Adjudication Criteria

New for adjudication year 2020: A new suite of 17 training videos, as a YouTube playlist.  For presentations on individual topics, see below.  Slides to accompany the training videos:

Fundamentals

Each element that you judge should:

  • Serve the story being told;
  • Be appropriate to the piece and the presenting space;
  • Be of consistent quality throughout the piece.

Welcome, ballots, and scoring

Set Design and Set Construction

Set Painting

Set Decoration/Dressing and Properties

Costume Design

Hair Design and Makeup Design

Lighting Design

Sound Design

Special Effects

Acting/Performance

Ensemble

Direction

Musical Direction

Choreography

Combat Choreography

Overall Production