The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) nominated several Theatre and Dance students for awards and a chance to compete in Washington, D.C. in 2023.
Students from the South Carolina School of the Arts at ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡ received regional nominations for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) Awards.
“The faculty and I are incredibly proud of this production and of all of our incredibly talented student-artists. We wish them luck and many blessings as they compete in February at the regional festival,†said ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡ Department of Theatre and Dance Chair Dr. David Sollish.
The nominations came for the fall production of Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes!†recognizing the talents of the cast and crew.
KCACTF sends a respondent to view Theatre and Dance productions during the Fall 2022 Semester and nominate students. Those students then can go to a regional Kennedy Center festival to compete. If they win the region, they head to a national competition in Washington, D.C., with the potential of winning a scholarship.
The following students were nominated:
Associate Direction nominee – Kaitlyn Grace
Dance Captain Dramaturgy nominee – Emma Turner, Annabelle Terry, Caroline Byce
Hair and Makeup Design/Costume Design nominees – Evelyn Ruff, Alessa Gibbons, Morgan Burroughs, Maegan Mosher
Irene Ryan nominees – Spencer Dulin, Benjamin Reardon
Lighting Design nominee – Abbigail Askew
Props Design nominee – Regan Densmore
Sound Design nominees – Nathanael Browne
Stage Management nominee – Edie Dominick and Ivey Whitaker
Started in 1969 by Kennedy Center founding chairman, Roger L. Stevens, the Kennedy Center American College Theater is a national theater program involving 18,000 students from colleges and universities nationwide which has served as a catalyst in improving the quality of college theater in the United States. The KCACTF has grown into a network of more than 600 academic institutions throughout the country, where theater departments and student artists showcase their work and receive outside assessment by KCACTF respondents.