Topics will be announced by the judge in the round. This year we will be offering Readers Theatre. Schools are responsible for all their own materials needed for this event. Readers Theatre is defined as interpretation of literature by a group of oral readers who act as a medium of expression for an audience. The audience should have the feeling of a unified whole in which each performer at all times contributes to the total effect desired.
Manuscripts are mandatory.
Suggestions in contemporary or ensemble dress may be used. Reading stands, chairs, stools, ladders, platforms, steps, props, lighting effects may be used. Readers may stand, sit, or both and may move from one reading stand or locale to another so long as the movement is consistent with the ideas or moods of the literature and the director's concept. Since the emphasis of Readers Theatre is on oral interpreting, complicated musical arrangements that dominate or distract from the oral interpretation will be considered inappropriate. All materials used in competition shall not have been used by the student in interscholastic competition prior to September 1, 1999.