MACT
MACT*Fest 2027 will be held in
2027 at a still to be selected site
The MACT Board hopes to make a decision on locations and dates for both MACT*Fest 2027 and the Region V AACTFest 2027 at our December meeting.
Entries for shows will be accepted starting in September. The entry deadline will in December of 2026 (received by date).
The theatre registration fee is still undetermined. We need rental costs before we can set the entry fee (which will includes one full package). Again This Festival: If your theatre has not participated in a MACT*Fest in the last 10 years (5 MACT*Fests), we are offering a $100 discount to encourage your theatre to give MACT*Fest a try. MACT is also dedicating the funds raised through our annual “Give to the MACT” fundraiser to refund part of the registration fee for presenting theatres. Additional funding for presenting theatres will be provided from the William Muchow Memorial Fund. ($222 was presented to each presenting theatre in 2025. It should be considerably higher in 2027)
We try very hard to keep costs low for participating theatres. Your suggestions regarding ways for us to keep costs low are always welcome. A festival budget is typically over $23,000 and, as usual, is budgeted to break even. The costs include facilities rental and staff, adjudicator and AACT Festival Commissioner costs (travel, hotels & meals), mailing and promotions, socials costs (rent & food), ASL interpreters, audio describer and many more items. (The festival’s full budget is available on request.)
As we have done in the past, MACT Fest 2025 will limit the number of entering companies to 12.
Should more than 12 companies apply by the entry deadline (sometime in December of 2026), there will be a random drawing to select the 12 participating companies and their performance order – filling the last performance slot first and working backwards from there – and to establish a waiting list for the remaining companies.
If less than 12 companies apply by the deadline, a random drawing will be held to select the performance order – filling the last performance slot first and working backwards from there. Additional entries will be accepted at the higher registration fee ($350) on a first-come-first-served basis until January 1, 2027 or until all 12 performance slots are filled.
In addition to the registration fee listed above, your theatre (and/or the people involved with your show) is responsible for all travel, lodging, meals and other expenses associated with your participation in the festival. While we hope everyone involved with your show will purchase a full package for the festival, and enjoy all the benefits of the festival, they are required to at least purchase a ticket to the performance session they are performing in. (Even though they may not get to see any other show performing in their performance session.) NOTE: at the regional and national festivals, usually ALL persons involved with a show (basically anyone allowed at the show’s rehearsal) MUST purchase a full package.
Two shows from this festival will be selected to represented Minnesota at
the Region V AACTFest to be held in early April of 2027 at a location in Minnesota that has not been determined yet.
At least one show from the Region V festival will advance to the national AACTFest
The AACTFest 2027 national festival is set for
June 22-29, 2025, in Rochester, Minnesota,
at the Mayo Civic Center Theater.
Click here for an article on cutting plays for a festival
Click here for more information on what we are looking for in a host theatre