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Eligibility

To be eligible, students must:

• Have designed a fully realized and produced design for a production at their home institution in the previous calendar year. 
• Attend an institution that has entered either an associate or participating production during the year in which the nomination occurs; 
• Be a bona fide student at the time of the Regional Festival; and
• Attend the Regional Festival to display their design project and participate in response sessions. 

Event

Students will present a design project, comprised of materials which clearly tell the story of the process, evolution, and art of the design. A team of theatre design and technology respondents will serve as selection panelists and respond to the projects. 

Supporting materials that have proven most useful include combinations of the following: production photographs, a design statement in outline form, research images, preliminary sketches, white models, color models, color sketches, drafting including sections, recording of sound cues and manipulations that lead to those compositions, design bibles, story boards, costume plates, fabric and trim swatches, costume plot, cue synopsis, tracking sheets, and the like. This is in no way meant to be a definitive list. Choose elements that best articulate and document the conceptual approach, process, and the production. 

How to Participate

At the time of show response registration, entering schools when possible will provide the student nominees name, entry category, cell phone, and email contact. Students are responsible for their own festival registrations, DTM registration, and other forms.

Check your Region's website for application details as well as for specifics on logistics, technical provisions, and organization.

Design at the National Festival

One student in each design discipline (Costume, Lighting, Scenic, and Sound) will be chosen from each region to attend the National Festival. 

At the National Festival, students will spend a week taking master classes from professional designers, presenting their design projects, and networking with student and professional designers from across the country. Students will be eligible for various professional learning opportunities, fellowships, and awards based on their projects and work during the festival.