Production Technical and Design Interviews

To be admitted to Theatre Production as a Technician and Design student you must complete the following.

• Fill out the Production Class Audition Google Form completely. Link here.
• All of your current AISD teachers will be sent a recommendation questionnaire to fill out .
• In your Google Form, you may provide 3 additional names and email addresses of adults who can recommend you, if you choose.

Sign up for a 5 minute time to interview in person at Abilene High School. Times will be after school.

Technicians/Design:
• Read a play of your choice. It may be a one-act play, or fulllength. This should not be a play you have been a part of
recently, but a script that is relatively new to you.
• Choose one of the following technical elements of the play to
focus on: Costumes, Hair and Makeup or Scenery and Lights
• Create a “Vision Board” inspired by how you would interpret
your chosen design elements of the play. Use pictures from
magazines or newspapers or you may print off pictures at
home and then paste them onto a large sheet of paper or poster
board.
• DO NOT use images or drawings depicting actual characters
or items from other productions of the same play. Avoid
looking up photos or YouTube videos to see how “someone else
did it.” Your ideas and how you visualize the show should be
completely original, based solely on the script.
• When creating your board try to portray the following:
o What color palette would you use?
o How does the design and visual elements help tell the
story?
o What items from the “real world” can you draw from?
• Your Vision Board may be digital.
• Examples can be found online through abilenehightheatre.com
• Be prepared to discuss your Vision Board in your interview.

EXAMPLES OF A VISION BOARD

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