National Selection Team 10 Medallion Recipient 12 Faculty Awards 12 Invited Festival Productions 13 Special Events & Showcases 13 Festival Special Activities 14 David Mark Cohen Finalists 16 Dramaturgy Participants 16 National Critics Institute 16 One-Act Plays 17 Showcase of Invited Scenes 17 Faculty Directing Showcase 17 SDC 17 Ten-Minute Plays 18 Costume Parade Entries 18 Festival Schedule 19 Design Tech Intensives 31 Workshop Descriptions 33 Who’s Who (Bios) 45 Student Playwrights 61 Student Directors 61 Student Designers 62

Irene Ryan Nominees 67 Maps 71 Bus Schedule & Parking Info 74

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The goals of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival are to: • encourage, recognize, and celebrate the finest and most diverse work produced in university and college theater programs; • provide opportunities for participants to develop their theater skills and insight; and achieve professionalism; • improve the quality of college and university theater in America; • encourage colleges and universities to give distinguished productions of new plays, especially those written by students; the classics, revitalized or newly conceived; and experimental works.

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

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

KCACTF REGION V STRATEGIC GOALS

As a means to both support the mission statement of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival national organization and to move Region V to an even higher level of excellence, the Regional Executive Committee commits to the following strategic goals.

. Promote dynamic festival programming, while responsibly maintaining fiscal vigor. . Ensure quality production responses that are consistent, sensitive, thoughtful, and informative. . Promote institutional, gender, and racial diversity in the regional festival through personnel and programming. . Maximize accessibility to information in order to: o maintain organizational transparency. o increase active participation. o ensure greater student awareness of festival opportunities. . Grow the number and effectiveness of opportunities for student participation in festival activities.

KCACTF will provide reasonable accommodation for participants with disabilities. Contact Anne Byrd, Region V Chair for more information.

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FESTIVAL CREDITS

NATIONAL KCACTF LEADERSHIP

National Chair – Harry Parker, Texas Christian University National Vice Chair – Rebecca Hilliker, University of Wyoming Member at Large – Steve Reynolds, Wittenburg University Member at Large – David Lee Painter, University of Idaho Member at Large – Debra Bergsma Otte, Long Island University Immediate Past National Chair and ATHE Liaison – Mark Kuntz, Western Washington University National Chair, Design and Technologies – Karen Anselm, Bloomsburg University National Vice-Chair, Design and Technologies – Gweneth West, University of Virginia National Chair, New Plays Program – Roger Hall, James Madison University National Vice-Chair, New Plays Program – Georgia McGill, City University of New York

Kennedy Center Staff Artistic Director, KCACTF – Gregg Henry Producing Director, KCACTF – Susan Shaffer Vice President, Education – Darrell M. Ayers

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REGIONAL ADVISORY BOARD Rick Anderson*, Kirkwood Community College, Regional Vice-Chair; Chief Financial Officer; Coordinator, Professional Development Jim Bartruff, Emporia State University, Coordinator, Dramaturgy Initiatives Brad Buffum, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Webmaster Anne Byrd*, Normandale Community College, Regional Chair Patrick Carriere, Bemidji State University, Vice-Chair, NPP; Coordinator, 10-minute Play Festival Brad Dell, Iowa State University, Coordinator, Festival Workshops Richard Herman*, University of Central Missouri, Chair, National Playwriting Programs (NPP) Robert Hubbard, Northwestern College, Coordinator, National Critics Institute Tom Isbell, University of Minnesota–Duluth, Coordinator, Irene Ryan Auditions Marci Maullar, Kansas State University, Coordinator, Stage Management Initiative Julie Rae Mollenkamp, University of Central Missouri, Coordinator, Directing Initiatives John Paul*, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Chair, Design and Technologies Sheila Tabaka, Southwest Minnesota State University, Vice-Chair, Design/Technologies; Coordinator, Design Expo Tom Woldt, Simpson College, Immediate Past Regional Chair; Festival Registrar; Regional Historian *=Regional Executive Committee

REGION V RESPONDENTS The production response has always been the heart and soul of KCACTF. Thank you to the following people for giving so unselfishly of their time, their expertise, and their passion for educational theatre in service as production respondents across the Great Plains of Region V! JD Ackman, South Dakota State University Craig Ellingson, Rick Anderson*#, Minnesota State University–Moorhead Kirkwood Community College Jeremy Fiebig, Waldorf College Kim Bartling, University of Sioux Falls Paul Finocchiaro, Jim Bartruff*%, Emporia State University Minnesota State University, Mankato Julia Bennett, Augustana College Janice Fronczak, Ann Bergeron, University of Minnesota–Duluth University of Nebraska–Kearney Cheryl Black, University of Missouri Ron Gingerich, Dickinson State University Siobhan Bremer, Scott Glasser, University of Nebraska at Omaha University of Minnesota–Morris Heather Hamilton, Brad Buffum*, Minnesota State University, Mankato University of Nebraska–Lincoln Donna Hare, St. Ambrose University Anne Byrd*, Normandale Community College Haidee Heaton, Culver Stockton College Sean Byrd, Normandale Community College Tom Heiman*, Baker University Patrick Carriere*, Bemidji State University Andy Henrickson*, Mount Marty College Kathleen Coate, Richard Herman*, Normandale Community College University of Central Missouri David Crespy*%, University of Missouri Lori Horvik, North Dakota State University Brad Dell*#, Iowa State University Robert Hubbard*, Northwestern College Patricia Downey, University of South Dakota Paul Hustoles, Jay Edelnant, University of Northern Iowa Minnesota State University, Mankato Harold Hynick, Missouri Valley College

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Tom Isbell, University of Minnesota–Duluth Paul Prece*, Washburn University Gwen Jensen*, Wayne State College Michelle Rebollo, Cory Johnson*#, St. Ambrose University St. Louis Community College, Meramec Kaarin Johnston, Brad Reissig, University of North Dakota College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University Michael Ricci, Karla Kash, Drake University North Hennepin Community College Jeff Kellogg, Culver Stockton College Elissa Sartwell, Southern Baptist University Jim Lane, Johnson County Community College Nadine Schmidt, Bethany Larson*, Buena Vista University Southwest Minnesota State University Kristin Larson#, Grand View College Sharon Sobel, Paul Lifton, North Dakota State University University of Nebraska at Omaha Paul Lim, University of Kansas Scott Stackhouse, Mike McIntyre*, Jamestown College Johnson County Community College Kathleen McLennan, John Staniunas, University of Kansas University of North Dakota Sharon Sullivan, Washburn University Daniel Miller, Dakota Wesleyan University Sheila Tabaka*, Theresa Mitchell, Emporia State University Southwest Minnesota State University Julie Mollenkamp#, Rooth Varland*, North Dakota State University University of Central Missouri Bob Westenberg, Drury University Allyson Moon, Southwestern College John Wilson, University of Central Missouri Kevin Neuharth, Minot State University David Wintersteen, Concordia College, MN Jennifer Nostrala, Simpson College Ann Woldt, Simpson College John Paul*, Tom Woldt*, Simpson College Minnesota State University, Mankato Daniel Yurgaitis, Northern State University Amanda Petefish-Schrag*#, * Regional Selection Team Northwest Missouri State University # Past “Road Warriors” Beate Pettigrew, % Festival XLII “Road Warrior” Award Winners Johnson County Community College

FESTIVAL MANAGEMENT TEAM Ryan Andrus, Independence Community College, Associate Coordinator, Stage Crew Showdown Scott Brusven, Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre, Executive Assistant to the Regional Chair; Transportation Coordinator Sean Byrd, Normandale Community College, Co-Coordinator, Summer and Intern Auditions and Interviews Tim Case, University of South Dakota, Coordinator, Portfolio Review Showcase Ronnie Chamberlain, University of Central Missouri, Costume Parade Coordinator Christine Dotterweich Bial, Kansas Arts Commission, Coordinator, Festival Brochure Patricia Downey, University of South Dakota, Assistant, Summer and Intern Auditions and Interviews Craig Ellingson, Minnesota State University, Moorhead, Coordinator/Host, Showcase of Invited Scenes Haidee Heaton, Culver-Stockton College, Coordinator, Alternate Forms Writing Showcase Gwen Jensen, Wayne State University, Associate Irene Ryan Coordinator-Royalty/Permission Corrine Johnson, St. Ambrose University, Associate Irene Ryan Coordinator-Scheduling/Logistics Kristin Larson, Grand View College, Assistant, Workshop Coordination Ryan Morehead, Benedictine College, Coordinator, College Fair Anthony Pellecchia, University of South Dakota, Co-Coordinator, David Thayer Lighting Event Jeff Peltz, University of Central Missouri, Coordinator, Stage Crew Showdown Amanda Petefish-Schrag, Northwest Missouri State University, Co-Coordinator, Summer and Intern Auditions and Interviews

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Kathy Pryor, University of Kansas, Coordinator, Theatre Management Challenge Peggy Sannerud, Winona State University, Co-Coordinator, David Thayer Lighting Event Nadine Schmidt, Southwest Minnesota State University, Coordinator, Faculty Acting Showcase Ben Stark, Kansas State University, Coordinator, Golden Hand-Truck Load In/Out Event

FESTIVAL MANAGEMENT ASSISTANTS Tiffany Flory, Simpson College, Registration Assistant Ashley Probst, Normandale Community College, Assistant to the Regional Chair Tamara White, Iowa State University, Assistant to the Workshop Coordinator Mat Wymore, Iowa State University, Assistant to the Workshop Coordinator Ann Woldt, Simpson College, Voice Over Artist

FORMER REGION V CHAIRS Lee Adey Jay Edelnant Harold Nichols Ronald Willis Joyce Cavarozzi Gregg Henry Beate Pettigrew Tom Woldt Weldon Durham Paul Hustoles Harry Parker Jack Wright

IRENE RYAN PRELIMINARY ROUND JUDGES Karen Bohm Barker, Northwestern College Michael Ricci, Cheryl Black, University of Missouri North Hennepin Community College Paul Finocchiaro, Kurt Schweickhardt, Minnesota State University, Mankato Normandale Community College Scott Glaser, University of Nebraska at Omaha Scott Stackhouse, Priscilla Hagen, University of South Dakota Johnson County Community College Bethany Larson, Buena Vista University Kate Ufema, University of Minnesota, Duluth Michael Legg, Actors Theatre of Louisville John Wilson, Central Missouri State University Theresa Mitchell, Emporia State University Ann Woldt, Simpson College Allyson Moon, Southwestern College Jack Wright, University of Kansas

LOAD IN / LOAD OUT / GOLDEN HAND-TRUCK RESPONDENTS Ed Baker, Wichita State University Robbie Jones, University of Nebraska at Omaha Scott Mollman, University of South Dakota Brad Reissig, University of North Dakota

HOST COORDINATORS Beate Pettigrew, Festival Coordinator Sheilah Philip, Festival Host Jim Lane, Technical Coordinator Timothy Noble, Transportation Coordinator Scott Stackhouse, Volunteer Coordinator, Student Events Marybeth Sorrell, Hospitality Beppy Huls, Media Specialist

HOST STUDENT COORDINATORS Amanda Beeler Carly Hyer Jacci Lufkin Joey Thompson Tim Curran Laura Irwin Lauren Merrill Sean Wooley Katie Fernandez Daisy Jones Maura Pegg Anne Haines Ken Koval Coleman Taylor

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FESTIVAL SPECIAL GUESTS, JUDGES AND RESPONDENTS Tyrees Allen, Actor Kerro Knox, KCACTF Co-Chair Region III, Tracy Armagost, Santa Fe Opera; Oakland University Assistant to the Production Director Maurice LaMee, Creede Repertory Theatre, Amy Attaway, Actors’ Theatre of Louisville; Artistic Director Associate Director of the Apprentice/Intern Michael Legg, Actors’ Theatre of Louisville; Company Director of the Apprentice/Intern Company James Brandon, Hillsdale College; Frank Mack, University of Connecticut In absentia, Directing events screening Theatre; Managing Director Ron Conner, Actor Harlene Marley, Kenyon College; Roxanna Conner, Casting Director In absentia, 10-minute play reader Shelley Elman, KCACTF Chair Region IV; Donna Meester, University of Alabama; University of West Georgia In absentia, Costume Parade Adjudicator Curt Enderle, Scenic Designer, Art Director Tom Miller, Actors’ Equity Association Jeannette Farr, Tom Mitchell, Past Chair KCACTF Region III KCACTF National Selection Team Deb Morgan, Properties Master Jeff Geisler, Sound Designer Char Nelson, KCACTF NPP Chair, Herrick Goldman, Lighting Designer Region VIII; Brigham Young University Gregg Henry, Susan Nicholson, Lighting Designer KCACTF National Selection Team Barbara Parisi, Long Island University; Douglas Hill, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; In absentia, Directing events screening In absentia, One Act play reader Harry Parker, KCACTF National Chair; John Hill, Front Range College; Texas Christian University In absentia, Costume Parade Adjudicator Pamela Perrell, Producer Wade Hollinghaus, Brigham Young University; Steve Reynolds, Past Chair KCACTF NPP In absentia, 10-minute play reader Region III, Wittenberg University Jim Holmes, Loyola Marymount; Judy Rousuck, Critic In absentia, One Act play reader Chase Rozelle, KCACTF Co-Chair Design & Paul Hustoles, Technologies Region I, KCACTF National Selection Team Eastern Connecticut State University Terre Jones, Wolf Trap Foundation; Eugene Stickland, Playwright In absentia, theatre management David Thayer, Lighting Designer Lisa Renee Jordan, Costume Designer Rob Urbinati, Director, Playwright Martin Kettling, Eugene O’Neill Center, Gweneth West, Past Chair KCACTF Design & Literary Manager Technologies, Region IV, Lynne Koscielniak, University of Virginia KCACTF National Selection Team Robert Yowell, Northern Arizona University; In absentia, 10-minute play reader

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KCACTF NATIONAL SELECTION TEAM 2010 Jeanette Farr holds an M.F.A. in Theatre Arts with an emphasis in Playwriting from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her plays have been produced in the United States and abroad including Off-off Broadway, Canada, Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland, Singapore, and Japan. Her work has been recognized by the Nevada Arts Council, The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, and the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. Her work is published through Smith & Kraus, Dramatic Publishing, Black Box Press, originalworksonlinepublising.com and theatrehistory.com. Jeanette is an alumnus of the Kennedy Center Summer Playwriting Intensive (2007) working with playwrights David Ives, Marsha Norman, Lee Blessing, and Melanie Marnich. Through KCACTF, she has responded to over 150 new plays as a regional respondent, guest respondent in Regions I, II, IV, VII, Past Chair of the National Playwriting Program for Region VIII, and recently appointed as Regional Fellow for Region VIII. She has been commissioned by Sierra Repertory Theatre to adapt Yoshiko Uchida’s children’s story, Journey to Topaz for touring; her play, Blue Roses, based on the life of Rose Williams won the international playwriting competition for Prospect Theatre Project, and her play, Pitchin’ Pennies at the Stars was a finalist in the Mildred and Albert Pinowski Playwriting Competition. She was the Literary Associate and Assistant to the Artistic Director at the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts. She is currently the Chair of Theatre Arts at Glendale Community College, Glendale, California where she has produced and directed a variety of plays including the popular series, Motel Chronicles commissioning playwrights to write plays taking place in a motel room. In Los Angeles, she has had new plays included for Moving Arts in Los Angeles, and the Secret Rose Theatre in the NoHo Arts District. Jeanette is a proud member of the Dramatists' Guild. Gregg Henry is Artistic Director of the KCACTF. Recent productions include A Sleeping Country by Melanie Marnich for Round House Theatre, Teddy Roosevelt and the Ghostly Mistletoe by Tom Isbell and Mark Russell for The Kennedy Center, the U.S. Premieres of Girl in the Goldfish Bowl by Morris Panych for MetroStage and You Are Here by Daniel MacIvor for Theatre Alliance; Shelagh Stevenson’s An Experiment with an Air Pump for Journeymen Theater Ensemble; Julie Jensen’s Two-Headed and Barbara Field’s adaptation of Scaramouche for Washington Shakespeare Company. Productions for the Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences include Mermaids, Monsters and the World Painted Purple by Marco Ramirez, Mark Russell & Tom Isbell’s Teddy Roosevelt and the Treasure of Ursa Major, Barbara Field’s Dreams in the Golden Country and Norman Allen’s The Light of Excalibur. He has directed development workshops for Arena Stage’s Downstairs and Centerstage’s First Look series. He hosts the M.F.A. Playwrights’ Workshop at the Kennedy Center in partnership with the National New Play Network. He is artistic associate for Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences for New Works & Commissions, developing projects by Marsha Norman, Jason Robert Brown, Naomi Iizuka, Quiara Alegría Hudes and others. Gregg is the Curator of the annual Page-to- Stage New Play Festival at the Kennedy Center. He holds an M.F.A. from the University of Michigan, and has served on the faculties of the University of Michigan, Western Michigan University, Iowa State University and Catholic University of America.

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KCACTF NATIONAL SELECTION TEAM 2010 Paul J. Hustoles is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance at Minnesota State University, Mankato where he has also been Artistic Director of Highland Summer Theatre since 1986. Paul received his B.F.A. from Wayne State University, his M.A. from the University of Michigan and his Ph.D. from Texas Tech University. A college instructor for thirty-five years, he has taught in Missouri, Texas, Mississippi and Michigan. He is the past Artistic Director of M&M Productions (Ann Arbor, MI) and of The Mule Barn Theatre (Tarkio, MO). He just directed his 186th show (recent titles include Into the Woods, The History Boys and Miss Saigon), having produced close to 500 in his career (so far). He will celebrate his 38th consecutive year of summer stock in 2010. Paul began his association with the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in 1983 and is a past Region V-South Vice Chair, Region V Chair and past Chair of Chairs. He directed the Irene Ryan Winner's Circle Evening of Scenes at the Kennedy Center for Festivals 30, 34, 35 and 36; and was the Master of Ceremonies for Festival 41. For the past four years, he has served as a judge for the KCACTF National Musical Theatre Award. For the past twelve years he has been the Region V Festival Registrar and has been on the Region V Regional Advisory Board or Executive Committee or Selection Committee since 1987. Paul has received personal KCACTF commendations for his directing of The Secret Garden, Medea and Metamorphoses. At Minnesota State University, Mankato, he has produced and advised five productions (all directed by students) that have been invited to the regional festival. Since 1999 alone, he has produced and advised 39 Irene Ryan regional Semi- finalists, 19 Finalists and his department has been awarded 62 Certificates of Meritorious Achievement. He has personally directed 30 Associate Productions. He directed his student's award winning play, Mint, at the Region V Festival 39. Two of his students/advisees have won the Region V Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship competition and another won the Region V Student SSDC ten-minute scene competition. Paul currently represents Region V on the NAPAT (National Partners American Theater) Board. He has been fully committed to and engaged in the work of the KCACTF for 26 years as a director, producer, respondent, selector, adjudicator, festival host, leader and all-around dependable worker. Lynne Koscielniak has had her lighting and set designs represent the United States at the Prague Quadrennial of Stage Design (’07) and at the World Stage Design Exposition (’05 & ‘09). She has designed in such venues as: Steppenwolf, Virginia Stage, Studio Arena Theatre, Irish Classical Theatre (Buffalo), and Victory Gardens (Chicago). Her work includes: the Chicago premiere of Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice (Piven Theatre, Chicago); The Nutcracker for Neglia Ballet Artists featuring the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; lighting designs for dance: Bill Evans and Jump Rhythm Jazz Project; and set, light, and costume design for the world premiere of the musical, Parallel Lives (Riverside Opera Ensemble, Theatre for the New City, NYC). Based in Buffalo, NY, she is an Associate Professor of Scenography and the Director of Design and Technology at the University at Buffalo. She served as the Chair of Design and Technology for Region II, Kennedy Center American Theater Festival and holds an M.F.A. in Stage Design from Northwestern University. Her work has earned her an Emerging Designer Residency (Steppenwolf), a Joseph Jefferson Citation Nomination, and The Michael Merritt Scholarship for Excellence in Design and Collaboration. Lynne is a member of United Scenic Artists - Local 829.

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2010 KCACTF MEDALLION RECIPIENT The Kennedy Center Medallion is presented to outstanding teachers and artists who have made significant contributions to the life of Region V through their dedication, time, artistry and enthusiasm. Most importantly, recipients have demonstrated a strong commitment to the values and goals of KCACTF and to excellence in educational theatre. This year, Region V presents the Medallion to: Tom Woldt is the Immediate-Past Chair of KCACTF Region V. Concurrent with his term as Regional Chair, he also served on the KCACTF National Committee, including one-year terms as National Vice-Chair of Chairs and National Chair of Chairs. He serves as the Chair of the Department of Theatre Arts at Simpson College in Iowa, where he teaches courses in theatre history and performance. He received his undergraduate training at South Dakota State University, his M.F.A. in Directing from Minnesota State University, Mankato, his Ph.D. in Theatre History/Literature/Criticism from the University of Nebraska- Lincoln, and served an internship in Stage Management and Directing at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. Tom directed the 1995 Region V Festival Production of Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said, as well as The Woman In Black which appeared at the 2000 Region V Festival and was chosen as the Honorable Mention production to the national festival in Washington. In his 25-plus years of affiliation with Region V and KCACTF, Tom has also served as the Region V Registrar, Historian, Workshop Coordinator, Irene Ryan Coordinator, Regional Selection Team member, Workshop Leader, Irene Ryan Respondent and Production Respondent. But his greatest source of pride related to KCACTF is found in having been able to accompany over five-hundred of his own students (thus far) to the Region V Festival, and in having the opportunity to work with thousands more from other great institutions of the Great Plains. In 2000, Tom received Simpson College’s Outstanding Junior Faculty Award. Recent directing projects have included: Henry 5, Push Up: 1-3, The Seven-Year Itch, Into the Woods, Nora and Julie (adaptations of A Doll House and Miss Julie), The Trojan Women: Stories of Love and War, Love’s Labour’s Lost, My Sister in This House and Godspell. Upcoming projects include: On the Razzle (MN State Univ., Mankato), Expecting Isabel (Yellow Tree Theatre, Minneapolis), Five Course Love (Williamston Theatre, MI.)

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

REGION V FACULTY NATIONAL FESTIVAL FELLOWSHIP IN DIRECTING Jim Bartruff, Emporia State University

REGION V NATIONAL TEACHING ARTIST GRANT AWARD NOMINEES Performance: Tom Isbell, University of Minnesota-Duluth Costume Design: Gregory Duckett, Iowa State University Lighting Design: Jeff Peltz, University of Central Missouri Set Design: Robbie Jones, University of Nebraska at Omaha Playwriting: Peter Bloedel, Bethany College Directing: Roger Moon, Southwestern College

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INVITED FESTIVAL PRODUCTIONS HOLDING UP THE SKY University of Missouri, Director: Clyde Ruffin Life is created and then nearly destroyed by the selfish actions of one individual. Adapted from traditional tales, this emotionally compelling story follows the survivors of war as they journey toward wisdom, wholeness and the power of reconciliation. Yardley Hall, JCCC; Wednesday; 7:30 pm; Run Time: 1:45 HOW WILL YOU KNOW US NOW, OR ANYTIME? Minnesota State University – Moorhead, Director: Sean Michael Palmer (student) Secrets are revealed that will test personal beliefs and family pride. *Region V Festival XLI (2009) Winning One-Act Play Black Box Theatre, JCCC; Thursday, 10:00 am and 2:00 pm; Run Time: 35 minutes JAM JAR SONNETS Bethany Lutheran College, Director: Peter Bloedel Charlie and Mandy are two misfit children who become the best of friends and spend the happiest year of their lives together, until Mandy moves away, effectively ending their relationship. As an adult, Mandy starts sending unconventional messages to Charlie in a way only he would recognize. Through poetry and song, this story of an unlikely pursuit examines self-doubt, and abuse, as well as hope, love, romance, and divine intervention in a way that is ultimately both compassionate and comic. Polsky Theatre, JCCC; Thursday, 2:00 pm & Friday, 10:00 am; Run Time: 3:00 CLOSET LAND St. Louis Community College, Meramec, Director: Michelle Rebollo Somewhere in a nameless country, a young author of children’s books has been dragged from her bed in the middle of the night. When her blindfold is removed, she faces a ruthless government interrogator who demands her confession to subversion through the books she writes. Her waking nightmare has just begun. **Contains Mature Themes and Graphic Violence** Yardley Hall, JCCC; Thursday, 7:30 pm; Run Time: 1:25

ALTERNATE FESTIVAL PRODUCTION ALMOST MAINE Johnson County Community College, Director: Beate Pettigrew

SPECIAL EVENTS AND SHOWCASES

NATIONAL KCACTF AWARD-WINNING PLAY CONCERT READING

ON PAINTED SKIN by Joe Luis Cedillo, University of Iowa 2009 Runner Up, National KCACTF Latino Playwriting Award Directed and Performed by Region V Faculty, Students, and Festival Special Guests A young woman relates the story of her World War I experience to her dying husband. As she creates masks for wounded soldiers in a house on the edge of the Western Front, two brothers enter her life and change it forever. A story about what we think we need to be right in the world. Yardley Hall, JCCC; Monday, 7:30 pm; Run Time: 2:00

WORKSHOP PRODUCTION

WHEN THE BIRD TAKES FLIGHT North Dakota State University, Playwright and Director: Amoussa Koriko (student) This play follows the journey of Djémi, a sixteen year-old girl struggling for survival in the painful aftermath of war in Africa. The story is told from African storytelling perspective using traditional storytelling devices in a traditional theater setting. Past, present, tradition, modernity and identity get together in the arena of speech to search for identity, responsibility, and love in a color blinded world. Scenes from the play will be followed by a discussion of the process of creation of the play and the issues most relevant in its story and performance. Black Box Theatre, JCCC; Wednesday, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

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FESTIVAL SPECIAL ACTIVITIES In addition to productions, responses and workshops, don’t forget some of the other exciting events that will transpire during festival week! For more detailed information, visit the Region V website (www.kcactf5.org). ALCONE COMPANY NATIONAL FESTIVAL FELLOWSHIPS IN MAKEUP DESIGN This exhibition presents student makeup designs from KCACTF participating or associate productions. The Alcone Fellowship brings one student makeup designer from each of the eight regions to the Kennedy Center for master classes. Designs on display Tuesday through Thursday in the Double Tree, Overland Park Room. ALTERNATIVE FORMS WRITING INTENSIVE WORKSHOP AND SHOWCASE Participants write and produce their own work based on the theme “I AM – Defining the Self.” Participants develop “alternative forms” of dramatic writing and performance – a poem, stream-of- consciousness, narrative, interview with the self, rant, comic sketch, movements and sounds – participants don’t have to confine themselves to words at all! See the work in showcase-performance form on Thursday, late night! BARBIZON AWARDS FOR THEATRICAL EXCELLENCE IN SCENIC, COSTUME & LIGHTING DESIGN Barbizon Inc. is a premier theatrical supply house specializing in advanced lighting for professionals. The purpose of the Barbizon Awards for Theatrical Excellence is to give outstanding student designers national recognition and the opportunity to exhibit their work at the Kennedy Center. Designs on display Tuesday through Thursday in the Double Tree, Overland Park Room. COLLEGE FAIR Offers the students of Region V the chance to visit with colleges and universities about their programs and investigate graduate school opportunities or transfer possibilities for students completing their first two years at a community college. You may visit with a few schools or all of the schools represented at the College Fair. Take the time and invest in your future at this year’s College Fair on Tuesday at the Double Tree, Seattle II. COSTUME PARADE Throughout the festival year, regional respondents nominate productions they feel should be included in the Costume Parade. Schools may also self-nominate their best work. This year all the nominations were "blinded" for anonymity, sent to professionals from Regions IV and VII and ranked. Using these rankings, the Regional Executive Committee then determined the festival invitees. Check out the interesting and elegant threads on Friday night!! DAVID L. THAYER LIGHTING DESIGN INTENSIVE This intensive is for those students with an interest in the area of lighting design and provides an opportunity to share ideas and witness the work of other student designers in a workshop setting. In the Black Box at JCCC. DRAMATURGY INITIATIVES Sponsored by the Literary Managers and Dramaturg’s Association (National Fellowship) and the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (Region V initiative), the Region V Dramaturgy Initiative is designed to recognize contributions by student dramaturgs to the conception, development and production of theatre within their colleges and universities, or to educational projects in dramaturgy. The LMDA National Fellowship winner will attend the national festival in Washington. Projects on display Tuesday through Thursday in the Carlsen Center Lobby. FACULTY ACTING SHOWCASE It is a truth universally acknowledged that all students of acting secretly wish to see their acting teachers up on stage. Some want to be inspired by seeing their mentors living truthfully under imaginary circumstances, making a connection with their scene partners, and responding in the moment. And some, well, they just want to see if their teachers really practice what they preach!

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FESTIVAL SPECIAL ACTIVITIES (Faculty Acting Showcase Cont’d) To accommodate both sorts of students (and curious colleagues), we offer the Faculty Acting Showcase. The adventuresome faculty members who volunteer to participate receive scenes to study without knowing who their partners will be. All is revealed at the Showcase, where the brave souls meet their partners and “splash” into the scene together at the moment of performance – which gives a whole new, literal meaning to playing a scene as if “for the first time”! It’s an event unlike any other – and you can definitely expect the unexpected! Tuesday late night. FACULTY DIRECTING SHOWCASE Watch the final result as faculty directors and student assistant directors take on the challenge of casting, rehearsing and presenting a 5-minute scene with 6 hours of rehearsal over two days at the festival. WHEW! This year will focus on the challenges of directing non-realistic contemporary texts of diverse voices. The practice of open casting (casting the best actor for the role regardless of type) will be used in an effort to explore these rich works not often seen on university stages in the Midwest. You won't want to miss the excitement! Presented Wednesday late night. IRENE RYAN SCHOLARSHIP AUDITIONS A three-round audition process culminates in two people receiving scholarships and being chosen to represent Region V at the national festival in Washington, D.C. Additional awards are presented for Best Partner, Best Classical and Best Musical auditions. Finals Friday night! NATIONAL CRITIC’S INSTITUTE Students who participate in NCI meet daily with a guest critic in a seminar atmosphere to discuss their own writing and the function of theatre criticism in society. Throughout the week the daily demands of writing reviews of festival plays and meeting morning deadlines simulate the world of professional theatre criticism. One winner is chosen to attend the national festival in Washington. Criticism will be posted in the Carlsen Center Lobby. PORTFOLIO REVIEW SESSIONS Students show a physical portfolio, electronic portfolio, or a combination of the two mediums. Each student presents their materials and receives feedback from professionals in the industry. Students in their junior year are encouraged to attend as a viewing audience member in order to assist in preparing for the 2011 Portfolio Reviews. Reviews happen on Friday at 1:00 p.m. ONE-ACT PLAYS Thirty-two one-act plays from Region V were read “blinded” for anonymity by a team of readers from Region VIII. The three one-act plays selected will be presented in concert reading at the festival on Tuesday evening at 8:00 pm in Yardley Hall. The top two plays will be John Cauble National Semi- Finalists and the top play will be invited back to next year’s Region V festival as a fully mounted production (How Will You Know Us Now, or Anytime, by Richard Paul Klein, was the 2009 selection and will be presented at this year's festival). REGION V AWARDS IN DESIGN AND AFFILIATED ARTS/CRAFTS Students’ work that is from “unrealized” projects, or does not fall under the Barbizon or Alcone awards systems, is displayed and adjudicated. Class assignments, props projects, poster designs and other formats on display in the Double Tree, Overland Park Room, Tuesday through Thursday. SHOWCASE OF INVITED SCENES Through the course of the “festival season,” Region V respondents nominate scenes of high quality from both Associate and Participating Productions. On Tuesday afternoon, check out some of the outstanding work that’s been happening around the Region.

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SOUND DESIGN AWARD This exhibition presents student sound design from KCACTF Participating or Associate Productions. One winner’s work will be displayed at the national festival in Washington. Designs on display Tuesday through Thursday in the Double Tree, Overland Park Room. STAGE CREW SHOWDOWN! Four-person teams work together on crew activities ranging from hanging a curtain to costume quick- changes, and are judged on both time and execution. Prelims are Sunday night and Monday afternoon, and don’t miss the exciting finals on Monday night! STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM Applicants go through a rigorous directing experience including: submitting an essay outlining their work as a director, presenting a staged scene and preparing and defending his or her director’s book with an SDC member. The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) sponsors one student director from each region to attend the national festival and awards a one-year Associate Membership to the SDC. Presented Friday morning! STAGE MANAGEMENT FELLOWSHIP Entrants nominated from their home productions present their complete prompt book. In addition, entrants serve on the Festival Honors Stage Management Crew stage managing one of the many all- festival events. One winner is chosen to attend the national festival in Washington. Projects on display Tuesday through Thursday at the Double Tree, Overland Park Room. TEN-MINUTE PLAYS Experience the six plays (out of over eighty submitted) chosen by a team of judges from outside Region V. These judges read the plays “blinded” for anonymity and chose the six most outstanding works, which are then staged at the festival by student directors, working with faculty mentors. One play may be chosen by reading/writing criteria (not for its performance at the regional festival) for the national festival. Presented Friday afternoon!

DAVID MARK COHEN NATIONAL FINALISTS DOGSHIT BALLET Felonniz Lovato-Winston, University of Kansas E.A.T. WHAT REALLY HAPPENED Benjamin Smith, University of Kansas E.A.T.

DRAMATURGY PARTICIPANTS Megan Gredesky, Maddi Nevins, Wichita State University Minnesota State University, Mankato Lindsay Oetken, Simpson College Nina Kampf, University of Minnesota-Duluth Andy Pierce, University of Missouri Emily Ledger, Simpson College Bryan M. Vandervender, Crystal Moellenberndt, University of Missouri Iowa Western Community College

NATIONAL CRITICS INSTITUTE PARTICIPANTS Thomas Hardy, University of Kansas Tyler Sheeley, University of North Dakota Randy Moorhead, Grand View University Aleah Stenberg, Northwestern College Anna Pitney, Northwestern College Bryan Vandevender, University of Missouri

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ONE-ACT PLAY FESTIVAL TUESDAY, 8:00 P.M. BEFORE THE SCAEAN GATE EGGSHELLS DAYDRIVE Ken Willard, Cecelia Moerelli, Dannah Moore, University of Kansas E.A.T. Grand View University University of Missouri SHOWCASE OF INVITED SCENES TUESDAY, 3:00 P.M. GYPSY ALMOST MAINE HIPPIE DOCTOR Iowa State University Nebraska Wesleyan University of Nebraska at ALMOST MAINE University Omaha Johnson County Community HENRY 5 NEVER SWIM ALONE College Simpson College William Woods University THE ANGELS OF LEMNOS THE NORMAN CONQUESTS Missouri Valley College Southwestern College FACULTY DIRECTING SHOWCASE WEDNESDAY, 9:45 P.M. MOTHER OF MOSQUITOS by Diane Glancy BATCH by Alice Taun & Whit MacLaughlin Director: Mark Kelty, Director: Tony V. Reinfeld, Central Methodist University North Dakota State University Assistant Director: Amber Fitzsimmons, Assistant Director: Dustin Z. West, Iowa State University William Woods University STREET DISH by Queer Street Youth WHO IS CHASING WHOM! by Lynne Alvarez Director: Ryan Morehead, Director: Teresa Mitchell, Benedictine College Emporia State University Assistant Director: Kimberly Miller, Assistant Director: Kinsey Parker, Minnesota State University, Moorhead University of Central Missouri STAGE DIRECTORS & CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP AUDITIONS

FOLLOWING A PRELIMINARY ROUND (CLOSED EVENT) AND INTERVIEW SESSION, SIX OF THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS WILL BE CHOSEN TO PRESENT THEIR SCENES FOR THE PUBLIC FINAL ROUND ON FRIDAY, 10:30 A.M. Troy Battle Kristen Janke Jennifer Olson EURYDICE by Sarah Ruhl THE SHAPE OF THINGS BOY’S LIFE Trevor Belt by Neil LaBute by Howard Korder BOY’S LIFE Zach Kloppenborg Rachel Palashewski by Howard Korder EURYDICE by Sarah Ruhl EURYDICE by Sarah Ruhl Jenn Bock Gabe Moyer Amy Prater EURYDICE by Sarah Ruhl BOY’S LIFE BOY’S LIFE Danille Brown by Howard Korder by Howard Korder EURYDICE by Sarah Ruhl Danielle Roos Shannon Cameron THE SHAPE OF THINGS EURYDICE by Sarah Ruhl by Neil LaBute

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TEN MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL FRIDAY, 1:00 P.M. THE SNIPER ADRIAN LOOKS INTO A MIRROR Dennis Corcoran, Larisa Netterlund, University of North Dakota St. Louis Community College, Meramec Director: David Marcia, University of Missouri Director: James Rose, Mentor: Jennifer Nostrala, Simpson College University of Central Missouri Mentor: David Crespy, University of Missouri POSTSECRET Dannah Moore, University of Missouri AN OLD CAR Director: Mai Sahiouni, University of Nebraska Fonzie Geary, University of Missouri Mentor: Amy Baker, Wichita State University Director: Aaron Taylor, University of Central Missouri A DAY OF YEARS Mentor: Jennifer Nostrala, Simpson College Steve Roberston, University of Missouri THE SISTER’S NECKLACE Director: Chris Owens, Doane College Alli Jordan, Emporia State University Mentor: Amy Baker, Wichita State University Director: Alyssa Thompson, University of North Dakota Mentor: David Crespy, University of Missouri

COSTUME PARADE FRIDAY EVENING THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW COMPLEAT FEMALE STAGE BEAUTY Emporia State University Minnesota State University – Moorhead RASHOMON THE BRIDE OF BRACKENLOCH Highland Community College Mount Marty College GYPSY THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS Iowa State University Simpson College EVIL DEAD, THE MUSICAL ELECTRA Iowa Western Community College University of Central Missouri INTO THE WOODS 13 CLOCKS Minnesota State University, Mankato University of Kansas THE LONDON CUCKOLDS University of Nebraska – Lincoln

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FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

JANUARY 17 SUNDAY PERFORMANCE, AUDITION & EVENT SCHEDULE

3:00 – 7:00 pm Festival Registration CC Lobby; JC 3:00 – 7:00 pm Irene Ryan Information Desk Virginia Krebs Conf. Rm; JC 3:00 – 7:00 pm Summer Stock Check In Polsky Theatre; JC 3:00 – 6:00 pm Design Expo Space Assignments (Pre-registrants Only) Overland Park; DT 4:00 – 6:30 pm Rehearsal for Invited National Award Winning Play – Black Box Theatre; JC On Painted Skin (Closed Rehearsal) 6:00 – 7:30 pm Ten-Minute Play and One Act Play Director & CC212; JC Playwright Orientation 7:30 – 9:00 pm Festival Launch and Orientation & Certificates of Merit Yardley Hall; JC 9:00 – 9:30 pm Festival Stage Managers Meeting (Closed Session) CC128; JC 9:00 – 11:00 pm Rehearsal for Invited National Award Winning Play – Black Box Theatre; JC On Painted Skin (Closed Rehearsal) 9:00 – 11:00 pm Stage Crew Showdown Preliminary Round Polsky Theatre; JC

Region V extends its deep appreciation to the following sponsors for their generous support of the festival: Alcone Company Association for Theatre in Higher Education Barbizon Lighting Company National Partners of the American Theatre The Playwrights Center The Society of Properties Artisans and Managers Stage Directors and Choreographers Society United States Institute for Theatre Technology Brad Plumb, Overland Park Convention and Visitors Bureau John and Bernice Hamra Foundation

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JANUARY 18 MONDAY PERFORMANCE, AUDITION & EVENT SCHEDULE

8:00 – 8:45 am Irene Ryan Preliminary Judges Meeting Virginia Krebs Conf. Rm; JC 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Design Expo Space Assignments Overland Park; DT (Pre-registrants Only) 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Irene Ryan Warm Up Room - Musical (Individual Music Warm Up Rooms located across hallway from OCB 192; JC) 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Irene Ryan Warm Up Room – Non-Musical CC130; JC 8:00 am – 6:00 pm Festival Registration & Information Carlsen Lobby; JC 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Design Intensives (Pre-registrants Only) Dressing Rooms, Scene shop, Draping (Dressing Rooms; JC) Yardley Hall; JC Scene Painting (Scene shop; JC) Sound Design for the 10-minute plays (Yardley Hall; JC) 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Rehearsal for Invited National Award Winning Craig Auditorium; JC Play – On Painted Skin (Closed Rehearsal) 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Irene Ryan Preliminary Round Auditions CC126A/B, CC211, CC232, CC234, OCB 182, OCB192, Black Box, Recital Hall; JC 12:00 – 2:00 pm Stage Crew Showdown Preliminary Round Polsky Theatre; JC 1:00 – 2:00 pm House Managers Meeting (Closed Session) CC130; JC 1:00 – 4:00 pm Design Intensive (Pre-registrants Only) Scene shop; JC Armor Making I (Scene shop, JC) 1:00 – 4:00 pm David L. Thayer Lighting Design Intensive Black Box Theatre; JC (Pre-registrants Only) 1:00 – 5:00 pm Design Expo Space Assignments Overland Park; DT (Non-pre-registrants) 2:00 – 3:30 pm Irene Ryan Semi-Final Announcement & Prep Yardley Hall; JC 3:00 – 6:00 pm Ten-Minute Play, Alternate Forms, & Directing Craig Auditorium; JC Showcase Auditions 3:30 – 7:00 pm Rehearsal for Invited National Award Winning Yardley Hall; JC Play – On Painted Skin (Closed Rehearsal) 4:00 - 5:00 pm SDC Directing Orientation Polsky Theatre; JC 6:00 – 7:00 pm Ten-Minute Play, Alternate Forms, & Directing Craig Auditorium; JC Showcase Casting Meeting (Closed Session) 7:30 – 9:30 pm Performance: Invited National Award Winning Yardley Hall; JC Play – On Painted Skin 10:00 – 11:00 pm Stage Crew Showdown Final Round Polsky Theatre; JC

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JANUARY 18 MONDAY WORKSHOP SCHEDULE Workshops are coded by initials that correspond with the section of the brochure where a description may be found. For example, “AD” workshops are described in “Acting and Directing” section.

8:00 am - 12:00 pm AD Irene Ryan Vocal/Physical Warm up CC130; JC (Heffernan and Larson) 11:00 am – 12:15 pm DT What Disney Imagineering Can Teach Us CC212; JC About Design (Kearney) 12:30 – 1:45 pm DT Stagecraft as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Craft Work (Baker) CC212; JC 12:30 – 1:45 pm DT Flat Pattern Making with Slopers Dressing Room; JC (Greenwell)

2:00 – 3:15 pm PW Creating a Character: The Playwright’s CC124; JC Prerogative (Jones)

2:00 – 3:15 pm DT Rendering Using Photo Editing Software CC212; JC (Jones) 3:30 – 4:45 pm AD Dancing Shakespeare – STUDENTS ONLY Monterey; DT (MacFarland) 3:30 – 4:45 pm DT Yes, You Really Can Make a Living in Props CC211; JC (Morgan) 3:30 – 4:45 pm AD You Can Act, Now What: Acting as a Tucson; DT Business – STUDENTS ONLY (Siegert) 3:30 – 4:45 pm TK Mind Your Own Bid'ness: Top Ten Things CC212; JC You Need to Know About Keeping Your Money – STUDENTS ONLY (Baker) 3:30 – 4:45 pm TK Running a Successful Non-profit Theater CC234; JC (LaMee)

10:30 PM – 1:30 AM LEFT-OVER NIGHT MONTEREY BALLROOM, DT Ever been so full you have had to save the rest of your meal for leftovers? Well, tonight is the night to break them out of their aluminum foil and saran wrap encasings and party. Come dressed as a leftover, whatever that means to you and dance the night away. For your entertainment we will also be serving up some leftovers— the Irene Ryan scenes that didn't make it through to semis can choose to sign up and perform periodically throughout the night in the Tucson Room. Bring your best costume, some funky moves, and don't forget to sign up to perform.

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

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JANUARY 19 TUESDAY PERFORMANCE, AUDITION & EVENT SCHEDULE 8:00 – 9:00 am Orientation and Reception for Design Expo Participants Overland Park; DT (Participants & Faculty Mentors Only) 8:00 – 11:00 am Faculty Directing Showcase Rehearsals (Closed Sessions) Tucson & Phoenix; DT 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Summer Stock Tech Interviews Dallas; DT 8:00 am – 6:00 pm Festival Registration & Information Carlsen Lobby; JC 8:00 am – 8:00 pm Summer Stock Auditions OCB 192; JC (Musical Theatre Auditions) Craig Auditorium (Classical Auditions) 9:00 am – 4:00 pm David L. Thayer Lighting Design Intensive Black Box Theatre; JC (Pre-registrants Only) 9:00 am – 6:00 pm Design/Tech Expo Open to Public Overland Park; DT 9:00 am – 1:00 pm SDC Directing Scenes Preliminary Round (Closed Session) Polsky Theatre; JC 9:30 – 10:45 am Alternative Forms Writing Workshop (Closed Session) Scottsdale; DT 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Ten-Minute Play Rehearsals (Closed Session) CC232 & 234; JC 12:00 – 8:00 pm Summer Stock Dance Routine Training (Participants Only) Monterey; DT 1:00 – 2:45 pm Showcase of Invited Scenes Orientation Polsky Theatre; JC 1:00 – 4:00 pm Design Intensives (Pre-registrants Only) Dressing Rooms, Yardley Costume Runway (Dressing Rooms, JC) Hall, CC 354, Scene shop; Sound Design for the 10-minute plays (Yardley Hall, JC) JC Model Building (CC 354, JC) Armor Making II (Scene shop, JC) 1:00 – 5:00 pm Irene Ryan Preliminary Round Feedback Sessions CC 124 (for Black Box), CC126A/B, CC211, CC232, CC234, CC312 (for OCB 182), CC224 (for OCB192), Recital Hall; JC 2:00 – 3:00 pm College Fair Load In (Participating Schools Only) Seattle II; DT 2:00 – 3:15 pm Alternative Forms Writing Workshop (Closed Session) Scottsdale; DT 2:00 – 5:00 pm Faculty Directing Showcase Rehearsals (Closed Sessions) Tucson & Phoenix; DT 3:00 – 5:00 pm College Fair Seattle II; DT 3:00 – 5:00 pm Showcase of Invited Scenes Polsky Theatre; JC 4:00 – 7:00 pm One-Act Play Festival Rehearsal Yardley Hall; JC 4:00 – 7:00 pm SDC Directing Interviews (Closed Session) KC Theatre; DT 7:00 – 8:00 pm Stage Managers Meeting (Participants Only) Black Box Theatre; JC 8:00 – 10:00 pm Performance: One-Act Play Festival Yardley Hall; JC 10:00 – 11:00 pm Faculty Acting Showcase Black Box Theatre; JC 10:00 – 11:00 pm SDC Finalists Announcement and Prep Yardley Hall; JC

10:30 PM – 1:30 AM DANCING WITH THE STARS MONTEREY BALLROOM, DT Drama, Intrigue and Spice! Battle it out on the dance floor with crazy competition in classic ballroom costume. Whether it be salsa, the foxtrot or movin' and groovin' to your own style of swing, be prepared to show us what you got! Join your fellow thespians for a night of mock competition, great entertainment, choreographed and/or freestyle dancing! Cut up the rug with the jitterbug! Turn up the heat with your dancin' feet! Remember to wear your dance shoes and classy or crazy ballroom attire!

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JANUARY 19 TUESDAY WORKSHOP SCHEDULE Workshops are coded by initials that correspond with the section of the brochure where a description may be found. For example, “AD” workshops are described in “Acting and Directing” section.

8:00 – 9:00 am TK JCCC Backstage Theater Tour (Lane) Polsky Theater 8:00 – 9:00 am TK Playwriting, Dramaturgy, and Critics Faculty Breakfast Restaurant, Flagstaff Forum FACULTY ONLY (Herman) Room; DT 9:30 – 10:45 am AD Voice for the Actor: If They Can’t Hear You, It KC Theatre; DT Doesn’t Matter What You Say (Clark) 9:30 – 10:45 am PW Getting Involved in the Region V New Plays Program CC128; JC (Herman) 9:30 – 10:45 am AD Commedia dell'Arte and Masks (Larson) Seattle II; JC 9:30 – 10:45 am DT The World of Costumes in Television and Film (Ice) CC224; JC 9:30 – 10:45 am AD Script Analysis for Actors, Directors, and Designers – Houston; JC STUDENTS ONLY (Smith) 9:30 – 10:45 am MT Monterey; DT Choreography for the Musical Stage (Schwiethale) 9:30 – 10:45 am DT Wireless SFX: Unplugged and Remote Control for CC124; JC Theatrical Special Effects (Wethington) 9:30 – 10:45 am DT Tools and Tricks of the Trade: Mixed Media and Scene Shop; JC Watercolor Techniques for the Beginner – STUDENTS ONLY (Mai/Pontius) 11:00 am – 12:15 pm DT A Stage Manager Prepares (Maullar) CC224; JC 11:00 am – 12:15 pm MT The Motivated Gesture in Musical Theatre – Recital Hall; JC STUDENTS ONLY (Foradori) 11:00 am – 12:15 pm DT Stage Makeup Techniques (Greenwell) Dressing Room; JC 11:00 am – 12:15 pm AD Imaginary Body – The Character in You (Brown) Seattle II; DT

11:00 am – 12:15 pm TK Theatrical Firearm Safety (Baker) Scene Shop; JC

12:30 – 1:45 pm AD Marketing Yourself, Finding Work – LA to New York Tucson; DT (James) 12:30 – 1:45 pm TK Drama Therapy: Another Career Path Seattle I; DT (Fronczak/Bailey) 12:30 – 1:45 pm DT Routing Around: How to Add Clean Curves to Your CC130; JC Set Using a Router (Himmerich) 12:30 – 1:45 pm DT 1001 Uses for a Paper Clip and Other Magical Stage Dallas; DT Management Skills – STUDENTS ONLY (Horvik) 2:00 – 3:15 pm AD Beneath the Surface of Shakespeare – Seattle I: DT STUDENTS ONLY (MacFarland) 3:30 – 4:45 pm AD Go Team Go!: Directors Leading Collaboration Houston; DT (Mollenkamp)

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JANUARY 20 WEDNESDAY PERFORMANCE, AUDITION & EVENT SCHEDULE

8:00 – 11:00 am Faculty Directing Showcase Rehearsals Tucson & Phoenix; DT (Closed Sessions) 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Summer Stock Callbacks & Tech Interviews Seattle II; DT (Callbacks) Monterey; DT (Dance) Dallas; DT (Tech Interviews) 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Irene Ryan Semi-Final Round Auditions Polsky Theatre; JC 8:00 am – 6:00 pm Festival Registration & Information Carlsen Lobby; JC 9:00 – 11:00 am One Act Play Responses Scottsdale; DT 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Design/Tech Expo Open to Public Overland Park; DT 9:00 am – 3:00 pm SDC Rehearsals Craig Auditorium; JC 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Workshop Performance: When the Bird Takes Flight Black Box Theatre; JC 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Ten-Minute Play Rehearsals (Closed Session) CC232 & 234; JC 12:30 – 4:00 pm Irene Ryan Semi-Final Round Auditions Polsky Theatre; JC 1:00 – 4:00 pm Design/Tech Expo Walk-Through (Respondents Only) Overland Park; DT 2:00 – 3:15 pm Alternative Forms Writing Workshop (Closed Session) Scottsdale; DT 2:00 – 3:30 pm Stage Managers Meeting (Closed Session) CC232; JC 2:00 – 4:00 pm National Critics Institute CC212; JC 2:00 – 5:00 pm Faculty Directing Showcase Rehearsals Tucson & Phoenix; DT (Closed Sessions) 3:00 – 5:00 pm Dramaturgy Responses CC234; JC 4:00 – 10:00 pm Design/Tech Expo Open to Public Overland Park; DT 5:00 – 5:30 pm Irene Ryan Finals Announcement Polsky Theatre; JC 7:30 – 9:15 pm Performance: Holding Up the Sky Yardley Hall; JC 9:45 – 10:30 pm Faculty Directing Showcase Craig Auditorium; JC

10:00 PM – 1:30 AM ONE NIGHT OF BROADWAY MONTEREY BALLROOM, DT Hurtle over hump day with a Celebration of 100 years of Broadway, baby! Bring a copy of sheet music and your boogie shoes and dance the night away as we take turns doing Broadway Karaoke! Karaoke not for you? No sweat, relax and come next door to the Tucson Room for some games!

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JANUARY 20 WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP SCHEDULE Workshops are coded by initials that correspond with the section of the brochure where a description may be found. For example, “AD” workshops are described in “Acting and Directing” section. 8:00 – 9:00 am TK Acting Faculty Breakfast Forum – Restaurant, Flagstaff FACULTY ONLY (Schmidt) Room; DT 9:30 – 10:45 am AD Audition Monologues: No Whine or Cheese Please! Seattle I; DT (Sidoli) 9:30 – 10:45 am TK State of the Art (West) Houston; DT 9:30 – 10:45 am PW Play Readings: A How To for Directors, Actors, and KC Theatre; DT Playwrites (Urbanati) 9:30 – 10:45 am DT Getting to Know Your Scenic Design Respondent CC211; JC (Enderle) 9:30 – 10:45 am DT Balancing the Not-For-Profit Theatre (Mack) RC181; JC 9:30 – 10:45 am DT NYC Lighting Design Master Class-The Importance of RC183; JC Research and Beyond (Goldman/Nicholson) 9:30 – 10:45 am DT Sound Design for Musical Theatre (Geisler) RC145; JC 9:30 – 10:45 am DT Working with Hair: Laying hair and Ventilating CC212; JC (Greenwell) 11:00 am – 12:15 pm DT Life's a Niche, Then They Buy: Entrepreneurship for the CC212; JC Theatre Technician – STUDENTS ONLY (Baker) 11:00 am – 12:15 pm AD Cold Readings – The Art of Making Immediate Seattle I; DT Decisions – STUDENTS ONLY (James) 11:00 am – 12:15 pm TK Theatre Criticism: Endangered, Evolving, Essential CC211; JC (Rousuck) 11:00 am – 12:15 pm PW Practical Dramaturgy (Kettling) RC 181; JC 12:30 – 1:45 pm DT Communication and Collaboration: KC Theatre; DT The Designer’s Tools (Mai/Pontius) 12:30 – 1:45 pm AD Down, But Not Out: Safe Stage Combat Falls (Baker) Seattle I; DT 12:30 – 1:45 pm MT Musical Theatre Styles Dance – Monterey; DT STUDENTS ONLY (Ellingson) 12:30 – 1:45 pm TK Start Your Own Theater and Get Control of Your Tucson; DT Creative Life (Clark) 2:00 – 3:15 pm AD Actors Theatre of Louisville Apprenticeship KC Theatre; DT Information (Legg) 2:00 – 4:30 pm MT But I’m a Singer!: Tips to Acting a Movement Call Monterey; DT (Cranford) 2:00 – 3:15 pm PW Writing a One-Act That Flies: Five Simple Suggestions RC157: JC (Nelson) 2:00 – 3:15 pm DT Design Bash (Koscielniak) CC211; JC 2:00 – 3:15 pm DT Needle Felting; Technique and Application for the RC145; JC Stage (Monroe and Maholland) 2:00 – 3:15 p AD Monologues for Auditions – Seattle I; DT STUDENTS ONLY (Attaway) 3:30 – 4:45 pm TK The Theatrical Event in the World Today (Cermak) KC Theatre; DT 3:30 – 4:45 pm AD Communicating Shakespeare (Wegner) Seattle I; DT 3:30 – 4:45 pm PW Playwright’s Retreat (Farr) RC157; JC

25 LOCATION CODES: CC = CARLSEN CENTER DT = DOUBLE TREE HOTEL JC = JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OCB = OFFICE & CLASSROOM BUILDING RC = REGNIER CENTER REGION V – KENNEDY CENTER AMERICAN COLLEGE THEATRE FESTIVAL XLII OVERLAND PARK, KS

JANUARY 21 THURSDAY PERFORMANCE, AUDITION & EVENT SCHEDULE

8:00 – 8:30 am Load-In/Out Response: Holding Up the Sky Phoenix; DT 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Irene Ryan Semi-Final Audition Response for those not Dallas; DT advancing to Finals (Closed Session) 8:00 am – 6:00 pm Festival Registration & Information Carlsen Lobby; JC 8:30 – 9:30 am Production Response: Holding Up the Sky Phoenix; DT 9:00 – 10:30 am Faculty Directing Showcase Response KC Theater; DT 9:00 – 11:30 am National Critics Institute CC212; JC 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Design/Tech Expo Responses Overland Park; DT 9:00 am – 3:00 pm SDC Rehearsals (Closed Sessions) Craig Auditorium; JC 9:30 – 10:45 am Alternative Forms Writing Workshop (Closed Session) Scottsdale; DT 10:00 – 10:45 am Regional Award Winning One Act Performance: Black Box Theatre; JC How Will You Know Us Now, or Anytime? 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Ten-Minute Play Rehearsals (Closed Session) CC232 & 234; JC 12:00 – 1:00 pm Irene Ryan Semi-Final Audition Response for those Dallas; DT advancing to Finals (Closed Session) 1:00 – 5:00 pm Design/Tech Expo Responses Overland Park; DT 2:00 – 2:45 pm Regional Award Winning One Act Performance: Black Box Theatre; JC How Will You Know Us Now, or Anytime? 2:00 – 3:30 pm Stage Managers Meeting (Closed Session) CC212; JC 2:00 – 5:00 pm Performance: Jam Jar Sonnets Polsky Theatre; JC 5:00 – 9:00 pm Design/Tech Expo Load Out Overland Park; DT 7:30 – 9:00 pm Performance: Closet Land Yardley Hall; JC 9:00 – 10:00 pm Festival Recognition Ceremony Yardley Hall; JC 10:15 – 11:30 pm Alternative Forms Writing Showcase Black Box Theatre; JC

FESTIVAL RECOGNITION CEREMONY Faculty Road Warriors Outstanding Faculty Directing Scene Outstanding One Act

David Mark Cohen Nominees Regional Excellence in Design and Technology Outstanding Stage Crew Outstanding Dramaturgy Project Recognition of Invited Productions

10:30 PM – 1:30 AM THE ROARING 20’S MONTEREY BALLROOM, DT Put on your best flapper or gangster gear and join us in the roaring '20's! Get ready to shake a leg and Charleston the night away, or visit our speakeasy in the Tucson Room and play a few hands of cards. Once you've found your feather boas and fedoras, come on over – the secret password is KCACTF!

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JANUARY 21 THURSDAY WORKSHOP SCHEDULE Workshops are coded by initials that correspond with the section of the brochure where a description may be found. For example, “AD” workshops are described in “Acting and Directing” section.

8:00 – 9:00 am TK Directing Faculty Breakfast Forum – Restaurant, Flagstaff FACULTY ONLY (Mollenkamp) Room; DT 8:30 – 10:45 am TK Respondent Training Workshop (Byrd) Phoenix; DT 9:30 – 10:45 am AD Seattle II; DT Acting the Scenario (Juhrend) 9:30 am – 12:00 pm MT “Too Darn Hot” - Music Theatre Dance (Schwiethale) Monterey; DT

9:30 – 10:45 am PW Cultural Awareness and Translation (Stickland) RC181; JC 9:30 – 10:45 am AD Slap Happy: Unarmed Stage Combat (Baker) Seattle I; DT 11:00 am – 12:15 pm AD Time on Your Side: Planning an Effective Rehearsal Houston; DT Schedule (Schmidt) 11:00 am – 12:15 pm PW Understanding New Plays (Kettling) RC181; JC 11:00 am – 12:15 pm AD Making the Transition to Professional Actor (Legg) Tucson; DT 12:30 – 1:45 pm PW Dreams: a Foundation for Script and Performance Seattle II; JC (Reynolds) 12:30 – 1:45 pm AD A Career in Theatre: The Role of Actors' Equity and a Tucson; DT Practical Approach to the Business (Miller) 2:00 – 3:15 pm PW Dreamwork for Playwriting (Crespy) RC155; JC

2:00 – 3:15 pm AD Directing: Getting the Best from Actors (LaMee) CC234; JC

2:00 – 4:30 pm AD Acting with Color (Fronczak) Monterey; DT 2:00 – 3:15 pm PW Opportunities at the O’Neill (Kettling) RC181; JC 2:00 – 3:15 pm DT Needle Felting; Technique and Application for the CC232; JC Stage (Monroe and Maholland) 2:00 – 3:15 pm AD Preparing the Physical Monologue: Integrating Body Seattle II; DT and Text (Hurst) 2:00 – 3:15 pm TK On-line Theatre: Isn’t That an Oxymoron? (Burgess) RC157; JC

3:30 – 4:45 pm AD Script Analysis and the Director’s Vision (Herman) Dallas; DT 3:30 – 4:45 pm AD Contemporary Monologue Workshop (Allen) KC Theatre; DT 3:30 – 4:45 pm PW Writing the One-Minute Play: The Haiku of Theatre RC181; JC (Rabas) 3:30 – 4:45 pm AD Lessac Kinesthetics: Voice and Body Energies (Smith) Seattle II; DT 3:30 – 4:45 pm PW Adapting for the Stage (Urbanati) CC232; JC 3:30 – 4:45 pm AD The Business of Acting: You and Your Agent (Conner) Tucson; DT

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JANUARY 22 FRIDAY PERFORMANCE, AUDITION & EVENT SCHEDULE 8:00 – 8:30 am Load-In/Out Response: Tucson; DT How Will You Know Us Now, or Anytime? 8:00 – 10:00 am Costume Parade Rehearsal Yardley Hall; JC 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Festival Registration & Information Carlsen Lobby; JC 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Costume Parade Load-In Yardley Hall Dressing Rooms, Green Room; JC 8:30 – 9:00 am Load-In/Out Response: Closet Land Phoenix; DT 8:30 – 9:30 am Production Response: Tucson; DT How Will You Know Us Now, or Anytime? 9:00 – 10:00 am Production Response: Closet Land Phoenix; DT 9:00 – 11:00 am Theatre Management Response Session CC224; JC 9:00 – 11:30 am National Critics Institute CC212; JC 9:30 am – 12:30 pm Ten-Minute Play Rehearsals (Closed Session) Craig Auditorium; JC 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Performance: Jam Jar Sonnets Polsky Theatre; JC 10:30 – 11:30 am Regional Advisory Board Meeting KC Theater; DT 10:30 – 12:00 pm SDC Directing Scenes Final Round Public Black Box Theatre; JC Performances 12:00 – 1:00 pm Invited Regional Respondent Luncheon Dallas; DT 12:30 – 1:45 pm Stage Managers Meeting (Closed Session) CC212; JC 1:00 – 3:30 pm Portfolio Reviews (participants only) KC Theater; DT 1:00 – 3:00 pm Ten-Minute Play Festival Craig Auditorium; JC 1:00 – 5:00 pm Irene Ryan Final Auditions Rehearsal Yardley Hall; JC (Closed Session) 2:00 – 3:30 pm SDC Directing Scenes Final Round Responses Black Box Theatre; JC 3:00 – 5:00 pm Ten-Minute Play Festival Response Session Craig Auditorium; JC 7:00 – 10:15 pm Irene Ryan Final Round Auditions & Costume Parade Yardley Hall; JC 10:30 pm – 12:00 am Festival Recognition Ceremony Yardley Hall; JC

ESTIVAL ECOGNITION EREMONY F R C National Faculty Fellow in Directing Gold Medallion Recipient Outstanding Ten Minute Play National Barbizon Awards

Outstanding Stage Manager Outstanding Theatre Management Student National Critics Institute Student Directing Recognition of Invited Productions Golden Hand Truck Recipient Irene Ryan Scholarship Auditions

11:00 PM – 1:30 AM A MONSTER MASH MONTEREY BALLROOM, DT Vampires, zombies and werewolves, oh my! Come and enjoy a night of terror and delight. Dress as your favorite hob goblin of horror. There will be fun and, of course, dancing. Come and party at the MONSTER MASH! Don't want to get your groove on? Then come next door to the Tucson Room and watch some wicked films.

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JANUARY 22 FRIDAY WORKSHOP SCHEDULE Workshops are coded by initials that correspond with the section of the brochure where a description may be found. For example, “AD” workshops are described in “Acting and Directing” section.

8:00 – 9:00 am TK Design, Technology, and Management Faculty Restaurant, Flagstaff Breakfast Forum – FACULTY ONLY (Paul) Room; DT 9:30 – 10:45 am DT Virtual Modeling with 3-D Visualization Software RC155; JC (Rozelle) 9:30 – 10:45 am DT Stage Management for Professional Theatre CC232; JC (Armagost and Buffum) 9:30 am – 12:00 pm DT Building a Sinamay Hat (Rendall) CC354; JC 9:30 am – 12:00 pm AD Shifting Your Stage Dynamics for the RC145; JC Close-up Medium of the Camera – STUDENTS ONLY (James) 9:30 am – 12:00 pm AD Shakespeare: The Readiness is All (Tuttle) Seattle II; DT 9:30-10:45 am AD Life as a Professional Actor: Working Across the Tucson; DT Country on Stage and on Television (Allen) 9:30 – 10:45 am AD Punch! Dab! Wring! The Actor's Use of Laban's Energy Seattle I; DT States in Characterization – STUDENTS ONLY (Wegner) 9:30 – 10:45 am PW Playwriting a Better Character: Games and Exercises in RC157; JC Creating Great Parts (AuFrance) 9:30 – 10:45 am MT Musical Theatre Dance (Miller) Monterey; DT 9:30 – 10:45 am TK Naked Shakespeare (Fiebig) CC234; JC 11:00 am – 12:15 pm MT My Best 16...ONLY BETTER!: Making Your 16 Bars Recital Hall; JC Memorable – STUDENTS ONLY (Cranford) 11:00 am – 12:15 pm PW Writing a Musical (Hustoles) RC157; JC 11:00 am – 12:15 pm AD How to Prepare a Professional Audition (Legg) Monterey; DT 12:30 – 1:45 pm DT Exploring the Changing Perceptions of Space in the CC224; JC Theatre Design (Unruh) 12:30 – 1:45 pm AD Shakespeare’s Folio Technique (Heffernan) CC234; JC 12:30 – 1:45 pm AD Believe, Behave, Become, Behold (Peck) Monterey; DT 2:00 – 4:30 pm DT 3D Design Program Sketch Up and How It Can Make RC145; JC Your Life Easier (Reading) 2:00 – 3:15 pm AD Mask: Music and Movement (Mitchell) Monterey; DT 2:00 – 3:15 pm DT Stage Managers Get Online: Use 21st Century CC212; JC Technology to Improve Your Stage Managing Life – STUDENTS ONLY (Buffum) 2:00 – 3:15 pm DT Design Portfolio: Preparation, Process, and Product CC232; JC (West) 3:30 – 4:45 pm AD Exploring Hyper Movement (Ellingson) Monterey; DT 3:30 – 4:45 pm DT Art Direction for Stop-Motion Animation: It's Just Like CC232; JC Scenic Design Only Smaller! (Enderle) 3:30 – 4:45 pm DT Backstage at the Santa Fe Opera (Armagost) CC212; JC

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JANUARY 23 SATURDAY PERFORMANCE, AUDITION & EVENT SCHEDULE

8:00 – 8:30 am Load-In/Out Response: Jam Jar Sonnets Tucson; DT 8:30 – 9:30 am Production Response: Jam Jar Sonnets Tucson; DT 9:00 – 10:30 am Irene Ryan Final Audition Response (Closed Session) Phoenix; DT

30 LOCATION CODES: CC = CARLSEN CENTER DT = DOUBLE TREE HOTEL JC = JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OCB = OFFICE & CLASSROOM BUILDING RC = REGNIER CENTER REGION V – KENNEDY CENTER AMERICAN COLLEGE THEATRE FESTIVAL XLII OVERLAND PARK, KS

DESIGN/TECH INTENSIVES

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

SCENE PAINTING: FAUX MARBLE AND STONE TECHNIQUES Greg Owen, University of Central Missouri This intensive will break down the steps for creating marble and other types of stone for the stage environment. The presenter will teach students step by step techniques using research and various tools. To practice the technique, students will create examples of stone. Be prepared to get messy! Participants should bring: Paint clothes and shoes appropriate to the shop environment. No sandals. (Experience level: Beginning to Intermediate) Participation is limited to 12. Monday, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm; Scene Shop, JC

PERIOD DRAPING Sharon Sobel, University of Nebraska at Omaha This intensive will cover period draping principles, including analysis of style, design, selecting and preparing draping fabric, working with grain, choosing and marking a dress form, and the basic steps in draping bodices and skirts. Participants will drape a bodice (without sleeves) and transfer the pattern to paper. Participants should bring: Their own scissors and rulers if they prefer or they can use those supplied. (Experience level: Beginning to Intermediate.) Participation is limited to 8. Monday, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm; Dressing Rooms, JC ARMOR MAKING TECHNIQUES Sara Curran Ice, University of Nebraska – Kearney This intensive takes you through the steps for making various forms of armor out of muslin, felt, flex glue, and paint. Participants will create realistic looking armor that can be used for several different time periods which include Greek, Roman, and Medieval. The intensive will take place over two days to allow for drying/curing time. (Experience Level: Beginning to Intermediate.) Participation is limited to 12. Monday, 1:00 - 4:00 pm and Tuesday, 1:00 - 4:00 pm; Scene Shop, JC MODEL BUILDING TECHNIQUES Robbie Jones, University of Nebraska at Omaha This hands-on intensive is designed for the experienced student model builder. The workshop will be geared toward a participant who is comfortable with building models and is looking to learn some advanced modeling techniques. Topics covered will include modeling textures, painting techniques, furniture, modeling natural objects, and other advanced techniques. Participants should bring: Their own cutting and measuring tools if they prefer or can use those supplied. (Experience level: Intermediate to Advanced) Participation is limited to 8. Tuesday, 1:00 - 4:00 pm; CC354, JC

31 LOCATION CODES: CC = CARLSEN CENTER DT = DOUBLE TREE HOTEL JC = JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OCB = OFFICE & CLASSROOM BUILDING RC = REGNIER CENTER REGION V – KENNEDY CENTER AMERICAN COLLEGE THEATRE FESTIVAL XLII OVERLAND PARK, KS

DESIGN/TECH INTENSIVES

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

SOUND DESIGN FOR THE 10-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL George Grubb, Minnesota State University, Mankato This dynamic new offering will pair sound designers with directors of the 10-minute plays to conceptualize and produce limited but realized sound designs for actual performance. Student sound designers will have the opportunity to work with an experienced sound design mentor to develop their ideas in a hands-on environment. The intensive will take place over two days to allow for creative input and ‘work’ time. (Experience Level: Intermediate to Advanced) Participants should bring: Their own laptop computer with sound editing software. Participation is limited to 6. Monday, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm and Tuesday, 1:00 - 4:00 pm; Yardley Hall, JC COSTUME RUNWAY, SEASON 3 Marybeth Sorrell, Johnson County Community College and Sharon Sobel, University of Nebraska at Omaha This intensive will be done in the creative spirit of Project Runway. Designers will work in teams of two, chosen when they arrive. Upon their arrival each team will be given a time period in fashion history. They will research that era, have time to design the costume, be given a bag of fabric and then create the garment. All projects, including the designs, will be on display throughout the week. Participants should bring: 5 yards of fabric. (It could be 1 yard of this and 4 yards of that, but a total of five yards. All the fabric will be combined then redistributed.) Costume and/or Fashion History books for research (Experience level: Beginner thru Expert) Participation is limited to 12. Tuesday, 1:00 - 4:00 pm; Dressing Rooms, JC DAVID THAYER LIGHTING DESIGN INTENSIVE Peggy Sannerud, Winona State University and Tony Pellecchia, University of South Dakota This is an exciting new approach to the David Thayer Lighting Event. This hands-on intensive is designed for the experienced student lighting designer. The workshop will be geared toward a participant who is comfortable with all aspects of lighting design but is looking to experience more union oriented practice. Technical aspects of hanging, focusing and programming will be conducted by personnel provided by the venue. Participants will be provided a picture from art history for their project. It will be their task to evoke the quality, color and moment of the lighting in the picture. Students will work under the guidance of festival special guest lighting designers. Participants should bring: Their own gel libraries if they prefer or can use those supplied. (Experience level: Intermediate to Advanced) Participation is limited to 8. Monday, 1:00 - 4:00 pm and Tuesday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm; Black Box Theatre, JC

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WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS

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

ACTING AND DIRECTING WORKSHOPS (AD)

A CAREER IN THEATRE: THE ROLE OF ACTORS' EQUITY & A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO THE BUSINESS. Tom Miller The workshop describes Equity's mission: to support and protect the rights of Actors and Stage Managers. It explains how and when to join and outlines contracts and benefits. Additionally, the workshop offers insights into balancing artistic & business mindsets, covers personal negotiating skills, record keeping, networking, and more. STUDENTS ONLY. Thursday 12:30-1:45 pm, Tucson; DT ACTING THE SCENARIO. Albert Juhrend This workshop will explore the use of story points in the rehearsal and improvisation process. Students will have the opportunity to take a story and break it down into the three basic questions of what, why, and how. We will then look at how to use this process in rehearsals and improvs. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Thursday 9:30-10:45 am, Seattle II; DT ACTING WITH COLOR. Janice Fronczak With catchy beats playing, and using large pieces of colorful silky cloth, indulge in exploring the body in space. From your creative "play" apply this delightfully experimental tool in a formless scene with a partner, as the cloth becomes a natural extension of the scene, creating a fantastic instant performance piece. Please wear comfortable movement clothing. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Thursday 2:00-4:30 pm, Monterey; DT ACTORS THEATRE OF LOUISVILLE APPRENTICESHIP INFORMATION SESSION. Michael Legg Come learn all about the Apprentice Company. Now in its 38th year, it's one of the oldest continuing pre- professional companies. A practical alternative to graduate school, the program is designed to serve as a bridge between where you are as a theatre artist and where you’d like to be. While learning the skills needed to create and maintain a professional career, Apprentices perform in their own 5-show season and participate in an industry showcase. Wednesday 2-3:15 pm, KC Theatre; DT AUDITION MONOLOGUES: NO WHINE OR CHEESE - PLEASE! Jon Sidoli A scholarship, professional role, or agent could rest on your audition monologues. Learn to avoid "whiney” or "cheesy" acting choices. Discover how to get to a powerful "main course" of truthful actions without the pretense of un-centered emotional choices and stagey gimmicks. Wednesday 9:30-10:45 am, Seattle I; DT BELIEVE, BEHAVE, BECOME, BEHOLD. James Peck This workshop draws from Dell’Arte International’s approach to physical theatre to develop the alive presence of the actor/creator, both in process and in execution. Using games and the way we play them as a catalyst for chaos, we explore how we make work in the moment, in ensemble, and in the vital space of the stage. Come in clothing appropriate for monumental movement and ferocious play. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Friday 12:30-1:45 pm, Monterey; DT BENEATH THE SURFACE OF SHAKESPEARE. Charlotte MacFarland Students will learn to explore the way subtext is revealed through the choice of a character's language. STUDENTS ONLY. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Tuesday 2:00-3:15 pm, Seattle I; DT

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THE BUSINESS OF ACTING: YOU AND YOUR AGENT. Ronald L. Conner and Roxanna Bevel-Conner Actor, Ronald L. Conner and On-Camera Agent, Roxanna Bevel-Conner will facilitate this discussion on acquiring and working with an agent, life as a working actor in multiple mediums, and answer your questions on everything from headshots to taking classes to networking. Thursday, 3:30-4:45, Tucson; DT COLD READINGS--THE ART OF MAKING IMMEDIATE DECISIONS. Michael James Cold readings are not the same as giving a performance or performing a rehearsed monologue. An actor must make immediate decisions. This interactive workshop will provide guideposts that should be applied to every cold reading and help you develop the tools to enable you to become comfortable with cold readings regardless of the scene, situation, or audition partner. STUDENTS ONLY. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Wednesday 11:00 am-12:15 pm, Seattle I; DT COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE AND MASKS. Bethany Larson Participants will gain experience in developing Commedia dell'Arte characters through the use of masks and physical theatre techniques. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Tuesday 9:30-10:45 am, Seattle II; DT COMMUNICATING SHAKESPEARE. Pamela Wegner This workshop will focus on discovering and communicating the meaning of a Shakespearean speech or soliloquy using various exercises. Participants should come prepared (though not necessarily memorized) with a copy of a Shakespearean speech or soliloquy on which to work. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Wednesday 3:30-4:45 pm, Seattle I; DT CONTEMPORARY MONOLOGUE WORKSHOP. Tyrees Allen Bring your contemporary audition monologues to be coached by professional theatre and television actor Tyrees Allen. Thursday 3:30- 4:45 pm KC Theater; DT DANCING SHAKESPEARE. Charlotte MacFarland Students will explore through physical exercises the fundamentals of rhythm and meter and how those principles lead to thought and character. Please wear comfortable movement clothing. STUDENTS ONLY. Monday 3:30-4:45 pm, Monterey; DT DIRECTING: GETTING THE BEST FROM ACTORS. Maurice LaMee What are directors really supposed to be paying attention to in rehearsal? Come find out in this workshop designed to help you keep your actors focused on the most basic, but most often neglected work of the theatre. Thursday 2:00 – 3:15 pm, CC234; JC EXPLORING HYPER-MOVEMENT. Craig Ellingson The body, mind, and spirit all work in unison allowing an actor a multiplicity of resources for creativity. The purpose of Hyper-Movement is to allow the actor an experience of abstract movement as it relates to acting. This workshop features a lecture/demonstration on the implementation of Hyper-Movement with two actors and a prepared piece. Time allowing, participants will also explore this methodology hands-on. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Friday, 3:30-4:45 pm, Monterey; DT DOWN, BUT NOT OUT. Danette Baker This will be an unarmed stage combat class focusing on the techniques of executing safe stage falls. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Wednesday 12:30-1:45 pm, Seattle I; DT GO, TEAM, GO!: DIRECTORS LEADING COLLABORATION. Julie Mollenkamp Tips and tricks for directors on developing a collaborative team in the production process. We will engage in exercises to help hone leadership and communication skills while exploring group dynamics. Come prepared to PLAY! PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Tuesday 3:30-4:45 pm, Houston; DT

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HOW TO PREPARE FOR A PROFESSIONAL AUDITION. Michael Legg What's the secret to a successful professional audition? It doesn't have as much to do with the work you prepare as you might think. Come get the lowdown on what really goes on behind the table and how to work it to your advantage. Friday 11:00 am-12:15 pm, Monterey; DT IMAGINARY BODY - THE CHARACTER IN YOU. Trish Brown Students will explore the Michael Chekhov technique of Imaginary Body as a tool to discover and develop character. This is a psycho-physical technique that fully engages the actor's imagination and empowers the actor to make strong, committed character choices. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Tuesday 11:00 am- 12:15 pm, Seattle II; DT IRENE RYAN VOCAL/PHYSICAL WARM-UP. Adam Heffernan and Kristin Larson Get vocally and physically energized for your Irene Ryan performance by participating in a group warm-up guided by Region V faculty acting coaches. Twenty minute warm-up sessions will begin on the hour at 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, and 11:00. Monday 8:00 am- 12:00 pm, CC130; JC LESSAC KINESENSICS: VOICE AND BODY ENERGIES. Dana Smith Participants will be introduced to principles of Arthur Lessac's bio-sensory and musical approach to body and voice work. Kinesensic training is designed to foster self-teaching and promote creativity through explorations that begin with very familiar and pleasurable events, like sighing, giggling, and humming. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Thursday 3:30-4:45 pm, Seattle II; DT MAKING THE TRANSITION TO A PROFESSIONAL ACTOR. Michael Legg Want to make this passion your career but don't know enough about the business? We'll talk about how to translate your training and drive into a practical career as a theatre artist. Topics include choosing a starting city, making your own work, finding an agent, and when/if to go union. We'll also have time during and after the session to answer questions that are specific to your individual goals. Thursday 11:00 am- 12:15 pm, Tucson; DT MARKETING YOURSELF: FINDING WORK – LA TO NEW YORK. Michael James Think having an agent is the answer? Think Again! Should you have a manager? How do you best network and market yourself? Do things work the same in New York and LA? Learn about the things you never hear after you leave an audition as well as “the differences that make a difference” from two who were in the trenches, as a Broadway veteran and an Emmy winning producer/host offer tales and advice, horror stories and successes that could help you get work and avoid pitfalls. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 75 Tuesday 12:30-1:45 pm, Tucson; DT MASK: MUSIC AND MOVEMENT. Theresa Mitchell Explore how to use music as source material for character study and mask work. Discover how to physically and psychologically interpret music. Mask performance techniques will be blended into the music study with a character improvisation. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Friday 2:00-3:15 pm, Monterey; DT MONOLOGUES FOR AUDITIONS. Amy Attaway Practice the art of auditioning with a monologue! We'll cover all the basics of a good monologue audition, do some coaching with individual volunteers, and answer all your questions. The Apprentice Company at Actors Theatre sees over 2500 auditions every year, so come hear what we see from the other side of the table. Wednesday, 2:00 – 3:15, Seattle I; DT PLAY READINGS: A HOW-TO WORKSHOP FOR DIRECTORS, ACTORS AND PLAYWRIGHTS. Rob Urbanati Readings of new plays are a major component of many theaters’ New Play Development programs. They have become “auditions” for actors and directors, and can be extremely useful to playwrights. Topics discussed include: how to direct a reading; what kind of notes to give, and not to give actors; how to handle stage directions: how to act in a reading; what a playwright can expect to learn and not learn from the reading. Wednesday 2:00 – 3:15 pm, KC Theatre; DT 35 LOCATION CODES: CC = CARLSEN CENTER DT = DOUBLE TREE HOTEL JC = JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OCB = OFFICE & CLASSROOM BUILDING RC = REGNIER CENTER REGION V – KENNEDY CENTER AMERICAN COLLEGE THEATRE FESTIVAL XLII OVERLAND PARK, KS

PREPARING THE PHYSICAL MONOLOGUE: INTEGRATING BODY AND TEXT. Lon Hurst Discover movements and gestures that bring your monologue character to life. Learn how to use posture, gesture, movement dynamics, and body language to strengthen your character’s point of view and present you in your best light. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Thursday 2:00 - 3:15 pm, Seattle II; DT PUNCH! DAB! WRING! THE ACTOR'S USE OF LABAN'S ENERGY STATES IN CHARACTERIZATION. Pamela Wegner This workshop will examine Rudolf Laban's eight energy states as the actor's starting point in developing physical characterization. STUDENTS ONLY. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Friday 9:30-10:45 am, Seattle I; DT SCRIPT ANALYSIS AND THE DIRECTOR’S VISION. Richard Herman The key to any successful production is the director’s total understanding of the text and their subsequent vision and concept. This workshop will explore the tools necessary for developing a solid, theatrical, and valid analysis and then translating this interpretation into stage action which will inform the design elements, acting choices, and directorial decisions. This workshop is for all students and faculty, from beginners to experienced sages of the stage. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Thursday 3:30-4:45 pm, Dallas; DT SCRIPT ANALYSIS FOR ACTORS, DIRECTORS, AND DESIGNERS. Aili Smith Come join us in an exciting exploration of Script Analysis! We will dissect a scene by applying Assertions, Plans, and Commands. In addition, we will use a Plot-Bead diagram to track significant events! STUDENTS ONLY. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Tuesday 9:30-10:45 am, Houston; JC SHAKESPEARE'S FOLIO TECHNIQUE. Adam Heffernan Learn to read Shakespearean verse like a musician reads music. Drawing on a 400 year-old acting tradition, this workshop is a practical exploration of the Bard's work through breath, spelling, punctuation, and common sense. The Folio Technique is practiced at London's Globe Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater and countless other classical theatre companies. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Friday 12:30- 1:45 pm, CC234; JC SHAKESPEARE: THE READINESS IS ALL! Jennifer Tuttle Incorporating Alexander Technique and the methods of Patsy Rodenburg and Cicely Berry, this workshop will specifically target vocal support and freedom, and emphasize handling heightened language with believable, appropriate characterization, and with physical and vocal vibrancy. Bring your monologues or scenes and be prepared to attack the text. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Friday 9:30 am-12:00 pm, Seattle II; DT SHIFTING YOUR STAGE DYNAMICS FOR THE CLOSE-UP MEDIUM OF THE CAMERA. Michael James Practice and develop the techniques necessary for commercial, dramatic, and reality performance. Learn to economize reactions and movements and be totally honest as the dominant approach. Learn to work alone in close-ups and when spatial separation is unnatural and how the implications of the words and what is under the dialogue can bring more to on-camera acting than the words themselves. STUDENTS ONLY. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Friday 9:30 am- 12:00 pm, RC145; JC SLAP HAPPY: UNARMED STAGE COMBAT. Danette Baker This is an unarmed stage combat class focusing on the techniques of executing safe stage slaps and creating knaps. Time permitting we will also cover grappling. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Thursday 9:30-10:45 am, Seattle I; DT TIME ON YOUR SIDE: PLANNING AN EFFECTIVE REHEARSAL SCHEDULE. Nadine Schmidt Ever worked on a show where the first half was better rehearsed than the second half? Ever seen a cast go into tech week with fear and trepidation because they haven't yet had a full run-through off book? Don't let these things happen to your show! Come learn how to plan a typical 4-6 week rehearsal schedule, giving due attention

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to all aspects of preparing a show for performance. Sample schedules and hands-on activities will be a part of the workshop to help you practice skills learned. Thursday 11:00 am- 12:15 pm, Houston; DT VOICE FOR THE ACTOR: IF THEY CAN’T HEAR YOU, IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU SAY. Ron Clark If you want to find the inner vocal power that will allow you to perform in big venues or even outdoor festivals, this workshop is for you. Ron Clark is co-founder of the Riverside Theatre Shakespeare Festival and has taught voice for over 20 years. Tuesday 9:30 – 10:45 am, KC Theatre; DT YOU CAN ACT, NOW WHAT? ACTING AS A BUSINESS. Stacey Siegert This workshop focuses on teaching students to look at their acting career as a business person. There is so much more to having a successful acting career than just your talent. This workshop covers headshots, resumes, getting an agent, audition technique, and everything in between. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Monday 3:30-4:45 pm, Tucson; DT DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOPS (DT)

1001 USES FOR A PAPER CLIP AND OTHER MAGICAL STAGE MANAGEMENT SKILLS. Lori Horvik A discussion session/workshop exploring advanced stage management skills. STUDENTS ONLY. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Tuesday 12:30-1:45 pm, Dallas; DT 3D DESIGN PROGRAM SKETCH UP AND HOW IT CAN MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER. Patrick Reading This hands-on workshop will look at the basic elements of the design program SketchUp and how it applies to theatrical design. The program is very user friendly, so being familiar with computers is handy but not essential. A personal laptop with SketchUp on it is suggested, but not mandatory. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Friday 2:00-4:30 pm, RC145; JC A STAGE MANAGER PREPARES. Marci Maullar Every stage manager needs to do extensive preparation before rehearsals begin. This workshop will focus on several of the stage manager’s pre-rehearsal duties including the creation of preliminary plots for costumes, props, scenery, and lighting, actor/character plots, and scene breakdown of characters, contact sheets, and a well organized production/prompt book. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Tuesday 11:00 am-12:15 pm, CC224; JC ART DIRECTION FOR STOP-MOTION ANIMATION: IT'S JUST LIKE SCENIC DESIGN ONLY SMALLER! Curt Enderle This session is about stop-motion animation process and how I stumbled into this additional aspect of my freelance design career. Tuesday 2:00-3:15 pm, CC212; JC BUILD A SINAMAY HAT. Susan Rendall Make your own Sinamay hat. Learn about Sinamay, raffia, Fosshape and Wonderflex, all great products to use in costumes. Information about dyeing, shaping, cutting, stitching, and embellishing hats is included. Complete hat in class. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 12 Friday 9:30 am- 12:00 pm, CC354; JC COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION: THE DESIGNER’S TOOLS. Susan Mai, Nancy Pontius Join a director, scenic and costume design team for an open discussion about how scenic and costume designers communicate and collaborate with directors. In this discussion we will explore the necessary tools to understand and interpret what the director is saying, seeing, and feeling. Suggestions will be given for visual aids to be used when presenting your design ideas. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Wednesday 12:30-1:45 pm, KC Theatre; DT DESIGN BASH. Lynn Koscielniak This will be a fun, hands-on, interactive design extravaganza. Wednesday 2:00- 3:15pm, CC211; JC

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EXPLORING THE CHANGING PERCEPTIONS OF SPACE IN THE THEATRE DESIGN. Delbert Unruh This workshop will be an exploration of how different cultures have defined space in the theatre and how this definition relates to the economic and social character of the time. Friday 12:30-1:45 pm, CC224; JC FLAT PATTERN MAKING WITH SLOPERS. Ricky Greenwell In this hands-on workshop we will explore working with slopers to develop patterns for stage. We will be exploring bodices and working with the pivot point and slash and spread methods to alter patterns. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 30 Monday 12:30-1:45 pm, Dressing Room; JC GETTING TO KNOW YOUR SCENIC DESIGN RESPONDENT. Curt Enderle A brief overview of my work as a freelance scenic designer for live theatre and art direction for stop-motion animated commercials. Wednesday 9:30-10:45 am, CC211; JC LIFE'S A NICHE; THEN THEY BUY: ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR THE THEATRE TECHNICIAN. Ed Baker In the recent past, theatre practitioners have moved quickly and drastically from being creators to being consumers. This workshop is about moving back in the other direction and finding ways to share your ideas and inventions with the widest possible audience. STUDENTS ONLY. Wednesday 11:00 am- 12:15 pm, CC212; JC NEEDLE FELTING: TECHNIQUE & APPLICATION FOR THE STAGE. Betty Monroe and Rebecca Maholland This workshop will demonstrate methods for using needle felting on theatrical costumes. Examples of needle felted costumes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream will be shown. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Thursday 2- 3:15 pm, CC232; JC NYC LIGHTING DESIGN MASTER CLASS – THE IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH AND BEYOND. Herrick Goldman and Susan Nicholson This workshop will be a discussion about working as a professional lighting designer in NYC and how research visually informs a show. Wednesday 9:30-10:45 am, RC183; JC RENDERING USING PHOTO EDITING SOFTWARE. Robbie Jones This workshop will introduce designers to basic rendering techniques using photo editing software. Learn how to scan sketches, create layers, apply masks, and collage scanned textures and images found on the internet. We will also discuss hardware, such as monitors, scanners, printers and other accessories. The workshop will focus on costume renderings, but the techniques can be applied to scenic and light renderings as well. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Monday 2:00-3:15 pm, CC212; JC3 ROUTE-ING AROUND: HOW TO ADD CLEAN CURVES TO YOUR SET USING A ROUTER. Darin Himmerich Do you dread a designer that loves curved platforms and arched windows? Do you have a turntable to build? Well, put away those jigsaws, and get ready to cut clean arches and ovals that fit right the first time. The router is the right tool for all these jobs. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Tuesday 12:30-1:45 pm, CC130; JC SOUND DESIGN FOR MUSICAL THEATRE. Jeff Geisler Learn a systematic approach to creating a sound design and tips from a professional Sound Designer on how to make your musical sing! The workshop topics include: planning and creating the design, wireless microphone management, sound board overview, and balancing the actors and orchestra. Wednesday 9:30-10:45 am, RC145; JC STAGECRAFT AS SOULCRAFT: AN INQUIRY INTO THE VALUE OF CRAFT WORK. Ed Baker This workshop explores, through lecture and discussion, the ideas of Matthew Crawford as they might be applied to Stagecraft as well as the nature and ethic of work in today's culture. Monday, 12:30-1:45 pm, CC212; JC

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STAGE MAKEUP TECHNIQUES. Ricky Greenwell Explore various makeup tips and techniques actors need to know so to create successful characters on stage. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 30 Tuesday 11:00 am-12:15 pm, Dressing Room; JC STAGE MANAGERS GET ONLINE. USE 21ST CENTURY TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE YOUR STAGE MANAGING LIFE. Brad Buffum Stage Managers need to get on The Google. Word is for words. Excel is for numbers. Paperclips are the work of the devil. Bring your laptop, and we'll get a web site for your show up and running in one workshop. Be sure to apply for wireless access at the workshop location. I can improve your communication. STUDENTS ONLY. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Friday 2:00- 3:15 pm, CC212; JC TOOLS & TRICKS OF THE TRADE: MIXED-MEDIA AND WATERCOLOR TECHNIQUES FOR THE BEGINNER. Susan Mai, Nancy Pontius Experience a demonstration of watercolor and mixed media techniques for the young designer. In this hands-on workshop, students can experiment with techniques and materials demonstrated in the session. Learn the difference between layered washes and graded washes. Learn how to use acrylics for shadows and detail work. Learn how to manipulate paint to produce the effects you want. Experiment with translucent watercolors, opaque watercolors, watercolor pencils, pastels and acrylics. STUDENTS ONLY. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Tuesday 9:30-10:45 am, Scene Shop; JC THE WORLD OF COSTUMES IN FILM AND TELEVISION. Sara Ice This workshop will explore how designing for film and television differs from designing for theatre, qualifications and benefits of the unions, and job possibilities. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Tuesday 9:30-10:45 am, CC224; JC VIRTUAL MODELING WITH 3-D VISUALIZATION SOFTWARE. F. Chase Rozelle III This workshop will introduce you to SketchUp, a free, yet powerful three dimensional drawing and drafting program. Get started experiencing online tutorials, and outline a plan for learning even more. Laptops recommended but not required. Friday 9:30-10:45 am, RC155; JC WHAT DISNEY IMAGINEERING CAN TEACH US ABOUT DESIGN. Sean Kearney People often use the term "Mickey Mouse" to imply that something is of lower quality. That couldn't be farther from the truth when it comes to Disney's theme parks. Come hear what we can learn from the "Mickey Mouse" outfit called Imagineering and how we can apply the lessons that they have to teach us to theatrical design. Monday 11:00 am-12:15 pm, CC212; JC WIRELESS SFX: UNPLUGGED AND REMOTE CONTROL FOR THEATRICAL SPECIAL EFFECTS. Mark Wethington In this workshop we will explore solutions for remote and wireless triggering of special effects using RC technology including proven solutions for Blithe Spirit, Possible Worlds, and Baby with the Bathwater. Tuesday 9:30-10:45 am, CC124; JC WORKING WITH HAIR: LAYING HAIR AND VENTILATING. Ricky Greenwell In this session we will explore the topic of working with hair. The session will start out with a demonstration of laying facial hair, punch, and lace ventilation. After the demo participants will have the ability to break into small groups to work on techniques demonstrated in the session. Wednesday 9:30-10:45 am, CC212; JC YES, YOU REALLY CAN MAKE A LIVING IN PROPS. Deb Morgan There are many opportunities to work full or part-time in props; including theater, opera, movies, and commercial projects. Find out about the difference between these venues and the skills required. Monday 3:30 – 4:45 pm, CC211; JC

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MUSICAL THEATRE & DANCE WORKSHOPS (MT) BUT I'M A SINGER! TIPS TO ACTING A MOVEMENT CALL. Jerry Jay Cranford In today's financial climate, the best way to insure employment in musical theatre requires that all singers be capable of some movement. Participants will learn four short theatre movement combinations: comical, hip-hop, Fosse, and classical Broadway style. The structure will be that of a mock audition complete with casting. There will also be helpful tips and positive critique along the way. Wear your sweats or dance attire. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 60 Wednesday 2:00-4:30 pm, Monterey; DT CHOREOGRAPHY FOR THE MUSICAL STAGE. Amy Baker Schwiethale Anyone interested in choreography or staging would benefit from this workshop. We will discuss where to begin, what your job really is, the elements that you must take into account before you begin to "move." Participants will leave with the basic knowledge of how to approach a choreography project, have a practical bag of tools to use when approaching a project, and what they deem to be "good" choreography. Please wear comfortable movement clothing. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Tuesday 9:30-10:45 am, Monterey; DT MUSICAL THEATRE DANCE. Ashley Miller This is a musical theatre dance class open to beginners and veterans. Experience across-the-floors and combination work. Dance audition tips and points will also be discussed. Please wear clothing in which you are able to move. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Friday 9:30-10:45 am, Monterey; DT MUSICAL THEATRE STYLES DANCE. Craig Ellingson Come join us for a musical theatre styles dance class. This workshop is open to any and all levels of dance training. There will be a short warm-up followed by across-the-floors and combination work. Please wear movement attire. STUDENTS ONLY Wednesday, 12:30-1:45 pm, Monterey; DT MY BEST 16...ONLY BETTER!: MAKING YOUR 16 BARS MEMORABLE. Jerry Jay Cranford Bring your best 16 bars to be worked, critiqued and coached by a Broadway actor and get an edge when competing with the throngs of auditioners at an open call. The topics of choosing appropriate material, audition procedures, and a professional presentation will also be addressed. STUDENTS ONLY. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Friday 11 am- 12:15 pm, Recital Hall; JC THE MOTIVATED GESTURE IN MUSICAL THEATRE. Anne Foradori Do you ever wonder what to do with your hands while you are singing? How do you "fill space" during an introduction, closing, or musical bridge? How do you create a character or define an object or location? This workshop explores the use of the motivated gesture in musical theatre songs as a means to enhance your role as a musical story-teller. Students are encouraged to bring songs for coaching. Tuesday 11:00 am-12:15 pm, Recital Hall; JC “TOO DARN HOT” - MUSIC THEATRE DANCE. Amy Baker Schwiethale Bring your thinking caps, dance shoes, and all the energy you've got! Class will begin with a technical warm up, body conditioning, stretching, across-the-floors, and conclude with a combination. Participants will learn Kathleen Marshall's Original Broadway Choreography to "Too Darn Hot" from Kiss Me Kate. Some dance experience appreciated. Please wear comfortable movement/dance clothing. Thursday 9:30 am-12:00 pm, Monterey DT

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PLAYWRITING & DRAMATURGY WORKSHOPS (PW) ADAPTING FOR THE STAGE. Rob Urbanati This Workshop considers how previously existing material – novels, novellas, non-fiction books, journalism and true stories can be adapted for the stage. It will explore the challenges in finding “the story within the story,” that you – the writer – wants to tell. The Workshop will consider plot, structure, and character as they relate to adaptation, and will explore the issue of “faithfulness” to source material, as an asset and liability. Thursday 3:30 – 4:45 pm, CC232; JC CREATING A CHARACTER: THE PLAYWRIGHT'S PREROGATIVE. Bret Jones It isn't just about the lines for your character. How tall? A lisp? An addiction to yogurt? Learn about creating a character for your play from scratch. Monday 2:00-3:15 pm, CC124; JC CULTURAL AWARENESS AND TRANSLATION. Eugene Stickland I recently returned from Istanbul, Turkey where my play Queen Lear is being presented in Turkish translation. Seeing this production made me question the old adage "from the specific comes the universal." In our plays, there are certain cultural and spiritual conventions at work. Yet if we are not attendant to the various cultural forces at work in the world today, can we hope that our plays will ever reach a universal audience? This workshop will be an investigation into this question. Thursday 9:30 – 10:45 am, RC181; JC DREAMS: A FOUNDATION FOR SCRIPT AND PERFORMANCE. Steve Reynolds Working with participant’s dreams we will construct a performance script. Improvisational techniques will be used to explore each subconscious creation. Lines of dialogue may come from the dreams or from the improvisations. Staging will be constructed by each small ensemble working from a dream. Come ready to share those dreams you just can’t get out of your head. Seeing them come to life may lead you to new insights about your dreams and their connection to the playwriting process. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Thursday 12:30- 1:45 pm, Seattle II; JC DREAMWORK FOR PLAYWRITING. David Crespy Explore new ideas for plays, characters, plots, and settings using the power of your dreams. If you are struggling with coming up with an idea for a play, or have a character you want to discover more deeply, or you want to surprise yourself with a new complication in your plot, dream work offers a way into the mystery of your subconscious. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Thursday 2:00 – 3:15 pm, RC155; JC GETTING INVOLVED IN THE REGION V NEW PLAYS PROGRAM. Richard Herman This workshop is intended for student and faculty members who want to learn more about the myriad opportunities for getting involved with playwriting in Region V and on the national level. The 10-minute play festival, the John Cauble One Act Play festival, and the Michael Kanin Playwriting Awards will all be explained. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Tuesday 9:30-10:45 am, CC128; JC OPPORTUNITIES AT THE O’NEILL. Martin Kettling If you are interested in working on new plays, new musicals and new forms, we would like to get to know you! We are a developmental and educational center with programs suited to actors, directors, playwrights, stage managers, designers, puppeteers, dramaturgs, musicians, and lyricists. In its 46th year, The O'Neill continues its devotion to the creation of new work and the support of artists. In this hour, we will detail the educational and professional opportunities, such as the National Theater Institute, the National Playwrights Conference, the National Music Theater Conference, and the National Puppetry Conference. Thursday, 2:00 – 3:15 pm, RC181; JC PLAYWRITES RETREAT. Jeannett Farr Whether you apply for opportunities to be a writer or own up to it in your own home – Jeanette Farr will share some insight into inspiration and reminding yourself that you are indeed a playwright and ways to motivate you into believing it. Wednesday 3:30-4:45 pm, RC157; JC 41 LOCATION CODES: CC = CARLSEN CENTER DT = DOUBLE TREE HOTEL JC = JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OCB = OFFICE & CLASSROOM BUILDING RC = REGNIER CENTER REGION V – KENNEDY CENTER AMERICAN COLLEGE THEATRE FESTIVAL XLII OVERLAND PARK, KS

PLAYWRITING A BETTER CHARACTER: GAMES AND EXERCISES IN CREATING GREAT PARTS. Robert AuFrance This workshop is centered on helping playwrights (beginning through advanced). Exercises and games will help them not only develop dynamic characters, but to dramatically strengthen the characters that they have already started to flesh out. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 35 Friday 9:30- 10:45 am, RC157; JC PRACTICAL DRAMATURGY. Martin Kettling Dramaturgs must have a quiver of techniques to unblock the blocked and focus the minds of our compatriots. Clear communication is essential not only to the professional dramaturg’s work in the rehearsal room, but also key in fulfilling his/her duties to the larger institution. In this workshop, we will cover the creative process from inspiring new work to engaging the audience in talkbacks, exercising different tools of communication along the way. Wednesday 11:00 am – 12:15 pm, RC181; JC UNDERSTANDING NEW PLAYS. Martin Kettling While the playwright is confronted with the daunting blank page, a dramaturg’s work can be just as harrowing. How does one identify potential in a play when it often is difficult to know whether a script is an innovation or simply a mess? The stakes are high: some plays will be produced, while others will be recycled. In this workshop, we will explore strategies for reading – and criteria for evaluating – new drama. Thursday 11:00 am – 12:15 pm, RC181; JC WRITING A MUSICAL. Paul Hustoles Ever think about writing a musical as a composer, lyricist, or librettist? Come hear suggestions from a musical theatre producer/director/historian on what makes a musical "work" and how to avoid common traps. Friday 11:00 am- 12:15 pm, RC157; JC WRITING A ONE-ACT THAT FLIES: FIVE SIMPLE SUGGESTIONS. Char Nelson It's not a ten-minute or a full length play. So what is it? Attend this hands-on, active exploration of the unique challenges in writing a one-act play. We'll discuss choices that will help you meet those challenges. Then you'll structure your own workable story line for a one-act play. Wednesday 2:00-3:15 pm, RC157; JC WRITING THE ONE-MINUTE PLAY: THE HAIKU OF THEATRE. Kevin Rabas First, learn some brief background on the one-minute play. Then, learn tips and tricks for writing your own. Then, write and share your own one-minute plays in this fun and productive session. Thursday 3:30-4:45, RC181; JC THEATRE TALK WORKSHOPS (TK)

ACTING FACULTY BREAKFAST FORUM. Nadine Schmidt Join your acting faculty colleagues for some early morning socializing at the hotel. Come share ideas and experiences about finding acting opportunities and keeping your acting skills sharp within the constraints of an academic schedule and/or a rural location. Also, bring your best ideas for acting class exercises and assignments. FACULTY ONLY Wednesday 8:00-9:00 am, Restaurant, Flagstaff Room; DT BALANCING THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT THEATRE. Frank Mack Learn how to balance the Non-Profit Theatre Financial Equation: revenue, expense and strategy. This seminar will give students and faculty interested in arts administration a close look at the financial side of managing a not-for-profit theatre. Wednesday 9:30-10:45 am, RC181; JC BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE SANTA FE OPERA. Tracy Armagost Take a look behind the scenes at the Santa Fe Opera. Visuals include facilities and past, present, and future production designs. Seasonal employment opportunities will also be discussed. Friday 3:30-4:45 pm, CC212; JC

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DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY, AND MANAGEMENT FACULTY BREAKFAST FORUM. John Paul Join your design, technology, and management faculty colleagues for some early morning socializing at the hotel. Open discussion about pertinent issues in design, technology, management, teaching, or other related matters. FACULTY ONLY. Friday 8:00-9:00 am, Restaurant, Flagstaff Room; DT DIRECTING FACULTY BREAKFAST FORUM. Julie Rae Mollenkamp Join your directing faculty colleagues for some early morning socializing at the hotel. Bring your questions, ideas and stories about pertinent issues in directing, play selection, teaching or other related matters. FACULTY ONLY. Thursday 8:00- 9:00 am, Restaurant, Flagstaff Room; DT DRAMA THERAPY: ANOTHER CAREER PATH. Sally Bailey, Janice Fronczak Ever wondered how you could combine your desire to help others and still connect to the theatre world? Come and learn about Drama Therapy! Learn about the basic concepts, a brief history of Drama Therapy, the National Association of Drama Therapists, graduate programs where it can be studied and undergraduate courses to prepare for the graduate work. Experience some basic Drama Therapy exercises. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Tuesday 12:30-1:45 pm, Seattle I; DT JCCC BACKSTAGE THEATRE TOUR. Jim Lane Join Johnson County Community College Technical Director, Jim Lane, for a backstage tour of the JCCC theatre facilities, including the100 seat flexible Black Box Theatre, the 400 seat proscenium Polsky Theatre, and the 1400 seat Yardley Hall. Meet in Polsky Theatre to begin your tour! Tuesday, 8:00 – 9:00 am, Polsky Theater MIND YOUR OWN BID'NESS: TOP TEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT KEEPING YOUR MONEY. Ed Baker This workshop focuses on the ten most common ways to secure your fiscal future as an artist or craftsman while keeping the Government and other nefarious types from taking more than their fair share of your money. STUDENTS ONLY Monday 3:30-4:45 pm, CC212; JC NAKED SHAKESPEARE. Jeremy Fiebig Ever tried to "solve Shakespeare"? This workshop/roundtable explores what works – and what doesn't – when theatre artists try to cram the entirety of Shakespeare and the Renaissance into a modern or postmodern aesthetic funnel. We'll explore how to get at the spirit of Shakespeare's stagecraft without visiting Verona Beach or resigning yourself to doublet and hose. Suitable for actors, directors, designers, and others. Friday 9:30-10:45 am, CC234; JC ON-LINE THEATRE: ISN’T THAT AN OXYMORON? Tom Burgess If you are like us, you have college administration encouraging you to ‘think outside of the box’ and consider how you might re-imagine your theatre curriculum for on-line learning. Artists value ‘outside the box’ thinking, but should that ‘box’ be a computer? Join us in this informal conversation exploring what it means to embrace the technology without giving away the human connection and interaction that is at the heart of studying theatre. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 25 Thursday 2:00-3:15 pm, RC157; JC PLAYWRITING, DRAMATURGY, AND CRITICISM FACULTY BREAKFAST FORUM. Richard Herman Join your playwriting, dramaturgy, and dramatic criticism faculty colleagues for some early morning socializing at the hotel. Open discussion about pertinent issues in these areas within Region V. FACULTY ONLY Tuesday, 8:00-9:00 am; Restaurant, Flagstaff Room; DT RESPONDENT TRAINING WORKSHOP. Anne Byrd Are you a faculty member interested in being a regional respondent? Or are you a veteran wishing to brush up on your responding skills? Either way, this workshop is for you. Sit in on the response to the invited production Holding Up the Sky. Stay after for a response to the response, a Q & A session, and a discussion of best practices from veteran respondents. Thursday, 8:30 - 10:45 am, Phoenix, DT

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RUNNING A SUCCESSFUL NON-PROFIT THEATER. Maurice LaMee Have you ever thought you might like to start or run a theatre company? If so, this workshop will introduce you to some basic information that will help you get moving in the right direction. Subject matter will primarily revolve around strategic thinking and mission definition, but may also include information on developing resources, hiring the right team and basic non-profit structure. Participation Limit: 25 Monday 3:30 – 4:45 pm, CC234; JC START YOUR OWN THEATER AND GET CONTROL OF YOUR CREATIVE LIFE. Ron Clark Stop waiting for the phone to ring just so you can have a call back or a second interview. All theatre artists and entrepreneurs are welcome and well-advised to take this workshop that is based on Ron Clark's 30 years of experience in founding and operating Iowa City's resident professional company, Riverside Theatre. Wednesday 12:30 – 1:45 pm, Tucson; DT STATE OF THE ART. Gwen West How are we doing in our region to prepare our students as artist and supporters of the arts? How are we interfacing with the artists outside of our home schools? In professional theatres? Join in this vital round table discussion. Faculty and students are welcome. Wednesday 9:30 – 10:45 am, Houston; DT THEATER CRITICISM: ENDANGERED, EVOLVING, ESSENTIAL. J. Wynn Rousuck With newspapers going bust and the Internet booming, this workshop will emphasize the function of criticism -- traditionally and in these changing times – for critics, theater artists and audiences. Wednesday 11:00 am- 12:15 pm, CC211; JC THE THEATRICAL EVENT IN THE WORLD TODAY! Jim Cermak Learn about jobs or opportunities for artists and craftspeople who know and understand theatre but not necessarily in a typical theatre building: i.e., Church for 30,000 people, the Super Bowl Half-Time show, Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, all the "pageants," Business conferences in domes. Live Theatre Arts = Show Business! A new course for a world in transition. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Wednesday 3:30- 4:45 pm, KC Theatre; DT THEATRICAL FIREARM SAFETY. Danette Baker A lecture and demonstration class focusing on the appropriate and proper use of theatrical firearms in the performing arts. PARTICIPATION LIMIT: 40 Tuesday 11:00 am-12:15 pm, Scene Shop; JC

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WHO’S WHO Tyrees Allen, a veteran stage actor, began his at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Prior to joining professional career in Dallas. He went on to appear in Actors, she was a freelance actor and director. Recent more than 75 roles in theaters across the country, directing credits include 3:59am: a drag race for two including Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream at actors in the 2009 Humana Festival of New The Dallas Theatre Center, Petruchio in The Taming American Plays, The Drunken City with The of the Shrew at the Shakespeare Festival of Dallas, Necessary Theatre and The Laramie Project: Ten Norththumberland in Richard II at the Goodman Years Later (staged reading) at Actors. Amy is co- Theatre, the title role of Othello at The Old Globe founder and past director of the Theatre Alliance of and Colin Powell in the American premier of Stuff Louisville and is a proud member of Actors Equity. Happens at the Mark Taper Forum. On Broadway he Robert E. AuFrance is in his eighth year as the originated the role of Amonasro in the hit musical Executive Director of Theatre for Waldorf College. A AIDA, and played Westmorland in the Tony Award- graduate of the playwriting program at University of winning Henry IV at Lincoln Center. His television Missouri - Columbia, Bob has been produced in credits include playing Gordon Dean in the last Australia, Russia, South Africa, and across the season of Alias and Jacobi in the ABC series United States. His latest works include Tag Team Women's Murder Club, as well as guest starring on (last year's Region V nominee for the Mark David more than 30 shows, including Cold Case, Brothers Cohen National Playwriting Award - and the second and Sisters, CSI Miami, and Lie to Me. Currently part of his proposed trilogy about professional Tyrees plays Captain Maynard on the TNT show wrestling), Driving (a story of a roadtrip between two Dark Blue. men haunted by their shared dead lover), and Zombie Rick D. Anderson is Vice Chair of Region V, a Method (two friends barricade themselves in a house member of the selection committee, the past pretending that a zombie infestation is happening to coordinator of the college fair, and one of the initial inspire the writing of a zombie movie script). Road Warriors. He teaches theatre at Kirkwood Amy Baker Schwiethale is an Assistant Community College and is a graduate of Iowa Professor of Musical Theatre and Choreographer at Central Community College (AA) and The Wichita State University. She received her BFA in University of Northern Iowa (BA and MA). He has Musical Theatre from WSU. Her professional been a theatre educator in Iowa for the past 29 years. performing highlights include the first National Rick has also traveled extensively as an adjudicator Broadway Tour of 42nd Street (Phyllis Dale), two for the Educational Theatre Association and is a years with The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, member of the Iowa Thespian Hall of Fame. Rick has Singin’In the Rain at The Westchester Broadway also served the Iowa High School Speech Association Theatre, and MTWichita for 5 summers. Her WSU as a guest critic at their All-State Large Group choreography highlights include How to Succeed, Festival and is active in the training of judges for the Lady Be Good!, Street Scene, and Waltzing In IHSSA. Heaven (Certificate of Merit KCACTF). Her Tracy Armagost is the Assistant to the MTWichita choreography credits include Camelot Production Director with The Santa Fe Opera. She and this summer’s Gypsy. She is a proud member of began 23 seasons ago as a Properties Carpenter The Actors Equity Association. She is inspired by her Apprentice, then moved on to the Props Running students everyday and is extremely passionate about Crew as an assistant and then ran the Props Running their success. Crew for 10 years. Her current responsibilities at SFO include overseeing the program for the Technical Apprentices (including recruiting and programming), production scheduling and supervising the onstage rehearsals. Tracy will be conducting a workshop entitled “Behind the Scenes at The Santa Fe Opera.” Tracy will also be interviewing students for the 2010 Santa Fe Opera season and participating as a Stage Management Fellowship Respondent. Amy Attaway is in her second season as Associate Director of the Apprentice/Intern Company

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Danette Baker is the Kansas state representative Roxanna Bevel-Conner is an On-Camera for the Society of American Fight Directors, a Agent for Iris Talent. The only African-American recognized Advanced Actor Combatant, and a fight owned SAG/AFTRA franchised agency in Chicago, choreographer. She has trained in various styles of Iris represents approximately 175 actors and models. stage combat fighting, including Unarmed, Roxanna has over ten years experience in Arts Broadsword, Rapier & Dagger, Smallsword, Sword Education as an actor and director. She has worked as & Shield, Knife, and theatrical firearm safety, and Education Director for the Krannert Center for the she holds a 3rd degree brown belt in Aikido. Danette Performing Arts at the University of Illinois Urbana- is also a director and an accomplished actress, having Champaign and Directed the Teaching Company for appeared on stages in NY and across the country. CLIMB Theatre. In Chicago she worked as Manager Currently, she is a lecturer in Theatre for Wichita of the Team Shakespeare student matinee series and State University School of Performing Arts Theatre the Short Shakespeare! touring company for Chicago program. Shakespeare Theater for four years. During her time at Chicago Shakespeare she also served as Assistant Ed Baker joined the Faculty of Wichita State Director for the student productions CPS University in Fall of 2006 as Assistant Professor, Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet and CPS Technical Theatre, in the School of Performing Arts. Shakespeare! Macbeth, which featured Chicago high He earned a BA in Communication-Speech/Theatre school students. Her acting credits include The from Wichita State University and an MFA in Vagina Monologues, A Raisin in the Sun, Equus and Theatre at Ohio University. Ed has served as For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide Carpenter, Project Manager, and Technical Director When the Rainbow was Enough. for Spaeth Design in New York City and Production Manager for TA Millwork in Wichita, KS, as well as Trish Brown is an Associate Professor of Theatre a wide and varied career as a freelance technical at Principia College. Trish has worked as a director and carpenter Off Broadway, Off Off professional freelance director, actress, and theatre Broadway, and around the country. Besides his duties instructor in Chicago and St. Louis. She has also at The University, Ed is Production Manager for Id worked with Chekhov Master Teacher Dawn Arnold, Theatre's Seven Devils Playwright's Conference, developing her skills as a Chekhov actor and owner of Bakerwood Lite Industries, and Inventor of instructor. Trish is a founding member of The the ProDowser. Moving Dock Theatre Company, which is dedicated to the actor’s creative process through the Chekhov Sally Bailey is an Associate Professor in the acting technique. Trish holds a BA in Theatre from Speech Communication, Theatre and Dance Principia College and an MFA in Directing from The Department at Kansas State University. She serves as Chicago Conservatory for the Performing Arts at Director of the Drama Therapy Program and Director Roosevelt University. of Graduate Studies in Theatre. She is a past president of the National Association for Drama Scott M Brusven is the Director of Theatre for Therapy (2001-2003). She is the author of "Wings to the Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre (FMCT) in Fly: Bringing Theatre Arts to Students with Special Fargo, ND. He has worked with KCACTF for the Needs" and "Dreams to Sign". Sally was awarded the past six years in various capacities including Festival 2006 Gertrud Schattner Award for her contributions Management Consultant, Executive Assistant to the to the field of drama therapy in service, education, Region Chair, Festival Coordinator/Host, and and publication. received the Arts Management Fellowship Award in 2001. Mr. Brusven also serves as the Artistic Director Jim Bartruff is Director of Theatre at Emporia of Summer Musicals for A Center for the Arts in State University. Previously, he was Director of Fergus Falls, MN. He is a Director, Actor, Designer, Theatre at Minnesota State University Moorhead. He Choreographer, and Teaching Artist for the FMCT has directed over 100 productions and five in the past and its new Children's Studio Theatre (CST). Mr. calendar year—It’s a Wonderful Life, The Rocky Brusven holds a Bachelors Degree from Concordia Horror Show, Suds, The Glass Menagerie, and College in Moorhead, Minnesota. Rabbit Hole. Jim holds degrees from The University of Nebraska-Kearney, the University of Oregon, and the University of Montana. In 2001, he was named Minnesota Professor of the Year. He has served as president of the Montana State Theatre Association, Director of the Montana Repertory Theatre, and Director of Theatre at Carroll College.

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Brad Buffum teaches at University Of Nebraska - Sean has taught at the Children’s Theatre Company Lincoln’s Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film. of Minneapolis and in several school districts This is also Brad’s 10th year as Production Stage throughout the metro area. He holds an MFA in Manager for the Nebraska Repertory Theatre, Acting from Western Illinois University. Nebraska’s only Actors’ Equity Association theatre. Patrick Carriere has worked as an actor, While at UNL, he has been PSM for such director, designer and fight choreographer in over blockbusters as A Christmas Carol (several), Fiddler forty productions, and in four different languages on the Roof, Guys and Dolls, Oklahoma!, and nearly (Japanese, Russian, Greek and English) on three forty productions for NRT, including Carnival. As different continents. His most recent overseas instructor for Introduction to Theatre, he has widened experience was in Stratford-upon-Avon where he the horizons of nearly 2,000 non-theatre majors. An spent six weeks studying with the Royal Shakespeare active participant in KCACTF, he serves on the Company. His dissertation is on the concept of “soul” selection team for Region V. Nationally, he is web as it is used in Stanislavski’s System. He is currently master and works to promote recognition for student investigating the congruity between the spirituality of stage managers. Stanislavski’s and Michael Chekov’s approaches to Tom Burgess has been teaching at Normandale acting. since 2006. His responsibilities include teaching Jim Cermak has most recently directed Twelfth Introduction to Theatre, Stagecraft, and Stage Night, Godspell, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Cabaret, Management, designing scenery and lights and and Comedy of Errors. For over 37 years has created technical directing. Professionally, Tom has worked and taught twelve theatre courses at Concordia - with the Guthrie Theater as a properties artisan for Moorhead, including 11 European Travel Seminars. such productions as His Girl Friday and The Great An alumnus of SMS (Tent), UMKC (Missouri Rep), Gatsby, as well as set designing productions for the and SIUC, Jim lists an average of 6.5 theatre Guthrie/BFA program and the Guthrie Experience. productions per year since 1969. Creative Director Tom also worked as a properties master and assistant for the ELCA's National Youth Gathering in St. scenic designer for Penumbra Theatre's productions Louis, he has been the Managing Artistic Director for of On the Open Road and Roll'n on the T.O.B.A. Tom the Gooseberry Park Players for 17 years, including holds an MFA in design from the University of producing and directing four new works and three Minnesota. national or regional premieres. Anne Byrd is Chair of Region V of the KCACTF. Ron Clark holds an MFA degree in acting from She has also been proud to serve the Region as Vice the University of Iowa. He is a co-founder of Chair, Workshop Coordinator, Ryan coordinator, and Riverside Theatre, Iowa Ctiy's resident professional in various other capacities over the years. Anne is company. He teaches studio classes and directs at currently on sabbatical from Normandale Community Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa where he is a College where she is on the theatre performance Distinguished Artist-in-Residence. In 1998, along faculty. While on sabbatical, she is working to finish with his partner, Jody Hovland, he won the STAR her play on women soldiers in the Civil War, Known Award (Service To Arts in the Region). His But to God. She also will be directing the regional performance work includes the one-man play premiere of A Report on the Banality of Love at the Clarence Darrow, Lennie Small in Of Mice and Men, Minnesota Jewish Theatre and appearing in Tom Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie, Michael Expecting Isabel for Yellow Tree Theatre in the Rowen in the Kentucky Cycle, and Martin Dysart in Spring. Equus. Ron also played Pat Garrett on NBC in the Sean Byrd is a faculty member in the Department television production of The Authentic Life of Billy of Theatre at Normandale College in Bloomington, The Kid. In past summers for the Riverside Theatre Minnesota where he teaches introductory cinema, Shakespeare Festival, Ron has directed The Comedy television and acting courses and serves as a main of Errors and performed the roles of Lawrence in stage director. His most recent directing endeavors at Romeo and Juliet, Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night, Normandale include Urinetown, Romeo and Juliet, Banquo in Macbeth, Nick Bottom in Midsummer, the The Diviners, and Man of La Mancha. In addition to title role in King Lear and many others. This summer his work at NCC, Sean is an active actor/director in he will direct Romeo and Juliet and perform in Loves the Twin Cities. He recently directed the premiere of Labours Lost. He has written four original plays and Burned for Table Salt Productions in St. Paul, and he adapted two others for the stage including Coffee and will be on stage this spring, along side his wife, Hope and Grocery Stores. Anne, in Expecting Isabel for Yellow Tree Theatre.

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Ronald L. Conner lives in Chicago, where he is Brad Dell is the KCACTF Region V Workshop an ensemble member of Congo Square Theatre. He is Coordinator and a member of the Regional Selection the recipient of the 2008 and 2009 Black Theatre Team. Last year, he was awarded the Region V Road Alliance Award for Best Actor in an Ensemble (The Warrior Award. He is an Assistant Professor of Talented Tenth) and Best Actor in a Leading Role Theatre at Iowa State University, teaching classes in (The Piano Lesson). Additional Chicago credits Directing, Acting, Musical Theatre, and Script include: The African Company Presents Richard the Analysis. From 1998-2007, Brad served in numerous Third and Deep Azzure (Congo Square Theatre), The capacities including Artistic Director of Apple Hill First Breeze of Summer (Court Theatre), The Taming Playhouse in Delmont, PA. During the summer Brad of the Shrew and Romeo and Juliet (Chicago is a director, actor, and designer at the Howmet Shakespeare Theater), The Orestiea (Greasy Joan & Playhouse in Whitehall MI, and throughout the year Co), and Short Eyes (urbantheatreco). Regionally his he is an artistic advisor at StageWest Theatre credits include The Piano Lesson (Portland Stage); Company in Des Moines, where he recently directed and Joe Turner's Come and Gone, The River Niger, the Iowa premiere of The History Boys and where he and Macbeth (St. Louis Black Repertory). This spring is currently directing Almost, Maine. Some of his he will appear in Two Trains Running at Geva recent favorite directing credits, include: Sweeney Theatre in Rochester, NY. In addition to his theatre Todd, Gypsy, Three Sisters, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, experience Ronald has a thriving on-camera career. Cabaret, Marriage of Figaro, and Children of Eden. Since 2007 he has appeared as a principle in the Brad holds a BA in Theatre from Westminster Coors Light National Campaign for the NFL and has College in New Wilmington, PA and an MFA in also appeared in national and regional commercials Directing from Western Illinois University. for Sears, KFC, Kmart, and the Missouri Lottery. He Patricia Downey is a member of the University was also featured as a sniper in The Dark Knight. of South Dakota Theatre faculty. She has earned a Jerry Jay Cranford spent nearly eight years Bachelor of Science in Education with a with the Broadway and National tour of Les specialization in Theatre and Speech from Missouri Misérables. He also starred in the tours of Singing in Western State University, a master's in Theatre from the Rain, Anything Goes and was the featured dancer Central Missouri State University, and a master's in with the European tour of Evita staged by Broadway dance from The Ohio State University. Currently, she choreographer Larry Fuller. Mr. Cranford was a is ABD from the University of Missouri-Columbia, soloist with the Frankfurt Symphony for the closing where she completed her coursework for her PhD in ceremony of the International Arts Council in 1992. Theatre. Her area of expertise is movement and He worked with Fosse's assistant Jon Sharpe on three dance. Her research interests are in the area of the productions and was accepted into a Master's Class of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Her twenty with the late Gwen Verdon. He has directed professional affiliations include the Association for and/or choreographed over 50 productions and will Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), Mid-America graduate with an MFA in Directing in May of 2010. Theatre Conference (MATC), and Association of David Crespy is an associate professor and Theatre Movement Educators (ATME). Professor Downey is a certified instructor of Stott Pilates. founder of the Writing for Performance program at the University of Missouri Department of Theatre. He is the artistic director of MU’s Missouri Playwrights Workshop and has served as chair of the Region V KCACTF National Playwriting Program, the ATHE Playwriting Program and the MATC Playwrights Symposium. His books include The Off- Off Broadway Explosion (Back Stage Books, 2003), with a foreword by Edward Albee, and He Had to Hock His House: Richard Barr, Edward Albee, and the American Playwright (Southern Illinois University Press, 2011). His plays and essays may be found in Perfect Ten (Gary Garrison, ed.), Playwriting Master Class (Michael Wright, ed..), Monologues for Men by Men (Gary Garrison, Ed.), Angels in American Theatre (Robert Schanke, ed.), and The Influence of Tennessee Williams (Philip Kolin, Ed.).

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Craig A. Ellingson is the Chair and Director of Laika. In 2001, Curt received a Primetime Emmy ® Theatre Arts at Minnesota State University Moorhead for Outstanding Individual Achievement in where he teaches acting, directing, musical theatre, Animation for his art direction of the "Phish Phry" movement, and dance. His most recent appearance episode of Gary & Mike, a stop-motion animated TV onstage was with Music Theatre Fargo Moorhead’s show. October 2009 production of A Year with Frog and Jeremy Fiebig is Assistant Professor of Theatre at Toad. Other musical theatre performance credits Waldorf College. He directs an annual Shakespeare include lead roles in A New Brain, Cabaret, The Last play and coordinates the Shakespeare Studies Five Years, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown!, program. He has served on the artistic staff at the Bye, Bye Birdie, Evita, and 1776. He has also American Shakespeare Center and as an actor, performed at the Kennedy Center with Signature director, and teacher of Shakespeare in a host of other Theatre’s production of Overtures. In addition to his companies and settings. musical theatre experience, Craig has danced professionally with numerous regional companies. Anne Foradori is Professor of Music at the Craig’s directing and choreography work has been University of Nebraska – Kearney, where she teaches seen regionally at MSUM, The Straw Hat Players, studio voice and courses in opera and musical theatre. The Theatre of the Invisible Guests, Fargo-Moorhead She has appeared in twenty opera and musical theatre Community Theatre, FM Opera, Detroit Lakes’ roles and served as musical director, conductor, or Playhouse 412, Highland Summer Theatre, Nebraska stage director for another thirty. Her students have Repertory Theatre and The Lofte Theatre. Craig achieved success in state, regional and national holds a BFA in Musical Theatre Performance from competitions with the Metropolitan Opera Auditions, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and an MFA in NATS, NATS Artist Awards, MTNA Collegiate Directing from Minnesota State University Mankato. Artist Competition, and the American Traditions Competition of the Savannah-on-Stage Festival, and Shelly Elman is the Region IV Chair of have performed across the country in national tours KCACTF. She is an Associate Professor and the and regional theatres, including Chicago and New Director of the Theatre Program at the University of York. West Georgia, where she has taught for 13 years. Shelly earned the Centennial Professor of the Year in Janice Fronczak, a tenured Associate Professor, the Arts award from UWG in 2007-2008. She is in her 9th year at the University of Nebraska at recently directed In the Blood by Suzan-Lori Parks. Kearney where she teaches performance (including Other favorite directing credits include: Twelfth movement) and playwriting courses as well as directs Night, The Shape of Things, Stop Kiss and Breath, for the mainstage season. Janice holds her MFA in Boom. Shelly holds an MFA from Wayne State Theatre Pedagogy from Virginia Commonwealth University and a BFA from Illinois Wesleyan University. Her theatrical resume includes acting, University. Currently, Shelly is working on her directing, playwriting, and teaching both at the biggest production yet: the planning of her first university and professional level. She has been an regional festival as chair, which happens in two invited guest director for a variety of professional weeks in Murfreesboro, TN. Shelly is a member of summer stock theatres such as TheatreWest and The Actors’ Equity Association. Black Hills Playhouse. She has published seven short plays and three monologues through Heuer Curt Enderle, a freelance designer based in Publishing and Smith and Kraus, Publishers, Portland, Oregon, splits his time between scenic respectively. Janice’s most exciting project is design for live theatre and art direction for stop- studying to become a nationally registered Drama motion animated commercials. Current projects Therapist. She has brought drama therapy to the include the world premiere of Craig Wright’s The world of retirees, troubled adolescents, and Gray Sisters for Third Rail Repertory Theatre in incarcerated adults. Portland. Recent projects include LaCalisto, Albert Herring and The Rape of Lucretia for Portland Opera, Fabuloso!, Nobody Here But Us Chickens, and A Lesson From Aloes for Third Rail Rep, The Comedy of Errors for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Urinetown for Lewis & Clark, and Noises Off for the American University in Cairo. His animated commercials include clients such as Coca - Cola, Diet Dr Pepper, Samsung, Trident, and Hallmark, for production houses Bent Image Lab and

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Jeff Geisler is a Sound System Designer for EMI Haidee has presented at MATC and has been a part Audio in Minneapolis and has over 30 years of of the Leadership Institute at ATHE. Recent directing experience in the music industry. He began designing credits include The Rocky Horror Show, The Vagina sound for musical theater at the request of one of his Monologues, Dinner with Friends, Waiting for sound system customers in 1995. Since that time, he Godot, and Cabaret. She has been involved in has guided student sound operators through over 90 Region V since her undergraduate studies and productions at high school, college, and community traveled to the KCACTF National Festival in April theaters in the Minneapolis area. He has extensive 2002 as the Region V student director for the experience using wireless microphones, analog and National Ten-Minute Play Festival. Haidee holds a digital mixing, and creating sound effects in musical BFA from Wichita State University, an MA from theater. Oklahoma State University, and a Ph.D. from University of Missouri-Columbia. Herrick Goldman has been designing lighting for theater, dance, concerts, museums, corporate Adam Heffernan teaches Acting, Shakespeare meetings, and themed attractions since the late 1980s. and Theatre History at Iowa State University. His His work has been seen in New York, Shanghai, regional theatre credits include Iago in Othello Manila, Frankfurt, Australia, and Canada. In the early (Theater at Monmouth), Nathan Detroit in Guys & 90’s Herrick was the Lighting Design instructor for Dolls (Clarence Brown Theatre), the world premiere the MIT Theater Arts Dept. After teaching for several of Thornton Wilder's Youth (Actors Theatre of years he relocated to New York and continued his Louisville), Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing design career. Recent Awards and Honors include: (Tennessee Stage). His directing credits include The Epic Productions Redden award at LDI 2009 for Twelfth Night, Tartuffe (ISU), The Real Thing, The Theatrical design, The ISES Big Apple award for Wizard of Oz (Highlands Playhouse), and Voices best event design, and a nomination for the 2009 from the High School (Instant Theatre). His film/TV Henry Hewes award for his design of the off- appearances include One Tree Hill (CW/WB), broadway show Rooms. New York Productions Surface (NBC), The Work & the Glory 2 (Vineyard), include: Off-Broadway: Rooms, Godspell, Latin and a year and a half on All My Children (ABC). He Heat, Flamingo Court, All is Love, Shafrika, holds an MFA from the University of Tennessee, Serenade, The Fearless, The Warm Up, Yiddish Knoxville, and a BA from the University of New Trojan Women, and Streakin' thru the 70's. Other Hampshire, Durham, and completed an New York productions and companies include: Apprenticeship at Actors Theatre of Louisville. resident LD for the Jaradoa Theatre company, Richard “Buzz” Herman is Chair and resident LD for Antigravity, and during the 90’s he Professor of Theatre at the University of Central was resident LD for the Irondale Ensemble (one of Missouri. He holds his PhD in Directing and Acting NY’s premier avant garde theater companies). from Texas Tech University. Buzz teaches courses in Herrick has also designed many off-off Broadway, directing, acting, and theatre history and has served regional, festival, and touring productions. Most as director for over 100 academic and professional recently his work was seen at The Wilma Theatre in productions. For KCACTF, Buzz serves as the Philadelphia on The Rock Tenor, which will be Region V Chair of the New Plays Program, has touring in 2010. Herrick founded the firm HG served as Assistant Irene Ryan Coordinator, regional Lighting Design in 2006. respondent, regional advisory board member, Ricky Greenwell is the Costume Designer for regional selection team member, director for the Ten- Minnesota State University Moorhead. He holds an Minute Play Festival, and Irene Ryan judge. Buzz is MFA from Wayne State University in Costume the Past-President of the Speech and Theatre Design and Technology, and a BS from Eastern Association of Missouri. His honors include the Michigan University in Communication & Theatre Missouri Governor’s Award for Excellence in Arts and English with a Secondary Education Teaching, University of Central Missouri Excellence Teaching Certification. He is a licensed in Teaching Award, and the Speech and Theatre cosmetologist and holds a make-up certification from Association of Missouri Outstanding Teacher Award. Joe Blasco School of Make-up. For the past 13 years he has worked extensively both on and off the stage as well as in opera, film, and the fashion industry. Haidee Heaton is an Associate Professor and Head of Theatre at Culver-Stockton College where she teaches performance, directing, theory, and voice.

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Darin Himmerich is currently Technical University, and Christopher Newport University. He Director at University of Nebraska-Kearney. He has directed and/or choreographed several received his MFA in Scenic Design from the productions, including South Pacific, The Music University of South Dakota. He worked as assistant Man, Cosi Fan Tutti, Hansel and Gretel, Urinetown, designer at the Omaha Community Playhouse where Brigadoon, Little Shop of Horrors, and Quilters. he designed Member of the Wedding, and Black Prior to his career in academia, Lon enjoyed a Comedy. He then spent time as Technical Director for professional career that spanned more than 20 years. the Lincoln Community Playhouse, building over 27 He is a long-standing member of the Actors’ Equity productions and designing scenery for six shows Association and the Screen Actors’ Guild. including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Sara Curran Ice received her MFA from the Dreamcoat and Amadeus. Darin also worked in Los University of California, Irvine. She spent ten years Angeles as a Lead Carpenter for Scenic Highlights, working in Film and Television in Los Angeles, as where he headed scenery projects for CNN, CBS, well as in regional theatre. She is a member of FOX, TBS, Lifetime, the State of California, IATSE Local 705 Motion Picture Costumers Union. Universal Studios Hollywood, and Disneyland. She is currently teaching Costume Design at the Lori Horvik is an Associate Professor of Theatre University of Nebraska, Kearney. Arts at North Dakota State University. She has Tom Isbell is honored to have taken two directed over 40 shows at NDSU and throughout the productions to the Kennedy Center as part of region. In addition, she has been a professional KCACTF: Dear Finder in 1999, and The Movie director and stage manager in Chicago. Lori is an Game in 2002, both written (or co-written) by evaluator for the National Association for Schools of students. He is the author of Lessons: The Craft of Theatre, the national accreditation organization for Acting, and collaborated with Mark Russell on the educational theatre. In addition to her work as an musicals Teddy Roosevelt and the Treasure of Ursa educator, Lori is a co-founder of Theatre B, where Major and, most recently, Teddy Roosevelt and the she directs, acts, and puts her stage manager skills to Ghostly Mistletoe, both of which premiered at the regular use. Kennedy Center’s Family Theatre directed by Gregg Robert Hubbard has worked in both academic Henry. A professor of acting at the University of and professional theatre as a teacher, performer, Minnesota Duluth, Tom is a proud recipient of the community-based drama facilitator, and drama critic. Kennedy Center Gold Medallion of Excellence In 2005 Hubbard received a fellowship for the Award in Theatre. O’Neill Critics Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Michael James is an Emmy-winning Theatre Center. Hubbard has performed his solo producer/host who, after enjoying more than 30 years work at dozens of venues across the United States in television and theatre, returned to academia as an and Canada. He holds a PhD in Theatre from MFA directing candidate and teaching assistant at Bowling Green State University and has published Minnesota State University Mankato. He articles and reviews in various academic books and rediscovered his passion for teaching while an journals. He is an Associate Professor of Theatre and adjunct professor at Metropolitan State College of chairs the theatre department at Northwestern Denver. Michael has directed, produced, College in Orange City, Iowa. choreographed, or performed in more than 250 Beppy Huls is the administrative assistant for the television and theatrical productions, and he department of arts and humanities at JCCC. She has maintains strong ties with the professional industry had a passion for theatre since her childhood days in having worked with some of television, music, and Theatre for Young America classes, and is currently Broadway’s most prominent talent. Among his writing short plays and taking classes from JCCC's mentors is the late Michael Shurtleff, author of amazing theatre department. Beppy is thrilled to be a Audition. part of KCACTF. She is truly blessed to have had the Gwen Jensen is Associate Professor of Theatre at opportunity to work with such a fantastic group of Wayne State College, Wayne, NE. There, she directs people on such an exciting project. all productions and teaches Acting, Theatre History Lon Hurst is an Assistant Professor in the and Literature, Introduction to Theatre, Directing, Department of Theatre Arts at the University of and Playwriting. Fascinated by the history of cultures North Dakota. He received an MFA in Dance from and their theatrical expression, Gwen has fostered the University of Illinois and a Bachelor of Music in teaching relationships and exchanges with the Voice from Eastern Michigan University. Previously Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb, Croatia, and Lon has taught at Illinois State University, Penn State Chienkuo Technology University in Taiwan.

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Corinne Johnson has been a professor in the Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, Atomic Theatre Department at St. Ambrose University in Farmgirl, Freedom, Hero, and Justice, (Drilling Davenport, IA, since 1989, where she has directed CompaNY), Safe Home, Dr. Faustus: Occult Remix, and/or designed approximately 50 productions. She Collected Works of Billy the Kid, Uncle Vanya, A holds a PhD in theatre from the University of Oregon Dream Play, Eccentricities of a Nightingale, The and has also taught at Luther College, Augustana Seagull, and Girls Just Wanna Have Fund$: A College, The University of Minnesota and The Peddler's Tale (Off Off Broadway), My Fair Lady, University of Oregon. Favorite acting roles include The Underpants and Beauty & the Beast (Regional Ransevskia in The Cherry Orchard, Vivian in Wit Theatre), Bye Bye Birdie, Crazy for You, Mother and Winifred in Once Upon a Mattress. Favorite Courage, Our Town, Goodnight Desdemona, Good directing projects include A Streetcar Named Desire, Morning Juliet, Urinetown, and Fiddler on the Roof Buried Child, Anton in Showbusiness, Hedda Gabler, (Richard Perry Theatre). Guys and Dolls, and her original adaptation of James Sean Kearney is the Designer and Technical and the Giant Peach. She is a company member of Director for Grand View University. In addition to The Curtainbox Theatre, where she will be directed his work designing for various theatre companies, by Broadway director Phil McKinley (The Boy from Sean has done backgrounds for magazine articles and Oz with Hugh Jackman) this summer. Cory is a advertisements, trade show displays, and assisted former KCACTF Road Warrior and workshop with the design of a ride for Sea World of Florida. coordinator and currently assists Tom Isbell with the Region V Irene Ryan auditions. Martin Kettling is the Literary Manager for the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center and manages the Bret Jones is the Director of Theatre at WSU and selection process for the National Playwrights has a BA in Speech/Theatre from East Central Conference, the National Music Theater Conference, University and an MA in Theatre and a PhD in and the National Puppetry Conference. He provides Education from the University of Oklahoma. He is dramaturgical support to all of the Center’s programs, also a playwright and radio dramatist, with including the National Theater Institute. His role as productions and workshops of his plays appearing dramaturg includes developing new plays by Rachel across the country. Bret is a member of The Ancient Axler, Lucy Caldwell, Lauren Gunderson, Deborah Radio Players, a radio performance troupe that Zoe Laufer, Alex Lewin, Gregory Moss, and Ursula perform live and studio shows. An upcoming play Rani-Sarma. Other support includes work on Ifa production of his is Thee and Thou with Buckham Bayeza, Julia Cho, Nilo Cruz, Rebecca Gilman, Jason Alley Theatre in Michigan. Grote, Regina Taylor, and Jeff Whitty, and assisting Robbie Jones is an Assistant Professor for the world premiere of Sarah Ruhl’s Passion Play. A University of Nebraska Omaha's theatre department. major focus of his work is managing devised scripts, He is the Technical Director and also a set, costume, for example serving as writer’s assistant to Moisés and lighting designer. He has designed for the Kaufman in the creation of 33 Variations. Martin has Nebraska Shakespeare Festival, Angle's Theatre, worked internationally at the Edinburgh Fringe Eugene O'Neill Playwright's Conference, H and A Festival, the International Chekhov Festival in Summer Theater, Sunrise West Production Company, Moscow, and the University of Passau, Germany. He University of Kansas Summer Theatre and was is a graduate of Western Michigan University. resident Scene Designer at the Stephen Foster Theater. As a student, he was a participant in KCACTF Region V, where he won the Barbizon for Set Design and was selected for the O’Neill Design Fellowship. Lisa Renee Jordan received her MFA in Costume Design from the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama. Her costume design credits include Etymology of a Person (Odonata Dance Co.), Ectospasms, and Nights at the Circus (NYC Fringe Festival), Boy in the Bathroom and Castronauts (NYMF), Suicide, Anyone? (Off Broadway), The Witching Hour and Triangle (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Neglect and Thicker than Water (Ensemble Studio Theatre), A

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Maurice LaMee has been the Executive/Artistic performance at festival 38. She earned her BFA in Director of the Creede Repertory Theatre for ten Acting from Southern Oregon University, in years, and this is his thirteenth season directing at Ashland, and her MFA in Directing from The least one play for the company. He has overseen the University of Montana in Missoula. She is a member production of nearly ninety plays for CRT, and he of the Region V selection team and is a previous has directed over twenty productions since 1997. Road Warrior Award winner. Over the past several years the Creede Repertory Michael Legg is in his third season at Actors Theatre has received regional and national attention Theatre of Louisville and his second as Director of for its theatrical productions, including the the Apprentice/Intern Company. Before coming to Outstanding Achievement Award from the National Actors, he spent three years as a theatrical agent in Theatre Conference in 2007; previous winners have New York. His former clients can still be seen on included The Public, Steppenwolf, and American Broadway, in television/film, and in regional theatres Repertory Theatre. The Denver Post gave CRT its across the country. Prior to his time in New York, he Reader’s Choice Award for Best Year by a Colorado spent seven years teaching and directing at both high theatre company in 2006, 2007, and 2008, and CRT school and university levels. He holds an MFA in was nominated in 2009. In 2008, Maurice directed acting from the University of North Carolina at the world premiere of Billy Hell by Steven Cole Greensboro and is a proud member of Actors Equity. Hughes. It won The Denver Post’s Ovation award for Best New Work, and Maurice received the Reader’s Charlotte MacFarland has directed over 50 Choice Award for Best Direction of this play. productions of plays, musicals, and operas and holds Maurice is a graduate of the National Theatre graduate degrees in both Theatre and English, where Conservatory. her specialty is Renaissance Literature. She has worked as a guest director and playwright on the James T. Lane, Jr. is the Chair and West Coast and in New York City, including several Designer/Technical Director for the Department of summers as a guest artist and director at the Music and Theatre here at JCCC. He has been prestigious Idyllwild Arts Academy. Charlotte has involved with over 200 of the college’s productions. won numerous awards in playwriting, including a This is the fourth time he has helped host the festival special production with Richard Schechner and the at JCCC. Jim served as the KCACTF Region 5 David Library Award from the Kennedy Center. Her Design Chair from 1999 to 2004 under Gregg Henry original play, A Gathering of Fools, has been and Harry Parker. In 2005, Jim was awarded the presented at numerous universities and was a Kennedy Center Medallion of Excellence. He has KCACTF Regional winner. Recently, Charlotte co- started his 15th season as full time Technical Director wrote and executed a grant called “Camp and part time Scenic Designer for the Heart of Shakespeare” that instructed high school English and America Shakespeare Festival. His professional work Theatre teachers on methods for teaching and includes stints with theatre companies like the Kansas producing Shakespeare in their schools and City Rep, Starlight, and the American Heartland in communities. KC, The Great Lakes Theatre Festival in Cleveland and The Globe in San Diego. He holds an MFA in Scene Design and Technology from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Bethany Larson is an actor, director and teaches at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa. Bethany studied Commedia dell'Arte at the Accademia dell'Arte in the summer of 2008 and has worked with neutral and character masks since 1985. Her doctoral research was on masks as a performance and training tool for actors. Kristin Larson is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Grand View University in Des Moines, IA, where she teaches such fare as acting, directing, voice for the actor, and theatre history. Previously, she was an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Minnesota State University Moorhead, where her production of A New Brain was invited for

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Frank Mack is a native of Kansas and graduated costume and makeup design. Susan teaches Costume from the University of Kansas in 1985 with a BA in Design, Makeup Design, History of Costume and theatre arts, then earned an MFA in directing from Décor, Costume Crafts, and Millinery. Virginia Tech in 1988. Frank was awarded a grant Marci Maullar has been the managing director from the North Carolina Arts Council which enabled for several professional theatre companies including him to work in community arts administration at the Snowmass/Aspen Repertory Theatre (LORT) in Durham Arts Council. He then accepted a position at Colorado, the Porthouse Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio, Arena Stage in Washington, DC, as Project Manager and the Barrington Stage Company in Massachusetts. where he worked on a three-year new play project She was also a general manager at the prestigious with Anna Deavere Smith. Frank was then named Williamstown Theatre Festival where she produced Managing Director of the California Shakespeare several world premieres including John Guare's Festival in Berkeley where he helped lead a financial Moon Over Miami, as well as the directing debut of turn-around. He then served as Managing Director of Oscar-winning actress Joanne Woodward with a Geva Theatre in Rochester, New York, a LORT B production of Golden Boy. Marci has given numerous theatre and later became Managing Director of the workshops in Stage Management, Theatre New Jersey Shakespeare Festival before coming to Management and Professional Development. She has Connecticut Repertory Theatre. Frank has served as a also served as an invited panelist in stage Planning Consultant to the African Continuum management for the USITT. Before management, Theatre in Washington, DC, the Contemporary Marci was an actress in stock and in NYC where she American Theatre Festival in Shepherdstown, WV, created the role of Taddy Jo in the original cast of AMS Planning and Research in Fairfield, CT, The The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas at the renowned University of Delaware, and as a Panelist for the Actors Studio. Greater Hartford Arts Council and the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism where he Ashley Miller holds a BA in Performing Arts with currently serves as a Peer Advisor. He serves on the a Dance emphasis from Iowa State University and a boards of the Windham Arts Collaborative, The MFA in Dance from the University of New Mexico. Connecticut Arts Alliance, Soul Mountain Retreat, Since the age of nine, Ashley has studied tap, ballet, The Lost Colony, and the Professional Advisory jazz, pointe, modern, and African dance and holds Board at the University of Kansas. certifications in beginning levels of ballroom dance and yoga. Her MFA dissertation work measured how Rebecca Maholland has been managing the creative dance can benefit the social development and costume shop for Wichita State’s School of self-esteem growth of 6-13 year old children. Ms. Performing Arts since 2003. She holds MA’s from Miller is currently on faculty at the University of WSU in Opera Performance and Communications Central Missouri teaching ballet, tap, jazz, modern, with an emphasis in theatre. In addition to her musical theatre dance, and choreography. She serves supervisory responsibilities she enjoys designing as faculty choreographer for all main stage musicals annually for WSU’s opera program. Recent designs and productions and is the coordinator and include Tales of Hoffmann, La Calisto, The Apple choreographer for the Spring Dance Concert. Tree, and Eve’s Odds. This year she is looking forward to designing Little Women. Rebecca also Tom Miller, prior to joining the staff of Actors' works for Opera Kansas coordinating and designing Equity Association, was an actor for over 25 years, throughout the year. She has spent three summers performing in National Tours, Regional Theatre, Off working for Music Theatre of Wichita as the assistant Broadway and Europe. Additionally, he performed costume shop supervisor and has coordinated with the Atlanta Ballet, Ballet Florida, the Carl productions of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Radcliff Dance Theatre, and at Opryland USA. He Cats. can be seen in the documentary “Show Business – The Road To Broadway” hosting a Broadway Susan J. Mai is currently a Professor of Theatre at opening night Gypsy Robe presentation. For over a Emporia State University. Susan holds an MA from decade Tom was honored to serve as a voter for the Emporia State University and an MFA from the annual Tony Awards. Tom is a graduate of Indiana University of Montana. She has designed for University with a degree in Education and a proud Montana Repertory Theatre, Iowa State University, Equity Member since 1983. Cameron University, Fort Sill Theatre, Lawton Community Theatre, and The New Theatre Restaurant. She has presented workshops at both KCACTF and USITT. Susan has received numerous KCACTF Meritorious Achievement awards for

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Theresa Mitchell teaches acting and movement Deborah Morgan graduated from the University at Emporia State University. She is a former of Kansas with a BFA in Design. Following President of the Association of Theatre Movement graduation, she worked in the San Francisco Bay Educators and the author of Movement: From Person Area as a dance lighting designer, house technician to Actor to Character. for the Victoria Theatre, and finally, technical director for the touring Lilith Women’s Theater. She Tom Mitchell is Associate Head of the landed a summer position as the Propmaster for Department of Theatre at the University of Illinois at Missouri Repertory Theatre, fell in love with the Urbana-Champaign. He is immediate past co-chair of world of props, and stayed for 16 years. She has been Region III of KCACTF, and this year is co-chair of the Propmaster at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City the new Undergraduate Scholarly Writing Program. since 1999, and has propped shows for The New Mitchell has directed four of Tennessee Williams’ Theatre Restaurant, the Unicorn Theater and the earliest full-length plays, including the 21st-century Coterie Theater. She also works on commercial premieres of Candles to the Sun and Stairs to the projects around the Metro area. She is a founding Roof. Recently he authored the essays “Warriors member of S*P*A*M*, the Society of Properties Against the Kitchen Sink: John Guare and Tennessee Artisan Managers, formed to create a national Williams” and “Tennessee Williams and the communication and support a network of Mummers of St. Louis.” He is former chair of the professional prop managers. S*P*A*M* seeks to Mid-America Theatre Conference Directing educate others about the wonderful world of props. Symposium and received the 2007 Award of Honor by the Illinois Theatre Association. With colleague Char Nelson is currently an adjunct faculty in Burnet Hobgood, Mitchell authored “A Framework Playwriting at Brigham Young University, chairs the for Directing in the Theatre” and has made numerous National Playwriting Program for KCACTF Region presentations on directing in the contemporary VIII, coordinates the New Play Development theatre. Tom also chaired the Summer Theatre Workshop for the Association for Theatre in Higher Program at Interlochen Center for the Arts. Education, and represents the Dramatists Guild of America for Utah. She created and teaches a new Julie Rae Mollenkamp is an Associate BYU Independent Study Playwriting course, which Professor and Graduate Coordinator of Theatre at the serves students world-wide and offers individualized University of Central Missouri. Her work has feedback on writing exercises and two drafts of ten- garnered over 30 KCACTF Regional awards and 5 minute and one-act plays. It features an interactive National commendations. She has published articles website where students post plays and receive peer- on theatre pedagogy, theatre for social change, and driven feedback. Char is an experienced actress, feminist theatre. She is the recipient of the UCM director, and dramaturg, and a produced and award- Faculty Achievement Award, the UCM Excellence in winning playwright. She recently began exploring Teaching Award, the KCACTF Road Warrior Award movement as vital element in her plays. She has and the National Communication Association Theatre worked with new plays for nearly twenty years in a Division Excellence in Teaching and Service award. variety of settings. Her one-woman performance art piece In Conclusive Woman was produced by The Ryan Repertory Company in New York, June 2009. Betty R. Monroe is a costume designer and Professor in Theatre at Wichita State University. She received her BFA from Wayne State University and her MFA from Michigan State University. She has designed costumes for the Boarshead Theatre, the Hilberry Repertory Theatre, Old Lyric Repertory Co., Wichita Center for the Arts, the Inge Festival and TBA Theatre in Anchorage, Alaska. She was awarded the Excellence in Creative Activity Award in 2005 from Wichita State University. She received KCACTF Meritorious Achievement Awards for costume design for WSU’s productions of Starmites, Dancing at Lughnasa, Intimate Apparel, and Children of Eden.

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Susan Nicholson has been illuminating him to Dell’Arte International. After graduating the productions in New York since 2004. Favorite school’s MFA program in 2006, James became full productions include Ragtime at Cape Rep, Chicago at time faculty where he teaches “The Vocal Body” and CCSU and The Shape of Things at Stamford Theatre “Games Dynamics.” works. She is the resident designer at the American Jeff Peltz is an Associate Professor at the Academy of Dramatic Arts. Off-Off Broadway she University of Central Missouri. He has served as a has designed for the Medicine Show Theatre and scenic designer, lighting designer, projection regionally at the Forestburgh Playhouse. She is also a designer, technical director, production/stage part of HG Lighting Design, working on Broadway manager and instructor or consultant for such and Off-Broadway productions such as The Who's producing organizations as Indiana University Tommy, Rooms, and The Rock Tenor, dozens of Northwest, Illinois Dance Theatre, Illinois Opera corporate events, and Anti-Gravity. She has worked Theatre, Dance Theatre of Lynchburg, Virginia on 10 productions for the New York Music Festival, School of the Arts, Parkland College, West Virginia garnering an honorable mention in design for River's Public Theatre, Greystone Productions, Central End with Herrick Goldman. Other honors include Missouri Repertory Theatre, and the Granbury Opera Barbizon Region III winner and runner-up at the House. national level and a nomination for an Ostrander in Lighting in Memphis. She holds a BA from Purdue Pamela Perrell, in her capacity as Artistic University and an MFA from the University of Development Director, Cherry Lane Theatre, spent Memphis. multiple seasons developing, casting, and producing new plays by early career playwrights for the Obie Timothy N. Noble, JCCC faculty, completed his award-winning Mentor Project. In addition to serving BA degree in Acting at Oklahoma State University as dramaturg and casting director for the historic and went on to complete his MFA in Acting at the Cherry Lane main stage, Ms. Perrell was responsible University of Arizona. Professional credits include for programming the Master Class Series, moderating two years with Pittsburgh Repertory summer series, classes with renowned artists including Edward three years as a resident actor at the Pollard Theatre Albee, Sam Shepard, David Lindsay-Abaire, Theresa Company, and four years as a resident company Rebeck, and Wendy Wasserstein. As Executive member with Arizona Repertory Theatre. Tim has Director of Wind Dancer Theatre, she commissioned, assisted or directed more than a dozen productions developed, and co-produced more than a dozen and has performed in over 80. Along with directing at eminent American playwrights and JCCC, Tim’s specialties include acting, period style, composer/lyricists. As Director of Creative Affairs and musical theatre, but mostly working one on one for Wind Dancer Production Group and Manager of with actors. Original Programming for HBO, she was involved John Paul the Region V Chair of Design, with the development and production of original Technology, and Management. Although his first television series and HBO’s New Writers’ Program. love is theatre, John has also designed for opera, Ms. Perrell has worked regionally at the New dance, themed entertainment, trade shows, Harmony Project, Bay Street Theatre, Mark Taper commercials, retail spaces and feature films. Notable Forum, Taper, Too, Denver Theatre Center, and credits include scenic design for the premiere musical Baltimore’s Center Stage. Reefer Madness in L.A. for which he won an Amanda Petefish-Schrag is an Assistant LAWeekly Award; assistant art director for the feature Professor of Theatre at Northwest Missouri State films Fargo and Grumpier Old Men; and art director University, where she teaches courses in performance for Cirque de la Mer at Seaworld. He has designed and theatre history. She is the recent recipient of a for Ping Chong, technical directed for Lee Blessing Kennedy Center National Teaching Artist Grant and and garnered awards for Best Guest Experience of is Northwest Missouri State’s recipient of the 2009 1999 from the Themed Entertainment Association Governor’s Award in Teaching. She has worked and Best of Show at IAAPA 2001. He regularly professionally as a puppeteer, actor, director, acting designs scenery for Creede Repertory Theatre and is coach, and playwright throughout the region. She on the theatre faculty at Minnesota State University, holds a BA from the University of Minnesota, Mankato. Morris, and an MFA in directing from Minnesota James Peck is an actor, writer, director, and games State University, Mankato. player who has performed and taught throughout Europe since the mid 1980’s. An overwhelming desire to find an alternative approach to acting led

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Beate Pettigrew is Artistic Coordinator of Susan Rendall is the Costume Shop Manager for Theatre at JCCC. She is an alumnus of Emporia State the University of Kansas. She previously served as and KU and graduated summa cum laude as a the Costume Shop Manager at the University of Hallmark Fellow from the University of Missouri- Wisconsin, Stevens Point. She received a BA from Kansas City with an MFA in Theatre Direction. She the University of Wisconsin, Madison in Textiles and has directed over 50 academic, semi-professional, Clothing. She assists the University Dance Company and professional plays. Beate has served as Region as costumer. V’s Chair, National Selection Team 2007, national Steve Reynolds is a new play respondent at this Chair of Chairs, Workshop Coordinator and festival. He was a member of the 2009 National Dramaturg Coordinator, and is currently the National Selection Team for KCACTF. He is a past NPP Chair Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Audition Coordinator. of Region III. Currently, he is the member at large of She has also served as an associate director for the NPP and professor of theatre at Wittenberg Kennedy Center’s MFA Playwrights’ Workshop, an University in Springfield, OH, where he directs and arm of the National New Play Network, and plans to teaches playwriting, contemporary American drama continue her work developing new plays. and acting. At the national festival he has mentored Sheilah Philip is Professor and Academic 10-minute playwrights and directors, and he directed Coordinator of Theatre at JCCC. She holds MS and it is no desert by Dan Stroeh, which won the 2001 MFA degrees in theatre. Past credits include work at National Student Playwriting Award. His BA is from the Oklahoma Theatre Center, Missouri Repertory Tufts and his MA and PhD are from Michigan. Theatre and Topeka Civic Theatre; directing F. Chase Rozelle III is a member of the assignments at JCCC include Medea, Boys' Life, A performing arts department faculty at Eastern Streetcar Named Desire, Stop Kiss, and The Connecticut State University. He is also the Importance of Being Earnest. She teaches acting and Production Manger/Technical Director of the Harry introductory theatre classes and promotes Hope Theatre. His professional experiences include international education on campus. This spring, she engineering scenery for Broadway, Off Broadway, will direct Emily Mann’s adaptation of Antigone and regional theatres, and international trade shows, as will co-lead a trip to Japan and China in late May. well as world-wide, national and local television. Nancy J. Pontius is currently an Associate Recently his non-academic activities have included Professor of Theatre at Emporia State University. part-time work as a professional Lighting Designer Nancy holds a BFA in Art from Miami University and Production Manager. and an MFA in Theatrical Design from Southern J. Wynn Rousuck was a staff writer for The Methodist University. She has designed and painted Baltimore Sun for 33 years and its award-winning for The Boy Scouts of America, Dallas Display theatre critic for 23 years. She is currently the theatre Company, Six Flags Astro World, Kenner Toy, critic at WYPR, Baltimore’s NPR affiliate. She Parker Brothers, Southwest Dance Alliance, and teaches at Goucher College and in Johns Hopkins Dallas, the television show. Nancy has received University’s Odyssey program, and she has served on KCACTF awards for her scenic design in Regions I, the faculty of the O’Neill Theater Center’s Critics III, and V. Institute in Connecticut since 1990. A graduate of Kevin Rabas co-directs the creative writing Wellesley College and Columbia University’s program at Emporia State University and edits Flint Graduate School of Journalism, she was an NEH Hills Review, a national literary magazine that prints Fellow at the University of Michigan and a visiting plays, poetry, and fiction. Rabas has had plays student at Brown University (under the mentorship of recently produced in Lawrence and Emporia. He has Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel). two books, Bird's Horn and Lisa's Flying Electric Peggy Sannerud is the Director of Theatre at Piano. Winona State University, where she teaches theatre Patrick Reading is the Technical and Facilities design and technology and serves as Production Coordinator at Hutchinson Community College's Manager. She has a 20-year history of lighting design Stringer Fine Arts Center. At HCC, his duties include for theatre, dance, and opera. Her MFA is from the set and lighting design for the HCC Theatre University of Minnesota and her BS is from department as well as scheduling and providing Northwestern University. She lives in Winona, MN technical support for 150+ events each school year. with her two daughters and her husband Paul, who is His professional credits include the Wichita Grand the general manager of 20/20 Theatrical Stage Opera, Utah Festival Opera, and Creede Repertory Rigging Installation. Theatre.

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Nadine Purvis Schmidt is Assistant Professor in collaboration with students as well as adapting of Theatre at Southwest Minnesota State University, prose works and historical records for the stage. where she directs shows and teaches various acting Directing credits include Kind Ness, Taming of the and directing courses, script analysis, theatre history, Shrew, The Genocide Project, and Spring’s and Introduction to Theatre. She has an MFA in Awakening, and she has just begun rehearsals for The acting from the University of Arkansas, a certificate Learned Ladies. Dana teaches Directing, Acting in Shakespeare performance from the Royal Shakespeare, Voice & Movement, and Theatre Academy of Dramatic Art and a BA in English from History-Literature courses. Harvard. In addition to her duties at the Festival, Marybeth Sorrell is the Costume Nadine serves as a Region V respondent and coaches Designer/Supervisor for JCCC, where she has SMSU's Irene Ryan nominees. worked and taught for 20 years. Her professional Stacey Siegert has been working in the work includes designs for theatre, opera, musical Entertainment Industry for over 11 years in both the theatre, and ballet, including work with the Kansas New York City and Kansas City markets. She City Ballet, Civic Opera Theatre, Dallas Repertory currently works as Senior Broadcast Agent with Theatre, The Coterie Theatre, and Regent's Park Exposure Model & Talent Inc in Kansas City. During Open Air Theatre in London. She also designs and her time in New York, Stacey worked for Wilhelmina produces special events for arts organizations and Model and Talent Agency as a manager's assistant in enjoys leading drama workshops for children and their Creative division, doing casting for Law & youth. She trained at the University of Missouri, Order: SVU, The Disney Channel, Elimidate, and for Kansas City under Vincent Scasselati and at Croydon The Blue Man Group. She was also employed by College of Art and Design in London. Rush/Super Casting as an assistant in casting for Scott Stackhouse is a performance instructor in regional and off Broadway. She worked at TVI the Theatre Department at JCCC. Along with Actor's Studio as a business consultant. She retains a teaching Voice & Speech, Acting and Movement for degree from KU in Theatre and Film. Most recently the Stage classes, he directs and coaches main stage she finished teaching a semester long class entitled productions at JCCC. He is currently working on a "Acting as a Business" at JCCC. She has also been second career in the voice-over industry, along with teaching on camera workshops around the KC area. working towards completion of a Master Teaching Aili Smith is currently an Assistant Professor at Certificate in the Linklater Technique. Scott has been Minot State University. She received her BA in involved with KCACTF for over ten years in many Communication Arts from Minot State University in capacities and hopes to get back out on the road more 1998, an MA in Theatre Arts from the University of now that his children are walking and talking. North Dakota in 2000, and a PhD in Theatre Ben Stark received his MFA in Technical Design Scholarship and Directing from Wayne State and Production from Yale University and a BA in University in 2009. After completing her master's Theatre and English from the University of Iowa. degree, she lived in Chicago working as a Ben has been a part of numerous theatrical projects professional stage manager on productions of The while pursuing his degrees, as well as working at Man Who Had All The Luck, A Streetcar Named Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre in Winchester, Desire, and Dancing at Lughnasa at the Raven VA, and Wolf Trap Opera in Vienna, VA. Most Theatre. Some of her directing credits include recently, he worked as a Project Manager for Mystic Independence, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in- Scenic Studios, Inc., outside of Boston, MA, where the-Moon Marigolds, Bus Stop, and Boy Gets Girl. In he did a variety of commercial millwork and special addition to directing and stage management, Aili event projects, such as the Boston Pops 4th of July spent a “Month in Moscow” in 2007 and studied at Fireworks Spectacular ’08 and ’09 and the New York the Moscow Art Theatre. Auto Show. Currently, Ben serves as Technical Dana Smith is in her 11th year at Truman State Director for the Kansas State University Department University. Dana worked as a professional actor, of Communication Studies, Theatre and Dance. His journalist, and radio announcer prior to doctoral favorite quote is a Chinese proverb: “I hear, I forget; studies at the University of Oregon, Eugene. Dana is I see, I remember; I do, I understand.” a Practitioner of Lessac Kinesensics and Neuro- Linguistic Programming, and she trains in the Alexander Technique, Tai Chi, the Viewpoints, and Suzuki methods. She also studied at the Moscow Art Theatre School. Dana enjoys devising original works

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Eugene Stickland is one of Canada's most Theatre, Tulane Shakespeare Festival, and The produced playwrights. His play Some Assembly Theatre at Lime Kiln, amongst others. Required has received over 50 productions around Del Unruh is a Professor of Theatre at the Canada and the United States, including a university University of Kansas. He maintains an active production at Central Missouri State. Other plays, professional design practice in the KC area, and is a including A Guide to Mourning and Sitting on Contributing Editor to Theatre Design & Technology, Paradise, have been widely produced around the the journal of the United States Institute For Theatre continent. Eugene's latest play, Queen Lear, recently Technology. In that capacity, he has written many opened to critical acclaim in Istanbul, Turkey, in articles on the history, relationships, and Turkish translation. As well as writing for the theatre, contemporary application of American and European Eugene is a prolific journalist and columnist and has design theory. He has also authored the following educated and mentored many young theatre artists books: Towards A New Theatre, The Lectures of around the world. He lives in Calgary, Canada with Robert Edmond Jones, The Designs of Ming Cho Lee, his daughter, Johanna. The Designs of Tharon Musser, and The Designs of Sheila Tabaka, Region V Vice-Chair of Design Jules Fisher. and Technologies, is a Professor of Theatre Arts at Rob Urbinati is a freelance director and Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, playwright based in New York City. He has directed MN. She teaches courses in costume history and for the Culture Project, the Public Theatre, Abingdon design, costume construction, makeup, and theatre Theatre Company, Classic Stage Company, Pearl history, along with directing and designing Theatre, HERE, Lincoln Center Directors Lab, New productions each year. For the past several years she York Fringe Festival (Best Musical), and the New has served as the Costume Parade Coordinator for York Music Theatre Festival, as well as many plays KCACTF. Two years ago she helped created the for the Drama League. Rob has directed at New York popular Costume Runway along with JCCC's University, Clark University, Concordia College, Marybeth Sorrell. Her research interests include Film Doane College, LaGuardia Community College, and Television Costume History. She lives in Bloomsburg University, The University of Oregon, Marshall, MN with her husband, Jim, a musicologist, and the University of Nebraska. He is Director of and their 5 children. New Play Development at Queens Theatre in the David Thayer is Emeritus Professor of Theatre at Park, where he curates the Immigrant Voices Project, the University of Iowa. Before retirement, he served a new play program which develops plays by writers as head of the Design and Technical Theatre who represent the diverse demographics of New programs and, at various times, as production York City. Rob’s plays include Cruel & Barbarous manager for dance, opera and theatre, and as interim Treatment, Miss Julie in Hollywood, Karaoke Night chair of the Theatre Arts Department. His recent at the Suicide Shack, The Other Heart, Shangri La, designs include scenery and lighting for Tallgrass Rebel Voices, and Mama's Boy. Two of Rob’s plays, Gothic, scenery for Tartuffe and The Three Sisters Hazelwood Jr. High and West Moon Street, are and lighting for The Book of Liz at Iowa’s University published by Samuel French. Rob is a member of the Theatres, and lighting for An Empty Plate in the Café Dramatists Guild and the Stage Directors and due Grand Boeuf and Incorruptible for Summer Rep Choreographers Society. 2007. Pamela Wegner is a Professor of Theatre at Jennifer Tuttle teaches Acting, Shakespeare, Black Hills State University in Spearfish, SD. She Voice, Diction/Dialects, and Directing at Minnesota has studied extensively with the Shakespeare & Co. State University-Moorhead. She is a professional theatre company in Lenox, MA. She teaches acting actor and director, and a member of Actors’ Equity and directs both modern and classical plays at BHSU. Association. Jennifer holds an MFA in Theatre/Acting from Wayne State University in Detroit. Additionally, she has studied with Patsy Rodenburg, members of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the Stratford Festival Company, at the Dell Arte School of Physical Theatre, and abroad at the Moscow Art Theatre. She relocated from New York City, where she was a film and theatre actor. She has worked regionally at Milwaukee Rep

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Gweneth West has designed costumes for over Mark Wethington is currently an Assistant 200 productions and directed or acted in over 80. She Professor of Theatre Design at the University of served as Resident Costume Designer and Costume Nebraska at Kearney. He has also taught at Director for Heritage Repertory Theatre from 1986 to Washington and Lee University and Belhaven 2004, designing more than 90 productions. Her College. Prior to joining academia, Mark designed designs for Ragtime (HRT 2004) won exhibition in scenery and/or lighting with the Delaware Theatre Toronto at the international, juried World Stage Company, Contemporary American Theatre Festival Design Exhibition in 2005. Her work has also been (CATCO), Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, seen in productions across the country including the New Stage Theatre, New Venture Theatre, Bigfork world premiere of the new opera, Nosferatu, by Alva Summer Playhouse, Columbus Children’s Theatre, Henderson and Dana Gioia, former head of the NEA. Florida State University, Florida State Opera, and A costume designer and professor for over 30 years, Bowling Green State University. Mark also was Gweneth has been a member of the University of Technical Director of the Delaware Theatre Virginia faculty since 1990. There she teaches Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Monomoy graduate and undergraduate costume design, history Theatre, CATCO, New Venture Theatre and New of dress, portfolio and graphics, as well as Stage Theatre. collaboration and creative process. Gweneth holds an MFA in Theatre Design: Costume from the University of Texas at Austin. A long-time supporter of KCACTF since her first festival in the spring of 1977, Gweneth currently serves as the National Design and Technology Vice-chair. In 2007 she served as a member of the National Selection Team. From 2004 to 2006 she served as Region IV Design and Technology Chair.

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STUDENT LEADERSHIP

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

STUDENT PLAYWRIGHTS Black Hills State University North Dakota State University University of Missouri Jessica Juhrend Amoussa Koriko Milbre Burch University of Kansas, E.A.T. Northwestern College University of Nebraska at Feloniz Lovato-Winston Brady Greer Huffman Omaha Minnesota State University, University of Central Missouri Dr. Benjamin Graber Moorhead Jim Anderson Wichita State University Tyler Michaels B.J. Hursh Darrel A. Holnes University of Kansas Benjamin Smith

STUDENT DIRECTORS Central Methodist University North Dakota State University University of Kansas Michael P. Temple Amoussa Koriko Chandra Hopkins Doane College Northwest Missouri State University of Kansas, E.A.T. Zach Kloppenborg University Jeremy Riggs Drake University Troy Battle University of Minnesota, Morris Matt Casteel Northwestern College Jenna Resier Emporia State University Kelly Holtom University of North Dakota Gabe Moyer Park University Alyssa Thompson Fontbonne University Andrew Cudzilo University of South Dakota Melinda Calvert Simpson College David Mancini Minnesota State University, Kayla Dovorak Wichita State University Moorhead Jacob Kaufman Paula Makar Tyler Michaels Melissa Markus Carrie E. Allen Sean Michael Palmer State Fair Community College William Woods University Trevor Belt Dustin West

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STUDENT COSTUME DESIGNERS Avila University Hamline University Southwestern College Riley Clute Kiley Cermak Marilyn Craft Bemidjii State University Marybeth Gagner Miwa Ishii Susan O’Neill Highland Community College University of Central Missouri Benedictine College Nicholas L. Walker Karen Billingsley Sarah Wostenburg Hutchinson Community College Jacque Schneider Bethany Lutheran College Alyssa Crane Cassidy Srock Brittany Katuin Independence Community University of Kansas Black Hills State University College Elizabeth Grim Debra Iverson Carissa Thorlakson Tammy Keiser Central Methodist University Iowa State University Ellie Kleinwort Bret Hale Justine Year Melanie McCoy Megan Moore Minnesota State University, Caleb Stroman Concordia College, Moorhead Moorhead University of Minnesota Duluth Justine Ernst AJ Wilson Sarah Kreuter Tony Johnson Minnesota State University, Erin Muhs Culver-Stockton College Mankato Karissa Toutloff Daniel Coffman Nicole Pullaro University of Minnesota, Morris Whitney Colston Minot State University Marco Avila Nick Relic Matthew Dempsey University of Nebraska at Jennifer Smith Heather Tallman Omaha Dickinson State University Missouri Valley College Matthew Lott Allison Stagl Casey McNamara University of Nebraska – Doane College North Dakota State College of Lincoln Zach Kloppenborg Science Emily Parker Dordt College Sarah E. Anderson Shannon Paulick Bree Brouwer North Dakota State University Cecelia Sickler Drake University Terrance Nelson University of North Dakota Britanny Belt Northwest Missouri State Daphne Pankrantz Kiley Fattor University University of South Dakota Maureen Fitzgerald Tomoko Koga Katie Olwell Emporia State University Nicholas Relic Washburn University Amanda Dura Northwestern College Elizabeth Carson Cassie Kay Hoppas Kent Eisma Wayne State College Lindsay Roland Anna Korver Helen Stallbaum Fontebonne University Kelly Holtom Wichita State University Valleri Dillard Susan Schoenrock Ashley Hibler Grand View University Noel Wotherspoon Patrick T. Lessin Hannah Hawbaker Park University William Woods University Laura Lundberg Ashley Carlson Kendra Bolan Simpson College Elizabeth Hewitt Katie Rooney

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STUDENT LIGHTING DESIGNERS Avila University Iowa Western Community Southwest Baptist University Kyle Fowler College Megan Anderson Baker University Rebekah Johnson Southwest Minnesota State Rachael Moon Johnson County Community University Benedictine College College Jacob Forstein Suzanne Hammons Steven Hunt Southwestern College Black Hills State University Isaac Sheppard Jamie Garrard Jen Beckler Metropolitan Community University of Kansas Central College College, Blue River Elizabeth Bank Chris Williams Sean Kitchel Elizabeth Grim Central Methodist University Minnesota State University, Phill Schroeder Michael Temple Mankato Ann Sitzman Concordia College Paul Wilson Caleb Stroman Aaron Goebel Minnesota State University, University of Minnesota, Duluth Jordan Green Moorhead Noah Craft Culver-Stockton College Sarah Brandner Colin Riebel Sarah Breyne Niffer Reider Alex Rugowski Dakota State University Jay Triggs University of Minnesota, Morris Brad Hesser Minot State University Alex Clark Nick Wall Christopher Stroschein Elizabeth Karges Dickinson State University Missouri Valley College University of Missouri Vincente Sanchez Jacki Anderson Matthew Heapes Doane College Mount Marty College Noah Lelek Chet Miller James Hovland Isaac Sheppard Frank Miller North Dakota State University University of Nebraska - Lincoln Dordt College Justin Leeper Shawn Deiger Whitney Powell Ryan Thomas Harrison Hohnholt Drake University Northwest Missouri State Angela Sharman Matt Avery University University of Sioux Falls Michael Draheim Anthony Reed Ross A. Wick Emporia State University Northwestern College University of South Dakota Naoko Ishizuka Marit Langley Jonathan K. Hart Chris Lohkamp Sylvia Moore Laura Radel Hamline University Hannah Sauerwein Wichita State University Mile Bard Drew David Vander Werff Amanda Bowman Tyler Lambert-Perkins Park University Brandon Cheney Chris Petrinovich Chrystal Coltharp Lisa Hendricks Highland Community College Rockhurst University Kevin Sagamang Josh Zufelt Sarah Bruening Nicholas Smith Iowa State University St. Cloud State University William Woods University Nick Veenstra Brent Anderson Dustin West Adam Raine Simpson College Melissa Markus Justin Wells

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STUDENT MAKEUP DESIGNERS Bemidji State University Hutchinson Community College St. Louis Community College Kristen Wade Sydney Johnson Meramec Michala Willer Independence Community Jessica Girard Benedictine College College Emily Seboum Rachel Kirwan Marissa Tharlakson State Fair Community College Bismarck State College Iowa State University Shelley Meiners Farren Gunderson Catie Tell University of Central Missouri Eric Morris Chelsea Volpe Jeanie Dunn Central College Justine Year Coby Jacobsen Ashley Vajgrt Iowa Western Community Dawn Maltsbarger Jessica Vetter College Jacquelin Schneider Central Methodist University Mary Slater Cassidy Srock Megan Moore Jamestown College University of Kansas Concordia College Kelsey Parton Melanie McCoy Christopher Damlo Johnson County Community Caleb Stroman Megan Dowd College University of Minnesota – Steve Johnson Gene Flaharty Duluth Kate Stevenson Minnesota State University, Nina Escobedo Culver-Stockton College Mankato Sarah Kreuter Daniel Coffman Nicole Pullaro Erin Muhs Dakota State University Minnesota State University, University of Missouri Katie Knippling Moorhead Lauren Allmeyer Dakota Wesleyan University Daniella Collier Gene Flaharty Charity Kear North Dakota State University University of Nebraska – Doane College Lisa Petik Donohue Lincoln Angelika Becker Terrance Nelson Emily Parker Tracy Guy Leah Vogel Cecelia Sickler Dordt College Northwest Missouri State University of Nebraska at Emily Huston University Kearney Drake University Erika Lynette Baker Carolyn Wirtz Maureen Fitzgerald Derek Trautwein University of Nebraska at Emporia State University Northwestern College Omaha Cassie Kay Hoppas Amanda Bracklein Sarah Aulner Levi Howe Katie Buntsma University of Northern Iowa Lindsay Roland Simpson College Eden Neuendorf Tricia Stogsdill Kyle Bochart University of South Dakota Emily Warren Elizabeth Hewitt Erin Gallion Grand View University Katie Rooney Katie Olwell Laura Kearney Southwest Minnesota State Wayne State College Vanessa Henriquez University Andrew Halsey Hamline University Melanie Ekroth Wichita State University Ashleigh Swenson Southwestern College Tyler Lessin Highland Community College Marilyn Craft Eric Walker Nicholas L. Walker Sarah Frazier Winona State University Rachel Ostroot

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STUDENT SCENIC DESIGNERS Avila University Minnesota State University, University of Kansas Julie Fleck Mankato Liz Banks Benedictine College John Olive Elizabeth Grim Corbin Hernandez Katie Phillips Tammy Keiser Central Methodist University Allen Wright Shannon Ellie Kleinwort Michael Temple Minnesota State University, Phillip Schroeder Dakota State University Moorhead University of Minnesota Duluth Ben Fox Sarah Brandner Alex Rugowski Jordan Hamm North Dakota State College of Cathy Sorge Theo Mattick Science University of Missouri Megan Perry Kurtis Workman Brandon Davis Jordan Schuh North Dakota State University Sharon Tan Dickinson State University Gabriel Gomez University of Nebraska – Layne Brandvik Northwest Missouri State Lincoln Doane College University Pat Vendetti Josh Rajaee Xavier Robles Aaron Wong Dordt College Northwestern College University of North Dakota Becky Lancaster Brady Huffman Alyssa Thompson Drake University Kylie Steinbach University of Sioux Falls Caitlin Hall Park University Ross A. Wick Amy Schneider Chrystal Coltharp University of South Dakota Emporia State University Sean Taylor Karl Hermanson Naoko Ishizuka Saint Cloud State University Washburn University Ben Williams Adam Raine Jessica Luse Grand View University Carol Cooley Wichita State University Cecelia Morelli Simpson College Tyler Lessin Hamline University Danille Brown Todd Mika Faith Farrell Southwestern College Eric Walker Dylan Wright Jamie Garrard William Woods University Kansas State University Abram Rankin Dustin West Dylan Harris State Fair Community College Winona State University Dustin Mothersbaugh Ryan Hawkins University of Central Missouri Matt Elliot Johnathan Penick Kyle Shelley

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STUDENT SOUND DESIGNERS

Avila University Johnson County Community State Fair Community College, Lyle Uttley College Sedalia Baker University Graeme Oxley Trevor Belt Tyler Falck Kirkwood Community College University of Central Missouri Saunder James Kylie Weitz Bryan Fisher Josh Morgan MCC Blue River Community James Patten Bemidji State University College Brian Weiss Jon Mansk Alex Napper University of Kansas Bismarck State College Joshua DeLong Boone Hopkins Eric Morris Minnesota State University, Teresa Sutherland Black Hills State University Mankato University of Minnesota Duluth Jessica Juhrens Ben Inniger Scott Dahl Carleton College Matt A. Gilbertson Jacob M. Davis Jimmy Rothschild Minnesota State University, Matt Weyer Central College Moorhead University of Minnesota, Morris Jesse Nieboer Darin Karnes Anna Jessup Central Methodist University Minot State University Aaron Jansen Michael Temple Garret Common University of Missouri Concordia College, Moorhead Noah Files Lauren Erickson Kent Kolstad Mount Marty College Sirius Hu Jordan Green Megan Arens Laura Geisel Dakota State University Ben Rodman University of Nebraska–Lincoln Aaron Klimes Northwest Missouri State Shawn Deiger Doane College University Max Holm Chet Miller Ryan Britton Erica King Dordt College Northwestern College Bradley Flick Lucas Wynia Ian Dudley University of Nebraska at Emporia State University Baylie Heims Omaha Jeremiah Devine Park University Allie Stoysich Graceland University Jenn Peterson University of Sioux Falls Filipe Valle Costa Rockhurst University Travis Lape Grand View College Christopher Rundle University of South Dakota Michael Tallman Saint Cloud State University Jay Seevers Demetrius Wyant Ben Thompson Lionel Riley Hamline University Brent Anderson Wayne State College Jackie Libis Simpson College Mathew Weinrich Tyler Lambert Perkins Emily Ledger Wichita State University A.J. Rivera Candace Zak A.J. Kellison Highland Community College Southwest Minnesota State Nick Smith Josh Zufelt University William Woods University Hutchinson Community College Jared Karow Rachel Petricka Dallas Price Patrick Van Nevel Winona State University Iowa Western Community Southwestern College Caitlin Puckett College Lenita Krejci Jonathan Hall Abram Rankin

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IRENE RYAN NOMINEES Augustana College Central Methodist University Doane College Katharine Hope Demke Christine Duncan Adrianna Choquette Jacinta Sutphin Lindsey Keeling Laura Jacob Avila University Jeffries Kelsey Rebecca Marsh Shawna Downing Blackford Molly Tyler Maskell Kristina Hanford Shamika Pegue Micah Reeves Lyle Uttley Michael Temple Michael Ulmer Baker University Clarke College Ella Wiles Elizabeth Kmiec Beatrice Schares Dordt College Bryce Lathrop Elizabeth Spoerl Kaylee Engelsman Robert Linebarger College of St. Benedict / St. Emily Hageman Justin Whittaker John’s University Becky Lancaster Bemidji State University Dano Colon Danielle Roos Jessica Ladig Claire Hahn Matt Wiersma Jonathan Mansk Rachel Lauer Drake University Mallory McKa Christopher Rowe Abraham Swee Danielle Staddick Evan Schumacher Dustin Thomas Benedictine College Nick Schuster Elizabeth Ward Corbin Hernandez Concordia College, Moorhead Sierra White Sarah Wostenberg Matt Cerar Emporia State University Bethany Lutheran College Jackie Grosz Elise Blann Matthias Leyrer Michele Hockett Kelsey Fredricks Kurt Shrader Hannah Holman Thomas Govert Sarah Webber Monica Jones Bob Hart Bismarck State College Caitlin O’Connell Roy Michael Johnson Lindsey Barrios Matt Ouren Dylan Lewis Gentry Lee Anna Rice Chris Lohkamp Black Hills State University Creighton University Gabe Moyer Phil Braun Kenzie Hunter Ryan Scully Katie Buffington Grant Winterer Brianne Simon Jesse Hamer Culver-Stockton College Lindsay Ward Jessica Juhrend Beau Becraft Fontbonne University Andrew Rexroad Whitney Colston Phillip Bettison Kayla Sanford Travis Dahlhauser David Chandler Briar Cliff University Jerica Exum Ryan Cooper Erin Reynolds Kathy Holstein Katie Donnelly Ashley Sparks Nick Johnson Graceland University Daniel Stump Zach Martin Valeriaamel Avina Buena Vista University Patrick Parsons Damian Conrad-Davis Andrew Lupkes Dakota State University Grand View University Carrie New Jordan Hamm Cecelia Morelli Carleton College Melissa Jean Keyla Spahr Kristen Johnson Katie Jones Dustin Strawn Annelise Lawson Adam Wells Michael Tallman Central College Dakota Weslyan University Hamline University Anna Boelman Benjamin Floyd Phil Behringer Kateln Hughes Trisha Schleich Clara Cavins-Wolford Andy McGuire Dickinson State University Laura Johnson Alex Shockley Layne Brandvik Daniel Reynolds Troy Kuntz Natalie Self Jordan Mork Hannah Steblay Clint Noethlich Joan Selle Amy Tichy

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IRENE RYAN NOMINEES Highland Community College Kirkwood Community College Nebraska Wesleyan University David Benitez Alexander Biersner Ashlyn Eggebrecht Keith Boyer Angelique Farris Cory Misek Wells Christopher Spencer Hering Ben Stewart Emily Lackner Tony Stratton Neosho County Community Robert McPherson MCC Blue River Community College Lopez St. John College Adrene Evans Nicholas Walker Drew Diveley Mary Kate Kelly Hutchinson Community College Jessica Keeton Normandale Community Michael Bugner Minnesota State University College Stephanie Johanning Moorhead Brittni Booker Josh Swafford Joy Dolo Anna Buckingham Independence Community Bob Guck Jennifer Cha College Meagan Kedrowski Victoria Gordeyeva Abigail Epp Jake Larson Katrina Radcliffe Jeff Shallington Brianna Lucas Don Walsh Colin Stephens Tyler Michaels Kate Zehr Iowa State University Steve Molony North Dakota State University Courtney Gevaert Ivan Olson Erin Behrmann Jessica Hay Sean Palmer Amy Bouthilet Aaron Hofmeyer John Rian Seth Eberle Nick Juelsgaard Carolyn Schmitz Blaine Edwards Bryce Larsen Minnesota State University, Joseph Geinert Jeff Mason Mankato Gabe Gomez Will Rundle Aaron Alan Topher Jordan Meghan Sigwarth Mathias Becker Samantha Saunders Kelly Teitsworth J. Alexander Coe Emily Vieweg Don Watts Anthony DePoto North Hennepin Community Caleb Woodley Jessica Dougherty College Iowa Western Community Lolly Foy Callan Korpi College Meredith Larson Amy Peterson Allen Bentley Joel Partyka Carl Rottman Alexander Bridgman Natalie Schleusner Jonathan Schwartzbauer Daniel Grant-Holler Craig Stastny Northern State University John Jones Kim Steffen Kelsey Leddy Mary Slater Maxwell Thao Cory Niles Edward Wayne Megan Volkman-Wilson Northwest Missouri State Jamestown College David Wasylik University Morgan Bossman Minot State University Nathan Bowman Tony McIntyre Brittany Armstrong Jamie Lin Johnson County Community Noah Files Chelsea Nett College Jhondarr Lopez Nathan Ross Gage Adams Peg Morris Northwestern College Rachel Cox Brett Olson Abby Bierly Laura Irwin Jazmine Wolff Sara Chipman Matt Katzenmeier Missouri Valley College Dan Cole Justin Kirk Carrie Palmer Josh Doorenbos Maura Pegg Mount Marty College Brady Greer Matt Westermayer Jordan Lenards Anna Pitney Kansas State University Micaela Rausch Nick Rolf Britney McLeod Sally Schwedhelm Susan Schoenrock Erica Smith Daniel Sikkema Charlie Sutterlin Kylie Steinbach Aleah Stenberg

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IRENE RYAN NOMINEES Park University St. Ambrose University University of Minnesota Duluth Andrew Cudzilo Grace Allen Dan Beckmann Lora Hawkins Andrew Benson Dan Bigwood Holly Sitzman Jaci Entwisle Cat Brindisi Faith Stemmler Emily Kurash Emily Crom Rockhurst University Kathleen McCormack Joe Heaney Tommy Adams Stephanie Seward David Horn Arjun Bhalla Sarah Ulloa Brian Kess Lindsey Griffith State Fair Community College University of Minnesota, Morris Carolyn Sobczyk Cameron Minter John Eisenrich Saint Cloud State University Kristin Mothersbaugh Peter Ray Bjorn Anderson Miriam Parman University of Missouri Samantha Ditter Anthony Jacob Rutt Mallory Raven-Ellen Darius Dotch Sam Salary Backstrom Amy Dyrdahl Audra Viele Courtney Bandeko Bailey Hess Thomas Waller Christopher Blackerby Elizabeth Morgan Ben Whitcomb Ashey Hicks Christina Vinkemeier University of Central Missouri Sharrell Luckett Laura Walus Brandon Case Steven Robertson Saint Louis Community College, Jeremy Frazier Peter Smith at Meramec Darius Hagens University of Nebraska at Samb Ratzlaff Deanna Mazdra Kearney Brian J. Rolf Alex McCale Ryan Hruza Evan Willmore Sheri Ann McCartney James Jelkin Simpson College Callie Ott Amy Jensen Kyle Bochart Geoff Pottorff Nate Rocke Tiffany Flory Kendall Ryan University of Nebraska at Erin Larson Angela Shaefer Omaha Lindsey Oetken Noah Whitmore Bill Grennan Paul Privitera University of Kansas Julia Hinson Katie Rooney Olivia Betzen Amy Schweid Meghan Vosberg Matthew Crooks Kristen Tripe Chris Williams Lizzie Hartman Amanda Waldron Southwest Baptist University Jackie Koester University of Nebraska - Lincoln Chris Maples Margaret Kramar Stephanie Bourgeois Alyssa Phinney Erik LaPointe Kara Davidson Kristy Schick Spencer Lott Ryan Kathman Randall Stirewalt Chris McGillivary Lucy Lockamy Southwest Minnesota State Mary McNulty Jessica Merideth University Elliot Metz Logan Pietz Ryan Chimzar Byron Myrick Trent Stork Eric Eichenlaub Hannah Roark Jessica Tidball Amy Giesler Alex Salamat University of North Dakota Kelsey Moe Ben Sullivan Andrew Markiewicz Nissa Nordland Francesca Vance Michelle McCauley Southwestern College Mackenzie Wiglesworth Larisa Netterlund Kyler Chase Jakob Wozniak Damien Oen Walsh Sarah Frazier University of Northern Iowa Elizabeth Higbee Nicholas Chizek Kevin Mnich Jonathan Hudspeth Abram Rankin Ben Sheridan Cody Davis Brooke Rowzee Justin Tinker

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IRENE RYAN NOMINEES University of South Dakota Allen Jones Kevin Kelly Krysta Dziak Nichole Jorgensen Benjamin Kramer Mary Fitzgibbons Avalon Kann Ivory Stahly Washburn University Kathryn Corbin Andy Woodard Lawrence Brown Ashley Cravens William Woods University Tonia Schoen Jacob January Cody Olendorff Arissa Utemark Kylie Jo Jennings Bryan Schmiderer Kevin Weaver Alex Johnson Taryn Watts Tess Wilson John Keckeisen Winona State University Wayne State College Miles Mattal Justin Atkinson Blair Sommerfeld Ross McCorkell Ethan Jensen Amber Tennell Jeff Perritt Jocelyn Olson Wichita State University Phillip Taylor Esmeralda Banuelos Sara Turner

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