ACTFest 2025-2026
Alabama Center for the Arts, Decatur
In partnership with Athens State University and Calhoun Community College
October 17-19. 2025
Registration opens July 14, 2025
Registration closes September 12. 2025
ACTFest MANUALS
ACTFest 2024-25 Guidelines (updated manuals coming soon)
SCHEDULE AND DEADLINES
July 15 Registration Opens
September 19 Registration Closes at 5 p.m..
October 1 All supplemental forms (received in separate email), fees from your INVOICE, and marked scripts are due to the Executive Director. Mail all materials to P.O. Box 361945, Birmingham, AL 35236-1945. NO REFUNDS are given once registration is confirmed online.
September TBA Deadline for group rate at host hotel.
October 17-18 ACTFest, Alabama Center for the Arts, Decatur
October 18 ACT Member Community Theatre Meeting
Hotel Information
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Fairfield Inn & Suites Decatur Conveniently located a block from the Alabama Center for the Arts at 103 2nd Ave SE Decatur, Alabama 35601 |
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Start Date: Friday, October 18, 2024 |
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End Date: Sunday, October 20, 2024 |
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Last Day to Book: Friday, September 20, 2024 |
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Group Rate: $155 -$165 per night |
Call 256-274-9040 and ask the ACTFest Attendee rate, or follow the link below:
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DoubleTree Riverfront Located at the edge of Historic Downtown Decatur, the hotel overlooks the beautiful Tennessee River and Steamboat Bill Memorial Bridge at 1101 6th Ave, Decatur, AL 35601. |
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Start Date: Friday, October 18, 2024 |
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End Date: Sunday, October 20, 2024 |
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Last Day to Book: October 1, 2024 |
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Group Rate: $159 per night |
Call 256-355-3150 and ask the ACTFest Attendee rate, or follow the link below:
ACTFest 2024-2025
Hosted by the Alabama Center for the Arts, a partnership of Athens State University and Calhoun County Community College, on October 19-20, 2024. Funded in part by a grant from the Alabama Coun
Host Alabama Center for the Arts lead by Director of Drama & Theatre Arts Hugh Long, PhD and Production Director William Richardson. Events were coordinated by Cindy Harper, Executive Director, Lisa Ponder, Chair, Community Theatre, and Kim Mason, Vice Chair, Community Theatre. Adjudicators were Tony Davison (Montgomery), Gabe Smith (Starkville, MS) and Kim Frick-Welker (Cookeville, TN). The AACT commissioner was Susan Austin.
Workshops included: Choreography- Improv for the Act, Clay Boyce; Creative Problem Solving: Scenic and Prop Challenges, Matthew Stratton; Contemporary Musical Theatre Dance Workshop, Kayleigh Smith; and The Fight: Safe and Effective Unarmed Stage Combat Basics for Theatre Practitioners, Hugh Long.
Awards:
Best of Show
Self Express Productions “The Real Inspector Hound”
Spark Theatre Company “Radium Girls”
These shows are invited to advance to the regional community theatre competition in the spring of 2025. Winners of the regional conference advance to the national AACTFest, hosted by the American Association of Community Theatre, in Dew Moines, Iowa, on June 25-26, 2025.
Best of Show
Alternate Show
South City Theatre “A Tuna Christmas”
One Act Awards:
Best Actor in a Lead Performance
Kaleb Dukes as Mr. Roeder in Radium Girls, Spark Theatre Company
Riley Wilson as Grace in Radium Girls, Spark Theatre Company
Outstanding Achievement in Directing
Josh Kauffman, Director, The Real Inspector Hound, Self Express Production
Outstanding Achievement in Acting
Chris Champion as Birdboot in The Real Inspector Hound, Self Express Productions
David Coker as Thurston Wheelis, Bertha Bumiller, R.R. Snavley, Sheriff Givens, and Dixie Deberry in A Tuna Christmas, South City Theatre
East Rush as Tom, Lehman, VonSochocky in Radium Girls, Spark Theatre Company
Ella Smith as Kathryn, Radium Girls, Spark Theatre Company
Laura Smith as Annie Wilkes in Misery, Way Off Broadway Theatre
Holly Woods as Felicity in The Real Inspector Hound, Self Express Productions
Rhonda Vogt as Mrs. Drudge in The Real Inspector Hound, Self Express Productions
Outstanding Feature Ensemble
Radium Girls, Spark Theatre Company
Outstanding Set Design
The Real Inspector Hound, Self Express Productions
Outstanding Achievement in Lighting
Radium Girls, Spark Theatre Company
Outstanding Achievement in Sound
The Real Inspector Hound, Self Express Productions
Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design
A Tuna Christmas, South City Theatre
The Real Inspector Hound, Self Express Productions
Spirit of the Road
Spark Theatre Company
Individual Event Winners:
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Gold Award |
First Name |
Last Name |
Theatre |
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Solo Musical |
Casey |
Kauffman |
Self Express Productions |
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Group Acting |
Jeffrey |
Phillips |
Samuel Edward Theatre |
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Group Acting |
Tydrick |
Pore |
Samuel Edward Theatre |
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Silver Award |
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Solo Musical |
Josh |
Kauffman |
Self Express Productions |
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Solo Acting |
Jeffrey |
Phillips |
Self Express Productions |
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Bronze Award |
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Solo Musical |
Eli |
Champion |
Self Express Productions |
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Solo Acing |
Tydrick |
Pore |
Self Express Productions |
