MACT*Fest 2019 was held March 15th through 17th at the Frank W. Bridges Theatre on the campus of Riverland Community College in Austin, MN.
Shows were presented on Friday night (Come Dance from Applause Community Theatre and The Glamour House from Calumet Players), Saturday afternoon (Foxfire from FungusAmongus Players and Rest-A-Spell from Marshall Area stage Company) and Saturday night (Unnecessary Farce from The Ensemble Theatre Company and Sweet from County Seat Theater).
After considerable consideration and discussion the following two shows were chosen to advance to the Region V AACTFest in Aberdeen, SD:
Foxfire performed by FungusAmongus Players of Dassel-Cokato
To support FungusAmongus as they represent Minnesota at the Region V Festival in Aberdeen, SD April 26, 27 & 28 send your contributions to:
Jon Benson
c/o Dassel Area History Center
PO Box D
Dassel, MN 55325
and
Sweet performed by County Seat Theater Company of Cloquet
To support County Sear Theater as they represent Minnesota at the Region V Festival in Aberdeen, SD April 26, 27 & 28 send your contributions to:
County Seat Theater Company
2035 Hwy 33 S
Cloquet, MN 55720-2942
The first alternate was:
Unnecessary Farce performed by The Ensemble Theatre Company of Burnsville-Lakeville
The second alternate was:
Come Dance performed by Applause Community Theatre of St. Paul
Additional awards presented at MACT*Fest 2019 included:
Outstanding Achievement in Acting:
Katrina Hart The Glamour House
Linda Metcalf Foxfire
Maddie Railton Unnecessary Farce
Chad Geifer Unnecessary Farce
Joe Johnson Unnecessary Farce
Jennifer Soukkala Sweet
Greg Anderson Sweet
Outstanding Achievement in Musical Performance:
Kirk Asplin Foxfire
Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design:
Calumet Players The Glamour House
Outstanding Achievement in Hair Design:
Calumet Players The Glamour House
Outstanding Achievement in Prop Design:
FungusAmongus Players Foxfire
Outstanding Achievement in Ensemble Performance:
County Seat Theater - Sweet
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design:
Aleyse Chapin Sweet
Outstanding Achievement in Set Design:
Joel Soukkala Sweet
Outstanding Achievement in Directing:
Joel Soukkala Sweet