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Society Of American Fight Directors

The Society of American Fight Directors promotes the art of stage combat through training, certification, and education, ensuring safety and excellence in theatrical fight choreography while fostering a community of passionate artists.

Thank you for your interest in the 2026 National Stage Combat Workshop! Please read ALL the following information and instructions carefully.<p fr-original-style="box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(30, 14, 93); width: 396px; margin-inline: 0px !important; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.25px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5;" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(30, 14, 93); width: 396px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.25px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: 1.5; margin-inline: 0px !important; margin: 0px;"> On the next page, you will be prompted to select a ticket for the workshop you are registering for. There are also ticketing options for on-campus housing. All tickets do not need to be purchased at once (for example, you might pay for your tuition deposit now, but purchase housing later). Please read through all options carefully to make sure you are selecting the correct option.<p fr-original-style="box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(30, 14, 93); width: 396px; margin-inline: 0px !important; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.25px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5;" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(30, 14, 93); width: 396px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.25px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: 1.5; margin-inline: 0px !important; margin: 0px;"> For workshop tuitions, you have the option to select either DEPOSIT or FULL TUITION.&nbsp;<ul fr-original-style="box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(30, 14, 93); font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.25px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(30, 14, 93); font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.25px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><li fr-original-style="box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: inherit !important;" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: inherit !important;">If you select DEPOSIT, $300 is due at the time of checkout. Please note that this deposit is nonrefundable. In order to complete your registration, you must also purchase a ticket for&nbsp;TUITION REMAINDER&nbsp;before the start of the workshop. Please only select&nbsp;TUITION REMAINDER&nbsp;if you have already paid your $300 deposit.</li><li fr-original-style="box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: inherit !important;" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: inherit !important;">If you select FULL TUITION, you will pay in full for your selected workshop at the time of checkout. Your registration will be marked as completed and you do not need to purchase any additional workshop tickets. Please note that $300 of this tuition is nonrefundable.</li></ul>There are options for on-campus housing, either 3 WEEKS or 2 WEEKS.<ul fr-original-style="box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(30, 14, 93); font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.25px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(30, 14, 93); font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.25px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><li fr-original-style="box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: inherit !important;" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: inherit !important;">Students attending either the Actor Combatant Workshop or the Advanced Actor Combatant Workshop should select 3 WEEKS.</li><li fr-original-style="box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: inherit !important;" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: inherit !important;">Students attending the Introduction to Stage Combat Workshop should select 2 WEEKS.</li></ul>An important note on our payment platform:&nbsp;Zeffy is an awesome donation-funded non-profit platform; you will be asked at checkout if you wish to donate a percentage of your total to Zeffy in order to keep it free for non-profits like the SAFD. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO DONATE, YOU MUST MANUALLY SELECT &quot;OTHER&quot; AND CHANGE THE AMOUNT TO 0%. Please be advised that the NCSW/SAFD is NOT able to refund any donations made during this transaction, as the funds go directly to the platform. Please doublecheck your total before purchasing. By continuing on in the ticketing process, you acknowledge that you are aware of this process and that the NSCW is not liable for any donations made. **If you are a parent or guardian purchasing a workshop registration for a participant, please fill out the information at checkout FOR THE PARTICIPANT ATTENDING THE WORKSHOP&nbsp;(ex. emergency contact, t-shirt size, etc.).** If you have specific questions about the workshop, please visit our&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TAEESnfXCYeAnNYa--NWdYOMKbM8D4oEBTjY1NEMAT4/edit?usp=sharing" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Frequently Asked Questions Page</a>!

2026 National Stage Combat Workshop

Thank you for your interest in the 2025 National Stage Combat Workshop! Please read the following instructions carefully, as this platform is new this year. Zeffy is a donation-funded non-profit platform; you will be asked at checkout if you wish to donate a percentage of your total to the Zeffy platform in order to keep it free for non-profits like the SAFD. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO DONATE, YOU MUST MANUALLY SELECT "OTHER" AND CHANGE THE AMOUNT TO 0%. Please be advised that the NCSW/SAFD are NOT able to refund any donations made during this transaction, as the funds go directly to the platform. Please doublecheck your total before purchasing. By continuing on in the ticketing process, you acknowledge that you are aware of this process and that the NSCW is not liable for any donations made. On the following page, you will be prompted to select a "ticket" for the workshop you are registering for. There are also ticketing options for housing and meals plans, should you wish to purchase them. All tickets do not need to be purchased at once (for example, you might pay for your deposit now, but purchase housing and a meal plan later; or, you might pay in full for your tuition and housing, then add on a meal plan later). Please read through all options carefully to make sure you are selecting the correct option. For workshop tuitions, you have the option to select either DEPOSIT or FULL TUITION. <ul><li style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;width:100%;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">If you select DEPOSIT, $300 is due at the time of checkout. Please note that this deposit is nonrefundable. In order to complete your registration, you must also purchase a ticket for TUITION REMAINDER before the start of the workshop. Please only select TUITION REMAINDER if you have already paid your $300 deposit.</li><li style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;width:100%;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">If you select FULL TUITION, you will pay in full for your selected workshop at the time of checkout. Your registration will be marked as completed and you do not need to purchase any additional workshop tickets.</li></ul>There are options for on-campus housing, either 3 WEEKS, 2 WEEKS, or 1 WEEK.<ul><li>Students attending either the Actor Combatant Workshop or the Advanced Actor Combatant workshop should select 3 WEEKS</li><li>Students attending the full Stage Combat Intensive (The Sandbox and the SPR Series) should select 2 WEEKS</li><li>Students attending either The Sandbox or the SPR series should select 1 WEEK</li></ul>You may also purchase a meal plan from the on-campus dining hall. The options are also 3 WEEKS, 2 WEEKS, or 1 WEEK. **Please note that the dining hall is able to accommodate dietary restrictions to a limited degree, and in the past have accommodated gluten free, vegetarian, and vegan students. NSCW cannot guarantee if or when these options will be available, so please use your best judgement, as any unused meals will not be refunded (per LA Tech). Students may also purchase individual meal swipes a-la-carte.**<ul><li>Students attending either the Actor Combatant Workshop or the Advanced Actor Combatant workshop wishing to purchase a full meal plans should select 3 WEEKS</li><li>Students attending the full Stage Combat Intensive (The Sandbox and the SPR Series) wishing to purchase a full meal plan should select 2 WEEKS</li><li>Students attending either The Sandbox or the SPR series wishing to purchase a full meal plan should select 1 WEEK</li></ul>Please remember that you will automatically be prompted to select a donation amount before checkout. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO DONATE, YOU MUST MANUALLY SELECT "OTHER" AND CHANGE THE DONATION AMOUNT TO 0%. By continuing on in the ticketing process, you acknowledge that you are aware of this process and that the NSCW is not liable for any donations made.

Society Of American Fight Directors

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2026 National Stage Combat Workshop

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