Theatre
& Film
ONE-ACT PLAY
ENROLLMENT
Must be completed by October 1
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Community Standards And Copyright Compliance Form
OAP Academic Alignments
Spring Meet Entry
Student Activity Conferences
The League's One-Act Play Contest, founded in 1927, is the largest high school play production contest or play festival in the world. More than 14,000 Texas high school students in more than 1,200 plays participate in 300 plus contests, which take place from the beginning of March through the three-day, 40-production State Meet One-Act Play Contest. The One-Act Play Contest is supported by more than 300 members of the Texas Theatre Adjudicator and Officials Organization. The League's theatre program is considered by historians to be the foundation of educational and community theatre in Texas. It continues to be a major factor motivating increasing numbers of schools to offer theatre arts as an academic subject.
The UIL One-Act Play contest is a competition where similarly sized Texas schools present an 18-40 minute play and may be adjudicated by a panel of three judges or a single judge. The contest is held on a single day and open to the public. There are six possible levels of competition: Zone, District, Bi-Distrct, Area, Region, and State. At each level of competition a judge awards individual acting awards as well as selecting three productions to advance to the next level of competition up to the Regional Level where only two will advance to the State Level. After the awards are announced a Judge gives an oral critique to each of the schools. Because of the wide participation and diversity of plays produced certain rules and guidelines have been adopted by the State One-Act Play Office. These rules are in place to ensure safety, allow for equity, satisfy legal standards, and make the running of the contest practical.
Theatre & Film — News & Updates
Sartre Plays No Longer Available for Contest
Samuel French learned of some unfortunate changes from the Jean-Paul Sartre estate. Based on their most recent correspondence they will not be approving cuttings of any kind for any reason for any of his titles. The titles will be removed from the approved list.
Film Intent to Participate Form Available
The Intent to Participate Form is now available at this link.
Amended Handbook for One-Act Play Now Available
The Amended version of the 23rd edition has been posted and is available under "Resources and Forms" of the UIL Theatre website.
2018 Theatrical Design Handbook and Prompt
The 2017-18 Theatrical Design Handbook and Prompt is now posted on the UIL website. You will find it under the Theatrical Design link on the left.
Area, Region and State Judging Panels Announced
The Judges for area, region and state have been posted on the UIL website.
