New Hampshire Educational Theatre Guild

Content Notification

The NHETG Board realizes that although theatre is a provocative art, some materials may be overly disturbing to audience members.  Such topics may include subject matter concerned with sex, race, violent acts or language, religion, illness / death / suicide, or anything else your experience tells you may be a potential issue to any audience member.

EVERY PRODUCTION MUST SUBMIT IN WRITING A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ANY POSSIBLY UPSETTING MATERIAL. THIS MUST BE SUBMITTED EVEN IF IT IS FELT THAT THE PRODUCTION DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY POSSIBLY UPSETTING MATERIAL.

This content notification paragraph, signed by the school principal, is due to the NHETG President (Lee Mannion) no later than a week before the Friday immediately preceding the show’s regional festival.  For March 6th Regionals -- this is Friday, Feb 26.  For March 13th Regionals -- this is Friday, March 5. For March 20^th Regionals—this is Friday, March 12.

Failure to submit the notification creates the potential of the show not being allowed to perform at festival. Please email a copy of this paragraph to Sarah Bunkley at sbunkley@prhs.sau48.org, and she will collate them and forward them to your host for distribution to directors at the festivals.  These descriptions are not intended for distribution to audiences but will be shared with the festival directors before performances.  It will then be up to the individual directors’ discretion whether or not to share any of the information with students who may be adversely affected by the content.

This effort is designed to help the NHETG provide a positive educational experience that won’t be overshadowed by upsetting incidents.

Thank you for your cooperation,

NHETG Board of Directors