The Point System

This is the official point value system of Troupe #355! Each job comes with specific points awarded based off of the amount of hours each job should reasonably take. One point is equal to ten hours of work.

Acting – Awarded as Earned

Title	One Act	Full Length	States/Musical
Major Role	3 points	6 points	8 points
Minor Role	1.5 points	3.5 points	4 points
Walk On	1 point	1.5 points	1.5 points
Chorus	0.5 points	1 point	1 point
Dancer	0.5 points	1 point	2 points
Understudy	0.5 points	3 points	3 points

 

Production – Awarded as Earned

Title	One Act	Full Length/States/Musical
Stage Crew	1 point	2 points
Lighting Crew	1 point	2 points
Set Designer	2 points	2.5 points
Set Construction	1 point awarded for every 10 hours	1 point awarded for every 10 hours
Props Crew	1 point	1.5 points
Sound Crew	1 point	2 points
Makeup Crew	1 point	2 points
Pianist	1 point	2 points
Musician	1 point	1.5 points
Costumes Crew	1 point	2 points
Costume Construction	1 point awarded for every 10 hours	1 point awarded for every 10 hours
Dresser	1 point	2 points
Furniture Crew	1 point	2 points
House and Lobby	1 point	1.5 points

 

Business – Awarded as Earned

Title	One Act	Full Length/States/Musical
Publicity Crew	1 point	1.5 points
Tickets	0.5 points	1.5 points
House and Lobby Crew	1 point awarded for every 10 hours	1 point awarded for every 10 hours
Usher	1 point awarded for every 10 hours	1 point awarded for every 10 hours
Programs Crew	1 point awarded for every 10 hours	1 point awarded for every 10 hours
Fundraising	1 point awarded for every 10 hours	1 point awarded for every 10 hours

 

Directing – Awarded as Earned

Title	One Act	Full Length/States/Musical
Director	4 points	8 points
Student Director	Scale of 2 to 4 points *(see below)	Scale of 5 to 7 points *(see below)
Vocal Director	1.5 points	3 points
Asst. Vocal Director	1 point	2.5 points
Orchestra Director	1.5 points	3 points
Asst. Orchestra Director	1 point	2.5 points
Choreographer	2 points	3.5 points
Asst. Choreographer	1 point	2.5 points
Student Assistant	1.5 points	3 points

 

Writing – Awarded as Earned

Item	One Act	Full Length
Original Play	5 points	8 points
Original Radio Script	2 points	3 points
Original TV Script	2 points	3 points

 

Positions – Awarded Annually

Title	Points
Officer	14 points
Chair	5 points
Asst. Chair	2.5 points
Partial Chair	3 points
Partial Asst. Chair	1.5 points

 

Honor Thespian Levels – Awarded on Merit

Title	Points Needed
Honor Thespian	60 points
National Honor Thespian	80 points
International Honor Thespian	100 points

 

Miscellaneous – Awarded as Earned

Item	Per Proof
Attend Theatrical Performance	1 point awarded for every 10 hours (2 point maximum per year)
Attend All Day Drama Festival	1 point awarded for every 10 hours (3 point maximum per year)
Attend All Day Drama Workshop	1 point awarded for every 10 hours (2 point maximum per year)
Festival Host	1.5 points
Judge Runner	1.5 points
Festival Participant	1.5 points for each round past preliminaries

 

*More Information on the Student Director Point Value Scale: As no two shows are alike and roles within director pairs often vary, this scale was created to accommodate the work each individual student director puts into a production. The role of the student director should be clearly decided between the student and their adult supervisor before the production beings. 

One Act

Points Awarded	Reasoning
2 points	2 points will be awarded to student directors who act more as a director’s assistant. In this pairing, the adult is doing more than 50% of the work. The student is mostly a helper for implementing the adult’s ideas rather than actively directing and making decisions of their own.
3 points	3 points will be awarded to student directors who are equal partners with the adult director and take on 50% of the work. In an equal partnership, both the student director and the adult are actively making decisions and implementing them together.
4 points	4 points will be awarded to student directors who take on more than 50% of the work. In this case, the adult is acting mostly as a supervisor. The student director must the person making most of the decisions and doing most of the work in implementing their ideas.

 

Full Length/States/Musical

Points Awarded	Reasoning
5 points	5 points will be awarded to student directors who act more as a director’s assistant. In this pairing, the adult is doing more than 50% of the work. The student is mostly a helper for implementing the adult’s ideas rather than actively directing and making decisions of their own.
6 points	6 points will be awarded to student directors who are equal partners with the adult director and take on 50% of the work. In an equal partnership, both the student director and the adult are actively making decisions and implementing them together.
7 points	7 points will be awarded to student directors who take on more than 50% of the work. In this case, the adult is acting mostly as a supervisor. The student director is the person making most of the decisions and doing most of the work in implementing them.