DIRECTING INITIATIVES

DIRECTING INITIATIVES | NEW PLAY PROGRAM (NPP) | SDC FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

Greetings Directors!

The KCACTF Region IV Directing Initiatives is a program designed to recognize and celebrate the work of student directors in the Southeast. Region IV has two exciting programs for directors at the regional festival:

The Ten Minute Play Festival Directing (NPP) is a regional award program designed to support the work of student playwrights and directors. Directors of all experience levels are encouraged to apply, as long as they have completed at least one 3-hour course in directing. Up to six student directors are chosen for this project on the basis of experience and faculty recommendations. These student directors will hold auditions at the festival and work with the student playwright and actors to produce a concert reading, informed in presentation format by Actors' Equity Association guidelines, of the new script. Not only is this a wonderful opportunity to work with student actors and playwrights from other schools, but it can also be a great springboard to the SDC Fellowship Program. Please visit the appropriate link at the top of this page for additional information on the NPP Directing program.

The SDC Student Director Fellowship Program is a national award program for the more experienced director, sponsored by the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (SDC). Students are chosen to present one prepared scene at the regional festival from a list of five scenes chosen for this national fellowship program. One student director from each region is selected through participation in this program and is awarded a fellowship to participate in the KCACTF National Festival in April of each year. Please visit the appropriate link at the top of this page for additional information on the SDC Student Director Fellowship Program.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions!

Sincerely,
Dewey Scott-Wiley
Coordinator of Directing Initiatives, KCACTF Region IV
deweyw@usca.edu