Fast*Fest '2022

August 19 & 20, 2022

Fast*Fest 2022

MACT’s biennial festival of 20-minute plays, Fast*Fest, was 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 was 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.

Click here for the Fast*Fest 22 poster (pdf file)

Click here to register for Fast*Fest 2022

Fast*Fest Schedule:

Friday, August 19

Welcome Social at Upper East Side

Saturday, August 20

Workshops at Paradise Center for the Arts

Workshop session 1 9:30 - 10:30
1. Choreography - Shari Setchell
2. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - Rick Shiomi
Workshop session 2 10:45 - 11:45
1. Stage Combat - Mike Speck
2. Lighting - Todd Edwards

Lunch on your own

Afternoon Session of Short Plays - 1:00 pm

Pargeter Players
1. The Man Behind the Man with the Cape - 10 minutes
2. Written by Noreen K. Brandt
3. Seven Famous Irish authors debate who is the MOST famous.
NKB Productions
1. Women’s Work Is Never Done - 10 minutes
2. Written by Noreen K. Brandt
3. Four different women face a dilemma they have never had before.
Marshall Area Stage Company
1. The 4th Law Revisited - 10 minutes
2. Written by Tom David Barna
3. Sometimes love can be a bit robotic. And sometimes love needs a bit of recharging. In the near distant future we witness how love will blossom among beings we least expect, proving once and for all, love is love, no matter who it is or isn’t.
Ole Olson Onstage
1. ROMEO: A Eulogy - 18 minutes
2. Written and Directed by Jon Skaalen
3. Who will give a eulogy for Romeo?
Workshop
1. Stevie Ray Improv
2. more info soon

Meal Break on your own

Evening Session of Short Plays - 7:00 pm

Applause Community Theatre
1. Cinderella - 17 minutes (not family friendly)
2. Directed by Chad Snyder.
3. In this scene from “The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon" by Don Zolidis a troupe of actors loses several members to a stomach ailment, but the show must go on with the remaining actors.
17th Street Players
1. Judy - 15 minutes
2. Written and performed by Krista Johnson. This is a short excerpt of her full length show.
3. Judy Garland’s life told with love, humor and dignity. Judy interacts with the audience and humorously recounts moments of her life.
Classics Lost ’n’ Found Theater Company
1. Cock and Bull - 15 minutes (not family friendly)
2. Written and Directed by Steven LaVigne.
3. Cock and Bull is a solo play about the hijinks played on Errol Flynn following John Barrymore’s death.
Penny Pinchin’ Productions
1. Queen Enid - 15 minutes
2. Written and Directed by Steven LaVigne.
3. Queen Enid is a solo play about a woman on a bus who has illusions of Queen Victoria.

After the last colloquy: Social networking at Signature Bar and Grill.

Workshop information:

Choreography - Sheri Setchell

Gain confidence and skill in this fun, informative workshop. During our time together, you will learn some basic movements and easy tips on how to demonstrate your dance ability at an audition. You do not need to be a high kicker or a trained dancer to participate. We will learn a quick and easy dance combination and work on multiple ways to perform it at an audition so you can feel ready for the big day!

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - Rick Shiomi

Rick Shiomi, the Co-Artistic Director of Full Circle Theater, will speak about his work over the past forty years in theater, around the issues of diversity, equity and inclusion. The session will also engage participants in discussion about these issues.

Stage Combat - Mike Speck

Mike Speck has been training in stage combat for more than 20 years, and is a Certified Teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors. In this workshop, you’ll learn basic principles of safe and effective stage combat - how to tell a story of pain and violence that still allows the actors to get up and do it again for the matinee!

Lighting - Todd Edwards

The LED landscape. Love them or hate them; how to integrate LED technology into your incandescent light rig or make the leap to an entirely LED lighting ecosystem.

Click here for our on-line registration page ...

Hotels nearby:

     Faribault
        Days Inn  507-334-6835 ($100 per night and up)
        Boarders Inn & Suites 507-334-9464 ($110 per night and up)
        Grandstay Suites  507-334--2888  ($209 per night and up)
     Owatonna
        Comfort Inn  507-444-0818  ($134 per night and up)
        Quality Inn  507-446-0228  ($180 per night and up)  

 The deadline for registering your theatre to present a show was June 20th. If you would still like to present a show, contact the festival Chairperson, Amy Hunter, for more information.

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.

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MACT will provide a table and 4 chairs 
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You may bring one additional set piece
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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)

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Performance cannot exceed 20 minutes
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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.