Dean College Students Compete in Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF)
For more than 25 years, the Dean College Theatre program has participated in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF), which offers students and faculty tremendous opportunities to learn, network and share their craft with the collegiate theatre community at both the regional and national levels.
The festival, held traditionally in the final week of January, has been located in various areas of New England and New York. This year, as it was in 2021, the regional festival was presented virtually with over 800 students and 30 institutions taking part.
Dean College has maintained a continually strong presence in KCACTF, and this year was no exception. Three faculty members and 16 students from Dean took part in the virtual festival, where they engaged in professional and career-oriented workshops, Irene Ryan and Musical Theatre Auditions, and the Design, Technology and Management exposition.
We are proud to announce the following:
Music Theatre Initiative:
- Region-1 Finalist* - Lily Jeswald
- Region-1 Second Alternate Finalist* - Nikita Darosa
Design, Technology and Management:
- Scenic Design Region-1 Finalist*: Emily Goyette - I Hate Hamlet
- Honorable Mention for Stage Management: Michaela Dorsey - Theory of Relativity
*These three students will be up for consideration by the national KCACTF adjudication panel for participation at the national festival.
Certificates of Merit:
- Ensemble Work in a Musical Theatre Production: The cast of Theory of Relativity
- Acting: Gia Chessa - I Hate Hamlet
- Acting: Patrick McKinney - I Hate Hamlet
- Stage Management: Robbie Seeley - I Hate Hamlet
- Directorial Assistance: Katherine (Katie) Moran - I Hate Hamlet
- Sound Design: Jonathan Scott - I Hate Hamlet
Congratulations to our students as well as our faculty and staff, who, through their coaching, directing, and mentoring helped students get to this noteworthy point in their collegiate and pre-professional careers. Learn more about our Theatre program.