Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival 42 Region III Report Kerro Knox, Co-Chair Ansley Valentine, Co-Chair
Date: January 5-9, 2010 Site: Saginaw, MI Hosts: Saginaw Valley State University Site Coordinator: Ric Roberts, Kelly Helmrich
Region III by the Numbers Total Festival Registrants 1407 (down from 1533) Students 1,115 Faculty 185 VIPs 58 Parents 9 Volunteers 40 (from host school) Total Entered Productions in 2009 240 (down from 278) Associate Entries 211(down from 231) Participating Entries 29 (down from 47)
Regional Invited Productions
Censored on Final Approach, Marquette University Courtship and Valentine's Day, University of Evansville Honest, Carthage College Ionesco One Acts, Michigan Technical University Good Death, Western Michigan University Journeys: Drowning/Box Office, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale True West, University of Southern Indiana Just Kidding, Kalamazoo College
Playwriting Program
A. 10 minute plays submitted for festival: 38 from 14 schools (’08: 66 from 17): Hanover College Albion College IUPU-Fort Wayne Western Michigan University Hope College Southern Illinois University- Hillsdale College Carbondale Knox College University of Wisconsin- Kalamazoo College Whitewater Goshen College Illinois State University Indiana State University Michigan State University Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
B. One-act plays submitted for festival: 30 from 13 schools (’08: 38 from 18): University of Evansville Albion College University of Wisconsin-River Falls University of Wisconsin- Whitewater Kalamazoo College Ball State University Oakland University Illinois State University Western Michigan University Southern Illinois University- Carbondale Ball State University Goshen College Hillsdale College
C. Full-length plays submitted for festival: 15 from 11 schools (’08: 38 from 11): Western Michigan University School of the Art Institute of Chicago Illinois State University Southern Illinios University- Carbondale Kalamazoo College Hanover College Oakland University Kalamazoo College Albion College University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Miami University
D. Associate Entries in 2009: 8 (8 in ’08): Crystal Beach (Central Michigan University) Gate Keeper (De Paul University) Digging Hill (Hanover College) Writer’s Block (Albion College) Jonesin’ (University of Michigan) One Acts Festival (Kalamazoo College) Writer 1272 (Aquinas College) Confessions of the Chaff (St. Mary’s College)
E. Participating Entries in 2009 in Chronological Order: 7 (8 in ’08): Journeys (Southern Illinois University-Carbondale) One Acts (Adrian College) Honest (Carthage College) Working Week (Southern Illinois University-Carbondale) Pinocchio (Bradley University) Whammy: 7 Secrets to a Sane Self (SIU-Edwardsville) Good Death (Western Michigan University)
2010 Region III Festival NPP Respondents: Martin Kettling, O’Neill Theatre Center, New York and CT; Ray Paolino, Region 4 NPP Chair
10 minute Play Readers: NPP folks from Region VI: Ray Paolino, Chair, and David Moberg, Vice- chair)
They chose the following for our festival: "Our Special Guest" – Jon Becraft (Hanover College) "Any Requests" – Jesse Cannady (Illinois State University) "Flash" – Benjamin Fulk (Indiana State University) "No Time Like the Present" – Nathaniel Hults (Knox College) "Rondo Robato" – Jason Lenz (Western Michigan University) "Derby Debris" – Kris Peterson (Western Michigan University)
One-Act and Full-length Readers: NPP folks from Region VI: Ray Paolino, Chair, and David Moberg, Vice-chair)
They chose the following one-acts for our festival: "Dead Hours" – John Baxa (Kalamazoo College) "Falling Kind" – Alyssa Johnson (Illinois State University) "Delilah" – Patrick Maxwell (Goshen College) "Handicapping" – James Miranda (Western Michigan University) "Death at Jefferson" – Ryan Prendergast (Ball St. University) "The Speed of Falling Objects" – Bill Zorn (Western Michigan University)
They chose the following full-length play(s) to be read at our festival: “Cemetery Row” by Karen Wurl, Western Michigan University
Region III 2010 National Awards: G. William Zorn, Metropolis Has No Superman, Mark Twain Award for Comic Playwriting
Design & Technology
Total Number of Entries: 260 Barbizon Scenery: 21 Barbizon Costume: 26 Barbizon Lighting: 22 Alcone Makeup: 4 KCACTF Sound: 14 Regional Scenery: 23 Regional Costume: 29 Regional Lighting: 4 Regional Makeup: 1 Regional Sound: 7 Regional Props: 9 Regional Tech/Crafts: 5 Stage Management: 33 Design Storm: 48 Faculty Expo: 14
Costume Parade: 7 schools – 17 costumes (not counted in total entries) Tech Olympics: 12 teams of 2 – 75 spectators (not counted in total entries)
Design Respondents: Geoffrey Eroe, Phoenix College, Phoenix, AZ Patricia Martin, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR Steve Shelley, freelance Lighting Designer, New York City, NY Don Tindall, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
Stage Mgmt. Respondents: Melissa L. Wanke, First Stage Children’s Theatre, Milwaukee, WI Adrienne Wohleen, Paradigm Shift Worldwide, Phoenix, AZ
SPAM Respondent: Wayne W. Smith, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Special Technical Guest: Bill Sapsis, Sapsis Rigging, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
Other Initiatives Overview
Irene Ryan Auditionees 297 (up from 312) Dramaturgy Participants 9 (same as 2009) National Critics Institute Participants 11 (down from 12) SDC Fellowship Participants 6 (up from 1)
Workshops & Special Events
Design & Technology Workshops 22 Performance Workshops 36 Other Workshops (non-NPP, non-D&T, non- Perf) 5
New Guests to KCACTF Clarence Gilyard, star of Walker, Texas Ranger Nick Roesler, O’Neill Center Raymond Fox, Lookingglass Theatre Jonathan Flom, Shenandoah Conservatory James Peck, Dell’Arte ISPT Anne Fogarty, Lookingglass Theatre Tom Miller, Actors’ Equity Kate Ayers, freelance director/actor Evan Yionoulis, Yale Rep Judith Ly, freelance director, New York Wesley Broulik, Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, New York Michael Blatt, actor, New York Janet Martineau, retired critic of the Saginaw News