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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AACT Design Competition<br />
The AACTFest Design Competition was held in a hybrid format during AACTFest <strong>2023</strong> in Louisville, Kentucky.<br />
Virtual and on-site designs were accepted and adjudicated. Adjudicators Christian Boyer and Rebekkah<br />
Meixner-Hanks awaded the following<br />
Outstanding Overall Design<br />
Lighting Design<br />
Mandy Kay Heath<br />
Mandy Kay Heath<br />
David Cockerell<br />
Mandy Heath, Urinetown,<br />
Theatre Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee<br />
Scenic Design<br />
Outstanding Scenic Design: Judd Vermillion, Murder on<br />
the Orient Express, Playhouse 2000, Kerrville, Texas<br />
Honorable Mention: Wayne Martin, Waiting for Godot,<br />
Barn Lot Theater, Edmonton, Kentucky<br />
Honorable Mention: Digger Feeny/Jenny Abeyta,<br />
Curiouser and Curiouser Too, TheaterWorks, Peoria, Arizona<br />
Properties Design<br />
Judd Vermillion<br />
Outstanding Properties Design:<br />
Christy Carr, She Kills Monsters,<br />
Civic Theater Lafayette,<br />
Lafayette, Indiana<br />
Outstanding Lighting Design: Mandy Heath,<br />
The Secret Garden, Theatre Memphis, Memphis,<br />
Tennessee<br />
Honorable Mention: Alana Shepherd, Sweeney Todd,<br />
Stage Left Theatre, Spokane, Washington<br />
Costume Design<br />
Outstanding Costume Design: Richard Stephens,<br />
The Wickhams - Christmas at Pemberley, Port<br />
Angeles Community Playhouse, Port Angeles,<br />
Washington<br />
Special Design<br />
Richard Stephens DeAndrea Vaughn<br />
Outstanding Special Design: DeAndrea Vaughn,<br />
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, TheaterWorks,<br />
Peoria, Arizona<br />
Honorable Mention: Kirk Longhofer, Radium Girls,<br />
Wichita Community Theatre, Wichita, Kansas<br />
FALL <strong>2023</strong> 19
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