2025 AREA: Conference 4A, Region 1, Area 2 OAP

Contest Date: April 10, 2025

Rehearsal Date: April 9, 2025

Site:   Tarleton State University

            Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center

Auditorium Stage-

404 West Tarleton

Stephenville, Texas 76401

Contest Manager: Prudence Jones

Email: pljones@tarleton.edu office#:254-968-9669 cell#:570-561-9194

Host: Dan Stone

Stage Manager: Molli Pustejovsky

Adjudicators: (Send scripts as early as possible.)

Jack Cody

Christy Collard

Nancy Jo Humfeld

Please send a copy of your script to each judge noting all deletions and adaptations the day following your Bi-District contest. DO NOT SEND “SIGNATURE REQUIRED.” This will slow down the delivery process.

Performance order: (shows will perform back-to-back with critiques after the last show, before awards.) Order of Performance was determined by a blind draw with “1” being the title that comes first alphabetically (disregarding articles) and “2” – second and “3” – third.

Performance Schedule:

            1st Show:  Eagle Mountain-10:00am

        2nd Show: Estacado-11:00am

         3rd Show: Decatur- 12:00pm

         4th Show: IM Terrell- 1:00 pm

         5th Show: Brownwood- 2:00pm

         6th Show: Glen Rose- 3:00pm

Director’s Meeting and Performance:

9:00am Director’s meeting in Green Room

9:50am Set-up for Play #1

10:00am- Curtain on Play #1 (plays will be performed back-to-back)

Rehearsals: April 9, 2025 – Rehearsal schedule will be set up according to distance traveled to Tarleton.

11:00am Glen Rose

12:15pm Brownwood

  1:30pm IM Terrell

  2:45pm Eagle Mountain

  4:00pm Decatur

  5:15pm Estacado

Arrive at least 20 minutes ahead of your assigned rehearsal time.Schools will have one hour to move on stage, set up, record light and set sound cues, spike, run opening/closing. At the end of the hour, schools will strike to the shop.

Full disclosure of the entire set is required

Please call or text Prudence when you have arrived. Pull your bus or truck into the loading dock area which is located off Lillian Street.  There will be a student there to assist you into the loading dock.  Before you start, the CM/SM will go over specifics with you and your students about the space. Tarleton technicians will escort your crew to the booth for lighting and sound. We will also discuss the process for your performance, and during your rehearsal, you must show us the opening and closing of your show. After your rehearsal, you will store your items in your box on the stage.