Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival

KCACTF

Since 2007, CSU Theatre has received regional and national honors, awards, and scholarships at the annual Kennedy Center for American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) for creative accomplishments in theatre productions staged at the University. At the regional competition (the eight-state Region VII), young theatre practitioners compete with almost 1,000 students from theatre programs throughout our region. Every April, the regional winners are then flown to Washington, D.C., for the national competition. There, they compete with the winners from the other seven U.S. regions, where a panel of discipline-discrete judges chooses national award winners made up of highly visible theatre professionals.

For more than a decade, CSU students distinguished themselves as regional and national award-winners in stage management, acting, lighting design, sound design, and playwriting.

CSU Theatre hosted the Region VII competition in 2012 and 2020.

KCACTF Awards and News

Northern Exposure: CSU Theatre Travels to KCACTF Regional Conference

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Bing Crosby Theatre marquee says "Theatre Arts Convention All Week"

By Jennifer Clary Jacobs with Laura Jones For Laura Jones, one of her favorite weeks of the year is happening right now! The long-time theatre professor is spending Feb. 19-23 in Spokane, Washington at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival’s regional conference, taking more than three dozen students and faculty with her to the […]

CSU Theatre Given High Marks by KCACTF

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The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui 2017 Production Photo

CSU Theatre received excellent scores from Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival representative Laura Cuetera for the recent production of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Walt Jones. It is standard practice for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) – the national theatre program dedicated to the improvement of collegiate theatre […]

CSU Theatre Majors Win Awards at Regional KCACTF 2017

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Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival 2017 Group Photo

Once again, CSU students competed at the annual Region 7 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF), which brings together exceptional student actors and technicians from across the western states.

CSU Theatre Students Continue to Impress at Annual Regional Theatre Festival

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Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival 2016 Winners

Last weekend, a few dozen Colorado State University Theatre students and faculty attended the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival regional event. For 2016, the Region Seven festival was held at the Embassy Suites Denver Downtown, Feb. 15-19, and was hosted in tandem by the Community College Of Denver, Metropolitan State University, and the University of […]

Theatre: Department Wins Awards at Annual Festival

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2010 KCACTF Regional Winners Group

02.24.10 – For the third consecutive year, students from Colorado State University’s theater program took home major awards at the regional Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF), held in Reno, Nevada. Faculty and students representing the department traveled to the University of Nevada on Feb. 15–19 for the annual conference, and won awards in […]