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KCACTF NATIONAL FESTIVAL 40
April 14-20, 2008
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, DC

The KCACTF National Festival

Monday, April 14, 7:00pm Woolly Mammoth Theater - 641 D St NW, Washington, DC 20004
Address: 641 D St NW, Washington, DC 20004
Two Concert Readings
Winner of the inaugural Quest for Peace Playwriting Award
BEAUTIFUL AMERICAN SOLDIER by Dano Madden Rutgers University
Featuring Gabriela Fernandez-Coffey, Jennifer Mendenhall and Alexander Strain
Directed by Michael Russotto

Winner of the inaugural Rosa Parks Playwriting Award
THE APERTURE by Sean Christopher Lewis
University of Iowa
Featuring Colleen Delany, directed by John Vreeke

Tuesday, April 15, 7:30pm Terrace Theater
IN THE BLOOD by Suzan-Lori Parks, University of Alabama-Birmingham

Wednesday, April 16, 7:30pm Family Theater
ERNESTINE SHUSWAP GETS HER TROUT (a U.S. premier production) by Tomson Highway, University of Oklahoma

Thursday, April 17, 7:30pm Terrace Theater
ROSE AND THE RIME by Nathan Allen and the students of Hope College

Thursday, April 17 9pm Family Theater
Three Finalists of the John Cauble Award for Outstanding Short Play
BURYING BARBIE by Christopher Dimond, Carnegie-Mellon University
Directed by Michael Baron, Signature Theatre

AN OLD ALBUM by R. Paul Klein, Minnesota State University-Moorhead
Featuring Jenna Sokolowski and Kimberly Schraf, Directed by Lee Mikeska Gardner

DrEaMtRIPPIn by Thomas Michael Campbell, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Directed by Kathleen Akerley, Longacre Lea Productions

Friday, April 18 7:30pm Terrace Theater
KCACTF Short Play Festival
DUST by Rob Smith, Carnegie-Mellon University
Featuring Kaitlin Hopkins and James Price, Directed by Colin Hovde plus:
Also featuring the readings of:

Featuring the National Finalists of the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarships
with selections from Weber State University's THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS (THE MUSICAL!)
by Joanne Bogart and Eric Rockwell and the KCACTF Design Awards presentation

Saturday, April 19 11am Theater Lab
The Winner of the inaugural KCACTF National Science Playwriting Award, a concert reading
TWENTY MOMENTS IN THE SPACE BETWEEN by Jennifer Fawcett, University of Iowa
Directed by Anita Maynard-Losh, Arena Stage

Saturday, April 19 1pm Terrace Theater
The Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Auditions
with a showcase performance from
Wichita State University's production of Andrew Lippa's WILD PARTY
featuring Alex Michael Stoll and Emily Therrien as Burrs & Queenie

Saturday, April 19 7:30pm Family Theater
Winner of the National Student Playwriting Award
HOUSE FULL OF LETTERS by Kit Steinkellner, University of California-Los Angeles
with the presentation of the Michael Kanin Playwriting Awards

Production

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., is the site of the national festival. Technical details about facilities will be mailed to all registered Participating productions.

Selection

The KCACTF National Committee will form a National Selection Team, to consist of academic and nonacademic theater professionals. Members of the National Selection Team will view productions at regional festivals and will select productions for the national festival.

Productions invited for regional or national festivals should be presented in essentially the same manner as when initially selected. Substantive changes in script, production, or cast must be reported by the producing school to the regional chair who then reserves the right, with approval of the appropriate governing body, to withdraw the invitation.

Any production that involves a member of the KCACTF National Committee, a Playwriting Awards Committee Chair, or the Playwriting Awards Committee Member-at-Large, is automatically ineligible for the national festival, as are those from the schools of the academic professional members of the National Selection Team. Notification of consideration for the national festival will be given to the regional chair by the National Selection Team at the conclusion of each regional festival.

Expenses

KCACTF provides the following for all productions selected for national festival participation:

  1. Transportation for the company and its theatrical baggage, including scenery. KCACTF will arrange for the most economical means for transporting the set and properties to the national festival in Washington. In cases where the set is trucked, KCACTF will provide one 22' truck, and cover expenses for fuel, tolls, and lodging for the drivers. Per diem will be provided for the drivers. Please note: The school will be responsible for supplying drivers for the rental truck.
  2. Lodging in Washington during production period.
  3. Per diem to cover food during production period.

Please note that any expenses incurred in Washington before or after the production setup and performance will be the responsibility of the college or university and not KCACTF. The KCACTF Producing Director and Production Coordinator reserve the right to determine what they deem to be essential artistic staff for productions invited to the National Festival vis a vis the payment of travel, per diem, and accommodation costs assumed by KCACTF.

The participating school will provide its own physical production (scenery, properties, costumes, etc.) exclusive of lighting equipment, which will be provided by the Kennedy Center.