The 2024 KCACTF National Production Awards
The 2024 KCACTF National Production Awards For work showcased at the 2024 Regional Festivals The Citizen Artist AwardThe Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Awards recognize programs in higher education using theatrical production to promote long-term societal impact in artistic terms, encouraging empathetic exploration of the complex cultural and physical world, and advocating for justice on campus […]
MTI – Call for Leadership
Call For Applications For Region IV KCACTF Musical Theatre Initiative (MTI) Deputy Coordinator The duties and responsibilities of the MTI (Musical Theatre Initiative) Deputy Coordinator involve: assistance in festival planning and coordination of events at the regional festival, recruiting respondents and selectors, finding sponsorships, attendance at region meetings (either on Zoom or in person), attendance […]
The Uta Hagen Award
THE UTA HAGEN AWARD presented and sponsored by the College of Fellows of the American Theatre When I believe that there is a human being in action up there, in that moment, alive right there, then I get spellbound. When you really achieve that understanding of human beings, the ability to place yourselves in the […]
Offering Space
By Lauren Phillips You, as the director of a production, walk into the rehearsal room with your script in hand, ready for a productive rehearsal. You greet the actors – they’re ready to begin. They step into the space and begin their lines. You all know that there is a meaningful physical point of connection […]
Sweet Mama Stringbean
By Indeyah Todman Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) “Sweet Mama Stringbean,” is more than sweet. Directed by Evelyn D. Tyler, a cast of talented Florida A&M University (FAMU) student actors bring playwright Beth Turner’s vision to life in the hour-long play. Behind the play is a prolific group of skillful stage management, faculty, and production staff […]
Wiley and the Hairy Man
By Hilary Gordon The play, Wiley and the Hairy Man, written by Susan Zeder and directed by Brad McKenzie uses the craft of paper theater to transport the audience into a modern-day fairy tale. The story itself is a simple plot, easily understood by a variety of ages and social groups. Wiley and the Hairy Man begins with the […]
A Sudden Spontaneous Event: THE PLAY THAT GOES RIGHT!
By Carlos Eton, University of the Virgin Islands There are two types of types of plays: ones that are so poorly produced and excruciatingly painful to watch that simultaneously undergoing root canals and colonoscopies would be preferable … and ones that move us so deeply that we are bursting at the seams to share that joy […]
A Creative Conversation with Abigail Coats
By George Francis Tune in to an ITJA Podcast hosted by student reporter George Francis as he sits down with playwright, musical theater, and creative writing major Abigail Coats! Throughout this “creative conversation” Abigail shares how she got into playwriting, her “Going on Thirteen” play and advice for anyone wishing to pursue a career in […]
