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Regional Design Projects are intended to serve Region III student designers with the opportunity to showcase their work for non-realized design projects, and to receive response to their work that will help them improve their design skills and grow as designers.

There are two entry divisions, Undergraduate and Graduate. All entrants must be currently enrolled students of colleges and universities in Region III at the time of the festival.

Categories of entry include Scene Design, Costume Design, Lighting Design, Makeup Design and Sound Design. (Wig/Hair Designs may be included as a Makeup Design entry, and Projection/Media Designs may be included under either Scenic or Lighting Design)

All entries must be original designs conceived and rendered by the entrant for one of the allowed plays.

Classical
The Country Wife by William Wycherley

Musical
Seussical The Musical Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Book by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty

Modern Classic
Andha Yug: The Age of Darkness by Manoa

Modern
Big White Fog by Theodore Ward

BIPOC Playwrights
Art by Yazmina Reza

Female Identifying Playwrights
Decision Height by Meredith Levy

LGBTQ+
Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus by Taylor Mac

Students may not enter more than one design in any category, but may enter multiple categories. A design may not to be entered in any other award category such as: DTM Expo Design, Allied Design and Technology, or Design Storm.

Students may not enter more than one design in any category, but may enter multiple categories. A design may not to be entered in any other award category such as: DTM Expo Design, Allied Design and Technology, or Design Storm.

KCACTF Region 3

Regional Design Project

2025 Suggestions

  

Classical

Tartuffe by Moliere by Richard Wilbur

 

Musical

The Wiz book by William F. Brown - Music by George Faison, Timothy Graphenreed, Charlie Smalls, Luther Vandross, Harold Wheeler - Lyrics by Charlie Smalls, Luther Vandross, Zachary Walzer

 

Modern Classic

An Enemy of the People adapted by Arthur Miller from Ibsen

 

Modern

The Cripple of Inishmaan by Martin McDonagh

 

BIPOC Playwrights

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark by Lynn Nottage (also female identifying playwright) 

 

Female Identifying Playwrights

The Last Daughter by Rachel Luanne Strayer - Available through the New Play Exchange (https://newplayexchange.org/)

 

LGBTQ+

Perfect Arrangement by Topher Payne

 

 

 

How to Participate

To take part in the Regional Design Project, students need only complete an online registration form. If entering more than one category, a separate form must be submitted for each entry. There is no entry fee.

Student designers are asked to prepare a display showing their design, and present it to a team of respondents at the Region III Festival. All designers will receive feedback in both an oral response session with a panel of design respondents and written response from regional faculty respondents.

Regional Design
Projects Application

Please visit https://www.kcactf3.org/dtm-exhibit-format/ for information regarding presentation format.

Preparing the Design and Display

Please read the Region III Exhibit Format Recommendations for a description of the display panel you will be given and for some suggestions on how to plan your display.

Region III Exhibit Format

In order to help the respondents understand your design process and intentions, it is important that designers in all categories present supporting materials, which most clearly tell of the story of the process and evolution of the design.

Supporting materials that have proven most useful include combinations of the following:

Drafted ground plan, graphic presentation of the design that incorporates color, texture, value, atmosphere, and scale. This may be in the form of research, renderings, sketches, model, photography or a combination thereof. Scenic models should be done in 1/4″ scale. Larger scale models may not be able to be displayed in the exposition.

Six to twelve representative renderings or color plates with costume fabric swatches attached; a color chart or color board to give an overview of the designer’s approach to the play as a whole; presentation of the design that incorporates color, texture, value, and scale in the form of research, renderings, sketches, photography or a combination thereof.

Drafted light plot, section, cue list and magic sheet; visual presentation of a significant moment in the play showing how the design uses the variable properties (color key, light sketches, storyboards, etc.); support materials such as research or visual representation from other media (paintings, photographs, collage, etc.), which might help clarify the design idea. Type of space, setting or other restrictions are at the discretion of the student designer, but must be clearly indicated in the presentation.

Renderings of each character; separate makeup character worksheets with the colors listed for each area (i.e. base, cheeks, eye shadow, lips, hair color, etc.); research or visual representation from other media (paintings, photographs, collage, etc.) that might help clarify the design idea.gs.

Research and sources of inspiration that demonstrate the designer’s process and evolution; paperwork (such as sound plot, board hook-up, speaker placement, etc.) illustrating how the design should be implemented; explanation of five or six cues created for the play. 
In addition to their poster, a 5.1 Q-lab system with a large 1080p display will be provided. Students will each be scheduled 15 minutes of tech time to test their Q-lab presentation. Students should make a Q-Lab with their sounds and 1080 x 1920 images/slides to provide context for each cue. The presentation should run from 1-3 minutes of length. This will not be shared with the respondents during your presentation. Instead, during your presentation you need to provide two to four specific cues you can ask a provided board op to play. Respondents will have access to your full Q-Lab presentation. With such limited tech time students will only be successful if they come with a well programmed Q-Lab project that they are simply testing on the display system. Students with questions should contact the Regional DTM Chair.

Research and sources of inspiration that demonstrate the designer’s process and evolution; paperwork (such as projection plot, control network diagram) illustrating how the design should be implemented; five or six cues created for the play. 
In addition to the poster, a Q-lab system with a large 1080p display will be provided. Students will each be scheduled 15min of tech time to test their Q-lab presentation. Students should make a Q-Lab with their visuals. The presentation should run no more than 3 minutes of length. This will not be shared with the respondents during your presentation. Instead, during your presentation you need to provide two to four specific cues you can ask a provided board op to play. Respondents, will have access to your full Q-Lab presentation. With such limited tech time students will only be successful if they come with a well programmed Q-Lab project that they are simply testing on the display system. Students with questions should contact one of the Regional DTM Chairs.