Regional Production Entry
There is no limit to the number of productions a school may enter in the festival. Productions may be registered in the KCACTF at any time during the year, however we ask that productions be entered no later than 30 days prior to the opening night to allow adequate time to schedule a respondent(s).
Any junior or senior college in the United States accredited by its regional association is eligible to enter productions, as are student organizations directly sponsored by the accredited college. All entries must be fully produced works presented before a public audience. Productions entered in the KCACTF represent the work of faculty and students of the individual university and college theater departments; qualify students for awards; and give faculty, student directors, and student designers experience visibility, and responses from colleagues outside the home institution.
Why enter a production?
There are many reasons to enter a production in KCACTF Region 1, but the most important is that students receive feedback on their work from a visiting faculty respondent. Both Participating and Associate productions receive outside responses on their home campuses and, with some exceptions, are eligible for all KCACTF-sponsored awards, including:
- Nominate one bona fide student performer from its entry for participation in the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Auditions
- Nominate student designers to participate in the scenic, sound, costume, and lighting design programs
Additionally:
- Students have the opportunity to make presentations of their work at the regional festival. Many theatre departments promote their student’s participation as equivalent to a student being invited to present a paper at a regional conference.
- Students attending the Region Festival network with peers and many experience, for the first time, a powerful community of citizen artists
- Students attending the Region Festival have the opportunity to attend workshops and to have their work responded to by professional artists.
- Individual faculty have opportunities to attend seminars at the Regional Festival.
- Student work and school productions are eligible for national recognition
Production Registration Process
The Kennedy Center has launched a new production registration platform. Please visit this link and follow the instructions. You may direct any questions to Kelsey Mesa at [email protected].
Register Your Production HERE
- Associate Virtual Production Responses – $50
- Participating Virtual Production Responses – $75
- Associate In-Person Production Response – $300
- Participating In-Person Production Response $400