MISSION STATEMENT

The goals of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival are:

• to encourage, recognize, and celebrate the finest and most diverse work produced in university and college theater programs;

• to provide opportunities for participants to develop their theater skills and insight; and achieve professionalism;

• to improve the quality of college and university theater in America ;

• to encourage colleges and universities to give distinguished productions of new plays, especially those written by students; the classics, revitalized or newly conceived; and experimental works.

Through regional and national festivals, KCACTF participants celebrate the creative process; see one another's work, and share experiences and insights within the community of theater artists. The KCACTF honors excellence of overall production and offers student artists' individual recognition through awards and scholarships in playwriting, acting, criticism, directing, and design.

Since its inception, KCACTF has given more than 400,000 college theater students the opportunity to have their work critiqued, improve their dramatic skills and receive national recognition for excellence. More than 16 million theatergoers have attended approximately 10,000 festival productions nationwide.