Thescon

Georgia ThesCon, officially the Georgia Thespian Conference, is the world's largest gathering of inducted Thespians, a yearly theatre conference for high school students hosted by the Georgia chapter of the International Thespian Society. The three-day event in Columbus, Georgia, features performances, workshops, individual competitive events (Thespys™), and opportunities for college auditions and scholarships. (Thanks AI summary!)

Thoroughly reading this information is essential to understanding the details and what you need to do. Only after reading everything, please reach out to Mrs Hayes with questions.

    • There is paperwork! Further down in the "To Do" section are the forms, payment link, and timeline. 

    • Each participant will have to do the following to be fully eligible to go . . .

      • Complete the ThesCon form

      • Complete the DeKalb County Permission Form

      • Pay the ThesCon fee

      • Pay the Induction fee (does not apply to everyone)

    • PLEASE send all forms in one email. We will have 55 people on this trip and each person turns in two forms. Please help Mrs Hayes by labeling the forms correctly and sending them in one email on your registration day (instructions below)

    • The Georgia Thespians form is required for chaperones and students and MUST be signed (no typed text).

    • You are not guaranteed a space until your registration wave day AND all forms are submitted correctly via email. 

    • Seniors - September 22 (only Seniors should send in materials and pay through September 22)

    • Juniors - September 23

    • Sophomores- September 24

    • Eligible Thespians- September 25

    • Approved Freshman September 26

      • (must be in a fall show and talk to Ms. Hayes)

  • A note about signatures: For signing the ThesCon form, no typed signatures... it must be a hand-drawn signature, which you can do either electronically or print and hand-sign it. For the DeKalb Permission form, if the Digital ID Field doesn't work for you, print the forms after completing, hand-sign the form in the appropriate places, scan them (prefer a scanning app to pictures, please)

    1. Click on this ==> ThesCon form 

      Download, complete, print, and sign it.

      Save it as "[participant's name] ThesCon" (e.g. "Billy Kid ThesCon")

    2. Click on this ==> DeKalb Permission Form 

      Download, complete, print, and sign. 

      Save it as "[participant's name] DeKalb" (e.g. "Billy Kid DeKalb")

    3. Create one email for each ThesCon participant. 

      Subject line for email is "participant's name ThesCon forms"

      Documents to include (ensure they are each properly labeled) are

      a. ThesCon form

      b. DeKalb permission form

    4. Submit Forms to Mrs Hayes (greta_hayes@dekalbschoolsga.org) on the date outlined above (seniors can submit before their date)

    1. Pay $425 per student https://thescon-2026.cheddarup.com/ 

    2. For those students who have not yet paid the Induction fee

      The Induction Fee is $40

      Payment link is https://thespian-induction-fee-fall-2025.cheddarup.com 

      Note that only when the email is sent to Mrs Hayes AND the payment is made has the participant fully completed the tasks to be eligible to go to ThesCon

  • A note about signatures: For signing the ThesCon form, no typed signatures... it must be a hand-drawn signature, which you can do either electronically or print and hand-sign it. For the DeKalb Permission form, if the Digital ID Field doesn't work for you, print the forms after completing, hand-sign the form in the appropriate places, scan them (prefer a scanning app to pictures, please)

    Forms

    • Click on this ==> ThesCon form

      Download, complete, print, and sign it.

      Save it as "[participant's name] ThesCon" (e.g. "Wanna Bekid ThesCon"

    • Click on this ==> DeKalb Permission Form 

      Download, complete, print, and sign. 

      Save it as "[participant's name] DeKalb" (e.g. "Wanna Bekid DeKalb")

      Create one email for each ThesCon participant. 

      Subject line for email is "participant's name ThesCon forms"

      Documents to include (ensure they are each properly labeled) are

      ThesCon form

      DeKalb permission form

      Submit Forms to Mrs Hayes (greta_hayes@dekalbschoolsga.org)

    • Payments

      Note that only when the email is sent to Mrs Hayes AND the payment is made has the participant fully completed the tasks to be eligible to go to ThesCon

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