American College Theater Festival comes to MSU

Productions from Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio and Michigan will be staged

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Michigan State University will start the newyear with a whole lot of new theater.

From Jan. 4-8, MSU hosts the RegionThree presentation of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival,featuring productions from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, KalamazooCollege, Carthage College, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, University ofWisconsin-La Crosse, University of Michigan-Flint, Indiana State University,University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, and Miami University.


The Region Three shows will be:

  • “EverywhereYou Look” by Jeffrey Nichols, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
  • “AlisonShields” by Joe Tracz, Kalamazoo College
  • One Day in the Season of Rain” by MohanRakesh; new translation by Aparna Dharwadker and Vinay Dharwadker, CarthageCollege
  • “Almost,Maine” by John Cariani, University of Wisconsin-GreenBay
  • The Last Days of Judas Iscariot” byStephen Adly Guirgis, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
  • The Drowsy Chaperone,” book by Bob Martin & Don McKellar, musicand lyrics by Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison, University of Michigan-Flint
  • “RealGirls Can’t Win” by Merri Biechler, Indiana State University
  • “MySoldiers” by Richard Kalinoski, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
  • “Art” by Yasmina Reza, Miami University

Three “productionsof note” will also be performed:

  • “Spooky Dog and theTeen-Age Gang Mysteries” by Eric Plinerand Amy Rhodes, Xavier University
  • “UnserZuverlssiges Haus” by Kiri Palm, SouthernIllinois University-Carbondale
  • “Wait for It” by John Ray and Derek Dunavent, Sinclair Community College

The shows will be evaluated and scored by anational selection team made up of Debra Otte of Montclair State University,Thomas Mitchell of University of Illinois, and Bryan Willis of the NorthwestPlaywrights’ Alliance.Productions that win at the regional level maytravel to Washington, D.C. to perform at the national festival, taking placeApril 18-23 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Guests at theKCACTF include Michigan native S. EpathaMerkerson (“Law and Order,” HBO’s “Lackawanna Blues”), actor and professor oftheater Clarence Gilyard and Lauren Weedman (“The Daily Show,” HBO’s “Hung”).For more information on registration, visit http://www.kcactf3.org

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