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KCACTFRegVII2019

The University of Oregon in Eugene will play host to our festival this year. We are most excited to be in the land of the Duck!! This year, the festival is a walking festival, so bring your umbrella, waterproof shoes and jacket, some layers and a sunshine(y) disposition.

7:30pm PST

Spotlight Performance - Electra's Oresteia at Lane Community College

Electra's Oresteia is a rock n roll adaptation of Aeschylus' Trilogy that tells the story of Agamemnon's return from the Trojan War and the tragedy that follows. But this story positions the forgotten daughter, Electra, as the protagonist and moral center of this complicated story of revenge, justice, and social progress. The Ragozzino Performance Hall on Lane Community College's main campus is the perfect venue for this production that is part rock concert, part Broadway musical, and part Greek tragedy.

Electra's Oresteia
Directed by Brian Haimbach
Music by Cullen Vance
Book and Lyrics by Cullen Vance, Brian Haimbach, and students of the LCC Theatre Program

The performance is free to the general public. At door donations will go towards Theatre scholarships and production expenses. No need for reservations.

Sunday February 17, 2019 7:30pm - 9:30pm PST
Lane Community College Theatre 4000 E. 30th Ave. Eugene, OR 97405

9:00am PST

Sneak into Shakespeare

Do you love Shakespeare? Do you wish you loved Shakespeare? Discover the beauty of Shakespeare, his language and universal themes. Learn new approaches to the text, exciting activities to work out a scene, and "Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue.”

Speakers

Lori Ann DeLappe-Grondin

Monday February 18, 2019 9:00am - 10:20am PST
EMU 239 | Maple Room

7:00pm PST

Evening of Invitational Scenes 2019

Now in our 8th year, this evening celebrates the many outstanding Associate productions presented throughout the region in 2017! Selected scenes are presented in a non-competitive showcase of talent. This year's impressive line-up includes mask work, student written works, signing, a fight scene with foils, musical pieces, and physical comedy, as well as a special spotlight performance presented by the University of Hawaii, Manoa. Come celebrate day one of festival at this exciting event!

Speakers

Michelle Felten

THE Invitational Scene Program docx

Monday February 18, 2019 7:00pm - 8:59pm PST
EMU 244 | Ballroom

9:00pm PST

Musical Theatre Cabaret

You’ve seen Pitch Perfect. You’ve seen Lip Sync Battle. Now prepare for a competition unlike any at ACTF before.
Teams of five will compete in a spin the wheel karaoke showdown. The team with the best staged performances will move on to Friday’s competition. Are you up for the challenge? Bring your rep books and sign up for an audition for the Monday of KCACTF.
Questions? Contact Sean Stone at sstone8@uwyo.edu.

Speakers

Sean Stone

Monday February 18, 2019 9:00pm - 11:50pm PST
Pocket Theatre

2:00pm PST

NAPAT Performance How Sweet the Sound by: Eryn McVay

The National Partners of American Theatre (NAPAT) award recognizes an outstanding student-written play selected from eight nominations, one from each of the eight regions. Each region will nominate a play of any length representing the best-written, best-crafted script with the strongest writer's "voice."
This is a stage reading of How Sweet the Soundby Eryn McVay, Region 7’s nominee.

Speakers

Jonathan Dorf

Co-Founder, Dramatist Guild representative and professional playwright

Co-Chair of the Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights and co-founder of publisher YouthPLAYS, with 1500+ play productions worldwide. He's taught at Hollins University and served as US Cultural Envoy to Barbados. BA Dramatic Writing & Literature, Harvard; MFA Playwriting, UCLA. http... Read More →

Rachel Bublitz

Sean Byrd

NPP Chair Region 5

Benjamin Gonzales

Jef Peterson

Tuesday February 19, 2019 2:00pm - 4:00pm PST
Oregon Contemperary Theatre

2:00pm PST

The Bluest Eye

Speakers

University of California Davis

Tuesday February 19, 2019 2:00pm - 4:00pm PST
Robinson Theatre

2:30pm PST

No Belles

No Belles weaves together stories of the most remarkable women to don a lab coat. Women who, with determination and persistence, changed the face of science. “Witty… captivating… infectious, disarming and ultimately very moving” – The Scotsman. “A well-pitched piece of theatre… Inspiring” – Broadway Baby.

Speakers

Michael Phillips

Kira Batcheller

Jade Strong

Kimberly Wilson

Tuesday February 19, 2019 2:30pm - 4:20pm PST
EMU 214 | Redwood Auditorium

4:30pm PST

"Ghosts of Living Flesh" and "When Death Itches"

Original Work performed by Students from Central Washington University

Speakers

Annie Jankovic

Tuesday February 19, 2019 4:30pm - 6:30pm PST
Pocket Theatre

7:00pm PST

The Bluest Eye - (evening performance will have ASL Interpreters)

Speakers

University of California Davis

Tuesday February 19, 2019 7:00pm - 9:00pm PST
Robinson Theatre

7:30pm PST

No Belles

No Belles weaves together stories of the most remarkable women to don a lab coat. Women who, with determination and persistence, changed the face of science. “Witty… captivating… infectious, disarming and ultimately very moving” – The Scotsman. “A well-pitched piece of theatre… Inspiring” – Broadway Baby.

Speakers

Kira Batcheller

Michael Phillips

Jade Strong

Kimberly Wilson

Tuesday February 19, 2019 7:30pm - 9:20pm PST
EMU 214 | Redwood Auditorium

10:30am PST

“Thanks for the Note”: Practical tools for tough feedback

Notes are elemental to life in the theatre. Our productions and individual growth require us to receive and interpret notes well (easier said than done!) This workshop, for ALL, will provide evidence-based tools to help incorporate and grow from tough feedback like your livelihood depended on it: because it does.

Speakers

Daniel Haley

Wednesday February 20, 2019 10:30am - 11:50am PST
EMU 104 | Coquille

2:00pm PST

I Got Guns

Speakers

Linn-Benton Community College

Wednesday February 20, 2019 2:00pm - 4:00pm PST
Robinson Theatre

2:30pm PST

Keynote Performance - Meena’s Dream

Solo actress Anu Yadav weaves a tale of nine-year-old Meena who wishes her mother could afford the medicine she needs, and Hindu God Lord Krishna who pleads for Meena's help in his war against the Worry Machine. Meena's Dream creates a fantastical world through storytelling and live music, from South Indian classical to indie folk. With music by Anjna Swaminathan, Rajna Swaminathan, and Sam McCormally.

The show is appoximately 50 minutes and there will be short talkback after the show

Speakers

Anu Yadav

Wednesday February 20, 2019 2:30pm - 4:00pm PST
EMU 244 | Ballroom

7:00pm PST

I Got Guns - (evening performance will have ASL Interpreters)

Speakers

Linn-Benton Community College

Wednesday February 20, 2019 7:00pm - 9:00pm PST
Robinson Theatre

7:30pm PST

Keynote Performance - Meena’s Dream

Solo actress Anu Yadav weaves a tale of nine-year-old Meena who wishes her mother could afford the medicine she needs, and Hindu God Lord Krishna who pleads for Meena's help in his war against the Worry Machine. Meena's Dream creates a fantastical world through storytelling and live music, from South Indian classical to indie folk. With music by Anjna Swaminathan, Rajna Swaminathan, and Sam McCormally.

The show is appoximately 50 minutes and there will be short talkback after the show

Speakers

Anu Yadav

Wednesday February 20, 2019 7:30pm - 9:00pm PST
EMU 244 | Ballroom

7:30pm PST

Spotlight Production - Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World

Minority Voices Theatre at The Very Little Theatre presents the Oregon premiere of Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World by acclaimed playwright Yussef El Guindi, directed by University of Oregon Theatre Arts Professor Michael Malek Najjar.
Set in a large American city, Musa is an Egyptian cab driver, and Sheri is an all-American waitress who fall madly in love with each other. Just don’t let Musa’s fiancée Gamila know. Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World is a romantic comedy that proves, no matter where we’re from, we’re all on this human pilgrimage together. Seattle playwright Yussef El Guindi is also KCACTF Keynote speaker on Friday, February 22.
Free tickets for KCACTF attendees will be available at the registration desk on the day of the performance.

Speakers

Yussef El Guindi

Michael Malek Najjar

Wednesday February 20, 2019 7:30pm - 9:45pm PST
The Very Little Theatre 2350 Hilyard Street, Eugene, Oregon 97405

1:30pm PST

Freedom in Performance: Physical Theatre Improvisation

Turn off your brain and leap into the present moment onstage! Participants will engage in immediacy, freedom, and delight of play as they explore characters and relationships through a series of games and improvisations based on dynamic movement, spacial animation, physical presence, contact, and expressivity.

Speakers

Brendan McMahon

Thursday February 21, 2019 1:30pm - 2:50pm PST
EMU 230 | Swindells

2:00pm PST

Evil Dead, the Musical

Speakers

Humboldt State University

Thursday February 21, 2019 2:00pm - 4:30pm PST
Robinson Theatre

4:30pm PST

Serving It Drag Show

Students who participated in the Countdown to Glam workshop are invited to strut their stuff in this Drag Show event. Hosted by our hosted Faye

Speakers

Kyle Nye

Thursday February 21, 2019 4:30pm - 6:30pm PST
Pocket Theatre

7:00pm PST

Evil Dead, the Musical - (evening performance will have ASL Interpreters)

Speakers

Humboldt State University

Thursday February 21, 2019 7:00pm - 9:30pm PST
Robinson Theatre

8:00pm PST

The Matthew Shepard Story: Three Conversations

Twenty years ago, the brutal murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student in Laramie, Wyoming shocked the nation and sparked a hate crimes legislation movement which continues to this day in his name. Also impacted were the lives of three ordinary citizens who tended to Matthew in extraordinary ways.

Speakers

Gregory Hinton

Thursday February 21, 2019 8:00pm - 10:00pm PST
Oregon Contemperary Theatre

9:30pm PST

Improv Olympix

Teams representing various colleges/universities compete in three different improv styles (game-form, sketch-form, and condensed long-form) to see who will be crowned Region Champions. Teams MUST have 5 players, but no more than 8. Schools may partner with other schools to form teams.

Speakers

Theresa R. Dudeck

Thursday February 21, 2019 9:30pm - 11:50pm PST
Hope Theatre

9:00pm PST

Musical Theatre Cabaret

You’ve seen Pitch Perfect. You’ve seen Lip Sync Battle. Now prepare for a competition unlike any at ACTF before.
Teams of five will compete in a spin the wheel karaoke showdown. The team with the best staged performances will move on to Friday’s competition. Are you up for the challenge? Bring your rep books and sign up for an audition for the Monday of KCACTF.
Questions? Contact Sean Stone at sstone8@uwyo.edu.

Speakers

Sean Stone

Friday February 22, 2019 9:00pm - 11:50pm PST
Pocket Theatre