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2016-7 REGION 5 FESTIVAL PRODUCTIONS
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Woman Wonder
Buena Vista University
​Woman Wonder, a new play, explores what it is to be a woman in today’s
world. Through stories ranging from the beautiful to the tragic, from birth to old age, the play affirms the resiliency of women.
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Dates & Times:           Thursday, January 25, 2018 7:30 - 10:00 pm
Venue:                         Hoyt Sherman Place
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Caucasian Chalk Circle
​Missouri Baptist University
​Grusha, a servant girl, rescues the Governor’s child during a rebellion and
unexpectedly grows to love and care for the child as her own. When the Governor’s wife returns and demands the child back, however, the question is posed, “Who has a right to the child? The one who bore him or the one who loves him?” A retelling of King Solomon and the child claimed by and fought over by two mothers.
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Dates & Times:           Tuesday, January 23, 2018 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
                                    Tuesday, January 23, 2018 10:00 pm - 12:00 am
Wednesday, January 24, 2018  10:00 pm - 12:00 am
Thursday, January 25, 2018  10:00 pm - 12:00 am
Venue:                         Marriott, Salon D&E
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Antigone​
University of Minnesota-Duluth

After years of division, a new leader promises to restore law and order to
the city of Thebes. But when his first official decree is challenged the power of the state is pitted against the will of the people. This modern translation of one of the most enduring ancient tragedies puts universal questions of power, politics, and duty in the context of contemporary conflicts.
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Dates & Times:           Tuesday, January 23, 2018 7:30-9:30 pm
                                    Wednesday, January 24, 2018 10:00 am-12:00 pm
                                    Wednesday, January 24, 2018 2:00 - 4:00 pm
                                    Wednesday, January 24, 2018 7:30 - 9:30 pm
Venue:                         Des Moines Social Club, Kum & Go Theater
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States of Happiness
Wichita State University
​James desperately seeks meaning, but doesn’t know where to look. She
learns of a service that will allow her to do something extraordinary. But through this, she tumbles into an experiment that may have drastic repercussions. Will this actually help her, or will it send her further into hopelessness?
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Dates & Times:           Thursday, January 25, 2018 3:00 - 4:15 pm
                                    Thursday, January 25, 2018 7:30 - 8:45 pm
                                    Friday, January 26, 2018  10:00 - 11:15 am
                                    Friday, January 26, 2018  2:00 - 3:15 pm
Venue:                         Des Moines Social Club, Kum & Go Theatre
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Gruesome Playground Injuries
Johnson County Community College

Doug and Kayleen meet at the nurse’s office in their elementary school;
she’s got a painful stomach ache, and he’s all banged up from a running dive off the roof of the school. Over the next thirty years, these scar-crossed lovers meet again and again, brought together by injury, heartbreak, and their own self-destructive tendencies. This is an unconventional love story about the intimacy between two people when they allow their defenses to drop and their wounds to show.
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Date & Time:               Tuesday, January 23, 2018 10:00 - 11:15 am
                                    Tuesday, January 23, 2018 1:00 - 2:15 pm
                                    Tuesday, January 23, 2018 4:00 - 5:15 pm
                                    Tuesday, January 23, 2018 7:30 - 8:45 pm
Venue:                         Civic Center, Stoner Theatre
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She Kills Monsters​
Normandale Community College
When average Agnes Evans loses her younger sister, Tilly, in a car crash,
she must confront the fact that she knew precious little about her eccentric sibling. While cleaning out the family home, Agnes discovers Tilly's Dungeons & Dragons notebook which sends her on a journey into her sister's lively imagination. In Tilly's world, Agnes must confront not only the monsters of the game, but also those of her own making. A fantastical celebration of geekdom, She Kills Monsters is an action-packed comedy with heart.
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Dates & Times:           Wednesday, January 24, 2018 7:30-9:00 pm
Venue:                         Hoyt Sherman Place
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Dog Sees God
University of Nebraska at Omaha
The characters in Dog Sees God are facing social, political, and moral
issues so universal that almost everyone encounters them on their own journeys through life. The play provokes the audience to use these stories to question, create a dialogue, and engage in action. “When something seems the most obvious thing in the world’ it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up” - Bertolt Brecht.
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Dates & Times:           Wednesday, January 24, 2018 2:00 - 4:00 pm
                                    Thursday, January 25, 2018  10:00 am - 12:00 pm
                                    Thursday, January 25, 2018  2:00 - 4:00 pm
                                    Thursday, January 25, 2018  5:00 - 7:00 pm
Venue:                         Civic Center, Stoner Theatre
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Through the course of the “festival season,” Region V respondents nominate scenes of high quality from both Associate and Participating Productions. Check out some of the outstanding work that’s been happening around the Region.
FESTIVAL 50 INVITED SCENES
​Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
Region V Invited Scenes Showcase
Monday January 22, 2018
7:30 pm Des Moines Civic Center Mainstage
 
Coordinator: Richard “Buzz” Herman, University of Central Missouri
Assistant Coordinator: Harold Hynick, Missouri Valley College
Stage Manager: Dustin Bittel, Emporia State University
Stage Manager: Elizabeth Adams, Missouri Western State University
 
Kirkwood Community College
City of Angels Book by Larry Gelbart, Music by Cy Coleman and Lyrics by David Zippe
Director: Rick Anderson 
Gabby - Emilee Ketoff
Stine - Dawson Gosch
 
Iowa State University
Out of the Fire: The Banned Books Monologues
Director: Amanda Petefish-Schrag
Vanessa: Alyson O’Hara “The Power” by Erica Berman
Girl: Audrey Susai “Where We Are” by Sandra Dietrick
 
Culver Stockton University
War Is Coming, Ernie Pyle! By Michael Brainard
Directors: Michael Brainard
Ernie Pyle: Logan Walker
Jerry Pyle: Hali Liles
Ballader: Alec Boren
Band/Farmers: Madison Landry and Austin Pyrtle
 
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The Serpent be Jean-Claude-van Itallie
Director: Wesley Broulik
Assistant Director: Kaitlin Triplett
Company:  Alejandro Alarcon, Arin Turnage, Beck Damron, Cameron Currie,
Candace Nelson, Emily Raine Blythe, Jesse Turos, Kami Cooper, Kate Schini,
Lynn Twarowski, Michael Zavodny,  Michaella Deladia, Travis Banks
 
North Hennepin Community College
The Panza Monologues by Virginia Grise and Irma Mayorga
Director: Kathy Hendrickson
Ensemble: Kaitlyn Barrett, Amanda Bouddhara, Sobella Niento, Allie Levandoski, Sandriea White
 
 
 
Minnesota State University, Mankato
The Aeneid by Olivier Kemeid; trans. Maureen Labonté
Director: Paul J. Hustoles
Aeneas: Mitchell Evans
Hector: Trevor Belt
Ensemble: Sam Fairchild, Seth Honerman, Doni Marinos, Cam Perderson, Delaney Rietveld, Mack Spotz-Falzone, Jessica Stapels, Sarah Thomas, Samantha Buckley, Gary Du Charme,
Billy Gleason, Matthew Sather, Alexis Vencill, Delanie Wiedrich, Jodie Brateger
 
Intermission
 
Doane University
Peter and the Starcatcher by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson;  adapted for the stage by Rick Elice; Song: “You Made a Mermaid Out of Me”
Director: Robin McKercher
Choreographer: Kayleigh Schadwinkel
A Group of Mermaids: David Beran, Alexia Childers, Tyler Rambali, Nelson Dittman, Austin Rousseau, Mallari Hangman, Adam Jamison, Justin Thorne, Shelby Bauer, Ivy Banks, Paige Patton, Grace Su, Josh Andersen
 
Northwest Missouri State University
Landscapes of the Mind
“Worthless” by Samantha Ruiz
Riley: Trinity Zynda
“Garden of Eden” by Nataleigh Brull
Eden: Kailyn Peterson
 
Bethany Lutheran College
The Women of Troy by Euripides, trans. By Jacob Kempfert; Adapted by Benji Inniger and Jacob Kempfert
Director: Benji Inninger
Hekuba: Lydia Lonnquist
Andrea: Sophia Weisencel
Talthybios: Amir Trotter
 
Anoka Ramsey Community College
The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O’Brian
Director: Blayn Lemke 
Brad: Chisom Owhonda
Frank: Brandon Osero
Janet: Courtney VonVett
Puppeteers: Cody Johnson, Luke Martin, Andy Nguyen, Matthew Worthington, Rob Simonson
School Production Director
Kirkwood Community College City of Angles Rick Anderson
Iowa State University Out of the Fire: The Banned Books Monologues Amanda Petefish-Schrag
Culver Stockton University War is Coming, Ernie Pile! Michael Brainard
University of Nebraska-Lincoln The Serpent Wesley Broulik
North Hennepin Community College The Panza Monologues Kathy Hendrickson
Minnesota State University, Mankato Aeneid Paul Hustoles
Doane University Peter and the Starcatcher Robin McKercher
Northwest Missouri State University Landscapes of the Mind Theo Ross
Bethany Luthern College The Women of Troy Benji Inniger
Anoka Ramsey Community College The Rocky Horror Show Blayn Lemke
Coordinator Richard Herman
Assist Coordinator Harold Hynick
Stage Managers Dustin Bittel, Elizabeth Adams
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KCACTF Region 5 Ticketed Events Policy
FESTIVAL ATTENDEES ONLY 
Because a number of our venues have limited seating capacities and to enable registrants to plan their day more effectively, efficiently, and enjoyably without having to wait in long lines, Region 5 has implemented a ticketing system for certain festival events.  Ticketed events are clearly marked on the Festival Schedule.

EVENTS WILL ONLY BE VISIBLE (at EVENTBRITE front page) WHEN TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE TO RESERVE, DURING THE TIMES LISTED, AS FOLLOWS:  

Tickets to Invited Shows will be available beginning at 11:00 pm the day prior to the performance.

Tickets will go off-sale 15 minutes prior to start time, or when the event has reached capacity.

For each event, festival registrants may reserve ONE ticket through Eventbrite at the designated times. (Registrants may obtain one ticket to multiple events each day, providing that the performance times do not overlap.)

Registrants will have the option to receive a digital copy of their ticket or a PDF file to print, which must be presented at the door along with the registrant’s festival badge.

A festival badge is REQUIRED for attendance at ANY festival performance or event.

Additionally, the name on the registrant’s festival badge must match the name on an event ticket, no exceptions.

​Once doors close for performances, there will be NO late seating.
 
Festival events are not for sale to the general public. Events are open only to registrants of The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival 49.
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FESTIVAL 50 REGION 5 ENTERED PRODUCTIONS
by school name
School Title
Allen Community College She Loves Me
Allen Community College A Christmas Carol
Anoka Ramsey Community College Rocky Horror Show
Anoka Ramsey Community College Antigone
Anoka Ramsey Community College Good and Plenty
Augustana University Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb Story
Augustana University Mother Courage and Her Children 
Augustana University Pinocchio
Augustana University King Lear
Avila University Much Ado About Nothing
Baker University Rumors
Benedictine College Circle Mirror Transformation
Benedictine College Faust
Benedictine College Fuente Ovejuna
Benedictine College The Foreigner
Bethany Lutheran College Tell It To The Wind
Bethany Lutheran College The Women of Troy
Bismarck State College The Foreigner
Bismarck State College How I Learned to Drive
Black Hills State University Hand to God
Black Hills State University Godspell 2012
Buena Vista University The Hollow
Buena Vista University The Tempest
Buena Vista University Woman Wonder
Central College Little Shop of Horrors 
Central Methodist University Twelfth Night
Central Methodist University Awesome Allie
Central Methodist University Brighton Beach Memoirs
Central Methodist University  Blithe Spirit
Clarke University The Women of Lockerbie
College of St. Benedict/St. John's University Nathan the Wise
College of St. Benedict/St. John's University Next to Normal
Cottey College The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged Revised
Creighton University Little Women, the Musical
Creighton University Three Sisters
Culver-Stockton College The Good Body
Culver-Stockton College War Is Coming, Ernie Pyle
Culver-Stockton College The Addams Family: A New Musical Comedy
Dickinson State University Dead Man's Cell Phone
Dickinson State University Silence
Dickinson State University The Great American Trailer Park Musical
Doane Univeristy Stupid Fucking Bird
Doane Univeristy The Robber Bridegroom
Doane University Peter and the Starcatcher
Doane University The Flick
Dordt College Silent Sky
Dordt College A Prison Called Freedom
Dordt College A Wrinkle In Time
Drake University Runaways
Emporia State University Six Characters in Search of an Author
Emporia State University Sense and Sensibility
Emporia State University Family Furniture
Emporia State University 9 to 5 the Musical
Emporia State University He and She
Emporia State University Arsenic and Old Lace
Garden City Community College Aztlan:  A Memory of the Mexica Nation
Graceland University Wit
Graceland University Fences
Graceland University Lend Me A Tenor
Graceland University Proof
Grand View University Clybourne Park
Grand View University Miss Nelson is Missing!
Hutchinson Community College Gruesome Playground Injuries
Hutchinson Community College The Importance of Being Earnest
Iowa State University The Importance of Being Earnest
Iowa State University Little Women
Iowa State University The Tempest
Iowa State University Out of the Fire
Iowa State University The Children's Hour
Iowa State University A Christmas Carol
Iowa Western Community College Dog Sees God
Johnson County Community College Assassins
Johnson County Community College Gruesome Playground Injuries
Johnson County Community College And They Dance Real Slow in Jackson
Kansas City Kansas Community College Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein
Kansas State University The Arsonists
Kansas State University Into the Woods
Kirkwood Community College The Children's Hour Revised
Kirkwood Community College City of Angels
Lake Region State College Medea
Luther College Rent
MidAmerica Nazarene University The 39 Steps
MidAmerica Nazarene University Into the Woods
Minnesota State University Moorhead THE FULL MONTY
Minnesota State University Moorhead METAMORPHOSES
Minnesota State University Moorhead MACBETH
Minnesota State University Moorhead THE WIZARD OF OZ
Minnesota State University, Mankato The Glass Menagerie
Minnesota State University, Mankato The Game's Afoot
Minnesota State University, Mankato Aida
Minnesota State University, Mankato Little Women
Minnesota State University, Mankato The Aeneid
Minnesota State University, Mankato The Diary of Anne Frank
Minot State University Student Body
Minot State University The Shape of Things
Minot State University God of Carnage
Missouri Baptist University A Raisin in the Sun
Missouri Baptist University Peter Pan
Missouri Baptist University The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Missouri Baptist University Shrek the Musical
Missouri Valley College The Last Five Years
Missouri Western State University Macbeth
Missouri Western State University The Wedding Singer
Missouri Western State University Schoolhouse Rock Live!
Missouri Western State University Short and Sweet
Morningside College Quilters
Morningside College Love, Sex, and the I.R.S.
Morningside College Princess and The Pea
Mount Marty College Always a Bridesmaid
Mount Marty College Church Basement Ladies
Muscatine Community College The Uninvited
Newman University The Glass Menagerie
Normandale Community College Prometheus Bound
Normandale Community College Noises Off
Normandale Community College Picnic
Normandale Community College She Kills Monsters
North Central University The Importance of Being Earnest
North Hennepin Community College On The Line
North Hennepin Community College Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
North Hennepin Community College We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!
North Hennepin Community College The Panza Monologues
Northeast Community College The Assassin's Duet (The Trips and The Dumb Waiter)
Northern State University Mary Poppins
Northern State University Hunchback of Notre Dame
Northern State University We are Pussy Riot or Everything is P.R.
Northwest Missouri State University Bee-luther-hatchee
Northwest Missouri State University The Learned Ladies
Northwest Missouri State University Landscapes of the Mind
Northwest Missouri State University Rumors
Northwestern College Dancing at Lughnasa
Northwestern College Fantastic Mr. Fox
Northwestern College Museum
Peru State College The Arsonists
Ridgewater College King Ed
Rigdewater College Marian, or The True Tale of Robin Hood
Riverland Community College The Language Archive
Riverland Community College Seussical
Riverland Community College R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)
Riverland Community College She Loves Me
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Glengarry Glen Ross
South Dakota State University Five Women Wearing the Same Dress
South Dakota State University Six Characters In Search of an Author
South Dakota State University Rent
Southeast Missouri State University A Midsummer Night's Dream
Southeast Missouri State University An American Hero: A New Musical
Southwest Baptist University The Curious Savage
Southwest Baptist University Relatable
Southwest Baptist University Inventing Van Gogh
Southwest Baptist University Little Women the Broadway Musical
Southwest Minnesota State University Boeing Boeing
Southwest Minnesota State University Into the Woods
Southwest Minnesota State University How to Talk Minnesotan: The Musical
Southwest Minnesota State University Hamlet
Southwestern College I and You
Southwestern College Spring Awakening 
Southwestern College Peter and the Starcatcher
St. Ambrose University Richard III
St. Ambrose University Picasso at the Lapin Agile
St. Ambrose University Cinderella
St. Cloud State University Salome
St. Cloud State University In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)
State Fair Community College Night of the Living Dead Live
State Fair Community College The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
State Fair Community College Women Playing Hamlet
State Fair Community College A Year with Frog and Toad
Sterling College Little Women, The Broadway Musical
STLCC-Meramec Fifth of July
STLCC-Meramec Middletown
Tabor College A Doll's House
Tabor College PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
Tabor College A DOLL'S HOUSE
Truman State University King Charles III
Truman State University GOOD KIDS
Truman State University Falsettos
University of Central Missouri 9 Circles
University of Central Missouri The Toxic Avenger
University of Central Missouri Footloose
University of Central Missouri Tartuffe
University of Central Missouri Not Waving
University of Jamestown The Elephant Man
University of Kansas Metamorphoses
University of Kansas ...And Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi
University of Kansas Rhinoceros
University of Kansas She Kills Monsters
University of Minnesota Duluth Antigone
University of Minnesota Duluth NOISES OFF
University of Minnesota, Morris James and The Giant Peach 
University of Minnesota, Morris Spring Awakening (Musical)
University of Missouri The Laramie Project
University of Missouri You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
University of Missouri By The Bog of Cats
University of Missouri Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2, and 3)
University of Nebraska at Omaha Our Town
University of Nebraska at Omaha Spring Awakening
University of Nebraska Kearney The Illusion
University of Nebraska Kearney Rashomon
University of Nebraska Lincoln The Serpent
University of Nebraska--Lincoln This Random World
University of Nebraska--Lincoln A Bright New Boise
University of North Dakota The Nether
University of North Dakota The Odd Couple
University of North Dakota Wizard of Oz
University of Northern Iowa Into the Woods
University of Northwestern St-Paul Sleeping Beauty
University of Sioux Falls Godspell
University of Sioux Falls Noises Off
University of South Dakota 12-30-2016ers in Search of an Author
University of South Dakota Mud
University of South Dakota Green Violin
University of South Dakota Rhinoceros
University of South Dakota Little Women
Washburn University SEASCAPE
Washburn University Constellations
Wayne State College The Secret in the Wings
Western Nebraska Community College This Is Not a Pipe Dream
Wichita State University Little Shop of Horrors
Wichita State University A Hedda Gabler
Wichita State University  House Beautiful
Wichita State University  Sister Act
Wichita State University  States of Happiness
William Woods University Unnecessary Farce
William Woods University Love Minus
Winona State University Oh What a Lovely War!
Winona State University You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
Winona State University A Dog's House
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