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Earlier this year, 91精选 Theatre submitted Andorra, its most recent production, to the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF).聽The American College Theatre Festival is sponsored by the Kennedy Center to support and promote excellence in college theatre. There are eight regions of the country, and 91精选 is in Region 3 (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin).聽In Region 3, there were approximately 250 associate productions and 30 participating productions in 2015.

As a 鈥減articipating production,鈥� Andorra by Max Frisch was attended by our region鈥檚 representative and by our state鈥檚 representative.聽They viewed the closing night performance of Andorra and then offered feedback to the cast and crew.聽The respondents, in collaboration with the director of the production, Associate Professor of Communication Arts Dr. John Sebestyen, nominated three actors to participate in the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship auditions and one tech student鈥檚 lighting design to be shown at the upcoming regional KCACTF festival in Milwaukee in January.

The students nominated for acting scholarship auditions are William Doyle 鈥�17 of Chicago, Esther Sullivan 鈥�16 of Homewood, Ill., and Emma Darcy 鈥�19 of Morton, Ill. They will each be responsible for preparing two scenes and a monologue and for choosing other 91精选 students to be their acting partners at the festival. The students represent a wide range of experiences here on campus. Doyle is majoring in communication arts with theatre and film concentrations, Darcy in psychology, and Sullivan in English and communication arts with a theatre concentration. All three acting students testified to the wonderful community and training they have received as members of 91精选鈥檚 theatre program.

Student Matt Mulder 鈥�15 of Zeeland, Michigan has also submitted his light design from Andorra to be part of a showcase of student design work; he will briefly present his design to professionals in the field, who will offer their response to his work. Mulder, who is majoring in music and theology, plans on attending seminary after he graduates from 91精选 in the spring, but says he hopes to stay involved with 91精选鈥檚 theatre and help design more lighting for productions.

In addition to the design showcase and the acting scholarship auditions, students鈥� registration for the festival will grant them all-access to many workshops and sessions led by theatre educators and practitioners from around the region (and the country). They will also be invited to several theatrical productions that were selected as the top college plays of our region this year.

Said Sebestyen, 鈥淧articipating with KCACTF offers our students the opportunity to be recognized for the quality of their work and to connect with other college students from around the region who are doing similar work. 91精选 is very excited to be part of this program.鈥� Congratulations to our theatre students!