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MACT*Fest ’25 Adjudicator Evaluations
After MACT*Fest 2025 was over, we sent an adjudicator evaluation form to the 63 e-mail addresses we had from the people that purchased full registrations on-line. We received 15 responses to that evaluation form. Here’s what those people had to say about the adjudications. On a scale of 1 to 5, how much do you…
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Dear Theatre Educators
A salute to all those that help to educate our children in the art and craft that is theatre.
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Meet MACT Member Absolute Theatre
Editor’s Note: Absolute Theatre’s production of “Forever Plaid” is one of the two shows that will be representing Minnesota at the Region V AACTFest which will be held in Newton, Iowa, on April 3-5. Absolute Theatre is a new member of MACT and this was their first appearance at a MACT*Fest. We congratulate “Forever Plaid”…
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March is Theatre in our Schools Month
March is “Theatre in our Schools” month to call attention to and promote the positive effects theatre has on our children.
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Meet MACT Member Northern Starz Center for the Performing Arts
Editor’s Note: Northern Starz’s production of “26 Pebbles” is one of the two shows that will be representing Minnesota at the Region V AACTFest which will be held in Newton, Iowa, on April 3-5. Northern Starz is a relatively new member of MACT and this was their first appearance at a MACT*Fest. We congratulate “26…
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John Huston and “Annie”
by Steven LaVigne It was Martin Charnin’s idea to transform Harold Gray’s comic strip, Little Orphan Annie, into a musical. However, when he first suggested it to playwright Thomas Meehan and composer Charles Strouse their response was negative. They gradually came around to the project. At the time, the United States had survived the Nixon/Watergate…