MACT*Fest 2017

MACT is thrilled to announce the awards presented at MACT*Fest 2017:

Special Recognition in Regional Dialect - "Always a Bridesmaid", Calumet Players of Pipestone
Outstanding Achievemnt in Prop Design - "The BFG, Big Friendly Giant", GREAT Theatre of St Cloud
Outstanding Achievemnt in Puppet Design - "The BFG, Big Friendly Giant", GREAT Theatre of St Cloud
Outstanding Achievemnt in Live Music - "The Voice of the Prairie", Fungus Amongus Players of Dassel-Cokato
Outstanding Achievemnt in Original Live Music - "On the Road to Verona", MN SkyVault Theatre of Rochester
Outstanding Achievemnt in Costume Design - Linda Metcalf, "The Voice of the Prairie", Fungus Amongus Players of Dassel-Cokato
Outstanding Achievemnt in Costume Design - Jenn Soukkala, "The Mad Tea Party", County Seat Theater Company of Cloquet
Outstanding Achievemnt in Set Design - David Metcalf, "The Voice of the Prairie", Fungus Amongus Players of Dassel-Cokato
Outstanding Achievemnt in Set Design - Joel Soukkala, "The Mad Tea Party", County Seat Theater of Cloquet
Outstanding Achievemnt in Set Design - Colin Jarrell, "The BFG, Big Friendly Giant", GREAT Theatre of St Cloud
Outstanding Achievemnt in Directing - David Metcalf, "The Voice of the Prairie", Fungus Amongus Players of Dassel-Cokato
Outstanding Achievemnt in Directing - Chad Snyder, "Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play (Act I)", Applause Community Theatre of Burnsville
Outstanding Achievemnt in Ensemble Performance - "On the Road to Verona", MN SkyVault Theatre of Rochester
Outstanding Achievemnt in Ensemble Performance - "Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play (Act I)", Applause Community Theatre of Burnsville
Outstanding Achievemnt in Ensemble Performance - "The Mad Tea Party", County Seat Theater of Cloquet
Outstanding Achievemnt as Supporting Performer - Emily Martin Johnson, "Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play (Act I)", Applause Community Theatre, Burnsville
Outstanding Achievemnt as Supporting Performer - Kurt Schulz, "The Voice of the Prairie", Fungus Amongus Players, Dassel-Cokato
Outstanding Achievemnt as Supporting Performer - Ron Hungerford, "The Voice of the Prairie", Fungus Amongus Players, Dassel-Cokato
Outstanding Achievemnt as Leading Performer - Peter Dinius, "The Voice of the Prairie", Fungus Amongus Players, Dassel-Cokato
Outstanding Achievemnt as Leading Performer - Ellen Mielke, "The Voice of the Prairie", Fungus Amongus Players, Dassel-Cokato
Outstanding Achievemnt as Leading Performer - Shelia Bland, "Lyin Leo of Lyon County", Ole Olson Onstage, Stillwater
2nd Alternate - "The Mad Tea Party", County Seat Theater Company, Cloquet
1st Alternate - "Mr Burns, a Post-Electric Play (Act I)", Applause Community Theatre, Burnsville
Best of Festival - "On The Road to Verona", MN SkyVault Theatre Company, Rochester
Best of Festival - "The Voice of the Prairie", Fungus Amongus Players, Dassel-Cokato

MACT is please to announce the dates and location for MACT*Fest 2017.

MACT*Fest 2017 will be held March 1st through 5th, 2017 at the Schwan’s Community Center for the Performing Arts in Marshall, MN hosted by Marshall Area Stage Company. The festival will be co-chaired by MACT’s President, Bob Schwoch and MACT’s Secretary, Maureen Keimig (who are also both members of our host theatre company, Marshall Area Stage Company).

Deadline for entering your theatre to present a show at MACT*Fest 2017 was December 16th. We received 11 entrys by the registration date, so all 11 of those theatres will be in the festival. Those theatres, and their shows are (NOTE: this may not be the final performance order):

Calumet Players - Always a Bridesmaid
Applause Community Theatre - Mr. Burns, a post-electric play (Act I)
The Play’s The Thing Productions - Unnecessary Farce
Marshall Area Stage Company - The Phony Physician
Fungus-Amongus Players - The Voice of the Prairie
GREAT Theatre - The BFG: Big Friendly Giant
MN SkyVault Theatre - On the Road to Verona
Ensemble Theatre Company - Run For Your Wife
Ole Olson Onstage - Lyin’ Leo of Lyon County
County Seat Theater Company - The Mad Tea Party

The Schwan’s Community Center for the Perforing Arts is a fairly new, state of the art facility attached to Marshall High School. The auditorium seats 700.

Rehearsals will begin Wednesday night (Calumet and MASC) and continue Thursday all day, Friday morning and Saturday morning. There will be workshops Friday and Saturday morning. Performances will be Friday afternoon (2 shows), Friday evening (3 shows), Saturday afternoon (3 shows) and Saturday evening (2 shows). The weekend will colminate with an awards brunch Sunday morning.

We have reserved a limited number of rooms at a special rate at the following two hotels:

Sleep Inn (main hotel) 507-337-0103 $95/night

Americinn 507-537-9424 $82/night Wed. & Thurs. - $99/night Fri. & Sat.

Ask for the MACT rate. These hotels are across the highway from each other and within a mile of the Schwan Community Center for the Performing Arts (Marshall High School).

Click here for the full schedule of events.

Click here for forms (in pdf format).

The Fliehr Award nomination informtion is available here.

The entire entry letter is available here in Microsoft Word format or PDF format.

The entry form is availabe here in Microsoft Word format or PDF format.

MACT*Fest follows the rules as described in the AACTFest Handbook. (Click here for the AACTFest 2017 Handbook in PDF format.)

Watch this site for additional information as it becomes available.