Fast*Fest 20 Minute Plays will be August 19 & 20
Fast*Fest 2022
(Minnesota Association of Community Theatre’s) MACT’s biennial festival of 20-minute plays, Fast*Fest, will be held August 19 (welcome social) and August 20 (workshops, performances and social) in Faribault. Workshops and performances will be at the Paradise Center for the Arts.
Tentative Fast*Fest Schedule:
Friday, August 19
Welcome Social at a location TBA
Saturday, August 20
Workshops at Paradise Center for the Arts
Workshop session 1 9:30 - 10:30
Workshop session 2 1 0:45 - 11:45
Lunch on your own
Afternoon Session of Short Plays
Welcome and Introductions
presentation of 20-minute plays and colloquies
Meal Break on your own
Evening Session of Short Plays
Welcome and Introductions
Presentation of 20-minute plays and colloquies
After last show: Social networking at location TBA
The deadline for registering your theatre to present a show is June 20th.
Visit their website for more information and to sign up.
Workshops:
Workshops will be live. There will be two workshop sessions, with two concurrent workshops per session.
Theatre performances:
Will be live Saturday afternoon and Evening
Social gathering at end of festival:
At end of the day, after all theatre performances are completed, MACT will host a live after-glow social at a location TBA.
Guidelines for theaters for Fast*Fest:
Who can perform:
The festival is open to Minnesota community theatres, college/university programs, high school theatre programs and ad hoc groups (pretty much anyone EXCEPT groups using any professional actors). Registration for performing companies is free to MACT members. Non-MACT-members will pay a $25 registration fee which includes a MACT membership through December. Registration deadline for performing companies is June 20th by midnight (received, not postmarked). Performance order will be by random drawig from entries received by the deadline, filling the last performance slot first and working backwards. MACT may cancel the festival if at least six productions are not registered. Additional productions may be accepted after the registration if space is available and all other guidelines are met.
Basic guidelines for participating productions:
Please consider the following guidelines and options to participate:
Actors and technicians may not be professionals (not members of Actors Equity or equivelant)
Each production will be briefly introduced by a moderator announcing the show title and possibly author, director, cast, & time/place/setting.
Following each production, a moderated live discussion will take place.
Performance cannot exceed 20 minutes
You will have 5 minutes to setup before your performance and 5 minutes to strike after your performance
Works presented may be original scripts or otherwise licensed materials including author or licensing house approved cuttings. You must have the rights to perform the show as presented.
