Carbonell Scoring

How do the Carbonell Judges adjudicate?

The process of adjudication has been designed to provide a thoughtful evaluation of each production.

Productions are adjudicated using a comprehensive rubric to evaluate each element using a scoring system of 1-100, categorizing work as Superior, Excellent, Good, Fair, and Poor.

​Each production will have seven judges assigned to evaluate it using the rubrics provided. Once the scores are submitted, the highest and lowest score in each category is thrown out and the remaining mid scores are used to calculate the average score for the area being adjudicated. Any active Carbonell judge who sees an eligible production on their own, without being assigned may also submit a ballot.

How are votes tabulated?

The Carbonell Coordinator, who keeps a running tally on all performance and production scores throughout the season, gives all judges the opportunity review and revise their scores on all shows they’ve seen prior to final tabulation. Once this is done, all scores are locked and the Coordinator ranks the contenders in every competitive category. Based on final point scores alone, the top six candidates in each of the competitive categories will be declared the finalists. The finalists will be announced approximately two weeks after the end of the annual eligibility period

The Carbonell Scoring Rubric

The Carbonell Awards scoring rubric is based on the original scoring rubric of the ariZoni Theatre Awards, Phoenix, AZ. The Carbonell Awards board of directors gratefully acknowledges the ariZoni Awards organization and board of directors for allowing us to use their scoring rubric as our model.

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