Long Range Judging Committee

The Long Range Judging Committee supports and oversees the adjudication process. The committee meets several times a year in order to discuss issues pertaining to the oversight and direction of the adjudication system especially as pertains to recruiting and approval of new judges brought into the system, the planning and hosting of the annual Judges Forums and overseeing the accuracy of the Orchid Awards preparations. The Long Range Judging Committee is also the body that addresses and responds to concerns member groups have about individual critiques or the judging system as a whole.

Members of the 2024-2025 Long Range Judging Committee:

Laureen Catlin, Chair

Dee Anne Bryll

Greg Schaper

Jacqlyn Schott

Fred Hunt, President (non-voting)

Mark Culp, 2nd Vice President (non-voting)

Beginning in 2015, the Long Range Judging Committee began sponsoring a public forum each winter with an array of presenters talking about their respective areas of expertise, called the Annual Responders' and Presidents' Forum. Each presenter brings years of education, training, and real-world experience to these forums. Though the forum's purpose is to help educate adjudicators and ACT group presidents on what adjudicators should be looking for when coming to shows and how they should be responding to those observables, anyone involved in community theater-- either onstage or off-- will benefit from the knowledge in these presentations.