The 2009 KCACTF National Festival
April 14-18, 2009
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, DC

The KCACTF National Festival

Tuesday April 14, Family Theater, 7:30, $10
LA BÊTE by David Hirson
Grove City College

*CANCELLED: Tuesday April 14, Millennium Stage South, 10pm*
DEAD IN THE KITCHEN by Jaime Cruz, University of Wyoming
*Due to unforeseen circumstances this event has been cancelled.

Wednesday April 15, Terrace Theater, 7:30, $10
THE REVENGER'S TRAGEDY by Jim Wren and Joe Sturgeon, freely adapted from the play by Thomas Middleton
University of North Carolina- Greensboro

Thursday April 16, Family Theater, 7:30, $10
Friday April 17, Family Theater, 11am
TONGUES by Joseph Chaikin and Sam Shepard
California State University-East Bay
In association with Dandelion Dancetheater

Thursday April 16, Millennium Stage South, 9:30pm*
TENNIS IN NABLUS by Ismail Khalidi, New York University
A concert reading featuring Gabriela Fernandez-Coffey, Mauricio Salgado, Michael Willis

Friday April 17, Terrace Theater, 7:30, $10
SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL
featuring
APORIA by Paul Young, The New School
WE’LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS by Jeremy Frazier, University of Central Missouri
MERMAIDS by Jessica Huang, University of Missouri
ARMED WITH PEANUT BUTTER by Dana Formby, Ohio University
TRAINWHISTLES by Briandaniel Oglesby, UC-Riverside
GUN METAL BLUE BAR by K. Frithjof Peterson, Western Michigan University
and musical selections from
STANDARDIZED TESTING by Sam Willmott, New York University

Saturday April 18, Terrace Theater, 1pm, $20
THE IRENE RYAN ACTING SCHOLARSHIPS

Saturday April 18, Family Theater, 7:30pm, $10
The National Student Playwriting Award
HOUSE OF SEVERAL STORIES by A. John Boulanger
Texas State University
in association with The Search Party

KCACTF concert readings are free, unticketed events open to the public*

Alternates to the National Festival

NOSFERATU adapted for the stage by Christopher Clark from the film by F. W. Murnau
Utah Valley University

SPRING AWAKENING by Frank Wedekind
Rowan University

Runner-up, National Student Playwriting Award
DEARBORN AMERICANA by Christian Krauspe
Arizona State University, produced by Western Illinois University

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:

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.
Lodging in Washington during production period.
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.