2017 Festival (This is NOT an AACTFest Year)
The 2017 Community Theatre Festival will be held on Saturday, November 4 at Concord University in Athens, WV.  More information will be sent out and posted soon.
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Registration will open September 1, 2017.
Registration and Material Submission Deadline:
Friday, October 20, 2017.

Costs: 
$40 Festival Registration Fee
$30 Organizational WVTA Membership (includes 2 company reps)    
$10 membership fee for each participant (director, cast, crew, etc.)
Verified AACT Membership (Please visit http://www.aact.org.)
Entry Guidelines:
A production entered in the festival process may be a cutting of a full-length play or musical, a one-act play, or any other performance of a theatrical nature, including children’s theatre productions intended for youth audiences and/or performed by  children. The total length of the performance may not exceed sixty (60) minutes  (including introductions, scene changes and curtain calls). Any element that brings the audience
into the world of the play (music, sound, movement, lights, etc.), will begin the sixty-minute performance time. The complete cessation of such will  complete the timing period. If a set-up or strike is intended to set the mood, establish  character, or otherwise begin the experience of the play, it will be considered part of  the sixty-minute performance time. 

Following the performance, the adjudicator(s) will comment on the performances. Emphasis will be on acting and direction, but final consideration will be the overall  realization of the production.  

Each company is responsible for furnishing any sets, props or furniture needed for  the production. The host theatre may provide standard articles of furniture, if requested to do so in advance. 

Productions selected to proceed must be performed in the same form at all levels, except that adjustments in staging may be made in response to adjudication at the  prior level within the cycle or to allow for differences in stage facilities. Material may  not be added or withdrawn except to allow for easier compliance with timing issues.  Actor substitutions may not be made without written consent from the Festival  Commission Chair; substitution requests must be for legitimate hardships.  Substitution of musicians, production staff and technicians does not require consent; however, addition of crew or musicians does require consent.
Entry Requirements:
At each level, each company must provide the following to the festival chair before the festival begins. 
  • Warranty of permission to perform the property from the leasing agent and/or author, and warranty of permission to perform the property as cut or altered; warranty that the theatre has obtained all other necessary rights (refer to Form T2). Note: Licensing agents and/or authors will be notified by AACT of performances appearing at AACTFest at any level (only applicable during ACTFest years). It is wise to obtain performance permission for all three levels prior to the state festival. 
  • Festival Entry/Information Sheet (refer to Form T1). 
  • Four scripts marked as intended to be performed. Do not photocopy any scripts without proper permission. Additional scripts may be required for interpreters or other personnel, but only with sufficient notice to the company. 
  • Entry and registration fees as required by specific festivals. 
  • Affidavit of AACTFest Eligibility for each actor (refer to Form T3). 
  • Technical Information Form (refer to Form T4 a, b). 
  • Program information. 
  • Proof of membership in state/regional associations and any other local applicable fees as required by the particular festival. 
  • A festival fee equal to the amount of the lowest AACT Organizational Membership made payable to AACT (prior to state festival only or at the time of appointment). This fee is waived for AACT members. Organizational membership in AACT is required at the regional level; the festival fee paid at the state festival will be applied to AACT membership if requested by the company during the membership year in which paid. The festival fee is not required for showcase productions that are ineligible to proceed. 

Failure to comply with the AACTFest rules may be grounds for disqualification. If there are questions, they may be addressed to the Festival Commissioner or the Festival Commission Chair at any time. During the festival, the rulings of the Festival Commissioner are final.
Community Theatre Festival Chair
Vickie Trickett
info@wvtheatreassociation.org | (304) 288.9917
West Virginia Theatre Association, Inc.
 Jason A. Young, Executive Director
​ExecDirector@wvtheatreassociation.org​