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American College Theatre Festival (ACTF) Information

The Kennedy Center American College Theater (KCACTF) is a national theater program involving 18,000 students from colleges and universities nationwide. The KCACTF has served as a catalyst for improving the quality of college theater in the United States.

The KCACTF Regional Festivals is a gathering of people to see one another's work and to share ideas. In addition to performances, there are a wide range of activities that in the past have included workshops and seminars on such topics as playwriting, auditioning, voice, movement, stage combat, theater for children, scene painting, scenery construction. During January and February, a total of eight regional festivals are held throughout the country.

Region I of the KCACTF involves institutions from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Eastern New York. Each year the KCACTF Region I Festival brings students and faculty together at the end of January to see some of the area's strongest productions, and to participate in workshops concerning a variety of areas in theatrical performance, design and production, and to celebrate theater in general.

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One of the premier play-licensing agencies in the English-speaking theatre. The Dramatists Play Service, Inc. was created to foster opportunity and provide support for playwrights by publishing acting editions of their plays and handling the nonprofessional and professional leasing rights to these works.

United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Inc. (USITT) connects the performing arts, design and technology communities to ensure a vibrant dialog among practitioners, educators, and students.