INTERESTED IN BEING A JUDGE FOR THE KEVIN KLINE AWARDS?

The staff and board of the Professional Theatre Council of St. Louis (PTC), who promote and celebrate excellence in professional St. Louis Theatre, are seeking a new group of judges for the 2012 calendar year.

Applications will be accepted until October 17th, 2011, and the new judges will be selected no later than October 31^st, 2011.

PTC will be selecting approximately 12-15 judges to join the judging pool and begin evaluating professional productions in January of 2012.

This is a volunteer position requiring a significant investment of time, consideration, and dedication. It is also a meaningful and rewarding responsibility that serves the entire St. Louis professional theatre community.

Interested individuals must fill out an application and test ballot, both of which are available to download down below.  Note:  any application that does not include a completed test ballot will not be considered.

The Judging Committee will be selecting new judges from the pool of applicants based upon criteria such as each applicant’s theatrical training and experience, analytical abilities, critical eye, and enthusiasm for St. Louis professional theatre. Individuals who are Artistic or Managing Directors of PTC constituent theatres are not eligible to be judges, and a judge may not also maintain a position as a reviewer, critic, or blogger that creates content for public consumption in print, on radio/TV, or on the internet.

Judges selected MUST be available for an orientation and training session on Saturday, December 3, 2011, from 1pm-4pm, location TBD.

Judges will evaluate between 12 and 20 shows per year and will receive 1-2 comps for each show they evaluate. Judges do not choose which shows they evaluate; the assignments are random. Judges will be asked to serve a three-year rotating term, with 1/3 of the judges rotating out of the pool at the end of each year.

If you are intersted in applying, please download the application and test ballot, fill them out (typing strongly preferred), and return as an attachment to .

APPLICANT INFORMATION (pdf)

APPLICATION (doc)