Today’s Highlights

Bard At The Gate: A Startup Play Reading Series

9:30am in Russel 2048

Bard at the Gate offers a simple glance at plays that are ground-breaking: plays that were too ambitious, too quirky, and too smart to be contained.
Strong scripts. Raw talent. New audiences. New Bards.

Featuring Shapeshifter by Laura Schellhardt

Invited Production: The Moors

12:00pm on the PAC Stage

Presented by: Appalachian State University

Content warning: References to sexual assault (not seen onstage), manipulative relationships, violence

Two sisters and a dog live out their lives on the bleak English moors, dreaming of love and power. The arrival of a hapless governess and a moor-hen set all three on a strange and dangerous path. The Moors is a dark comedy about love, desperation, and visibility.

Invited Production: The Bus Stop

8:00pm on the PAC Stage

Presented by: North Carolina Central University

Come join the NCCU Department of Theatre and Dance for a play about the effects that the prison system has not just on the black male but on the black woman who is often left behind.

Open Mic Night

10:00pm in the CAT Black Box

After the show, bring your best performance over to the black box for an Open Mic night!

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Acting / Irene Ryan Arts Leadership Design, Tech, Management Devised Theatre Directing and Choreography Dramaturgy DTM / Stage Management General Invited Production Journalism Musical Theatre Playwriting Student Advisory Board

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Load-in The Moors

7:00 am - 12:00 pm (300 min)
Invited Production

Festival Registration Open

8:00 am - 5:00 pm (540 min)
General

Stage Management – Production Bible Perusal

8:00 am - 9:00 am (60 min)
DTM / Stage Management

DTM Expo – Walkthrough for Respondents

8:00 am - 9:00 am (60 min)
Design, Tech, Management

Dramaturgy Open Work Room

8:00 am - 9:00 am (60 min)
Dramaturgy

DTM Expo – Respondent Panel

9:00 am - 9:30 am (30 min)
Design, Tech, Management

Dramaturgy: Portfolio Sharing

9:00 am - 11:00 am (120 min)
Dramaturgy

Ten Minute Play Auditions

9:00 am - 11:00 am (120 min)
Playwriting

Bard At The Gate: A Startup Play Reading Series

9:30 am - 11:30 am (120 min)
General
Gregg Henry

DTM – Scenic Design Response Session

9:30 am - 11:30 am (120 min)
Design, Tech, Management

Black Affinity Space

10:00 am - 11:00 am (60 min)
General
Katherine LeRoy-Lawson

Stitching: Make Your Own Doll

10:00 am - 11:00 am (60 min)
Devised Theatre
Tanah Hilsop

Stage Management Interviews

10:00 am - 12:00 pm (120 min)
DTM / Stage Management

Ryans Preliminary Response Session

11:00 am - 12:00 pm (60 min)
Acting / Irene Ryan

Ten Minute Play Director and Stage Manager Meeting

11:00 am - 12:00 pm (60 min)
Playwriting

ITJA Morning Session / Preshow

11:00 am - 12:00 pm (60 min)
Journalism

Invited Production: The Moors

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm (120 min)
Invited Production

Stage Management Interviews

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm (180 min)
DTM / Stage Management

Elevating the Cut

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm (120 min)
Musical Theatre
Dylan Bowden

DTM – Sound Design Response Session

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm (90 min)
Design, Tech, Management

TERTULIA: A Playwriting Collective

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm (90 min)
General
Sherry "SM" Shephard-Massat

Load Out The Moors

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm (120 min)
Invited Production

Inacessible: Writing Plays With Characters Who Are Differently Abled

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (60 min)
Playwriting
Jef Peterson

The (not-so-silent) Art of Mime with Bill Bowers 

2:30 pm - 4:30 pm (120 min)
Acting / Irene Ryan
Bill Bowers

RED Fireside Chat: Proud of All My Identities

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm (90 min)
General
Gregory Horton & Sarah Klocke

DTM – Costume Design Response Session

3:00 pm - 5:30 pm (150 min)
Design, Tech, Management

Ten Minute Play Meeting – Groups A, B, C

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm (60 min)
Playwriting

Dramaturgy: Historical / Published Play Research

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm (120 min)
Dramaturgy

Load In The Bus Stop

3:30 pm - 8:00 pm (270 min)
Invited Production

Production Response: The Moors

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (60 min)
Invited Production

Irene Ryan Semi-Finalists Orientation

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm (90 min)
Acting / Irene Ryan

Ten Minute Play Meeting – Group D, E, F

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (60 min)
Playwriting

Stage Management Roundtable

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (60 min)
DTM / Stage Management

SDC Check-in

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm (60 min)
Directing and Choreography

DTM – Projection Design Response Session

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm (30 min)
Design, Tech, Management

ITJA Preshow Session

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm (60 min)
Journalism

Invited Production: The Bus Stop

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm (120 min)
Invited Production

Load Out The Bus Stop

10:00 pm - 11:55 pm (115 min)
Invited Production

Open Mic Night

10:00 pm - 11:55 pm (115 min)
General