MACT

Fast*Fest 2024 will be held Friday, August 16 (welcome social) and Saturday, August 17 (3 performance sessions and after-glow social).  All events will be at the Encore Performing Arts Center in Cloquet, hosted by County Seat Theater Company.

Fast*Fest is a biennial short (20-minute) play festival presented by the Minnesota Association of Community Theatres (MACT). It is held in even numbered year, usually in August between the Fringe Festival and the state fair.  More information is available on the Fast*Fest page of the MACT website.

Friday:
7:00 – 9:00 pm welcome social at Encore Performing Arts Center

Saturday:
9:00 Performance Session 1
Sister Loretta – Penny Pinchin Production
The Spot – County Seat Theater Company
The Last Romeo – Ole Olson Onsatge
Macbeth, The Oppositional King – Classics Lost N Found
Jeanette Rankin: Champion of Persistence – Thorn Productions

12:00 pm – Lunch on your own

1:30 pm Performance Session 2:
Lunchtime! – Mindless Mirth Productions
All’s Well That Ends – NKB Productions
Porch Talk – Rhubarb Jam
Anniversary Season – Zenith City Players
Timber – Marshall Area Stage Company

5:00 pm – Dinner provided by MACT (with full package only)

6:30 Performance Session 3:
The Door – Seat of Your Pants Players
Heart Attack – Open Heart Theatre
Wedding Belle Blues – Pargeter Players
A Woman Over Forty – Applause Community Theatre
Death Knocks – FungusAmongus Players

After last show – 12:00 pm after-glow social at Encore Performing Arts Center

Full Package in includes the Friday night welcome social, all 3 performance session on Saturday, the Saturday night after-glow social and, new this festival, a dinner between the afternoon and evening performance sessions. Full packages cost $50 on or before August 9, on August 10 the price of a full package goes up to $65.

Single performance session tickets are also available for $20 on or before August 9. The price goes up to $20 on August 10.

Click here for on-line registration.