CA State Thespian Festival 2026: Grid

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Athletics Ahmanson Studio	Bridges 1st Floor Lobby	Bridges 2nd Floor DR3 (Dressing Room) 323 (access requires use of stairs)	Bridges 2nd Floor Lobby (North Side)	Bridges 311	Bridges Basement Museum (near men's lounge) Room 108A	Bridges Basement Museum (outside womens lounge) Room 108 B	Bridges Front Patio	Bridges Hall of Music (Little Bridges)	Bridges MainStage	Bridges South Patio (outside)	Bridges Stage (apron)	Carnegie 107	Carnegie 109	Carnegie 214	Center for Athletics Ahmanson Studio	Center for Athletics Studio 147	Edmunds 114	Edmunds 251	Edmunds Ballroom	Edmunds Hall 101	Edmunds Hall 114	Edmunds Hall 136	Edmunds Hall 217	Estella 1021	Estella 1163	Estella 1181	Estella 1249	Estella 2113	Estella 2141	Estella Argue Auditorium 1051	Lebus 113	Marston Quad 1	Marston Quad 2	Rembrandt 104	Rembrandt 204	SCC 208	SCC Rose Hills Theatre	Seaver Allen Black Box	Seaver Studio 100	Seaver Studio 120	Seaver Studio 122	Smith Campus Center (SCC) 201	Smith Campus Center (SCC) 217	Sontag Greek Theatre Grass Only	TBA	Thatcher 210	Thatcher Music-Bryant Hall	Thatcher Music-Lyman Hall 250

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Thespy Session 1 - Dance 10:00am - 11:00am

Thespy Session 1 - Dance 11:00am - 12:00pm

Thespy Session 1 - Dance 12:00pm - 12:45pm

Designer Showcase Dropoff 9:00am - 11:00am

Thespians Got Talent Sign-up 9:00am - 4:00pm

Thespian Store Open 9:00am - 10:00pm

Information Table Open 9:00am - 10:00pm

Basic Makeup for the stage - Old Age and Basic Wounds 2:00pm - 3:15pm

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Advanced Makeup for the Stage - Facial Hair and Advanced Wounds 3:30pm - 4:45pm

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Room Chair Check-in 9:00am - 5:00pm

Room Chair Orientation 9:00am - 11:00am

Business Office Open 9:00am - 6:00pm

Building the Story: Practical Scenic Design and Prop Solutions 2:00pm - 3:15pm

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Building the Story: Practical Scenic Design and Prop Solutions 3:30pm - 4:45pm

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Drama and Dragons 2:00pm - 3:15pm

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Drama and Dragons 3:30pm - 4:45pm

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Registration 9:00am - 11:00am

Sign-up for Playworks Auditions 11:30am - 2:00pm

Tech Challenge Participants sign-up 12:00pm - 1:30pm

One Act Showcase pt 1 2:00pm - 3:30pm

One Act Showcase pt 2 3:30pm - 5:15pm

Thespians Got Talent 8:30pm - 10:00pm

Opening Number Rehearsal 9:00am - 11:00am

Opening Number Tech 11:00am - 1:00pm

Tech Walk Through Mainstage events 11:00am - 12:00pm

Mainstage Event (House Opens 12:... 1:15pm - 1:45pm

Opening Number Tech 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Tech Walk Through Mainstage events 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Guest Speaker Tech 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Mainstage Event (House Opens 6:45 PM) 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Festival Finale Tech Work 8:30pm - 10:00pm

State Thespian Officer Candidate... 11:45am - 12:15pm

Tech Talk Back 8:30pm - 10:00pm

Improvisational Playwriting 2:00pm - 3:15pm

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Improvisational Playwriting 3:30pm - 4:45pm

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Costuming and Wardrobe Styling Careers for Film, TV, Print, and Commercial Media 2:00pm - 3:15pm

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Day Checking in the Costume Department for Film and TV 3:30pm - 4:45pm

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Thespy Session 1 - Two-Person Scene 10:00am - 11:00am

Thespy Session 1 - Two-Person Scene 11:00am - 12:00pm

Thespy Session 1 - Two-Person Scene 12:00pm - 12:45pm

Thespy Session 2 - Two-Person Scene 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Thespy Session 2 - Two-Person Scene 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Thespy Session 2 - Two-Person Scene 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Beginning/Intermediate Tap 2:00pm - 3:15pm

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Broadway Jazz- Let Me Be Your Star! from SMASH 3:30pm - 4:45pm

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Thespy Session 1 - Dance 10:00am - 11:00am

Thespy Session 1 - Dance 11:00am - 12:00pm

Thespy Session 1 - Dance 12:00pm - 12:45pm

Intermediate Ballet 2:00pm - 3:15pm

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Beginning Ballet 3:30pm - 4:45pm

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Building a Career in Entertainment 2:00pm - 3:15pm

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Stage Management 101 3:30pm - 4:45pm

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How To Create And Produce Your Own One Person Show 2:00pm - 3:15pm

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How To Create And Produce Your Own One Person Show 3:30pm - 4:45pm

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Dance like you mean it! 2:00pm - 3:15pm

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Disco hour! 3:30pm - 4:45pm

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Chaperone Check-in 9:00am - 11:00am

Thespy Information Room 9:00am - 5:00pm

Adjudicator Check-in 9:00am - 9:30am

Chaperone Information 11:00am - 5:00pm

Playworks Rehearsal: We Were Sleepover Girls 8:30pm - 10:00pm

Thespy Session 1 - Contrasting Monologues 10:00am - 11:00am

Thespy Session 1 - Contrasting Monologues 11:00am - 12:00pm

Thespy Session 1 - Contrasting Monologues 12:00pm - 12:45pm

Thespy Session 2 - Contrasting Monologues 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Thespy Session 2 - Contrasting Monologues 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Playworks Rehearsal: Curtain Call 8:30pm - 10:00pm

Thespy Session 1 - Monologue 10:00am - 11:00am

Thespy Session 1 - Monologue 11:00am - 12:00pm

Thespy Session 1 - Monologue 12:00pm - 12:45pm

Thespy Session 2 - Monologue 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Thespy Session 2 - Monologue 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Thespy Session 2 - Monologue 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Using Thoughts to Create Dynamic Pictures: The Self-Tape Audition Technique They... 2:00pm - 3:15pm

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Using Thoughts to Create Dynamic Pictures: The Self-Tape Audition Technique They... 3:30pm - 4:45pm

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On-Camera Audition Technique Workshop 2:00pm - 3:15pm

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On-Camera Audition Technique Workshop 3:30pm - 4:45pm

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The Art of Scenic Design Execution! 2:00pm - 3:15pm

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The Art of Scenic Design Execution! 3:30pm - 4:15pm

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How to Play with Shakespeare: First Folio Technique 2:00pm - 3:15pm

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How to Play with Shakespeare: First Folio Technique 3:30pm - 4:45pm

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The Character Code: Master the 8 Laban Efforts 2:00pm - 3:15pm

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The Character Code: Master the 8 Laban Efforts 3:30pm - 4:15pm

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NAIL IT! Musical Theatre and Monologue Workshop 2:00pm - 3:15pm

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NAIL IT! Musical Theatre and Monologue Workshop 3:30pm - 4:45pm

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The Playwriting Workout 2:00pm - 3:15pm

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Growing Your New Play 3:30pm - 4:45pm

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Directing: How to Tell a Story 2:00pm - 3:15pm

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Directing: How to Tell a Story 3:30pm - 4:45pm

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Beginning Juggling 2:00pm - 3:15pm

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Advanced Juggling 2:00pm - 3:15pm

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Beginning Juggling 3:30pm - 4:45pm

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Advanced Juggling 3:30pm - 4:45pm

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You buckle, I'll swash. ARGH! kick 'em in the booty! 2:00pm - 3:15pm

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To the death! NO, to the PAIN! A dive into acting your fight scenes. 3:30pm - 4:45pm

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Stage Combat Fundamentals 2:00pm - 3:15pm

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Stage Combat Choreography 3:30pm - 4:45pm

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Playworks Auditions 2:00pm - 5:00pm

ABCs of an Experience in Acquiring Future Thespians, Believing in the Future of... 2:00pm - 3:15pm

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ABCs of an Experience in Acquiring Future Thespians, Believing in the Future of... 3:30pm - 4:45pm

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Orientation for New Troupes 10:00am - 11:00am

Putting Play Back in the Audition 2:00pm - 3:15pm

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The Song is Yours! 3:30pm - 4:45pm

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Late Night Shorts Showcase (Short Film) 8:30pm - 10:00pm

Opening Number Rehearsal 11:00am - 1:00pm

Improve With Improv! 2:00pm - 3:15pm

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Improve With Improv! 3:30pm - 4:45pm

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Thespy Session 2 - Solo Musical 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Thespy Session 2 - Solo Musical 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Thespy Session 2 - Solo Musical 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Thespy Session 1 - Solo Musical 10:00am - 11:00am

Thespy Session 1 - Solo Musical 11:00am - 12:00pm

Thespy Session 1 - Solo Musical 12:00pm - 12:45pm

Thespy Session 2 - Solo Musical 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Thespy Session 2 - Solo Musical 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Thespy Session 2 - Solo Musical 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Thespy Session 1 - Solo Musical 10:00am - 11:00am

Thespy Session 1 - Solo Musical 11:00am - 12:00pm

Thespy Session 1 - Solo Musical 12:00pm - 12:45pm

Thespy Session 2 - Monologue 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Adult Hospitality Lounge, sponsored by Ludus 9:00am - 5:00pm

Adult Hospitality Lounge, sponsored by Ludus 8:30pm - 10:00pm

Quiet Room open 9:00am - 10:00pm

Self Empowerment with Tai Chi 2:00pm - 3:15pm

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Warming Up with Tai Chi 3:30pm - 4:45pm

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Drop your questions for the guest speaker! 9:00am - 6:00pm

Lunch 11:30am - 1:00pm

Dinner 5:00pm - 6:30pm

All delegates must vacate campus 10:00pm - 10:30pm

Decoding the Language of Shakepeare 2:00pm - 3:15pm

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Decoding the Language of Shakepeare 3:30pm - 4:45pm

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Acting Your Song 2:00pm - 3:15pm

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Acting Your Song 3:30pm - 4:45pm

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Programming Lights on EOS 2:00pm - 3:15pm

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Busking an Event on EOS Console 3:30pm - 4:45pm

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Thespians Got Talent 8:30pm - 10:00pm

CA State Thespian Festival 2026

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