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Duet Acting
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Rules for Duet Acting (Humorous and Serious) Section 1. Duet acting shall be defined as an acting exercise composed of two students who portray a memorized ten (10) minute cutting from a published work of literature. Prompting shall not be allowed. Section 2. Duet acting selections shall not be more then ten minutes in length. This shall include the introduction. Section 3. A student shall portray only one character in a scene. However, he/she may portray more than one character in the cutting consists of more than one scene, or if the scene is written for the actors’ portrayal of multiple characters. Cutting of multiple scenes may be bridged by memorized narration. Section 4. A narrated introduction to the cutting shall be given by on or both members. This shall be included in the (10) ten-minute time limit. Section 5. Stage makeup, costumes or properties shall be prohibited with the exception of two (2) chairs and a table. Section 6. Students who qualify at an invitational DUO interpretation event are eligible for KSHSAA’s Duet Acting event, provided all guidelines for KSHSAA’s Duet Acting event were followed. At state speech championships and state speech and drama festivals the event is Duet acting. Section 7. Selections shall be taken from published works of humorous or serious literature and shall not be transcribed from records, tapes, television, movies or be the original work of the student or coach. Selections can include published play scripts, short stories, novels and poetry and published television or movie scripts. In the event of a challenge , the coach or sponsor must produce the original or copy of the publication at regional and state festivals or championships. |
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