University of Alberta - Drama) - Performance
The Director's Checklist with Natalie Murao (The Cinematheque) - Directing
Clowning & Physical Comedy with Dayna Lea Hoffmann - Performance
Scene Study - Playing the Subtext & Acting as Reacting with Shelley Liebembuk - Performance
Musical Theatre Audition Techniques with Michael Mendez (NYCDA) - Performance
Acting the Song with David Snider (Rosebud School of the Arts) - Performance
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 Self Tape Techniques with VFS Faculty - Performance
Devising Performance Mini Creation Session with Jessica Camichael (Concordia University) - Performance
Playwriting with John Lazarus (Queen's University) - Playwriting
7 Lessons for Dreamers & Makers with Peter May (SCAD) - General Arts
TV & Film Audition Technique with Amy Marcs (NYCDA) - Perfomance
Acting for the Camera with Chilton Crane (Van Arts) - Performance
Clowning & Physical Comedy with Dayna Lea Hoffmann - Performance
Acting for the Film & Television Industry with Daniel Bacon (Vancouver Acting School) - Performance
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)

1:45 - 2:45pm PTO Student & Alumni Led Sessions

Improv Performance 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

8:30 – 9:30pm 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!