Individual Speech
The IHSSA Speech team students practice their public speaking skills through a variety of speaking styles. Students try out and are assigned a spot or two and then write/research/ practice their performances each week before contests the end of February and first of March, with ALL STATE at the end of March. Events include Public Address, Acting Solo, Musical Theatre, Interpretive Reading in Poetry, Interpretive reading in Prose, Lit program, Original Oratory, Extemp/ Spontaneous, Expository, Storytelling, Improv, Reviewing, After Dinner, and Radio news.
large group speech
Large group categories include one-act play, reader's theatre, coral reading, short film, television news, radio news, ensemble acting, musical theatre, group improv acting, solo mime, and group mime.
Students audition for participation in up to two categories. Students perform for one judge at Districts. If the group receives a I rating, it moves to State competition where it is judged by three judges.