Frequently Asked Questions

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  1. Do we have to travel to enter?

  2. We are running short of money and are considering dropping KCACTF activities as part of our budget.

  3. We are a large training program offering BFA or MFA degrees and don’t see how the KCACTF festival structure serves our program’s mission.

  4. We are a liberal arts college offering a B.A. degree and don’t see how the KCACTF festival structure serves our program mission. How can we compete with the big programs?

  5. We are a community college offering an AA degree or vocational training and don’t see how the KCACTF festival structure serves our program mission. How can we compete with the big programs?

  6. We had an unpleasant experience with the Festival some years ago and don’t care to have it repeated.

  7. The Festival is controlled by a small group of people who make it difficult for people like me or programs like mine to get involved or be successful.

  8. We’ve been participating for many years and it seems like our shows never get chosen or our students never clear the first round of the awards for which they’ve qualified.  This is frustrating and beginning to drive us away from the Festival.

  9. We’ve been to the Festival for the past few years and feel the overall quality of the things we’ve seen (productions, acting scholarship auditions, design presentations, original plays, or critical writing) isn’t of a high enough standard for our program.

     

    Questions? Call Jay Edelnant, Past National Chair, KCACTF 

    319-273-6389

    Jay.Edelnant@uni.edu      

    http://www.kennedy-center.org/education/actf/regions.html.    

    or your regional chair:

    REGION I

    Dan Patterson or Ron Spangler, Keene State College, 229 Main Street,

    Keene, NH 03435-2405

    (603) 358-2198

    dpatters@keene.edu or 

    Ron (603) 358-2190, rspangle@keene.edu

    REGION V

    Harry Parker, Director of Theatre,

    Emporia State University,

    Box 4033, 1200 Commercial Street,

    Emporia, KS 66801-5087; 

    (620)341-5256; 

    parkerha@emporia.edu

    REGION II

    Debra Bergsma Otte, 

    School of Visual and Performing Arts, Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville, NY 11548-1300; (516)299-2110, (516)299-3824 (fax) dotte@liu.edu

    REGION VI

    Harry Parker, Director of Theatre,

    Emporia State University,

    Box 4033, 1200 Commercial Street,

    Emporia, KS 66801-5087;

    (620)341-5256; 

    parkerha@emporia.edu

    REGION III

    Carolyn Gillespie,

    Theatre and Dance, 1238,

    University of Michigan-Flint, 

    Flint, MI 48502-1950 (810) 237-6521; cmgil@flint.umich.edu

    REGION VII

    Rebecca Hilliker, Dept. of Theatre and Dance, University of Wyoming,

    Laramie, WY 82071-3951;

    (307) 766-2199 

    hilliker@uwyo.edu

    REGION IV

    Mark Charney, English Department, Strode Tower,

    Clemson University,

    Clemson, SC 29634-0503,

    (864)656-5415;

    cmark@clemson.edu

    REGION VIII

    Kenneth R. Gray

    Theatre Arts Department

    Glendale Community College

    1500 N.Verdugo Rd.

    Glendale, CA 91208

    (818) 240-1000 Ext. 5615

    FAX (208) 379-4341 CELL (818) 590-0657

    kgray@glendale.edu