General information
A quick reference guide to Thespian Festival 2012 logistics—fees, phone numbers, how the schedule is organized, housing, meals, parking, nightly dance themes, what to pack, and some key document downloads. For more complete information, download the Thespian Festival Registration Handbook.
Registration fee
The Festival 2012 registration fee was $630 per delegate. That includes a double room in the residence halls beginning Monday evening through Saturday night, and three meals a day beginning with Monday dinner through Sunday breakfast, and a Festival T-shirt.
Other fees and costs
Auditions: $25 per student
Individual Events: $25 per event
Single room (adults only): $115 per adult
Roundtrip transportation to/from the Lincoln airport: $25 per person (University of Nebraska-Lincoln shuttle)
Emergency phone numbers
24-hour UNL phone line: (402) 472-1063
UNL campus police: (402) 472-2222
UNL Health Center (402) 472-5000
Bryn LGH West Hospital (402) 472-1011
Typical schedule
Monday
2:30-6:00 p.m.: Workshops
8:00-10:00 p.m.: Early shows, main stage reception, college auditions
Tuesday
9:00 a.m.-noon: Playworks auditions, college auditions
9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.: NIES presentations
2:00-6:00 p.m.: Workshops, college and scholarship auditions
3:30-6:00 p.m.: Opening show
7:30-10:30 p.m.: Opening show
10:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.: Dance, reception
Wednesday–Saturday
10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Main stage shows
2:00-6:00 p.m.: Workshops, one-acts, auditions
8:00-10:30 p.m.: Main stage shows
10:30 p.m.-12:00 a.m.: Dance, reception, improv
Housing
The basic registration fee includes double occupancy housing through Saturday night. The housing begins Monday night.
For security reasons, room changes in the dorms are not permitted under any circumstances.
Sheets, pillows, pillowcases, soap, washcloths, and towels are furnished in the dorms. UNL does not provide daily room service—including the changing of sheets. From Tuesday through Saturday, though, clean towels and washcloths are provided daily (leave used items on the floor by the door in the morning).
The dorms include laundry facilities. Ironing boards are available at 24-hour desks. Drinking glasses, clothes hangers, and irons are not provided.
The residence halls are air-conditioned, so delegates are encouraged to bring blankets in case they get cool. Delegates will be asked to inventory items in their rooms upon check-in and to report missing or damaged items (such as screens, wastepaper baskets, etc.) in writing to the dorm check-in desk with a copy to the Thespian registration desk in the Lied Center lobby.
Check-out in the dorms is 10:00 a.m. Sunday. To secure a late check-out time you must coordinate with your 24-hour desk clerk the day before departure. Each delegate will be issued a room key when checking in at the dorm’s 24-hour desk. If a key is lost, the delegate can secure a duplicate at the 24-hour desk. Delegates will be asked for identification before a duplicate key is issued. All keys must be returned to the 24-hour desk clerk at check-out.
Meals
Your registration includes three meals a day in the residence hall cafeterias; identical meals are served to students in all UNL cafeterias.
Your meals begin with Monday dinner and conclude with Sunday breakfast. You are on your own for Monday breakfast and lunch.
While a special food line will be reserved for adults only in Selleck Hall throughout Festival week, troupe directors are encouraged to eat with their students in their regularly
assigned cafeteria whenever possible. Students may not eat in Selleck Hall.
Graduate Credit
Teachers can secure graduate credit from the Festival 2012 for:
THEA 513-XXX Workshop in Theatre: Professional Development Theatre Educators' Boot Camp
THEA 513-XXX Workshop in Theatre: Professional Development Scenic Painting
THEA 513-XXX Workshop in Theatre: Professional Development Pairing Up
THEA 513-XXX Workship in Theatre: Teaching Theatre Summer 2012
Each course is $257 (1 semester hour for each) and will be paid directly to University of Northern Colorado at a later date.
For additional information on graduate credit from the Festival 2011, please contact Dr. Mary Schuttler.
Accessibility
If you or any of your students have a disability, please let us know so we can make special accommodations. You can do so on the appropriate data page of the online registration for yourself and your other delegates.
Parking
Parking passes for cars will be available to delegates in specially designated areas at each residence hall. The fee for a parking pass for the week is $16 per vehicle. Heavy vehicles (buses, trucks, etc.) will be required to park at the back of the Remote Parking lot just south of the Devaney Sports Center. The entrance is off Court Street.
Campus police will ticket and may tow (at the owner’s expense) vehicles violating UNL’s no parking zones. Note: Parking passes are required for all vehicles that park on the UNL campus. Passes may be purchased upon distribution of the residence hall room keys.
What to pack
During Festival week, you may encounter any type of weather, from hot and humid to cold and rainy. Students should only bring clothes that are acceptable within their school’s dress code.
Suggested items
- Toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower shoes
- Shorts
- Jeans/slacks
- Shirts/blouses
- Socks
- Underwear
- Walking shoes
- Blanket (one won’t be provided)
- Alarm clock
Optional
- Evening wear
- Costumes for dances (see below)
For workshops
- Clothes for movement
- Dance shoes
Do not bring
- In-line skates
- Skateboards
Dance themes
Dances will be held Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday night after the evening main stage shows. The International Thespian Officers have selected this year's themes: Neon Night, Paint the Town Red, Monster Mash, and Keep It Classy. Dressing according to the dance themes is optional.
