‘Berg To Host American College Theatre Festival
Muhlenberg College will host the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival for Region II from January 7-11, 2004.Wednesday, December 31, 2003 10:13 AM
Muhlenberg College will host the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival for Region II from January 7-11, 2004. The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival exists to encourage, recognize, and celebrate the finest and most diverse work produced in university and college theatre programs across America. Through state, regional and national festivals, KC/ACTF participants celebrate the creative process, see one another's work, and share experiences and insights within the community of theatre artists.
The KC/ACTF honors excellence of overall production and offers student artists individual recognition through awards and scholarships in playwriting, acting, theatre criticism, directing and design. In January and February each year, eight regional festivals showcase the finest of each region's entered productions. Four to six of the region's festival productions are then selected by a panel of three national judges to be showcased in the spring at the annual noncompetitive national festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
The primary faculty host for the Region II Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival at Muhlenberg College in January is Timothy Averill , who has received
the Kennedy Center Gold Medallion for Excellence in Service to the American College Theatre Festival. Averill has served as design chair for several festivals and is currently an assistant professor of scenography at Muhlenberg College. He holds an A.B. from Vassar College, an M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama and is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829, Scenic Design. Averill's professional experience includes design work at Glimmerglass Opera, Yale Repertory Theatre, Powerhouse Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Syracuse Opera, and Mac-Haydn Theatre among others.
The Muhlenberg Theatre Association will present “Electra,” one of 11 full-length productions selected for performance at the festival. The production of Sophocles' play, translated by Nicholas Rudall, is directed by Francine Roussel, assistant professor of theatre at Muhlenberg. In addition, a scene from “Dancing at Lughnasa,” directed by Matt Moore '04, will be presented on one of the five festival stages.
