General Information on the METG Middle School Festival

The first Middle School Drama Festival was held in 1995 at the Belmonte Middle School in Saugus. John Gould, drama coach at Belmonte, had wanted to institute a drama festival so students from across the state could share their productions. The festival grew until 1998, when the Massachusetts Middle School Drama Festival and the Massachusetts High School Drama Guild merged and created a Middle School division to the MHSDG.

Participation in the annual one day drama festival provides your students with the unique opportunity to share their work with other member schools. Professional adjudicators evaluate your students’ work and present awards for both acting and technical excellence in your production.

2023 Middle School Festival Dates:

May 6, 2023 - May 7, 2023

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!

Resources

• METG Event Picture Submission Form
• Directors' Information These links below contain everything festival directors will need.

  • Middle School Directors Manual
  • Middle School Festival Reminders
  • Middle School Sample Program Page
  • Middle School Talkback Session
  • MS Sample Company Breakdown Sheet
  • MS Adjudication Rubric
  • Adjudicator Evaluation Link (Online form to evaluate the adjudicators)
  • MS Hosting Interest Form
  • Student Online Medical Form
  • Paper Medical Consent Form
  • Medical Verification Form for Directors
  • Member Show Announcement Form
• Supervisors' Information These links below contain everything festival supervisors will need.

  • Middle School Supervisors Manual
  • Supervisor Evaluation of Host Site
  • Supervisor Evaluation of Adjudicator
  • Supervisors Manual (View/Print as Google Doc)
  • All Star Company list
  • Award Certificate Examples
  • Guild Packet Checklist
  • Judge Supervisor Expense Form
  • MS Judges Rubric
• Host Information These links below contain everything festival hosts will need.

  • Middle School Host Manual (view as web page)
  • Middle School Host Manual (View/Print as Google Doc)
  • Middle School Adjudication Rubric for Computers
  • Middle School Awards Certificate for Computers
  • Middle School Student Recognition Award for Printing
  • Middle School Host Financial Report
  • Middle School Festival Logo Winner
  • MS Membership Page for Program
  • MS Program Page Info
  • Judge Guidelines for program
  • Student Recognition Award
  • MS Emcee Script
  • Q&A information sheet
  • Full METG Logo
  • METG Mask Logo
  • Donation page for Program
  • Middle School Festival Logo Runner Up
• General Resources for Middle School Directors

  • Middle School Play Recommendations