Conferrals

Part of Speech

Noun

Pronunciation

[kən ˈfər əls]

Why It's Wild

Conferrals are meetings between StuCo board members and Wirtz Center staff to determine the actors that will be in each production in the coming quarter. They primarily discuss actor preferences to resolve cast list decisions among the directors, producers, and stage managers. These meetings are generally short, and most conflicts are resolved with minimal difficulty. The theatre speech community uses conferrals, both written and spoken in informal social contexts on campus.

Example Sentence

Conferrals can be fun as hell - it's like a stock market.

References

Based on survey and interview data from 10 Northwestern theatre majors.