Fast*Fest '2022

Fast*Fest 2022

MACT’s biennial festival of 20-minute plays, Fast*Fest, will be held August 19 (welcome social) and August 20 (workshops, performances and social) in Faribault. Workshops and performances will be at the Paradise Center for the Arts.

Fast*Fest 2022 is funded, in part, by a grant from the Southeaster Minnesota Arts Council using funds made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the MN State Arts Board thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural heritage fund.

Tentative Fast*Fest Schedule:

Friday, August 19

      Welcome Social at a location TBA

Saturday, August 20

      Workshops at Paradise Center for the Arts

          Workshop session 1 9:30 - 10:30

          Workshop session 2  1 0:45 - 11:45

      Lunch on your own

       Afternoon Session of Short Plays

         Welcome and Introductions

         presentation of 20-minute plays and colloquies

      Meal Break on your own

       Evening Session of Short Plays

         Welcome and Introductions

         Presentation of 20-minute plays and colloquies

      After last show: Social networking at location TBA

The deadline for registering your theatre to present a show is June 20th.

For a PDf file of the rules and  Registration form click here.

Non-members can pay their registration fee ($25) on our ticketing site by clicking here.

 Workshops:
Workshops will be live. There will be two workshop sessions, with two concurrent workshops per session.

Theatre performances:
Will be live Saturday afternoon and Evening

Social gathering at end of festival:
At end of the day, after all theatre performances are completed, MACT will host a live after-glow social at a location TBA.
 

Guidelines for theaters for Fast*Fest:
 
Who can perform:
The festival is open to Minnesota community theatres, college/university programs, high school theatre programs and ad hoc groups (pretty much anyone EXCEPT groups using any professional actors).  Registration for performing companies is free to MACT members.  Non-MACT-members will pay a $25 registration fee which includes a MACT membership through December.  Registration deadline for performing companies is June 20th by midnight (received, not postmarked).  Performance order will be by random drawig from entries received by the deadline, filling the last performance slot first and working backwards. MACT may cancel the festival if at least six productions are not registered.  Additional productions may be accepted after the registration if space is available and all other guidelines are met.

Basic guidelines for participating productions:
Please consider the following guidelines and options to participate:

• If ASL or other needs require it, each production will be asked to provide two digital or paper scripts for possible use by ASL interpreter(s), captioning, or other needs. If requested, this needs to be sent to MACT by July 30th.
  
• Actors and technicians may not be professionals (not members of Actors Equity or equivelant)

• Each production will be briefly introduced by a moderator announcing the show title and possibly author, director, cast, & time/place/setting.
  
• Following each production, a moderated live discussion will take place.
• MACT will provide a table and 4 chairs
• You may bring one additional set piece
• There will be no rehearsals in the performance space
• The facility will provide a standard lighting plot of 6 areas (3 across the stage by 2 rows deep) of warm and cool lighting (NO Lighting specials are allowed)
• Performance cannot exceed 20 minutes
• You will have 5 minutes to setup before your performance and 5 minutes to strike after your performance
• Works presented may be original scripts or otherwise licensed materials including author or licensing house approved cuttings.  You must have the rights to perform the show as presented.