WE NEVER GET CHOSEN
One of the ways we try to guarantee even-handedness in our decision-making is by recruiting different critics, respondents, and adjudicators every year. We try very hard not to endorse a particular kind of production, theory of performance, design aesthetic, or writing style.
Each year of the Festival we strive for excellence as defined by the people recruited by the region or the National Festival to make these kinds of decisions.
It
doesn’t help to “second guess” the process
by tailoring your work to what was successful last year or treating the
Festival like a “contest” to be won through prediction or inside
information. We hope your best work is entered and seen by objective
respondents who give you an honest and sympathetic response.