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www.tanys.org Callboard - Volume XX • Issue 2 • Fall 2023 Page 4 TheTANYS2023 Festival Adjudicators WELCOME BACK JUMBO SCHIMPF Jumbo Schimpf has worked professionally on scores of productions with dozens of companies since 1998. Jumbo has held nearly every position in theatre from actor and carpenter, to director, producer, and stage manager. He has lectured on various theatre arts for a variety of schools and during his tenure as Education Director at Greenlight Theatrical. He's most recently taught as adjunct faculty at Rowan University. Jumbo served as a Trustee at South Camden Theatre Company for 5 years until 2015, and was named one of their charter company members. He's adjudicated and judged a variety of festivals for local theaters, the English-Speaking Union, Delaware Theatre Association, and the Eastern States Theatre Association. Annette has worked in community, educational and professional theatre for over 50 years. She is a director, designer, stage manager, play polisher, adjudicator and workshop leader. Since 1979 as a director and dramaturg she has worked for 18 different theatre companies in Canada and the United States, and her productions have won awards and critical acclaim. As one reviewer said, “this was without a hint of exaggeration the best performance we've ever seen.” She was one of the founders of two professional theatre companies in Canada and has served on the boards of opera and theatre companies as well as representing Canada internationally and on the board of Theatre Canada. As an adjudicator, Annette has participated in festivals in Europe, Canada, Japan, Ireland and the United States, and has judged nearly 200 festivals in 40 years. She has adjudicated the World Theatre Festival in Monaco for IATA, The World Festival in Halifax, The Liverpool International Theatre Festival, The Maytime Festival in Dundalk Ireland and The Yakumo International Theatre Festival in Japan, and is the only person to adjudicate AACT Fest 4 times. Annette is proud to have adjudicated The Tournament of Plays for the US Army Europe 13 times. Annette is the author of the only book on adjudication, “Do You See What I See?” and is a fellow of AACT. She is also the proud recipient of the Mort Clark International Achievement Award. In recent years she has worked extensively with playwrights in Canada and the United States on script development, and has been a judge in several playwriting competitions including the AACT New Play Fest, The Texas Not for Profit playwriting competition and Playwrights of Spring for Theatre Starts. Annette continues to be in demand as an adjudicator, director, teacher and dramaturge. WELCOME BACK ANNETTE G. PROCUNIER