A Conference for Theatre Education: For Students, Staff, and Faculty in Higher Education

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Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival

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Festival 57

Join us for Festival 57!

January 14 – 18, 2025

Pittsburgh, PA

Registration opens on Sept 15, 2024

Registration Costs:

  • Early Bird (Through Nov 15): $100

  • Regular (Through Jan 13): $125

  • On Site (Jan 14 – 18): $150

  • Day Pass: $50

Production Registration

Register Your Production Here

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.

Please remember the expectation is that for every production response requested, someone from your college should be prepared to volunteer to respond at another school.

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

KCACTF Region 2 Response Session for The Secret in the Wings at Muskinghum University, OH.

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!