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THE KENNEDY CENTER AMERICAN COLLEGE THEATER

FESTIVAL XLIII

REGION V

Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota

Theater at the Kennedy Center is presented with the generous support of Stephen and Christine Schwarzman.

The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival is sponsored by

The U.S. Department of Education; Dr. Gerald and Paula McNichols Foundation; The Honorable Stuart Bernstein and Wilma Bernstein; The Kennedy Center Corporate Fund;

and The National Committee for the Performing Arts.

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

AMES, IA

JANUARY 16-22, 2011

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Festival Credits 5 National Selection Team 10 Medallion Recipient 12 Faculty Awards 13 Invited Festival Productions 14 Special Events & Showcases 15 Festival Special Activities 16 David Mark Cohen Finalists 18 Dramaturgy Participants 18 National Critics Institute 18 One-Act Plays 19 Showcase of Invited Scenes 19 Faculty Directing Showcase 19 SDC 20 Ten-Minute Plays 20 Costume Parade Entries 21 Festival Schedule 22 Design Tech Intensives 35 Workshop Descriptions 37 Who’s Who (Bios) 50 Student Playwrights 63 Student Directors 63 Student Designers 63 Irene Ryan Nominees 66 Maps 70 Bus Schedule & Parking Info 71

: INFORMATION (515) 294-2624, IOWA STATE THEATRE OFFICE

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KCACTF MISSION STATEMENT

The goals of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival are: • To encourage, recognize, and celebrate the finest and most diverse work

produced in university and college theater programs; • To provide opportunities for participants to develop their theater skills and

insight; and achieve professionalism; • To improve the quality of college and university theater in America; • To encourage colleges and universities to give distinguished productions of

new plays, especially those written by students; the classics, revitalized or newly conceived; and experimental works.

Through regional and national festivals, KCACTF participants celebrate the creative process; see one another's work, and share experiences and insights within the community of theater artists. The KCACTF honors excellence of overall production and offers student artists' individual recognition through awards and scholarships in playwriting, acting, criticism, directing, and design.

Since its inception, KCACTF has given more than 400,000 college theater students the opportunity to have their work critiqued, improve their dramatic skills and receive national recognition for excellence. More than 16 million theatergoers have attended approximately 10,000 festival productions nationwide.

KCACTF REGION V GOALS 2010-2012

Promote dynamic festival programming, while responsibly maintaining fiscal vigor. Ensure quality production responses that are consistent, sensitive, thoughtful, and

informative. Promote institutional, gender, and racial diversity in the regional festival through

personnel and programming. Maximize accessibility to information in order to:

o maintain organizational transparency. o increase active participation. o ensure greater student and faculty awareness of festival opportunities.

Ensure the number and quality of opportunities meets the needs of student and faculty participants in festival activities.

KCACTF will provide reasonable accommodation for participants with disabilities.

Contact Anne Byrd, Region V Chair for more information.

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IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

WELCOMES YOU TO KCACTF XLIII,

REGION V

FESTIVAL CREDITS

NATIONAL KCACTF LEADERSHIP

National Chair: Rebecca Hilliker, University of Wyoming National Vice Chair: David Lee Painter, University of Idaho Member at Large: Steve Reynolds, Wittenburg University

Member at Large: Maggie Lally, Adelphi University Member at Large: Debra Bergsma Otte, Long Island University

Immediate Past National Chair and ATHE Liaison: Harry Parker, Texas Christian University

National Chair, Design and Technologies: David C. (“Kip”) Shawger, Jr., Ball State University National Vice-Chair, Design and Technologies: Karen Anselm, Bloomsburg University

National Chair, New Plays Program: Georgia McGill, City University of New York National Vice-Chair, New Plays Program: Jeanette Farr, Glendale Community College

Kennedy Center Staff

Artistic Director, KCACTF: Gregg Henry Producing Director, KCACTF: Susan Shaffer Vice President, Education: Darrell M. Ayers

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REGION V LEADERSHIP

REGIONAL ADVISORY BOARD Rick Anderson*, Kirkwood Community College, Regional Vice-Chair; Chief Financial Officer Anne Byrd*, Normandale Community College, Regional Chair Richard Herman*, University of Central Missouri, Chair, National Playwriting Programs John Paul*, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Chair, Design, Technologies & Management Jim Bartruff, Emporia State University, Dramaturgy Initiatives Coordinator Brad Buffum, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Webmaster Sean Byrd, Normandale Community College,

Professional Auditions & Interviews Co-Coordinator Patrick Carriere, Bemidji State University, National Playwriting Programs Vice-Chair David Crespy, University of Missouri, National Critics Institute Coordinator Paul Hustoles, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Registrar Cory Johnson, St. Ambrose University, Irene Ryan Coordinator Jim Lane, Johnson County Community College, Stage Management Coordinator Kristin Larson, Grand View University, Workshop Coordinator Julie Mollenkamp, University of Central Missouri, Directing Events Coordinator Amanda Petefish-Schrag, Northwest Missouri State University,

Professional Auditions & Interviews Co-Coordinator Sheila Tabaka, Southwest Minnesota State University,

Design, Technologies & Management Vice-Chair; Design Expo Coordinator Tom Woldt, Simpson College, Immediate Past Chair; Regional Historian

*=Regional Executive Committee

REGION V RESPONDENTS The production response has always been the heart and soul of KCACTF. Thank you to the following people for giving so unselfishly of their time, their expertise, and their passion for

educational theatre in service as production respondents across the Great Plains of Region V!Rick Anderson*#,

Kirkwood Community College Jim Bartruff*#, Emporia State University Julia Bennett, Augustana College Cheryl Black, University of Missouri Brad Buffum*,

University of Nebraska Lincoln Anne Byrd*, Normandale Community College Sean Byrd, Normandale Community College Patrick Carriere*, Bemidji State University Kathleen Bagby-Coate,

Normandale Community College David Crespy*#, University of Missouri Brad Dell*#, Iowa State University Patricia Downey*, University of South Dakota Jay Edelnant, University of Northern Iowa Craig Ellingson,

Minnesota State University – Moorhead Jeremy Fiebig, Waldorg College

Paul Finocchiaro, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Janice Fronczak, University of Nebraska–Kearney

D. Scott Glasser, University of Nebraska Omaha

Chris Guyotte, South Dakota State University

Heather Hamilton, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Tom Heiman, Baker University Andy Henrickson*, Mount Marty College Richard Herman*,

University of Central Missouri Darrin Himmerich,

University of Nebraska–Kearney Lori Horvik, North Dakota State University Robert Hubbard, Northwestern College Wade Hughes, Missouri Valley College

REGION V – KENNEDY CENTER AMERICAN COLLEGE THEATRE FESTIVAL XLIII IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

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Harold Hynick, Missouri Valley College Sara Ice%, University of Nebraska–Kearney Corrine Johnson#, St. Ambrose University Kaarin Johnson, College of St. Benedict /

St. John’s University Karla Kash, Drake University Jeff Kellogg, Culver Stockton College Mark Kelty, Central Methodist University Jim Lane, Johnson County Community College Bethany Larson*, Buena Vista University Kristin Larson#, Grand View University Paul Lifton, North Dakota State University Paul Lim, University of Kansas Michael McIntyre*, Jamestown College Robin McKercher, Doane College Daniel Miller, Dakota Wesleyan University Julie Mollenkamp#,

University of Central Missouri Allyson Moon, Southwestern College Roger Moon, Southwestern College Kevin Neuharth, Minot State University Jennifer Nostrala, Simpson College John Paul*,

Minnesota State University, Mankato Amanda Petefish-Schrag#,

Northwest Missouri State University Beate Pettigrew,

Johnson County Community College Paul Prece, Washburn University Michael Rebollo,

St. Louis Community College – Meremac Brad Reissig, University of North Dakota

Mike Ricci, North Hennepin Community College

Elissa Sartwell, Southern Baptist University Nadine Schmidt,

Southwest Minnesota State University Dustin Shaffer, Southern Baptist University Gail Smogard, Metropolitan State University Sharon Sobel*%,

University of Nebraska – Omaha Scott Stackhouse,

Johnson County Community College John Staniunas, University of Kansas Linda Starkey, Wichita State University Sharon Sullivan, Washburn University Jill Szoo, University of Central Missouri Sheila Tabaka*,

Southwest Minnesota State University Jennifer Tuttle,

Minnesota State University – Moorhead Rooth Varland, North Dakota State University Pamela Wegner, Black Hills State University Mark Wethington,

University of Nebraska – Kearney John Wilson, University of Central Missouri David Wintersteen, Concordia College Ann Woldt, Simpson College Tom Woldt, Simpson College Scott Working,

Metropolitan Community College, Omaha Daniel Yurgaitis, Northern State University

* Regional Selection Team # Past Road Warrior % Road Warrior ‘10

FESTIVAL MANAGEMENT TEAMScott Brusven, Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre, Executive Assistant to the Regional Chair;

Transportation Coordinator Ronnie Chamberlain, University of Central Missouri, Costume Parade Coordinator Christine Dotterweich Bial, Mid-America Arts Alliance, Coordinator, Festival Brochure Patricia Downey, University of South Dakota, Assistant Coordinator,

Professional Auditions and Interviews Craig Ellingson, Minnesota State University, Moorhead, Associate Irene Ryan Coordinator,

Scheduling/Logistics Ricky Greenwell, Minnesota State University, Moorhead, Coordinator, Portfolio Reviews Phil Hoke, Garden City Community College, Coordinator, College Fair Jennifer Tuttle, Minnesota State University, Moorhead, Coordinator/Host, Showcase of Invited Scenes Gwen Jensen, Wayne State University, Associate Irene Ryan Coordinator, Royalty/Permission Steve McLean, Simpson College, Coordinator, Stage Crew Showdown Ryan Morehead, Benedictine College, Assistant, Workshop Coordination Kathy Pryor, University of Kansas, Coordinator, Theatre Management Challenge


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Nadine Schmidt, Southwest Minnesota State University, Coordinator, Faculty Acting Showcase Dustin Shaffer, Southern Baptist University, Associate Coordinator, Stage Crew Showdown Ben Stark, Kansas State University, Coordinator, Golden Hand-Truck Load In/Out Event

FESTIVAL MANAGEMENT ASSISTANTS Terri Barr, Normandale Community College, Assistant to the Regional Chair Kara Fry, Grand View University, Assistant to the Workshop Coordinator Hannah Hawbaker, Grand View University, Assistant to the Workshop Coordinator Ann Woldt, Simpson College, Voice Over Artist

FORMER REGION V CHAIRS Lee Adey Joyce Cavarozzi Weldon Durham

Jay Edelnant Gregg Henry Paul Hustoles

Harold Nichols Beate Pettigrew Harry Parker

Ronald Willis Tom Woldt Jack Wright

IRENE RYAN PRELIMINARY ROUND RESPONDENTS Amy Attaway, Actors Theatre of Louisville Patrick Carriere, Bemidji State University Paul Finocchiaro,

Minnesota State University, Mankato Scott Glaser, University of Nebraska, Omaha Joe Klinebriel, Clark College Bethany Larson, Buena Vista University Allyson Moon, Southwestern College Matt Nesmith, University of South Dakota

Beate Pettigrew, Johnson County Community College

Dan Rairdin-Hale, St. Ambrose University Mike Ricci,

North Hennepin Community College Nadine Schmidt, Southwest Minnesota State Kurt Schweickhardt,

Normandale Community College Kate Ufema, University of Minnesota Duluth John Wilson, University of Central Missouri Ann Woldt, Simpson College

LOAD IN / LOAD OUT / GOLDEN HAND-TRUCK RESPONDENTS Ed Baker, Wichita State University Derek Hisek, Iowa State University

Robbie Jones, University of Nebraska – Omaha Brad Reissig, University of North Dakota

HOST COORDINATORS Brad Dell, Festival Coordinator Jane Cox, Festival Host,

ISU Director of Theatre Jim Trenberth,

Festival Technical Coordinator Derek Hisek, Transportation Coordinator,

Fisher Coordinator

Rob Sunderman, Design Expo Liaison, Signage Coordinator

Doris Nash, Costume Parade Liaison, Costume Workshop Liaison

Kelly Schaefer, Hospitality Coordinator Matt Foss, Irene Ryan, NPP Event Liaison Liese Vanderbroek, ISU Theatre Secretary

HOST STUDENT COORDINATORS Madison Welterlen, Ethan Peterson, Assistants to Festival Coordinator Mat Wymore, Michael Reza Heath, Workshop Liaisons Kelsey Kovacevich, Directing Liaison Tamara White, Matt Meldrem, Transportation Coordinators Dan Fynaardt, Nick Veenstra, Matt Meldrem, Technical Assistants Brooke Berg, Kathy Beckerleg, Design Expo Assistants Casey Buenzow, House Management Coordinator


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FESTIVAL SPECIAL GUESTS AND RESPONDENTSTracy Armagost, Assistant to the

Production Director, Santa Fe Opera Amy Attaway, Associate Director of the

Apprentice/Intern Company, Actors Theatre of Louisville

John Binkley, Chair, Region VIII, KCACTF; California State University Northridge

Scott Brusven, Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre

Matt Chapman, Dell-Arte International Joel Ebarb, University of Purdue;

In absentia, Costume Parade Geoffrey Eroe, Design and Technologies Chair,

Region VIII, KCACTF; Phoenix College Angelina Fiordellisi, Artistic Director,

Cherry Lane Theatre Sara Goff, Eastern Washington University Gregg Henry,

KCACTF National Selection Team Julie Jensen, Resident Playwright,

Salt Lake Acting Company Terre Jones, Wolf Trap Foundation, In absentia William Kenyon, Penn State University Jenny Kenyon, Bucknell University Michael Legg, Director of the Apprentice/Intern

Company, Actors Theatre of Louisville Bill Liotta, University of New Mexico Stanley Longman, University of Georgia;

In absentia, NPP Reader Frank Mack, Managing Director,

University of Connecticut Theatre Georgia McGill, NPP National Chair,

KCACTF; Queensborough Community College

Philip McKinley, Director

Donna Meester, University of Alabama Tom Miller, Actors’ Equity Association Tom Mitchell,

KCACTF National Selection Team David Moberg, Indian River State College;

In absentia, NPP Reader Michael O’Hara, Ball State University;

In absentia, Directing Events Patricia Olive, Properties Manager,

Guthrie Theatre Debra Otte, KCACTF National Selection Team Ray Paolino, NPP Chair, Region IV, KCACTF;

University of Georgia Barbara Parisi, Long Island University;

In absentia, Directing Events Emily Peters, The National Theatre Institute,

The Eugene O’Neil Theatre Center Peach Pittenger, University of Georgia;

In absentia, NPP Reader Brooke Redler, Production Stage Manager,

Kansas City Repertory Theatre Jeffrey Sanders, Eastern Washington University Doug Scholz-Carlson,

Great River Shakespeare Festival Michael Smith, Critic Chris Sousa-Wynn, University of New Mexico Margaret Tunick, University of Georgia,

In absentia, NPP Reader Rob Urbanati, Director, Playwright Paul Vogt, Actor Bryan Willis,

KCACTF National Selection Team Sheri Wilner, Florida State University;

In absentia, NPP Reader



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KCACTF NATIONAL SELECTION TEAM 2011

Gregg Henry Recent productions – The Kennedy Center: Teddy Roosevelt and The Treasure of Ursa Major, Teddy Roosevelt and the Ghostly Mistletoe, Mermaids, Monsters and the World Painted Purple, Dreams in the Golden Country, The Light of Excalibur for the Kennedy Center. Round House Theatre: Melanie Marnich’s A Sleeping Country. Washington Shakespeare Company: Julie Jensen's Two-Headed and Barbara Field's adaptation of Scaramouche. The US Premieres of Morris Panych’s Girl in the Goldfish Bowl for Metro Stage and Daniel MacIvor's You Are Here for Theatre Alliance, Shelagh Stephenson's An Experiment with an Air Pump for Journeymen Theater. Centerstage First Look series: The North Pool by Rajiv Joseph and The 13 Hallucinations of Julio Rivera by Stephen R. Culp. For Arena Stage Downstairs series: Biography of a Constellation by Lila Rose Kaplan and The Near East by Alex Lewin. For Catholic University of America: Whales, Miranda is Morning, Listen, The Stronger, The Tiger’s Heart Project.

Gregg is artistic director of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. He oversees all of the program's playwriting, performance, design and dramatic criticism programs and works with professional theatres to develop educational partnerships for student and faculty participants. He directs the Summer Intensives program at the Kennedy Center in design [led by Ming Cho Lee] and playwriting [led by Gary Garrison with Cathy Norgren, Marsha Norman, Lee Blessing, Melanie Marnich, David Ives, Jocelyn Clarke, Carlos Murillo, Naomi Iizuka, Karen Zacarías, Heather McDonald, Carl Hancock Rux, Chay Yew, Dael Orlandersmith and others].

In addition to his KCACTF responsibilities he is artistic associate for New Works and Commissions for Kennedy Center Theatre for Young Audiences. He also coordinates the Kennedy Center/Kenan Fund for the Arts Performing Arts Apprenticeship Program. He is the curator and co-producer of the annual Page-to-Stage New Play Festival, a free three-day event at the Kennedy Center, now in its ninth year, featuring readings of new work by the theatres in the DC Metro Area with a mission to nurture new voices in the American Theatre. For these Festivals he produced special readings of Lee Blessing's The Scottish Play and Ken Ludwig's The Game’s Afoot, Shakespeare in Hollywood, The Three Musketeers and Treasure Island. He produces the annual MFA Playwrights’ Workshop at the Kennedy Center in association with NNPN and the National Center for New Plays at Stanford University.

Gregg has acted, directed, and/or staged the fights with the Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, Oklahoma and Wisconsin Shakespeare Festivals. He received his MFA in Acting from the University of Michigan and is formerly the director of theatre and an associate professor at Iowa State University. He is proud to serve on the Board of Taffety Punk Theatre Company and on the National Advisory Board of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas [LMDA.]


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KCACTF NATIONAL SELECTION TEAM 2011

Tom Mitchell is Interim Head of the Department of Theatre at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he also teaches Acting and Directing. Following a trip to China’s leading theatre programs, he is establishing exchange programs for the University of Illinois. Mitchell chaired the Summer Theatre Program at Interlochen Center for the Arts, and directed productions in Musical Theatre and in Shakespeare. He was co-chair of Region III (Great Lakes) of KCACTF and is co-chairing the selection of the new Undergraduate Theatre Scholar Program. Mitchell has written frequently about Tennessee Williams’ early career and has directed premieres of two of the early unproduced works. He is former chair of the Mid-America Theatre Conference Directing Symposium and received the 2007 Award of Honor by the Illinois Theatre Association. With colleague Burnet Hobgood, Mitchell authored A Framework for Directing in the Theatre and has made numerous presentations on the practice of directing in the contemporary theatre. Tom is representing the Regional Chairs.

Debra Bergsma Otte is a faculty member at Montclair State University. She previously served as Director of both the Theatre and Arts Management programs at Long Island University. Most recent credits include costume designs for Against the Rising Sea (Queens Theatre in the Park), Rosa Loses Her Face (The Electric Theatre Company and Queens Theatre in the Park), Land O'Fire (Jersey City Theatre), Four Short and Eurydice (Montclair State University). Prior design credits include costume designs for CBS, the Joffrey Ballet, Linda Tarnay, Merce Cunningham, many regional, Off-Broadway and university productions; puppet design for Henson Associates; and industrial design work for Parker Davis, Chrysler and Burger King. She produced and designed The Bakkhai, which toured to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and was one of seven professional companies to perform, through the invitation of the Cyprus Centre of International Theatre Institute, at the International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama in 2002. In the past ten years, she has produced and costumed six productions that performed at the KCACTF Region II Festival including Skriker, which performed at the National Festival in 1998. She is currently a Member-at-Large on the National Committee and has served as Chair-of-Chairs, Festival Production Respondent in Region V and Regional Design Respondent in Regions I, III, IV, V and VI. She served as Chair of Region II from 2002-2005, Regional Vice Chair and Design Co-Chair prior to that. In 1999 and 2005, she was honored to receive the Kennedy Center Gold Medallion for her work with KCACTF. She holds an MFA in Design from Tisch School of the Arts, New York University and BA from Calvin College.

Bryan Willis serves as playwright-in-residence for the Northwest Playwrights Alliance at Seattle Repertory Theater. He is currently working on full-length commissions from Book-It Theater, the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts, and a full-length play scheduled for an extended workshop at Seattle Rep. His plays have appeared throughout the U.K., Israel, Japan and in theaters across the U.S. and Canada, including A Contemporary Theater (two commissions), New York Theater Workshop, Seattle Rep, Milwaukee Rep, Unseam’d Shakespeare Co. and Riverside Studios in London. His work has also been featured on NPR and BBC Radio (commission for Sophie). Bryan is the proud recipient of a Theater Fellowship from Artist Trust and has worked in the literary departments of many theaters, including Lincoln Center (NYU's Playwright-in-Residence) and Playwrights Horizons.


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2011 KCACTF MEDALLION RECIPIENTS The Kennedy Center Medallion is presented to outstanding teachers and artists who have made significant contributions to the life of Region V through their dedication, time, artistry and enthusiasm. Most importantly, recipients have demonstrated a strong commitment to the values and goals of KCACTF and to excellence in educational theatre. This year, Region V presents the Medallion to:

David Crespy is an associate professor of playwriting and founder of the Writing for Performance program for the University of Missouri Department of Theatre. He serves as the artistic director of its Missouri Playwrights Workshop and has coordinated its Mizzou New Play Series, Mizzou on Broadway program, and MU Summer Repertory Comedies-in-Concert series. David’s plays have been developed and produced at theatres across the US including River Union Stage, NJ Dramatists, Playwrights Theatre of NJ, Nebraska Repertory Theatre, Primary Stages, The Cherry Lane Theatre, The Playwrights Center, HB Playwrights Foundation, Austin Melodrama, Jewish Repertory Theatre, Stages St. Louis, First Run Theatre (St. Louis), and Creative Theatre Unlimited. David is the former Region V National Playwriting Program Chair through the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, and has served as chair of the Playwriting Program for the Association for Theatre in Higher Education and the Playwrights Symposium of the Mid-America Theatre Conference. His major plays include Men Dancing, The Queens Orphans, Seven Were Hanged, Tekìya, Beshert; Or the Jewish

Dating Cycle, Houseblend; Or Coffeecake Tsimmis; Or My Bubby & Zeyde Are From Outer Space!, and most recently, The Sudden Glide. His plays have been finalists in the David Mark Cohen Award, the Playwrights Conference of the O’Neill Theatre Center, and the National Ten-Minute Play Festival of Actors Theatre of Louisville. He is the resident playwright for First Run Theatre, Inc. of St. Louis and has been a featured playwright and Director of the Play Lab for the Great Plains Theatre Conference in Omaha, Nebraska and the Last Frontier Theatre Conference in Valdez, Alaska. Dr. Crespy is the recipient of the 21st Century Playwrights Festival, the 2010 Region V Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Road Warrior Award, the University of Missouri Summer Research Fellowship, Provosts Research Leave, and Excellence in Education Award. His book about New York’s off-off Broadway in the 1960s, The Off-Off Broadway Explosion, was published in September 2003 through Back Stage Books (Watson-Guptill Publications), with a foreword by Edward Albee. His articles have appeared in Theatre History Studies, New England Theatre Journal, Ollantay Theatre Journal, Slavic and East European Performance and www.glbtq.com. His plays and essays may be found in Perfect Ten (Gary Garrison, ed., Heinemann), Playwriting Master Class (Michael Wright, ed., Heineman), Monologues for Men by Men (Gary Garrison, Ed., Heinemann), Angels in American Theatre (Robert Schanke, ed., Southern Illinois University Press), and The Influence of Tennessee Williams (Philip Kolin, Ed., McFarland). His current book He Had to Hock His House: Richard Barr, The Playwrights’ Producer will be published by Southern Illinois University Press in Fall 2011, under the editorship of Robert Schanke with a foreword and afterword by Edward Albee. Richard Barr was the producer of Edward Albee’s plays and former president of the League of American Theatres and Producers. His current play project is titled Wallace’s Line, and explores the tenuous line between science and faith, and the remarkable life of Alfred Russel Wallace, co-discoverer of natural selection with Charles Darwin.


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2011 KCACTF MEDALLION RECIPIENTS Sharon Sobel is the past KCACTF Region V chair of Design and Technology and Professor of Costume Design at University of Nebraska at Omaha. She served as department chair for 6 years and on far too many committees. A graduate of SUNY Albany (BA) and Carnegie-Mellon University (MFA) Sharon began her teaching career over 20 years ago at SUNY Geneseo and University of Connecticut. She has designed costumes for over 100 productions at her home institutions as well as at The Bermuda Festival, The Juilliard School, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Long Island Stage, New York International Fringe Festival, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Asolo Center for Performing Arts, Madison Repertory Theatre, Nebraska Repertory Theatre and Nebraska Shakespeare Festival. She has also designed costumes for Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Clown College. Sharon designed costumes for the premiere of week 5 of Suzan-Lori Parks’ 365 Days/365 Plays at Queens Theatre in the Park and The New York Public Theatre.

As assistant designer and/or draper she has worked at Playwrights Horizons, The Alley Theatre, New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, Three Rivers Shakespeare Festival, Great American Children’s Theatre, Opera Omaha, Sarasota Opera, Yale Repertory Theatre and Williamstown Theatre Festival. Sharon is a member of United Scenic Artists of America – Local 829. Sharon’s current ongoing project is her book, Draping Period Costumes, which explains and demonstrates the techniques used to drape garments from a broad variety of time periods. Sharon has received KCACTF5 Meritorious Achievement recognition for her costume designs for A Chorus Line and Smash. She has served as a Region V respondent or selector for the past eight years and visited five other regional festivals to present workshops and serve as a respondent for the Design & Technology Expos. In regard to KCACTF Sharon is most proud of her creation of the Design/Tech Intensives and of the work presented by her students.

FACULTY AWARDS

Congratulations to the following Region V faculty members who have been nominated by their peers, and confirmed by the Executive Committee, as outstanding teaching artists.

REGION V FACULTY NATIONAL FESTIVAL FELLOWSHIP IN ACTING Brad Dell, Iowa State University

REGION V NATIONAL TEACHING ARTIST GRANT AWARD NOMINEES Performance: Paul Finochiarro, Minnesota State University, Mankato Costume Design: Betty Monroe, Wichita State University Lighting Design: Darren Thompson, St. Louis Community College – Meramac Set Design: Jim Lane, Johnson County Community College


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INVITED FESTIVAL PRODUCTIONSOEDIPUS REX St. Ambrose University, Director: Daniel Rairdin-Hale

Based on Sophocles, Devised by Daniel Rairdin-Hale & the Ensemble Oedipus Rex: a new ensemble creation is an exciting retelling of the classical Greek tragedy by Sophocles. This devised theatre piece had a rehearsal process as unique as the finished product. Please join the St. Ambrose University Theatre Department as they present the thrilling results of their heightened collaborative experience. Run time: 1 hour, 15 minutes Wednesday 10:00 am & 2:00 pm, Fisher Theatre

THE ODYSSEY Minnesota State University, Mankato, Director: Paul Hustoles By Mary Zimmerman Mary Zimmerman's adaptation of The Odyssey by Homer, tells the epic tale of ingenious survival and enduring love in narrative but dramatic form. Combining complex simplicity and heroic adventure, it proves that some stories will, indeed, last forever. Run time: 3 hours Wednesday 7:30 pm, CY Stephens Auditorium

RICHARD III University of Minnesota Duluth, Director: Tom Isbell By William Shakespeare, Colley Sibber adaptation Ambition, lust and murder take center stage when a renegade group of actors breaks into an abandoned train station in the middle of the night to perform Richard III. In a fast-paced new cutting based on Colley Cibber's adaptation from 1700, Shakespeare's ultimate villain seduces and slaughters his way to the top. Run time: 1 hour, 35 minutes Thursday 10:00 am & 2:00 pm, City Auditorium

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Highland Community College, Director: Jerry Ditter Book by Lynn Ahrens and Music & Lyrics by Stephen Flaherty In almost non-stop song and dance, Once On This Island tells the story of Ti Moune, a black peasant girl who rescues and falls in love with Daniel, a wealthy boy from the other side of her island. When Daniel is returned to his people, the fantastical gods who rule the island guide Ti Moune on a quest to test the strength of her love against the powerful forces of prejudice, hatred and death. This production incorporates multi-racial and multi-generational casting. Oh yeah, and 22,000 lbs of sand. Run time: 1 hour, 35 minutes Thursday 10:00 am & 2:00 pm, Fisher Theatre

GODSPELL Johnson County Community College, Director: Beate Pettigrew By Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak Taking a cue from Jesus himself, who gathered a diverse group of men and women to become his disciples, this take on the 70s musical shows Jesus in a modern setting, gathering disparate and sometimes abrasive souls around him. Using familiar parables, he teaches his followers new ways to live in harmony, and reminds us that we can live as one family on this Earth. Run time: 2 hours Thursday 7:30 pm, CY Stephens Auditorium


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SPECIAL EVENTS AND SHOWCASES

NATIONAL KCACTF AWARD-WINNING PLAY CONCERT READING LAS HERMANAS PADILLA by Tony Meneses, University of Iowa

2010 National KCACTF Latino Playwriting Award Recognized Play Monday 7:30 pm, Fisher Theatre

DEVISED THEATRE EVENTS UNTOUCHABLE VOICES Principia College

Giving voice to unheard stories of Dalit people in Rajasthan, India, Untouchable Voices is a performance that fuses a passion for music and theatre with a zeal for social justice. In this original work student/actor Anna Procter and student/singer-songwriter Tabea Mangelsdorf weave together monologues and songs based on personal interviews in Rajasthan India during October 2009. These conversations with Dalits, people socially outcast because they are considered below the four divisions of the Hindu caste system, inspired a piece of art that amplifies their voices. A discussion with the performers and audience will follow the performance. Tuesday 10:00 am, Fisher Theatre

PANEL DISCUSSION OF DEVISED THEATRE OPPORTUNITIES IN REGION V Richard Herman, University of Central Missouri, Anna Sell, Concordia College, Daniel Rairdin-Hale, St. Ambrose University, Chrissy Steele, Principia College, Janice Fronczak, University of Nebraska at Kearney Region V is embarking on a new playwriting event focusing on devised theatre. This is your opportunity to learn about devised theatre and the opportunities for your university or college to get involved. This panel discussion will help define “devised theatre,” highlight some of the events happening around the region, and discuss ways we can possibly create an event to be performed for our own festival. Tuesday 2:00-3:15 pm, South Meadow, Gateway Hotel and Convention Center

DEVISING 101 Roger Moon, Adam Sharp and the Company of The Pillars Stand: Richardson Fire Project After years of talking about devising a show, Southwestern College of Kansas jumped on board this year and created The Pillars Stand: Richardson Fire Project, which has been selected as one of the two finalists for the David Mark Cohen Playwriting Award from Region V. Along with talking about their nine-month process and the product, the director, playwright and students of the cast will share their goals, challenges, surprises, and the rewards of “devising” their own theatre work. Members of the cast will also showcase scenes from the production. Wednesday 2:00-3:15 pm, South Meadow, Gateway Hotel and Convention Center

THE PROCESS INVOLVED IN CREATING OEDIPUS REX, A DEVISED THEATRE PERFORMANCE Daniel Rairdin-Hale and the Ensemble at St. Ambrose University The St. Ambrose University production of Oedipus Rex is one of the Invited Festival productions performing on Wednesday. After seeing the production, now is your opportunity to listen to the director and company talk about how they devised this Greek classic. This discussion, question-answer period is open to all festival participants. Thursday 2:00-3:15 pm, South Meadow, Gateway Hotel and Convention Center


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FESTIVAL SPECIAL ACTIVITIESIn addition to productions, responses and workshops, don’t forget some of the other exciting events

that will transpire during festival week! For more detailed information, visit the Region V website (www.kcactf5.org).

ALCONE COMPANY NATIONAL FESTIVAL FELLOWSHIPS IN MAKEUP DESIGN

This exhibition presents student makeup designs from KCACTF participating or associate productions. The Alcone Fellowship brings one student makeup designer from each of the eight regions to the Kennedy Center for master classes. Designs on display Tuesday through Thursday in Scheman.

BARBIZON AWARDS FOR THEATRICAL EXCELLENCE IN SCENIC, COSTUME & LIGHTING DESIGN Barbizon Inc. is a premier theatrical supply house specializing in advanced lighting for professionals. The purpose of the Barbizon Awards for Theatrical Excellence is to give outstanding student designers national recognition and the opportunity to exhibit their work at the Kennedy Center. Designs on display Tuesday through Thursday in Scheman.

COLLEGE FAIR Offers the students of Region V the chance to visit with colleges and universities about their programs and investigate graduate school opportunities or transfer possibilities for students completing their first two years at a community college. You may visit with a few schools or all of the schools represented at the College Fair. Take the time and invest in your future at this year’s College Fair – displays will be up by Tuesday afternoon and College Representatives will be available on Thursday from 10:00 – 11:30 am in the Fisher Theatre Lobby.

COSTUME PARADE Throughout the festival year, regional respondents nominate productions they feel should be included in the Costume Parade. Schools may also self-nominate their best work. This year all the nominations were "blinded" for anonymity, sent to professionals from Regions IV and VII and ranked. Using these rankings, the Regional Executive Committee then determined the festival invitees. Check out the interesting and elegant threads on Friday night!!

DRAMATURGY INITIATIVES Sponsored by the Literary Managers and Dramaturg’s Association (National Fellowship) and the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (Region 5 initiative,) the Region V Dramaturgy Initiative is designed to recognize contributions by student dramaturgs to the conception, development and production of theatre within their colleges and universities, or to educational projects in dramaturgy. The LMDA National Fellowship winner will attend the national festival in Washington. Projects on display Tuesday through Thursday in Scheman.

FACULTY ACTING SHOWCASE It is a truth universally acknowledged that all students of acting secretly wish to see their acting teachers up on stage. Some want to be inspired by seeing their mentors living truthfully under imaginary circumstances, making a connection with their scene partners, and responding in the moment. And some, well, they just want to see if their teachers really practice what they preach! To accommodate both sorts of students (and curious colleagues), we offer the Faculty Acting Showcase. The adventuresome faculty members who volunteer to participate receive scenes to study without knowing who their partners will be. All is revealed at the Showcase, where the brave souls meet their partners and “splash” into the scene together at the moment of performance – which gives a whole new, literal meaning to playing a scene as if “for the first time”! It’s an event unlike any other – and you can definitely expect the unexpected! Tuesday late night Benton in Scheman.

FACULTY DIRECTING SHOWCASE Watch the final result as faculty directors and student assistant directors take on the challenge of casting, rehearsing and presenting a 5-minute scene with 6 hours of rehearsal over two days. WHEW! You won't want to miss the excitement! Presented Wednesday late night in Benton at Scheman.

IRENE RYAN SCHOLARSHIP AUDITIONS A three-round audition process culminates in two people receiving scholarships and being chosen to represent Region V at the national festival in Washington, D.C. Additional recognitions are presented for Best Partner, Best Classical and Best Musical auditions. Finals Friday night at City Auditorium!


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NATIONAL CRITIC’S INSTITUTE Students who participate in NCI meet daily with a guest critic in a seminar atmosphere to discuss their own writing and the function of theatre criticism in society. Throughout the week the daily demands of writing reviews of festival plays and meeting morning deadlines simulate the world of professional theatre criticism. One student is chosen to attend the national festival in Washington.

ONE-ACT PLAYS Thirty-one one-act plays from Region V were read “blinded” for anonymity by a team of readers from Region IV. The three one-act plays selected will be presented in concert reading at the festival on Tuesday evening at 8:00 pm in Benton Auditorium. The top two plays will be John Cauble National Semi-Finalists and the top play will be invited back to next year’s Region V festival as a fully mounted production.

PROFESSIONAL THEATRE AUDITIONS & INTERVIEWS A unique opportunity for performance and technical theatre students from around the region to participate in a professional audition/interview process that allows them to seek internships, summer or year-round employment. Past and present professional companies who have or will participate in this event include: Actor's Theatre of Louisville, Brownville Village Theatre, Children's Studio Theatre Company, Creede Repertory Theatre, Emporia State University Summer Theatre, Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, Highland Summer Theatre, The New Theatre Company, Old Creamery Theatre, Prairie Repertory Theatre, Riverside Theatre Shakespeare Festival, Santa Fe Opera and The Straw Hat Players. Tuesday and Wednesday at the Gateway Conference Center.

PORTFOLIO REVIEW SESSIONS Students show a physical portfolio, electronic portfolio, or a combination of the two mediums. Each student presents their materials and receives feedback from professionals in the industry. Students in their junior year are encouraged to attend as a viewing audience member in order to assist in preparing for the 2011 Portfolio Reviews. Reviews happen on Friday at 1:00 pm in Scheman.

REGION V AWARDS IN DESIGN AND AFFILIATED ARTS/CRAFTS Students’ work that is from “unrealized” projects, or does not fall under the Barbizon or Alcone awards systems, is displayed and will receive a response. Class assignments, props projects, poster designs and other formats on display in Scheman, Tuesday through Thursday.

SOCIETY OF STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM Applicants go through a rigorous directing experience including: submitting an essay outlining their work as a director, presenting a staged scene and preparing and defending his or her director’s book with an SDC member. The Society for Stage Directors and Choreographers (SDC) sponsors one student director from each region to attend the national festival and awards a one-year Associate Membership to the SDC. Presented Friday morning in Benton at Scheman!

SHOWCASE OF INVITED SCENES Through the course of the “festival season,” Region V respondents nominate scenes of high quality from both Associate and Participating Productions. On Tuesday afternoon, check out some of the outstanding work that’s been happening around the Region.

SOUND DESIGN AWARD This exhibition presents student sound design from KCACTF Participating or Associate Productions. One student’s work will be displayed at the national festival in Washington. Designs on display Tuesday through Thursday at Scheman.

STAGE CREW SHOWDOWN! Four-person teams work together on crew activities ranging from hanging a curtain to costume-quick-changes, and are judged on both time and execution. Prelims are Sunday night and Monday afternoon, and don’t miss the exciting finals on Monday night in Fisher!

STAGE MANAGEMENT FELLOWSHIP Entrants nominated from their home productions present their complete prompt book. In addition, entrants serve on the Festival Honors Stage Management Crew stage managing one of the many all-festival events. One student is chosen to attend the national festival in Washington. Projects on display Tuesday through Thursday at the Scheman Building.

TEN-MINUTE PLAYS The Ten-Minute Play Festival features the top six plays out of 100 submitted to Region V. The 100 plays were read “blinded” for anonymity by a team of readers from Region IV. The plays are staged at the festival by student directors, working with faculty mentors. The top two plays will be the Ten-Minute Semi-Finalists for Region V. The plays will be presented Friday at 1:00 pm in Fisher Theatre.


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DAVID MARK COHEN NATIONAL FINALISTS THE PILLARS STAND: RICHARDSON FIRE PROJECT

Adam Sharp, with Roger Moon and the Southwestern College Theatre Department INDEPENDENT PEOPLE

Eva Barr, Directed by Ruth Weiner, Carleton College

DRAMATURGY PARTICIPANTS Dennis Corcoran,

St. Louis Community College Meramec Production: A Beckett Exploration Director: Dennis Corcoran Mentor: Michelle Rebollo

Thomas Fagerholm, Minnesota State, Mankato Production: Hedda Gabler Director: Unrealized Class Project Mentor: Heather Hamilton

Kayla Flint, University of Missouri Production: How I Learned To Drive Director & Mentor: David Crespy

Heather Hare, Northwest Missouri State University Production: A Christmas Carol Director & Mentor: Amanda Petefish-Schrag

Nina Kampf, University of Minnesota Duluth Production: South Pacific Director & Mentor: Bill Payne

Kristen Kvalsten, University of Minnesota Duluth Production: South Pacific Director & Mentor: Bill Payne

Isaac Miner, North Hennepin Community College Production: In Darfur Director & Mentor: Mike Ricci

Lindsey Oetken, Simpson College Production: The Learned Ladies Director & Mentor: Tom Woldt

Kaija Pellinen, Minnesota State University, Mankato Production: Woyzcez Director: Unrealized Class Project Mentor: Heather Hamilton

Andy Pierce, University of Missouri Production: Arcadia Director: David Crespy Mentor: David Brown

Aleah Stenberg, Northwestern College Production: Picasso at the Lapin Agile Director & Mentor: Robert Hubbard

NATIONAL CRITICS INSTITUTE PARTICIPANTS Chelsea Almany,

University of Missouri Thomas Govert,

Emporia State University Elizabeth Horneber,

Bethany Lutheran College

Michael G. Lilienthal, Bethany Lutheran College

Issac Miner, North Hennepin Community College

Allison Pohle, University of Missouri

Jacob C. Schlueter, North Dakota State University

Lauryn Stallings, University of Missouri

Jordan Van Essen, Grand View University


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ONE-ACT PLAY FESTIVAL TUESDAY, 8:00 PM, BENTON AUDITORIUM, SCH

NIGHTS ON THE COUCH Matt Fotis, University of Missouri A BEAUTIFUL LIE Lindsay Ward, Emporia State University THE CONVERSATION Dennis Corcoran, St. Louis Community College Meramec

SHOWCASE OF INVITED SCENES TUESDAY 3:00 PM, FISHER THEATRE

THE DIVINERS, Emporia State University MACHINAL, Dordt College DISTURBING THE PEACE, Simpson College THE PILLOWMAN, Iowa State University THE RIDING CLUB, Culver Stockton College CORN MAN, University of Nebraska – Kearney THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, Northern State University IN DARFUR, North Hennepin Community College

FACULTY DIRECTING SHOWCASE WEDNESDAY, 9:45 PM, BENTON AUDITORIUM, SCH THE DEATH OF THE LAST BLACK MAN by Suzan-Lori Parks

Director: Jim Williams, Winona State University Assistant Director: Kayla Flint, University of Missouri

STREET DISH by Queer Street Youth Director: Jennifer Nostrala, Simpson College Assistant Director: Joe Reece, University of Central Missouri

ANTHEMS: CULTURE CLASH IN THE DISTRICT commissioned by Arena Stage Director: Ray Schultz, University of Minnesota, Morris Assistant Director: Tyler Hammond, University of Central Missouri

HOKTI by Annette Arkeketa Director: Tom Woldt, Simpson College Assistant Director: Alexandra McCale, University of Central Missouri

Contrary to popular belief, festival production response sessions are open to all festival participants. These can be among some of the most interesting and informative sessions, so come in and listen to faculty and professionals from outside Region V talk about the shows

you saw the day before!


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STAGE DIRECTORS & CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP AUDITIONS

FRIDAY 10:30 AM, BENTON ; SCH Following a preliminary round (closed event) and interview session, six of the following students will

be chosen to present their scenes for the public final round. ANGELS IN AMERICA Troy Battle, University of Central Missouri PROOF Rachel Foulks, University of South Dakota PROOF Kimberly Miller, Minnesota State University Moorhead TONGUE OF A BIRD Gabe Moyer, Emporia State University ANATOMY OF GRAY Chris Owens, Doane College HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE Aaron Sawyer, University of Nebraska – Lincoln PROOF Ryan Scully, Emporia State University ANGELS IN AMERICA Trent Stork, University of Nebraska – Lincoln PROOF Abby Stroot, Wichita State University HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE Kassandr Wendell, University of Nebraska – Kearney PROOF Dustin Z. West, William Woods University

TEN-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL FRIDAY 1:00 PM, FISHER THEATRE

FALLEN by Tyler Walton, University of Missouri Director: Rebecca Wilson, Doane College Mentor: Keith Oliver, St. Louis Community College Meramec

HE’S GONNA SEE STARS by Lavinia Roberts, University of Kansas Director: Adam Smith, University of Central Missouri Mentor: Keith Oliver, St. Louis Community College Meramec

FORTUNE 500 by Saira Jehangir Khan, EAT, University of Kansas Director: Derek Trautwein, University of Central Missouri Mentor: David Wintersteen, Concordia College

THE PAINTED DESERT by Deborah Yarchum, University of Iowa Director: James Rose, University of Central Missouri Mentor: Phillip Hoke, Garden City Community College

58 & 59 by Matt Fotis, University of Missouri Director: Elizabeth Thompson, University of Nebraska at Omaha Mentor: Michael McIntyre, Jamestown College

MOTHER OF THE BRIDE by Kim Condon, EAT, University of Kansas Director: Larisa Netterlund, University of North Dakota Mentor: Mark Kelty, Central Methodist University


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COSTUME PARADE FRIDAY EVENING FOLLOWING THE IRENE RYAN FINALS, CITY AUDITORIUM

ALICE IN WONDERLAND Cynthia Jennings,

Winona State University RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET

Eddy Barrows, Concordia College, Moorhead

THE WIZ Nicholas Walker,

Highland Community College THE BIRDS

Ronnie Chamberlain, University of Central Missouri

CHICAGO David McCarl,

Minnesota State University, Mankato

VENUS Jennifer Pool,

Iowa Western Community College AS YOU LIKE IT

Jess Larson, University of Minnesota, Morris

THE SECRET GARDEN Susan Blom, Dordt College

TWELFTH NIGHT Natalie Freisen,

University of South Dakota THE LEARNED LADIES

Tiffany Rudd, Simpson College COMEDY OF ERRORS

Rooth Varland, North Dakota State University

ROMEO AND JULIET Allyson Moon, Southwestern College


Region V extends its deep appreciation to the following sponsors

for their generous support of the festival:

Alcone Company Association for Theatre in Higher Education

Barbizon Lighting Company National Partners of the American Theatre

The Playwrights Center The Society of Properties Artisans and Managers

Stage Directors and Choreographers Society United States Institute for Theatre Technology

Haley Cook, Ames Convention and Visitors Bureau


Location Key: GCC = Gateway Hotel Conference Center SCH = Scheman Building

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FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

JANUARY 16

SUNDAY PERFORMANCE, AUDITION & EVENT SCHEDULE 1:00 – 3:00 pm Festival Volunteers Meeting Garden; GCC 3:00 – 7:00 pm Festival Registration Garden; GCC 3:00 – 7:00 pm Irene Ryan Information Desk North Meadow; GCC 3:00 – 7:00 pm Profession Auditions & Interviews Check In South Meadow; GCC 3:00 – 6:00 pm Design, Technologies, and Management Expo Space

Assignments (Participants Only) Benton Lobby; SCH

4:00 – 6:30 pm Rehearsal for Invited National Award Winning Play – Las Hermanas Padilla (Closed Rehearsal)

Benton Theatre; SCH

5:30 – 7:00 pm Ten-Minute Play and One Act Play Director & Playwright Orientation (Participants Only)

South Prairie; GCC

7:00 – 7:30 pm Profession Auditions & Interviews Orientation South Meadow; GCC 7:30 – 9:00 pm Festival Launch and Orientation & Certificates of Merit Prairie Rooms; GCC 9:00 – 9:30 pm Festival Stage Managers Meeting (Participants Only) South Meadow; GCC 9:30 – 11:30 pm Rehearsal for Invited National Award Winning Play – Las

Hermanas Padilla (Closed Rehearsal) Benton Theatre; SCH

9:30 – 11:30 pm Stage Crew Showdown Preliminary Round Fisher Theatre

JANUARY 17

MONDAY PERFORMANCE, AUDITION & EVENT SCHEDULE 8:00 – 8:45 am Irene Ryan Preliminary Round Judges Meeting

(Closed Session) 254; SCH

8:00 am – 12:00 pm Design, Technologies, and Management Expo Space Assignments (Participants Only)

Benton Lobby; SCH

8:00 am – 12:00 pm Irene Ryan Warm Up Room (Piano Provided) 204/208; SCH 8:00 am – 1:00 pm Irene Ryan Scholarship Auditions Office & Information 98; SCH 8:00 am – 6:00 pm Festival Registration & Information 1st Floor Lobby; SCH 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Design Intensives (Pre-registrants Only)

Period Draping (Dressing Rooms; Fisher Theatre) Foam Carving (Scene Shop; Fisher Theatre) Sound Design for the 10-minute Plays (Harvest Rm; GCC)

Dressing Rooms, Scene shop; Fisher Theatre; Harvest Room; GCC

9:00 am – 1:00 pm Irene Ryan Preliminary Round Auditions 167/171, 175/179, 220, 240, 250/252, 260/262, 275, 299; SCH

11:00 am – 1:00 pm Rehearsal for Invited National Award Winning Play – Las Hermanas Padilla (Closed Rehearsal)

Benton; SCH

12:00 – 2:00 pm Stage Crew Showdown Preliminary Round Fisher Theatre 1:00 – 4:00 pm Design Intensive (Pre-registrants Only)

Design on a Dime (Scene Shop; Fisher Theatre) Thayer Lighting Design Intensive (2140 Pearson Hall; ISU)

Scene shop; Fisher Theatre 2140 Pearson Hall; ISU

1:00 – 5:00 pm Design, Technologies, and Management Expo Space Assignments (Participants Only)

Benton Lobby; SCH

2:00 – 3:30 pm Irene Ryan Semi-Final Announcement & Orientation Fisher Theatre



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3:00 – 6:00 pm Ten-Minute Play & Faculty Directing Showcase Auditions

Benton; SCH

3:30 – 7:00 pm Tech Rehearsal for Invited National Award Winning Play – Las Hermanas Padilla (Closed Rehearsal)

Fisher Theatre

4:00 – 5:00 pm SDC Directing Orientation (Participants Only) 299; SCH 6:00 – 7:00 pm Ten-Minute Play & Faculty Directing Showcase Casting

Meeting (Closed Session) Benton; SCH

7:30 – 9:30 pm Performance: Invited National Award Winning Play – Las Hermanas Padilla

Fisher Theatre

9:45 – 10:45 pm Stage Crew Showdown Final Round Fisher Theatre

10:30 PM – 1:30 AM ZOMBIES VS. ALIENS STUDENT PARTY GARDEN ROOM, GATEWAY CONFERENCE CENTER

Get bloody or get colorful. Body paint earns you cool points!

MONDAY WORKSHOP SCHEDULE Workshops are coded by initials that correspond with the section of the brochure where a

description may be found. For example, “AD” workshops are described in “Acting and Directing” section.

8:00 am – 12:00 pm AD Irene Ryan Warm-Up Sessions (Hamilton/Foss) Students Only

204; SCH

9:30 – 10:45 am DT Color Theory For Stage Lighting (Liotta) Students Only Participation Limit:40

North Meadow; GCC

11:00 am – 12:15 pm DT What Designers Can (Still) Learn From Disney (Kearney)

Center Prairie; GCC

11:00 am – 12:15 pm AD Theatrical Lighting for the Performer (Sannerud) Participation Limit: 25

2140; Pearson Hall Students wishing to attend, meet the shuttle at Fisher Theatre at 10:30 am

12:30 – 1:45 pm DT Your First Time as a Stage Manager (Proctor)

North Meadow; GCC

12:30 – 1:45 pm DT Fantastical Face! (Rudd) Fisher Theatre - Dressing Room

2:00 – 3:15 pm DT Airbrush Make-Up; Fantasy and Reality (Reaney, Keiser, Schroeder)

Fisher Theatre - Dressing Room

2:00 – 3:15 pm TK The Theatre Degree IS Valuable: Using Theatrical Skills in the New Economy (Sidoli) Participation Limit: 40

North Meadow; GCC

2:00 – 3:15 pm AD Warming-Up By Slowing Down: Tai Chi Exercises for the Actor (Hagen)

South Prairie; GCC

3:30 – 4:45 pm TK Drama Therapy: Another Career Path After Your B.A. in Theatre (Fronczak)

171; SCH

3:30 – 4:45 pm AD Shakespeare On Your Feet: An On Your Feet Approach to Acting Shakespeare (Gordon-Bland) Students Only Participation Limit: 25

South Prairie; GCC

3:30 – 4:45 pm MT Swing Dancing for the Stage (Rudd) Participation Limit: 60

Garden; GCC

3:30 – 4:45 pm DT What Professional Theatres are Looking for in a Prop Artisan and Prop Master (Olive)

167; SCH



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JANUARY 18 TUESDAY PERFORMANCE, AUDITION & EVENT SCHEDULE

8:00 – 9:00 am Orientation and Reception for Design, Technologies, and Management Expo Participants (Participants & Faculty Mentors Only)

Benton Lobby; SCH

8:00 – 11:00 am Faculty Directing Showcase Rehearsals (Closed Rehearsals)

204 & 208; SCH

8:00 am – 6:00 pm Festival Registration & Information 1st Floor Lobby; SCH 8:00 am – 6:00 pm Professional Auditions (Participants Only) Center Prairie; GCC 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Design Intensives (Pre-registrants Only)

Thayer Lighting Design Intensive (2140 Pearson Hall; ISU) Sound Design for the Ten-Minute Plays (175; SCH)

2140 Pearson Hall; ISU 175; SCH

9:00 am – 12:00 pm College Fair Load In (Participating Schools Only) Fisher Lobby 9:00 am – 1:00 pm SDC Directing Scenes Preliminary Round (Closed Session) Benton; SCH 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Professional Tech Interviews (Participants Only) North Meadow; GCC 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Design, Technologies, and Management Expo

Open to Public Benton Lobby; SCH

10:00 – 11:00 am Devised Theatre Performance: Untouchable Voices Fisher Theatre 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Ten-Minute Play Rehearsals (Closed Session) 250 & 252; SCH 1:00 – 2:45 pm Showcase of Invited Scenes Orientation (Participants Only) Fisher Theatre 1:00 – 4:00 pm Design Intensives (Pre-registrants Only)

Costume Runway (179; SCH) Sound Design for the Ten-Minute Plays (Benton; SCH) Thayer Lighting Design Intensive (2140 Pearson Hall; ISU) Model Building (Design Lab; Pearson Hall; ISU Campus)

179, SCH; Benton, SCH; 2140 Pearson Hall; ISU Pearson Design Lab; ISU

1:00 – 5:00 pm Irene Ryan Preliminary Round Feedback Sessions 167/171, 175/179, 220, 240, 250/252, 260/262, 275, 299; SCH

2:00 – 3:15 pm Devised Writing Workshop South Meadow; GCC 2:00 – 5:00 pm Faculty Directing Showcase Rehearsals

(Closed Rehearsals) 204 & 208; SCH

2:00 – 8:00 pm Professional Auditions Dance Routine Training (Participants Only) If called back to dance training, students need only attend one of the following sessions: 2:00 – 3:30; 4:00 – 5:30; or 6:30 – 8:00 pm

Garden; GCC

3:00 – 5:00 pm Showcase of Invited Scenes Fisher Theatre 3:00 – 5:00 pm Stage Managers Meeting (Participants Only) North Meadow; GCC 4:00 – 7:00 pm One-Act Play Festival Rehearsal (Closed Rehearsals) Benton; SCH 4:00 – 7:00 pm SDC Directing Interviews (Closed Session) 98, SCH 8:00 – 10:00 pm Performance: One-Act Play Festival Benton; SCH 10:00 – 10:15 pm SDC Finalists Announcement Benton; SCH 10:15 – 11:00 pm SDC Finalists Orientation (Closed Session) 167/171; SCH 10:15 – 11:15 pm Showcase: Faculty Acting Showcase Benton; SCH

10:30 PM – 1:30 AM ROCKY HORROR SHOW STUDENT PARTY GARDEN ROOM, GATEWAY CONFERENCE CENTER

It’s a jump to the left! Dress like the rock stars of the Rocky Horror Picture Show and party like a Sweet Transvestite!



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JANUARY 18 TUESDAY WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

Workshops are coded by initials that correspond with the section of the brochure where a description may be found. For example, “AD” workshops are described in “Acting and

Directing” section. 8:00 – 9:15 am TK Playwriting, Dramaturgy, and Critics Faculty

Breakfast Forum Faculty Only (Herman) Harvest; GCC

8:00 – 9:15 am AD Wake-Up Call! Exploring Lessac Body NRG’s to Invigorate the Body, Mind & Soul (NeSmith) Participation Limit: 25

Garden; GCC

9:30 – 10: 45 am DT Guide the Eye: Color Theory for Costume Designers (Varland)

167; SCH

9:30 – 10:45 am AD Power Nutrition for the Actor (Hagen) Harvest; GCC

9:30 – 10:45 am AD Warm-Up and Breathe (Smith) South Prairie; GCC

9:30 – 10:45 am DT Projections 101: A Primer of Tools, Tips, and Techniques for Low-Mid Range Production Budgets (Peltz)

299; SCH

9:30 – 10:45 am AD Acting for the Camera: A Very Different Experience (Miller) Students Only, Participation Limit: 25

South Meadow; GCC

9:30 – 10:45 am MT Dance for Musical Theatre (Ellingson) Students Only

Garden; GCC

9:30am – 12:00 pm DT Knots, Bends, Hitches, and Splices 101 (Stark) Participation Limit: 15

275; SCH

11:00 am – 12:15 pm AD Building A Character: A Physical Approach Using Neutral Mask (Gordon-Bland) Participation Limit: 12

South Prairie; GCC

11:00 am – 12:15 pm MT The Motivated Gesture (Foradori) Students Only, Participation Limit: 40

299; SCH

11:00 am – 12:15 pm DT Model Building: Hints and Shortcuts (Jones) 171; SCH 12:30 – 1:45 pm TK Green Theatre (Mollenkamp) 208; SCH

12:30 – 1:45 pm MT I Have To What?!?! A Simple Approach to Choreography for the Non-Choreographer (Ellingson) Students Only

Garden; GCC

2:00 – 3:15 pm AD Communicating Shakespeare (Wegner) Participation Limit: 25

North Prairie; GCC

2:00 – 4:30 pm PW The First Ten Minutes (Peters) Students Only PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25

Harvest; GCC

3:30 – 4:45 pm AD Shakespeare’s Language in Performance (Steele) Participation Limit: 40

North Prairie; GCC



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JANUARY 19WEDNESDAY PERFORMANCE, AUDITION & EVENT SCHEDULE

7:15 – 8:00 am Irene Ryan Semi-Final Round Respondents Meeting


8:00 – 11:00 am Faculty Directing Showcase Rehearsals (Closed Rehearsals) 204 & 208; SCH 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Irene Ryan Semi-Final Round Auditions Benton; SCH 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Festival Registration & Information 1st Floor Lobby; SCH 8:30 – 9:00 am Professional Auditions Dance Routine Callback Warm-ups

(Participants Only) Garden; GCC

9:00 – 10:00 am Professional Auditions Dance Routine Callbacks (Participants Only)

Garden; GCC

9:00 – 11:00 am One Act Play Responses 275; SCH 9:00 am – 3:00 pm SDC Rehearsals (Closed Rehearsals) 260/262; SCH 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Design, Technologies, and Management Expo Open to Public Benton Lobby; SCH 10:00 – 11:15 pm Performance: Oedipus Rex Fisher Theatre 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Ten-Minute Play Rehearsals (Closed Session) 250 & 252; SCH 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Professional Auditions Callbacks & Tech Interviews

(Participants Only) Center Prairie; GCC (Callbacks) South Prairie; GCC (Tech Interviews)

11:00 – 1:00 pm National Critics Institute (Participants Only) 98; SCH 12:30 – 4:00 pm Irene Ryan Semi-Final Round Auditions Benton; SCH 2:00 – 3:15 pm Devised Writing Workshop South Meadow; GCC 2:00 – 3:15 pm Performance: Oedipus Rex Fisher Theatre 2:00 – 5:00 pm Faculty Directing Showcase Rehearsals (Closed Rehearsals) 204 & 208; SCH 3:00 – 5:00 pm Dramaturgy Responses 167/171; SCH 3:00 – 5:00 pm Stage Managers Meeting (Closed Session) 250; SCH 4:00 – 5:00 pm Faculty Directing Showcase Respondent Meeting


4:00 – 5:00 pm Design, Technologies, and Management Expo Respondent Meeting (Closed Session)

254; SCH

7:30 – 9:30 pm Design, Technologies, and Management Expo Walk-Through (Respondents Only)

Benton Lobby; SCH

7:30 – 10:30 pm Performance: The Odyssey CY Stephens Auditorium 10:30 – 10:45 pm Irene Ryan Finals Announcement CY Stephens Auditorium 10:45 – 11:30 pm Showcase: Faculty Directing Showcase Benton; SCH

10:30 PM – 1:30 AM LADY GAGA STUDENT PARTY GARDEN ROOM, GATEWAY CONFERENCE CENTER

Time to go over the top. Don your best pop queen inspired attire. Meat dress anyone?



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JANUARY 19WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP SCHEDULE


Directing” section. 8:00 – 9:15am TK Acting Faculty Breakfast Forum (Schmidt)

Faculty Only Harvest; GCC

8:00 - 10:45 am AD THE PLAY ROOM: Theatre Game Marathon (Moon)

167; SCH

9:30 – 10:45 am DT Entering the Design/Tech Expo: Don’t be Afraid! (Tabaka)

175; SCH

9:30 – 10:45 am TK Introduction to Theatre: A Passé Course? (Burgess) Participation Limit: 25

South Meadow; GCC

9:30 – 10:45 am PW SERVING THE PLAY – A Workshop For Directors and Playwrights (Henry)

299; SCH

9:30 – 12:00 pm DT Knots, Bends, Hitches, and Splices 101 (Stark) Participation Limit: 15

240; SCH

9:30 – 10:45 am DT The Design Statement (Otte) Participation Limit: 25

Harvest; GCC

9:30 – 10:45 am AD Tools Not Rules – How to use Shakespeare’s First Folio (Sanders) Participation Limit: 40

171; SCH

9:30 – 10:45 am AD Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior (Fiordellisi)

North Meadow; GCC

11:00 am – 12:15 pm PW Adapting for the Stage (Urbinati) 299; SCH

11:00 am – 12:15 pm DT Costume Rendering Using Photo Editing Software (Jones)

240; SCH

11:00 am – 1:30 pm AD Creating Character – Body, Voice and Soul! (Roberts/Bailey) Participation Limit: 25

North Prairie; GCC

11:00 am – 12:15 pm AD Aiming for a Paradigm: a New Framework for Directing Practice (Mitchell)

240; SCH

11:00 am – 1:30 pm AD Shakespeare Master Class: Voice, Body and Presence (Schwinke) Students Only, Participation Limit: 12

167; SCH

11:00 am – 12:15 pm MT The Musical Theatre Dance Audition (Finocchiaro)

Garden; GCC

12:30 – 1:45 pm AD Punch! Dab! Wring! The Actor’s use of Laban’s Energy (Wegner) Participation Limit: 25

Garden; GCC

12:30 – 1:45 pm DT Guidelines and Recommendations for Alcone Makeup Design Entries (Sobel)

299;SCH

12:30 – 3:00 pm DT Performing Arts Management (Albanese) Participation Limit: 40

North Meadow; GCC

12:30 – 1:45 pm DT Making Elizabethan Ruffs (Greenwell) Participation Limit: 30

179; SCH



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12:30 – 1:45 pm PW Getting Started (Willis) 175; SCH 12:30 – 1:45 pm PW Getting Involved in the Region V National

Playwriting Program (Herman) South Meadow; GCC

2:00 – 3:15 pm TK Finagle Your Own Newfangled (Horvik) 240; SCH 2:00 – 3:15 pm DT Developing and Presenting a Professional

Design Portfolio (Meester) Participation Limit: 25

Harvest; GCC

2:00 – 3:15 pm DT Visualizing the Script: A Designer's Approach (Binkley) Students Only, Participation Limit: 25

179; SCH

2:00 – 4:30 pm AD The Spirit of Stanislavski: The Practice of Communion in the System (Carriere) Participation Limit: 25

North Prairie; GCC

3:30 – 4:45 pm MT “You Can’t Stop the Beat: Transforming Social Dance Into Performance (Downey) Participation Limit: 40

Garden; GCC

3:30 – 4:45 pm PW Play Readings: A Workshop for Directors, Actors, and Playwrights (Urbinati)

299; SCH

3:30 – 4:45 pm DT Designing New Plays on a Workshop Budget (Binkley)

179: SCH

3:30 – 4:45 pm DT You Want to Break WHAT? (Olive) Participation Limit: 40

171; SCH

3:30 – 4:45 pm DT Perfecting your Portfolio (Otte) 175; SCH

Contrary to popular belief, festival production response sessions are open to all festival participants. These can be among some of the most interesting and informative sessions, so come in and listen to faculty and professionals from outside Region V talk about the shows

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JANUARY 20THURSDAY PERFORMANCE, AUDITION & EVENT SCHEDULE

8:00 – 8:30 am Load-In/Out Response: Oedipus Rex South Meadow; GCC 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Irene Ryan Semi-Final Audition Response for those

not advancing to Finals (Closed Session) 175/179; SCH

8:00 am – 5:00 pm Festival Registration & Information 1st Floor Lobby; SCH 8:30 – 9:00 am Load-In/Out Response: The Odyssey 250; SCH 8:30 – 9:30 am Production Response: Oedipus Rex South Meadow; GCC 9:00 – 10:00 am Production Response: The Odyssey 250; SCH 9:00 – 10:30 am Faculty Directing Showcase Response 204; SCH 9:00 – 11:30 am National Critics Institute (Participants only) 98; SCH 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Design, Technologies, and Management Expo

Responses Benton Lobby; SCH

9:00 am – 3:00 pm SDC Rehearsals (Closed Sessions) Benton; SCH 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Design, Technologies, and Management Expo

Open to Public Benton Lobby; SCH

9:30 – 10:45 am Devised Writing Workshop 299; SCH 10:00 – 11:35 am Performance: Once on This Island Fisher Theatre 10:00 – 11:35 am Performance: Richard III City Auditorium 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Ten-Minute Play Rehearsals (Closed Session) 250 & 252; SCH 10:00 – 11:30 am College Fair Representatives Available Fisher Theatre Lobby 12:00 – 1:30 pm Irene Ryan Semi-Final Audition Response for those

advancing to Finals (Closed Session) 175/179; SCH

1:00 – 5:00 pm Design, Technologies, and Management Expo Responses

Benton Lobby; SCH

2:00 – 3:35 pm Performance: Once on This Island Fisher Theatre 2:00 – 3:35 pm Performance: Richard III City Auditorium 2:00 – 4:00 pm Stage Managers Meeting (Closed Session) 250; SCH 5:00 – 9:00 pm Design, Technologies, and Management Expo

Participant Strike Benton Lobby; SCH

7:30 – 9:30 pm Performance: Godspell CY Stephens Auditorium 9:30 – 10:30 pm Festival Recognition Ceremony CY Stephens Auditorium

10:30 PM – 1:30 AM HEROES AND VILLAINS STUDENT PARTY NORTH AND CENTRAL PRAIRIE, GATEWAY CONFERENCE CENTER

Batman or the Joker; Superman or Lex Luther; Dorothy or the Wicked Witch; Dress as your favorite super hero or super villain.

FESTIVAL RECOGNITION CEREMONY Faculty Road Warriors Regional Excellence in Design and Technology Outstanding Faculty Directing Scene Outstanding Stage Crew Outstanding One Act Outstanding Dramaturgy Project David Mark Cohen Nominees Recognition of Invited Productions



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JANUARY 20THURSDAY WORKSHOP SCHEDULE


Directing” section. 8:00 – 9:15 am TK Directing Faculty Breakfast Forum

(Mollenkamp) Faculty Only Harvest; GCC

8:30 – 10:45 am TK Respondent Training Workshop (Byrd) Faculty Only

South Meadow; GCC

9:30 – 10:45 am DT 1001 Uses for a Paper Clip and Other Stage Management Magical Skills (Horvik) Students Only

208; SCH

9:30 - 10:45 am AD Michael Chekhov Technique: Qualities of Movement (Goff) Participation Limit: 25

275; SCH

9:30 am – 12:00 pm AD "Exquisite Pressure" – Developing Collaborative Compositions (Nostrala) Students Only, Participation Limit: 25

240; SCH

9:30 - 10:45 am DT Wigs 101 (Greenwell) 260; SCH 9:30 – 10:45 am AD “You Have To Be Funny In Order To Win”

and Other Myths About The Irene Ryan Audition Scholarships (Pettigrew)

North Meadow; GCC

9:30 – 10:45 am PW The Director/Playwright Collaboration and Working on New Plays (Herman)

220; SCH

11:00 am – 12:15 pm TK Mentoring Student Designers (Rudd) Faculty Only

260; SCH

11:00 am - 12:15 pm DT Who Thought That Was A Good Idea?: The History and Creation of Common Building Materials and Sizes (Stark)

262; SCH

11:00 am – 12:15 pm DT Composing Original Incidental Music & Sound for Theatre (Croswell)

208; SCH

11:00 am - 1:30 pm PW Hearing the Playwright’s Voice; A Workshop for Playwrights and Directors (McGill)

220; SCH

11:00 am -12:15 pm AD Image Work Training (Goff) Participation Limit: 25

275; SCH

12:30 – 3:00 pm AD The Physical Actor: WAY Beyond the Psychological: Aware, Available, Responsive (Chapman)

Center Prairie; GCC

2:00 – 3:15 pm PW The Business of the Business: How Playwrights Market Their Work (Jensen)

220; SCH

2:00 – 3:15 pm AD Rehearsal Techniques for Directors (Cherry) Participation Limit: 40

299; SCH

2:00 – 3:15 pm TK A Career in Theatre: A Practical Guide to the Business and the Role of Actors' Equity (Miller)

275; SCH



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2:00 – 4:30 pm AD Acting With Color (Fronczak) 240; SCH 2:00 – 3:15 pm AD Producing Plays by Emerging Playwrights

(Fiordellisi) 204; SCH

2:00 – 3:15 pm DT FOR Profit Theatre: Commercial Production Materials and Methods (Stark)

262; SCH

3:30 – 4:45 pm AD I Know What I Want, But How Do I Get It? (Wegner) Students Only, Participation Limit: 25

179; SCH

3:30 – 4:45 pm TK Actors Theatre of Louisville Apprentice/Intern Company Information Session (Legg)

North Meadow; GCC

3:30 – 4:45 pm DT Directing 3-D Live (McKinley) 260; SCH 3:30 – 4:45 pm AD Movement, Ensemble Building &

Storytelling (Peters) Participation Limit: 25 299; SCH



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JANUARY 21FRIDAY PERFORMANCE, AUDITION & EVENT SCHEDULE

8:00 – 8:30 am Load-In/Out Response: Once on This Island 250; SCH 8:00 – 9:00 am Production Response: Richard III 275; SCH 8:00 – 10:00 am Costume Parade Rehearsal City Auditorium 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Festival Registration & Information 1st Floor Lobby; SCH 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Costume Parade Load-In City Auditorium 8:30 – 9:00 am Load-In/Out Response: Godspell South Meadow; GCC 8:30 – 9:30 am Production Response: Once on This Island 250; SCH 9:00 – 9:30 am Load-In/Out Response: Richard III 275; SCH 9:00 – 10:00 am Production Response: Godspell South Meadow; GCC 9:00 – 11:00 am Theatre Management Response Session 208; SCH 9:00 – 11:30 am National Critics Institute (participants only) 98; SCH 9:30 am – 12:30 pm Ten-Minute Play Rehearsals (Closed Session) Fisher Theatre 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Stage Managers Meeting (Closed Session) 250; SCH 10:30 am – 12:00 pm SDC Directing Scenes Final Round Public Performances Benton; SCH 12:00 – 1:00 pm Invited Regional Respondent Luncheon Center Prairie; SCH 1:00 – 3:30 pm Portfolio Reviews (Participants Only) 175/179; SCH 1:00 – 3:00 pm Ten-Minute Play Festival Fisher Theatre 1:00 – 5:00 pm Irene Ryan Final Auditions Rehearsal (Closed Session) City Auditorium 2:00 – 3:30 pm SDC Directing Scenes Final Round Responses 275; SCH 3:00 – 5:00 pm Ten-Minute Play Festival Response Session Fisher Theatre 7:00 – 10:15 pm Irene Ryan Final Round Auditions & Costume Parade City Auditorium 10:30 pm – 12:00 am Festival Recognition Ceremony City Auditorium

11:00 PM – 1:30 AM CLASSY SHADES AND CLOTHES STUDENT PARTY GARDEN ROOM, GATEWAY CONFERENCE CENTER

Get Red Carpet ready and party down in your classiest threads and sunglasses.

FESTIVAL RECOGNITION CEREMONY National Faculty Fellow in Acting Gold Medallion Recipient Outstanding Ten-Minute Play National Barbizon Awards Outstanding Stage Manager Outstanding Theatre Management Student National Critics Institute Student Directing Recognition of Invited Productions Golden Hand Truck Recipient

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JANUARY 21FRIDAY WORKSHOP SCHEDULE


Directing” section.

8:00 – 9:15 am TK Design, Technology, and Management Faculty Breakfast Forum (Paul) Faculty Only

Iowa Stater Private Dining Room; GCC

9:30 am – 12:00 pm AD The Feldenkrais Method® in Actor Training (Schwinke) Faculty Only

South Prairie; GCC

9:30 – 10:45 am AD Movement for the Actor: Physicalizing a Character (Harwood) Students Only

North Prairie; GCC

9:30 – 10:45 am PW Creating a Play Idea: The Start to Playwriting (AuFrance)

240; SCH

9:30 – 10:45 am TK Building Buzz: How to Attract Audiences (Other Than Your Mom) (Morain)

167; SCH

9:30 – 10:45 am AD Networking in Your Professional Acting Career (Legg)

North Meadow; GCC

9:30 - 10:45 am AD Preparing a Great Audition Monologue (Attaway)

175; SCH

9:30 am – 12:00 pm DT Enchanted Wings: An Approach to Making Wings for Theatre (Dura/Howe) Participation Limit: 25

Scene Shop; Fischer

11:00 am – 12:15 pm AD Acting for the Camera: A Very Different Experience (Miller) Students Only, Participation Limit: 25

South Meadow; GCC

11:00 am – 12:15 pm PW Character Creation (Owen) 167; SCH

12:30 – 3:00 pm AD Shakespeare Master Class: Voice, Body and Presence (Schwinke) Students Only, Participation Limit: 12

South Prairie; GCC

12:30-3:00 pm DT Rendering Fabric (Kenyon) Participation Limit: 25

Scene Shop; Fisher

12:30-3:00 pm DT Portfolio Photography Workshop (Kenyon) Participation Limit: 25

240; SCH

2:00 – 3:15 pm TK All Access Backstage Pass-The Santa Fe Opera (Armagost)

250; SCH



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JANUARY 22SATURDAY PERFORMANCE, AUDITION & EVENT SCHEDULE

9:00 – 10:30 am Irene Ryan Final Audition Response

(Closed Session) South Prairie; GCC

9:00 – 10:30 am Regional Advisory Board Meeting North Prairie; GCC




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DESIGN/TECH INTENSIVES The following workshops required pre-registration and are NOT open to the general public.

OH, WHAT A RELIEF!: FOAM CARVING MADE EASY – Mark Wethington, University of Nebraska at Kearney Learn relief carving techniques using polystyrene insulation foam. In this hands-on experience the students will be taught the basics of relief carving in foam. Materials will be provided so all you need to bring is yourself. There will also be a discussion of other foam techniques including turning and hot-wire cutting. Participants should bring: work clothes and shoes appropriate to a shop environment, no sandals. (Experience level: Beginning to Intermediate) PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 12 Monday, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm; Scene Shop, Fisher Theatre

PERIOD DRAPING – Sharon Sobel, University of Nebraska–Omaha This intensive will cover period draping principles, including analysis of style, design, selecting and preparing draping fabric, working with grain, choosing and marking a dress form, and the basic steps in draping bodices and skirts. Participants will drape a bodice (without sleeves) and transfer the pattern to paper. Participants should bring: their own scissors and rulers if they prefer or they can use those supplied (Experience level: Beginning to Intermediate) PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 8 Monday 9:00 am – 12:00 pm; Dressing Rooms, Fisher Theatre

DESIGN ON DIME - HOW TO USE PAINTSTIKS TO CREATE PERIOD TEXTILES – Sara Curran Ice, University of Nebraska at Kearney A hands-on workshop using a product called Paintstiks to create realistic looking period textiles for the stage. Examples from The Malcontent by John Marsten will be provided. You will then have to opportunity to create your own pattern on a ½-yard of fabric using one of the three techniques that will be demonstrated for you. (Experience Level: Beginning to Intermediate) PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 12 Monday 1:00 – 4:00 pm; Scene Shop, Fisher Theatre

ADVANCED MODEL BUILDING TECHNIQUES – Mark Wethington, University of Nebraska at Kearney This hands-on workshop is designed for the advanced student model builder. The workshop will be geared toward a participant who is comfortable with building models and is looking to learn some advanced modeling techniques. Topics covered will include modeling textures, painting techniques, furniture, modeling natural objects and other advanced techniques. This workshop is designed for the advanced model builder. Participants should bring: their own cutting and measuring tools or may be able to use some limited ones supplied. (Experience level: Intermediate to Advanced) PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 8 Tuesday 1:00 – 4:00 pm; Design Lab, Pearson Hall, ISU

SOUND DESIGN FOR THE 10-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL – George Grubb, Minnesota State University, Mankato This dynamic offering will pair sound designers with directors of the 10-minute plays to conceptualize and produce limited but realized sound designs for actual performance. Student sound designers will have the opportunity to work with an experienced sound design mentor to develop their ideas in a hands-on environment. The intensive will take place over two days to allow for creative input and work time. Participants should bring: Their own laptop computer with sound editing software. (Experience Level: Intermediate to Advanced) PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 6 Monday 9:00 am – 12:00 pm; Harvest Room, GCC and Tuesday 9:00 am – 12:00 pm; 175, Scheman Building and Tuesday 1:00 – 4:00 pm; Benton, Scheman Building



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COSTUME RUNWAY, SEASON 4 – Marybeth Sorrell, Johnson County Community College and Sharon Sobel, University of Nebraska–Omaha This intensive will be done in the creative spirit of Project Runway. Designers will work in teams of two, chosen when they arrive. Upon their arrival each team will be given a time period in fashion history. They will research that era, have time to design the costume, be given a bag of fabric and then create the garment. All projects, including the designs, will be on display throughout the week. Participants should bring: 5 yards of fabric. (It could be 1 yard of this and 4 yards of that, but a total of five yards. All the fabric will be combined then redistributed.) Also bring Costume and/or Fashion History books for research. (Experience level: Beginner thru Expert) PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 12 Tuesday 1:00 – 4:00 pm; Room 179, Scheman Building

DAVID THAYER LIGHTING DESIGN INTENSIVE – Brad Reissig, University of North Dakota We are repeating this exciting new approach to the David Thayer Lighting Event. This hands-on intensive is designed for the experienced student lighting designer. The workshop will be geared toward a participant who is comfortable with all aspects of lighting design but is looking to experience more union oriented practice. Technical aspects of hanging, focusing and programming will be conducted by personnel provided by the venue. Participants will be provided a picture from art history for their project. It will be their task to evoke the quality, color and moment of the lighting in the picture. Students will work under the guidance of festival special guest lighting designers. Participants should bring: Their own gel libraries if they prefer or can use those supplied. (Experience level: Intermediate to Advanced) PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 8 Monday 1:00 – 4:00 pm; 2140, Pearson Hall, ISU and Tuesday 9:00 am – 4:00 pm; 2140, Pearson Hall, ISU



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WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS NOTE: Except where noted, workshops are open to ALL festival participants. The participation limits are set by the workshop leader and are reflected here, but others may be determined at the time of the workshop. Due to

space and material limitations, please be prepared to observe the participation limits.

ACTING AND DIRECTING WORKSHOPS (AD) Acting for the Camera: A Very Different Experience – Daniel Miller

Think acting is the same on stage as it is on the silver screen? Wrong! Find out what it really takes to be a film actor. In this workshop, stage actors are placed in front of the camera and see for themselves the challenges and very different acting techniques needed to be on camera. A hands-on experience! STUDENTS ONLY, PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Tuesday 9:30 am – 10:45 am, or Friday 11:00 am- 12:15 pm, both in South Meadow GCC

Acting With Color! - Janice Fronczak Come join the fun by moving with large colorful scarves to music and learning different tempos and rhythms of moving, then partner up and work on a formless (content-less) scene and make it come alive using the scarves as props, scenery or extensions of emotions. There will be time to rehearse, perform and respond to these scenes. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Thursday 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm, 240 SCH

Aiming For a Paradigm: A New Framework for Directing Practice- Tom Mitchell In this workshop participants will learn a new vocabulary for considering the work of directors. From Fundamental Tools, to Rehearsal Methods, to Motifs and Paradigms, the process of directing is articulated in a logical and flexible approach. Participants will practice using concepts introduced in the workshop. Wednesday, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm, 240 SCH

Building a Character: A Physical Approach – Chaya Gordon-Bland This workshop is a physical exploration of developing a character through utilizing the techniques of Michael Chekhov and physical centers. This work helps actors to quickly and strongly access distinct character physicality, and to draw connections between the physical, psychological, and emotional life of a character. Experience with Neutral Masks will be part of this workshop. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 12 Tuesday 11:00 am – 12:15 pm, South Prairie GCC

Communicating Shakespeare – Pamela Wegner This participatory workshop will focus on how an actor can create and communicate a personal connection to Shakespearean imagery. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Tuesday 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm, North Prairie GCC

Creating Character – Stephanie Roberts, Erika Bailey Body, Voice, and Soul! - Learn tools for creating full-bodied, authentic characters through a variety of techniques including voice placement, body centers, breath and image. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Wednesday 11:00 am – 1:30 pm, North Prairie GCC

“Exquisite Pressure” – Developing Collaborative Compositions – Jennifer Nostrala A few actors, a performance space, and a little bit of time – what can happen? Based on the work of Anne Bogart, this workshop is designed to help free the participant’s imagination through "exquisite pressure." All participants in the workshop will be involved in working in small groups to collaboratively create short performance pieces derived through specific outlined tasks. These pieces will be performed in found spaces. Thursday 9:30 am – 12:00 pm, 240 SCH

The Feldenkrais Method® in Actor Training – Gwendolyn Schwinke Learn concepts and exercises from The Feldenkrais Method® of mind/body learning that you can use in your acting, voice or movement class. Our topics for this workshop are: releasing the shoulders, and parts & functions of breathing. You’ll do some exercises, explore simple hands-on techniques to use with your students, and receive information on resources (books, CDs, Feldenkrais teachers in your area). Dress comfortably and warmly (for lying on the floor), and bring a mat or blanket. FACULTY ONLY, PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Friday 9:30 am – 12:00 pm, South Prairie GCC



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Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior – Angelina Fiordellisi Join a dialogue about the individual actor's approach to developing character in contemporary theater; delving deeply into the "why?" of human behavior in relationship to character and how it supports the playwright's intent as well as the other characters in the play. Wednesday 9:30 am – 10:45 am, North Meadow GCC

I Know What I Want, But How Do I Get It? A Workshop on Tactics – Pamela Wegner This participatory workshop will investigate Robert Cohen's ideas about the use of tactics in acting. Exercises will explore the differences between induction and threat tactics, and how they can be used in a scene. STUDENTS ONLY, PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Thursday 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm, 179 SCH

Image Work Training – Sara Goff The imagination can be trained! This workshop will explore the exciting connection between sensory stimuli and visual imagery. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Thursday 11:00 am – 12:15 pm, 275 SCH

Irene Ryan Warm-Up Session – Hamilton/Smith Get vocally and physically energized for your Irene Ryan performance by participating in a group warm-up guided by Region V faculty acting coaches. Twenty-minute warm-up sessions will begin on the hour at 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, and 11:00. Monday 8:00 am – 12:00 pm, 204 SCH

Networking in Your Professional Acting Career – Michael Legg There are fewer and fewer acting jobs available in this economy, and most of those are offered out to actors that the director, playwright, and/or theatre have worked with before. So how do you become one of those actors? In this seminar, we'll talk about ways to organize and mine a database of contacts, how to format your resume in ways that get you into an audition, and how to make first contact with people who will one day hire you. Friday 9:30 am – 10:45 am, North Meadow GCC

Michael Chekhov Technique: Qualities of Movemen – Sara Goff Workshop participants will be introduced to Michael Chekhov's qualities of movement: Molding, Floating, Flying and Radiating. Come ready to Move! PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Thursday, 9:30 am – 10:45 am, 275 SCH

Movement, Ensemble, Building, and Storytelling – Emily Peters In this workshop, actors will explore the transition from focusing on the individual to thinking and moving as an ensemble. Once the ensemble is established, participants will engage in creating an entirely new piece of theatre. The workshop will allow participants to investigate how powerful a unified ensemble can be in creating bold, innovative theater. Please dress accordingly for heavy movement activity. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Thursday, 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm, 299 SCH

Movement for the Actor/ Physicalizing a Character – Rebecca Katz Harwood How do you become your character? How do you literally embody someone who is not you so that person will believably come to life for an audience? This workshop will explore those questions and present, through various exercises, physical tools to help you create dynamic characterizations grounded in meaningful specific physical choices. Of particular interest for musical theatre performers we will also work with maintaining your character body when moving from dialogue to song and dance. STUDENTS ONLY, PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Friday 9:30 am – 10:45 am, North Prairie GCC

The Physical Actor: WAY Beyond the Psychological: Aware, Available, Responsive – Matt Chapman Join us for this very physical exploration of the work of the actor/creator, from the perspectives of the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre. Improvisation, movement, ferocious play, and total availability will be the territories we encounter! Come prepared to move, play, see, and laugh. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Thursday 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm, Center Prairie GCC

The Play Room: Theatre Game Marathon – Allyson Moon Troupe members, troupe leaders, educators, and practitioners share your improvisational acting, drama therapy, Theatre of the Oppressed, and creative dramatics games and tips in a 3 hour gaming marathon. Everyone is welcome to participate. A resource list will be shared. All are welcome to play. Participants may stay for some or all of the marathon. Wednesday 8:00 am – 10:45 am, 167 SCH



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Power Nutrition for the Actor - Priscilla Hagen Athletes have special training diets so why shouldn't the actor/singer/dancer? Learn how to thrive in rehearsal and performance through optimal food selection. Learn simple tips for self-care, managing mood with food, and creating strength in the body. Tuesday 9:30 am – 10:45 am, Harvest GCC

Preparing a Great Audition Monologue – Amy Attaway This workshop is for actors who are preparing monologues for auditions. We’ll talk about how to select effective material, what questions to ask of your monologue, and the great secret of what the people on the other side of the table actually want to see. The first section of the workshop will be a brief talk about effective monologue auditions, and then we’ll ask for volunteers to work their monologues in front of the group Friday 9:30 am – 10:45 am, 175 SCH

Punch! Dab! Wring! The Actor's Use of Laban's Energy States in Characterization – Pamela Wegner This participatory workshop will examine Rudolf Laban's eight energy states as the actor's starting point for physical characterization. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Wednesday 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm, Garden GCC

Rehearsal Techniques for Directors – Emily Cherry Directors or aspiring directors join us and learn several different rehearsal techniques to build your repertoire when working with actors. Techniques will be demonstrated and opportunities will be provided to apply techniques immediately. A question and answer session will follow so come with horror stories and celebrations to share your best and worst moments in rehearsal. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Thursday 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm, 299 SCH

Shakespeare on Your Feet: An On-Your-Feet Approach to Acting Shakespeare - Chaya Gordon-Bland This workshop will take participants through the process of rehearsing and unlocking Shakespeare’s work. As a group we will explore short scenes from Shakespeare’s canon using exercises in text, movement and acting to discover the meaning and magic of the words. The workshop will culminate in performances of the scenes. STUDENTS ONLY, PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Monday 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm, South Prairie; GCC

Shakespeare Master Class: Voice, Body & Presence –Gwendolyn Schwinke Come for individual voice and movement coaching on your Shakespeare (or other classical) monologue. Areas we may address are: personal connection to text; breath, vulnerability and emotion; physical freedom & power; resonance; and clarity of thought. The work we will do is informed by the Linklater Voice approach, The Feldenkrais Method® and Shakespeare & Company’s actor training. Memorize about 1.5 minutes of text and dress comfortably for movement. STUDENTS ONLY, PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 12 Wednesday 11:00 am – 1:30 pm, 167 SCH; and Friday 12:30 - 3 pm, South Prairie GCC

Shakespeare’s Language in Performance – Chrissy Calkins Steele It is the actor's job to make Shakespeare's language clear and understandable to an audience. Explore techniques for analyzing Shakespeare's text that will bring clarity and emotional life to the language. Exercises will examine rhythm, sound, punctuation, and the use of you vs. thou through scenes and monologues. Tuesday 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm, North Prairie GCC

The Spirit of Stanislavski: The Practice of Communion in the System - Patrick Carriere Be ready to work and play! We will experiment with the concentration and focus that it takes to make the unseen, but powerful, connections that Stanislavski required his performers to create and maintain. We will experience what this great actor and teacher meant by circles of attention, imaginary objects, and communion with self and others. These interrelated concepts will lead to a greater understanding of the actor’s presence and the full range of his/her abilities to communicate. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Wednesday 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm, North Prairie GCC

Serving The Play- A Workshop for Directors and Playwrights – Gregg Henry The focus will be the director’s responsibilities to the new play and playwright. This workshop intends to challenge those directors who believe it is their right to do whatever they like with [or to] a new play, and will likewise challenge those playwrights who believe that just because it has been written, the play deserves unquestioned devotion and carte blanche. Wednesday, 9:30 am – 10:45 am, 299 SCH



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Theatrical Lighting for the Performer –Peggy Sannerud What does a performer need to know about theatrical lighting? Well, have you ever heard the director say, “Find your light!” This workshop will present the purposes and tools of the stage lighting designer in a beginner’s level demonstration. Then we will take these tools to a practical level by trying out different angles, intensities, colors, etc. in a lab setting. A working knowledge of the rudiments of theatrical lighting can take your performance to the next level! You can do more then find your light – you can use it! Monday, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm, Room 2140 Pearson Hall Students wishing to attend should meet the shuttle at Fisher Theatre at 10:30 am

Tools Not Rules- How to Use Shakespeare’s First Folio- Jeffrey Sanders Shakespeare left actors many clues about how to perform his plays in the First Folio. Students will be given a monologue from Shakespeare and together we will look at the differences from the First Folio and modern editions of Shakespeare. We will specifically look at how to use the folio's punctuation to enhance the performance of Shakespeare through an exercise called "The Punctuation Dance." PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Wednesday 9:30 am – 10:45 am, 171 SCH

“You Have To Be Funny In Order To Win” and Other Myths About The Irene Ryan Audition Scholarships – Beate Pettigrew Is there a secret? Do you have to have a gimmick? Come visit with the Immediate Past National Irene Ryan Coordinator for a discussion on how to create a successful Ryan Audition and a clarification of the most recent rule changes. Thursday 9:30 am – 10:45 am, North Meadow GCC

Wake Up Call! Exploring Lessac Body NRG's to Invigorate the Body, Mind, and Soul – Matt Nesmith This physical, participatory workshop will introduce and explore the Lessac Body NRG's of Buoyancy, Potency, and Radiancy and how they open up the inner-sensory process, developed healthy breathing and posture, and foster honest, dynamic interpretations of text and song. PARTICIPATON LIMIT: 25 Tuesday 8:00 am – 9:15 am, Garden GCC

Warm Up and Breathe: Yoga Exercises for the Actor- Aili Smith Need to learn how to relax before an audition or performance? Come learn a series of breathing exercises and yoga postures that will help you become rooted and emotionally centered. Yoga is a wonderful practice in preparation for acting and in life! Please wear comfortable clothing appropriate for moving. No shoes necessary. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Tuesday 9:30 am – 10:45 am, South Prairie GCC

Warm Up By Slowing Down: Tai Chi Exercises for the Actor – Eric Hagen Participants will learn a series of standing meditations and slow motion movements that, when practiced over time, develop flexibility, strength, and balance while promoting a calm spirit and sense of centeredness – perfect preparation for performance and life. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Monday 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm, South Prairie GCC



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MUSICAL THEATRE AND DANCE WORKSHOPS (MT) Dance for Musical Theatre – Craig A. Ellingson

A workshop focused on getting you up and dancing. The workshop will begin with a basic warm-up, across-the-floors, toning, and choreography. Come ready to dance and sweat! Tuesday 9:30 am – 10:45 am, Garden GCC

I Have to What?!?! A Simple Approach to Choreography for the Non-Choreographer – Craig A. Ellingson A workshop focused on the basics of choreography for a musical theatre production. Come learn how to approach choreography/dance for basic staging with tools used to create interesting and dynamic choreography for your next production or project. Tuesday 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm, Garden GCC

The Motivated Gesture – Anne Foradori The singing actor has two means with which to tell his story – his voice and his body. The key to finding the symbiotic relationship between these two elements lies in finding the urgency, immediacy, and motivation in the dramatic situation. Discovering the relationship between these elements will lead to choices of movement that are real, organic, and believable – allowing the actor to bring his song to life! This will be a workshop of ACTIVE participation. Please BRING SELECTIONS TO SING! STUDENTS ONLY, PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Tuesday 11:00 am – 12:15 pm, 299 SCH

Swing Dance for the Stage - Swing! Bye Bye Birdie! Hairspray! You Name It, A Musical Probably Needs It – Tiffany Rudd Swing Dance! Swing dates back to the 1920s, and can be used in a variety of performances. Come learn a number of basic steps, in addition to a few trick moves. Partners not required...just a willingness to learn and make new friends. Please wear movement appropriate clothing. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 60 Monday 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm, Garden GCC

The Musical Theatre Dance Audition – Paul Finocchiaro A comprehensive class in HOW a dance audition is run in the professional world. This is a DANCE Class so please dress in movement clothes. There will be information about wardrobe, song choices, protocol, how to act while dancing and finally there will be a combination taught in the style of the "Show Being Produced". If there is time, there will be call backs and critiques of performances. Wednesday 11:00 am – 12:15 pm, Garden GCC

"You Can't Stop the Beat:" Transforming Social Dance into Performance – Patricia Downey Social Dance is often a source of inspiration in musical theatre dance. "Hand Jive" from Grease, "Dance in the Gym" from West Side Story, and "Waltz for a Ball" from Cinderella are all rooted in social dance forms. This workshop will look at Jerry Mitchell's transformation of '60's social dance into the show stopping "You Can't Stop the Beat" from Hairspray. Dancers should wear comfortable clothing and flexible shoes. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Wednesday 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm, Garden GCC



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DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOPS (DT)

1001 Uses for a Paper Clip and Other Stage Management Magical Skills – Lori Horvik A discussion/workshop exploring advanced stage management skills. STUDENTS ONLY Thursday 9:30 am – 10:45 am, 208 SCH

Airbrush Makeup; Fantasy and Reality – Tammy Keiser, Phillip Schroeder, Mark Reaney This workshop will demonstrate airbrush makeup techniques for creating a fantastical look (Fairies for Midsummer Night's Dream) similar to the characters in "Avatar" as well as the realistic soft perfection used for photo shoots and weddings. This will be a demonstration. There will be a pair demonstrating the use of the two types of airbrushes and how to utilize them fully, as well as how to use alcohol based and water based make up and the differences between the two. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Monday 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm, Fisher Theatre-Dressing Room

Composing Original Incidental Music & Sound for Theatre – Croswell You are a composer (or director) and you have a script that needs original music and sound. This workshop will provide some basic processes for composing original incidental music (or sound). Discussion points will include music composition, emerging technology, cueing, and integrating music/sound for the stage. Appropriate for composers, directors, stage managers, and musicians of all levels of expertise. Thursday 11:00 am – 12:15 pm, 208 SCH

Color Theory for Stage Lighting – William Liotta Students will be exposed to the principles behind color mixing for the stage. The workshop will cover the range of options and challenges involved in working with color on the stage, including systematic choices and color correction techniques. STUDENTS ONLY, PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Monday 9:30 am – 10:45 am, North Meadow GCC

Costume Rendering Using Photo Editing Software – Robbie Jones This workshop will introduce designers to basic rendering techniques using photo editing software. Learn how to scan sketches, create layers, apply masks, and collage scanned textures and images found on the internet. We will also discuss hardware, such as monitors, scanners, printers and other accessories. The workshop will focus on costume renderings but the techniques can be applied to scenic and light renderings as well. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Wednesday 11:00 am – 12:15 pm, 240 SCH

Designing New Plays on a Workshop Budget – John Binkley The label “workshop” is often used as excuse for not addressing the design problems associated with a new play. Even with a minimal budget, theatrical solutions can be found. John has been designing new plays for over 10 years. Using his work as a point of departure, join the discussion to challenge designers working in new play development. Wednesday 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm, 179 SCH

The Design Statement – Debra Otte Participants will learn how to clarify and express themselves clearly and succinctly in a designer's concept statement. Wednesday, 9:30 am – 10:45 am, Harvest GCC

Developing and Presenting a Professional Design Portfolio – Donna Meester Personal appearance and an effective portfolio that’s complete with resume are imperative components to a successful interview. This is true for summer stock positions, grad school interviews, as well as all levels of professional positions. Designers preparing their portfolio will learn how to begin the overwhelming process while "seasoned" designers will learn various tips and tricks they may not of thought of. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Wednesday 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm, Harvest GCC



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Directing 3-D Live – Philip McKinley The workshop is a discussion with a question and answer format offering insight to directors who want to explore the possibilities of working in large genre. With musicals and special events moving more and more to large arenas, this workshop offers an insight to the challenges facing directors and actors when they work in this format. Mr. McKinley has directed in theatres and arenas all over the world including The St. Louis Muny, The Kansas City Starlight, Madison Square Garden in New York City, the "02" Dome in London and he will soon be recreating the movie "Ben Hur" live at the Circus Maximus in Rome complete with the chariot race. Thursday 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm, 260 SCH

Enchanted Wings: An Approach to Making Wings for Theatre – Levi Howe, Amanda Dura Interested in creating your own fairy wings? Working on a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream? Using heat, clear plastic and wire participants will construct a 1/2 scale sample wing and discuss variations that can be employed in construction. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Friday 9:30 am – 12:00 pm, Scene Shop Fisher

Entering the Design/Tech Expo-Don’t Be Afraid! – Sheila Tabaka Students and mentors are always curious about the rules and regulations involved in the Design/Tech Expo. This information session will give you the tools you need for a successful entry and will give you tips on getting the most out of the Expo. Faculty, students and all interested parties are welcome!! PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Wednesday 9:30 am – 10:45 am, 175 SCH

Fantastical Face! – Tiffany Rudd Create fantasy make-up using various elements in addition to grease paint! Play with feathers, sequins, and other materials. You'll feel like you joined the Cirque du Soleil! Fantastical makeup will be provided, but for hygiene issues – please try to bring your own make-up kits. STUDENTS ONLY, PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Monday 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm, Fisher Theatre-Dressing Room

FOR Profit Theatre: Commercial Production Materials and Methods – Ben Stark This workshop won’t make you rich, but it will discuss the tools and materials used by scene shops catering to Broadway, Corporate Theatre, Architectural Millwork, and Special Events. Finally, we will discuss the skills needed for technicians to be gainfully employed in these shops. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 75 Thursday 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm SCH 262

Guidelines and Recommendations for Alcone Makeup Design Entries – Sharon Sobel In order to create a standard of professional excellence across all the regions, guidelines for the Alcone Makeup Design entries are being updated. This workshop will explain these guidelines and present suggestions for process and display. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 75 Wednesday 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm, 299 SCH

Guide The Eye: Color Theory for Costume Designers – Rooth Varland This workshop will outline a handful of color tools and rules for creating visual excitement and focus on stage. Hands on exercises will help the participants in gaining a working knowledge of the way color works. STUDENTS ONLY, PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Tuesday 9:30 am – 10:15 am, 167 SCH

Knots, Bends, Hitches, and Splices 101 – Ben Stark Exactly as it sounds, this workshop will focus on the basic rope-work every technician should be able to do. This will be a hands-on intensive reinforced with real world examples of when and how certain knots, etc. can be used. The goal is NOT to increase the speed of tying, but on the mastering of the individual knots and understanding WHY they work and WHEN to use them. Rope will be provided. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 15 Tuesday 9:30 am – 12:00 pm, 275 SCH, or Wednesday 9:30 – 12:00 pm, 240 SCH

Model Building Hints and Shortcuts – Robbie Jones This workshop will introduce designers to tricks and short cuts for model building. Information that will be covered includes tools, materials, reduction drafting, Photoshop, building organic structures such as trees and stones, building models that can be shipped, and other techniques. All are welcome to attend from the beginner to the advanced modeler. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Tuesday 11:00 am – 12:15 pm, 171 SCH



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Making Elizabethan Ruffs – Ricky Greenwell This beginning level workshop will be a hands-on workshop demonstrating and executing a quick and easy technique for making Elizabethan Ruffs. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 30 Wednesday 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm, 179 SCH

Performing Arts Management – Janet Albanese This workshop offers a condensed study of the major elements of performing arts organization. Participants will examine the role of the arts in society and “create” their own not-for-profit arts organization. Units of study include: Mission Statements, Programming, Marketing, Development, Facilities and Staffing. Wednesday, 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm, North Meadow GCC

Perfecting your Portfolio – Debra Otte Bring your portfolio to this workshop for an opportunity to get feedback and engage in discussion about techniques for improving your presentation. Wednesday 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm, 175 SCH

Portfolio Photography Workshop – William Kenyon This workshop is aimed primarily at those designers and technicians who need to get high-quality photos of their work for their portfolios and websites. All experience levels are welcome, but we will focus primarily on those with little or no prior experience shooting pictures in the theatre. Participants should bring a camera AND your camera’s user’s manual, and we will do some test shooting. Friday 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm, 240 SCH

Projections 101 – A Primer of Tools, Tips, and Techniques for Low to Mid-Range Production Budgets – Jeff Peltz The march of technology constantly expands the range of tools available to theatre practitioners. This workshop offers an overview of old school projection techniques and modern video projection systems and their application in the realm of design for live performance. Since most organizations lack the budget of an Olympic opening ceremony or U2 concert tour the emphasis is on better/faster/cheaper solutions for the rest of us. Tuesday 9:30 am – 10:45 am, 299 SCH

Rendering Fabric – Jenny Kenyon Demonstrations of techniques for paint representations of fabrics in renderings. Students will then practice their own renderings with pattern, fabric type, and texture. Participants should bring paper and paint if you have it. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Friday, 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm, Scene Shop; Fisher Theatre

What Designers Can (Still) Learn From Disney – Sean Kearney A sequel to last year's workshop, this time we will explore what Disney's Imagineers can teach us about the elements and principles of design. Monday 11:00 am – 12:15 pm, Center Prairie, GCC

What Professional Theaters are Looking for in a Prop Artisan and Prop Master – Patricia Olive Are you thinking about getting into props? Or, are you someone who already loves being the person called on to do props? Suggestions on skills that are required for the job, skills that are helpful to have, and what classes and experiences would provide the best foundation for obtaining a job in the professional world will be discussed. Internship locations and summer work opportunities will be shared. Monday 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm, 167 SCH

Who Thought That Was A Good Idea? The History and Creation of Common Building Materials and Sizes – Ben Stark Theatrical production methods are influenced by a variety of factors from simple tradition to raw creativity; however, none have so much an impact as the building materials we use every day to construct scenery and props. This workshop aims to look at common materials (lumber, plywood, steel, etc.) and how they make it from raw material to our shops and the history behind their creation and refinement. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 75 Thursday 11:00 am – 12:15 pm, 262 SCH

Wigs 101 – Ricky Greenwell This workshop will help you with wig basics from choosing the right wig for your project to basic styling techniques and knowing which tools to use in styling your wigs. Thursday 9:30 am – 10:45 am, 260 SCH



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Your First Time as Stage Manager – Susan Proctor Taking down blocking is not second nature to anyone. However, if you have a few good tricks it can be easy and very clear. Calling a show is not a willy-nilly process. There is actually a very specific vocabulary. Is your cast habitually late? Here are some strategies to brush up on discipline without using a bullwhip. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Monday 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm, North Meadow GCC

You Want to Break WHAT? – Patricia Olive Creative solutions to making props that need to be broken during the course of a production will be discussed. Examples of props that have been constructed at the Guthrie Theater will be shown. Wednesday 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm, 171 SCH

Visualizing the Script: A Designer's Approach – John Binkley This is a hands-on workshop where you will first establish your scenario. Then, you will create a two-dimensional design of that scenario. This design will help you discover the necessary clues to design the environment of the play. STUDENTS ONLY, PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Wednesday 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm, 179 SCH



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PLAYWRITING AND DRAMATURGY WORKSHOPS (DT) Adapting for the Stage – Rob Urbinati

This workshop will examine how previously existing material – novels, non-fiction, journalism, biographies and true stories - can be adapted for the stage. It will explore the challenge of finding the story within a story that you, the writer, want to tell. It will consider plot, structure and character as they relate to adaptation, and will explore the issue of faithfulness to the source material. There will also be readings of selections from adapted plays by Urbinati (Hazelwood Jr. High and West Moon Street) performed by festival actors. Wednesday 11:00 am – 12:15 pm, 299 SCH

The Business of the Business: How Playwrights Market Their Work – Julie Jensen Playwrights survive on productions and publications. Yet it is often mysterious how plays get chosen for production or how they are picked up for publication. This is a nuts and bolts seminar in how playwrights should go about the business of marketing their work. It involves tactics for meeting theatre professionals, how to approach theatres and production companies, and methods of becoming part of the larger theatre community. It also involves methods of self-production. Thursday 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm, 220 SCH

Character Creation – Gregory Owen Having trouble making the characters in your plays believable? Do they just lack that realistic element? Come participate in this fun exercise that will assist you in bringing to life memorable and believable characters that your readers will really care about. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Friday 11:00 am – 12:15 pm, 167 SCH

Creating a Play Idea: The Start to Playwriting – Robert AuFrance Through interactive writing exercises, participants will organize and develop possible ideas for the start of plays. Please bring writing utensils and paper. Friday 9:30 am – 10:45 am, 240 SCH

“Devising 101” – Roger Moon, Adam Sharp and the Company of The Pillars Stand: Richardson Fire Project After years of talking about devising a show, Southwestern College of Kansas jumped on board this year and created The Pillars Stand: Richardson Fire Project, which has been selected as one of the two finalists for the David Mark Cohen Playwriting Award from Region V. Along with talking about their nine month process and the product, the director, playwright and students of the cast will share their goals, challenges, surprises, and the rewards of “devising” their own theatre work. Members of the cast will also showcase scenes from the production. Wednesday 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm, South Meadow GCC

The Director/Playwright Collaboration and Working on New Plays – Richard Herman This workshop is for directors and playwrights who are interested in exploring the process of working on new plays. The responsibilities of each artist will be explored as well as the working relationship of the playwright, director, and actors. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Thursday 9:30 am – 10:45 am, 220 SCH

The First Ten Minutes – Emily Peters This workshop will focus specifically on crafting the first 10 minutes of a play. We will focus on elements such as audience expectation, choice of language, design, and theatrical convention/ritual. Participants in the workshop are encouraged to currently be working on a piece of theater, but it is not required. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Tuesday, 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm, Harvest GCC

Getting Involved in the Region V National Playwriting Program – Richard Herman This workshop is intended for student and faculty members who want to learn more about the myriad opportunities for getting involved with playwriting in Region V and on the national level. The 10-minute play festival, the John Cauble One Act Play Festival and the Michael Kanin Playwriting Awards will all be explained. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Wednesday 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm, South Meadow GCC



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Getting Started – Bryan Willis Basic playwriting workshop--all levels welcome. Bring a notepad or computer and be prepared to write a ten-minute play. At least one playwright will receive a professional reading with the Northwest Playwrights Alliance at Seattle Repertory Theatre. Wednesday, 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm, 175 SCH

Hearing the Playwright's Voice; A Workshop for Playwrights & Directors – Georgia McGill A participatory workshop for playwrights and directors; Playwrights should bring a few copies of a scene or monologue to share. What is the playwright’s place in the rehearsal process? How can the director and playwright bring more to the table and shape a successful collaboration? This workshop will focus on achieving greater clarity in the dialogue between playwrights and directors. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Thursday 11:00 am – 1:30 pm, 220 SCH

Panel Discussion of Devised Theatre Opportunities in Region V – Richard Herman Region V is embarking on a new playwriting event focusing on devised theatre. This is your opportunity to learn about devised theatre and the opportunities for your university or college to get involved. This panel discussion will help define “devised theatre,” highlight some of the events happening around the region, and discuss ways we can possibly create an event to be performed for our own festival. Panel members include: Anna Sell- Concordia College, Daniel Rairdin-Hale – St. Ambrose University, Chrissy Steele – Principia College, Janice Fronczak – University of Nebraska at Kearney. Tuesday 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm, South Meadow GCC

Play Readings: A Workshop for Directors, Actors and Playwrights – Rob Urbinati Readings of new plays are a major component of many theatres' new play development programs. They have become auditions for actors and directors, and a major opportunity for playwrights. This workshop examines the challenges imposed by the time limit for actors and directors of readings, and considers what the playwright can expect to learn – and not learn – from a reading. This is a practical, hands-on workshop. Festival actors will perform in short scenes. Wednesday 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm, 299 SCH

The Process Involved in Creating Oedipus Rex, A Devised Theatre Performance – Daniel Rairdin-Hale and ensemble at St. Ambrose University The St. Ambrose University production of Oedipus Rex is one of the Invited Festival productions performing on Wednesday January 19. After seeing the production, now is your opportunity to listen to the director and company talk about how they devised this Greek classic. This discussion, question-answer period is open to all festival participants. Thursday 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm, South Meadow GCC

Producing Plays by Emerging Playwrights – Angelina Fiordellisi What is the early career playwright's journey? Join a discussion about the void where post-graduate and pre-professional playwrights exist. Learn how these emerging playwrights can begin to get their plays produced in New York. Thursday 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm, 204 SCH

Serving The Play – A Workshop for Directors and Playwrights – Gregg Henry The focus will be the director’s responsibilities to the new play and playwright. This workshop intends to challenge those directors who believe it is their right to do whatever they like with [or to] a new play, and will likewise challenge those playwrights who believe that just because it has been written, the play deserves unquestioned devotion and carte blanche. Wednesday 9:30 am – 10:45 am, 299 SCH



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THEATRE TALK WORKSHOPS (TK)

A Career in Theatre – Tom Miller A Practical Guide to the Business and the role of Actors' Equity – Equity supports and protects the rights of Actors and Stage Managers. The workshop offers a candid discussion about how and when to join, offers pragmatic insight into balancing artistic and business mindsets, and provides tips on negotiating, record keeping, networking, survival jobs and more. The session is Q & A driven and is designed to ease the transition from an academic environment to a professional career. Thursday 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm, 275 SCH

Acting Faculty Breakfast Forum –Nadine Purvis Schmidt Join your acting faculty colleagues for some early morning socializing at the hotel. Come share ideas and experiences about finding acting opportunities and keeping your acting skills sharp within the constraints of an academic schedule and/or a rural location. Also, bring your best ideas for acting class exercises and assignments. FACULTY ONLY Wednesday, 8:00 am – 9:15 am, Harvest GCC

Actors Theatre of Louisville Apprentice/Intern Company Information Session – Michael Legg The A/I Company is a practical alternative to graduate school designed to serve as a bridge between where you are as a theatre artist and where you’d like to be. While learning the skills needed to create and maintain a professional career, apprentices perform in their own 5-show season, which includes a specially commissioned work in the Humana Festival of New American Plays. Special emphasis is placed on cultivating audition skills and learning methods for generating original work. Thursday 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm, North Meadow GCC

All Access Backstage Pass-The Santa Fe Opera – Tracy Armagost All Access Backstage Pass to The Santa Fe Opera and a Backstage Tour of the Opera facilities. Images will also include production designs, past, present and future. Summer employment opportunities will also be discussed. Friday 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm, 250 SCH

Building Buzz: How To Attract Audiences (Other Than Your Mom) – Michael Morian Participants will learn how to attract broader audiences with innovative programming, strategic social-networking and effective (sneaky) ploys to attract attention from the media. Friday 9:30 am – 10:45 am, 167 SCH

Design, Technology, and Management Faculty Breakfast Forum – John Paul Join your design, technology, and management faculty colleagues for some early morning socializing at the hotel. Open discussion about pertinent issues in design, technology, management, teaching, or other related matters. FACULTY ONLY. Friday 8:00 am – 9:15 am, Iowa Stater Private Dining Room GCC

Directing Faculty Breakfast Forum – Jule Rae Mollenkamp Join your directing faculty colleagues for some early morning socializing at the hotel. Bring your questions, ideas and stories about pertinent issues in directing, play selection, teaching or other related matters. FACULTY ONLY. Thursday 8:00 am – 9:15 am, Harvest GCC

Drama Therapy: Another Career Path After Your B.A. in Theatre! – Janice Fronczak Ever wondered how you could combine your desire to help others and still be connected to the theatre world? Come learn about DRAMA THERAPY! Learn the basic concepts, a brief history of Drama Therapy, the National Association of Drama Therapists, graduate programs where it can be studied and undergraduate courses you should take to prepare for graduate work. We’ll do some short drama therapy exercises! STUDENTS ONLY, PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Monday 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm, SCH 171

Finagle Your Own Newfangled – Lori Horvik Join a round-table discussion/workshop on establishing your own student production company. Meet members of North Dakota State University's Newfangled Theatre Company, now in its fourth year of production. Wednesday 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm, 240 SCH



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Green Theatre – Julie Mollenkamp The workshop will share the collaborative process of producing a sustainable green theatre production of Aristophanes' The Birds. Participants include all faculty and student designers. Tuesday 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm, 208 SCH

Introduction to Theatre: A Passé Course? – Tom Burgess Jane needs to fill an art requirement for graduation. She gets to choose from a wide variety of courses to fill this need such as; pottery, drawing, cinema, theatre, photography, etc. Why should Jane pick theatre? Join in an informal discussion about pedagogical approaches to Introduction to Theatre. Share with other faculty your triumphs in creating a course that students love! PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Wednesday 9:30 am – 10:45 am, South Meadow GCC

Mentoring Student Designers – Tiffany Rudd Come join a round-table discussion surrounding the topic of mentoring student designers. Please bring your expertise and experiences with you. FACULTY ONLY. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Thursday 11:00 am – 12:15 pm, 260 SCH

Playwriting, Dramaturgy, and Criticism Faculty Breakfast Forum –Richard Herman Join your playwriting, dramaturgy, and dramatic criticism faculty colleagues for some early morning socializing at the hotel. Open discussion about pertinent issues in these areas within Region V. FACULTY ONLY Tuesday, 8:00 am – 9:15 am; Harvest GCC

Respondent Training Workshop –Anne Byrd Are you a faculty member interested in being a regional respondent? Or are you a veteran wishing to brush up on your responding skills? Either way, this workshop is for you. Sit in on the response to the invited production The Odyssey. Stay after for a response to the response, a Q and A session, and a discussion of best practices from veteran respondents. Thursday, 8:30 am – 10:45 am, Phoenix, DT

The Theatre Degree IS Valuable: Using Theatrical Skills in the New Economy – Jon Sidoli In this unique workshop we will try to answer some important questions about expanding your career opportunities: How can a theatre arts practitioner find a place for their skills outside of the entertainment business? How are entertainment, education and business merging into the “experience economy”? Which skills are going to be valued by businesses for the new workforce? How are “design” and “performance” increasingly used to add value to products and services? PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Monday 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm, North Meadow GCC


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WHO’S WHO

Janet Albanese is currently an Assistant Professor at Drake University. Previously she has taught at Cal State Long Beach and Truman State University as a Theatre Professor teaching courses in Stage Management, Theatre History, Playwriting, Performing Arts Management, and Introduction to Theatre as well as directing productions annually. She stage managed Triple Espresso and has worked in the performing arts on both coasts. On the East coast, Janet was the Resident Stage Manager for the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts at Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) and the Asst. Production Manager at the Williamstown Theatre Festival (Williamstown, MA). On the West coast, Janet stage managed Triple Espresso (San Diego production), and was the Production Stage Manager for the L.A. Shakespeare Festival. Janet holds an MFA in Stage Management and an MA degree in Theatre History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and BA degrees in Theatre and Religion from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN.

Rick D. Anderson is currently the Vice-Chair for Region V. He is a member of the Selection Committee, a former Coordinator of the College Fair, and is one of the initial Road Warriors. Rick is currently the Director of Theatre at Kirkwood Community College and is a graduate of Iowa Central Community College (AA), and The University of Northern Iowa (BA and MA). He has been a theatre educator in Iowa for the past 30 years. Rick has also traveled extensively as an adjudicator for the Educational Theatre Association and is a member of the Iowa Thespian Hall of Fame. Rick has also served the Iowa High School Speech Association as a guest critic at their All-State Large Group Festival and is active in the training of judges for the IHSSA. Tracy Armagost is the Assistant to the Production Director with The Santa Fe Opera. She began 23 seasons ago as a Properties Carpenter Apprentice, then moved on to the Props Running Crew as an assistant and then ran the Props Running Crew for ten years. Her main responsibilities at SFO include overseeing the program for the Technical Apprentices (including recruiting and programming), production scheduling and supervising the onstage rehearsals. Amy Attaway is the Associate Director of the Apprentice/Intern Company at Actors Theatre of Louisville, and a freelance actor and director. Recent directing work includes ten-minute plays in the 2010 and 2009 Humana Festival of New American Plays, the staged reading of The Laramie Project, Ten Years Later at Actors Theatre, and The Drunken City with The Necessary Theatre. Amy’s work with the A/I Company includes teaching and actor coaching as well as developing and directing several one-person performances and ensemble-created productions. Amy is a graduate of the University of Evansville and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Robert E. AuFrance is the Director of Theatre for Waldorf College, Forest City, IA where he teaches playwriting, theatre history, acting and directing. His plays range from Crop Circle (a family dealing with the appearance of a crop circle on their family farm) to Tag Team (a look at professional wrestling during the 1950s) to Zombie Method (his take on scriptwriting and the zombie phenomenon). Bob was the Region V nominee for the National Mark David Cohen Playwriting Award in 2008. Erika Bailey teaches Voice, Speech and Dialects for University of Missouri-Kansas City’s MFA Acting Program. She has served as a dialect coach on Broadway and in regional theatres from Kansas City Repertory Theatre to Princeton, NJ's McCarter Theatre. She has an MA in Voice Studies from Central School of Speech and Drama in London and is an Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework.

Jim Bartruff is Director of Theatre at Emporia State University. He holds degrees from the University of Nebraska-Kearney, the University of Oregon, and the University of Montana. In 2001, while Director of Theatre at Minnesota State University Moorhead, he was named Minnesota Professor of the Year. He served five years as President of the Montana State Theatre Association, two years as Artistic Director of the Montana Repertory Theatre, and ten years as Director of Theatre at Carroll College (Montana). In over thirty years as an educator, he has directed over one hundred productions. He represented Region V as a Directing Fellow at the Kennedy Center in April 2010. John H. Binkley has served as the Region VIII Chair of Design and Technology and currently serves as Region VIII Chair. He has be a member of the faculty at California State University Northridge since 2001. Design Credits – Los Angeles: Dogeaters (Kirk Douglas Theater), Oedipus El Rey (The Theatre @ Boston Court), Hero, Conjunto, Harvest, Failure of Nerve, Gumsimao, Street Stories, Sleepwalk, Moscow, Atomic Quintet (Playwright’ Arena), Road to Saigon, The Joy Luck Club, Sweeney Todd, Mixed Messages (East West Players), Elegies – A Song Cycle,


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War Letters (The Cannon Theatre), Shim Ch’ong (The Getty Center), Happy End (Museum of Contemporary Art), Stage Direction (Ensemble Studio Theatre), Slide, Ghost Stories (The Wilton Project). Other Regional: Idaho Repertory Theatre, Dallas Theatre Center. International Festivals: Beachwood Drive (“Theatre Confrontations,” Lublin, Poland), Pterodactyls (Experimental Theatre Festival, Shanghai, China), Shim Ch’ong (National Theatre of Korea, Seoul, Korea). Chaya Gordon-Bland is an assistant professor of Movement and Shakespeare in the Theatre Department at the University of South Dakota. Chaya is an actor, director, and fight director and holds an MFA in Performance Pedagogy from the University of Pittsburgh; professional credits include work with the American Shakespeare Center, the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, the American Globe Theatre, and the Inwood Shakespeare Festival among others. Chaya is a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Association of Theatre Movement Educators, and the Society of American Fight Directors, in which she holds proficiency in unarmed combat, rapier and dagger, broadsword, quarterstaff, and knife. Scott M. Brusven is the Director of Theatre for the Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre (FMCT) in Fargo, ND. For the last five years he has worked in Education, Marketing, and Theatre Management for FMCT. Brusven has directed and choreographed over a two dozen productions, such as The Wizard of Oz, A Christmas Carol, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Sweet Charity, Into the Woods and Anything Goes. He has created the scenic designs for twelve productions including Tommy, The King and I, Beauty and Beast, The Wizard of Oz, and The Sound of Music. Mr. Brusven worked with the KCACTF in various capacities and received the Arts Management Fellowship Award in 2001. Mr. Brusven is also the Artistic Director of Summer Musicals for A Center for the Arts in Fergus Falls, MN. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Theatre Arts from Concordia College in Moorhead Minnesota. Brad Buffum teaches at University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film. This is also Brad’s 13th year as Production Stage Manager for the Nebraska Repertory Theatre, Nebraska’s only Actor’s Equity Association theatre. While at UNL, he has been PSM for such blockbusters as A Christmas Carol (several versions), Fiddler on the Roof, Guys and Dolls, Oklahoma! and nearly forty productions for NRT, including Carnival. An active participant in KCACTF, he serves on the selection team for Region V. Nationally, he is webmaster and works to promote recognition for student stage managers.

Tom Burgess has been teaching at Normandale Community College since 2006. His responsibilities include teaching Introduction to Theatre, Stagecraft, and Stage Management, designing scenery and lights as well as technical directing. Professionally, Tom has worked with the Guthrie Theater as a properties artisan for such productions as His Girl Friday and The Great Gatsby as well as set designing productions for the Guthrie/BFA program and the Guthrie Experience. Tom also worked as a properties master and assistant scenic designer for Penumbra Theatre’s productions of On the Open Road and Roll’n on the T.O.B.A. Tom holds an MFA in design from the University of Minnesota. Anne Byrd is Chair of Region V of the KCACTF. She has also been proud to serve the Region as Vice Chair, Workshop Coordinator, Ryan coordinator, and in various other capacities over the years. Anne is Chair of the Department of Theatre at Normandale Community College where she is on the theatre performance faculty. Recent directing credits include the regional premiere of A Report on the Banality of Love at the Minnesota Jewish Theatre and Sylvia for Yellow Tree Theatre. While on sabbatical last year, she finished writing her first play, Known But to God, which will receive a reading this spring.

Sean Byrd is on sabbatical from his position as a faculty member in the Department of Theatre at Normandale College in Bloomington, MN where he teaches introductory cinema, television and acting courses and serves as a Main-stage director. Most recent directing endeavors at Normandale include Urinetown and Romeo and Juliet. He is currently a guest artist at Southwest Minnesota State University where he is directing the upcoming production of Doubt and in the spring he will be directing [title of show] at Yellow Tree Theatre in the Twin Cities. Sean is at work on his first feature length screenplay entitled Sweeping the Nation. Patrick Carriere is currently the Vice-Chair the Region V National Playwriting Programs. He has worked as an actor, director, designer and fight choreographer in over forty productions and in four different languages (Japanese, Russian, Greek and English) on three different continents. He is the Director of the Theatre Program in the Department of Humanities at Bemidji State University. He is currently investigating the congruity between the spirituality of Stanislavski’s and Michael Chekov’s approaches to acting in his research and productions.

Ronnie Chamberlain is an Assistant Professor of Costume Design & Technology /Makeup at the University of Central Missouri. Ronnie holds an MFA in Costume Design from the University of Alabama and a BA in


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Performing Arts from Colorado State University. A native of Washington State, Ronnie has worked for the Oklahoma Shakespeare Festival, Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre, Open Stage Theatre Company and Haricake Productions. Ronnie is serves as the Costume Parade Coordinator for KCACTF Region 5. Currently, she is the Company Manager for Central Missouri Repertory Theatre and working on designs for dance, A Clean House, and Three Musketeers.

Matt Chapman plays with physical theatre and clown. He is currently teaching and working at Dell'Arte International, in Blue Lake, CA. Matt is also Artistic Director of Under the Table, a Brooklyn, NY-based ensemble, now in its ninth year of making original works. Matt has worked in South Africa, England, Holland, Denmark, Colombia, Canada, and the US, where he teaches at Marymount Manhattan. He has taught workshops at the Kennedy Center, NYU, Vassar, Sarah Lawrence, Towson, Luther, the University of Iowa, and UND. Matt is a Round 9 Theatre Communications Group "New Generations: Future Leaders" recipient.

Emily Cherry is an assistant professor at the University of North Dakota. Her areas of teaching include the directing program and she heads the B.F.A. in Musical Theatre. Emily received her M.F.A in Directing at Western Illinois University. She has directed several productions academically and professionally. She recently directed How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying this fall at UND. Last summer she directed the premier of The Sweet Stuff with Chased By An Elephant Theatre Company in Minneapolis and Chicago. She is passionate about contemporary theatre and the director’s process. Jane Cox is a Professor and Director of Theatre at Iowa State University. She has directed, written, designed, and/or acted in over 300 productions. She has performed her one-woman original scripts in 25 states, the Kennedy Center, the Smithsonian, and central Russia. Her scripts have been performed on three continents, most recently translated into Italian and performed at the University of Bologna, and in other sites in southern Italy. Some of her awards include being named a Master Teacher, been given the Creative Excellence Award from the LAS College, and receiving a commendation from the governor of Iowa. Michael Croswell is a Twin Cities based composer and sound designer working primarily as a composer of incidental music for theater. His compositions and sound designs have accompanied theatrical productions by Frank Theatre, Stages Theater, 10,000 Things Theater Company, Macalester College, Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota State Mankato, University of Nebraska at Omaha, and The Nebraska Shakespeare Festival. Michael’s incidental music has also been licensed through CBS television for episodes of 48 Hours and 48 Hours Mystery Series. In 2003 Michael received a McKnight Composer Fellowship and in 2005 he received a Jerome Commissioning project through the American Composers Forum. In 2008 Michael was commissioned by choreographer Mathew Janczewski to compose a string quartet that premiered at The Southern Theater. In 2008 – 2010 Michael worked with the American Composers Forum on a pilot program called Saint Paul Listens that connected living composers with music classrooms in Saint Paul public schools.

Brad Dell is the KCACTF Region V Festival Coordinator and a member of the Regional Selection Team. He has served as the Region V Workshop Coordinator and he is a previous Road Warrior Award winner. He is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Iowa State University, teaching classes in Directing, Acting, Musical Theatre, and Script Analysis. From 1998-2007, Brad served in numerous capacities including Artistic Director of Apple Hill Playhouse in Delmont, PA. He is the Artistic Advisor at StageWest Theatre Company in Des Moines, where he recently directed the Iowa premiere of The Seafarer, and where he recently directed Almost, Maine and The History Boys. Last summer he played the lead role in Harvey Fierstein's epic Torch Song Trilogy at StageWest. Some of his recent favorite directing credits, include: Orpheus Descending, Sweeney Todd, Gypsy, Three Sisters, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Cabaret, Marriage of Figaro, and Children of Eden. Brad holds a BA in Theatre from Westminster College in New Wilmington, PA and an MFA in Directing from Western Illinois University. Patricia Downey is a member of the University of South Dakota Theatre faculty. She as earned a B.S. Ed. in Theatre and Speech from Missouri Western State University, a Master's in Theatre from Central Missouri State University, and a Master's in Dance from The Ohio State University. Currently, she is ABD from the University of Missouri-Columbia, where she completed her coursework for her Ph.D. in Theatre. Her area of expertise is movement and dance.

Amanda Dura is the costume shop manager, and a costume designer at Emporia State University. Some of her recent designs include Leading Ladies, Unnecessary Farce, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Last year the costumes she designed for The Rocky Horror Picture Show were featured in the costume parade. In the past Amanda has taught workshops on pattern making and mid 1800's petticoats.


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Craig A. Ellingson is the Chair and Director of Theatre Arts at Minnesota State University Moorhead where he teaches in the area of acting, directing, musical theatre, movement and dance. His most recent appearance onstage was with The Straw Hat Players 2010 summer season as Harold Hill in The Music Man. Other performance credits include Jamie in The Last Five Years, Gordo in A New Brain and Toad in A Year with Frog and Toad. Craig has directed and choreographed with The Straw Hat Players, The Theatre of the Invisible Guests, Detroit Lakes’ Playhouse 412, Highland Summer Theatre, Nebraska Repertory Theatre and The Lofte Theatre. Craig holds a BFA in Musical Theatre Performance from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and an MFA in Theatre Directing from Minnesota State University Mankato.

Geoff Eroe Chair of Design and Technology for Region VIII KCACTF, is a residential faculty member at Phoenix College in Phoenix, Arizona in the Fine and Performing Arts Department and is currently the Director of the Theatre and Film. He received his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Northern Colorado and his Ph.D. from Stanford University. He teaches Modern Drama, Theatre Makeup, Introduction to Technical Theatre, Stage Lighting, Scenic Painting, Scenography and 2d and 3d CAD for the Entertainment Industry. He also instructs courses in at Phoenix College in AutoCAD, 3D Studio Viz 3D Studio Max and Adobe Illustrator. Geof is a professional scenic designer and painter (studied at Cobalt Studios) with membership in United Scenic Artists, 829 and designs for a number of professional theatres in the Phoenix Metro Area. He has received numerous awards for excellence in design. In his spare time he enjoys doing watercolors.

Paul Finocchiaro is a director choreographer at Minnesota State University Mankato. Before his tenure at MSU, Professor Finocchiaro had a 17 year career full time career in Musical Theatre. National tours, European tours, theme parks, cruise ships, Regional Theatre and TV, radio and films. In the past 7 years he has directed and choreographed close to 20 productions; from 12 Angry Men to Thoroughly Modern Millie. Angelina Fiordellisi is the founder and Artistic Director of Cherry Lane Theatre in New York. Off-Broadway credits include: The American Dream and The Sandbox written and directed by Edward Albee, (filmed by The American Masters, PBS and Lincoln Center Library), Dutchman by Amiri Baraka, starring Dule Hill (Lincoln Center), Happy Days by Samuel Beckett, directed by Joseph Chaikin (Lincoln Center), Saint Lucy’s Eyes by Bridgette Wimberly, starring Ruby Dee (3 Audelco Awards, Lincoln Center) Women on Fire by Irene O’Garden, starring Judith Ivey (Dramatist Guild Award, Lucille Lortell Award Nomination, Drama Desk Award Nomination) Havana Is Waiting by Eduardo Machado (Lincoln Center) Bhutan by Daisy Foote, Black Humor written/performed by Lewis Black (Drama Desk Nomination), Hoodoo Love by Katori Hall, (Audelco Awards), slag heap by Anton Dudley starring Vincent Kartheiser, Huck and Holden by Rajiv Joseph, Jailbait by Deirdre O’Conner (Lincoln Center). Off-Off-Broadway: developed/produced/commissioned 60+ dramatists. Professional Acting experience includes Broadway, national tours, Off-Broadway, Dublin, regional, film/television. Most valued credits: Wife by Matt Williams and Mother by Matisse and Fred.

Anne Foradori is celebrating her 17th year at the University of Nebraska at Kearney where she teaches voice, opera and musical theatre students. A seasoned musical director/pianist/ conductor, she has served in that capacity for over 35 full-or-scenes productions of operas and musicals, including Equity productions in Ohio and Indiana. Her voice students have achieved success in state, regional and national competitions with the Metropolitan Opera Auditions, NATS, MTNA Collegiate Artist Competition, and the American Traditions Competition. Her students continue to perform across the country in national tours and regional theatres, including venues in Chicago and New York. Janice Fronczak is a tenured Associate Professor at the University of Nebraska at Kearney where she teaches performance and playwriting as well as directs for the main-stage season. She holds her MFA in Theatre Pedagogy from Virginia Commonwealth University. Janice is excited to have her collection of original monologues, Blue Food, recently published by Heuer Publishing who has also published eight of her short plays. Her play, Corn Man, successfully premiered at UNK this past fall. Complementing her teaching and directing duties at UNK, Janice is finishing up working on her professional hours to complete the requirements to become a nationally Registered Drama Therapist with the intention of bridging her skills and talents with the creative healing arts. Sara Goff is currently an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Eastern Washington University. Previously Sara taught Acting and Directing in the BFA program at The University of Wisconsin Stevens Point. Sara was also a member of the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. Her favorite roles there include Portia in Julius Caesar, The Duchess of York in Richard III, Eunice in A Streetcar Named Desire and Lady Macbeth. Sara recently began studying the Michael Chekhov Acting technique with Joanna Merlin and other faculty members of MICHA (Michael Chekhov Association).


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Ricky Greenwell is proud to have served as the Costume Shop Manager and Resident Costume Designer for Minnesota State University Moorhead since 2004. During the summer months, Ricky serves as the resident costume designer for the Straw Hat Players at MSUM. He holds an MFA from Wayne State University in Costume Design and Technology and a BS from Eastern Michigan University in Communication & Theatre Arts and English with a Secondary Education Teaching Certification. He is a licensed cosmetologist and holds a make-up certification from Joe Blasco School of Make-up. Ricky is also a National Cosmetic Educator for TIGI Bed Head, providing cosmetic training to cosmetologist across the United States. Eric Hagen is chair and professor of theater at The University of South Dakota where he also serves the department as managing producer and coordinator of the graduate (MFA) directing program. Eric, who earned his masters and doctorate degrees from the University of Minnesota, has research interests in Viewpoint Theory, stage combat and Tai Chi. He has been a student and practitioner of Tai Chi for two decades, and regularly conducts workshops in the discipline while also serving as fight director for theatres in the region. Priscilla Hagen is a faculty member at the University of South Dakota where she coordinates the BFA Acting program and teaches acting, voice/dialects. As a performer she has worked at the Guthrie Theatre, Shakespeare Festival at Monmouth, The Black Hills Playhouse and has appeared in over 75 commercials and corporate videos. She was an original cast member of NBC's children's show Take a Giant Step and the ABC Television Movie: Crash Landing. She holds a certificate from the Institute for Food and Health in NYC where she studied holistic nutrition.

Heather E. Hamilton holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Plymouth State College (NH) and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Dramatic Literature and History from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Heather was the Director of Theater at the Wolfeboro NH Area Creative Arts Center, served on the board of The Sandwich Players, and was an adjudicator and workshop leader for the NH Educational Theater Guild. During the summer, she taught Shakespeare for the Graduate English program at PSU. Heather has directed and acted in plays on both American coasts, playing major characters in close to forty productions over the last decade. She was the recipient of the NH Theater Award for Best Professional Actress in 2004. Her research interests include philosophy and theater, and the psychology of violence in performance. Rebecca Katz Harwood is an Assistant Professor of Dance and Musical Theatre at University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD). Her work has been seen at various venues in Minnesota, New York, and Seattle, WA. At UMD she has provided movement coaching for Life is a Dream and A Flea in Her Ear, and choreographed for various productions including Urinetown! and South Pacific, as well as multiple dance concerts. Richard Herman is Chair and the Meridith Harmon Sauer Endowed Distinguished Professor of Theatre at the University of Central Missouri. He holds his PhD in Directing and Acting from Texas Tech University. Richard teaches courses in directing, acting and theatre history and has served as director for over 100 academic and professional productions. He currently serves as the Region V Vice-Chair of the National Playwriting Program, has served as Assistant Irene Ryan Coordinator, regional selection team member, director for the Ten-Minute Play Festival and Irene Ryan judge. Richard’s honors include the Speech and Theatre Association of Missouri’s Outstanding Teacher Award, Central Missouri State University’s Excellence in Teaching Award and the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. Phil Hoke is new to region V having served in Region VI KCACTF for the past several years. He is director of theatre for Garden City Community College where he teaches all levels of acting and technical courses along with directing all productions. He is a theatre generalist with a specific interest in playwriting. Several of his works have been produced, most notably; A Gentleman from Wharton: A Tribute to Horton Foote which was presented last year at the Texas State Festival in Wichita Falls for Region VI. Lori Horvik is an Associate Professor of Theatre Arts at North Dakota State University. She has directed over 40 shows at NDSU and throughout the region. She has also been a professional stage manager and director in Chicago. Lori is an evaluator for the National Association of Schools of Theatre, the national accreditation organization for educational theatre. Lori is also the co-founder of Theatre B, where she directs, performs, and puts her stage management skills to regular use. Levi Howe is a senior at Emporia State University. This spring he will be designing costumes for All in the Timing. He will graduate in May with a BFA in Theatre. After graduation he hopes to pursue a career in costume crafts, makeup, and lighting. Levi is a co-presenter with faculty member Amanda Dura.


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Paul J. Hustoles is currently Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance at Minnesota State University Mankato where he has also been Artistic Director of Highland Summer Theatre since 1985. Paul received his MA from the University of Michigan and his PhD from Texas Tech University. He just finished directing his 190th show (The Odyssey) and has produced over 500. Paul began his association with KCACTF in 1983 and is a past Region V Chair. For the past eleven years he has been the Region V Festival Registrar, but not in 2010 when he took a term off to be a member of the National Selection Team. Paul serves as the Region V Board member of the National Partners of the American Theatre and is the proud recipient of the KCACTF Gold Medallion of Excellence Award in Theatre. Sara Curran Ice teaches Costume Design at the University of Nebraska Kearney and has her M.F.A. in costume design from the University of California, Irvine. She spent several years working as a freelance costumer in film, television, as well as theatre. She worked as the costume supervisor for the Pasadena Playhouse, as well as costume designer and coordinator for several independent feature films. She is a member of IATSE local 705, the picture costumers union in Los Angeles. Gwen Jensen is Associate Professor of Theatre at Wayne State College, Wayne, NE. There, she directs all stage productions and teaches Acting, Theatre History and Literature, Introduction to Theatre, Directing and Playwriting. Fascinated by the history of cultures and their theatrical expression, Gwen has fostered teaching relationships and exchanges with the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb, Croatia, and Chienkuo Technology University in Changhua, Taiwan.

Julie Jensen has written more than thirty plays produced in New York, in the regional theatres, and abroad. She is the recipient of the Kennedy Center Award for New American Plays, the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Work, and the LA Weekly Award for Best New Play. She has received the McKnight National Playwriting Fellowship, the TCG/NEA Playwriting Residency, and a major grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts. She has twice been nominated for the best play produced outside New York. Her plays are published by Dramatic Publishing. And her book Playwriting: Brief and Brilliant was just published by Smith and Kraus. She has taught playwriting at five different colleges and universities, and her work has been commissioned by nine different theatres. She is currently the Resident Playwright at Salt Lake Acting Company.

Corinne Johnson has been a member of the Theatre Department at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, IA since 1989 where she teaches acting, directing and costume design. She holds a PhD in theatre from the University of Oregon and has also taught at Luther College, Augustana College, The University of Minnesota and The University of Oregon. Favorite directing projects include: The Drowsy Chaperone, Pippin, A Streetcar Named Desire, Buried Child, Anton in Show Business (which was presented at the Regional KCACTF Festival), Hedda Gabler and her original adaptation of James and the Giant Peach. Cory is a past member of the KCACTF Selection Team, has served as the Festival Workshop Coordinator, received the Road Warrior Award and is currently serving as Coordinator of the Irene Ryan Auditions.

Robbie Jones is an Assistant Professor for University of Nebraska Omaha theatre department. He is the Technical Designer and also a set, costume and lighting designer. He has designed for the Eugene O'Neill Playwright's Conference, Nebraska Shakespeare Festival, H and A Summer Theater, Sunrise West Production Company, University of Kansas Summer Theatre and was resident Scene Designer at the Stephen Foster Theater. As a student, he was a participant in the American College Theatre Festival Region 5 where he won the Barbizon for Set Design and was selected for the O’Neill Design Fellowship.

Sean Kearney is the designer and technical director for Grand View University. In addition to his duties at Grand View, he has designed backgrounds for magazines, conventions, and theme park attractions. Tammy Keiser has worked in professional theatre as a designer and painter for over 15 years, and will finish a MFA/Scenography degree this year at The University of Kansas. She has taught Costume Production for 3 years at KU. William C. Kenyon is the Head of the B.F.A. Program in Design and Technology at Penn State University. His design specialties are in the areas of lighting and sound design. Mr. Kenyon has designed over 150 plays, operas, and dances, along with over a dozen national/international tour seasons with several companies. He holds a B.F.A. with Honors from the University of Connecticut, and an M.F.A. from Brandeis University. Mr. Kenyon recently finished his second term as Commissioner for Education for the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, and is regularly involved in KCACTF as a Design Respondent. He is a member of United Scenic Artists Local #829, in both the Lighting and Sound Design categories. While working at Penn State, William continues to design and tour


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internationally, specializing in dance and Native American theatre. His work has recently been seen in Florida, North Carolina, Palestine, Israel, France, Poland, Qatar, New York City, and Washington, D.C. When not on tour or in tech, Mr. Kenyon is working on climbing the highest point in each U.S. state. He lives in Pennsylvania with his wife Jenny, a Costume and Scenic Designer, and his daughter Delaney.

Jenny Kenyon is currently a Visiting Professor of Scenic Art & Design for the Department of Theatre & Dance, Bucknell University. Previously, Jenny taught Scenic Art & Design at Penn State for 5 years. Prior to entering academia, Jenny worked as a Costume Designer in New York City. She was the Assistant Costume Coordinator for the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular, as well as designing numerous shows for theatre, opera and dance. Her design work has been seen at the WPA Theatre, the Duplex Cabaret, the Russian Ballet Theatre of Delaware, and OperaDelaware. One of her most recent large-scale projects is the historical production Lincoln: Upon the Altar of Freedom. In addition to Penn State, she has taught Costume Design and/or Scenic Design at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Evansville, Manhattanville College, and the Berkeley Carroll School in NYC. She is a member of the United Scenic Artists Local #829 in the area of Costume Design. James T. Lane, Jr. is the Chair and Designer/Technical Director for the Department of Music and Theatre at Johnson County Community College. He has been involved with over 200 of the college’s productions. Jim served as the KCACTF Region V Design Chair from 1999 to 2004 under Gregg Henry and Harry Parker. In 2005, Jim was awarded the Kennedy Center Medallion of Excellence. He has started his 16th season as full time Technical Director and part time Scenic Designer for the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival. His professional work includes stints with theatre companies like the Kansas City Rep, Starlight, and the American Heartland in KC, The Great Lakes Theatre Festival in Cleveland and The Globe in San Diego. He holds an MFA in Scene Design and Technology from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Kristin Larson is an Asssociate Professor of Theatre at Grand View University in Des Moines, IA, where she teaches such fare as acting, directing, voice for the actor, and theatre history. Previously, she was an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Minnesota State University Moorhead, where her production of A New Brain was invited for performance at festival 38. Recent directing credits include Arcadia and Stop Kiss, and she returned to the stage last year when she played Maureen in The Beauty Queen of Leenane at the Des Moines Social Club. She earned her BFA in Acting from Southern Oregon University, in Ashland, and her MFA in Directing from The University of Montana in Missoula. In the recent past, she was a member of the Region V selection team and is a previous Road Warrior Award winner. Michael Legg is in his fourth season as Director of the Apprentice/Intern Company at Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, where he will co-direct The End, part of the 2011 Humana Festival of New American Plays. Before coming to Actor’s, he spent three years as a theatrical agent in New York. His former clients can still be seen on Broadway, in television/film, and in regional theatres across the country. Prior to his time in New York, he spent seven years teaching and directing at both high school and university levels. He holds an M.F.A. in acting from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity. William Liotta has designed more than 100 productions both nationally and internationally. He has been on the faculty at California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles, Tulane University in New Orleans, the Professional Theatre Training Program at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, and is presently teaching lighting and sound design at the University of New Mexico. He has done consulting and design work for Universal Studios Hollywood, Warner Brothers Pictures, the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles and the Danny Kaye Playhouse and Fredrick Loewe theatre in New York City. He has been a guest lecturer at the Central Academy of Drama and the National Academy of Chinese Dramatic Arts (formally the Beijing Opera Academy) in Beijing China. His designs have been selected as part of the American contingent to the Prague Quadrennial, and he is the recipient of two Big Easy Awards for Best Lighting Design for New Orleans. He serves as the Sound Commissioner for the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT), is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829, and owns the patent on the “Gamchek” a lighting industry testing device marketed and sold by GAM Products, Hollywood.

Philip McKinley directed the five-time TONY nominated musical The Boy from Oz starring Hugh Jackman and the revival of The Most Happy Fella starring Paul Sorvino at the New York City Opera. McKinley directed Kenneth Feld’s Barnum’s Kaleidescape as well as the 128th – 133rd and 135th editions of Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey’s The Greatest Show on Earth, making him the person who has directed more editions of the American icon than any other living person. Most recently he directed the contemporary arena opera spectacle Ben Hur Live which premiered in 2009 at the ‘02 Dome in London and will open in the summer of 2011 at the Circus Maximus in Rome.


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His multi-million dollar circus spectacular Voyage de la Vie is running currently at Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore. McKinley is also developing with producer Dean Zanuck the original movie musical State of Affairs. Georgia McGill is a Professor of Theatre at the City University of New York, Queensborough Community College and the National Vice-Chair for NPP. In 2007, she served as a national respondent viewing sixty-four plays in eight weeks as the NPP representative. Georgia is the Artistic Director of the Modern Theatre of Myth, a company which performs internationally and is dedicated to the creation of new plays inspired by ancient mythology. She is currently finishing work on a new play with the support of a PSC/CUNY grant. Ms. McGill has directed extensively in New York and regional theatres and her work has been featured on stages in Germany, Cyprus, Greece , England, Hungary and Scotland. Steven J. McLean is a professor of Theatre at Simpson College. He teaches courses in design and technical theatre and is the faculty Designer/Technical Director for Theatre Simpson Productions. His most recent Theatre Simpson productions include Properties Design and Technical Direction for Learned Ladies, Set Design and Technical Direction for Henry 5 and Set and Lighting Design and Technical Direction for Back Story. Steve also designs and technical directs opera productions for Music at Simpson and has designed sets during the past year for productions of The Magic Flute and The Mikado. Steve’s professional credentials include set designs for the Des Moines Metro Opera’s productions of The Masked Ball, The Tales of Hoffmann, Ariadne auf Naxos, and The Crucible. Steve holds a BS in Theatre and Associated studies from The University of Evansville and an MFA in Design and Technical Theatre from The Pennsylvania State University.

Donna Meester, Associate Professor of Theatre, is Director of Costume Design/Production at The University of Alabama. Some of her favorite designs while at UA include: Ragtime, All’s Well That Ends Well, and The Threepenny Opera. Other design credits include work for The Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Oklahoma Shakespearean Festival, The Memphis Black Rep, and the Birmingham Children’s Theatre, just to name a few. Donna is currently serving as Costume Commissioner for the United States Institute for Theatre Technology. Previously she served as Design Chair for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival for both regions IV and V. She holds an MFA in Stage Design from Southern Methodist University and a BS in Apparel Technology from Purdue University. Donna is honored to be the 2011 recipient of the Kennedy Center Gold Medallion for Region IV. Daniel Miller is the assistant professor of theatre and the Director of Theatre at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, SD. In the past five years he has successfully created and implemented a new BFA degree in Theatre at Dakota Wesleyan. The only BFA degree in Theatre offered by a private institution in the state of South Dakota. Dan’s professional approach to all aspects of theatre in the DWU undergraduate program has assisted his student’s in finding positions in grad schools across the country and the UK where Dan’s background also includes active participation with the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, England. Tom Miller prior to joining the staff of Actors' Equity, Tom was an Actor for over 25 years, performing in National Tours, Regional Theatre, Off Broadway, with the Atlanta Ballet, Ballet Florida, Carl Radcliff Dance Theatre, at Opryland USA, and in Europe. He can be seen in the documentary “Show Business – The Road to Broadway” hosting a Broadway Gypsy Robe presentation. For over a decade Tom served as a voter for the annual Tony Awards. He has been an Equity Member since 1983. Julie Rae Mollenkamp is a Professor and Graduate Coordinator of Theatre at the University of Central Missouri. Her work has garnered over 30 KCACTF Regional awards and 5 National commendations. She has published articles on theatre pedagogy, theatre for social change, and feminist theatre. She is the recipient of the UCM Faculty Achievement Award, the UCM Excellence in Teaching Award, the KCACTF Road Warrior Award and the National Communication Association Theatre Division Excellence in Teaching and Service award. Her one-woman performance art piece In Conclusive Woman was produced by The Ryan Repertory Company in New York, June 2009, and published by Applause Books in Best American Short Plays, 2006-2007. Scott Mollman is the technical director and production manager at the University of South Dakota. He served several years at the Rose Children's Theatre in Omaha, Nebraska before graduate school at Wayne State University in Detroit. Allyson Moon is an actor, director, designer, and administrator, Allyson Moon has dedicated herself to a life in the theatre working in the professional, educational, and community settings. She has been a member of the Southwestern College Theatre Department faculty since 1988. Among her ongoing challenges and joys is serving as the director of Southwestern’s improvisational acting troupe, 9 LIVES. Involvement with the Kennedy Center


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American College Theatre Festival provides constant enrichment for herself and her students. In 2007, she was honored with the KCACTF Gold Medallion.

Michael Morain, Ames native, has covered arts and culture for the last five years at the Des Moines Register, where he serves as the paper's chief theater critic. He holds degrees from Graceland University and Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and is a fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts Institute in Theater and Musical Theater.

Doris Nash is a 1991 graduate of Iowa State with a degree in Clothing and Textiles; Doris has been the ISU Theatre Costume Shop Supervisor since 1989. She has designed costumes for the productions of Rumors, Eleven-Zulu, Deathtrap, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and A Christmas Carol. She was the costume shop supervisor for the Emporia Summer Theatre at Emporia State University for four summers. In 1995 and 1996, Doris was a draper at the Colorado & Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festivals, respectively. The past ten summers, Doris was a First Hand in the Costume Shop of the Santa Fe Opera.

Matt Nesmith joined The University of South Dakota faculty in 2010 as coordinator of the B.F.A. Musical Theatre specialization. Prior to his appointment at USD, he served as the director of Musical Theatre at the University of New Hampshire. Matt is also the director of Musical Theatre for the International Performing Arts Institute in Kiefersfelden, Germany. His research focuses on integrating Lessac Kinesensics, Anne Bogart's Viewpoints, and Stanislavski-based acting in studio voice and musical theatre performance.

Jennifer Ross Nostrala has been directing and teaching theatre for over twenty years. She is currently Professor of Theatre Arts at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa. Last year she received an Iowa Arts Mini-Grant for her production of Fat Pig at the Des Moines Social Club. Recent directing credits at Simpson Theatre include Back Story, The Servant of Two Masters, and A Year with Frog and Toad. She directed her adaptation of Hamlet at the Vortex Theatre, in Austin, Texas. Upcoming projects include Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice at Theatre Simpson and The Shape of Things at StageWest in Des Moines.

Patricia Olive has been the Prop Manager at the Guthrie Theater for eight seasons. She came to Minneapolis from the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey where she was also the Prop Manager. Other theaters she has worked in include, among others, the Nashville Repertory Theatre, Nashville Children’s Theatre, and Seaside Music Theatre. Patricia started her career as an educator, teaching shop and helping with school productions. After teaching for many years and working in summer stock she was offered a full time theater job and has been working in various capacities throughout the country ever since.

Gregory Owen is an assistant professor, designer, technical director and playwright at the University of Central Missouri. This year he served as a reader for several of KCACTF’s playwrighting competitions. Greg has taken workshops and intensives with many wonderful playwrights including Gary Garrison, Stuart Spenser, and Rosary O’Neil. He has had several plays produced as part of the Richard Herman Black Box Program, and may one day take over the world. Ray Paolino teaches at the University of Georgia where he heads the MFA Acting program and is Director of Theatre. For the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Paolino served in the 1990s as Chair of Playwriting for Region VI. He currently serves as NPP Chair of Playwriting, Region IV and continues to offer his skills as a respondent to new works for KCACTF. He previously chaired the SWTFA (Southwest Theatre & Film Association) new plays committee and founded a new play festival there. As an actor in New York he performed the leading role in the world premiere of Israel Horovitz’s Turnstyle at the Cubiculo and was in Rip Torn’s production of Hamlet with Geraldine Page at the Sanctuary Theatre. He recently performed the role of George in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at 7 Stages Theatre in Atlanta. He has performed or directed over a hundred staged readings of new scripts. He is a member of Actor’s Equity Association (AEA) and Screen Actors Guild (SAG). John David Paul Although his first love is theatre, John has also designed for opera, dance, themed entertainment, trade shows, commercials, retail spaces and feature films. Notable credits include the scenic design for the premiere musical Reefer Madness in L.A. for which he won an LA Weekly Award; assistant art director for the feature films Fargo and Grumpier Old Men; and art director for Cirque de la Mer at SeaWorld. He has designed for Ping Chong, technical directed for Lee Blessing and garnered awards for Best Guest Experience of 1999 from the Themed Entertainment Association and Best of Show at IAAPA 2001. He regularly designs scenery for Creede Repertory Theatre and is an Associate Professor teaching scenic design courses at Minnesota State University, Mankato.


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Anthony Pellechia is the lighting and sound designer for the University of South Dakota. Anthony has received grants to study content creation and international scenography trends. Anthony received his MFA in design from Ohio State University. Jeff Peltz is an Associate Professor at the University of Central Missouri. He has served as a scenic designer, lighting designer, projection designer, technical director, production/stage manager and instructor or consultant for such producing organizations as Indiana University Northwest, Illinois Dance Theatre, Illinois Opera Theatre, Dance Theatre of Lynchburg, Virginia School of the Arts, Parkland College, West Virginia Public Theatre, Greystone Productions, Central Missouri Repertory Theatre and the Granbury Opera House. Emily Peters is a theater artist currently working for the National Theater Institute at The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. Though she got her start in the theater as a performer, Emily recently received her MFA from the Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She is currently in the process of developing her full length thesis musical, The Way Life Should Be, with composer Luke Di Somma. Emily teaches ensemble building and composition throughout the country on behalf of NTI, as well as songwriting at The Wilma Theater (Philadelphia) in the summer. Beate Pettigrew is the Immediate Past National Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition Coordinator and was honored to be a part of the National Selection Team in 2007. She has served KCACTF as Region V’s Chair, national Chair of Chairs, Ryans Coordinator, Workshop Coordinator, Dramaturg Coordinator, and respondent. She is an alumnus of Emporia State, the University of Kansas, and the University of Missouri-Kansas City where she received an MFA in Theatre Direction. She has directed over 50 academic, semi-professional, and professional plays. Beate is currently the Artistic Director for the Theatre Dept. at Johnson County Community College, a top-ten community college. Susan Proctor currently the Director of the Theatre Program at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, MO. She began her career in professional theatre as a Stage Manager at Arena Stage in Washington, DC. After working there for eight years, she left to begin her PhD program in Theatre Theory. She has directed in professional, educational, and community theatre for 30 years. She loves teaching theatre courses and is passionate about all things Theatre. Katherine Pryor is the managing director of theatre for the Department of Theatre at the University of Kansas. Katherine holds both a Bachelor’s Degree and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from KU. Under the leadership of Tom Woldt, Katherine coordinated the first Theatre Management Challenge for KCACTF Region V, and continues to be the coordinator for the program, now in its 4th year. Katherine’s honors include the Phoenix Arts Award granted from the City of Lawrence, KS for outstanding contributions in arts administration, Outstanding Staff Member named by the Emily Taylor Resource Center at KU and she is a recipient of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Gold Medallion. Brooke Redler is a Stage Manager at Kansas City Rep. She has Stage Managed A Christmas Carol, Saved and Palomino. She was Assistant Stage Manager for Bus Stop, A Flea in Her Ear, Winesburg, Ohio, A Christmas Carol, Radio Golf, The Drawer Boy, A Marvelous Party!, Bad Dates, The Syringa Tree, Love, Janis. She served as production assistant for Clay, To Kill A Mockingbird, A Christmas Carol, and Jitney. Additional local credits include King Henry V, Romeo and Juliet (Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, assistant stage manager); I Do! I Do! (Carlsen Center, stage manager); Carvings (Princess Squid Productions, stage manager). Regional credits include Big River and Promises, Promises at Stages St. Louis (assistant stage manager). Opera credits include: Medea, (Long Beach Opera, Stage Manager), The Good Soldier Schweik (Long Beach Opera, assistant stage manager); Santa Fe Opera for two seasons. Stephanie Roberts teaches Mask, Clown and Commedia dell’Arte for University of Missouri-Kansas City’s MFA Acting Program. She has performed nationally and abroad as well as in Kansas City, most recently with her one-woman mask show. Stephanie holds an MFA in Physical Theatre from Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre. Tiffany N. Rudd is currently Theatre Simpson’s Costume Designer and Costume Studio Supervisor. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Textile and Apparel Design from the University of Northern Iowa in 2006 along with double minors: Dance and Theatre. Her past experiences include working with the national touring companies of Broadway productions, for shows such as CATS, FOSSE, Kiss Me Kate, and Stomp. Recently, she worked with members from the cast of Wicked, and has auditioned for the Radio City Rockettes. In 2009, Tiffany was awarded a certificate for “Meritorious Achievement in Costume Design” from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival for her costumes in Theatre Simpson’s production of A Year with Frog and Toad.


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Peggy Nelson Sannerud has a BS in Theatre from Northwestern University, and an MFA in Theatre Design and Technology from the University of Minnesota. Currently she is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre & Dance at Winona State University in Winona MN. Peggy has taught theatre design at Viterbo University in La Crosse, WI; the University of Iowa; the University of Northern Iowa, and Iowa State University. She has been a freelance lighting designer for over 25 years, and has worked for Riverside Theatre in Iowa City, Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, Opera Illinois, and Peoria Civic Opera. She has led lighting workshops for actors and opera singers at Viterbo, the University of Northern Iowa, and the University of Oklahoma. Jeffrey Sanders is currently a Lecturer of Theatre at Eastern Washington University. Previously, Jeff was the Artistic Director of the Howmet Playhouse in Whitehall, Michigan. From 2004-2008, Jeff was a resident actor and director with the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. His favorite roles there include Titus Andronicus, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire, Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, Fluellen in Henry V, Edgar in King Lear, Posthumus in Cymbeline, Hector in Troilus and Cressida, and Lopahkin in The Cherry Orchard. Jeff’s directing work includes productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Every Christmas Story Ever Told, and The Taming of the Shrew (Cincinnati Shakespeare Company). The Underpants, The Woman in Black, I Ought To Be In Pictures and All in the Timing (Howmet Playhouse). The Foreigner, and Ruthless! The Musical (Eastern Washington University). Jeff graduated from Western Illinois University with an MFA in Acting. Kelly Marie Schaefer teaches Costume Design and Acting courses at Iowa State University. She holds an MFA in Theatre from Western Illinois University with a double emphasis in Acting and Costume Design. Previously she taught costuming as well as designed costumes for Arkansas State University. A few favorites she designed while working at ASU were Anything Goes, The Boys from Syracuse, The Elephant Man, The Beaux’ Stratagem, Twelfth Night, and The Big Bad Wolf. She has also had the opportunity to design at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts, as well as work as a draper in their shop for two seasons. She has also worked in the shops of The Metropolitan Opera in New York City, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre and The Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago. Some of Kelly’s favorite acting roles include Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest, Miss Hannigan in Annie, Adrianna in A Comedy of Errors, and the Gypsy Acid Queen in The Who’s Tommy. Nadine Purvis Schmidt is Associate Professor of Theatre and Producer at Southwest Minnesota State University where she directs shows and teaches various acting and directing courses, script analysis, theatre history, and Introduction to Theatre. She has an MFA in acting from the University of Arkansas, a certificate in Shakespeare performance from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and a BA in English from Harvard. In addition to coordinating the Faculty Acting Showcase, Nadine serves as a Region V respondent and coaches SMSU's Irene Ryan nominees.

Amanda Petefish-Schrag is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Northwest Missouri State University where she also serves as the program’s artistic director and teaches courses in performance and theatre history. She is the recipient of a Kennedy Center National Teaching Artist Grant and the 2009 Missouri Governor’s Award for Excellence in Education. Her professional credits include work as an actor, puppeteer, director and playwright. Amanda holds her BA from the University of Minnesota, Morris and her MFA in directing from Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Phillip Schroeder currently teaches the Scenic Production class at the University of Kansas. He has also taught Stage Makeup. Phillip is nearing the completion of MFA/Scenography program at the KU, and prior to embarking on his scholastic journey he worked professionally as an actor, scenic designer, and Technical Director. Gwendolyn Schwinke teaches voice, movement and acting at UNI, and frequently serves on the faculty of Shakespeare & Company in Massachusetts. She has taught voice, movement and/or acting for institutions including New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts (CAP-21 Studio), State University of New York at Binghamton, St. Olaf College and The Guthrie Theater. Gwendolyn has been a Certified Feldenkrais Movement Teacher since 1997 and is also a Designated Teacher of the Linklater Voice Approach. As an actor, Gwendolyn has performed with professional companies around the country.

Dusty Shaffer is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri. Shaffer has assisted and designed costumes for numerous theatre, dance, and opera productions. He is currently designing La Bohème for the Springfield Regional Opera. In addition to his professional work, Shaffer has guest designed at Drury University (Springfield, MO) and Belmont University (Nashville, TN). Shaffer holds an MFA in Costume Design from the University of Florida (2009), an MA in Theatre from Missouri State University (2005), and a BGS


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in Theatre and Film from the University of Kansas (1998). In 2008, Shaffer won the graduate costume design competition at the Southeastern Theatre Conference and the David Weiss Award for costume design at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (Region IV).

Jon Sidoli is a Professor and the Head of Theatre at Independence Community College. In the middle of his theatrical career, he took a detour into the world of the new economy culture. He was the founder of Knovus Communications which consulted with businesses on strategies for the building an effective work culture for what are called knowledge workers; or workers valued for their knowledge and creativity. His clients included Prudential Insurance, Yamaha and many others. He has been a professional actor and educator for over 25 years. Aili Smith is currently an Assistant Professor at Minot State University. She received her BA in Communication Arts from Minot State University, an MA in Theatre Arts from the University of North Dakota, and a PhD in Theatrical Direction and Scholarship from Wayne State University. After completing her master's degree, she lived in Chicago working as a professional stage manager on productions of The Man Who Had All The Luck, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Dancing at Lughnasa. Some of her directing credits include Independence, Bus Stop, Boy Gets Girl, and Hay Fever. She most recently directed and choreographed Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. In addition to directing and stage management, Aili spent a "Month in Moscow" in 2007 and studied at the Moscow Art Theatre. Michael Smith was a theatre critic for The Village Voice in New York from 1958 to 1974. As one of the first critics to write about the emerging Off-Off-Broadway theatre movement, he reviewed the earliest work of Sam Shepard, Lanford Wilson, Marie Irene Fornes, and other emerging playwrights. He also directed productions of their plays and edited three anthologies of new American plays. He is the author of approximately thirty plays, which have been presented at Caffè Cino, La Mama, Theatre Genesis, the Changing Scene in Denver, and elsewhere. In the 1990s he founded Genesis West, a Santa Barbara theatre company, producing his own work and plays by Shepard, Fornes, and George F. Walker. He is also an award-winning lighting designer. Since moving to Oregon in 2003 he has continued to direct and produce, most recently his new play, Hamlet in Love, which premiered in November. Christopher Sousa-Wynn is a Freelance Designer, Assistant Professor of Scenic Design and Co-head of Design for the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of New Mexico. Previously he was the Resident Scenic Designer for PCPA Theaterfest, a professional repertory theatre company, in Santa Maria, California. Christopher earned his Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, Irvine and his Bachelor of Arts from California State University, Fresno. He has designed scenery for numerous theatrical productions and has recently started designing corporate events and working on television productions. Currently he is exploring the use of new technologies in theatrical events to tell stories in unique ways. Ben Stark received his MFA in Technical Design and Production from Yale University and a BA in Theatre and English from the University of Iowa. Ben has been a part of numerous theatrical projects while pursuing his degrees, as well as working at Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre in Winchester, VA, and Wolf Trap Opera in Vienna, VA. In addition, he worked as a Project Manager for Mystic Scenic Studios, Inc., outside of Boston, MA, where he did a variety of commercial millwork and special event projects, such as the Boston Pops 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular ‘08 and ‘09 and the New York Auto Show. Currently, Ben serves as Technical Director for the Kansas State University Department of Communication Studies, Theatre and Dance during the academic year; during the summer, Ben serves as Technical Director for the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival.

Chrissy Calkins Steele is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Principia College where she teaches acting, voice, theatre history, dramatic literature and also directs. She leads a student abroad trip to England with a focus on Shakespeare. Her M.A. is from The Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon. As an actor she worked professionally in Chicago with numerous companies performing children’s theatre, new works at such theatres as Organic Theatre, Ivanhoe Theatre and Wisdom Bridge, and Shakespeare with the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. Sheila Tabaka is a Professor of Theatre at Southwest Minnesota State University. Professor Tabaka is co-creator of Costume Runway, now in its third year and also organized the Costume Parade for a number of years. At SMSU, she teaches Costume and Makeup classes as well as Theatre History. She serves as the costumer and a director at SMSU. Her SMSU production of To Kill A Mockingbird received a Meritorious Award for Ensemble Acting. Professor Tabaka has delivered many papers through the Costume Society of America and she continues research for her first book, Fashion and Television.

Jim Trenberth, ISU Theatre's Resident Lighting Designer and Production Manager, received his MFA in Theatre Design from Ohio University. Jim joined the ISU Theatre faculty in 1993. Since that time he has designed


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over sixty productions with ISU and other theatres including The Wisconsin Shakespeare Festival, Wildspace Dance Company of Milwaukee, Clinton Area Showboat, Sunset Theatre in Milwaukee, Central College, Drake University and The Des Moines Metro Opera. His long-term goal is to design the entire Shakespeare canon.

Jennifer Tuttle is an Assistant Professor of performance, voice and directing at Minnesota State University-Moorhead. Jennifer holds an MFA in Theatre/Acting from Wayne State University in Detroit, and has studied at the Dell Arte School of Physical Theatre in California, the Michael Chekhov Institute in New York, and abroad at the Moscow Art Theatre (MHAT). As an actor, she has worked regionally at Milwaukee Rep Theatre, Tulane Shakespeare Festival, and The Theatre at Lime Kiln, amongst others. She most recently directed The Seafarer for Theatre B in Fargo, The Music Man for The Straw Hat Players and Hamlet for Minnesota State University-Moorhead. Jennifer is a member of Actors' Equity Association and VASTA (Voice and Speech Trainers Association). Rob Urbinati is a freelance director and playwright based in New York City. He has directed for the Culture Project, the Public Theatre, Abingdon Theatre Company, Classic Stage Company, Pearl Theatre, HERE, Lincoln Center Directors Lab, New York Fringe Festival (Best Musical), and the New York Music Theatre Festival, as well as many plays for the Drama League. Rob has directed at New York University, Clark University, Concordia College, Doane College, LaGuardia Community College, Bloomsburg University, The University of Oregon, and the University of Nebraska. He is Director of New Play Development at Queens Theatre in the Park, where he curates the Immigrant Voices Project, a new play program that develops plays by writers who represent the diverse demographics of New York City. Rob’s plays include Cruel & Barbarous Treatment, Miss Julie in Hollywood, Karaoke Night at the Suicide Shack, The Other Heart, Shangri La, Rebel Voices, and Mama's Boy. Two of Rob’s plays, Hazelwood Jr. High and West Moon Street, are published by Samuel French. Rob is a member of the Dramatists Guild and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. Rooth Varland is the Costume designer for North Dakota State University in Fargo. She holds and MFA from Northwestern University and is a member of USA Local 829. She is an active in the Northern Boundary Section of USITT and proud advisor to NDSU's student chapter of USITT. Pamela Wegner is a professor of theatre at Black Hills State University in Spearfish, SD. She received her graduate degrees at the University of Minnesota. She has studied at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA and the New Actors Workshop in NYC. She teaches acting and directs modern and classical plays at BHSU. Mark Wethington is currently an Assistant Professor of Theatre Design at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. He has also taught at Washington and Lee University, and Belhaven College. Prior to joining academia, Mark designed scenery and/or lighting with the Delaware Theatre Company, Contemporary American Theatre Festival (CATCO),Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, New Stage Theatre, New Venture Theatre, Bigfork Summer Playhouse, Columbus Children’s Theatre, Florida State University, Florida State Opera, and Bowling Green State University. Mark also was Technical Director of the Delaware Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Monomoy Theatre, CATCO, New Venture Theatre, and New Stage Theatre. Tom Woldt is the Immediate-Past Chair of KCACTF Region V and is a proud recipient of the Kennedy Center Gold Medallion. He serves as the Chair and Professor of the Department of Theatre Arts at Simpson College in Iowa. He received his undergraduate training at South Dakota State University, his MFA in Directing from Minnesota State University, Mankato, his PhD in Theatre History/Literature/Criticism from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and served an internship at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. Tom directed the 1995 Region V Festival Production of Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said, as well as The Woman In Black that appeared at the 2000 Region V Festival and was chosen as the Honorable Mention production to the national festival in Washington. In 2000, Tom received Simpson College’s Outstanding Junior Faculty Award. Recent directing projects have included: The Learned Ladies, Henry 5, Push Up: 1-3, Into the Woods, The Trojan Women: Stories of Love and War, On the Razzle, Expecting Isabel and Five Course Love. His other affiliations include Associate/Educator Level membership in Stage Directors and Choreographers society (SDC.)


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STUDENT LEADERSHIP

The following students have lent their expertise and artistic leadership to Region V Productions for Festival XLIII.

STUDENT PLAYWRIGHTS

Grand View University Michael Tallman

Washburn University David Bury

STUDENT DIRECTORS Dordt College

Danielle Roos Zachary Eggebeen

Grand View University Dennis McCullough

Highland Community College Robert McPherson

Iowa State University Don Watts

Minnesota State University, Moorhead Meagan Kedrowski

North Dakota State University Amy Bouthilet Blaine Edwards

Simpson College Candace Zak

University of Missouri Kayla Flint

University of Nebraska at Omaha Krystal Kelly

University of Nebraska – Lincoln Aaron Sawyer Cristina Skinner

University of North Dakota Benjamin Klipfel

University of Northern Iowa Benjamin Sheridan

University of South Dakota Rachel Foulks

Wichita State University Abby Stroot Philip Taylor

William Woods University Kayla Pulliam

STUDENT COSTUME DESIGNERS Avila University

Ruby Salmon Baker University

Megan Nelson Bemidji State University

Jesse Villarreal Central Methodist College

Kelsey Jeffries Concordia College,

Moorhead Brandon Wente

Culver-Stockton College Whitney Colston Jennifer Smith

Dakota State University Britney Timm

Dickinson State University Allison Stagl

Dordt College Vanessa Theel Rachel VanEssen

Grand View University Hannah Hawbaker

Hamline University Lyndsey Halter Samantha Kuhn

Highland Community College Jillian Davis Robert McPherson Nicholas L. Walker

Iowa State University Katharina Beckerleg Justine Year

Johnson County Community College Madalen Wargo

Minnesota State University, Mankato Molly Smith

Minnesota State University – Moorhead Stephanie Wilder

Minot State University Jen Bloomberg Matthew Dempsey

North Dakota State College of Science Sarah Anderson

North Dakota State University Sara Brotherston

Northern State University Ryan Puffer

Northwestern College Huiyu Lin Aleah Stenberg Ericha Walden

Simpson College Kellie Green Elizabeth Hewitt

South Dakota State University Kim Graff

Southwest Baptist University Jordan Hart

Southwest Minnesota State University Emma Davis Heather Lorensen Hayley Oster

Southwestern College Cooper Hart Arden Moon

State Fair Community College Judy Grant

University of Central Missouri Matthew Pedersen Abby Stranathan

University of Kansas Phillip Schroeder


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University of Minnesota Duluth Nina Escobedo Karissa Toutloff

University of Minnesota, Morris Allison Amidon

University of Missouri Stephanie Juergens

University of Nebraska at Omaha Matthew Lott

University of Nebraska Kearney Carolyn Wirtz

University of Nebraska – Lincoln Val Harper Shannon Paulick Beth Skinner

University of North Dakota Michelle Spencer Davidson

University of Northern Iowa Meghan McKinney

University of Sioux Falls Kristi Pritchert

University of South Dakota Natalie Friesen Karl Hermanson

Washburn University Elizabeth Carson

Wichita State University Kaye Brownlee Hannah Carter Amber Redig Abby Stroot

William Woods University Alexis Guth

STUDENT LIGHTING DESIGNERS Allen Community College

Tyler Plunket Avila University

Sean Glass Baker University

Rachael Moon Bemidji State University

Benjamin Eng Amanda Sorenson Thomas Skime

Carleton College Allison Koster Tony Stoeri

College of St. Benedict / St. John’s University Phil Jorgenson

Concordia College, Moorhead Megan Braaten

Dakota State University Elliot Breukelman Nick Wall

Dordt College Joel Schiebout Lucas Teeuwsen

Grand View University Kelsey Dixon Keyla Spahr

Hamline University Emily Paulsen Tyler Lambert Perkins Ryan Volna

Highland Community College Morgan Rodecap

Iowa State University Nick Veenstra

Minnesota State University, Mankato Jake Yenish

Minnesota State University, Moorhead Sarah Brandner

Minot State University Garrett Common Jake Flaten Carrett Common

North Dakota State University Kcarie Ingerson Terrance Nelson

Northwest Missouri State University Rachel Dyer Anthony Reed

Park University Chrystal Coltharp

Peru State College Jake Acers

Rockhurst University Sarah Bruening

Simpson College Kelsey Swanson Tiffany Flory

Southwest Baptist University Jennifer Harmon Megan Anderson

Southwestern College John Badley Nikki Prokopis Jamie Garrard

St. Louis Community College – Meramec Megan King

University of Central Missouri Adam Hoffman

University of Minnesota Duluth Scott Dahl Jim Eischen Matt Weyer

University of Minnesota, Morris Elizabeth Karges

University of Missouri Denise Whelan

University of Nebraska at Omaha Shea Saladee

University of Nebraska - Lincoln Matt Baye Pat Vendetti

University of North Dakota Lindsay Escobar

University of Northern Iowa Chad Albert

University of South Dakota Samantha Brewer Lionel Riley

Washburn University Tommy Guffey Daniel Gilchrist

Wichita State University Amanda Bowman Lisa Hendrix Will Johnson Tyler Lessin Maddie Nevins

William Woods University Amanda Almich Madelynn Meyer

Winona State University Amanda Gehrke Isaac Sawle


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STUDENT MAKEUP DESIGNERS

Baker University Alex Watson

Briar Cliff Univesity Laura Herbst

Concordia College, Moorhead Chris Damlo

Dakota State University Britney Timm

Dakota Wesleyan University Amanda Slama

Dordt College Mark Bylenga Emily Huston Josina DeRaadt

Grand View University Hannah Hawbaker

Hamline University Molly Leahy Ashleigh Swenson

Highland Community College Robert McPherson Linea Taylor Nicholas L. Walker

Johnson County Community College Mags Wargo

Neosho County Community College Mary Kate Kelly

North Dakota State University Stephanie Cwikla Seth Eberle Kaitlyn Kostka Sarah Volk

Northwestern College Sara Chipman

Ottawa University Vebian Zamora

Simpson College Kennedy Horton

Southwest Baptist University Rachel Joyce

Southwestern College Julia Faust Victoria Mitchell

St. Ambrose University Dianne Dye

University of Central Missouri Karen Billingley Matthew Pedersen Jacoba Jacobsen

University of Minnesota Duluth Nina Escobedo Karissa Toutloff

University of Northern Iowa Diana Garles Allison Krois

Wichita State University Maggie Goedeke

Winona State University Amber Redig

STUDENT SCENIC DESIGNERS

Avila University Lyle Uttley

Central Methodist University Theron Seckington

Dakota State University Chelsea Aman Jordan Hamm

Doane College Josh Rajaee Troy Lewellen

Dordt College Jeni Kanis Nick VanEe

Grand View University Cecelia Morelli

Highland Community College Robert McPherson

Iowa State University Brian Eagen Brooke Berg

Minnesota State University, Mankato John Olive

Neosho County Community College Paul Crawshaw

North Dakota State College of Science Kurtis Workman

North Dakota State University Anna Hubbarb Ryan Thomas Gabriel Gomez

Northwest Missouri State University Tamara Germann

Northwestern College Andrew Stam Keely Wright

Park University Chrystal Coltharp

Simpson College Danille Brown

Southwestern College Cooper Hart Mahrjon Hafez

University of Central Missouri Joe Burkhard

University of Minnesota Duluth Noah Craft Mariya Hawks

University of Missouri Ruby Kejing Shen

University of Nebraska at Omaha Charles Fisher

University of Nebraska – Lincoln Jacob Boyett Amber Naylor

University of Northern Iowa Ronald Wells

University of South Dakota Kevin Noteboom

Wichita State University Brandon Cheney Brandon Holmes

William Woods University Andrew Arnett Kayla Jo Pulliam


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STUDENT SOUND DESIGNERS Avila University

Joshua Gleeson Baker University

Bryce Bowers Kyle Detrick Justin Whittaker

Black Hills State University Jacob J. Roman

Carleton College Kyle Markwalter

Clarke University Lucas Flynn Elizabeth Spoerl

Concordia College, Moorhead Patrick Stenglein

Culver-Stockton College Joseph Burbach

Dakota State University Aaron Klimes

Dakota Wesleyan University Seth LaBounty

Doane College Chet Miller

Dordt College Tassneem Ibraheem Thaddeus Harrington Todd Montsma Lucas Wynia Hani Yang

Emporia State University Garret Bowman

Grand View University Evan Hay

Hamline University Ike Adams Ross Hackenmiller

Highland Community College Christopher Wells

Iowa Western Community College Jonathan Hall Rebekah Johnson Steven Merit

Johnson County Community College Kelsey Daniels Sean Leistico Graham Stone

Minot State University Garret Common Jake Flaten

Neosho County Community College Chelsie Ports

North Dakota State University Stacy Landin Kcari Ingerson Amit Mehra

Northwestern College Samantha Schouweiler

Ottawa University Megan Redden

Simpson College Emily Ledger

Southwest Baptist University Jonny Riggert

Southwest Minnesota State University Emma Davis

Southwestern College Blake Carter Jamie Garrard

University of Central Missouri Cassidy Srock Andy Brown

University of Minnesota Duluth Nick Gosen Colin Riebel

University of Missouri Michael Miller Mark Walsh

University of Nebraska at Kearney Richard Scholwin

University of Nebraska at Omaha Allie Stoysich

University of Northern Iowa Will Azbill

University of South Dakota Megan Parrish Lionel Riley

Washburn University Alex Brown

Wichita State University Jordan Dinkel Mathew Ramsey Philip Taylor

William Woods University Michael Dodson

Winona State University Dan Fredell Jocelyn Olson

IRENE RYAN NOMINEES Allen Community College

Jonathan Eddy Christopher Haynes

Anoka Ramsey Community College Nicole Larson Neal Skoy

Avila University Ben Auxier Shea Ketchum

Baker University Kari Hilmes Patrick King Aaron Schopper Heather Wickman

Bemidji State University Eric Benson Ceara Dowell Jessie Ladig Jeremiah Liend

Bethany Lutheran College Anna Basel Kristin Carr Audrey Rehwaldt Joshua Wierschke

Bismarck State College Ashley Clooten Dereck Harper

Black Hills State University Philip Braun Tiffany Carter Max Downs Miranda Glover

Briar Cliff University Anastacia Martinez Natali Ramirez Daniel Stump

Carleton College Chris Densmore Jared Evans Caitlin Unumb


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Central College Tyler Archey Griffin Hammel Killian Le Duke Alex Shockley

Central Methodist University Molly Blackford Jordan Brennan Donnie Howell Kelsey Jeffries Josh Kirby Danny Mullan Amy Prater Maxx Priddy

Clarke University Rebecca Brosnan Austin Rea Gage Steenhagen

Concordia College, Moorhead Soveig Beckel Rachel Brady Matt Cerar Sam Malmberg Maria Omdahl Kate Stevenson

Creighton University Dan Tracy

Culver-Stockton College Whitney Colston Travis Dahlhauser Jerica Exum Danielle Hauer Nick Johnson Hollyann Lillie Timothy Maples Zach Martin Sean Myers Patrick Parsons Meghan Townley

Dakota State University Jason Ehlenfeldt Jamie Grimes Ethan Shafer Adam Wells

Dickinson State University Alex Jacobs Layne Brandvik Leah Jensen Jesse Kilwein Deryl Matthew Jordan Mork Lauren Soderberg Alison Stagl Kayla Ziemann

Doane College Zach Kloppenborg Jimmy Reynolds James Thompson Michael Ulmer Allison VanDriel Kaley Wieser Courtney Wood

Dordt College Nick Van Ee Maria Bouwkamp Mia Kornelis Jason Kornelis Justin Meissner Lee Radde Danielle Roos Grace Schmidt Nathan Sparks Jenna Veenbaas Tara Weigel Matt Wiersma

Emporia State University James Hatton Marah Melvin Gabe Moyer Annie Rosenbrook Brianne Simon Kangwon Song Josh Taylor Andrew Walker

Garden City Community College Mathew Ellis Jordan Partin

Grand View University Kristine Amdor Hannah Hawbaker Evan Hay Danielle McKinney Rachel Park Keyla Spahr Dustin Strawn Michael Tallman Kara Fry

Hamline University Joseph Allen Casey Magnuson Katherine Monberg Hillary Olson

Highland Community College Matthew Henry Landon Jackson Emily Lackner St. John Lopez Robert McPherson Joshua McPherson Samantha Sallaway

Chelsea Thompson Nicholas Walker Christopher Wells

Independence Community College Asa Walker Paige Almond

Iowa State University Michael Heath Chris King Drew McCubbin Mitchell Nieland Brittny Rebhuhn Heather Smith Kelly Teitsworth Katelyn Thompson Jeff White Tamara White

Iowa Western Community College Blair Chambers Christopher Gartner Daniel Grant-Holler Lauren Koll Randi Riessen Edward Lee Wayne

Jamestown College Rachel Braff Jordan Wolfe

Johnson County Community College Sommer Brecheisen Tony Cintrony Charlotte Gilman Matt Katzenmeier Erik Meixelsperger Shelby Taylor Kendra Verhage Sean Wooley

Kansas State University Lauren Perez Gill Perez-Abraham, Jr. Sarah Quaranta Erica Smith

Kirkwood Community College Alex Blesi Angelique Farris Amanda Forman Spencer Hering


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Minnesota State University Moorhead Joy Dolo Matthew Englund Erin Granger Sarah Hysjulien Nick Kaspari Tyler Michaels Ivan Olson Holli Richgels

Minnesota State University, Mankato Aaron Alan J. Alexander Coe Joseph Crook Anthony DePoto Dustin Jackson Robb Krueger Deanne McDonald Laura Otremba Sara Pillatzki-Warzeha Clayton Rutschow Kim Steffen Megan Volkman-Wilson David Wasylik

Minot State University Brittany Armstrong Daniel Johnson Peggy Morris Ashley Nilsen Brett Olson Chelsea Wynger

Mount Marty College Jordan Foos Lisa Keogh Jordan Lenards Mitchell Zenk

Neosho County Community College Nathan Booe Mary Kelly Ralph Manous Stephanie Powers Timothy Tarkelly

Normandale Community College Alexandra Engels Bryce Jasper Lee Johnson Kelsey Maxson Adam Samson Perry Katrina Radcliffe Josh Stenvick Bryan Wong

North Dakota State College of Science Brittany Braun Kelly Wateland

North Dakota State University Erin Behrmann Lori Boucher Amy Bouthilet Jordan Christie Seth Eberle Blaine Edwards Justin Heim Terrance Nelson Tacye Pearson

North Hennepin Community College Avery Bell Elyse Evans John Merchant Kayla Sechler Nicole Sefa-Boakye

Northern State University Seth Honerman Shanon Patek

Northwest Missouri State University Nathan Bowman Tanner Marchisello Chelsea Nett Matt Sanchez Keaton Schmidt Matt Sweeten

Northwestern College Hannah Barker Sara Chipman Sarah Fisher Greta Hays Joel Koster Dan Sikkima Andrew Blake Stam Aleah Stenberg

Ottawa University Mariah Hund Matthew Merrill Erica Weaver

Park University Patrick Kastor Maysa Sapargeldiyeva

Peru State College Michael Casavant Madison Farris

Principia College Dana Gaubatz Hunter Hoffman Anna Procter Kirsty Rivett

Rockhurst University Lindsay Adams Ashley Duvall Gavin Ferrera Marqwan Sirls

Simpson College Caleb Carver Tiffany Flory Brandon Hebert Natalie Hining Lindsey Oetken Heather Powers Meghan Vosberg Chris Williams

South Dakota State University Katlin Limoges Alison Weiland

Southwest Baptist University David Ezzell Jessica Horner Adam Keller Holly Stubbs Samantha Thomas Jeff Young

Southwest Minnesota State University Amy Giesler Joshua Johnson Gunner Mattson Kelsey Moe Jason Shores

Southwestern College John Badley Cody Davis Caitlynn French Cooper Hart Lenita Krejci Justin Tinker

St. Ambrose University Andrew Benson Daniel Hernandez Nathan Scheetz Stephanie Seward Abby Van Gerpen Monique Vos Valarie Zawada

St. Louis Community College – Meramec Katie Robinson Brian Rolf Evan Willmore Monica Zidaru


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State Fair Community College Miriam Parman Meg Aleshire DyNisha Hawkins Brandon Robinson Calab Shook Teryn Snow Audra Viele Trenton Wilbanks

University of Central Missouri Tom Barry Brandon Case Grace Griffin Tyler Hammond Alex McCale Callie Ott Geoffrey Pottorf Joseph Reece Adam Tucker Matthew Westermeyer

University of Kansas Marilyn Haines Jake Smith

University of Minnesota Duluth Gracie Anderson Daniel Beckmann Corey Boe Cat Brindisi Joe Heaney David Horn Andrea Schmidt

University of Minnesota Morris Alexandra McGreavey Casey Trujillo Lynn Bixler DeAnna Ricci

University of Missouri Scanlan Brian Kristin Brody Steven Buehler Tammy Mullins

University of Nebraska at Kearney Natalie Burling Ryan Hruza James Jelkin Jordan Peterson Spencer Wolfe

University of Nebraska at Omaha Steven Hartman Elisa Lau Kathleen Lawler Sarah Liken

University of Nebraska - Lincoln Katie Gell Sam Hartley Alex Jeffery Mike Lee Logan Pietz Katherine Streeter Jessie Tidball Gage Wallace

University of North Dakota Amy Driscoll Emily Hogenson Andrew Markiewicz Michelle McCauley Philip Meuhe Tyler Rood Daniel Walstad Emily Wirkus

University of Northern Iowa Elizabeth Cameron Liz Cook Diana Garles Shane Gavin Rachel Russell Sarah Williams

University of South Dakota Rebecca Barczak Maggie Conley Brooke Grassby Chris Johnson Allen Jones Natalie Polisson Reese Porter Mary Ridder Cody Strand Elizabeth Wright

Washburn University Michaul Garbo Matthew Steiner

Wichita State University Matthew Elliott Christina Hink Melissa Hudson Jacob January Kylie Jo Jennings John Keckeisen Chad Kimmons Ross McCorkell Curtis Proctor Craig Richardson Michael Webber Casey Wohletz Rachel Wullenweber

William Woods University Rachel Petricka Jason Cavallone Ashleigh Emmons

Winona State University Justin Atkinson Jessica Clarke Briana Dankers Molly Duan Anastasiya Nartovich Tiffany Streng Marcus Wodarksi


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Pleased to be a supporting sponser of KCACTF Regional Fest ivals

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NAPAT PRESENTS ! A CLASSICAL ACTING AWARD !

AT EACH OF THE KCACTF REGIONAL FESTIVALS

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SHAW FESTIVAL IN ONTARIO, CANADA AND WILL INCLUDE A 2 – 3 WEEK INTERNSHIP AT THE FESTIVAL.

! A NATIONAL DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD !

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