24-Hour Theatre
Photos and Writing by Jared Braswell
STAGE: Student Theatre had it's first 24-Hour Theatre festival in over four years. The festival was organized and ran by Jake Sullivan a Sophmore. This is Jake's last year at WSU, after the announcement that WSUPA was being cut the programs employees helped Jake find a college in Wyoming with a stage managing program he could afford.
The festival had six playwrights and directors sign up. They were paired up and the playwrights were given their challenges to write around, one of the challeneges included having a character yodel the entirtey of "The Real Slim Shady" by Eminem. Then Auditions were held and plays cast. The playwrights and Directors began writing and had until 7am to be done. Then the actors came in and rehearsals began. Each play was given only 45 in the theatre and 20 minutes to tech their play. Doors opened that night at 7:00 and the plays were performed at 7:30pm.
Bryce Park a STAGE: Student Theatre Alumni was the wanderer for the festival. That means he showed up at 7:00pm on saturday, 30 minutes before the performance. He had a part in every play. He had 5 minuted with head director to learn his blocking and given a script. He would then go out on stage in every play with a script in hand reading the lines for the first and performing the play for it's only time. One play took advantage of this and wrote a whole plot around the character of the Wanderer.
What is shown below is mostly scripts because they are the root of the all the theatre done. Without a script we're all just wandering about.
The beginning of the festival just after 6PM on Friday night.
Production Manager and the coodinator of the even Jake Sullivan stands explaining as Playwright Devn Gray Listens.
Playwright Laura-Ann Dittell draws for her plays order in the performance.
Auditions were held on Friday night from 7-9pm, they filled out this form. Then plays were cast and playrights began writing.
The play written by Laura-Ann, with writing that is probably an inside joke within the cast as they rehearse from 7am until 7:00pm on saturday.
TA script written on and written on, a look at Devin's play.
A play on a desk.
A script with a man staring intently at his lines.
A look into Laura-anns play, she was given the challenge o have a character talk only in rhymes.
A look at the program for the performance printed just hours before doors open at 7pm.