Show Directors

  1. Each Participating School will submit the name of a Show Director, who will be the director of the Cappies Show, and who may (but need not) be:
    1. The Advisor.
    2. Another teacher at the Participating School.
    3. An adult director who is not a teacher.
    4. A student director, under the supervision of a teacher at the Participating School.
  2. The Show Director will:
    1. Read the Show Director binder.
    2. Learn how to log in to C.I.S., and become familiar with C.I.S. procedures.
    3. Inform C.I.S. about any changes of phone number or email address.
    4. Check emails at least twice weekly, and respond to emailed inquiries from Program Officials in a timely manner.
    5. Abide by all Cappies Rules and C.I.S. Procedures.
    6. The Show Director will be responsible for the Performing School's compliance with all Rules pertaining to the Cappies Show, including:
      1. Providing Mentors and Critics on the final attendance list, and Program Officials with complimentary tickets in reserved locations.
      2. Limiting, if necessary, Critics attendance, as provided by the Rules.
      3. Providing Mentors and Critics with show programs.
      4. Completing, and giving Mentors, and Award Category Eligibility form, not later than 30 minutes before curtain.
      5. Requesting the Program Director an advisory opinion about any question of Award eligibility. This request should be made prior to the performance of the Cappies Show.
    7. If, for any Award Category, the Show Director fails to provide Mentors and Critics with information required on the Award Category Eligibility form, the Performing School may be ineligible in any such Category, at the discretion of the Mentors.
  3. The Show Director may:
    1. Allow the cast and crew of the Cappies Show to read the Award Category Guide. 
    2. Request, through a Mentor, to speak with Critics at a Cappies Show, prior to curtain.
  4. After a Cappies Show has started, the Show Director will not speak with Critics, except to answer questions, as requested by a Mentor.
  5. The Show Director will instruct the cast and crew of a Cappies Show:
    1. Not to inquire about Critics' Discussions, Critics' Choices, and Post-Show Evaluations, on the date of the Cappies Show or at any other time.
    2. Not to greet, gesture to, or speak to any Critic who is reviewing the Cappies Show, before, during, or after the Cappies Show, on the date of the Show only.
  6. Not later than one day after the Reviews for a Cappies Show are received by the Show Director at the Participating School, the Show Director will post all Reviews, for the cast and crew.
    1. The Show Director may withhold not more than three Reviews s/he may deem unsuitable for distribution to students at the Performing School, for any reason, but may not withhold more than that number.
    2. If the Show Director deems any Reviews unsuitable for distribution to students, the Show Director will notify the Advisor and Program Director, in an email that will identify those Reviews.
  7. The Show Director will be provided with a list of the Critics' Choices from the school's Cappies Shows 7 to 10 days before Awards Voting.
    1. The Show Director will review the Critics' Choices, and will, within 48 hours before Awards Voting is scheduled to start, identify for the Program Director, by return email:
      1. Names that should be added, up to a maximum of four per Category, in off-stage categories only.
      2. Name misspellings.
      3. Any clear errors or Rules violations.
      4. Duplication of any nominee names in any performance categories; and duplication of any nominee names in technical categories.
    2. In the absence of a timely response from the Show Director, the Program Director will assume that all Critics' Choices are correct.
  8. In preparations for a Cappies Gala, the Show Director will:
    1. Circulate information about auditions for select casts that will perform at a Gala.
    2. Assist the Program Director in contacting Nominees, for purposes of planning the Gala or Ceremony.
    3. Provide any necessary music and assist in Gala rehearsals, if the Participating School is invited to perform a song or sketch from the Cappies Show.
    4. Assist the Advisor in naming Commendees, together with the Show Director.
  9. The Show Director will assist with Media, as requested by the Program Director.
  10. The Show Director may be assisted by the Advisor, Boosters, Lead Critic, and other Critics from the Performing School in providing what the Rules require.
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