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Shakespeare

Each year, all students in acting classes memorize a monologue from William Shakespeare's plays. The monologues are provided by the English-Speaking Union's National Shakespeare Competition. Olathe South holds a school Shakespeare contest. The winner of this contest gets the opportunity to compete in the Kansas City Branch of the English=Speaking Union's annual Shakespeare competition. Typically, the winner of the city competition gets an all expenses paid trip to NYC to compete in the national ESU Shakespeare Competition in late April. The 2020-2021 competition will be virtual.

Video submissions for the 2020-2021 Olathe South Shakespeare competition will be due during 3rd quarter.

Rules for Recording and Submitting Performances in 2020-2021

  • You do NOT need professional recording, lighting, or sound equipment. Cell phone video is acceptable.
  • You must be clearly audible and clearly visible from head to toe.
  • No costumes, no sets and no props of any kind. You are not allowed to use and items of clothing (i.e. shoes, hair accessories, hats, gloves, etc. as props. You may not use your hair as a prop. (Example: A character combing her hair should be mimed and the actor's actual hair left untouched.)
  • No camerawork (close ups, pans, fades),no effects (light or sound) and no mics.
  • No titles or credits of any kind.
  • You should introduce yourself by name (first and last) and the selections to be performed, in order.
  • You may perform your selection in whatever order you prefer. All monologues and sonnets must be selected from the 2021 packets provided by the ESU. No exceptions.
  • The video should be of one continuous performances with no edits or cuts.
  • In a live competition the student would perform once at the branch level and one at the national semi-finals. For this reason, students who win their branch competition are not required to submit the same video to the national competition.
  • Please upload your video to YouTube. PLEASE MAKE YOUR VIDEO UNLISTED.
  • Any deviation from the above may result in your disqualification.
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