Fall 2023
Ten Most-Produced Shows; The intertwined history of AACT and Iowa’s Des Moines Community Playhouse; the development of VROOM! Mobile Sensory Theatre; photos from AACTFest 2023 and AACT YouthFest National Companies; National Directors Conference; AACT NewPlayFest 2024; AACT Member Benefits; Spotlight Goes Quarterly; ASCAP/BMI.
Ten Most-Produced Shows; The intertwined history of AACT and Iowa’s Des Moines Community Playhouse; the development of VROOM! Mobile Sensory Theatre; photos from AACTFest 2023 and AACT YouthFest National Companies; National Directors Conference; AACT NewPlayFest 2024; AACT Member Benefits; Spotlight Goes Quarterly; ASCAP/BMI.
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AACTFest <strong>2023</strong> Awards continued from page 17<br />
Peoples Choice Awards<br />
AACTFest attendees voted for their favorite show,<br />
performance, and special moment from the show.<br />
Ballots were purchased, with the proceeds benefiting<br />
the AACT Endowment Festival Travel Fund that<br />
supports AACTFest National Companies.<br />
Favorite Show<br />
Constellations<br />
The Studio Theatre<br />
Little Rock, Arkansas<br />
Justin A. Pike accepts the People’s<br />
Choice Favorite Show Award<br />
from AACT Board Member Scot<br />
MacDonald<br />
Favorite Performer<br />
Kris Lee, The Librarian<br />
Underneath the Lintel<br />
Starkville Community<br />
Theatre<br />
Starkville, Mississippi<br />
Favorite Moment<br />
The Plague Sequence,<br />
Pass Over<br />
Stage Left Theatre<br />
Spokane, Washington<br />
Alana Shepherd accepts the<br />
People’s Choice Favorite Moment<br />
Award from AACT Board Member<br />
Scot MacDonald<br />
Monologue Competition<br />
The AACT Monologue Competition was held in Louisville<br />
as part of AACTFest <strong>2023</strong>. Sixteen participated in<br />
the competition, with several selected to compete in<br />
the final round. AACT <strong>2023</strong> Monologue Competition<br />
Adjudicator Katy Merriman selected these actors for<br />
National Awards:<br />
Youth Division<br />
Coen Faber, Mount Horeb, Wisconsin<br />
Kris Lee accepts the People’s<br />
Choice Favorite Performer Award<br />
from AACT Board Member Scot<br />
MacDonald<br />
Adult Division<br />
Dahveed Bullis. Spokane Valley, Washington<br />
AACTFest Photos by<br />
Jolea Brown, Creative Photography<br />
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AACT SPOTLIGHT