District VI Drama
2025 — Idaho Falls, ID/US
Scenic Design
Event Description:
General Rules - Technical Theatre
1. All technical entries must fit into an 8’x8’x10’ area and must be
able to fit through a standard double door.
2. A maximum of two (2) student-contestants may design,
construct, assemble and present a single technical entry. Only
the two student-contestants are allowed to assemble the
technical element(s) and display at competitions. One (1)
additional high school student model may be used to model a
costume design, makeup design, or property. The model may
not speak in the presentation, and must be asked to move (in
order to model the design) by the student-contestants.
3. Contestants must be available for interviews during the judging
period and must be prepared to answer questions from the
judges.
4. If a contestant’s presentation exceeds 8 minutes they will be
dropped in rank. Total time for each entry (including judges’
questions) must not exceed 15 minutes. The timing for
technical presentations will begin when the contestant starts
their presentation, not upon entering the space or setting up
their materials. Technical theatre contestants will be given a
time signal indicating 1 minute remaining.
5. Contestants must provide a summary (at least one paragraph in
length) of the script and the student’s intentions in preparing
the entry. The summary may be displayed or handed to the
judge. The summary must include: a) the production concept;
b) type of stage; c) title of the script for which the entry was
produced. The production concept is defined as the central
creative idea that unifies all design aspects of the production.
6. The contestant’s entry code must be displayed.
7. Props as Weapons
a. The use of real weapons is prohibited.
b. Anything representing firearms must be made of
unpainted, undecorated wood or cardboard.
c. Anything representing knives or bladed weapons must be
made of unpainted, undecorated wood, foam or cardboard
and must not have moving parts, sharp points or sharp
edges.
d. Anything that represents any other weapon, must be made
of wood, foam or cardboard and must not have moving
parts, sharp points or sharp edges.
e. Anything that represents a weapon or could be used as
such must be checked in at the tab desk immediately upon
arrival to the tournament by the head coach.
8. Discharge of any type of dispersing machine or pyrotechnic
device (i.e., fog machine, flash pot) is prohibited. Violation of
this rule will result in immediate disqualification. Airbrush
equipment and aerosols may be used during the makeup
process under the supervision of the assigned proctor.
9. Recording of a competitor’s performance in any format,
photographs or video, during the rounds is strictly prohibited.
10. Script shall refer to plays, librettos, ballets, film and television
scripts, song lyrics and cuttings from literature.
Scene Design: Hand or computer-generated renderings
and/or models for one script with a floor plan, or light plots,
or examples of special staging effects.