Meet MACT Board Member Kolie Shaw
We welcome new MACT Board member, Kolie Shaw to the Board. She was elected at the June 7 annual meeting. Kolie Shaw is a Director, deviser, and performance artist in the Twin Cities who is passionate about new theater works, avant-garde performance art, and theater education. Kolie graduated from North Dakota State University with a…
Summer Stock Checklist
Next summer is just around the corner and now is the time to start planning for it.
Threats to free artistic expression
Threats to free artistic expression has expanded to trying to regulate which books children may read, what subjects they can learn in schools and a variety of topics around LGBTQ+ people.
Rename the Kennedy Center’s Opera House
President Trump and the Republican party continue their attack and the arts. House republicans first took aim at the Kennedy Center Opera House, with an amendment to a bill that would rename the opera house for Melania Trump. The Kennedy Center’s opera house could be renamed the ‘First Lady Melania Trump Opera House.’ The opera…
Seeking homes for MACT*Fest ’27 and Region V AACTFest ’27
MACT is in the process of soliciting hosts for MACT*Fest 2027 in February or early March of 2027 and the Region V AACTFest in early April of 2027.
YouthFest 2025
AACT Youthfest was held June 22-24 at the Des Moines Playhouse. The shows presented at the festival were: Avinash, presented by Ebong TheatriX (Bethesda, MD – Region II), was celebrated for its high-energy movement and won Outstanding Dance Performance (Stay In Your Lane Dancers). Jiyon Banerjee and Suhana Tiwari also received Outstanding Acting Awards. Dark…
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