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References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot
Fresno SoapCo. Presents
References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot by Jose Rivera
Directed by: Summer Session
Jan 26-28, Feb 2-4 @ 730p / Jan 29, Feb 5 @ 430p
Set in the desert of Barstow, California, where Gabriela, the wife of career soldier Benito, dives into a surreal fantasy world during her husbands prolonged absences and imagines the mating rituals between a coyote and a cat.
This production is a fundraiser to help theater students of Fresno City College raise funds to attend and compete in the KCACTF Region VIII Festival for scholarships for continued schooling.
Region VIII of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival is comprised of Arizona, Central and Southern California, Hawaii, Southern Nevada, and Utah
Each year the KCACTF Region VIII Festival brings students and faculty together in mid February to see one anothers work and to share ideas. In addition to performances, there are a wide range of activities that in the past have included workshops and seminars on such topics as playwriting, auditioning, voice, movement, stage combat, theater for children, scene painting, scenery construction, and so on. There ares sessions for beginning theater artist and the experienced faculty member.
Students, faculty, and staff who bring productions to regional festivals are encouraged to attend the entire festival. All festival participants are urged to attend productions brought by their peers, participate as audience or auditioners in the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship program, and to avail themselves of the full range of workshops, symposia, and exhibits that are part of each regional festival.
Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region VIII, Presents:
The Forty-Ninth Annual Region VIII Festival (2017)
Arizona, Central and Southern California, Guam, Hawaii, Southern Nevada, Utah
February 14 18, 2017
Hosted by Mesa Community College
The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival 49, part of theRubenstein Arts Access Program, is generously funded by David and Alice Rubenstein.
Special thanks to The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust for supporting the John F. Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.
Additional support is provided by The Honorable Stuart Bernstein and Wilma E. Bernstein; the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation; Dr. Gerald and Paula McNichols Foundation; Beatrice and Anthony Welters and the AnBryce Foundation.
Kennedy Center education and related artistic programming is made possible through the generosity of the National Committee for the Performing Arts and the Presidents Advisory Committee on the Arts.
Started in 1969 by Roger L. Stevens, the Kennedy Centers founding chairman, the Kennedy Center American College Theater (KCACTF) is a national theater program involving 18,000 students from colleges and universities nationwide which has served as a catalyst in improving the quality of college theater in the United States. The KCACTF has grown into a network of more than 600 academic institutions throughout the country, where theaterdepartments and student artists showcase their work and receive outside assessment by KCACTF respondents.
The goals of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival are:
To encourage, recognize, and celebrate the finest and most diverse work produced in university and college theater programs;
To provide opportunities for participants to develop their theater skills and insight; and achieve professionalism
To improve the quality of college and university theater in America;
To encourage colleges and universities to give distinguished productions of new plays, especially those written by students; the classics, revitalized or newly conceived; and experimental works.
Through state, regional, and national festivals, KCACTF participants celebrate the creative process, see one anothers work, and share experiences and insights within the community of theater artists. The KCACTF honors excellence of overall production and offers student artists individual recognition through awards and scholarships in playwriting, acting, criticism, directing, and design.
KCACTF is a year-round program in eight geographic regions in the United States. Regional activities are coordinated through eight KCACTF regional chairs and eight KCACTF playwriting awards chairs. With funding and administrative support from the Kennedy Center, the regional chair coordinates with the Co-Managers of KCACTF all aspects of the adjudication of productions on the local and regional level and supervises regional-level KCACTF award competitions. The playwriting chair works with schools that have entered new and student-written plays by providing expertise in the development of new scriptsassessment specifically designed for a developing playand by providing information on the numerous playwriting awards offered.
In January and February of each year, regional festivals showcase the finest of each regions entered productions and offer a variety of activities, including workshops, symposia, and regional-level award programs.
Since its inception, KCACTF has given more than 400,000 college theater students the opportunity to have their work critiqued, improve their dramatic skills and receive national recognition for excellence. More than 16 million theatergoers have attended approximately 10,000 festival productions nationwide.
http://www.kcactf.org/KCACTF.ORG_NATIONAL/KCACTF.html
The entire cast of References to Salvador Dali will be Attending KCACTF 2017 including some of our Crew members and the director Summer Session. All will be competing in different Categories at the festival in hopes of winning scholarships for schooling.
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LocationFresno Soap Co. Stage, Gallery & Studio (View)
1470 N. Van Ness Ave. (Tower District - one block south of McKinley)
Fresno, CA 93728
United States
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| Minimum Age: 13 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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