Junior Festival Technical Design Events Descriptions
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Team Design Prompt

The Wizard of Oz The Wizard of Oz is a musical from 2011 based on the popular 1939 film and the novel by L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.  The musical, which follows the popular 1939 film, includes the film's songs by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg as well as new music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. The book is adapted by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jeremy Sams. 

Team Design Prompt Resources

Team Design Template Resources

Team Design Events 

COSTUME DESIGN
A school can only enter one (1) team per design category. A design team should consist of 1-4 students. The team will be adjudicated as a whole, with each design receiving a certain score.
Create an original costume design for TWO CHARACTERS given the prompt, released September 1. The team should create a complete design including: research, script/text justification, initial sketch, rendering, and complete/final design rendering. They should present all designs and research on a trifold board, standard poster, or in book/portfolio form. We ask that digital presentations be printed for judging on-site. The team will be adjudicated as a whole, with each design receiving a certain score. Designs will be judged on creativity and depiction of author’s intent.

HAIR & MAKEUP DESIGN
A school can only enter one (1) team per design category. A design team should consist of 1-4 students. The team will be adjudicated as a whole, with each design receiving a certain score.
Create an original makeup and hair design for TWO CHARACTERS given the prompt, released September 1. The team should create a complete design including: research, script/text justification, initial sketch, rendering, and complete/final design rendering and if possible: application of design on a model. They should present all designs and research on a trifold board, standard poster, or in book/portfolio form. We ask that digital presentations be printed for judging on-site. The team will be adjudicated as a whole, with each design receiving a certain score. Designs will be judged on creativity and depiction of author’s intent.

SCENIC DESIGN
A school can only enter one (1) team per design category. A design team should consist of 1-4 students. The team will be adjudicated as a whole, with each design receiving a certain score.
Create an original scenic design for the prompt, released September 1. The team should create a complete design including: research, script/text justification, initial sketch, rendering, and complete/final design rendering and if possible: application of design on a scale model (or in a shoe box). They should present all designs and research on a trifold board, standard poster, or in book/portfolio form. We ask that digital presentations be printed for judging on-site. The team will be adjudicated as a whole, with each design receiving a certain score. Designs will be judged on creativity and depiction of author’s intent.
MASK DESIGN
A school can only enter one (1) team per design category. A design team should consist of 1-4 students. The team will be adjudicated as a whole, with each design receiving a certain score. 
​Create an original mask design for the prompt, released on September 1. The team should create a complete design including: research, script/text justification, initial sketch, rendering, and complete/final design rendering and if possible: application of design on mask template or form. They should present all designs and research on a trifold board, standard poster, or in book/portfolio form. We ask that digital presentations be printed for judging on-site. The team will be adjudicated as a whole, with each design receiving a certain score. Designs will be judged on creativity and depiction of author’s intent.

POSTER DESIGN
A school can only enter one (1) team per design category. A design team should consist of 1-4 students. The team will be adjudicated as a whole, with each design receiving a certain score.
​Create an original poster design and playbill for  for the prompt, released on September 1. The team should create a complete design including: research, script/text justification, initial sketch, rendering, and complete/final design rendering. Students should use standard poster-size poster board or print a standard poster after creating a digital design.  Design must include: the title of selected show, playwright, music & lyrics , proposed show dates, the name of the group performing, location of performance, show times and ticket prices.  Be sure the school is clearly marked on the back.  Designs will be judged on creativity and depiction of author’s intent.