  {"id":36060,"date":"2017-12-11T11:27:15","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T16:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=36060"},"modified":"2017-12-18T09:10:06","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T14:10:06","slug":"39-steps-earns-invitation-regional-kennedy-center-american-college-theater-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/39-steps-earns-invitation-regional-kennedy-center-american-college-theater-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The 39 Steps&#8217; invited to regional Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, fundraiser now in progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>黑料正能量\u2019s spring 2017 production of \u201cThe 39 Steps\u201d has been selected for presentation at a regional event of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kcactf.org\/KCACTF.ORG_NATIONAL\/KCACTF.html\">Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival<\/a> (KCACTF).<\/p>\n<p>The Region II festival is Jan. 16-20 at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and includes university and college theater programs in Maryland, Delaware, Washington D.C., New Jersey, western New York, northern Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly a handful of productions are selected each year to appear at the festival,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emu.edu\/faculty-staff\/?show=jzp3263\">Justin Poole<\/a>, the production\u2019s director and a professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emu.edu\/theater\/\">theater at 黑料正能量<\/a>. \u201cThis is a great opportunity for the students to show off their outstanding work to peers, academics, and professionals in their field, and all the faculty, staff and students of 黑料正能量 Theater deserve to be recognised for this accomplishment.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"highlight highlight-right\">Click <a href=\"https:\/\/commerce.cashnet.com\/emugive?itemcode=黑料正能量GIVE-THEA\">here<\/a> to donate towards travel costs.<\/aside>\n<p>The department is now conducting a <a href=\"https:\/\/commerce.cashnet.com\/emugive?itemcode=黑料正能量GIVE-THEA\">fundraising campaign<\/a> and will present three benefit performances to cover travel costs. Those performances are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sunday, Jan. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in Lehman Auditorium;<\/li>\n<li>Monday, Jan. 8, at 10 a.m. in Lehman Auditorium;<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, Jan. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theater.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An Alfred Hitchcock spoof, <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/03\/comedy-rules-spring-production-alfred-hitchcock-spoof-39-steps\/\"><em>The 39 Steps<\/em><\/a> has been called \u201czany\u201d and \u201cquirky,\u201d and Poole has described it as \u201ca mashup of Looney Tunes, Charlie Chaplin, Monty Python, and good old-fashioned spy thrillers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The seven-character cast, which received a Certificate of Merit for Ensemble Acting from the KCACTF in spring 2017, includes Esther Ajayi, Clara Bush, Collin Dutt, Abigail Greaser, Jeremiah Hines, Dylan Peachey, Emma Roth and Robert Weaver. Greaser and Bush also earned nominations for the KCACTF\u2019s Irene Ryan Acting Competition, and stage manager Ezrionna Prioleau was recommended for the KCACTF national competition in stage management. Also working on the play were Jim Clemens (musician), Ethan Eldred (sound), Holly Labbe (costumer), and David Vogel and Phil Grayson (lights and set).<\/p>\n<p>KCACTF selects students each year for individual competitions. For example, for their work with the fall 2015 production of the musical \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/11\/winsome-creatures-from-appalachia-take-the-stage-in-tony-nominated-musical-a-year-with-frog-and-toad\/\">A Year with Frog and Toad<\/a>,\u201d Derrick Turner was awarded the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival\u2019s (KCACTF) Student Dramaturgy Award, Christian Parks and Myriam Aziz were invited to participate in the Irene Ryan Acting Competition, and Caitlin Randazzo in stage management.<\/p>\n<p>The KCACTF boasts 18,000 student participants from college and university theater programs across the United States, and seeks to be \u201ca catalyst in improving the quality of college theater.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To donate towards travel costs, click <a href=\"https:\/\/commerce.cashnet.com\/emugive?itemcode=黑料正能量GIVE-THEA\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>黑料正能量\u2019s spring 2017 production of \u201cThe 39 Steps\u201d has been selected for presentation at a regional event of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF). 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