This Award is open to students who have completed major design or technology projects in areas including (but not limited to) makeup, projection, properties, millinery, masks, tech, wigs, scenic art, draping, tailoring, technical direction, puppets, special effects, costume craft, audio engineering, etc. on a play produced in association with the school where they are a current student during the current festival year.

Students who have designed or crafted any qualifying aspect of a fully produced show, and their school has entered at least one KCACTF associate or participating entry during the festival year are eligible to participate in their regional festival Expo for this award.

If in doubt whether work is eligible, students should contact the regional chair of Design, Technology & Management.

“Student” is defined as: a) an undergraduate student who is registered for a minimum of six semester hours or nine quarter hours at the time of production; b) a graduate student who is enrolled for three semester hours or four quarter hours at the time of production; c) a continuing part-time student who is enrolled in a regular degree program at the time of production.

Participants are asked to prepare a display of their design and present it at the Region III Festival. In order to help the respondents understand the process and intentions of the project, it is important that students present those materials which most clearly tell the story of the process and evolution of their design from your first artistic or production meeting to the stage.

Portfolio materials that have proven most useful for the presentation include combinations of the following: a project or design statement, research images or sounds; preliminary and final sketches; preliminary and working models; the actual prop, costume, costume accessory, wig, prosthetic piece, etc. (depending on space availability); process research; drafting, including details, sections, etc.; single line equipment hook-up charts; recorded sounds or images; manipulations of sound or images that led to cues; equipment, parts, and material lists and samples; costume plates, fabric and trim swatches, costume plot, make up charts and sketches, tracking sheets, production photographs, design and construction bibles; story boards; and the like. This is in no way meant to be a definitive list.

Actual props, costume craft items and the like MAY be included, and table space may be requested. For specific details on size and format of display panels, please see:

Region III Exhibit Format

A one-page statement of the design approach to the production, or a description of the project’s parameters is strongly recommended. It is strongly recommended that students bring their materials in person to the DTM exposition space at the specifically scheduled time for installation of all exposition materials (see top of page). Those who cannot bring materials in person may send materials to the festival host. The student is responsible for providing the appropriate mailing and insurance charges, and a diagram of how to mount the design.