Region V AACTFest 2017

Region V AACTFest 2017 Awards

For Outstanding Achievement in ...

Costuming ... Linda Metcalf, "The Voice of the Prairie", FungusAmongus Players, Dassel-Cokato MN
Stage Crew and Props ... Sue Jones - John Olson - Amber Adkins - Shari Buehler, "A Number", Wilson Performing Arts Center, Red Oak IA
Music Performance ... Scott Hanson, "The Voice of the Prairie", FungusAmongus Players, Dassel-Cokato MN
Original Music Composition and Performance ... "On the Road to Verona", MN SkyVault Theatre Company, Rochester MN

Acting ... Conor Fudge "Silvio", "PVT Wars", Newton Community Theatre, Newton IA
Acting ... Nathaniel Adkins "Bernard", "A Number", Wilson Performing Arts Center, Red Oak IA
Acting ... Eric Green "Wally", "Shakespeare's a Dick", Lofte Community Theatre, Manley NE
Acting ... Doug Rothgeb "Raimie", "Shakespeare's a Dick", Lofte Community Theatre, Manley NE
Acting ... Lori Harmel "Mavis Busk", "Mavis Pleads the Fourth", Aberdeen Community Theatre, Aberdeen SD

Directing ... John Dougan, "PVT Wars", Newton Community Theatre, Newton IA
Directing ... David Metcalf, "The Voice of the Prairie", FungusAmongus Players, Dassel-Cokato MN
Directing ... John Olson, "A Number", Wilson Performing Arts Center, Red Oak IA
Directing ... Daved Driscoll, "On the Road to Verona", MN SkyVault Theatre Company, Rochester MN

Ensemble Performance ... "The Voice of the Prairie", FungusAmongus Players, Dassel-Cokato MN
Ensemble Performance ... "Mavis Pleads the Fourth", Aberdeen Community Theatre, Aberdeen SD
Ensemble Performance ... "On the Road to Verona", MN SkyVault Theatre Company, Rochester MN


2nd Alternate ... "A Number", Wilson Performing Arts Center, Red Oak IA
1st Alternate ... "PVT Wars", Newton Community Theatre, Newton IA
Best of Fest ... "The Voice of the Prairie", FungusAmongus Players, Dassel-Cokato MN (will perform in the Region V Wildcard slot Wednesday, June 28th - 2:15 and 7:00)
Best of Fest ... "On the Road to Verona", MN SkyVault Theatre Company, Rochester MN (will perform in the regular Region V slot - Tuesday, June 27th - 2:15 and 7:00)

Minnesota is proud to have been the site of the Region V AACTFest 2017.  The festival was held in the Chalberg Theatre on the campus of Central Lakes College in Brainerd.  Our hosts were Brainerd Area Community Theatre and Central Lakes College.  The dates for the Region V AACTFest were Friday, April 28th through Sunday, April 30th, 2017.  The Chalberg Theatre seats 270 people.

Click here for a diagram of the stage.  The playing area was in front of the mid stage traveler. Behind the traveler were the staging areas for the sets.  There were additional set storage in the scene shop which is off of stage left.  This facility uses twist lock plugs for its stage lighting.

Click here for the information and registration packet in PDF format

Click here for the final schedule for the festival

There are seven states in Region V.  Each state has the potential to send two shows to the regional festival. A random drawing was held to select the performance order, filling the last performance slot first and working backwards from there.  The performance order was (in performance order):

1 - Iowa B (Newton Community Theatre; "PVT. Wars")
2 - Minnesota A (Fungus Amongus Players; "The Voice of the Prairie")
3 - Kansas A (Auburn Community Theatre; "A Candle on the Table")
4 - Iowa A (The Wilson Performing Arts Center; "A Number")
5 - Nebraska B (Lofte Community Theatre; "Shakespeare’s a Dick")
6 - South Dakota A (Aberdeen Community Theatre; "Mavis Pleads the Fourth")
7 - Minnesota B (MN SkyVault Theatre; "On the Road to Verona")
8 - Nebraska A (Beatrice Community Players; "The Santaland Diaries")

At 8 shows, there were 4 sessions of 2 shows each.  This necessitated two rehearsals on Thursday.  (These were Iowa B and Minnesota A.)

Rehearsals were in the same relative order as the performances.  There were two rehearsal on Thursday and three rehearsals on Friday morning and Saturday morning.

There were also workshops on Friday and Saturday morning and a Region V meeting on Saturday morning at 11:30.

Region V was awarded one of the wildcard slots and so is able to send two shows to the national AACTFest 2017 in Rochester, MN.

Watch this location for more information as it becomes available.