UL Lafayette’s Performing Arts Department production of ‘Noises Off’ was chosen as one of only six productions to perform at the 2010 Regional Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival held in Amarillo, Texas.
Highly competitive, and adjudicated by national and regional respondents, productions held for regional presentation are adjudicated and than ranked for excellence in overall theatre production by the 17 member Regional Committee.
The national competition is set for late Spring 2010 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Designed to promote and celebrate the work of educational theatre programs and to identify and promote quality in college–level theatre production, the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival is a national organization containing eight regions.
UL Lafayette participates as part of Region VI, which includes Arkansas, ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
In addition to ‘Noises Off’ competing for national recognition and an opportunity to compete and perform at nationals, seven UL Lafayette ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵs will also be competing for scholarship awards.
Bobby Bender, Sarah Hitchcock, Madison Ali Hubbard, Rachel Mauti, and Greta Trosclair will be competing in the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Competition; technical theater ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ Jenna Fontenot will be competing for regional commendations for Excellence in Properties- design and execution; and graduating senior Katie Lamson will be competing in the 2010 Stage Directors and Choreographers ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ Directing Competition.
Along with the competitions, Region VI Festival will provide professional workshops and networking opportunities for UL Lafayette faculty and ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵs.
Department ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵs and faculty will participate in (and lead) workshops in acting, movement, design, directing and playwriting. UL Lafayette will be competing against Sam Houston State ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ (Texas), Midwestern State ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ (Arkansas), the ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ of Arkansas- Fort Smith, the ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ of Central Arkansas and Southeastern ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ State ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ.