Long Range Adjudicating Committee
The Long Range Adjudicating Committee supports and oversees the adjudication process. The committee meets several times a year in order to discuss issues pertaining to the oversight and direction of the adjudication system especially as pertains to recruiting and approval of new adjudicators brought into the system, the planning and hosting of the annual Adjudication Forums and overseeing the accuracy of the Orchid Awards preparations. The Long Range Adjudicating Committee also addresses and responds to concerns member groups have about individual adjudications or the adjudication system as a whole.
Members of the Long Range Adjudicating Committee:
Doug Bruening, Chair
Megan Horton
John Sloan
Shell Bellamy
Dan Cohen​
Amanda Emmons Shumate, President (non-voting)
Betsy Obermeyer, 2nd Vice President (non-voting)
Amy Waldfogle, Education (non-voting)
Beginning in 2015, the Long Range Adjudicating Committee began sponsoring a public forum each winter with an array of presenters talking about their respective areas of expertise, called the Annual Adjudicators' and Presidents' Forum. Each presenter brings years of education, training, and real-world experience to these forums. Though the forum's purpose is to help educate adjudicators and ACT group presidents on what adjudicators should be looking for when coming to shows and how they should be adjudicating to those observables, anyone involved in community theatre-- either onstage or off-- will benefit from the knowledge in these presentations.
Past Forum Presentations
2025 Presentations
2024 Presentations
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Intimacy Coordinators with Torie Wiggins​
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Music Direction 101 with Linda Abbott
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Blocking for Thrust with Jerry Wiesenhahn
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2023 Presentations
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Script Analysis with Elizabeth Taylor and Darren Lee​
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Solving Unconventional Challenges with Bonnie Emmer and Farley Norman
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Best Adjudication Practices with Greg Schaper and Jacqlyn Schott
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2022 Presentations
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Meaning in Set Décor & Props with Betsy Obermeyer
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Breaking Down Choreography with Dee Anne Bryll
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A Sharp Focus on Acting with Derek Snow
2021 Presentations
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Sound Execution with Forrest Goodwin
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Lighting Design with Chad Brinkman
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Stage Managers with Mary Stone
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Producers with Kristen Vincenty
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2020 Presentations
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Adding Media with Charlie Rader
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Stage Make-Up with Linda Geering
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Dialect Coaching with Katelyn Reid
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Keeping it in Focus with Kristy Rucker