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    • Land Acknowledgement
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    • Core Values
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    • National Directors
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    • French Language Steering Committee
    • Distinguished Thespians
    • Press Releases & Published Articles
    • EdTA International Annual Report
    • Marketing Opportunities
    • Contact Us
  • Membership
    • What is EdTA?
    • Member Discounts
    • Join with EdTA Canada Personal Membership
    • Join with School Thespian Troupe Membership >
      • Notable Inducted Thespians
    • Why Charter an ITS Troupe? >
      • Theatrefolk Troupe Start-up Grant
      • AMDA Troupe Start-up Grant
      • OSL Troupe Start-up Grant
      • UBCP/ACTRA Troupe Start-up Grant
      • Open Jar Institute Troupe Start-up Grant
      • NIC Troupe Start-up Grant
      • Rick Mercer Troupe Start-up Grant
    • Members Portal Login
    • For Current Troupe Directors
    • For Inducted Student Thespians
  • Login
  • Events
    • CNTF >
      • Thespy Performances
      • Adjudicators
      • Professional Festival Production
      • Registration Site
      • Event Access Portal
      • Scholarship Auditions
    • National Teachers' Conference
    • National Unified Post-Secondary Auditions
    • Regional Thespy Fests Across Canada >
      • Thespy Resources
    • Thespian Playworks
    • International Thespian Festival
    • ITS Student Leadership Program
    • Awards, Grants, and Scholarships
  • Publications
    • Dramatics Canada E-Newsletter
    • Remembrance Day Student Monologues
    • Canadian Play List
    • Theatre Educator Pro Learning
    • Teaching Theatre
    • Dramatics
    • EdTA International Play Survey
    • Marketing Opportunities
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    • National K-12 Theatre Arts Standards Development Project
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Student Festival Schedule

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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