The Minnesota Association of Community Theatres biennial play festivals began in 1973 in St Louis Park. The first winner, Theatre in the Round, also won the regional and national festivals and performed at the World Festival of Amateur Theatre in Monaco. A Rule change in 1993 allows state festivals with ten or more theatre participants to send two theatres to the Region Festival. Five Minnesota productions have advanced to the National Festival and two to international Festivals.
Best of MACT*Fest
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Host: Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault
Eleemosynary - The Merlin Players, Faribault
Wanda's Visit - Dakota Fine Arts Consortium, Burnsville
Host: The Barn Theatre, Willmar
The Real Inspector Hound - Sweet Charities Theatre Company, Minneapolis
A Gaggle of Saints - Chameleon Theatre Circle, Burnsville
Host: Albert Lea Community Theatre, Albert Lea
Snowflake's Story - Chameleon Theatre Circle, Lakeville
The Andersonville Trial - Dakota Fine Arts Consortium, Burnsville
Host: University of Minnesota, Crookston
The New Brain - Chameleon Theatre Circle, Lakeville
Dearly Departed - Duluth Playhouse, Duluth
Host: Paramount Theatre, St Cloud
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds - Theatre in the Round, Minneapolis
Jerry and Tom - Vertigo Theatre Factory, Rochester
Host: Hibbing Community College Theatre, Hibbing
Assassins - Chameleon Theatre Circle, Apple Valley
Forever Plaid - Rochester Civic Theatre, Rochester
Host: Central Lake College Theatre, Brainerd
Jeffery - Theatre in the Round, Minneapolis
The Glass Menagerie - Rochester Civic Theatre, Rochester
Host: Phoenix Theatre & Sheldon Auditorium, Red Wing
The Love Course - Lakeshore Players, White Bear Lake
Sea Marks - Rochester Civic Theatre, Rochester
Host: Minneapolis Community College, Minneapolis
The Baltimore Waltz - Theatre in the Round, Minneapolis
The Private Ear - Lakeshore Players, White Bear Lake
Host: The Barn Theatre, Willmar
The Love Talker - Theatre in the Round, Minneapolis
Host: Elk River Community Theatre, Elk River
The Shawl - Citystock Theatre Company, Minneapolis
Host: Albert Lea Community Theatre, Albert Lea
Quien Sabe ... Quien Soy? (Who Knows Who I Am?) - Teatro Latino de Minnesota, Minneapolis
Host: Eisenhower Community Center, Hopkins
Tennessee - Theatre in the Round, Minneapolis
Host: Albert Lea Community Theatre, Albert Lea
The Actor's Nightmare - Theatre in the Round, Minneapolis
Host: Duluth Playhouse, Duluth
Hopscotch - Minnetonka Community Theatre, Minnetonka
Host: Duluth Playhouse, Duluth
The Public Eye - Minnetonka Community Theatre, Minnetonka
Host: Edyth Bush Theatre, St Paul
Today a Little Extra - Centre Stage, St Louis Park
Host: Lakeshore Players, White Bear Lake
No Mourning after Dark - Ventre Stage, St Louis Park
Host: Jewish Community Center, St Louis Park
The Unknown Soldier - Theatre in the Round, Minneapolis