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Fitchburg State College in association with ALPS/Advanced Lighting & Production Services, Inc., City of Fitchburg, FourPoints Sheraton and Montachusett Regional

Vocational Technical School welcomes you to the

Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival 40

Region I, January 29-February 3, 2007

Region I is proud to have ALPS/Advanced Lighting & Production Services, Inc., as our primary 2008 participating sponsor.

The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival is sponsored in part by the U.S. Department of Education; Stephen and Christine Schwarzman; The Kennedy Center

Corporate Fund; U.S. Department of Education; The National Committee for the Performing Arts; Dr. Gerald and Paula McNichols Foundation.

KCACTF Region I Officers and Executive Committee

Kelly C. Morgan, ChairJim Murphy, Co-Vice-Chair

Patricia Riggin, Co-Vice-ChairRaina Ames, 2nd Co-Vice-Chair Designate

Catherine Hurst, 2nd Co-Vice-Chair Designate

William Cunningham, Playwrighting ChairRobert Boles, Playwrighting Co-Vice ChairCrystal Brian, Playwrighting Co-Vice Chair

Dan Patterson, Critics Workshop ChairScott R. Gagnon, Critics Workshop Vice-

ChairCrystal Tiala, Design and Technology

Chair

John Devlin, Design and Technology Vice-Chair

Chase Rozelle, Design and Technology Vice-Chair Designate

Eric Cornwell, Design and Technology 2nd

Co-Vice-Chair DesignateLuke Sutherland, Design and Technology

2nd Co-Vice-Chair DesignateElinor Parker, Design and Technology 3rd

Co-Vice-Chair DesignateRafael Jaen, Design and Technology 3rd

Co-Vice-Chair Designate

National Selection Team Kip Shawger, David Lee Painter, Adrienne Thompson, and Gregg Henry

Festival Production RespondentsMatt Andrews, Gary Garrison, Jerry Goralnick, Kaitlin Hopkins, Tony Howarth, Melissa Hurt, Maggie Lally, Lois A. Kagan Mingus, James Price, Denise Wilbanks

Festival Design RespondentsGeoffrey M. Eroe, Jane Kenyon, Wiliam Kenyon, Tina Shackelford

Regional Selection TeamJim Beauregard, William Cunningham, Scott Gagnon, Kelly Morgan, Jim Murphy, Dan Patterson, Patricia Riggin, Linda Murphy Sutherland

Irene Ryan Judges

Preliminaries: Lisa Dalton, Tim Gleason, Gregg Henry, Lois A. Kagan Mingus, James Price, Mary VreelandSemi-Finals: Austin Pendleton, William Schill, Denise WilbanksFinals: Kaitlin Hopkins, Jerry Goralnick

Irene Ryan RespondentsPreliminaries: Matt Andrews, Melissa Hurt, Rebecka Jones, Altricia Pruitt, Erica Reynolds-Hager, Matt ChapmanSemi-Finals: Austin Pendleton, William Schill, Denise WilbanksFinals: Kaitlin Hopkins, Jerry Goralnick

Irene Ryan Coordinator - Jennifer Ouellette

Fitchburg State College Festival HostsFestival Director – Kelly Morgan

Festival Technical Director – Cap CorduanAdministrative Asst. – Sharon BernardAdministrative Staff – Cole Cook, Meghan O’Brien, Kelly StowellWorkshop Coordinator – Kelly Stowell

Hospitality Hosts - Luke & Linda Sutherland Festival Director

Accompanist - Alisa Bucchiere

House Manager – Elisabeth Hughes

Photographer –

Supervisors for the Dukakis Center for the Performing ArtsJames Dougherty (Middlebury College)

Supervisor for Weston AuditoriumAndrew Andrews (Fitchburg State College)

Supervisor for Sheraton EventsF. Chase Rozelle (Eastern Connecticut State College)

Drivers, Guides and additional servicesCoordinator – Michael BabineauAssistant - Trevor SosvielleFitchburg State College Students

Floating Host Technical Crew

Stage Managers and Time KeepersJacquelyn Antonson, Samantha Benson, Michael Block, Allesandra Brown, Nicholas Bussett, Amber Couture, Shannon Creedon, Brian Cummins, Samantha Demers, Catherine Dunham, Samantha Gati, Marissa Iadevaia-Jalbert, Sarah Lagattuta, Steven McLellan, Michelle Merola, Rebecca Mooney, Alex Nichols, Katherine Pierce, Meghan Quigley, Jessica Savory, Brian Simons, Jamie Michelle Steffen, Michele Tubby

Technical Scholarship Support CrewNic Balkum, Jessica Connolly, Audrey Kimball, Jeremy Laclair, Sarah Otteman, Mitchell William Peseky, Sean Plourde,

Tiffany Plante, Erin E. Rokey, Eric William Rutkin, Erik Siersdale, Benjamin T. Welsh

Special Thanks to:ALPSAEAAlconeATHEBarbizonBoston Illumination Group, Inc.Deborah MorganEnterprise Rent-A-CarFitchburg State College PressFocal PressJamie RogerMehronNational Partners of the American TheatreNew England Section of the United States Institute for Theatre TechnologyRui AlvesSSDC

Festival Website and Program Designed by Fervent Technologies

From the president

On behalf of the entire campus community, welcome to Fitchburg State College! We’re very pleased to be hosting the Region I Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival for the third year. It is indeed an honor.

The previous two festivals were an unqualified success, both in terms of participation and organization, as well as the professionalism of the work. The quality and variety were extraordinary, and we all have reason to be proud of our region’s many triumphs.

My thanks go out to our English/Theater, Industrial Technology and Cultural Affairs departments. We at Fitchburg State have become accustomed to hosting outstanding productions, whether by our own theater groups or national- and world class visiting performers. All who dedicate themselves to mounting these productions reflect the larger campus, which has established a reputation for its drive towards excellence in all that it does.

While North Central Massachusetts is alive with the arts, few institutions can lay claim to the depth and breadth of the productions offered at Fitchburg State. We are the cultural center of the region, which dovetails with our larger efforts to reach out to the community and truly add to the richness of our citizens’ lives.

The festival offers students so many opportunities—the rigors and excitement of competition, of course, but also the chance to learn from respected guests, faculty and fellow students, and to grow both professionally and personally. These are noble goals, and we welcome the chance to assist them.

In closing, I’d like to thank those members of the regional community who have stepped forward to help us with hosting this year’s Kennedy Center Events: Advanced Lighting Professionals/ALPS, City Of Fitchburg, City of Leominster, Enterprise Rental Car, FourPoints Sheraton Hotel, Montachusett Regional Vocational School and OfficeMax.

Once again, welcome and best wishes. I look forward to personally greeting many of you during your stay in our community.

Sincerely,

Robert V. AntonucciPresident, Fitchburg State College

General Festival Information

RegistrationFestival registration will be held in the lobby of the Four Points Sheraton, the host hotel for the Festival. The hours for registration are as follows:

Tues., Jan. 29 11:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.Wed., Jan. 30 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.Thurs., Jan. 31-Sat., Feb. 2--8:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.

Festival Headquarters–Four Points SheratonA contact bulletin board to leave and receive messages will be available in the hotel lobby.

NametagsYour registration nametag is your entry to all performances, events, and workshops. Ushers and workshop coordinators will be checking for these. You must have your nametag with you at all times.

Transportation and ParkingFitchburg State College has a strict parking code. All motor vehicles without proper parking stickers or visitor passes will be ticketed and/or towed during the Wednesday to Friday day events. For the evening, please obey normal parking rules. Do not park in marked No Parking spaces, at yellow painted curbs, in front of fire hydrants or driveways, etc.

Shuttle Service Hours

MealsA list of local restaurants can be found at the registration table.

Festival Hotel’s “Warning” Policy is in EffectWe are guests of the hotels and must be sure to respect their property and schedules. If hotel security, management, or faculty must be called to your room due to any type of disturbance (i.e. excessive late-night noise, drinking, smoking, etc.), you will be immediately evicted from the hotel and will lose the privilege to participate in the festival for both the current year and the next. You and your school will be held liable for any damage that may occur. As the hotels obey Massachusetts state law, drinking under the age of 21 is prohibited and will be STRICTLY enforced.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTSKennedy Center American College Theatre Festival 40

Tuesday, January 29, 2007

11:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m. Festival Registration Host Hotel Lobby

12:30-1:00 p.m. Irene Ryan Staff Meeting Amphitheatre

1:00-7:30 p.m. Design Exhibit Registration Brahms

2:30–3:00 p.m. Irene Ryan Judges Orientation Amphitheatre

2:30–3:00 p.m. Irene Ryan Call & Orientation for Rounds 1 & 2Assigned Group Rooms

Amber Couture and Jessica Savory, Stage Managers A-Beethoven Samantha Benson and Allesandra Brown, Stage Managers B-ShubertSamantha Demers, Sarah Lagattuta and Steven McLellan, Stage Managers

C-HammersteinThere is no entry into Irene Ryan Rooms once doors are shut. Be on time if you

want to observe.

3:00–4:00 p.m. Irene Ryan Round 1: Groups A, B, C Assigned Group Rooms


4:00–5:00 p.m. Response Session Round 1 A-PorterB-GershwinC-Berlin

5:00-6:00 p.m. Response Session Round 2 A-PorterB-GershwinC-Berlin

5:00–6:30 p.m. Irene Ryan Judges Dinner Classics RestaurantFourPoints Sheraton

6:00–6:30 p.m. Irene Ryan Call & Orientation for Rounds 3 & 4Assigned Group Rooms



7:30–8:30 p.m. Response Session Round 3 A-PorterB-GershwinC-Berlin

7:30–9:30 p.m. Design & Tech Exhibition Set-up Brahms/BeethovenJohn DevlinDavid D’Agostino, Robin Fontaine, Bethany Lewis, Krista Rocca, Christina Shantz, Stage Managers

8:30–9:30 p.m. Response Session Round 4 A-Porter

Sharon Bernard, 12/29/07,

Please center this line.

B-GershwinC-Berlin

8:30–10:30 p.m. Irene Ryan Judges Meeting with Snack Board Room

9:00–10:00 p.m. 1x2, 6x10, & Gathering Shells Reading Production Meeting: Writers, Student, Directors, Stage Managers, Mentors

Amphitheatre

10:00-11:30 p.m. The Summoning of the Flamingo of Love MozartBy Jonathan AndersonDirected by Victoria TownsendMiddlebury College

The Summoning of the Flamingo of Love is the epically epic comic masterpiece that follows the tale of Johan, the Magical Prince of the Magical Swans, as he tries to restore order to his fallen kingdom.

Wednesday, January 30, 2007

7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Festival Registration Host Hotel Lobby

8:00-8:45 a.m. Workshop: Matt AndrewsConservatory Warm-ups Rodgers

Developing a warm-up process is crucial for actor in achieving focus and clarity on-stage, as well as for the continual development of the actor's instrument. Introductory in nature, we will lightly warm-up the body, voice and mind in preparation of the day's Festival activities. Attend each session or simply drop-in and out for a jump-start. These sessions welcome all festival participants--students, faculty and staff, and are especially recommended for Irene Ryan participants and actors in Festival productions.

8:30-9:00 a.m. Audition Announcements for Shubert/StraussIrene Ryans, 1x2, 6x10, and Gathering Shells Reading

All Ryan candidates, partners and those interested in auditioning for 1x2 and 6x10 plays and Gathering Shells Reading should attend.

9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Design & Tech Exhibition Set-up Brahms/BeethovenExhibitors only.

9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Auditions for 1x2s, 6x10s, and Gathering Shells ReadingShubert/Strauss

9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Design Expo Load In MozartETC, Lightbox, ALPS, Barbizon, Focal Press

10:00-11:30 a.m. Workshop: John ForbesFree Sound: Software on the Web Amphitheatre

An introduction to two programs, Audacity and QLab. This workshop will provide a demonstration of the capabilities of each. Bring your laptops with wireless connections to try a simple exercise using the programs.

10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Workshop: Jerry Goralnick and Lois A. Kagan MingusA Day in the Life of the City (1) Rodgers/Hammerstein

Participants will create a play which will be performed at the end of the workshop. Jerry and Lois will teach the techniques The Living Theatre uses to create text, movement and staging. We will discuss Piscator and Brecht's idea of political theatre, teach Myerhold's Bio Mechanics as a form of expressive movement, expose the participants to the work of Artaud and give an opportunity to experience his ideas in exercises and performance. They will introduce audience participation and the idea of non-fictional acting. The Living Theatre history will be covered and they will relate all our work to practical aspects of performing in traditional as well as experimental forms. Participants must be available all three days.

10:30-12:00 a.m. Workshop: David Lee PainterFaculty Directing Roundtable Discussion Porter

A chance to discuss student directing opportunities, programming and outcomes. An informal discussion about the nature, challenges and rewards of exploring “student directing” in Region I and its institutions. How could/should/do student directors explore or discover directing opportunities? What strategies are used in YOUR program to integrate student directors? How can KCACTF enhance the growth and development of student directors? OPEN TO FACULTY.

12:00-1:30 p.m. Workshop: A Very Different Kind of StrikeBridgett Sullivan Rodgers

Stories of survival, clean-up, recovery, and redemption from the 2005 fire that ravaged the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly MA. When fire hit opening night of Cinderella in 2005, NSMT staff members and management had to quickly determine a survival strategy. Hear about the overwhelming details of it all – from taking out the fire-damaged scenery and equipment to establishing a renovation timeline that was impossible; learning who your friends are…working with some very special contractors, and introducing them to the world of theatre. Bridget served as the theatre’s project manager for the renovation and will share pictures and stories about the process.

12:00-2:30 p.m. Critics Workshop Session 1: Dan Patterson & Scott GagnonBoard Room

This is an intense and time-consuming workshop that lasts for the entire four days of the Festival and frequently involves late night writing sessions. This is for serious students who want to work on writing skills, evaluative sense, and critical eye. Critics are almost universally hated, because there are so many bad ones. Our goal is to help to train good critics who can encourage creative artists to hone their art and craft by providing skillful, objective, and constructive criticism.

12:30-2:00 p.m. Workshop: Lisa DaltonCultivating Star Quality with RodgersMichael Chekhov Techniques

This interactive Workshop will focus on activating the "it" factor in each actor. Some people say you are born with "it" or you are not. I say if you LOVE it, you have "IT"...It just might be hidden. You might not know how to let your inner star shine outwardly. That means you can cultivate and develop the skill to reveal it when you want to do so. Radiating and Receiving, Expansion, Stacato Legato, Ideal Artistic Center and The Javelin are some of the included exercises. Bring a three line dialogue exchange with a partner

or four lines of a monologue, come dressed to workout. Oh, yes—bring your love of acting too! All Students, Guests and Faculty encouraged. Reading "On The Technique of Acting" is recommended.

1:00-3:00 p.m. Workshop: Jerry Goralnick and Lois A. Kagan MingusLiving Theater Workshop for Faculty Gershwin

A discussion and demonstration of the techniques The Living Theatre Workshops offer to teach to theater departments. A discussion of how The Living Theatre’s creative development from Judith Malina’s work with Piscator to the Beck’s discovery of Artaud and the Bio Mechanics of Meyerhold as well as many other influences have shaped our work, Faculty Only.

1:00-4:00 p.m. Design Exhibits Open to the Public Beethoven/Brahms

1:30-3:00 p.m. Workshop: Matt AndrewsGrad School Porter

This workshop demystify's the process of applying to graduate school in theatre; acting, directing, design and theatre history/dramaturgy. We will discuss the differences between degrees, types of programs, finding the best fit for you, the application process, interview/portfolio process, financial assistantships, study expectations and career opportunities. Workshop time is devoted to your questions and how almost anyone interested in pursuing graduate study can find a program that fits their needs, talents and potential.

1:30-3:00 p.m. Workshop: Melissa HurtHey! Look What I Found! Crafting and Presenting Your Scholarly Writing Shubert

Tips for writing and presenting the scholarly paper from beginning to end. Tools include finding the right topic, using primary research materials, crafting a scholarly paper and presenting it effectively in front of a group. A must for students needing a writing sample for graduate applications or writing-intensive jobs! Bring pen and paper.

1:30-3:00 p.m. Workshop: John ForbesTranslating Lighting Design Skills to Sound Design

Amphitheatre

Find out why a background in lighting design to most useful in pursuing the skills of a sound designer. The preparation phase for each of these design disciplines has some striking parallels which will be explored in this session.

1:30-3:00 p.m. Workshop: PeggyRae Johnson & Wil KilroyHow to Become a Respondent Skyclass 7th Floor

This workshop is designed to assist all who are interested in becoming a respondent learn how the process works and how to become a respondent. Participants will attend festival productions, meet during an assigned time after the productions and try out the skills learned. All who complete this workshop will become eligible to respond to regional productions.

2:00-3:00 p.m. Workshop: Tony HowarthTearing a Play Apart for the Stage Porter

Close reading and discussion of a couple of one-act plays and scenes/monologues from full-length plays to explore dramatic action behind the words -- finding the character’s objectives (both short-range and long-range), identifying the arc of the story, isolating its turning point – to help bring the text of the play to life on the stage.

3:00-5:00 p.m. Workshop: Matt ChapmanTime and Space: the Actor's Vocabulary Strauss

Join this Dell’Arte performer for this very physical exploration of the body of the actor in time and space. Using improvisation, honesty, and play, we will examine the performer's relationship to the ensemble and to the audience, working towards a deep availability to each moment onstage.

3:00-6:00 p.m. Workshop: Kaitlin Hopkins & Jim PriceActing Master Class Amphitheatre

This is an opportunity for growth and creative exploration for actors who really want to dig in and hone their craft. This exciting and dynamic workshop will include one-on-one work sessions, providing actors the opportunity to work on prepared monologues or scenes. We will focus on how to break down a scene or monologue-- how to make strong and specific choices to achieve the level of work that will get you the job and will explore many techniques and tools to help the actor have many options when approaching a character. We will also talk about theater in New York verses Los Angeles, how to audition for plays, how to get started in the business on either coast and some of the differences between Broadway, Off Broadway and Regional contracts.

3:30 p.m. Columbinus Dukakis CenterBy Stephen Karam & PJ Paparelli for the Performing ArtsUniversity of New HavenDirected by Robert Boles

Description

Festival 2008 Participating Production AlternatesMidwivesBy Dana YeatonDirected by Raina Ames (University of New Hampshire)

CompanyBy Stephen Sondheim and George FurthDirected by Scott Gagnon (Emmanuel College)

Thoroughly Modern MillieBy Richard Morris & Dick ScanlanDirected by Jim Beauregard (Dean College)

4:00-5:00 p.m. Design Exhibitors Reception Brahms/Beethoven

5:30-7:30 p.m. V.I.P. Dinner Bangkok Hill

5:30-7:30 p.m. 1x2, 6x10, & G.Shells Rehearsals Spaces as assignedShubert HammersteinStrauss Board Room

Rodgers PorterGershwin Skyclass 7th FloorBerlin

8:00 p.m. Nine Parts of Desire Weston TheaterBy Heather RaffoCentral Connecticut State UniversityDirected by John Perlstein

Description

10:00 p.m. Irene Ryan Semi-finalists announcement Weston Theater(Or after performance) and Awards ceremony

10:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. 1x2, 6x10, & G.Shells Rehearsals Spaces as assignedHammerstein Board RoomRodgers PorterGershwin Skyclass 7th FloorClassics (Back room) AmphitheatreBerlin

10:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Faculty Showcase Shubert/StraussDavid Allan George, CoordinatorSamantha Gati, Stage Manager

If your teacher is an actor, you students would LOVE to see them up on the stage. See them practice what they preach! About a month before the festival, faculty received a scene to study and memorize without knowing who their partner would be. All is revealed at the Showcase, where they meet their partner and dive 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!” Take it from those who’ve done it – it’s a great adrenaline rush and a really good time!

10:30 p.m. Hospitality Suite for Faculty and Guests Presidential Suite(or after show)

Thursday, January 31, 2007

7:30-8:00 a.m. Irene Ryan Stage Managers Meeting Berlin

8:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Festival Registration Host Hotel Lobby

8:00-9:00 a.m. 9 Parts of Desire Response Strauss

8:00-10:00 a.m. Workshop: Matt ChapmanTime and Space: the Actor's Vocabulary Shubert

Join this Dell’Arte performer for this very physical exploration of the body of the actor in time and space. Using improvisation, honesty, and play, we will examine the performer's relationship to the ensemble and to the audience, working towards a deep availability to each moment onstage.


Developing a warm-up process is crucial for actor in achieving focus and clarity on-stage, as well as for the continual development of the actor's instrument. Introductory in nature, we will lightly warm-up the body, voice and mind in preparation of the day's Festival activities. Attend each session for a full 45 minutes or drop-in and out for a jump-start. These sessions welcome all festival participants--students, faculty and staff, and are especially recommended for Irene Ryan participants and actors in Festival productions.

9:00-10:00 a.m. Columbinus Response Strauss

9:00-10:00 a.m. Workshop: Matthew FurtadoHow did you do that? Board Room

How can you live your dream as a professional actor? Matthew will share insight in how to find your niche, how to sell your talents and get work—without an agent, the dos don’ts and myths of professional acting, how to make a full-time living as a performer without ever having to audition again…really!, and why you don’t need an expensive headshot. He will share his techniques for crafting a resume that will get you work, and address “marketing for actors”—strategies they don’t teach you in school.

9:00-10:00 a.m. Workshop: William SchillWhat To Do After You Get Off The Bus Hammerstein

The Business of The Business covers the following: Making the transition from academic to professional theater; Establishing yourself in the New York theater community; Meeting Casting Directors; Seeking and Obtaining Agency Representation; The role of a Professional Manager; Understanding the Unions; Working in Regional Theatre; Performing in Television Commercials; Finding Success in Daytime Television; Audition Process and Conduct and “Tools of the Trade.”

9:00-10:00 a.m. Workshop: Ben TevelowLighting the Model Mozart

LIGHTBOX is a revolutionary new tool by Thematics that allows the user to actualize light in a scaled model and design in virtually any space. The user can see the effects of color, beam spread and angle, intensity and quality of the light, all in a controlled environment. Learn how you can light your model.

9:00-10:30 a.m. Irene Ryan Semi-Final Call and RehearsalDukakis Center

For the Performing Arts

9:00-10:30 a.m. Workshop: Tony HowarthMaking a Scene (1) Amphitheatre

There are two parts to this participatory workshop. This session, (1), will focus on basic building blocks – short scenes which can open out into a larger play. We’ll discuss scene structure, read some short texts, do some improvs then we’ll take a one-day break to write individual scenes and return Friday morning for session 2, when we’ll have cold readings and feedback of the individual scenes. Must be able to attend both sessions.

9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Stage Manager Fellowship Preliminary Interviews

Steve Stettler Porter

9:00 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Design Response Session 1 Beethoven/Brahmsfor National and Regional Entries

Professional designers respond to student work presented for the Region I, Mehron and Barbizon awards competition. Student designers must be present at their pre-assigned response time in order to qualify for award consideration. Quiet observers are welcome.

9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Educational Expo Open Mozart

Exhibits and workshops by Boston Illuminaton Group, Roscoe, Roscoe Textures, Focal Press, Barbizon, Thematics and ALPS.

9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Workshop: Ben TevelowLighting Competition Mozart

Students and faculty are invited to sign-up for one hour with the Lightbox system and write cures for a short piece of music in a prepared model setting. On-going Friday and Saturday. Winners will be announced at the exhibit at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday.

10:00-11:00 a.m. Workshop: Judith LindstedtDance for Film Shubert

Learn a lyrical group dance from the dream film “A Mighty Fortress,” a journey through dance into the world of Amish stoic faith & forgiveness. The dance is a music visualization inspired by the Denishawn technique, which gives physical substance to sounds.

10:00-11:30 a.m. Workshop: Rui Alves, Ed Hyatt, Thomas LaddMoving Lights: Express/Expression Consoles Mozart

Programming on these consoles is a hands-on workshop, to become familiar with the operation of moving lights. Follow along with the instructor and create several moving light cue sequences. Work time available until 1:00 p.m.


Part 2 of the three day workshop to create a play using the techniques of The Living Theatre. Participants must be available all three days.

10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Workshop: Matt DelongScenic Textures Berlin

Textures can play an extremely important role in theatre design. A designer may wish to create a sense of strong realism or use texture, on its own, to add visual interest and impact. For both scenic artists and lighting designers, a textured set, whether it has had the techniques of carving or plaster type material applied, will literally be brought to life by lighting, as the three-dimensional qualities will be brought into play by the use of light and shadows. Learn some of the latest techniques in texture innovation in a hands-on environment.

10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Critics Workshop Session 2: Dan Patterson & Scott Gagnon

Board Room

10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Stage Combat: Found Object WorkshopJim Beauregard and Thom Delventhal Strauss

10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Irene Ryan Semi-Finals Dukakis CenterJacquelyn Antonson, Shannon Creedon, Michelle Merola,Brian Simons, Stage Managers

11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Workshop: Garry Garrison ShubertTen Essential Truths in Living Your Life as a Successful Artist

Though the focus will be primarily on playwrights and their journey down the path of forging a career in the theatre, this workshop will also explore the primary motivational elements key to help all artist sustain a connection to their goals, to keep a sharp focus on their career and to glean the love and support from friends, family and colleagues.

11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Workshop: Michael Cottom AmphitheatreCoup de Theatre: Technical Director Takes Over!

What happens when the Technical Director has the responsibility AND the authority to lead the theater production process? Chaos? Anarchy? Turmoil? Anything is possible! Join a lively discussion of the horrors of such a bizarre and terrifying example of boldness and daring action… or is it a good thing? Learn how to respond to events like this. It could happen to your organization. Be prepared!

12:00-1:30 p.m. Workshop: Lisa DaltonChekhov Your Comedy Hammerstein

Lisa Dalton brings her 12 years as a professional clown, improv and standup experience to a blend with Chekhov’s techniques. Study one of your favorite funny actors and note what makes his/her work work! If you can, bring 4 lines of a comedy monologue- classical or contemporary, or a three line exchange with a partner. Be prepared to move freely and courageously. Laws of Composition, Tempo, Rhythm, Character Flaws, the Art of the Pause are some of the techniques addressed. Attending The Techniques of Michael Chekhov workshop is encouraged.

12:30-3:30 p.m. Workshop: Larry HuntMask Movement Shubert

Exploration of non-verbal masks in relationship to body language and movement possibilities. Masks are of a simple expression representing emotions/attitudes. Possible to also explore relationships of masks to other masks, props and environment.


1:00-2:00 p.m. Workshop: Kate SnodgrassThe Sweet Smell of Success: How to Win Money and Publication Board Room

Discussion of all the writing awards available at KCACTF and how to enter your writing.

1:00-2:30 p.m. Workshop: Bill Mootos, Dona Sommers & Tom MillerUnions at a Glance Rodgers

Are you interested in learning more about one or all three of the Professional Actors' Unions? Find out everything you want to know about Actors' Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. If you want to act, you will undoubtedly aspire to be a member of AEA, SAG or AFTRA-and probably all 3! Learn how, why and when to join and anything else you need to know.

1:00-3:00 p.m. Workshop: Jerry Goralnick and Lois A. Kagan MingusLiving Theater Workshop for Faculty Strauss

A discussion and demonstration of the techniques The Living Theatre Workshops offer to teach to theater departments. A discussion of how The Living Theatre’s creative development from Judith Malina’s work with Piscator to the Beck’s discovery of Artaud and the Bio Mechanics of Meyerhold as well as many other influences have shaped our work, Faculty Only.

1:00-3:00 p.m. Workshop: Helen SimmonsA Mighty Fortress: A Dream Vision Dance Film andQ&A Amphitheater

The film was inspired by, and is a response of the imagination to, the aftermath of the tragedy that occurred in the Amish Community of Central Pennsylvania on October 2, 2006. Five Amish girls were seriously injured and five more were killed in the gunfire of an assailant while attending class in a one-room schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, PA. Following the event, the local Amish community rallied in support of the victims and their families. They also offered support and forgiveness to the family of the assailant. In all respects, their responses were a manifestation of their deep religious faith and conviction. Central to the film is a photograph taken on the day that the one-room schoolhouse was removed and the school yard was returned to pastureland. The film was produced by Judith Lindstedt and Robert Sargent Fay.

1:00 -4:30 p.m. Stage Manager Fellowship Preliminary InterviewsTina Shackelford Porter

1:15-3:00 p.m. Workshop: Bonnie Baggesen & Debra A. AcquavellaStage Management Tips and Techniques

Discuss and explore professional stage management in today’s theatrical industry by citing differences in styles and techniques depending upon the venue within which we are employed.

1:30-2:30 p.m. Workshop: Celia SlatteryAuditioning for the Musical Theater Hammerstein

Auditioning techniques for the musical theater, followed by a demonstration & coaching of students on their individual performances.

1:30-3:00 p.m. Workshop: Bruce RobinsonNYC Pitfalls for the Young Writer Gershwin

We’ll spend part of our time on possible dangers for the writer-as-businessman - who needs both to subsist and to disseminate his art in the Tall Town. Then, we’ll target potential hazards for the writer-as-artist.



1:45-5:30 p.m. Design Response Session 2 Beethoven/Brahmsfor National and Regional Entries


2:00-4:30 p.m. Workshop: Rui Alves, Ed Hyatt, & Thomas LaddMoving Lights/ETC ION Console Mozart

Programming on these consoles is a hands-on workshop, to become familiar with the operation of moving lights. Participants will follow along with the instructor and create several moving light cue sequences. Work time until 5:00 p.m.

2:30-3:30 p.m. Judges Meeting for Irene Ryans Semi-FinalsGazebo RestaurantFour Points Sheraton

2:30-4:00 p.m. Workshop: Steve Stettler AmphitheatreGetting the Job: Tips on Auditioning for the Theatre

An insider’s book at the art of getting hired I the theatre, including types of auditions, do’s and don’s and practical advice on advanced training, agents, casting directors, going to New York, joining the union, etc. Optional “hands on” participation: bring a polished auditon monologue of no more than 2 minutes’ length and a headshot and resume, if you have one, for coaching and feedback. Actors planning to sing must bring an accompanist or recorded accompaniment on their own boom box.

3:00-5:00 p.m. Workshop: Jerry Goralnick and Lois A. Kagan MingusLiving Theatre Workshop for Students Strauss

This workshop would include an overview of The Living Theatre history and an introduction to various techniques we use in our creative process for creating movement, text and staging. Students will be exposed to how the work of Piscator, Artaud and Meyerhold have influenced and been applied in our creative work.

3:00-5:00 p.m. Workshop: Matt DelongRosco: New Techniques in Lighting—Design & Implementation Mozart

Theater lighting is more than just color and focus. Use rotators, gobos, moving mirrors and other gear to add depth and drama to your plot, and to accent your design and enable your creative vision. We'll go through many aspects of motion effects and control in this seminar.

3:30-5:00 p.m. Workshop: Kaitlin HopkinsThe Actor/Singer Vocal Survival GuideHammerstein

Focus on how the actor or singer maintains vocal health during a long run-- essentials you need to know to keep your voice, body and mind healthy. What to do when you get sick (do’s and don’ts), what to do if you loose your voice or experience vocal problems during a run or day before an audition, and what is expected of you when you finally book that first Broadway show. This class is an in-depth exploration of how to live up to professional expectations and take care of yourself in the process, including specific examples of Broadway stars and their individual approach.

3:30 p.m. Devil’s Teacup McKay TheaterBy Nathan Warren Lane Fitchburg StateBoston UniversityDirected by Bridget O'Leary

Back in the small, southern Baptist town where he was born, New Yorker Max Fletcher has got some decisions to make. Since his dad passed away, his brother Oogie needs him in town, and old friends Nicole and Dave want him to stay for their own reasons. But should any of us ever go home again?

5:00-7:00 p.m. Workshop: Orestes Mihaly AmphitheaterCareer Opportunities in Technical Theater

This workshop will cover the wide range of job possibilities in Technical Theatre. Actors may find opportunities that can help fill their time between auditions. See first hand how many people with different skill sets it takes to run an effective scenic organization which caters to Broadway, corporate industrials, theme park attractions, tours and much more. Learn about PRG Scenic Technologies summer internship program which helps students decide what career path is right for them, as well as possibilities of employment at other PRG divisions. Production Resource Group (PRG) is the world’s leading entertainment technology company with work that spans the globe. A single source provider of technical solutions, PRG was created when the industry’s leading lighting, audio, scenery, and video companies came together.

5:30-7:30 p.m. 1x2, 6x10, & G.Shells Rehearsals Spaces as assignedShubert HammersteinStrauss Board RoomRodgers PorterGershwin BerlinSkyclass 7th Floor

5:30-7:30 p.m. V.I.P. Dinner Classics RestaurantFourPoints Sheraton

8:00 p.m. The Day They Shot John Lennon Weston TheaterBy James McClure Fitchburg StateSouthern Connecticut State University

Directed by Brent Wellington Barker, III

On December 8, 1980, the Light of Peace was snuffed out, leaving New York City, and the world, in darkness. The following day the people of the world - together - mourned the loss of hope and sat waiting... Waiting for an answer? Waiting for understanding? Waiting for forgiveness? Waiting for something… That’s for damn sure.

10:00 p.m. Awards ceremony Weston Theater(Or after performance)

10:30 p.m.-11:30 a.m. Back-in-the-Saddle Scene SpectacularAlex Nichols, Stage Manager Shubert/Strauss

Second chances pay off too! Irene Ryan Nominees not selected for the semi-finals get the opportunity to strut their stuff and present either their second prepared scene or monologue. Signup for these few slots is on a first come, first present basis! “Rejection” is not a word for the truly professional. The process will be announced Wednesday immediately following the production.

10:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. 1x2, 6x10, & G.Shells Rehearsals Spaces as assignedHammerstein Board RoomRodgers PorterGershwin BerlinSkyclass 7th Floor AmphitheatreClassics (Back room)


Friday, February 1, 2007

8:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Festival Registration Hotel Lobby

8:00-9:00 a.m. Devil’s Teacup Response Amphitheatre

8:00-9:30 a.m. Irene Ryans Semi-Finals Response Amphitheatre

8:00-9:30 a.m. Region I Faculty Meeting Classics RestaurantFourPoints Sheraton

Faculty from all colleges and universities in New England/Region I are strongly encouraged to attend this informational breakfast session with Region I officers. Bring questions, concerns, and ideas. Participate in making your Regional Festival and activities more accessible to you, your program and your students. This will be followed by Creative Conversation with Gregg Henry, National KCACTF Artistic Director, in Rodgers, 9:30-11:00.


Developing a warm-up process is crucial for actor in achieving focus and clarity on-stage, as well as for the continual development of the actor's instrument. Introductory in nature, we will lightly warm-up the body, voice and mind in preparation of the day's

Festival activities. Attend each session for a full 45 minutes or simply drop-in and out for a jump-start. These sessions welcome all festival participants--students, faculty and staff, and are especially recommended for Irene Ryan participants and actors in Festival productions.

8:30-10:30 a.m. Workshop: Orestes MihalyCareer Opportunities in Technical Theater Berlin

This workshop will cover the wide range of job possibilities in Technical Theatre. Actors may find opportunities that can help fill their time between auditions. See first hand how many people with different skill sets it takes to run an effective scenic organization which caters to Broadway, corporate industrials, theme park attractions, tours and much more. Learn about PRG Scenic Technologies summer internship program which helps students decide what career path is right for them, as well as possibilities of employment at other PRG divisions. Production Resource Group (PRG) is the world’s leading entertainment technology company with work that spans the globe. A single source provider of technical solutions, PRG was created when the industry’s leading lighting, audio, scenery, and video companies came together.

8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Stage Manager Fellowship Preliminary InterviewsTina Shackelford Porter &Steve Stettler Skyclass 7th Fl.

9:00-10:00 a.m. The Day They Shot John Lennon Response Board Room

9:00-10:30 p.m. Workshop: Tony HowarthMaking a Scene (2) Rodgers

A continuation of “Making a Scene (1),” cold readings and feedback of scenes written in response to Thursday’s workshop.

9:00 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Design Response Session 3 Brahms/ Beethovenfor National and Regional Entries




9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Workshop: Ben TevelowLighting Competition Mozart

Students and faculty are invited to sign-up for one hour with the Lightbox system and write cures for a short piece of music in a prepared model setting. On-going Friday and Saturday. Winners will be announced at the exhibit at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday.

9:30-11:00 a.m. Workshop: Gregg HenryCreative Conversation Rodgers

Come discuss your issues interests, and ideas with the Artistic Director of KCACTF.

9:30-11:00 a.m. Workshop: Kaitlin Hopkins & Gary GarrisonHow To Succeed in “The Business” Shubert/Strauss

Arm yourself with the tools you need in your training and mental preparation to succeed in the acting, directing, and playwrighting worlds. A forum to share and discuss artists’ struggles and how to meet them in positive, healthy ways—ways to actively protect yourself and avoid self-sabotage, whether you are sitting in a waiting room, stressing at home, or just plain getting in your own way. Focus on harnessing your innate talent, trusting what is extraordinary and unique about you, and bringing that into the audition room or putting it on the page, and eventually transferring all on to the stage.

9:30-11:00 a.m. Workshop: David Lee PainterStudent Directing Roundtable Discussion Amphitheatre

Discuss student directing opportunities, programming and outcomes. An informal discussion about the nature, challenges and rewards of exploring “student directing” in Region I and its institutions. How could/should/do student directors explore or discover directing opportunities? What strategies are used in YOUR program to integrate student directors? How can KCACTF enhance the growth and development of student directors? OPEN TO STUDENTS.

10:00-11:30 a.m. Workshop: Rui Alves, Ed Hyatt, Thomas LaddMoving Lights: Express/Expression Consoles Mozart

Programming on these consoles is a hands-on workshop, to become familiar with the operation of moving lights. Follow along with the instructor and create several moving light cue sequences. Work time available until 1:00 p.m.


Part 3 of the three day workshop to create a play using the techniques of The Living Theatre. Participants must be available all three days.

10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Critics Workshop Session 3: Dan Patterson & Scott GagnonBoard Room

11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Workshop: John Marshall JonesMastering the Audition Amphitheatre

This multimedia, interactive, master seminar for aspiring actors covers the four phases of the successful professional audition--preparation, protocol, performance and power. Uses repetition and participation to embed the knowledge into the minds of the participants. A downloadable mp3/CD is provided to support participants in retaining information learned.

11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Workshop: Jim PriceStarting Out in New York Porter

This workshop will explore the many challenges facing a new playwright starting out in New York. We will discuss things like submission protocols, readings and workshops, writer’s groups, fellowship and grant programs, as well as the practical aspects of living in New York.

11:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Another Vermeer Reading Shubert/Strauss

By Bruce J. Robinson Featuring Austin Pendleton

Does art help one deal with the void at the center of life, or does it cause it? That is the question at the core of this fact-based drama, as accomplished Dutch painter Han Van Meegeren must prove he forged the Vermeer he sold to Goering during WWII or face the death penalty for treason. Followed by a Q&A with Austin Pendleton.

12:45-1:45 p.m. Design Exhibits open to the public Beethoven/Brahms

12:00-2:00 p.m. Workshop: Stuart DukeColor in Light: Making Clear Choices Mozart

Learn the basics of using color as an effective design tool. Topics include: additive and subtractive color mixing; making the people look good—areas, toning, follow spots; enhancing visual elements—sets, costumes; color for drops and backgrounds; intelligent lighting—color scrollers and faders, hi-output sources; putting it all together. Q & A follows.

12:30-2:00 p.m. Workshop: Melissa HurtIt’s So-o-o Easy! Lessac’s Kinesensic Voice and Body for Everyday Living Hammerstein

Tap into your optimal and most healthful self through Lessac Body and Voice exploration. Lassac work extends beyond stage clarity, tone and physical agility. It encourages continual discoveries for the actor’s body and voice in everyday life. Explore body and voice work yielding a stronger, yet relaxed, self! Please wear movement clothes.

1:00-2:30 p.m. Workshop: Kaia MonroeContact Improv for Actors Rodgers

A contact improv jam for beginners and intermediates. A step-by-step exploration of contact improv fundamentals and accompanying Bartenieff principles. Actors will expand their personal movement vocabulary, kinesthetic intelligence, range of motion, and innate dance skills. Very physical.

1:00-3:00 p.m. 1x2 Presentations Amphitheatre

Lot’s WifeBy Travis Grant (University of Southern Maine)Gabrielle Orcha (Boston University), DirectorBrian Cummins, Stage ManagerLaura Chakravarty Box, Mentor

The Little Red HenBy Jonathon Myers (Boston UniversityDevon Scalisi (Salem State College), DirectorMarissa Iadevaia-Jalbert (Southern Connecticut State University), Stage ManagerRaina Ames, Mentor

1:00-3:00 p.m. Workshop: Jodi OzimekQuick Tricks for Fabric Modification FSC Scene Shop

This workshop will concentrate on "Paintstik" techniques including embellishing, rubbing, stenciling and stamping. You will learn to quickly and easily create complex and unique designs on fabrics. Each participant will make a 8" x 54" scarf. Please wear clothes that may get dirty. Observers welcome, but only the first 20 people will participate.

1:30:-3:00 p.m. Workshop: PeggyRae Johnson & Wil KilroyHow to Become a Respondent Skyclass 7th Floor


1:30-3:00 p.m. Workshop: Tina ShackelfordWhat's the next step? Porter

Graduate school or not? Internships, apprenticeships, or an actual j-o-b. What's the best route for you? Geared toward design/production students but open to anyone, we'll weigh the pros and cons of each career path, and how to find the perfect place for you. Additionally, there will be discussion on how to identify your strengths to market yourself well, no matter what the position.

1:45-5:30 p.m. Design Response Session 4 Beethoven/Brahmsfor National and Regional Entries, if needed


2:00-4:30 p.m. Workshop: Rui Alves, Ed Hyatt, & Thomas LaddMoving Lights/ETC ION Console Mozart

Programming on these consoles is a hands-on workshop, to become familiar with the operation of moving lights. Participants will follow along with the instructor and create several moving light cue sequences. Work time until 5:00 p.m.

2:30-3:30 p.m. Workshop: Meron LangsnerWriting the Fight Rodgers

A workshop on stage combat, for playwrights and dramaturges, addressing both stagecraft and dramatic structure. Major topics will include plot structure, character dynamics, and production concerns.

3:00 p.m. Lightbox Lighting Competition Winners AnnouncementMozart

3:00-5:00 p.m. Workshop: Jerry Goralnick and Lois A. Kagan MingusLiving Theater for Students

This workshop includes an overview of The Living Theatre history and an introduction to various techniques we use in our creative process for creating movement, text and staging. You will be exposed to how the work of Piscator, Artaud and Meyerhold have influenced and been applied in our creative work.

3:00-5:00 p.m. Workshop: Rafael JaenIdeal Portfolio: Smart Tips for Freelancing and Academic Professionals Berlin

Useful information for the young and the experienced; from the free-lancing to the academic design-tech fields. It focuses on three aspects: 1) The Basics: planning steps, portfolio cases, layout techniques and requirements by venue; 2) The Advanced: updating a portfolio, multi-tasking portfolios, portfolio CD, and marketing tools; and 3) The Academic: compiling materials for a portfolio dossier for tenure track.

3:30-5:00 p.m. Workshop: Kaitlin HopkinsActor/Singer Vocal Survival Guide Hammerstein

Focus on how the actor or singer maintains vocal health during a long run—essentials you need to know to keep your voice, body and mind healthy. What to do when you get sick (do’s and don’ts), what to do if you loose your voice or experience vocal problems during a run or day before an audition, and what is expected of you when you finally book that first Broadway show. This class is an in-depth exploration of how to live up to professional expectations and take care of yourself in the process, including specific examples of Broadway stars and their individual approach.

3:30-5:00 p.m. Workshop: Merlon LangsnerAdvanced Stage Combat: Fake Fu: Miming the Martial Arts

Strauss

An advanced unarmed stage combat meant to explore choreography meant to simulate popular perceptions of the martial arts for stage or screen. Limit of 12 students who should have prior stage combat experience.

3:30 p.m. Sow and Weep McKay TheaterBy Nitzan Halperin Fitchburg StateBoston UniversityDirected by Jason McDowell-Green

This production follows the story of two young women and their families amidst a vicious cycle of hatred and killing that perpetuates the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.

4:30-5:00 p.m. Workshop: We are USITTSylvia Hillyard Pannell Classics Backroom

Who and what is USITT and how can it benefit you?

5:00-7:00 p.m. USITT Reception Classics Backroom

Interested designers, technicians, stage managers, production professional and USITT members are invited to join USITT President, Sylvia Hillyard Pannell. Network and relax as we discuss concerns and joys of being USITT in New England. Sponsored by Ed Hyatt from the Boston Illumination Group.

5:30-7:30 p.m. 6x10s & Gathering Shells Rehearsals Spaces as assignedShubert HammersteinStrauss Rodgers

Porter BerlinSkyclass

6:00-7:30 p.m. V.I.P. Dinner Slattery’s Restaurant

8:00 p.m. Antigone Dukakis CenterBy Sophocles for the Performing ArtsSalem State CollegeDirected by Celena April Sky

"What did ancient audiences experience in Greek tragedy?" This ensemble production explores that question by "authentically" interpreting Sophocles' classic, and discovers that Greek tragedy is the first musical theatre. Singing, poetry, live music, dancing, masks, colors galore and interactive audience engage us in the spiritual battle ignited by Antigone putting her life on the line to bury her brother against her uncle Creon's edict.

10:30 p.m. Irene Ryan Finalists Announcement(or after the show) and Awards ceremony Dukakis Center for the

Performing Arts

10:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. 6x10 Rehearsals Spaces as assignedShubert StraussHammerstein RodgersPorter BerlinAmphitheatre


Saturday, February 2, 2007

8:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Festival Registration Hotel Lobby

8:00-9:00 a.m. Antigone Response Amphitheatre

8:15-9:00 a.m. Workshop: Matt AndrewsConservatory Warm-ups Strauss

Developing a warm-up process is crucial for actor in achieving focus and clarity on-stage, as well as for the continual development of the actor's instrument. Introductory in nature, we will lightly warm-up the body, voice and mind in preparation of the day's Festival activities. Attend each session for a full 45 minutes or simply drop-in and out for a jump-start. These sessions welcome all festival participants--students, faculty and staff, and are especially recommended for Irene Ryan participants and actors in Festival productions.

8:30-10:00 a.m. Irene Ryan Finalists Rehearsal Weston TheaterFitchburg State

9:00-10:00 a.m. Sow and Weep Response Amphitheatre

9:00-11:00 a.m. Workshop: Chase Rozelle

Tech Olympics Mozart

All college and university students may sign up on site to participate in the Tech Olympics sponsored by New England Section of USITT. Events will include: Hanging and focusing a lighting instrument; driving a screw into wood; knot tying--bowline and clove hitch; reading a blueprint; fast costume changing and sewing. Judges are professionals from the New England area. Winners will be determined by their speed, accuracy and care. First prize is an award certificate, $50 and a package from Barbizon and second prize is a package from Barbizon.

8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Stage Manager Fellowship Final Interviews BerlinTina Shackelford & Steve Stettler

9:00 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Design Response Callbacks Beethoven/Brahms(If necessary)



Sign up with Rui Alves, Ed Hyatt, or Thomas Ladd for open programming times with Moving Lights.

10:00-11:00 a.m. 1x2 Response Porter

10:00-11:30 a.m. Workshop: Wil KilroyTechniques of Michael Chekhov Strauss

This participatory workshop will introduce Michael Chekhov's psycho-physical exercises as an imaginative way for actors to find emotion. A demonstration will be given by Fitchburg State College students Tim Scott and Meghan O’Brien who applied these techniques to a recent production of Purple Breasts.

10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Workshop: Tatsuya AoyagiPhysical Comedy Shubert

Learn to be and do Funny! Participatory workshop focuses on learning basic techniques and safety in performing physical comedy. Expect to move, sweat, laugh, and have fun. Requirements: Movement clothes (no jeans or skirts) and sneakers (no boots or dress shoes), willingness to be silly, and sense of humor. Limit to 20 participants.

10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Gathering Shells Reading AmphitheatreBy Crystal Brian and Allan GarryCrystal Brian,DirectorCatherine Dunham, Stage Manager

This play, co-written by the daughter of a WW II veteran and a Viet Nam veteran, explores the impact of war, not only on those who fight, but on those whose lives are impacted by trauma that lingers long after the battle is over. An earlier version of the play was workshopped at the Little Theater in New Haven in July, 2007.

10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Workshop: Melissa HurtPraise for the Critical (invisible) Production Member:

The Dramaturg Gershwin

Constructive feedback for student dramaturgies. How does a dramaturg work within a production? What kind of research is needed for the production and how do you make it useful for everyone else? Informative for dramaturges, directors, designers, and actors—the production team that collaborates on a collective vision.

11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Critics Workshop Session 4: Dan Patterson & Scott GagnonBoard Room

11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Workshop: Stuart DukeLighting with Limits—Making the Most of not Enough

Mozart

We will cover: making the most of available equipment, organizing the design and paperwork, and using stage time wisely. A question and answer period will address your particular challenges

12:00-1:30 p.m. Workshop: Kaia MonroeYoga for Singers Rodgers

A series of Hatha Yoga asanas (poses) and pranayamas (breathing exercises) designed with the singing actor in mind. Emphasizes balancing the muscle groups utilized in proper breathing, reinforcement of optimal alignment, and centering. Yoga mat strongly suggested.

12:00-1:30 p.m. Workshop: Sylvia Hillyard PannellFreddy Wittop and the Music Halls of Paris Porter

Explore the designs and designers of the Music Halls of Paris between WWI and WWII with primary emphasis on the late, great Freddy Wittop.

12:00-2:00 p.m. Workshop: Jerry Goralnick and Lois A. Kagan MingusLiving Theater for Students Shubert

This workshop would include an overview of The Living Theatre history and an introduction to various techniques we use in our creative process for creating movement, text and staging. Students will be exposed to how the work of Piscator, Artaud and Meyerhold have influenced and been applied in our creative work.

12:00-2:00 p.m. Student Director Fellowship InterviewsRussell Garrett, Maggie Lally & Steve Stettler

Gershwin

12:00-5:00 p.m. Portfolio Reviews Berlin


12:30-2:30 p.m. Workshop: Linda Balgord and James ValcqActing Through Song: A Musical HammersteinTheatre Workshop

A master class in acting for the musical theatre. Students wishing to present their musical material for critique should bring their own sheet music in the proper key-no

transpositions please. Piano accompaniment will be provided. They will see as many students as time allows. James and Lindawill also discuss the creative process of producing a new musical based on their personal experiences. Linda was in the original Broadway casts of both Passion and The Pirate Queen. James composed the musical The Spitfire Grill and has conducted and played in many Broadway shows including the current revival of Chicago.

1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Workshop: Gary GarrisonPerfect Ten Amphitheatre

This author of Perfect Ten—Writing and Producing the Ten Minute Play will explore the successful elements of any ten-minute play.

1:00-3:00 p.m. Workshop: Emmanuel ChauletA Balancing Act Strauss

Using participants’ stories and case studies from her coaching practice Emmanuel will share tips on balancing life and acting. Characters can linger around after the show is over, leaving actors drained and emotionally burnt out. She will help participants find true closure with topics such as post show blues, saying goodbye to a character, and keeping our creative selves balanced and energized throughout the roller coaster of a performing artist’s life.



2:00-2:15 p.m. A Day in the Life of the City Actors’ Call Shubert

2:15 p.m. A Day in the Life of the City Performance Concourse

2:30-4:00 p.m. Workshop: William KenyonPhotography for your Portfolio in the Digital Age

Learn methods to achieve top quality portfolio pictures of your production designs. Particular attention paid to digital photography, and the new challenges that presents. We will also discuss the thorny ethical issue surrounding the use of Photoshop to alter pictures. Be sure to bring your camera (and its user manual!), and we will experiment with different lighting situations. All areas of design & technology are welcome and encouraged to attend.

3:00 -3:30 p.m. Irene Ryan Finals Call Weston TheaterFitchburg State College

3:00-3:30 p.m. Book Signing: A Balancing Act by Emmanuelle ChauletStrauss

3:30-4:00 p.m. Irene Ryan Finals Judges Orientation Weston TheaterFitchburg State

4:00-6:00 p.m. Irene Ryan Finals Weston TheaterRebecca Mooney, Stage Manager Fitchburg State

5:00-7:00 p.m. Strike Design Exhibition Displays

6:00-7:30 p.m. Tech 6x10s Weston TheaterFitchburg State

6:00-7:30 p.m. Irene Ryan Finals Judges Dinner Bootlegger’s

6:00-7:30 p.m. V.I.P. Dinner Bootlegger’s

8:00-9:00 p.m. 6x10 Presentations Weston TheaterFitchburg State

Logically SpeakingBy Mark Hoffner (Holyoke Community College)Jason McDowell-Green (Boston University), DirectorNicholas Bussett (Western Connecticut State University), Stage Manager Tim Gleason, Mentor

Ponies on the PlaygroundBy Emily Feldman (Middlebury College)Michael Pignatelli (University of Rhode Island), DirectorMichael Block (Boston University), Stage Manager Jim Beauregard, Mentor

The Latest DevelopmentBySteven Barkhimer (Boston University)Matthew Pellegrino (Southern Connecticut State University), DirectorKatherine Pierce (Castleton State College), Stage ManagerMelissa Hurt, Mentor

The Ahern FoxBy Cliff Odle )Boston University)Cassia Chipman (Rhode Island Community College), DirectorJamie Michelle Steffen (Southern Connecticut State University), Stage ManagerMatt Andrews, Mentor

The ProfessorBy Rocio Carolina Rios Schaaf (Suffolk University)Matthew C. Griffiths (Southern Connecticut State University), DirectorMichele Tubby (Eastern Connecticut State University), Stage ManagerBrandt Reiter, Mentor

Black Fly SeasonBy Sasha Irish (Gordon College)Bridget Kathleen O’Leary (Boston University), Director Meghan Quigley (Dean College ), Stage ManagerHarry McEnerny, Mentor

9:30-10:30 p.m. Awards ceremony Weston Theater(or after the 6x10s) (Fitchburg State)

10:30 p.m. Closing Dance Party Ballroom (or after the awards)


Sunday, February 4, 2007

9:00-1:00 a.m. Irene Ryan Finals Response Hammerstein

9:00-10:00 a.m. 6x10 Feedback Amphitheatre

10:00-11:00 a.m. Executive Committee Meeting Board Room

WHO’S WHO AT THE FESTIVAL

Debra A. Acquavella (Workshop Leader), after 27 years as a Production Stage Manager on Broadway and around the country, recently joined the staff of Emerson College as Production Manager of Emerson Stage, as well as instructor of the stage & production management classes. Professional credits include--Broadway: PSM of the long-running Metamorphoses at Circle in the Square; Master Harold… and the boys with Danny Glover; Jane Eyre, The Musical. Off-Broadway credits include Falsettos at Playwrights Horizons; The Thing About Men at the Promenade Theatre; and Metamorphoses at Second Stage Theatre. Deb was PSM for 15 seasons at Actors Theatre of Louisville; 4 seasons at Baltimore’s Centerstage; 3 seasons at Contemporary American Theatre Festival; Trinity Repertory Company; Studio Arena Theatre, The Shakespeare Theatre Company and Barter Theatre.

Rui Alves, (Workshop Leader) has been the Rental Manager for A.L.P.S/Advanced Lighting & Production Services for the last three years. He attended U-Conn as a Technical Theatre major and worked at regional and summer theatres as staff and as a freelance electrician, before moving to Boston. He has been with A.L.P.S. for over 8 years.

Aynne Ames (ME State Chair) is a graduate of the University of Maine at Orono and did her Master’s work in Ancient Theater at UMO and at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Greece. She founded and managed the summer stock company, Cold Comfort Productions and Cold Comfort Summer Theater Camp. For over twenty years Ms. Ames has taught theater at elementary, middle school, high school and college levels, here and aboard, and has been the recipient of many awards for directing as well as the prestigious Helen Hayes Educational Impact Award in 2000 for "developing and nurturing creativity in young people via theater." She presently serves as Artistic Director for Belfast Maskers in Belfast, ME.

****Raina Ames (Region I 2nd Co-Vice-Chair Designate; Directing Mentor) (MFA) is Director of Theatre Education at the University of New Hampshire. Prior to starting at UNH, Ames served as Director of Education at TheatreVirginia in Richmond. Regionally, Raina directed a cast aged 6-18 in A Midsummer Night's Dream for The Palace Youth Theatre in Manchester. On campus directing credits include: And Then They Came For Me: Remembering The World Of Anne Frank, Anna Zornio Playwriting Competition winning production The Nastiest Drink In The World, The X Factor, a night of one-acts by female playwrights, and Midwives. In addition to acting and directing, Ames is also an author.

Deborah Anderson (Region IV NPP Chair)

Andrew Andrews (Technical Director Weston) has been a TD for the Festival for the previous three years. Recently, he designed the lights for Foothill’s production of As Bees In Honey Drown. Past designs include Proof for Stratton Player’s Guild, Playing For Time and The Laramie Project, both at Fitchburg State College; Suessical Jr. and Theatre At The Mount’s 2006 Christmas Show; and A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Theatre Omnibus, housed in the New Repertory Theatre’s black box. He assisted Shawn E. Boyle with The Marriage of Figaro for Worcester Opera Works. Andrew graduated from Fitchburg State College’s technical theatre program.

Matt Andrews (Workshop Leader; Directing Mentor; Production Respondent; Irene Ryan Preliminary Respondent) is an Associate Professor and Director of the Theatre Program at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY, where he teaches acting, directing and voice. Recent directing credits include The Laramie Project, The Complete Works of Wm Shakespeare (Abridged), A Midsummer Night's Dream and Angels in America: Millennium Approaches in April. Recent professional stops in NY and MA include The Vineyard Playhouse, The Theater Barn and Falls Theatre. Matt holds an MFA in Directing from University of Oklahoma and is a graduate of The National Shakespeare Conservatory in NYC.

Tatsuya Aoyagi (Workshop Leader) is a native of Saga, Japan. He holds M.F.A. from Towson University and is a graduate of Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre. His extensive background in movement training includes Butoh, Clowning, Commedia Dell’Arte, Laban Movement Studies, Mask, Mime, and Physical Comedy. Experienced as a stage fighter/choreographer, he is recognized as an Advanced Actor/Combatant by Society of American Fight Directors, and has served as a fight director for Baltimore Shakespeare Festival. As a performer, he has appeared at various venues including the Kennedy Center, Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden at Smithsonian, Tsunami Theatre Company, Capital Fringe Festival, Baltimore Theatre Project, QuestFest, and Ko Festival of Performance at Amherst. Most recently he performed at Moving Closer: International New Media Festival in Warsaw, Poland. Currently he serves as an Assistant Professor at Salem State College specializing in movement.

Bonnie Baggesen (Workshop Leader) is the co-head of the BFA program in Stage/Production Management at Emerson College. As a professional stage manager for over 20 years she has worked in regional and commercial theatre and on numerous special events. Regional credits include 9 seasons at the Tony Award winning Trinity Repertory Company working on over 60 productions. She has production stage managed for Playmakers Repertory Company at UNC at Chapel Hill, NC and Rites and Reason Theatre at Brown University. Touring credits include national tours of Damn Yankees with Jerry Lewis and Sunset Boulevard with Petula Clark, visiting over 75 cities in North America and playing London. While earning an MFA in Theatre Management and Producing at Columbia University Ms. Baggesen continued to stage manage by substituting on The Lion King, Search for Signs of Intelligent Life with Lily Tomlin, and Taller than a Dwarf with Mathew Broderick.

Linda Balgord (Workshop Leader) recently starred in the role of Queen Elizabeth I in the original cast of the Broadway production of The Pirate Queen. Other Broadway credits include the original cast of Stephen Sondheim's Passion, Mme. Dindon in the revival of La Cage Aux Folles, and the Grizabella in the final Broadway company of Cats. She starred as Vibert in Aspects of Love. Regionally she has appeared as Violet in The Fix, Sofia in Bok Choy Variations, Eva Peron in Evita, Fanny Brice in Funny Girl. Linda has performed in Carnegie Hall (most recently in a concert version of Jerry Springer, The Opera) and London's Whitehall Palace.

James T. Beauregard (Region I Immediate Past Co-Chair; Regional Selection Team) is Assistant Professor of Theatre and Dance and Technical Director of the Center for the Performing Arts at Dean College, Franklin, MA. Jim's Dean College directing resume includes: Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Three Musketeers, Much Ado About Nothing, and Scapino! Jim is also Founder and Director of Dean College Summer Theatre. Stage Combat is Jim's specialty. During the 80s he toured and taught extensively with an elite performing troupe and he continues to teach and choreograph. Jim has spent the past seventeen years as a featured performer at the Medieval Manor in Boston. For ten years Jim served as Artistic Director.

Sharon Bernard (Region I Executive Assistant) has performed in several productions at Fitchburg State College including 12 Angry Jurors (adapted from Reginald Rose's 12 Angry Men) and Broken Moon by Jennie Staniloff for the AmeriCulture Arts Festival. She was a member of the FSC company which took The Laramie Project to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Sharon has directed Sir Edmund Walter Has a Thought by Matthew Haldeman, Heart Smart by Linda Eisenstein, Samuel Beckett’s Ohio Impromptu, All Cotton by Shel Silverstein, and Open Slot by Jennie Staniloff. She is a member of Stratton Players and the artistic staff of the AmeriCulture Arts Program at Fitchburg State College and holds an MS in Library and Information Science from Simmons College.

***Robert Boles (Region I Playwrighting Co-Vice-Chair) has worked on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in regional theatres throughout the country over the past 30 years. He was a founding member of the Arkansas Repertory Theatre. Currently he is the head of the theatre program at the University of New Haven.

****Laura Chakravarty Box (Directing Mentor) Ph.D., is an assistant professor of theater at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, where she teaches performance history, directing and acting. Her students' production of The Retreating World/In the Heart of America by Naomi Wallace will open in April, 2008, and in the fall semester she looks forward to directing Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba. She is the author of Strategies of Resistance in the Dramatic Texts of North African Women: a Body of Words (Routledge, 2005). Ms. Box has been an KCACTF respondent since 2003.

Crystal Brian (Region I Playwrighting Co-Vice-Chair) is currently Professor of Theater and Chair of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Quinnipiac University. Brian received MFA and PHD degrees in theater from UCLA. She directed and produced world and regional premiers of American plays in Los Angeles, and founded The Lost World, a theatrical company that mounted Equity productions in the Shannon Center for the Performing Arts at Whittier College, where she taught. Upon moving to Connecticut, Brian founded the Quinnipiac University Theater for Community, producing and directing original plays and adaptations that have won critical acclaim from The New Haven Advocate. Brian has published articles on the subjects of theater and community and theater and social change in such journals as Theater Topics and The Journal of Theater and Performance. She has also published chapters in several anthologies on the work of Horton Foote, and is currently completing a critical biography of the playwright.

Alisa Helene Bucchiere (Accompanist) received her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Lowell, her Master’s of Music degree from Westminster Choir College and is pursuing her Doctorate of Musical Arts in Music Education at Boston University. Presently, she is on the music faculties at Northern Essex Community College and Fitchburg State College. During this past year, Ms. Bucchiere has been the very active with the theater productions at NECC. Alisa was the music director/madrigal singer in A Christmas Carol, music director/accompanist for Olympus on My Mind; music director/Juno in The Tempest at the Newburyport Firehouse Center for the Arts and music director/accompanist for The Pirates of Penzance, also at the Firehouse.

Matt Chapman (Irene Ryan Respondent; Workshop Leader) is a performer, director, teacher, and student of physical theatre and clown. He is Artistic Director of Under the Table, a Brooklyn-based physical theatre ensemble which performs in NY, across the country and in Europe. He also tours with Dell'Arte International. Matt works as a performer and teacher in North America, Europe, and Africa, most recently teaching Clown in Amsterdam and directing Circus Life, a contemporary circus work about HIV/AIDS, in South Africa. In the US, Matt has taught Clown and Improvisation as adjunct

faculty at Marymount Manhattan College and Manhattanville College in New York, and has taught workshops and residencies at Vassar, Sarah Lawrence, Towson, Luther College, the University of Iowa, the University of North Dakota, the New York Fringe Festival, and the Carolinian Shakespeare Festival. He has served as an assistant to Ronlin Foreman, Clown master and Director of Pedagogy at Dell'Arte International. Matt attended the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre and received his bachelor's degree from the University of Kansas.

Emmanuelle Chaulet (Workshop Leader) is on the adjunct theatre faculty at the University of Southern Maine. She is the director and founder of Starlight Acting Institute. Ms. Chaulet trained with Michael Chekhov technique in Paris, and was a Fulbright Scholar at the Lee Strasberg Institute in NYC. She played lead roles in award winning films that include “Boyfriends and Girlfriends” by French New Wave master Eric Rohmer; “All the Vermeers in New York” by Jon Jost; “Sundowning” by Jim Cole. She is a certified RYSE III, and Reiki practitioner, and has developed a unique method, “Energize! A Holistic Approach to Acting.” She wrote A Balancing Act, a recently published book about recovering your highest creative self, the essence of your character and true emotional balance. www.starlightacting.org

Cap Corduan (Host Technical Director) started theatre at 9. She has a BFA from Central CT State University and an MFA from University of Illinois. Cap was assistant TD at the Empire State Institute for Performing Arts in Albany, NY, head of Design & Technical Theatre at Walnut Hill School of Performing Arts in Natick, MA, head of Technical Theatre Program for Davidson Performing Arts School in Augusta GA, and Assistant Technical Director and Lighting Supervisor at Mohegan Sun Casino. She is currently head of the Technical Theatre Program for the AmeriCulture Arts Program at Fitchburg State College. She will be heading to Munich, Germany in Oct. 2008 to help design and set the lighting for The Zeppelin Company's 100 year anniversary at The Zeppelin Hanger just outside of Lake Constance, Germany. will also be in Basel, Switzerland building mask for their Fasnacht Festival.

Eric Cornwell (Region I Design and Technology 2nd Co-Vice-Chair Designate)

Michael Cottom (Workshop Leader) has over 25 years of professional experience as a scenic carpenter, welder, master carpenter, technical director, designer, and owner of two successful design and fabrication businesses. Currently an Assistant Professor of Theater Technology at UMASS-Amherst, Michael has developed (or blatantly stolen) successful management methods that contribute directly to the success of any project or production. Michael teaches about project management, in addition to advanced construction techniques, AutoCad, automation, and fine woodworking.

William Cunningham (Region I NPP Chair, 6x10 & 1x2 Coordinator; Regional Selection Team) is a tenured Professor of Theatre Arts and the Chairperson of the Theatre and Speech Communication Department at Salem State College and the KCACTF Region I Playwrighting Chair. He is holds an MFA in Playwrighting from UCLA. His plays (LifeLike2, Intimate Apparel, Right Next Door, The Do-It-Yourselfers, and Managed Care) have been produced at the Boston Playwright’s Theatre and are published by Baker’s Plays. His play Course Work was selected as a finalist in the 2004 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and was chosen as the regional finalist for the David Mark Cohen Playwrighting Award. Recently for Salem State Theatre he has directed A Doll’s House, Six Degrees of Separation, Long Day’s Journey Into Night (a staged reading), Bat Boy: The Musical, Bedroom Farce and Oedipus the King.

Lisa Dalton (Workshop Leader; Irene Ryan Judge) is an award winning actor/director /producer who specializes in teaching Michael Chekhov's technique for actors, writers, directors and teachers. She has produced several DVD's for actor training and has taught in Moscow, London, Paris, Brussels, NY, and LA. She has been a judge for the Emmy's, CableAce, Independent Spirit Awards, KCACTF, Thespian, and Donna Reed Festivals. As an actress, credits include “ER,” “Melrose Place,” “Carnivale,” “Dr. Quinn,” and many commercials. Her credits as a stuntwoman include Splash Ghostbusters, Money Pit, Crocodile Dundee. Lisa currently teaches in Los Angeles, Texas and at the University of Southern Maine Chekhov Theater Institute for Teacher Certification and for actors wanting to deepen their knowledge of Michael Chekhov.

Matt DeLong (Workshop Leader) is the North Eastern Sales Manager for Rosco Laboratories, a major manufacturer of entertainment products including gel, gobos, paint, and fog. Matt holds a BFA in Design & Technical Theatre and is a member of I.A.T.S.E. Previous to Rosco, Matt has experience in touring, lighting design, and rigging. In his free time Matt still designs and works with a number of regional theatre companies.

Thom Delvanthal (Workshop Leader) is an associate Professor at Central Connecticut State University, where he teaches Acting, Voice, Movement and Improv. He has directed several shows there including Fuddy Meers which performed at KCACTF in 2004 at URI. Other favorites include The Comedy Of Errors, The Crucible, The House Of Blue Leaves and Replika. In April, Thom will take a crack at playing both sides of the lights when he directs "The Tempest and plays Prospero. Thom has choreographed, performed or captained fights with Carnegie Mellon Universiy, University of Pittsburgh, The Boston Ballet, The Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, The Hartford Stage Company, The Pittsburgh Public Theatre, The Royal Shakespeare Company and many others.

John Paul Devlin (Region I Design and Technology Vice-Chair; Coordinator Design Exhibit) is the resident designer and technical director at Saint Michael’s College. He is also the Production Manager for the Saint Michael’s Playhouse and hires the technical staff each year. He enjoys a freelance design career in addition to teaching and is active with USITT both nationally and regionally. John has worked on over 330 productions in his 26-year career. He holds an MFA (Drama) and an MA (History) from Syracuse University; and a BA from Allegheny College. He is responsible for organizing and running the KCACTF Region I design exhibition.

****Jim Dougherty (Technical Director Dukakis Center) is the Associate Technical Director and Properties Supervisor at Middlebury College. He received his degree in Architecture from Princeton University, where he was involved in designing and producing for many of the theatre organizations there. He also had the opportunity to work with the McCarter Theater. Jim joined Middlebury's Theatre Department in 1995 after working with the American Repertory Theatre and as a member of Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English theater staff.

Stuart Duke (Workshop Leader), in a career spanning more than 20 years, has designed lighting for theatre, dance, opera and industrials. He has been nominated three times for the Helen Hayes Award and twice for Miami’s Carbonell Award in lighting design. A member of United Scenic Artists since 1981, he served on the exam committee for several years. In 1995 he “retired" from full-time designing to teach lighting at Ohio’s Oberlin College and subsequently accepted a position as Managing Director of Vermont’s Weston Playhouse Theatre Company. His duties include overseeing design and technical areas and he continues to design two Playhouse productions and one or two other professional shows each year.

Geoffrey M. Eroe (Design Respondent) holds a B.A. and an M.A. in Theatre from the University of Northern Colorado and a Ph.D. in Theatre from Stanford University. Dr. Eroe teaches Introduction to Theatre, Modern Drama, Theatre Makeup, Introduction to Technical Theatre and Stage Lighting. He also teaches AutoCAD, 3D Studio Viz, Drafting and Rendering in the Drafting Technology department. He is a professional scenic designer with membership in United Scenic Artists, 829 and designs for a number of professional theatres, where he has received numerous awards for excellence in design. He also leads a summer theatre tour to London.

Robert Sargent Fay (Workshop Leader) is a photographer whose work is held in the collections of such institutions as Amherst College, the Currier Museum of Art, the Farnsworth Art Museum and the Mariposa Museum. He has created portfolios of photographs for the MacDowell Colony, the Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music, Ken Burns and Florentine Films and the Public Broadcasting System (Alexandria, Virginia). His Ocian in View! O! the Joy: A Collection of Photographs of the American West was published in 2006.

John Forbes (Workshop Leader) received his B.A. in Dramatic Art from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and his M.F.A. in Theatre Lighting Design from the UMASS-Amherst. He has designed lighting for the Old Globe Theatre, The Vermont Stage Company and Lost Nation Theatre in Vermont, The Arizona Theatre Company, and the Riverside Shakespeare Company in New York. Mr. Forbes has also served as production manager, technical director, stage carpenter and as a stage technician. He has taught Lighting design at San Diego State University and design and technical theatre at the University of San Diego. At U.S.D. he also managed Shiley Theatre and in that capacity served as the technical liaison between the university and the Presidential Debate Commission for the final Presidential Debate of 1996 held there. In addition he is a member of United Scenic Artists-Local 829 and the United States Institute for Theatre Technology. His lighting design for the UVM’s production of Metamorphoses was selected for the gallery presentation at World Stage Design 2005 in Toronto.

Matthew Furtado (Workshop Leader) holds a B.A. in Theatre from Rhode Island College, where he received two KCACTF nominations for his work as Dr. Stockman in An Enemy of the People and as Bud Frump in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. Regional highlights include Carousel, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, The Mikado, and The Gamm Theatre's production of Red Noses. He is a regular cast member on the PBS series, “Ribert and Robert's Wonderworld.” In the past two years, Matt has traveled twice around the world, performing 600 shows in 31 states and 13 countries as the live host of Sesame Street LIVE: Elmo's Coloring Book, a Broadway-style musical for family audiences. Highlights of the tour included two weeks at Madison Square Garden, a performance on NBC's “Today Show” and two months in Asia. Matt is also a professional corporate entertainer specializing in performing customized shows consisting of comedy, magic and audience participation for companies and organizations across the country. http://www.MatthewFurtado.com

Scott Gagnon (Region I Critics Workshop Vice-Chair; Workshop Leader; Regional Selection Team) is co-chair of the Performing Arts Dept at Emmanuel College, serving as director of its Theater Arts program. He has enjoyed working as a respondent and selection team member with Region One for the past several years, and is particularly excited to help with the Critics' Workshop, having won the Regional Critics' Award himself as an undergraduate student. Scott completed his postgraduate study in Theatrical Directing at Emerson College in 1994 and has since directed at Turtle Lane Playhouse, Savoyard Light Opera, Longy School of Music, Riverside Theater, MIT, and

others. He is the author of book and lyrics for Black Sox, which opened in 1996, and has worked since 2000 on special summer theater programs for young performers and on weekend theater workshops for mentally handicapped adults.

Russell Garrett (Student Director Fellowship Judge) is the Artistic Director of Foothills Theatre Company in Worcester, MA, where he has overseen critical and popular successes such as The Full Monty, The Underpants, and Buddy! as well as having staged the hit productions Beehive!, The Musical of Musicals, The Rocky Horror Show, and As Bees in Honey Drown. As a director and choreographer, he has mounted successful productions around the country including Chicago for both Skylight Opera in Milwaukee and the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina in Hilton Head, SC, Kiss Me, Kate for Moonlight Stage and Pageant, both in San Diego, as well as Smokey Joe's Cafe and Ain't Misbehavin' for Sierra Rep in CA and Beehive! for Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine. As an actor, Russell has performed in several Broadway shows and National Tours including The Scarlet Pimpernel, 42nd Street, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Show Boat, and A Chorus Line.

Gary Garrison (Irene Ryan Respondent; Workshop Leader) is the Artistic Director, Producer and a member of the full-time faculty in the Department of Dramatic Writing Program at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. He has produced the last eighteen Festivals of New Works for NYU, working with hundreds of playwrights, directors and actors. Garrison’s plays include Storm on Storm, It Belongs on Stage (and Not in My Bed), Crater, Old Soles, Padding The Wagon, Rug Store Cowboy, Cherry Reds, Gawk, Oh Messiah Me, We Make A Wall, The Big Fat Naked Truth, Scream With Laughter, Smoothness With Cool, Empty Rooms, Does Anybody Want A Miss Cow Bayou? and When A Diva Dreams. This work has been featured at Primary Stages, The Directors Company, Manhattan Theatre Source, StageWorks, Fourth Unity, Open Door Theatre, African Globe Theatre Company, Pulse Ensemble Theatre, Expanded Arts and New York Rep. He is the author of the critically acclaimed, The Playwright’s Survival Guide: Keeping the Drama in Your Work and Out of Your Life, Perfect Ten: Writing and Producing the Ten-Minute Play and co-editor of two volumes of Monologues for Men by Men with Michael Wright. He is a the Program Director for the Summer Playwrighting Intensive for the Kennedy Center, the former National Chair of Playwrighting for the Kennedy Center’s American College Theater Festival and in January will assume the post of Executive Director (Creative Affairs) for the Dramatists Guild of America.

Tim Gleason (Directing Mentor; Irene Ryan Judge) is a founding member and Artistic Director of Know Theatre in Binghamton, NY. He has appeared in over sixty stage productions up and down the east coast. Tim was a guest artist at the AmeriCulture Arts Festival for three consecutive years. He teaches acting in the Binghamton region to both teens and adults. Favorite roles: Lucky in Waiting for Godot at Melfi Rep; Uncle Wiff in Of The Fields Lately at the Pelican Theatre; Starbuck in The Rainmaker at the Know Theatre; Tom in The Glass Menagerie and Bob Ewell in To Kill A Mockingbird at ACAF.

Jerry Goralnick (Workshop Leader; Irene Ryan Finals Judge and Respondent; Production Respondent) has worked with The Living Theatre for twenty years. His credits with the company include Ali Sayed in Capital Changes, Brick Blume in Anarchia which he co-directed, Einstein in Waste, Hitler in I and I, The Answerer in The Tablets, Zev in Poland 1931 as well as a dozen other productions. He co-directed The Body of God, and stage-managed the Obie Award winning Living Theatre Retrospectacle. Mr. Goralnick co-founded and co-directs The Living Theatre Workshops and has taught Living Theatre techniques around the world.

Erica Reynolds Hager (Irene Ryan Respondent), a graduate of Syracuse University's drama department, has been acting, directing and teaching professionally for 15 years. Acting credits include: Steel Magnolias, Our Town, The Fantastiks, On Golden Pond, The Oldest Living Graduate, and Round and Round the Garden. Directing credits include: Beirut, Pippin, Interview, Harvey, Hello Dolly, and Godspell. Erica is Head of Upper School at Applewild School in Fitchburg.

Gregg Henry (Artistic Director KCACTF; National Selection Team; Irene Ryan Judge) is Artistic Associate for New Works and Commissions for Kennedy Center Youth and Family Programs. He coordinates the Kennedy Center/Kenan Fund for the Arts Performing Arts Apprenticeship Program. As a producer of the annual Page-to-Stage New Play Festival, approaching its 7th anniversary, he produced readings of Lee Blessing’s The Scottish Play and Ken Ludwig’s The Three Musketeers, Shakespeare in Hollywood and Treasure Island. He hosted the Summer 2007 MFA Playwrights’ Workshop in association with the National New Play Network, and will again in Summer 2008 and 2009. Recent productions include Tom Isbell & Mark Russell’s Teddy Roosevelt and the Treasure of Ursa Major at The Kennedy Center (and currently on National Tour), Meg Schadl’s Listen for Catholic University, the U.S. Premieres of Morris Panych’s Girl in the Goldfish Bowl for Metro Stage and Daniel MacIvor’s You Are Here for Theatre Alliance, Julie Jensen’s Two-Headed for Washington Shakespeare Company, Shelagh Stephenson’s An Experiment with an Air Pump for Journeymen Theater, Norman Allen’s The Light of Excalibur at the Kennedy Center, Barbara Field’s adaptations of Scaramouche for Washington Shakespeare Company and Dreams in the Golden Country at the Kennedy Center and on national tour. He directed concert readings of The 13 Hallucinations of Julio Rivera by Stephen Culp for Baltimore CenterStage’s First Look series, Autobiography of a Constellation by Lila Rose Kaplan for Arena Stage’s Downstairs series, where he will direct Alex Lewin’s The Near East in March. He has directed, acted and/or staged the fights for the Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, Oklahoma and Wisconsin Shakespeare Festivals. Gregg 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.

Rebecca Hilliker () is the head of the Department of Theatre and Dance where she teaches dramatic literature and directing. She has published numerous articles and reviews for such journals as Theatre Journal, Theatre History Studies, Within the Dramatic Spectrum, New England Theatre Journal, Nineteenth Century Theatre, and the Journal of Popular Culture. She has directed over 50 productions during her career and including a co-directed production of Susan Glaspel’s Trifles for a symposium on Susan Glaspel’s Trifles: Culture, Society and the Law that took place in Tel Aviv, Israel. Rebecca is former chair for KCACTF Region VII and last year served on the national selection team. She is currently a Member at Large. Her production of Acetylene written by student Erik Ramsey was selected in regional competition as the new student play national winner six years ago. It was later presented at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Rebecca assisted Moises Kaufman in the development of the play The Laramie Project and appears in the HBO movie of the production both as an actor and character. She is the recipient of the prestigious Horace Robinson Award from the Northwest Drama Conference for contributions to the region as director, educator and leader and of two Kennedy Center Medallions for her service.

Kaitlin Hopkins (Workshop Leader; Irene Ryan Finals Judge and Respondent; Production Respondent) As an actress Kaitlin has worked extensively in theater, film, television and radio for 25 years. Some credits include: Broadway: How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Noises off and Anything Goes. Off Broadway she originated the role of Meredith in Bat Boy- The Musical receiving Drama Desk and Ovation Award nominations. She also appeared in BARE, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Come Back Little Sheba (The

Roundabout), Nicky Silver’s Beautiful Child and She Loves Me (Reprise Series/Ovation nom). Other: Disney’s On The Record (National tour), John Adams opera I Was Looking At The Ceiling..directed by Peter Sellars (International tour), The Opposite of Sex and Party Come Here (Williamstown Theatre Festival ),The Philanderer (South Coast Repertory). Radio: The Heidi Chronicles, Working and Proof. Television/Film includes: “The Nanny Diaries,” “How To Kill Your Neighbor’s Dog,” “Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles,” “Rescue Me,” “Six Degrees,” “The Practice,” “Spin City,“JAG,” “Star Trek- Voyager,” all three "Law and Order" shows and 3 yrs as Dr. Kelsey Harrison on “Another World.” Training: Carnegie Mellon University, The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London. For more info visit www.kaitlinhopkins.com.

Tony Howarth (Workshop Leader; Production Respondent) is a working playwright. His credits include a dozen one-act plays plus several full-length plays: Thornwood, produced off-Broadway, across the U.S., (including a production at Fitchburg State College), in Europe and in Tanzania, and made into an award-winning independent movie; Sundown, presented at the Sonora Playhouse, Sonora, California; Dream City Twosome, produced off-Broadway in 1999; Billy Bubblehead, at the Axial Theatre, Pleasantville, NY, where he conducts a playwrighting workshop; A Silver Throne, produced by the AmeriCulture Arts Festival. He has received grants from the Death in America Foundation and the Drama League, and was playwright-in-residence for the award-winning, Mint Theatre in New York City from 1991 to 1995; he ran a play development workshop at the Westbeth Center in New York City.

Larry Hunt (Workshop Leader) is an actor, director, mask-maker, and educator. During the past 30 years, he has performed throughout the U.S., Canada, and the world. Since 1980, Larry has produced and performed original theater with Masque, an international touring company which he founded. Larry’s mask performance combines historical traditions with innovative approaches to body movement and improvisation. In addition to original solo mask and puppet performances, he has collaborated extensively with other performing artists. A recent challenge was to write and direct a non-verbal mask/puppet version of Hamlet with Dunkelfolket Theatre Company in Denmark. After performances in Bulgaria and Serbia Larry was asked to return for mask movement workshops and to choreograph a musical version of Animal Farm Bulgaria. Larry conceived and directed Playing With Klee, based on the art work of Paul Klee, with Chinese and American artists. Its world premier was in Hong Kong in collaboration with Ming Ri Theatre. In January of 2008, Larry will be teaching and performing in Croatia.

Catherine Hurst (Region I 2nd Co-Vice-Chair Designate) is an Associate Professor of Theatre (Acting/Directing) at Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, Vermont. Prior to moving to New England, Cathy was an Associate Professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, teaching in the undergraduate program and serving as the head of the acting track in the MFA Music-Theatre program. Cathy has acted with The Nevada Dance Theatre in Las Vegas,NV, Theatre de le Jeune Lune in Minneapolis, MN, and directed with OperaWorks in Los Angeles, CA. Her original play, Cirque du Soufflé had its equity premiere in 2000 at Saint Michael’s Playhouse.

Melissa Hurt (Workshop Leader; Irene Ryan and Production Respondent; Directing Mentor) is a doctoral candidate in Theatre Arts at the University of Oregon. Her most recent dramaturgy assignment was for internationally celebrated teacher and director Shozo Sato and his kabuki adaptation titled Kabuki Macbeth. Her dissertation is looking into American cultural history of the 20th century and the intersections with Arthur Lessac's voice and body work development while situating his work with contemporary voice, movement and acting practices.

http://www.kaitlinhopkins.com/

Ed Hyatt (Workshop Leader) is President of Boston Illumination Group, a manufacturers rep agency, specializing in stage & studio lighting, control and rigging automation systems. During the 1980’s his time was split between New York based See Factor Industries, California based Electrotec Lighting and Nocturne Productions on the lighting crews for Aerosmith, Rush, The Cure, Air Supply, Neil Diamond, John Mellencamp, Roger Waters and U2's Joshua Tree Tour during the filming of Rattle and Hum. After touring constantly Ed returned to take a short term position with the Boston ABC affiliate WCVB as a studio Lighting Director and then joined Barbizon Light of New England. Following 6 years of systems design work and sales for Barbizon, Ed formed Boston Illumination Group at the end of 1995. Mr. Hyatt is a Member of USITT, IESNA, ESTA and has LC status by the NCQLP. He is an ETCP Certified Entertainment Electrician and is the Treasurer for the Illuminating Engineering Society's New England Section.

Rafael Jaen (Region I Design and Technology 3rd Co-Vice-Chair Designate; Workshop Leader; Book Signing) has designed costumes for projects in the USA, Spain, Scotland, and Venezuela. His recent credits include Alceste (Opera Boston); The Merchant of Venice, Arcadia, The Comedy of Errors, Beard of Avon and Copenhagen (The Publick Theatre); Urinetown (IRNE Award) and 9 Parts of Desire (Lyric Stage); No Exit (American Repertory Theatre, Hartford Stage and Montclair). He is currently the Costume Area Head and Resident Designer at Emerson College, Boston. His work has been featured in the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Entertainment Design and TD&T magazine. Focal Press/Elsevier has published his book Developing and Maintaining a Design-Tech Portfolio. He was nominated for an I.R.N.E. Award for best costume design 2005. He holds a NYU, BFA in Costume Design and Emerson College, MA in Theater Education. He is a member of USITT and USA 829.

PeggyRae Johnson (NH State Chair; Workshop Leader) is a freelance actor and director with more than 200 theatre and television productions, voice-overs, commercials, and industrials to her credit. For 10 years, PeggyRae had the privilege of coordinating the Region 1 Irene Ryan Acting Scholarships. Additionally she served as Associate Chair with Wil Kilroy. She was awarded the Kennedy Medallion in 1999, and was similarly honored by the New Hampshire Educational Theatre Guild with a Lifetime Member Award for service and leadership to NH Theatre. PeggyRae currently teaches full time in the Theatre and Dance Department at Keene State and part-time at Franklin Pierce University.

John Marshall Jones (Workshop Leader) (Northwestern U '84, NAST, ATHE) has been a successful network television star for many years. His most popular television series, “Smart Guy,” played to over 21 million viewers per week in the U.S. on the Disney Channel from 2000-2004. Over the last ten years he has become one of the African American community's most beloved and respected television personalities. Mr. Jones is also a published author, and successful theater/film producer. His acting credits include 4 series regular roles, 20 films, and over 100 television appearances. He is presently a nominee for New York's prestigious Audelco Award for Best Actor in a theatrical performance (2007) and takes great joy in teaching young actors the intricacies of the profession. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0428426/

Rebecka Jones (Irene Ryan Respondent) started as a visual artist until entering graduate school at Ohio University; there, she trained to be a professional actor and earned her MFA. She is an adjunct professor of drama at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT, where she teaches acting. A member of the Actors' Equity Association, she has performed in professional theatres including Long Wharf Theatre and Hartford Stage. This year, she, with three other professional actors, founded Theatre 4, a theatre company based in New Haven, Connecticut.

Jenny Kenyon (Design Respondent) is currently Instructor of Scenic Art & Design for Penn State University. Previously, Jenny taught Costume Design, Scenic Painting, and Rendering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Prior to Nebraska, 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. In addition to Nebraska, she has taught at the 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.

William Kenyon ((Design Respondent) is Head of the Bachelor of Fine Arts Program in Design & Technology at the Pennsylvania State University. Prior to Penn State, William taught Lighting & Sound Design at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Professor Kenyon is the resident designer for the American Indian Dance Theatre, which performs internationally each year. Recent performances have included the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Wolftrap, and the Qatar International Arts Festival. He has also designed for the Metropolitan Playhouse, Opera Delaware, Nebraska Rep, Russian Ballet Theatre of Delaware, Opera Omaha, University of Iowa, and MTI-Disney. Professor Kenyon also serves as the Co-Commissioner for Education with USITT. Member of USA Local #829 in the areas of Lighting and Sound Design.

Wil Kilroy (Workshop Leader) is a Professor of Theatre at the University of Southern Maine, Director of the Michael Chekhov Theatre Institute for Actors and Teachers, Director of the USM Theatre Academy for 13-18 year olds, with additional teaching for national programs and in London and Greece. As an actor, Wil has appeared in a variety of roles in theatres from New York to California, and for TV he's recently appeared as Jim for Norway Savings Bank. Amidst his directing credits are The Laramie Project, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Everything Sprite, and Purple Breasts, which were chosen for competition regionally in KCACTF. He has studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Art, the Michael Chekhov Studio, and the National Shakespeare Conservatory in New York, and holds theatre degrees from URI and the University of Illinois.

Thomas Ladd (Workshop Leader) is Project Manager and Lighting System Engineer for the Boston Illumination Group. Thomas has a BA in Music from Connecticut College however his focus was on technical theater and lighting design. Upon graduation, Thomas freelanced as a lighting designer, master electrician and 35mm projectionist before returning to Connecticut College to take the position of Technical Director for the Theatre, Dance and Music departments. In 1999 he moved to the NYC area to work for the Production Arts Systems Group where he helped to project manage Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum on 42nd Street and other large scale theater and studio projects. Later Thomas became a Field Project Coordinator for the Electronic Theatre Controls team and spent 3 years supporting, teaching and programming their equipment. He is an ETCP Certified Entertainment Electrician. He participated in the design of the lighting systems that now operate CNN, Jazz at Lincoln Center and other theatrical and architectural installations in the northeast.

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Meron Langsner (Workshop Leader) is the Emerging Playwright in Residence at New Repertory Theatre in Watertown, MA. His plays have been performed around the country and overseas, and he has been the recipient of various awards including being a featured artist at the Last Frontier Theatre Conference in Valdez, Alaska. Meron is also

active as a fight director, having recently composed violence for New Rep (A Streetcar Named Desire), The Lyric Stage (Man of La Mancha & See What I Wanna See) and area universities. As a director, his recent work includes the mass media sensation, Tonya & Nancy: The Opera at the Zero Arrow Theatre as well as various portions of Susan-Lori Parks 365 Days/365 Plays project. Meron has been published as a playwright, scholar, poet, and journalist. He is currently teaching stage combat at Tufts and Theatre History at Emerson. He holds in MA in Performance Studies from NYU/Tisch and an MFA in Playwrighting from Brandeis. He is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Drama at Tufts.

Judith Lindstedt (Workshop Leader) is a producer, choreographer, and digital filmmaker. She has directed and choreographed Oklahoma, Brigadoon, Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well..., Carousel, and Anything Goes. She has written and directed Entertaining The Troops! for the AmeriCulture Arts Festival. She is a member of Actors' Equity Association and performed in productions of Guys and Dolls and Milk and Honey, and danced at the Casino Ruhl in Nice, the Sporting Club in Monte Carlo, the Casino du Liban, and Meadowbrook Theater in New Jersey. She is producer/editor of a weekly cablecast program dedicated to the promotion of theater arts and artists, and freelances as a camerawoman, video editor, and producer. She is the co-producer, director, and choreographer of the dream vision dance film, A Mighty Fortress, a journey through dance into the world of Amish stoic faith and forgiveness.

Harry McEnerny (Directory Mentor)

Orestes Mihaly (Workshop Leader) who, aside from PRG’s founders, has the distinction of being with PRG longer than any other employee, and has witnessed first hand the company’s tremendous growth in the entertainment technology industry. As General Manager of Scenic Technologies in New Windsor, NY, Orestes has been tapped to keep this facility on the cutting edge of live entertainment, scenic fabrication and mechanization. During his 20 year tenure he has managed to run the gauntlet of positions available at Scenic Technologies. His focus over the past 3 years has been to develop a strong internship program for students all over the country and expose them to all aspects of a commercial scene shop, as well as a backstage pass to the PRG lighting, audio, scenic and video aspects of NYC Broadway shows.

****Tom Miller (Workshop Leader) prior to joining the staff of Actors' Equity Association, was an Actor for over 25 years, performing in National Tours, Regional Theatre, Off Broadway and throughout Europe. He served on the National Council of Actors' Equity Association for over a decade. Tom is a graduate of Indiana University.

Lois A. Kagan Mingus (Workshop Leader; Irene Ryan Judge; Production Respondent), a member of The Living Theatre since 1988, has appeared in dozens of productions with the company in New York, Europe and Latin America, also performing regularly with Dadanewyork and The Wycherly Systers. She is Co-Founder of The Living Theatre Workshops and Action Racket Theatre and recently spoke at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Minnesota about using theatre as a tool for social change. Lois is listed in Who’s Who in Entertainment in America.

Kaia Monroe (Workshop Leader) is a first-year professor at Southern Connecticut State University. She is an actor/singer/dancer with many regional credits, including the Geva Theatre, the Fulton Opera House, Missouri Rep, Weston Playhouse, and the Kennedy Center, as well as national tours of Swingtime Canteen, and Joseph. Her solo singing can be heard on the CD "Sacred Harp" with the New York-based folk music ensemble, Ephraim's Harp. As an academic, Kaia specializes in voice and movement, period and

styles, musical theatre, and also directs and choreographs. Previously she taught at The School for Film and Television in NYC, and Cornell College. Kaia holds an MFA in acting from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, is a certified yoga instructor, and has done post-graduate study at the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre.

Bill Mootos (Workshop Leader) is a professional actor based in Boston and New York, now serving his second term as the President of the Boston Branch of SAG. He is also a member of Boston's AEA Liaison Committee and a Board Member of StageSource, the Alliance of Theatre Artists and Producers. His theatrical credits include productions with the Huntington Theatre Company, the Publick Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Company, North Shore Music Theatre, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Boston Theatre Works, Foothills Theatre, Gloucester Stage Company, and many others. His film credits include “Hard Luck,” “Easy Listening,” and “Something Sweet.”

Kelly Morgan (Region I Chair; Regional Selection Team) former Artistic Director/Founder of the Mint Theater in NYC and The American Deaf Play Creators Festival and Artistic Associate at The Riverside Shakespeare Company in NYC and performed at the New York Shakespeare Festival, Cleveland Playhouse, Syracuse Stage. Directed at Steppenwolf Theater, Cleveland Play House, Yale Repertory, Lost Tribe Theater. He served as Chair of Theater at National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Theater Department at Case Western Reserve University, and on Princeton University faculty. He received the National Endowed Chair of Excellence in the Arts, Massachusetts Commonwealth Commendation and Kennedy Center Faculty Directing Fellowship.

Jim Murphy (Region I Co-Vice-Chair; Respondent Chair; Irene Ryan Co-Chair; Regional Selection Team) is a faculty member at Northern Essex Community College. He and his wife, Susan Sanders, are the theatre department at NECC and have collaborated as director and designer on many productions, both at NECC and professionally. Jim is a past recipient of a faculty fellowship in directing at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, and a recipient of a Kennedy Center Medallion. Jim is currently a board member of ATHE representing two year college programs. Recent directing projects credits include productions of The Triangle Factory Fire Project, Chapter Two, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Pirates of Penzance, All My Sons, The Tempest and Art.

Jennifer Ouellette (Irene Ryan Coordinator) has been coordinating the Irene Ryan Scholarship Auditions for the past five years. She holds two degrees in theatre, an Associate of Arts from Virginia Intermont College (1980) and B.F.A. from Central Connecticut State University (2000). Post CCSU, she studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford, England (President’s Class). Jennifer has been focusing her work on teaching and directing theatre for children for the past six years and is a successful makeup artist for theatre, as well as video/film. In addition, she is an accomplished (award-winning) stage actress.

Jodi Ozimek (Workshop Leader) is an Assistant Professor of Costume Design at Michigan State University. Regional credits include: Art (Williamston Theatre), Two Rooms and Lobby Hero (Portland Stage Company), West Side Story and South Pacific (Maine State Music Theatre), Gypsy (Texas Star Theatre), Deathtrap (Lewiston Public Theatre), Driving Miss Daisy and Enchanted April (The Good Theatre). Select educational designs include an original play Arts or Crafts (Michigan State University), Urinetown, Servant of Two Masters, Equus, The Magic Flute, Six Characters in Search of an Author, The Laramie Project, Shakuntala, Company and Blood Brothers (University of Southern Maine). Jodi received her B.A. in Theatre from Michigan State University and her M.F.A. in Costume Design from Purdue University.

David Lee Painter (National Selection Team; Workshop Leader) is Professor of Theatre, Chair of the Department of Theatre and Film at the University of Idaho, outgoing Chair of Region VII, past national Chair of Chairs of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, national Member at Large, and proud member of the 2008 National Selection team. This past year he directed Brilliant Traces, Oklahoma! and A Midsummer Nigh’s Dream for the UI and is likely the most fortunate person in the world-getting to work with such fabulous friends, colleagues and the hardest working students ever. David earned an MFA in directing from Illinois State University, and has worked professionally at the Idaho and Illinois Shakespeare Festivals, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Idaho Theatre for Youth, and The American Stage Company in St. Petersburg Florida, among others. His production of Moby Dick represented North America at the 1996 ASSITEJ World Congress in Rostov on Don Russia. He shares his wonderful life with his darling wife Nancy, four furry critters and two magical daughters Allix & Molli, who have stepped into the night in pursuit of that flighty temptress, adventure, both studying English, at UI and The College of Idaho.

Sylvia Hillyard Pannell (Workshop Leader) is professor of drama, emeritus, University of Georgia and President and Fellow of USITT. A costume designer and educator for over three decades, her experiences include designing for both film and stage. Holding the MFA from Florida State University, teaching appointments include Missouri State University, the University of New Orleans and Tulane University and studies abroad programs, UNO-Innsbruck and UGA-Cortona.

Elinor Parker (Region I Design and Technology 3rd Co-Vice-Chair Designate; Workshop Leader) is an assistant professor at Westfield State College. While teaching at WSC, she has designed costumes, lighting, and scenery for the WSC Theatre Arts Program. Before joining WSC in 2004, she worked as a freelance designer across the midwest and east coast, designing costumes for shows like Camelot, Steel Magnolias, Anything Goes, and Othello. She comes from a fine arts background, earning her BFA from The Cooper Union School of Art in NYC, before going on to earn her MFA in Scenography from the University of Kansas.

Daniel Patterson (Region I Critics Workshop Chair; Regional Selection Team) Director/Prof. Patterson has directed at Keene State College in New Hampshire since 1978. His productions of Terra Nova, The Servant of Two Masters and Next Time by Fire were performed at the Region I KCACTF in years past. He received his training at the University of Texas at Austin. He was also one of the co-founders of the THEATREWORKS company at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs which is recognized for it’s “Playwright’s Forum" and the THEATREWORKS Shakespeare Festival. He has acted in numerous Shakespeare companies around the country and is proud to count fourteen of the Bards' works in his repertoire.

Austin Pendleton (Irene Ryan Semi-finals Judge and Respondent; Staged Reading and Q&A) is a gifted actor, director, and writer who has worked in film, television, and theatre. He recently appeared at the New York Shakespeare Festival in Mother Courage with Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline and as the Friar in Romeo & Juliet. Mr. Pendleton is an alumnus of Yale University and was nominated for a Tony Award as Best Director for his 1981 production of Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes with Elizabeth Taylor. He is associated with the Williamstown Festival Theatre, the Steppenwolf Theatre Ensemble, and is a Professor at the HB Acting studio in New York. He has written, directed and acted for the theatre and has appeared in over a 100 films and television shows. He made his off-Broadway debut in 1962 in Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad. Films have brought Pendleton great acclaim as a busy supporting player including Ryan O'Neal's prissy boss in Peter Bogdanovich's What's Up,

Doc? (1972). He was an endearing henchman in The Muppet Movie (1979) and played Shirley MacLaine's duplicitous chauffeur in Guarding Tess (1994). He had small but memorable roles in James Ivory's Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (1990) and as a bumbling public defender in My Cousin Vinny (1992). The still-busy actor appeared as Holly Hunter's boss in Jodie Foster's Home for the Holidays (1995); played a philandering psychiatrist in Two Much (1996) and was featured in Barbra Streisand's The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996). He has written such engaging plays as Uncle Bob, Booth’s Back In Town and In Orson’s Shadow.

Josh Perlstein (CT State Chair) is associate professor of Theatre at CCSU where he has taught for the last 15 years. He has an MFA from the University of Massachusetts in Directing and acted and directed in the Boston area in the 1980's. His productions of Keely and Du in 2002 and Lebensraum in 2003 were regional finalists for KCACTF. Josh most recently appeared as Oberon in Boston in Theatre Omnibus’ A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by Jack Cory.

James Walter Price (Workshop Leader; Irene Ryan Prelim Judge; Production Respondent) has performed on and off Broadway for 20 years. Some credits include: Broadway: Ring of Fire, The Civil War; Tours: Les Miserables (1st National tour, International tour); Other credits: Bat Boy (original NY cast), bare:a pop opera (original NY cast), Saving Aimee, Seamarks, Fire on the Mountain, Stand by Your Man (Goodspeed). Jim is a 2007 Lark Playwright’s Workshop Fellow, a member of the Actors Studio Playwrights and Directors Workshop, and a proud member of the Dramatists Guild. He has written two plays, Collision Course and Colony Collapse, one musical, Patience, and is currently collaborating with James Hindman (Pete ‘n’ Keely) on a new musical titled, Cold Feet. He has a degree in economics from the University of Michigan and trained as an actor at The American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco.

T. Altricia Pruitt (Irene Ryan Respondent) Ms. Pruitt’s theater experience has ranged from community to professional work with appearances in KY, IN, TN, NC, and MA. She has received recognition from her peers for work in Man of La Mancha and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Nashville, TN) and has appeared as guest artist in Steel Magnolias (Ouiser) at the AmeriCulture Art Festival (MA) and The Woman in Black, premiere production of the “Second Stage” series, Green Room Community Theater (Newton, NC). Her most recent work has been at the Renaissance Center [TN] as “Grizabella” in Cats.

Brandt Reiter (Directing Mentor) Brandt Reiter is an actor, director, playwright, journalist and teacher. He has worked on stage and in film and television in New York and Los Angeles, and was jazz critic at the LA Weekly in Los Angeles from 2000-2004. Currently he teaches Dramatic Literature at the University of New Haven and Rhetoric and Composition at Bronx Community College. MFA Directing, Sarah Lawrence College; BA American Studies, Temple University; Cerificate, Film Theory and Criticism, Sorbonne, Paris.

Patricia Riggin (Region I Co-Vice-Chair; Regional Selection Team) served on the National Selection Team for KCACTF during the winter of 2006. She has also served Region I as NPP Chair, selection team member, and respondent. At Boston College, Patricia teaches acting and voice and has directed An Experiment With An Air Pump, Credible Witness (New England premiere), Necessary Targets, and Hope. Patricia has also taught at Emerson College, University of Maine, Hunter College (CUNY), and St. Lawrence University. She has directed over fifty productions for such companies as Boston Playwrights Theatre, Maine Shakespeare Festival, Portland Stage, and Contemporary Theatre of Syracuse. While living in New York City, she staged numerous

new works by women playwrights. Patricia is a member of Actors' Equity and has trained with numerous renowned acting teachers including William Esper (Meisner technique). She is also a designated Linklater voice teacher.

Bruce J. Robinson (Workshop Leader) writes mainly for theatre and television. The first of many productions of the play, Byrd’s Boy opened at Primary Stages, co-produced by Jeffrey Ash and starring David McCallum and Myra Lucretia Taylor. Another Vermeer was instrumental in his winning the Berrilla Kerr Award and was a finalist at the O’Neill. A workshop production starring Austin Pendleton was presented at HB Playwrights. Austin will reprise the lead at the Abingdon Theatre this spring under Kelly Morgan’s direction. Simultaneously, it will be presented in LA by Theatre 40. Among theatres that have done readings and productions of his work are Ensemble Studio, Westbeth, Denver Center, and the John Houseman. Among the many TV shows for which he’s written are Gary Goldberg’s “Brooklyn Bridge” and Glenn Caron’s “Showroom.” In what seems another life, Bruce was a performer. He was seen in such otherwise reputable places as the Manhattan Theatre Company, Goodspeed, and the Orpheum.

F. Chase Rozelle (Region I Design and Technical Vice-Chair Designate; Tech Olympics Coordinator) is a member of the performing arts department faculty at Eastern Connecticut State University. He is also the Technical Director of the Harry Hope Theatre. His professional experiences include engineering scenery for Broadway, Off Broadway, regional theatres, and international trade shows as well as world wide, national, and local television.

William Schill (Workshop Leader; Irene Ryan Semi-Finals Judge and Respondent) has a professional career that spans over three decades, in every facet of show business. He heads a New York City management firm and has had clients in numerous Broadway and road-show productions, providing talent for motion picture and daytime television dramas including “All My Children,” “Guiding Light,” and “One Life to Live.” He has toured with singers ranging from Frank Sinatra to John Denver and for several years, he served as Stage Manager for the incomparable Lena Horne. He is a faculty member and adjudicator for The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, has served on the Board of the National Association of Talent Representatives, Inc., the Casting Director for The Abingdon Theatre Company in NYC and is currently on the Board of the Black Bear Film Festival in Milford, PA.

Tina Shackelford (Design Respondent; Stage Management Fellowship Judge) teaches stage management at the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. Her professional credits include work with La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Group Theatre, Saint Michael’s Playhouse, Zachary Scott Theatre Center, Actors Theatre of Louisville, and the Dallas Theater Center, as well as collaborations with Theatre de la Jeune Lune and the Latino comedy group Culture Clash. Tina served as Production Stage Manager for Iowa Summer Repertory and the Illinois Shakespeare Festival and worked on the films Graduation and Love and Bones. Directing credits include work with the Iowa Playwrights Festival and the David Mark Cohen New Works Festival. She holds an MFA from the University of California-San Diego.

Brenda Shepard (Workshop Leader) is a Systems Integrator with Barbizon Light of New England and for the past 10 years Brenda has been developing and integrating Lighting and Rigging Systems. She has a Masters Degree from Boston University in Broadcast Production and almost 20 years of experience in production. Brenda’s projects include Jordan’s Furniture IMAX Theatre and Jordan’s Furniture Beantown, The Boston Opera House, The Fine Arts Center Concert Hall and Rand Theater at the university of MA/Amherst, Emerson College Tufts Performance and Production Center and the Cutler

Majestic Theatre. Further, the projects range in facility type from Architectural to Broadcast to Theatrical to Worship. In addition to her work at Barbizon, Brenda also serves as President of I.A.T.S.E. Local 232 as well as being an active stagehand.

David C. (Kip) Shwager, Jr., (National Selection Team) is the KCACTF National Chair of Design and Technology. A native of New Jersey who received a B.S. degree in Drama from Nebraska Wesleyan University and a M.A. degree in Design from Bradley University, he is an award winning designer with over 300 design credits and 35 years experience in education, community, professional theatre, television and film. Currently he is Associate Chair and Head of Design, Department of Theatre and Dance at Ball State University. He emphasizes a strong commitment to KCACTF of which he is an active member. Professionally, his credits include scenery for the Actor’s Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco with the late William Ball, American Entertainment Productions, Carnival Cruise Lines (out of both Los Angles and Miami), and PBS Television series The Adventures Of Elmer And Friends. In 1990, he designed the award winning Off-Broadway New York production of Pelleas And Melisande at the Schapiro Theatre directed by Maggie Mancinelli. A recipient of exhibition and purchase awards such as the Prague Quadrennial and United States Institute for Theatre Technology Biennial Showcases, Kip has been cited for excellence by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Indiana Arts Commission. In 1984, he received Ball State University’s Outstanding Creative Endeavor Award. He has also been published in “Theatre Crafts Magazine,” “TCI,” and other leading theatrical journals as well as the educational videos “Where Do I Start?” and “How Do I Paint It?,” which are produced by Design Video Communications, Indianapolis and New York. Active with USITT and OISTAT, his design students have successfully participated in KCACTF Region III and National Festivals, attended major universities, and gained employment in academic and professional theatres, film, and television.

Celia Slattery (Workshop Leader) is a singer, actor and teacher who has taught in the state college system as well as in her private studio. She is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, specializing in vocal technique for contemporary commercial music and in performance coaching. Celia has toured a one-woman folk/rock cabaret show, Moving Target, in colleges, theaters and festivals. Her debut CD, Movin’ On, was released in 2001 and she is working on a second to be released in 2008. For more information, see www.celiaslattery.com

Kate Snodgrass (Workshop Leader) is the Artistic Director of both the Elliot Norton Award-winning Boston Theater Marathon and of Boston Playwrights' Theatre. The author of the Actors’ Theatre of Louisville’s Heideman Award-winning play Haiku, her plays have been translated and performed all over the world. She is the winner of two IRNE (Independent Reviewers of New England) Awards for Best New Play--Observatory and The Glider, the latter nominated for the American Theatre Critics Assn.’s Steinberg Award. As an actor, Kate studied at the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art and in NYC. She lectures in playwrighting in the BU Graduate School and is a member of A.E.A., A.F.T.R.A., and the Dramatists' Guild. Boston's StageSource awarded her their "Theatre Hero" Award in 2001. Kate is the National Chair of Playwrighting with KCACTF.

Dona Sommers (Workshop Leader) is the Executive Director of the Boston office for American Federation of Television Artists (AFTRA) and Screen Actors Guild (SAG) – a position she has held for the past sixteen years. Prior to joining AFTRA/SAG, Dona served for five years as the Executive Director of StageSource, the Alliance of Theatre Artists and Producers. She also has an extensive background in theatre and film production having worked as an Equity stage manager and company manager for many theatres throughout New England (including the Charles Playhouse and Gloucester Stage

Company), and as a production manager for Boston-based film companies producing educational, documentary, and dramatic programs for distribution and broadcast on PBS.

Steve Stettler (Student Director Fellowship Judge; Stage Management Fellowship Judge; Production Respondent) is Resident Producing Director of the Weston Playhouse, Vermont's oldest professional theatre, where his directing credits include Proof, Adam Guettel's Floyd Collins (Moss Hart Award for Best Production in New England) and New England tours of Dancing At Lughnasa, Master Class, David Copperfield and Metamorphoses. He has directed in New York, regionally on both coasts and internationally. A former Artistic Director of the Obie Award winning TNT/The New Theatre of Brooklyn and a longtime instructor of acting for the O'Neill Theater Center's National Theater Institute, he serves as a site reporter for the National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts.

Bridget Sullivan (Workshop Leader) serves as Associate Production Manager at North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly MA, a position she has held since June 2005. NSMT is in-the-round, producing high quality musicals, celebrity concerts and children’s shows utilizing their onsite production shops and staff artisans. In addition to production managing all celebrity concerts and children’s shows, Bridget hires NSMT’s Production Department Interns. Some previous professional credits include managing productions, props and projects for companies such as Barbizon, City Theatre (Pittsburgh), Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre, Goodspeed, the Santa Fe Opera. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Theatre Arts at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College in Lynchburg, Virginia, and is a native of Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Linda Murphy Sutherland (Hospitality, RI State Chair; Regional Selection Committee) is Associate Director of Academic Programs at Emerson College, a member of Trinity Repertory Company's Team Talkback and a free-lance Director/Teaching Artist. She is on faculty at Boston University's Metropolitan College of Arts Administration and has taught and directed in the Theatre Departments at Emerson College, Bridgewater State College, the University of Rhode Island, the Community College of Rhode Island and the University of Connecticut. Linda was Associate Director of Education at the Huntington Theatre Company, Past President of the Board of Directors of the New England Theatre Conference (NETC) and is a member of NETC's College of Fellows.

Luke Sutherland (Hospitality, Region I Design and Technology 2nd Co-Vice-Chair Designate) is Technical Director/Scenic Designer at the Community College of Rhode Island. As a Set Dresser for IATSE Local 52 in NYC, his work can be seen in a number of films, and in episodes of Law and Order SVU. Luke's Opera and Theatre credits include the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, SC, Virginia Opera, La Jolla Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse and Trinity Repertory Company. He was a Board member for the New England Theatre Conference, co-chaired the NETC 2003 Convention and chaired the Educator of the Year Award Committee. Luke is a member of USITT, teaches Stagecraft at Rhode Island College and received Motif Magazine's 2006 Award for Best Scenic Design for Blithe Sprit at the University of Rhode Island.

Ben Tevelow (Workshop Leader) is a NYC-based lighting designer and associate partner at Thematics LLC. He has designed for a great range of reputable theater companies: Flea, Kitchen, Bryant Park, HB Studios and many more. For Thematics he has worked extremely hard to support LIGHTBOX, a patent-pending Method of Model Lighting system displayed here at KCACTF and at www.thematics.net, accessible to student and young freelance designers. As the lead designer on LIGHTBOX's Table top Portfolio Series, Ben created a product which, for the first time, enables individual designers to benefit from the LIGHTBOX technology. This year's workshops will feature our soft lighting console,

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Adrienne Thompson (National Selection Team) currently teaches at NYU’s Rita and Burton Department of Dramatic Writing (DDW), Tisch School of the Arts. She currently teaches the Steinberg Playwrighting Workshop designed to support student playwrights in the development of their plays. Also at the DDW she produces and directs student play and screenplay readings and productions. In Region II as the NPP Chair she created the SSDC Scholarship student directing program. Last summer she worked with David White and Mark Charney at the WordBRIDGE Playwrights’ Laboratory as an actress and director. She has also acted in developmental readings at the William Inge Festival. As a professional actress she worked at, among others, the Guthrie, Denver Center, ACT, Public Theatre, EST, Arizona Theatre Co. Favorite roles include Ophelia, Lady Macbeth, Miranda, Leah Harelick (originated), and many roles by Romulus Linney including Komachi (originated) and Cora. She is a founding member of the Signature Theatre Co., NYC. Adrienne holds an MFA in acting from ACT, San Francisco and has taught at Hofstra University and Suffolk County Community College.

Crystal Tiala (Region I Design and Technology Chair; Tech Expo Director) is an Associate Professor at Boston College. Her credits include scene designs for regional theaters throughout the East coast of the U.S. and overseas in Rybinsk, Russia. She was the ‘lead construction’ on the films Lincoln, Pet Semetary and Heart of Dixie. Crystal is currently the Chair of the United States Institute of Theater Technology/New England Section and is a member of the United Scenic Artists local 829 union. She has a BA in Interior Design from the University of Mississippi and a Master of Fine Arts in Scene Design from the University of Connecticut.

James Valcq (Workshop Leader) Off-Broadway: composer of The Spitfire Grill with collaborator Fred Alley (Playwrights Horizons) which won the 2001 Richard Rodgers Production Award and received Best Musical nominations from the Outer Critics Circle and Drama League as well as two Drama Desk nominations. (Cast album: Triangle Road Records). Also Off-Broadway: Zombies From The Beyond, which opened to critical acclaim in 1995 (Cast album: Original Cast Records). Other NYC: Fallout Follies at the York Theatre, Songs I Never Sang For My Father at the Village Theatre, and The Last Leaf, a collaboration with Tony-nominee Mary Bracken Phillips. Regional: Love's Labours Lost at the Idaho Shakespeare Festival and Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Twelfth Night at Door Shakespeare, an adaptation of the classic children's book The Pancake King commissioned by Milwaukee's Next Act Theatre, and The Passage (another collaboration with Fred Alley) at the American Folklore Theatre in Wisconsin. Alum of NYU's Musical Theatre Program. Broadway credits as conductor and/or pianist: Chicago, Flower Drum Song, Scarlet Pimpernel, and Cabaret.

Mary Vreeland (Irene Ryan Preliminary Judge) is an award-winning stage & television actor who has taught courses, led workshops and conducted seminars across the country. She served as head of acting in the Cultural and Creative Studies Department at Rochester Institute of Technology. She also taught master classes at over 50 colleges and universities. She has received numerous accolades including a Helen Hays Award; a Los Angeles Media Access Award; and the Loreen Arbus Award from the Los Angeles Women in Film Foundation for Outstanding Performance. She holds an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Denise Wilbanks (Production Respondent; Irene Ryan Semi-Finals Judge and Respondent) is an actress, writer and musician. She has performed in numerous theater, television, and film projects, concerts and commercial campaigns. Her past work has been selected and honored at the Cannes International Film Festival and the Hampton’s International Film Festival. Her current projects include developing and performing the solo show The Secret Life of Bees directed by Wynn Handman of the American Place Theatre and endorsed by the best-selling author, Sue Monk Kidd, developing a new adaptation and production of Ibsen’s The Master Builder with Austin Pendleton, Romulus Linney and Kelly Morgan and writing a book with Wynn Handman documenting his approach to creating and bringing a performance from the page to the stage.

RESPONDENTS

This festival could not happen without our volunteers respondents who go to the productions in our regions and provide feedback. You are invited to become a respondent. Attend the How To Become a Respondent workshop on Wednesday-Saturday, January 30-February 2, 1:30-3:00 in Skyclass on the 7th Floor of FourPoints Sheraton, lead by PeggyRae Johnson and Wil Kilroy.

Thank you to these 2007 respondents.

Tatsuya AoyagiAynne AmesCelena Sky AprilJim BeauregardSharon BernardBob BolesLaura Chakravarty BoxCrystal BrianMichael BurnsBill CunninghamScott GagnonDavid Allen GeorgeTom GleadowSandra HardyPatricia HawkridgeArthur HillCathy HurstPeggyRae JohnsonRebekah JonesKathleen KaticDavid Kaye

Wil KilroyJustin McCoubryRichard McElvainHarry McEnernyKelly MorganJim MurphySusan PalmerDan PattersonJosh PerlsteinCathy PlourdePatricia RigginSusan SandersMyron SchmidtAnn Marie SheaKathleen SillsSteve StettlerNancy StoneRobin StoneLinda Murphy SutherlandLuke SutherlandDana Yeaton

These are the shows responded to in Spring and Fall, 2007.

Bates CollegeFive Cups of Coffee

Boston CollegeNew Voices: Custody War & Circles in the SandMetamorphosesStage Door

Boston UniversityLost Tempo, The Devil’s Teacup, Set in SandWelcome to Bethlehem, Indef. Herit., 6th St. Bakery, OrchardThe Devil’s TeacupSow and WeepOnce upon a Time

Bridgewater State CollegeOur TownTil We Have Faces, A Day WithoutRevenge of the Space Pandas, McBurgey’s

King of HeartsMeasure for Measure

Bristol Community CollegeMarat/SadeMeasure for Measure

Brown UniversityElsewards

Castleton State CollegeTwelfth NightLost in YonkersBig Love

Central Connecticut State UniversityInto the WoodsHouse of Blue LeavesThe Grapes of WrathSuicide King and One Eyed JacksNine Parts of Desire

Colby CollegeOn the Verge, or the Geography of YearningLife is a Dream

Community College of Rhode IslandSolitaire and the Actor’s Nightmare (two one-act plays)

Dean CollegeWhile the Lights Were OutThoroughly Modern MillieSly Fox

Eastern Connecticut State UniversityOndineOn the Razzle

Emerson CollegeTop GirlsBat Boy: The Musical

Emmanuel CollegeCompanyDracula

Fitchburg State CollegeLysistrataVelvet SkyPurple BreastsPullman Car Hiawatha

Franklin Pierce CollegePippin

Holyoke Community CollegeGlengarry Glen Ross

Johnson State CollegeBig Love

Keene State CollegeAgamemnonElectraThe Rimer’s of EldritchStarting Here, Starting Now MUSICAL

Merrimack CollegeLend Me a Tenor

Middlebury CollegeThe Five Hysterical Girls TheoremCabaretThe Heidi ChroniclesLion in the Streets

North Essex Community CollegeThe Triangle Factory Fire ProjectStudent Directed/Short Play FestivalA Midsummer Night’s Dream

Quinnipiac UniversityGathering ShellsQuiltersKing StagBerlin (A Musical)

Rhode Island College12 Angry WomenAmerican DreamDamn YankeesYou Can’t Take It With YouOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s NestNever the Sinner

Roger Williams UniversityHay Fever

Saint Michael’s CollegeThe Importance of Being EarnestGodspellThe Laramie ProjectThe Summoning of the Flamingo of Love

Salem State CollegeFahrenheit 451What the Butler SawCompany

A Doll’s HouseTwelve Angry JurorsAntigone

Salve Regina UniversityCabaretAn Evening of Contemporary One Act PlaysMacbeth

Southern Connecticut State UniversitySaturday, Sunday, MondayStudent Directed One Act PlaysA Piece of My HeartEvening of One Acts AEvening of One Acts B

Stonehill CollegeFrankenstein Virtuoso

University of Maine at MachiasAnother Antigone

University of Maine, OronoBat Boy: The MusicalBetty’s Summer VacationHedda Gabler

University of Massachusetts, BostonThe WitlingsLiving OutPlay Strindberg

University of New HampshireAll Shook UpMidwives

University of New HavenMerton of the MoviesColumbinusDearly Departed

University of Rhode IslandBuried ChildPride and PrejudiceStuff HappensSome GirlsLittle Women, the Musical

University of Southern Maine, GorhamHuman at Heart & Heavenly? MatchUrinetown: the MusicalBeyond TherapyThe MandrakeProof

The Tempest2 One Acts: Lot’s Wife and Desert Girl Pray for Rain

Wellelsey CollegePygmalion

Westfield State CollegeWintertimeDanton’s Death

Western Connecticut State UniversityThe Cherry Orchard

Wheaton CollegeA Chorus Line

Worcester State CollegeThe Beauty InsideUnder Milk Wood

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