Welcome to KCACTF Region 6!
The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) is a national organization that exists to celebrate the educational and creative process of university and college theatre. KCACTF promotes professional standards and provides students and faculty with opportunities to bridge the academic and professional worlds. KCACTF honors achievements in diversity and excellence and encourages experiences in all areas of theatre.
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA TO HOST 2012 REGION 6 FESTIVAL!
We are pleased to announce our 2012 Region 6 Festival will be hosted by the University of Oklahoma School of Drama on their campus in Norman, Oklahoma, February 21-25, 2012.
NEW INITIATIVES!!!!
KCACTF Region 6 Professional Auditions & Interviews Initiative
Join us as we host Professional Auditions and Interviews for actors, designers, technicians, and stage managers at our regional festival!
KCACTF Region 6 University Meet and Greet
Join us for the second annual College/University Recruiting Meet and Greet. Students will be able meet with graduate and 4-year programs; over 600 prospective students will be at the festival!
KCACTF Region 6 Fringe Festival
Invited Scenes, Student Fringe, and Musical Theatre Cabaret and Open Mic!
KCACTF Region 6 Musical Theatre Initiative
Musical Theatre performers there is now an event for you at our Region 6 Festival!
KCACTF Region 6 Costume Parade
Costume Designers show us your stuff in our runway show of your costumes!
Click on links in sidebar for more information!
REGIONAL FESTIVAL REGISTRATION
Our regional festival will by hosted by University of Oklahoma February 21-25. Registration fees include all workshops, performances, and Meet and Greet. Professional Auditions and Interviews are an additional fee of $10/per person. To register for the regional festival, please fill out the registration form and submit.
LINK TO REGISTRATION & WORKSHOP PROPOSAL FORMS ARE ON THE RIGHT
NOW YOU CAN ALSO PAY YOUR REGISTRATION FEES ONLINE WITH PAYPAL - CLICK THE "ONLINE PAYMENT" LINK ON THE RIGHT No registration refunds are permitted, but substituions will be allowed.
Registration Fees for the festival are as follows:
•$65 per person prior to December 17, 2011
•$75 per person after December 17, 2011 and before February 17, 2012
•$85 per person after February 17, 2012
Fees are non-refundable, but schools may substitute attendees if one of their students is unable to attend. If you are only able to attend for a single day of the festival, you may choose to pay the day fee onsite. Day fees are $35/day.
PAYMENT METHODS:
You may pay by credit card by clicking on payment button. All information is kept secure and confidential.
If you prefer to pay by check, please mail check to:
Michelle Ney, Chair
KCACTF 6
Texas State University
Department of Theatre and Dance
601 University Drive
San Marcos, TX 78666
Questions? Email: mn10_txstate.edu
Region VI KCACTF hosted by the University of Oklahoma
School of Drama in Norman, Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma School of Drama is excited to open our facilities to you and eager to share some Sooner hospitality! We cordially invite Region VI to Norman, OK on Feb 21-25, for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.
Conference Hotels
Four conference hotels have been selected this year all side by side on I-35! Affordable, flexible guest rooms for 4-6 students, free breakfast buffets, conveniently located near restaurants, shopping and only ten minutes from the OU campus. Contact the individual hotels and use KCACTF and the group code (listed below) to get the conference rate. Conference rates good through February 1, so make your reservations soon. There are some rollaways and sofas available for extra students, just ask.
Holiday Inn Norman
$89 4-6 per room, breakfast included
1000 N. Interstate Dr.
Norman, OK 73072
405 364-2882
www.holidayinn.com/normanok
Group code KCT
Late night Fringe Theatre
Courtyard Marriott
$ 89 for two queens, breakfast included
770 Copperfield Dr.
405 701-8900
www.courtyard.com/okcno
Group code is ACTR
Registration will be housed at this hotel on Monday afternoon, Feb. 20 and all day Tues, Feb 21.
(Registration will then move to the Fine Arts Center on the OU campus)
VIP after hours lounge
Comfort Inn and Suites (sister hotel to Courtyard Marriott)
$75 for two queens, breakfast included
840 Copperfield Drive
405-701-5200
www.comfortinn.com/hotel-norman-oklahoma-ok154
Group Code ACTR
Hilton Garden Inn
$89 for two queens, breakfast included
700 Copperfield Drive
405 579-0100
www.norman.stayhgi
Group code: CTF
Parking
PARKING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA IS AT A PREMIUM!!
Curbside drop-off will be encouraged in the cutout in front of the Fred Jones, Jr. Museum, right next door to the Fine Arts Center.
We have secured free parking space at the Lloyd Noble Center for all festival attendees.
The OU School of Drama will be running shuttle vans regularly between the LNC and the Fine Arts Center. In addition, festival attendees may board the campus bus that runs every 6-10 minutes between the LNC and the South Oval, disembark there and walk the remaining 5 minutes from the South Oval to the North Oval. Both the OU bus, and the School of Drama vans will pick up and discharge passengers at the covered bus stops just West of our secured parking area. If attendees choose to walk from the Lloyd Noble Center to the festival venues, the walk will take about 10-15 minutes.
We are currently in the process of securing evening parking closer to the venues.
An information/transportation booth in the lobby of the Fine Arts Center will be open during festival hours to assist attendees with travel to and from the parking lot.
We encourage attendees to arrive in busses, vans, or carpools to minimize the amount of traffic on campus.
Watch the website for specific details and maps as the festival approaches.
Dr. Judith Pender,
Associate Professor
The School of Drama
Transportation Maven for Region 6 Festival
jmpender_ou.edu
It has been a wonderful year in KCACTF Region 6. Our committee and selection team members have travelled across the region and seen wonderful work from well over 100 universities and colleges. Congratulations to all of you for your talent, time and dedication to your student!
Last weekend our committee met in Norman, Oklahoma for planning meetings and have selected the following productions for performance at our Region 6 festival on the University of Oklahoma campus in Norman, OK February 21 25, 2012:
FLIPSIDE: THE PATTI PAGE STORY (a new musical book by Greg White featuring the music of Patti Page)
University of Central Oklahoma
THE GLORY OF LIVING by Rebecca Gilman
Centenary College of Louisiana
MACBETH by William Shakespeare
Oklahoma City University
BANDERSNATCH (a new play by Brandon Smith)
Midwestern State University
THE ZOO STORY by Edward Albee
Rich Mountain Community College
SPRING AWAKENING by Frank Wedekind
University of Oklahoma
1st Alternate:
DUCK HUNTER SHOOTS ANGEL by Mitch Albom
Trinity Valley Community College
2nd Alternate:
BARE: A POP OPERA book by Jon Hartmere, Jr. and Damon Intrabartolo, lyrics by Hartmere and music by Intrabartolo
Sam Houston State University
In addition, we are inviting excellent scenes from participating and associate productions throughout the region to perform as part of our Evening of Invited Scenes . We will send out the list of those invitations this week.
The Fine Arts Center on the OU campus will serve as the conference hub. Our facilities include four performance spaces:
Rupel Jones Theatre, proscenium, seats 600, all main stage productions will perform here.
Old Science Hall Lab Theatre: 80 seat proscenium
Gilson Studio: flexible, experimental space performance,
Reynolds Performing Arts Center: opera house, seats 600, housing the Irene Ryan Finals
In addition we will also be using spaces in the Memorial Student Union - Meacham Auditorium: seats 300 proscenium, serves as location of the Irene Ryan prelims and semi-finals and Musical Theatre Initiative.
Questions?
Email Shannon Richey at: sr47_txstate.edu
ACTF_Norman_2012_regform v2.pdf
Norman Regional Workshop Reg v2.pdf
tshirt_order_form2.pdf
Online Payment
Online payment is available via PayPal, you must have a PayPal account to make the payment. No registration refunds will be permitted, but substituions are allowed.
All credit card information will be kept private and secure by PayPal.
ACTF2012OUTechRiderpdf.pdf
Download the 2012 DTM Exhibit Entry Form below. Fields in red must be filled out. SELECT ONE (1) COMPETITION AREA TO ENTER FROM THE LIST - YOU MUST ENTER A SEPARATE FORM FOR EACH EXHIBIT/SHOW.
National Competitions must be a participating or associate entered production. Regional Competitions are for non-participating or associate entries, they may be paper or realized projects.
Click the "submit form" button in the upper right corner. You should be prompted with a message to "Select Email Client" either Desktop Email Application (for Outlook, Eudora, etc) or Internet Email (for Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail). If you use an internet email client, you must save the form to your desktop and then manually email it to jforeman_okcu.edu
If you do not receive a confirmation email from Jason Foreman within 24 hours of submitting the form, you need to send the form again.
For exhibit guidelines and additional information, click here.
2012 DTM ENTRY FORM_distributed.pdf
2012_Honor_Crew_Info.pdf
The pdf below contains a list of the DTM entry forms received as of 8am Wed January 25th. If your name is not on this list, then we haven't recieved your form. The form will be updated each Wednesday until the festival. If you have any questions, please email jforeman_okcu.edu.
DTM Entries Jan 25.pdf
Hello KCACTF6 PAI Participants,
The following theater companies and graduate programs intend to participate in our 2012 Professional Auditions and Interviews. More may still be added as we get closer to the Regional Festival.
Professional Companies
Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma
The Santa Fe Opera
Florida Studio Theatre
Clemmons/Dewing Casting
Texas Shakespeare Festival
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
Music Theatre of Wichita
Great Plains Theatre
Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre
Houston Shakespeare Festival
Theatre at Monmouth
Graduate Programs
Louisiana Tech University
University of Georgia
The University of Arkansas
The University of New Orleans
The University of Houston
The logistics of auditions/interviews are somewhat (and intentionally) loose to allow for flexibility as we introduce this brand new initiative. Please feel free to let us know how your experience was and what you might like to see from PAI in the future.
Please Note: There are some minor time changes!!
-General Auditions: Friday, 8am-1pm. These slots will be assigned after students register. Student registration will take place at festival registration on the 21st. A list of auditionees' time slots should be posted by the 22nd. Performers must provide their own supply of resumes and headshots (plus a photograph attached to the PAI registration form). These slots will be broken into two minute increments. Actor/singers will have 90 seconds, actors will have 60 seconds. An accompanist will be provided. Each student auditionee/interviewee will have a number assigned and callbacks will be posted by these numbers.
*Please note: The accompanist will not transpose. All sheet music must have all transposition pre-marked with clear beginning and end points.
-Dance Call: Friday, 1:30pm-3:30pm. The dance call will be broken into sections of choreography and taught to a large group. Dancers can opt to audition as Actors who Move, Dancers and Advanced Dancers. Another round of callbacks will be posted after the dance call. Please come dressed to dance.
-Call Backs: Friday, 1:30pm 6pm. Although we will do our level best to provide adequate space for individual callbacks. It may turn out that some sharing of space will be necessary. How each company/grad program structures their callbacks is up to them. Be aware if you are auditioning as a dancer you may not be able to see these folks until after 3PM.
-Meet and Greet: This is a casual event meant to provide you the opportunity to speak further with company/school reps (and give them the opportunity to meet you). Meet and Greet is an open event.
Additional Call-Backs and Tech/Design/Admin Interviews: Saturday, 10am-5:30pm. The callbacks will follow the same format as Friday. The interviews will be conducted conference-style in a large function room. Each company/grad program will be provided with a table and chairs at which to conduct interviews. Each company/school will have a sign-up sheet broken into ten minute slots. Students are welcome to sign up on a first-come basis starting at 10am.
I appreciate your interest and participation in our first year or PAI. I believe you will find it worthwhile and productive and want to return again for 2013! Please feel free to get back to me with any and all questions. Bruce Cohen - BECohen_ASUB.edu
This is the KCACTF Region VI Festival Schedule, it's still subject to change. The workshop schedule will be added in a few days.
KCACTF REGION 6 SCHEDULE 1_23_12.pdf
ATTENTION SPONSORS:
The KCACTF Region 6 Festival would not be possible without the generous donations from our businesses throughout our region. If you would like to contribute to our regional festival to help offset the costs of the numerous educational opportunities we offer our students in the areas of Design/Technologies/Management, Acting, Directing, or Playwriting, please click on the link below to see our sponsor levels and to make a donation.
2012 Norman, OK Regional Festival Sponsors
