2021 VIRTUAL BRITISH COLUMBIA PROVINCIAL THESPIAN FESTIVAL (BC PTF)
February 19th, 20th & 21st 2021 online at the BCT ZOOM Theatre
Friday February 19th 2021
3:30 - 4:30pm             Opening Ceremony & Celebrity Guest Q & A with Jason Daunter

• Welcome from our Current PTO 
• Welcome from our EdTA President - Gai Jones
• Welcome from our International EdTA HQ - Hans
• Welcome from BC Chapter Director - Mr. Wrotniak & BC Thespian Board 
• Q and A with Celebrity Guest Broadway Stage Manager: Jason Daunter

4:30 - 5:30pm             Workshop 1

• Hip Hop Dance Choreography with Mark Drum (EdTA) - Performance (LARGE GROUP HIGH ENERGY)
• ​Build Sustainability into your Theatre Productions with Kyla Gardiner (SFU) - Tech / Design
• ​Provincial Thespian Officer Applicant - Leadership Development Workshop - Leadership (special application required)

5:30 - 6pm                  Career Education Q & A's

• How to get an Agent & be a working actor with Vittoria DeMichina (VA Management) - Performance
• ​How to get into IATSE & be a working technician with Geoff Dunbar (IATSE 118) - Tech / Design
• How to be a professional playwright with Dave Deveau (Green Thumb Theatre) - Playwriting 

6 - 7pm             Dinner Break
7 - 9pm              Live One Acts Plays Sponsored by Stagefab  (Centralized and Decentralized Performances)

• Virtual Mainstage & Virtual Studio performance schedules TBA after registration

 
Saturday February 20th 2021
​8:45am - 9:30am - Large Group Gathering - Celebrity Guest Q & A with Jeff Daniels 

• Daily announcements & PTO updates
• Q and A with Celebrity Guest: Jeff Daniels, interviewed by Jason Daunter

9:30am - 10:30am      Workshop 2 

• Musical Theatre Dance with Erika Babins (Arts Umbrella) - Performance (LARGE GROUP HIGH ENERGY)
• ​Safety, Safety, Safety with Don Parman (ActSafe) - Tech / Design​
• BC Thespian Scholarship CLOSED ROOM Auditions (special application required)
• ​Provincial Thespian Officer Applicant - Leadership Development Workshop - Leadership (special application required)

10:30 - 11:30am         Workshop 3 

• ​Improvisational Theatre with Curtis Holt-Robinson (UBC Improv) - Performance
• Acting for the Film & Television Industry with Daniel Bacon (Vancouver Acting School) - Performance
• ​Casting & Directing Talent with Steve Stanley (SCAD) - Directing
• Adapting Theatre to Film with Paul Moniz de Sa (Arts Umbrella) - Performance
• Movement for the Actor Lin Snelling (University of Alberta - Drama) - Performance
• The Director's Checklist with Natalie Murao (The Cinematheque) - Directing
• Clowning & Physical Comedy with Dayna Lea Hoffmann - Performance
• Scene Study - Playing the Subtext & Acting as Reacting with Shelley Liebembuk - Performance​
• Musical Theatre Audition Techniques with Michael Mendez (NYCDA) - Performance
• Acting the Song with David Snider (Rosebud School of the Arts) - Performance
• Creating a Life in the Theatre with Elia Kirby (Great Northern Way Scene Shop) - Tech / Design
• BC Thespian Scholarship CLOSED ROOM Auditions (special application required)
• Provincial Select Devised Student Performance Rehearsal with Susan Bertoia (Select Students) 

11:30 - 12:30              Lunch
​12:30 - 1:30pm           Workshop 4

• Understanding the Industry & Finding an Agent Q & A with Lissa Lloyd & Tom Gusway (Lloyd Talent) - Acting Careers
• ​Improvisational Theatre with Curtis Holt-Robinson (UBC Improv) - Performance
• Film Acting Self Tape Techniques with VFS Faculty - Performance
• Devising Performance Mini Creation Session with Jessica Camichael (Concordia University) - Performance
• Playwriting with John Lazarus (Queen's University) - Playwriting
• 7 Lessons for Dreamers & Makers with Peter May (SCAD) - General Arts​
• TV & Film Audition Technique with Amy Marcs (NYCDA) - Perfomance
• Acting for the Camera with Chilton Crane (Van Arts) - Performance
• Clowning & Physical Comedy with Dayna Lea Hoffmann - Performance
• Acting for the Film & Television Industry with Daniel Bacon (Vancouver Acting School) - Performance
• Tech Design Challenge Prep Time with Derek Lane (Mandatory for all students participating in the Tech Challenge)

• ​BC Thespian Scholarship CLOSED ROOM Auditions (special application required)
• Provincial Select Devised Student Performance Rehearsal with Susan Bertoia (Select Students)

1:45 - 2:45pm             PTO Student & Alumni Led Sessions

• Improv Performance with PTO's  - Performance
• ​Tech Vent Session with PTO's Hannah & Deborah - Tech / Design
• Provincial Select Devised Student Performance Rehearsal with Susan Bertoia (Select Students)

2:45- 4:45pm             Saturday Performance Session 1 

• Thespys - Contrasting Monologues, Duo Zoom Scenes and Solo Musicals - Live Performance Adjudicated (Multiple Studios)
• ​Tech Design Challenge Performance 

5 – 6pm                      Dinner Break
6 – 8pm                      Saturday Performance Session 2

• Thespys - Contrasting Monologues, Duo Zoom Scenes and Solo Musicals - Live Performance Adjudicated (Multiple Studios)
• ​Tech Design Challenge Performance sponsored by StageDOOR technical

8:30 – 9:30pm                      Closing ceremonies 

• Live Devised Performance from the "Provincial Select" student performers
• Scholarship Winners Announced
• New PTO Announced
• Chapter Select Ribbons Awarded
• Thespys Ribbons Awarded (if they can be tabulated in time) 
• ​Exceptional work from the Tech Design Challenge will be Showcased

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Sunday February 21st 2021
10am -2pm                Post Secondary Sponsors Hall for Grade 11 & 12’s (& Prep for Online Post Secondary Auditions)

• A Specific Schedule of what schools will be speaking at what times will be coming soon. There will also be a tutorial for students to learn how to use the BCT Online Auditions portal prior to it opening up after the festival!

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