KCACTF

Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival

As part of our mainstage production season, a representative within the network of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival sees our faculty-directed theater productions to review and recognize students for outstanding work in performance, stage management and design. 

As a result, each year, a number of students are recognized with Irene Ryan Nominations and Musical Theatre Intensive (MTI) Nominations. These students are eligible to participate in the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Auditions and MTI Scholarship Auditions, which provides recognition, honor, and financial assistance to outstanding student performers wishing to participate. Stage Management and Design students are recognized with Certificates of Merit. Information about the Irene Ryans or MTI can be found at these links.

The Binghamton University KCACTF Liaison is:
Tommy Iafrate, Director of Musical Theatre & Associate Professor
He is the Coordinator of the Musical Theatre Intensive,  KCACTF Region II and the
Mid-Atlantic Director,  Musical Theatre Educators' Alliance

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Here are the 2023-24 Nominees, Awardees and Participants in the Festival Conference:

Envoy, Directed by Brandon A. Wright

The Irene Ryan Scholarship Award Nominees for Envoy:

• Alexandra Blum and Jillian Carley with alternate: Amaini Varney

Certificate of Merit for Distinguished Achievement for Envoy:

• For Assistant Directing: Keaton Hemminger
• For Stage Management: Taylor Denning

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Bera Handa, Directed and Choreographed: Lakshmi Damayanthi

Musical Directed by Melissa Yanchak

Irene Ryan Scholarship Award nominees for Bera Handa:

• Jared Wofse and Alix O'Connor with alternate: Niamh McCarthy

Musical Theatre Intensive Scholarship Award nominee for Bera Handa:

• Jared Wofse

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During 2022-23, a number of students were recognized by the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. Irene Ryan Nominees and Musical Theatre Intensive (MTI) Nominees are eligible to participate in the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Auditions and MTI Scholarship Auditions, which provides recognition, honor, and financial assistance to outstanding student performers wishing to pursue further education.

The Irene Ryan Scholarship Award Nominees for Into the Woods:

• Jenna Cooperman and Patrick Saint Ange with alternate Jillian Carley
• The Musical Theatre Intensive nominee is Kristina Yim.

For Thrive or What You Will, The Irene Ryan Scholarship Award Nominees are:

• Ally Restrepo, Kaitlyn Hennie with alternate Cameron Reilly-Steele;
• Design, Technology and Management Nominees for Thrive are
• Madison Stolarski; Stage Manager;
• Sophia Greggio Mas; Ass't Costume Designer and
• Neva Derewetzky; Composer and Sound designer;

The Irene Ryan Scholarship Award Nominees for Rent are:

• Patrick Saint Ange, Liz Rivera with alternate Nat Fox
• The Musical Theater Intensive nominee is Sophia Romano with alternate Saoirse Cohen

Eventually Kristina Yim went to the Region 2 KCACTF festival and was selected as the
Musical Theater Intensive awardee and subsequently attended the national festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, where she was awarded the Creative Artist Award, which was presented “for excellence in the creative arts”.

See our past productions

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