Region IV Chair Update - May 2009

Greetings Region IV faculty and students! Please take a moment to browse our site and be sure to note the following information:

1. Enter associate or participating shows anytime at www.kcactf.org. Once you have entered a production, we will begin the process of locating a respondent to visit your production and provide an oral feedback session with your cast and crew. Enter productions for the 2009-2010 academic year online and pay by October 1, 2009 and pay $50 less per entry!

2. Are you a faculty member and interested in becoming more involved with Region IV? We are looking for the following members to add to our team:

- Irene Ryan Coordinator: Assist the Vice Chair in planning and executing the Irene Ryan Scholarship Auditions at the 2010 Festival. This is a new position that will be a three year term. Please send cover letter and CV electronically to Shelly Elman at relman@westga.edu by September 15, 2009.

- Vice Chair of National Playwriting Programs (NPP): Three year term, assists the Chair of Playwriting in creating and organizing programming for regional festival. After the three year term, this person could become Chair of NPP. Send cover letter and CV electronically to Shelly Elman at relman@westga.edu by September 15, 2009.

- Circuit Coordinator for Florida: Is responsible for finding respondents for Associate entry and local respondents for Participating entry productions in Florida. If interested, please contact Shelly Elman at relman@westga.edu by August 20, 2009.

3. If you would like to serve as a respondent, please email me at relman@westga.edu and we'll get you started in the process. We are always on the lookout for quality respondents in our region!

4. Help us to get news and opportunities into our student communities. If you or any of your students would like to be added to the KCACTF4 listserv to receive announcements and information about opportunities, please send email addresses to relman@westga.edu.

5. The 2010 festival is hosted by the Middle Tennessee State University from February 2-6, 2010! Keep a check on the "Regional Festival Information" page for up-to-date information regarding Festival 42.

If you need anything KCACTF related in the Southeast, please don't hesitate to ask!

Thanks so much,

Shelly Elman
University of West Georgia
Martha Munro Building
Carrollton, GA 30118
office: (678) 839-4704
fax: (678) 839-4708
relman@westga.edu

Send in your production photos!

Attention Region IV schools! Send your photos to us for possible inclusion in the headers of the new KCACTF 4 website. Please send to the webmaster at wthomasadkins@gmail.com

Changes coming through the summer!

You will notice a major change to the KCACTF 4 website. Over the summer, changes in text will be coming so please check back for updated information. Note that dates and programs may change before the fall semester so be sure to bookmark this site and come back soon.

Thanks to Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC) for their support of regional KCACTF awards.  To learn more about SETC and their annual conference, visit their web site at www.setc.org.