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Festival 57

Festival 57 Registration Opens September 15, 2024!

For schools who would like to pay for a block of students via invoice please email chair@kcactf2.org

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Festival 57!

January 14 – 18, 2025

Registration Costs:

  • Early Bird (through Nov 15): $100

  • Regular (through Jan 13): $125

  • On Site: $150

  • Day Pass: $50

Join us in Pittsburgh, PA

Hotel rooms can be booked via the conference registration link or by clicking here!

Production Registration

Please note that registering for a response does not guarantee that we can find an available or appropriate volunteer respondent.  Productions should be entered no later than 30 days before your opening date to give everyone the best chance of having a successful response.

To get more information on Responding and Respondent Training click here.

 

2024 – 2025 Production Registration Costs

Price for a Participating Production: $400

Price for an Associate Production: $300

Register Your Production Here!
KCACTF Region 2 Response Session for The Secret in the Wings at Muskinghum University, OH.

  Welcome to The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Region 2!

For over 50 years KCACTF has supported and celebrated all things theatre at colleges and universities across the country. Region 2 includes schools and programs of all shapes and sizes in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Northern Virginia, Washington DC, and West Virginia. Please explore this site to discover the many opportunities for innovation, engagement, and professional development KCACTF can offer students, faculty, and staff in all disciplines of theatre.  The “about us” section showcases the dedicated team of volunteers who work hard to make all our programs a reality, without whom KCACTF would not be possible.  There are a million ways to participate: follow us on all social media platforms, or sign up below to receive our newsletter to stay informed on opportunities and all things KCACTF 2. I’ve loved this program and region since coming to the festival as a student and have seen first-hand the value it has provided the young artists who participate each year. I am honored and excited to serve as your current chair, and here to provide any information or support I can, (or to hear your awesome ideas) – email chair@kcactf2.org .

Thank you for your interest, your enthusiasm, and your dedication to building the future of theatre,

Cassie King

Muskingum University

Region 2 Chair

Our Commitment to Inclusion, Diversity and Empowerment

The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival is committed to promoting inclusion and diversity in its leadership, both regional and national, as well as in its programming. This commitment is essential to our educational mission of training and empowering the future artistic leadership in American Theatre.

 

We embrace the idea that diversity in experience and perspective makes our organization stronger and more relevant. To this end, we pledge to:

  • Nurture talent in all areas of the theater based solely on merit and achievement.

  • Promote collegial exploration of new ideas, supported by a clear understanding of long-held artistic practices, fully respecting the communicated intentions of the playwright.

  • Encourage discourse that affects positive change in the ways that under-represented groups are portrayed onstage.

  • Oppose acts of cultural appropriation and character depictions that deepen existing cultural divides.

  • Encourage production respondents to use inclusive language that affirms the variety of artistic choices generated by the diversity of perspectives that exists on college campuses across the country.

New! Festival 57 RED Programming and Opportunities!