2009-2010 Season Brings New Look and New Ideas to NJACT
NJACT has some surprises in store for the theater community as it opens the new season. Not only is the organization sporting a new website, but this season NJACT will incorporate many new rules and procedures recommended by the theater community. In April of this year, NJACT formed a Review Process Committee made up of Perry Award reviewers and representatives from leading theater companies across the state. Based on input from the committee, the NJACT board developed a series of steps to help improve the Perry Award Review Process.
Chief among the recommendations adopted was a completely new set of criteria for reviewing shows. The objective was to simplify scoring for reviewers and also help level the playing field for smaller, under-resourced theater companies. Reviewers will still score these criteria using a scale of 0-10. However, the new criteria will place more emphasis on effective storytelling, creativity and originality, use of available resources, and level of difficulty. NJACT will also adopt a new method of calculating scores, using weighted averages to give greater or lesser value to the different criteria.
Some of the other changes include increased recognition for writers, composers and directors in the Original Production categories; reducing the number of nominees in each category; altering the way reviews are submitted and managed; changing the way the Outstanding Stage Management Award is handled; and even revising the names of some of the award categories.
The rule changes are summarized on the NJACT website, but NJACT members are also encouraged to download and read the new 2009-2010 Review Process Manual in order to re-familiarize themselves with all the rules and processes.
Chief among the recommendations adopted was a completely new set of criteria for reviewing shows. The objective was to simplify scoring for reviewers and also help level the playing field for smaller, under-resourced theater companies. Reviewers will still score these criteria using a scale of 0-10. However, the new criteria will place more emphasis on effective storytelling, creativity and originality, use of available resources, and level of difficulty. NJACT will also adopt a new method of calculating scores, using weighted averages to give greater or lesser value to the different criteria.
Some of the other changes include increased recognition for writers, composers and directors in the Original Production categories; reducing the number of nominees in each category; altering the way reviews are submitted and managed; changing the way the Outstanding Stage Management Award is handled; and even revising the names of some of the award categories.
The rule changes are summarized on the NJACT website, but NJACT members are also encouraged to download and read the new 2009-2010 Review Process Manual in order to re-familiarize themselves with all the rules and processes.
Labels: Outstanding Stage Management Award, Review Process Committee, Review Process Manual, Rule Changes
