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The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival XLI Presents The Forty–First Annual Region VIII Festival 2009 Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah February 10 – 14, 2009 California State University, Fullerton Hosted by California State University, Fullerton Presented by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Theater at the Kennedy Center is presented with the generous support of Stephen and Christine Schwarzman. The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival is sponsored by The U.S. Department of Education Dr. Gerald and Paula McNichols Foundation The Kennedy Center Corporate Fund and The National Committee for the Performing Arts KCACTF 2009 – 2 – KCACTF 2009 Table of Contents Welcome.................................................... 4 Festival Information ..................................10 Invited Plays ..............................................11 Workshops ................................................16 Event Descriptions ....................................26 Social Events .............................................28 Schedule of Events .................................. 29 Festival Guests ........................................ 36 KCACTF XLI National Selection Team ..... 45 KCACTF XLI Acknowledgements .............47 Region VIII Production & Design Respondents ................................51 Festival Awards ........................................ 54 Awards of Merit ........................................57 Productions ............................................. 64 Faculty Recognition ..................................69 2008 Excellence in Education Awards ......71 In Memoriam ............................................76 Past Regional Chairs ................................ 77 Past Regional Productions Finalists ..........78 Excellence in Theatre Education Award ...81 Maps ........................................................ 82 KCACTF 2009 – Welcome It is with great pride that I welcome you to my home; the Department of Theatre and Dance at California State University, Fullerton. Each year we, students, faculty and professionals gather together from all over the southwest in the second week of February to make, watch and do theatre. We are blessed to have this opportunity. This week we come together as playwrights, actors, designers, technicians, critics, stage managers, dramaturges and directors. We will learn together. We will work together and we will play together. We will talk together about what we have learned, seen, heard and felt. We will take home with us new ideas, new techniques and new inspirations. Again, I say we are blessed. We are most blessed by you the students. You keep us young. We are inspired by you. You make us laugh and you make us crazy. If my colleagues feel as I do, and I know many do, we feel about you often as we feel about our own kids. For many of us you are our kids. That said, last year as four of our own were traveling back from festival, a tragedy befell them and two were lost to us forever. This festival is dedicated to the memory of them, to the memory of Andy Hoover and Jenna Faeth. We will miss them this week. Please have fun this week. Please take advantage of all there is to offer. Please be smart. Please be safe. Please come back to us next year. Jim Taulli Chair, Region VIII Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival – KCACTF 2009 On behalf of the faculty, staff, 6,996 students, and more than 90,000 alumni of California State University, Fullerton, I am pleased to welcome the 009 Region VIII Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival to our campus and to Orange County. We are honored to serve as the venue for the 009 Region VIII Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival because this Festival encourages, recognizes, and celebrates the finest and most diverse work produced in university and college regional theatre programs. The KCACTF honors excellence of overall production and offers students individual recognition through awards and scholarships in playwriting, acting, criticism, directing and design. At Cal State Fullerton, distinguished professors create an exceptional learning environment for their students, whether they are teaching an introductory class for freshmen or working one–on–one with a graduate student. We are proud that our entire university community is committed to providing the support, encouragement and challenging opportunities to help make our students’ dreams and goals a reality. Cal State Fullerton has a long history of excellence in the arts. Our College of the Arts provides a climate that encourages individual achievement for performers and artists. We are proud that our Department of Theatre and Dance has established itself as one of the most effective and respected theatre training programs on the West Coast. The Performing Arts Major’s College Guide lists Cal State Fullerton among its “Most Highly Recommended Undergraduate Programs” for drama and musical theatre, and among “Noteworthy Programs” for dance. The Department of Theatre and Dance undergraduate and graduate programs include the fields of acting, dance, directing, musical theatre, playwriting, technical production and design. Our Department of Theatre and Dance sponsor internships with such prestigious industry leaders as the Mark Taper Forum, South Coast Repertory Theatre, NBC, CBS, Paramount Studios, A Noise Within, The Chatauqua Theatre Alliance and a host of other companies. Located in Orange County, thirty miles east of Los Angeles and Hollywood, Cal State Fullerton is in close proximity to major regional theatres and borders Southern California’s mecca of major film and television studios, over 00 producing theatres, and the nation’s premiere entertainment parks Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm, Six Flags, Universal Studios, etc. Orange County is home to the Festival of the Arts/Pageant of the Masters and Broadway–quality entertainment at the Orange County Center for the Performing Arts and South Coast Repertory Theatre. Cal State Fullerton’s Joseph A.W. Clayes III Performing Arts Center in which the 009 Region VIII Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival will be held features the 800–seat Meng Concert Hall, the 00–seat Little Theatre, 00–seat Recital Hall, the 250–seat James D. Young Theatre, the 0–seat Millie and Dale Hallberg Theatre, the McGarvey Family Dance Studio, a musical theatre rehearsal studio, a costume shop, a scene shop, lighting, audio and make–up teaching studios, as well as a large, well–equipped camera studio. I hope you enjoy your stay on campus and in Orange County and that the 009 Region VIII Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival at Cal State Fullerton inspires you artistically and encourages you to continue to excel in all your future endeavors. We are honored to have you on our campus. Milton A. Gordon, President California State University, Fullerton KCACTF 2009 – A warm welcome to the students, faculty and staff participating in this regional festival of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival at California State University, Fullerton. I know that in these next few days we will experience the intensity, the joy, and the poignancy of live theatre. We will see student actors, directors and designers reaching for the highest level of achievement.Throughout the festival we will rejoice and applaud the personal commitment of these young performers and creative designers. We applaud the students who push the boundaries of creative expression and artistic performance, young artists who take great leaps, who express new ideas, who risk. We applaud their imagination and their extraordinary courage. We thank the Kennedy Center for their continuing support of the regional festivals and the culminating festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Your dedication to the training of these exceptionally gifted theatre arts students as they aspire to professional careers is truly appreciated by all of us in the academic community. Jerry Samuelson, Dean, College of Arts We are proud to host the 009 Region VIII Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in the Joseph A.W. Clayes Performing Arts Center at Cal State Fullerton. I am pleased to welcome you to southern California and our glorious campus. The Department of Theatre & Dance is committed to the rigorous training of students in professional performance in all areas of theatre and dance. Comprehensive public performances and rigorous academic work are at the heart of the program. The Department is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theatre and the National Association of Schools of Dance and is a member of the University/Resident Theatre Association.I look forward to our week together and the chance to see exciting theatre, fabulous acting, and inspiring designs. WELCOME! Susan Hallman, Chair Department of Theatre & Dance 6 – KCACTF 2009 Welcome to Cal State Fullerton! Many people have been anticipating your arrival for the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival XLI. We look forward to sharing our beautiful campus facilities and hope that you will enjoy all the activities that await. As the festival coordinator, I am amazed that this time is finally here and truly hope that our plans for a fantastic festival are realized. All the planning, charts & lists that have been made in anticipation of your being here with us this week will mean nothing without your participation. I challenge you to find something during this festival that sparks your creativity. This week we join