Overview
The KCACTF focus on Devised Performance gives space, voice, recognition and credibility to processes and productions which are created outside the text-based traditions, and which utilize the non-traditional, non-linear, multi-disciplinary and collective tools of devising. As we develop our craft new perspectives and processes of creating good performance emerge. It is necessary for the health and life of performance to acknowledge and embrace non-traditional ways of perceiving and creating. Gregg Henry, the Artistic Director of the National KCACTF organization, has spear-headed this initiative, along with Rich Brown, to acknowledge and incorporate Devised Performance programming into the regional festival activities.
What is Devising?
What is Devised Work:
Devising is loosely defined as the process of collaboratively creating a new work without a pre-existing script wherein the collaborators are also the performers.
In the standard theatre model, a single playwright writes the text and then a director casts actors and selects designers to interpret that text, resulting in a theatre production. With devised theatre, however, the collective artists begin without a script. A devised piece of theatre can literally start with anything: a painting, a song, a real-life event, a novel to adapt, a KCACTF national prompt, a question, etc.
Tools for creating a devised work are unlimited and can be adapted from many disciplines including physical theatre, fine art, music, dance, technology, science, architecture, etc..
-From the Kennedy Center
Nathan Singh
Devised Performance Coordinator
SINGHND@laccd.edu
Festival 55
We are seeking devisers and those interested in devising to create a new theatrical work together.
The Devised Theatre laboratory in Region 8 welcomes ALL students interested in exploring collaborative creation. Whether you are an experienced deviser or interested in learning about this process-oriented way of working, we have an exciting opportunity for you!
The 2023 Devised Performance program will be held in person this year.
Eight students may join the Devised Theatre Ensemble (DTE) formed at the festival. Together with program director/KCACTF coordinator Nathan Singh, the ensemble will create an original piece which will be presented at the showcase on Friday, Feb 17th.
If interested in participating, please fill out the above Intent to Participate form by January 20, 2023.
If you have any questions, please email the program coordinator Nathan Singh at SINGHND@laccd.edu
Nathan Singh
Devised Performance Coordinator
Festival 55: 2023 Regional Prompt
REEMERGENCE
The complex human experience of coming back (re-emerging) together again, in-person, after staying inside and communicating via technology.
How do we interact and engage with each other and our lives again IRL?
Schedule & Important Dates:
Tuesday, Feb 14th – Friday, Feb 17, 2023, each day will be a workshop to build a new theatrical piece together.
Friday, Feb 17th, time TBD will be the presentation of the new work created for the festival.
If you have any questions, please email the program coordinator Nathan Singh at SINGHND@laccd.edu
Nathan Singh
Devised Performance Coordinator
KCACTF National Devised Theatre Project
KCACTF DEVISED THEATRE PROJECT
Calling All Devisers! Come Create With Us!
The Devised Theatre Initiative in Region 8 welcomes ALL students interested in exploring collaborative creation. Whether you are an experienced deviser or just learning about this process-oriented way of working, we have an exciting opportunity for you!
THIS YEAR!!
Eight students may join the Devised Theatre Ensemble (DTE) formed at festival. Together with guest artist, Pratik Motwani, and students from around the region, the ensemble will create an original piece which will be performed at our virtual showcase Friday.
To join the DTE, please email bvalle@cuesta.edu
Students will be admitted on a first-come-first-served basis.
REGIONAL PROMPT 2022
Place I Remember is No Longer There
Logistics/Parameters (does not apply for 2023)
Companies may submit a recorded version of their work. The company is responsible for submitting a link to the regional coordinator for the respondents to access their work .
Companies should adhere to the 2021 Devising Health & Safety Protocols & Guidelines
Contributions of the ensemble are to be balanced and evenly distributed
Not every member of the ensemble must perform, but the majority should
Faculty advisors may provide outside-eye feedback, but students should drive the work
Additional Information (does not apply for 2023)
Each showing will be given a short response from regional faculty. Each deviser will be expected to speak articulately about their work, displaying rigor of process and responsibility for form and content.
Devising isn’t an aesthetic; it’s a process. This approach to creating new work includes multiple aesthetics, production value spectrums, and performance styles.
Schools may enter multiple groups for the devising project.