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CHILDREN’S THEATER TROUPE FOR NPS CENTENNIAL PRODUCTIONS

GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER NATIONAL MONUMENT,

DIAMOND, MISSOURI

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

I. Introduction

The National Park Service (NPS), through the Midwest Regional Office requires the services of a traveling theater group to script, develop and perform a NPS Centennial play on the African American Experience parks in the Midwest region per the “Civil Rights in the Middle” MWR Centennial Committee project (PMIS 218515). In addition the production should include curriculum materials that complement the program.

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II. Purpose

This MWR Centennial Committee project provides for working with a theater company to develop a NPS Centennial program tentatively titled "Black Experience in the Heartland” program, and for its presentation in or near parks in the Midwest Region. The program will focus on the African American experience as interpreted in our Midwest National Parks. These parks will include the African American Experience Parks (Brown v Board NHS, Central High NHS, Nicodemus NHS, George Washington Carver NM, Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers NM, Dayton Aviation NHP, and Pullman NM) in the Midwest, but the program will also discuss black history themes throughout the Midwest region and the National Park Service. Additionally, this dynamic program will promote and celebrate the National Park Service Centennial and encourage participants to embrace the parks as we enter our second century.

The “Black Experience in the Heartland" program will focus on grades 4-8 in particular, although it should be adaptable to reach all audiences as needed. "Black Experience in the Heartland” will be highly interactive and engaging for youth, and whenever possible, students will join the actors on stage recreating scenes from these parks and their compelling and inspiring stories. The project shall include a video component to be added to NPS social media sites and made available for wider broadcast, as well as curriculum materials for elementary school educators.

III. Work to be performed

1. Contractor will script, develop, perform, and produce a one hour play on the black experience and civil right themes in the Midwest region National Parks as part of the NPS 100th anniversary. Themes and topics may include slavery, racism, inequality, segregation, military history, the struggle for an education, achievement, and other black history themes.

Producers will work with designated NPS professionals to ensure the work is interpretively sound in that it connects audiences intellectually and emotionally to park themes and resources, and retains historically accuracy and context. NPS professionals will provide review and guidance throughout the development of and presentation of the program, which may include the loaning of books, videos and park planning documents to facilitate research and program development.

2. NPS staff shall approve costumes, props and stage design. Costume and staging need to be durable, well-conditioned, meet the needs of the performance venues, and retain historical authenticity, when appropriate.

3. Work with the NPS to promote the program through press releases and on social media/website pages. Design a color film poster for the NPS to reproduce for the performance. Poster shall be approximately 24” length X 36” width.

4. Work with NPS staff to present the “Black Experience in the Heartland” program twice a day at or near fourteen parks in the Midwest, twenty-eight performances in all.

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5. Produce a study guide for use in the classroom with one lesson plan each for grades 4, 5, and 8 (3 lesson plans total)

6. Film one full production for NPS use. Provide an additional three to five minute edited segment for web and social media sites. Films should be of professional quality in high definition video and audio, and captioned for those with hearing impairments.

IV. Government Furnished Items

1. No Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) or lodging will be provided

2. Government Furnished Information (GFI) may include

i. Copies of park management documents

ii. Park Long Range Interpretive Plans

iii. Library books and videos

3. Government furnished utilities to be provided at each NPS site

i. Electricity

ii. Potable water

iii. Restrooms

V. Locations. The Contractor shall perform at the following National Park Service Sites:

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore 9922 Front St. Highway M-72 Empire, MI 49630-9797 231-326-4700 phone 231-326-4719 fax

Fort Scott National Historic Site P.O. Box 918 Fort Scott, KS 66701 620-223-0310 phone 620-223-0188 fax

Central High School National Historic Site 2120 W Daisy Bates Dr.

Little Rock, AR 72202 501-396-3000 phone 501-396-3001 fax

Brown v Board of Education National Historic Site 1515 SE Monroe Street Topeka, KS 66612-1143 785-354-4273 phone 785-354-7213 fax

George Washington Carver National Monument 5646 Carver Road Diamond, MO 64840 417-325-4151 phone 417-325-4231 fax

Homestead National Monument of America 8523 West State Highway 4 Beatrice, NE 68310-6743 402-223-3514 phone 402-228-4231 fax

Mount Rushmore National Memorial 13000 Highway 244 Building 31, Suite 1 Keystone, SD 57751 605-574-2523 phone 605-574-2307 fax

River Raisin National Battlefield Park 1403 East Elm Ave Monroe, MI 48162 734-243-7136 No fax number

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument 301 River Road Harrison, NE 69346-2743 308-668-2211 phone 308-668-2318 fax

Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument P.O. Box 428 Wilberforce, OH 45384-0428 513-684-3262 phone 219-395-1767 fax

Mississippi National River and Recreation Area 111 E. Kellogg Blvd.

Suite 105 St. Paul, MN 55101-1256 651-293-8454 phone 651-290-3214 fax

Lincoln Home National Historic Site 413 S. 8th St.

Springfield, IL 62701-1905 217-492-4241 phone 217-492-4673 fax

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve 2480B Kansas HWY 177 Strong City, KS 66869 620-273-6034 phone 620-273-8660 fax

Pea Ridge National Military Park 15930 E. Highway 62 Garfield, AR 72732 479-451-8122 phone 479-451-0219 fax

VI. Performances

1. Performances will start February 1, 2016 and continue through August 30, 2016, with an option to extend for an additional 6 months.

2. Contractor shall provide for two performances at each NPS location.

3. Performances shall take place during the following peak hours:

Park Operating Hours1 Peak Hours To be determined by the NPS at each park sixty days prior to performance, with contractor notification.

VII. Applicable Regulations

1. Director’s Order 6: Interpretation and Education:

http://www.nps.gov/policy/DOrders/DOrder6.html

2. National Park Service Management Policy, Chapter 7:

http://www.nps.gov/policy/MP2006.pdf

VIII. Submittals/Performance Standards

1. The list of submittals below are applicable to all park locations:

Reference Submittal Due Date Performance Indicator

Required Performance Measurement

VIII.2. Draft Script 90 calendar days from award Timeliness 100% on-time submission

VIII.2. Second Draft Script

30 calendar days prior to first performance

Content VIII.2.

VIII.3. Video of Entire Performance

14 calendar days after third performance

Content VIII.3.

VIII.4. 3-5 Minutes Segment of performance

14 calendar days after third performance.

Content VIII.4.See Paragraph

VIII.5. Study Guides for Grades 4-6

30 calendar days prior to

Content VIII.5.

1 Operating Hours indicate the time the contractor will be permitted on-site.

http://www.nps.gov/policy/DOrders/DOrder6.html http://www.nps.gov/policy/MP2006.pdf

Reference Submittal Due Date Performance Indicator

Required Performance Measurement performance start

2. Draft Script: Must be 45-60 minutes in performance time, be accompanied by sketches of period costuming, and specifically identify and interpret black history themes per park..

3. Video of One Entire Performance: A single recording of one performance shall be used to promote the production and to document NPS Centennial events and activities. Video of performance shall be approximately 45 to 60 minutes in length, in high definition video and audio format, and shall include captioning and crediting. Five copies should be distributed to Carver National Monument each park via DVD or Flash Drive.

4. 3-5 Minute Video Segment: Shall be in a high definition format satisfactory for social media, website download, and television broadcast. Video shall be captioned for accessibility.

5. Study Guides: Shall include a brief introduction to the NPS and African American experience sites in the Midwest, and three suggested study guides or lesson plans for grades 4, 5 and 6. Photographs of the performance and park sites to be included. Study guides shall be in pdf format and address/identify the following content. All materials and sources required for the study guide shall be incorporated as part of the guide.

i. Targeted grade

ii. Lesson plan duration

iii. Learning Objectives

iv. List of Materials

v. Class Discussion topics/guide

vi. Prompt Questions

vii. Minimum one (1) Activity

6. NPS retains intellectual property rights to the production. Any product generated under this contract may be used for educational purposes by the NPS.

IX. Cost and Payments

1. This contract will be a firm-fixed price contract, inclusive of all materials, labor profit, overhead, and travel.

2. The Federal Government is tax-exempt.

3. Partial Payments shall be made after acceptance of the following milestones:

Submittal Percentage of Contract Value Draft Script 10% Video of Entire Performance 10% 3-5 Minutes Segment of performance 10% Study Guides for Grades 4-6 20% Performances 50%

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT