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| Cal State L.A. Drama Students Los Angeles, CA -- College and university thespians from throughout the southwestern United States, Hawaii and Guam gathered in the icy temperatures of Logan, Utah, to attend the Region VIII Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF). From this region of more than 700 actors, managers and designers who participated in the event at Utah State University, students from the Cal State L.A. Theatre Arts and Dance Department were among only a relative handful that received critical acclaim from judges during the February festival. Cal State L.A. theatre arts major Stacey Wilson was the winner of the Outstanding Performance Festival-Production Stage Manager award. The following theatre arts students also participated and received Honorable Mention Awards at the festival: Debra Attridge (sound design), Chrissy Canning (stage manager), Evette Cord (stage manager), Kenneth Fernandez, (video operator), Miguel Flores (light board operator), Crystal Irby (associate producer), Rose Mendoza (running crew), Heidi Miura (stage manager), Lawrence Melendez (properties supervisor), Jennifer Tetlow (stage manager), Markus von Allmen (production stage manager), Michelle Elizabeth Zamora (Web design), Luis Zavala (sound board operator) and Joo Young Song (playwright). Competing as Irene Ryan Acting Nominees and Partners were Cassis Skauge, Michelle Zamora, George Paez and Amanda Bryant; Lisa Greer and Ashleigh Nichols; Shelly Guerreo and Gwen Greene; and April C. Seals and Jonathan Williams. Additionally, Kimberly Simpson was invited to present her play in a New Plays Development Workshop, and Joo Young Song was invited to present his production in the John Cauble Short Plays Festival. CSULA faculty participants were Shiz Herrera, Theresa Larkin and Tanya Kane-Parry. Winners from the eight KCACTF regional festivals around the country go on to participate in the national event, April 14-20, at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Roger Stevens, the Kennedy CenterÂs founding chairman, started the nationwide festival in 1969 to serve as a catalyst for improving the quality of college and university theater in the United States.
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