2006 Army Europe Festival of One Act Plays

Overseas US Forces theater departments (Europe and Korea) bring their best productions to this annual regional festival of short dramas, comedies, and musicals.  This festival also biannually determines the Region 10 entry into the American Association of Community Theater (AACT) National Festival.  After each performance, the show is judged and openly critiqued by an international panel of professional theatre adjuticators. The weekend also includes workshops in acting, music, and directing; a monologue competition; and a guest performance.
Admission to all activities is free to the public.

NOTE FOR LOCAL PARTICIPANTS NOT CONNECTED TO THE MILITARY: In view of increased security measures that will likely still be in place during the Festival, it will be the responsibility of each participating community to sign each of their non-ID card participants on and off Heidelberg installations during the weekend events (this includes US Passport holders). Members of the local Heidelberg public who would like to attend should contact us at least five days before your arrival so we can add your name to our guestlist at the gate.

Here is the schedule thus far. More entries and changes will be announced as they are received.

Schedule

Thu, 5 Oct, starting at 7:30 pm:

Heidelberg Roadside Theater, “Children of Eden” by Stephen Schwartz/ John Caird
Giessen Keller Theatre, "A Danish Soap" by Peter Filichia

Fri, 6 Oct, starting at 6:00 pm:

All evening: Sign up on site for Saturday Monologue workshops (see note below)

Hanau 5 Pfennig Playhouse, “Hyronomous A. Frog: The Frog Prince” by Edith Weiss
Kaiserslautern KMC Onstage, “A Bench at the Edge” by Luigi Jannuzzi
Stuttgart Theatre Center, “Rounding Third” by Richard Dresser
Hohenfels Box Seat Theatre, “Chicks” by Grace McKeaney

Sat, 7 Oct:

starting at 9:30 am:

Schweinfurt Abrams Players, “All Gave Some” by Wendy Latella (adult language)
Vilseck Bavarian Arts Guild, "Cindy and Julie " by Bruce Kane
Garmisch Players, “Dinner For One”
Ramstein Razz-Ma-Tazz Family Theatre, “The Musicians of Bremen” by Stan Gill

starting at 2:15 pm:

Aviano ACT, “Farewell to Galatea” by Ford Ainsworth
Bamberg Stable Theatre, “The Flattering Word” by George Kelly
Vicenza Soldiers Theatre, “The Arkansaw Bear” by Aurand Harris
Ankara Stage on the Run, “Sorry Wrong Number” by Lucille Fletcher

starting at 7:15 pm

Korea “Laundry and Bourbon”
SHAPE Entertainment Center, “WINGS”
Ansbach Terrace Playhouse, “Bugged Out” by David Ives and Jacquelyn Reingold (Mature theme)

Sun, 8 Oct: Workshops

10:30 – 12:15: “Sing Out, Louise” – Vocal coaching with Dr. Henry Price, leading tenor of New York City Opera, and Artistic Director of Pepperdine University Opera Theatre.

1:00 – 1:30 pm: Monologue Adjudication

Monologue Workshops: Seattle actress Gin Hammond (remembered from "The Syringa Tree") will lead the Workshops. On site (only) sign-ups will begin Friday at 17:00 on a first-come, first-served basis, using the posted sign-up sheets in the Roadside Theater. There is no pre-registration. The workshop times are between 10:00 and 17:30 on Saturday. Seven monologues are then selected to be performed Sunday, starting at 13:00. Monologues will be adjudicated but not verbally critiqued. Participants must be High School age and above. Monologues should be from 2-3 minutes long, and will not be allowed to exceed that limit. Further details will be provided at the Workshops.

1:45 – 3:00 pm: “Sunday in the Park with Morrie” - Theatre games and techniques for youth theatre, led by Morrie Enders, Artistic Director, Kalamazoo Civic Theatre.

3:00-4:15 pm: "Five - Count 'Em - Five" - Second City's Nancy Beckett presents her 5-point sketch structure to assess if a scene works, and assist in cutting contest scripts.

4:00 – 5:00 pm: “What’s This Button For?:” Put free net technologies and on-line tools to use in your theatres under the tutelage of Vic Phillipson.

6:00 pm: Showcase Performance: Eric Rockwell and Joanne Bogart’s ”The Musical of Musicals – The Musical” presented by the The Jester Theatre Company, Orlando, Florida

7:20 pm: Festival Awards Ceremony

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