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Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Submitted: March 25, 2013 Region VII Report Leigh Selting, Chair Date: February 18-22 2013 Site: Sacramento, CA Hosts: American River College Site Coordinator: Pam Burleson, Pam Downs Region VII by the Numbers American River Colo St. Humboldt Reno 2013 2012 2011 2010 Total Festival Registrants 1117 889 1,104 946 Guests/VIP's 56 49 57 53 Faculty/Non-Student 132 86 96 140 Students 929 754 951 753 Total Academic Institutions 78 57 n/a n/a 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 Total Entered Productions in 2012 172 174 86 155 119
Associate Entries 141 140 61 119 91 Participating Entries 31 34 25 36 28
Total Institutions entering 51 51 51 55 41
Some general thoughts:
I thought it would be helpful to keep as much of a running total of the festivals I was organizing to see a comparison of numbers over the past 5 years. As you can see from the chart above, we are at the highest number of registrants ever in our region. Guests and VIPS numbers are holding rather steady to run the festival,…and faculty and day registrants really vary, based on location of festival. The most encouraging statistic is that the total number of academic institutions (not students, but schools as a whole) participating has gone up by 21 schools! This is a number I only tracked from 2012, but is worth noting. As for the regional entries, since the re-division of regions in 2010, you can see we have drastically increased our total number of entries…California accounts for roughly 11% of our entries… …and finally, it’s worth noting that while entered production numbers have varied from 86 to 174, the total number of institutions has remained eerily steady! (41 to 51). It seems to suggest that even in tough times, schools are simply entering fewer shows, but still participating. Below are stats and comments on various individual events and the festival. Thanks. Leigh Selting
******************************************************************************* Design Tech Numbers: Total DTM Entries: 65
Level/Category Entries KCACTF - Costume 9
KCACTF – Allied Design 12 KCACTF - Lighting 5 KCACTF - Set 3 KCACTF - Sound 5
KCACTF - Stage Management 11 NWDC Regional level 1 - Costume 4 NWDC level 1 & 2 - Hair/Makeup 4 NWDC Regional level 1 - Lighting 1 NWDC Regional level 1 - Set 5 NWDC Regional level 1 – Sound 1 NWDC Regional level 2 - Costume 4 NWDC Regional level 2 - Set 3 NWDC Regional level 2 – Lighting 1 NWDC Regional level 2 – Sound 1 Total Entries for all categories: 65
Actual Participants: Total all categories: 54 Some DTM observations…. General response from participants of the Expo was quite positive. They enjoyed the respondent’s comments, finding them accessible and willing to provide additional individual feedback when time allowed. We had a great room this year for the Expo, not too cramped for space… in part because our participation was down by at least 20-30% from past years. Not sure why. In light of the new policy from the National regarding design entries (if a school has at least one entered show, then all produced student design/tech work can be entered for national categories), we really have no continued need for the NWDC level 2 categories. We will continue to do the Regional NWDC awards for classroom/ theoretical work (level one), but now ALL realized work will be eligible for National awards. -- John Hill, DTM Chair - Region VII
******************************************************************************* Irene Ryan Report: American River Colo St. Humboldt Reno 2013 2012 2011 2010
Total nominees eligible/registered ? ? 206 231 Total Ryans auditioned 244 208 194 217
2013 (14 of 244 went over 3 minutes in the preliminaries) (6%) 2012 (19 of 208 went over 3 minutes in the preliminaries) (9%) 2011 (14 of 194 went over 3 minutes in the preliminaries) (7%)
In all rounds except for round #10 at 9pm, and #13 at 11am, at least one candidate was chosen to move to semi-finals. Semi-finalists chosen from 17 rounds (distribution over the two days):
Round 1………………………………..1 Round 2………………………………..1 Round 3………………………………..3
Round 4………………………………..3 Round 5………………………………..1 Round 6………………………………..1 Round 7………………………………..1 Round8…………………………………1 Round 9…………………………………3 Round 10……………………………….0 Round 11……………………………….3 Round 12……………………………….1 Round13……………………………….. 0 Round 14………………………………..2 Round 15..............................................4 Round 16..............................................1 Round 17...............................................5
Semi-finalists: 20 women and 12 men advanced (7 of 32 went over 5 minutes)
Finals: 12 women and 4 men (3 going over 6 min. in the finals)
Note on Irene Ryans: It works very well to have 3 respondents for each prelim round.
******************************************************************************* National Playwrighting Program Entries (2012)
Ten-Minute Play entries 47 One-Act Play entries 34 Full-Length Region Play entries 16
(Five year comparison) Original Plays Submitted: Ten Minute One Act Full Length 2012 47 34 16 2011 71 37 15 2010 64 43 24 2009 38 35 15 2008 49 23 1
Notes: The numbers of new plays entered as associate or participating productions also fell slightly from last year with 22 so far (i.e. Feb. 26) compared with 27 this past year. Among the four plays presented at conference and the two alternates there was one devised piece and one adaptation from a Greek classic to a Noh drama. Most of the playwriting workshops and all of the readings were well attended and other areas reported overflow audiences at most of the presentations and workshops. We had eleven writing workshops plus readings of the six one-act and six ten-minute plays, as well as one full length play. The full-length play reading was part of a new award we initiated this year as the Region VII Certificate of Merit for Full-Length plays. In addition we were overwhelmed with our ten-minute play auditions and the ten-minute plays played to a full house in the 175 seat Studio Theatre. The John
Cauble Short Play presentations played 40- 50 people in the ballroom of the Crown Plaza, the Festival hotel. Both the ten-minute plays and the John Cauble short plays were given brilliant responses by our guests this year. They generated much enthusiasm with the student playwrights and others with their workshops and the quality of feedback. The entries for this year’s consideration continue a recent trend toward issue-oriented stories and subject matter that is both inspiring and difficult. Student playwrights are taking on serious issues in interesting and sometimes startling ways- from moving pieces of deep emotions to using a lighter hand to look at difficult and disturbing issues. It was interesting- and perhaps frightening- to note that the subject matter of most of the selected plays was suicide and/or gun violence. Of course, there are the usual trivial plays and less mature treatment of subjects included in the total but an increasing number of well-developed scripts that is making our selection more and more difficult. - Joseph Gilg
************************************************************************************ Workshops American River Colo St. Humboldt Reno 2013 2012 2011 2010 Total Workshops 124 94 64 56 Playwriting 12 7 Dramaturgy ? 5 Musical Theatre see acting 6 Dance ? 4 Stage Combat see acting 3 DTM 31 23 18 Stage Management see DTM 1 Acting/Directing/Voice/Mvmt/Combat. 46 44 16 Community engagement and social issues - 5 6 Theatre for Young audiences- 2 3 Career Education and Professional Development- 1 7 Scholarly Research Workshops- 0 1 Theatre Journalist and Advocacy Workshops- 5 2 Faculty/Staff Workshops- 0 4 Special Performances/Devising etc- 8 4 General Interest 15 TOTAL-124 Notes on Workshops: We tried evening workshops again this year, and had rather good attendance, (perhaps due to small venue?) I am especially pleased that in nearly every area, we had more workshop offerings than ever before! ----Leigh Selting
Other Initiatives Overview American River Colo St. Humboldt Reno 2013 2012 2011 2010
ATHE/LMDA/KCACTF Student Dramaturgy Initiative: 4 4
Note: This year our guest dramaturg was Margot Melcon from Marin Theatre Company. She was with us most of the week, leading a variety of well attended workshops. One thing I think we learned from this year's dramaturgy programming is that any dramaturgy workshops that are connected to new playwriting are very popular. We'll think about that more for future years. Margot was an excellent guest - she related well to the students, was very open to one-on-one discussions with them, and was enthusiastic. (She's a KCACTF baby herself, so was giving back.) Participants in the Dramaturgy Initiative: we had four student submissions. (There was a planned fifth, but he decided at the last minute not to submit.) This is about average for us. Margot, Mead Hunter (currently at University of Portland, but the former literary manager at Portland Center Stage) and I began a conversation about strategies for strengthening dramaturgy in the region. We have begun working on a plan whereby we will facilitate professional dramaturgs visiting universities for one or two day workshops to help promote dramaturgy at the university level. This is in the baby stages of discussion, but I think it has real potential. -- Michael Phillips
American River Colo St. Humboldt Reno 2013 2012 2011 2010
Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy: 4 10 15
Note: This year out guest journalist was Barry Wisdom, who previously wrote for BackStage West, and currently writes for a couple of different online publications in the Sacramento area. Barry was a last minute replacement (our lined up guest got a new job and was unable to attend the festival), so he was a lifesaver. He was not, however, particularly good with the students. As he graciously stepped in at the last minute, this isn't a complaint - it's just a reality. Luckily, both Mead Hunter and I were in the room (Mead as a secondary reader each day), so we were able to keep the conversation focused for the most part. This year was strange in terms of attendance. We have, in the past, had very good attendance. Typically, we have 12-18 students (which is why I recruit 2-4 additional readers so that we can respond to each students' writing in the allotted time). That means we're almost always at maximum capacity, and have had no attendance problems in all the time I've been doing this. However, this year, we ended up with only four students. We started out with 7, but one never showed up and two decided not to do the workshop after the first day. Also, we usually have a number of students show up on the first day who didn't preregister for the workshops, but this year that didn't happen. So, we ended up with only four. It could be that the name and emphasis change has something to do with that. It may be that students (and faculty) still don't understand what the change entails and therefore aren't gravitating to it as they did to NCI. That falls to me to publicize this better next year and see if we can bring the numbers back up. We once again used Dropbox for all submissions, which seemed to work very well. -- Michael Phillips
American River Colo St. Humboldt Reno 2013 2012 2011 2010
Devising Initiative 2 4 n/a n/a
Note: The main slot for the devising initiative was Wednesday and Thursday from 1:30 to 3:30. That’s when the schools showed their devised pieces and then respondents gave public feedback – Bill Bowers, Rich Brown, and Kevin Elder of Tricklock Company. In addition, we offered four other
devising workshops each day in the 10:30am to 12:00 noon slot. For the initiative, we received lots of interest from schools initially...then ultimately, of the 7 signed up for the conference, only 2 performed and received feedback. If students from programs without faculty interested in devising had some way to receive some guidance from the national website, we believe more students would be able to bring pieces to festival. The two groups who performed drew a diverse audience of students from numerous institutions who are “planning to bring a piece next year.” ----Rich Brown
SDC Student Directing entries: 2013 2012 2011
16 17 18 Note: Everything went smoothly. This year we had the greatest variety in scene selection as we saw all of the pre-chosen scenes on stage except for Milk Like Water. Bravo to the National Director for choosing a great list of scenes. -- Rhett Luedtke
Undergraduate Theatre Scholarly Paper entries: 2013 2012 2011 5 4 n/a
Note: There were five submissions to the Scholarly Paper Competition on the undergraduate level and none on the graduate level. Two were from Western Washington University (one Winner and an Honorable Mention) and three attended Linfield College (one Winner). Four of the papers were exceptional. All five students were invited to participate in a panel of scholarly papers, but only two could be in attendance at the festival. Plans for the panel were canceled. The two winning students have been asked to submit their papers to The Western States Theatre Review, 2014. They have done so, and I anticipate their work will likely be included in the next issue. Of the eight papers submitted in last year’s competition, three were published in The Western States Theatre Review, 2013, both Winners and the Honorable Mention. – George Caldwell
Graduate Theatre Scholarly Paper entries: 2013 2012 2011
0 4 3
NWDC Musical Theatre Competition Auditions 2013 2012 2011 86 72 72
Next Step Auditions/Interviews (summer stock /grad. School) 2013 2012 2011
Companies auditioning 15 18 12 Actor auditions 150 180 150 Design/Tech interviews 15 n/a n/a Notes on Next Step Auditions: Now in its fourth year, Region VII’s Next Step acting and design/tech auditions brought together over 160 committed, eager and well-trained college and university theatre students with the companies and theatre artists that will help shape their careers. The 2013 Next Step program offered opportunities to over 150 actors and 15 design/tech students, and 15 professional companies and training programs. We continued relationships with companies Actors Theatre of Louisville, Kaiser Permanente Educational Programs, PCPA, Kingsmen Shakespeare, Stella Adler Conservatory, Missoula Children’s Theatre, Livermore Shakespeare, Mt. Baker Summer Theatre, CSU Summer Arts, Western Stage, along with new companies B Street Theatre, Capital Stage Company, Theatre West and Open Jar Conservatory as well as several BA/BFA completion programs. The program offered a workshop with John O'Hagan of U. of Wyoming and Reid Davis of St. Mary's College called "How to Make the Most of 90 Seconds: Next Step Strategies" attended by 65 students. Most participating acting programs called back between 20-30 students and many students were offered scholarships and professional contracts. Moving forward, we anticipate a restructuring and clarification of registration procedures to insure that we receive headshots and resumes along with registration forms and payment at the time of student registration. --- Reid Davis
Evening of Invitational Scenes participants 2013 2012 2011 11 10 n/a
Note: The Evening of Scenes played to a sold-out crowd this year in a house of 165 with added chairs on the floor. We turned away an equivalent amount of viewers due to lack of space. 11 scenes were performed representing 10 Associate Productions from throughout the region. Each participating scene received a commemorative plaque honoring their outstanding work and contribution to both the region and festival. ---Michelle Felten
Meet & Greet for Two-Year, Transfer Students and Graduate Interviews
Note: Approximately 12 schools participated, with over 50 students coming by to speak to school representatives. Pizza was provided on a first come, first serve basis. It appears to be a strong event that could be even stronger with more publicity throughout the week. Attendance has been larger in the past, but only when the Meet & Greet was held in the theatre lobby with a considerable number of students passing through. --- Leigh Selting & George Caldwell
Tech Olympics Note: A popular event, attended by numerous “teams” and individuals from various schools. It works very well as an evening, “after show” activity at the host hotel, not the school! We combine it with the announcing of Irene Ryan Finalists, and it draws a very large number of students.---Leigh Selting
************************************************************************************ Regional Invited Productions
Monday February 18
Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead
by Bert V. Royal directed by Michael Navarra
Ohlone College
Tuesday February 19
Spring Awakening music by Duncan Sheik,
book and lyrics by Steen Sater directed by Reid Davis
Saint Mary's College of California
Wednesday February 20
Icarus by Elise Forier-Edie and Kevin Salfen
directed by George Bellah Central Washington University
Thursday February 21
Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter by Julie Marie Myatt
directed by Robert Caisley University of Idaho
Region VII Alternate Productions:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim libretto by Hugh Wheeler directed by Nancy Silva American River College
The Broken Devised by Rhett Luedtke and Company
Directed by Rhett Luedtke George Fox University
NATIONAL PLAYWRITING PROGRAM SELECTED PLAYS
2012 John Cauble Short Play Readings
Misconceptions by Miranda Blum, Washington State University Baby Bird by Millie Rose, University of Idaho What do we do with the Dog? by Patrick Rexroat, University of Portland La Cajita by Ben Calabrese, San Francisco State University Middle Names by Corey O'Hara, Lewis & Clark College Octobering by Kiki Penoyer, Western Washington University Full Length Play- Region VII Certificate of Achievement
Pick up Man by John Remington, University of Idaho Directed by David Lee-Painter
David Mark Cohen National Semi-Finalists
Particulate Matter by Rachel LePell, Chabot College Self Composed by Lyssandra Norton, Western Washington University
Ten-Minute Plays
J. by Gavin Foltz, Western Washington University Directed by Janet Gupton The Kitchen with Dinah by Hannah Bochart, Western Washington University Directed by Brian Haimbach The Uncomfortable by Dylan Waite, Sonoma State University Directed by Rebecca Engle Step on Me by Lisa Wagner Erickson, Lesley University Directed by Laurie Lynch Yellow Cake by Megan Thornton, University of Idaho Directed by Joe Golden Stage Fright by Sarah Pappin, University of Idaho Directed by Sara Goff
NPP Invited Respondents:
Georgia McGill, KCACTF National NPP Chair, Rob Urbinati, Director of New Play Development, Queens Theatre in the Park, NYC T. Scott Frank, KCACTF Region II NPP Chair,
Design, Technology and Management Expo Invited Respondents: Cheri Vasek costumes/Makeup University of Hawai'i, Manoa Christopher Sousa-Wynn sets/ projections Texas State University Steven Shelley lights Freelance designer, NYC Jane Childs Allied Design Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas Glen Nagy Sound Humbolt State University Rafael Jaen Costume design USA 829 Emerson College, Boston Christopher Sadler SM University of Oklahoma/ AEA
Other Out of Region Festival VIPS
Abby Gerdts
ASTEP/Musical theatre finals/Ryans semi-finals
judge ASTEP
Barry Wisdom Critics Respondent Sacramento Bee
Bill Bowers Keynote Performer/Devising Respondent Professional Actor
Bryan Willis NWDC guest Playwright
Cheri Vasek DTM Costume/Make-up Respondent U of Hawaii
Christopher Sadler DTM Stage Management Respondent U of Oklahoma
Christopher Sousa-Wynn DTM Sets/Projections Respondent
Dodie Montgomery Ryan prelim judge/workshops/show respondent Tricklock Theatre Company
Don Williams Ryan semi-finals judge Stella Adler Studios
Elizabeth van den Berg SDC Respondent/Ryan finals Chair, Region II
Eric Santagata Musical Theatre Finals judge Professional Actor
Faith Prince/Natasha Burr Professional Actor
Georgia McGill NPP Respondent NPP Chair
Gregg Henry Kennedy Center/SDC respondent Kennedy Center
Greg Hinton Guest presenter Playwright
Jane Childs Allied Design Las Vegas
Joe Krienke Del Arte-Devising Respondent/Ryan Semi Judge Dell'Arte Theatre
Kevin Elder Devising Respondent/Workshop presenter Tricklock Theatre Company
Lucien Douglas Ryan prelim judge/workshop/musical theatre finals U of Texas
Margot Melcon VIP Dramaturg Respondent Sacramento
Raphael Jaen DTM Costume Respondent DTM Chair
Rob Urbanati NPP Respondent Playwright
Sara Falconer URTA Representative URTA rep
Scott Frank NPP Respondent NPP chair exchange
Steve Shelly DTM Respondent Lighting Respondent
Professional Lighting Design
Tom Miller Show respondent/Musical Theatre prelim judge Actors Equity Association
Keynote Event:
KCACTF/NWDC Keynote Performance:
Beyond Words Festival Keynote Performance
BILL BOWERS - BEYOND WORDS a collection of Mime, Music, and Monologues: a poignant journey that continues Bowers' ongoing investigation of silence in our culture. Set against the backdrop of "Small town America," BEYOND WORDS takes the audience on a funny and poignant journey of sound and silence. One of the most acclaimed mimes in America today, Bill Bowers' eloquent movement evokes the deepest truths of the human condition. Often compared to Chaplin and Keaton, Bowers has truly created a style all his own. Bowers is a student of world-renowned mime Marcel Marceau, and has performed and conducted workshops throughout the U.S, Europe and Asia. His acclaimed original shows have been produced Off-Broadway to critical raves. The New York Times has said "To see Bill Bowers is to see the technical elements of a style that bring Marcel Marceau readily to mind. Mime can be wonderful...the air between him and us was his palette."
Special Events Three Trees Presented by Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre
2012 Region VII Executive Committee & Planning Board:
Leigh Selting
Region VII Chair
University of Wyoming
Kelly Quinnett
Region VII Vice Chair
University of Idaho
Patrick Dizney
NWDC President
Western Washington
University
Joseph Gilg
NPP Playwriting Chair
University of Oregon
Nancy Lee-Painter
NPP Playwriting Vice Chair
Lewis-Clark State College
Rhett Luedtke
SDC Directing Coordinator
George Fox University
John Hill
Design & Tech Chair
Front Range Community
College
Rae Robison
Design & Tech Vice Chair
Humboldt State University
Michael Phillips
Dramaturgy Chair
Critic's Institute Chair
Western Oregon U.
Jerry Dougherty
Scheduling Czar
Central Washington University
Ronn Campbell
Regional Webmaster
Columbia Basin College
Scott Robinson
Chief Financial Officer
Central Washington University
Reid Davis
Next Step Coordinator
Saint Mary's College
Mindi Logan
Region VII Immediate Past
Chair
University of Portland
Rich Brown
Devising Initiative
Western Washington
University
New West Drama Conference Governing Board:
Patrick Dizney, President - Western Washington University
Ronn Campbell, Vice-President, Columbia Basin College
Alicia Bickley, Treasurer – Yakima Valley Community College
George Caldwell, Managing Editor, Western States Theatre Review - Oregon State
Tammi Doyle, Outreach Director - Bellevue College
2012 Region VII Selection Team:
George Caldwell – Oregon State University
Ronn Campbell- Columbia Basin College
Reid Davis – St. Mary’s College of California
Patrick Dizney – Western Washington University
Pamela Downs - American River College
Tammis Doyle – Bellevue College
Joseph Gilg – University of Oregon
Joe Golden – Albertson College
John Hill- Front Range Community College
Nancy Lee-Painter - Lewis-Clark State College
Rhett Luedtke – George Fox University
Mindi Logan – University of Portland
Eric Prince – Colorado State University
Scott Robinson – Central Washington University
Leigh Selting – University of Wyoming
Michael Smith – Central Washington University
Bill Wolak – Professor Emeritus, University of the Pacific
Michele Felton - California State University-Sacramento
Rae Robison - Humboldt State University
Ed Trujillo - Diablo Valley College
Kelly Quinnett - University of Idaho
Rebecca Hilliker - University of Wyoming
Respectfully submitted,
Leigh Selting, Chair Region 7
Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
Festival Awards: (see below)
Award Name School
New West Drama Conference Musical Theatre Award
NWDC Musical Theatre Scholarship Runner-up Erin O'Conner Southern Oregon University
NWDC Musical Theatre Scholarship Winner Christie Greenhalgh Western Oregon University
NWDC Northwest Playwrights Alliance Playwriting Award
Winner
Title - Shades of Blue Leila Jacobson Cornish College of the Arts
New West Drama Conference Horace Robinson Award Michelle Felten
California State University-
Sacramento
KCACTF Regional Participating Productions Director School
Dog See's God; Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead Michael Navarra Ohlone College
Spring Awakening Reid Davis Saint Mary's College
Icarus George Bellah Central Washington University
Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter Rob Caisley University of Idaho
KCACTF Regional Faculty Excellence Certificates of Recognition
Excellence in Mentoring Young Playwrights Rob Caisley University of Idaho
ATHE/KCACTF Innovation Teaching Award Dr. Laura Jones Colorado State University
Kennedy Center Gold Medallion Recipients Mindi Logan University of Portland
Leigh Selting University of Wyoming
KCACTF National Playwriting Program Awards
KCACTF John Cauble One Act National Semi-finalist Millie Rose University of Idaho
Title: Baby Bird
KCACTF John Cauble One Act National Semi-finalist Patrick Rexroat University of Portland
Title: What do we do with the Dog?
KCACTF John Cauble One Act National Semi-finalist Corey O'Hara Lewis and Clark College
Title: Middle Names
NPP Ten Minute Play National Semi-finalist Gavin Folz Western Washington University
Title: J.
NPP Ten Minute Play National Semi-finalist Lisa Wagner Erickson Lesley University
Title: Step on Me
Region 7 Certificate of Merit - Full Length Play John Remington University of Idaho
Title: Pick Up Man
NPP Region VII nomination for David Mark Cohen Playwriting Award Rachel LePell Chabot College
Title: Particulate Matter
NPP Region VII nomination for David Mark Cohen Playwriting Award Lyssandra Norton Western Washington University
Title: Self Composed
Stage Directors and Choreographers Society Directing Fellowships
SDC Runner Up Matthew Jared Lee University of Portland
SDC Runner up Mario Orallo Western Washington University
SDC Winner Chloe King University of Wyoming
KCACTF Scholarly Paper Winners
Undergrad Honorable Mention Roland Carett-Meyers
Western Washington/Loyla
Marymount Title - Shakespearean Festivals: Innovations in preserving History and in using Tradition
to define Modernity
Undergrad Winner Chris Forrer Linfield College
Title - The Dos and Don’ts of Female Protagonists: Medea and Life’s a Dream,”
Undergrad Winner Marin Johnson Western Washington University
Title - “The Destructive Cycle of Combating Racism in Satellites,”“
KCACTF Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy Awards
KCACTF Critics Forum Runner-up $100 Sam Ricci Saint Mary's College
KCACTF Critics Forum First Place Sammi Scott Western Washington University
KCACTF/ATHE Dramaturgy Awards
KCACTF Dramaturgy Runner-up $100 Lauren Kottenstette University of Wyoming
KCACTF Dramaturgy Winner Celine Delcayre Sonoma State University
New West Drama Conference Design Awards
Scenic Design Winner Courtney Smith University of Idaho
Costume Design Meritorious Achievement Award Heidi Knight-Meigs University of Oregon
Costume Design Winner Natalya Kolosowsky University of Oregon
Hair/Makeup Meritorious Achievement Award Cassandra Johnson University of Idaho
Hair/Makeup Design Winner Caitlin Cardinale Central Washington University
Lighting Design Meritorious Achievement Award Katie Valentine Boise State University
Sound Design Winner Tiffany Gilly George Fox University
KCACTF Design, Tech & Management Awards
KCACTF Scenic Design Meritorious Achievement Award McKenna Perry CSU - Chico
KCACTF Scenic Design Award Winner Tiffany Thomas University of Oregon
KCACTF Costume Design Meritorious Achievement Award Nicholas Giacalone University of Idaho
KCACTF Costume Design Meritorious Achievement Award Rhiannon Williams Cal State - East Bay
KCACTF Costume Design Winner Sarah Varca University of Wyoming
KCACTF Lighting Design Winner MacKenzie Mulligan Colorado State University
KCACTF Sound Design Meritorious Achievement Award Ray Pritchard University of Idaho
KCACTF Sound Design Meritorious Achievement Award Cesar Reyes Los Medanos College
KCACTF Sound Design Winner David Culp Colorado State University
KCACTF Allied Design and Technologies Meritorious Achievement
Award
Sarah Varca University of Wyoming
KCACTF Allied Design and Technologies Winner Elizabeth Carlson Eastern Washington university
SCI Las Vegas Summer Institute Trip Marina Ketchum Los Medanos College
SCI Las Vegas Summer Institute Trip Teko Dumoulin Eastern Washington University
SCI Las Vegas Summer Institute Trip Sean Altuna University of Idaho
KCACTF Stage Management Meritorious Achievement Marina Ketchum Los Medanos College
KCACTF Stage Management Meritorious Achievement KC Cseresnyes Colorado State University
KCACTF Stage Management Meritorious Achievement
Amanda Cardwell-
Aiken
University of Oregon
KCACTF Stage Management Winner Rachel Kaufman Boise State University
Focal Press/Rafael Jean Award Kristin Gates University of Portland
Focal Press/Rafael Jean Award Teko Dumoulin Eastern Washington University
KCACTF Regional Tech Olympics Awards
Costume Quick Change Laurel Curtis Boise State University
Hang and Focus Ben Bliesner Bellevue College
Floorplan Tape Kyle Morgan Santa Rosa Junior College
Thimble and Crosby Phoenix Ritchie Santa Rosa Junior College
Sound System Joe Caron Diablo Valley College
Knots Individual Ben Bliesner Bellevue College
Knots Relay BAMF Santa Rosa Junior College
Team Third Place:
Rebels Without
Applause Diablo Valley College
Team Second Place: BAMF II Santa Rosa Junior College
Team First Place: BAMF Santa Rosa Junior College
Improv Olympics - Outstanding Improv Team Dead Parrots Society Western Washington University
OpenJar Institute Musical Theatre Broadway Actor Intensive Catherine Williamson Cal State-Eastbay
KCACTF Acting and Irene Ryan National Finalists Awards
Best Partner James Udom Diablo Valley Community College
NAPAT Classical Acting Award Jessica Hillenbrand University of Portland
The Mark Twain Comedy Acting Award Kyle Mitchell Western Washington University
KCACTF Musical Theatre Award not awarded
2nd Alternate Kat Cordes University of Wyoming
1st Alternate Kyle Mitchell Western Washington University
Irene Ryan Winner Jessica Henderson University of Northern Colorado
Irene Ryan Winner Ethan Leaverton University of Nevada-Reno
KCACTF Regional GOLDEN HAND TRUCK Award Central Washington University