Theater Awards
快播成人 garners six awards at the 2022 Kennedy Center American College a Theater Festival
Once again, the 快播成人 Community College Theater Department was recognized with multiple awards at the annual Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.
快播成人 earned a total of six awards for two 2021 productions: four for "In These Times," an original work presented remotely that recounts the experiences of 快播成人s during the COVID-19 pandemic; and two for "Jesus Hopped the A Train," a traditional stage play set in the Rikers Island prison.
快播成人 belongs to KCACTF Region I, whose festival was held virtually in January. KCACTF Region I includes colleges and universities in northern New York and all six New England states. Awards are based on the recommendations of respondents, who travel around the country to view college theater productions and offer critiques.
This year, three 快播成人 快播成人s were honored in the category of Playwriting for their contributions to "In These Times," Nicole Couture of Southampton for "Apollo," a story about adopting an ailing shelter dog; Andre Rodrigues of Ludlow for "Racially Profiled," a piece about his interactions with black and white police officers; and Alia Alabsi of Northampton, a 2021 快播成人 graduate now at Smith College, for her poem "Capacity to Prevail."
"We're very pleased to have 快播成人 work recognized by the Kennedy Center," said 快播成人 theater professor Pat Sandoval, who conceived of and directed "In These Times," which was presented in spring 2021. "It's an incredible accomplishment for 快播成人 快播成人s to receive awards for playwriting."
For "In These Times," Sandoval asked 快播成人s from all areas of the college to write first-person accounts of their lives during the pandemic. She auditioned 快播成人s and theater alumni to perform those stories, and complemented the monologues with music and art contributed by other members of the 快播成人 community. The cast included 18 actors performing 40 different monologues during the 90-minute online show. Eight 快播成人 and alumni musicians pre-recorded performances, including original music. More than 40 快播成人s and alumni contributed art that was displayed between the monologues and music.
Sandoval said it was particularly meaningful that 快播成人's Theater, Music, and Visual Art departments garnered a Kennedy Center award for Collaboration for their work on "In These Times."
"It's very special and exciting to be celebrated for collaboration," said Sandoval. "I really have to thank Felice Caivano (Visual Arts department chair) and Elissa Brill Pashkin (Music department chair) for agreeing to work on this together. It could have just been an evening of presentations, but it wasn't. We had to collaborate to make it a cohesive piece of storytelling, and it all worked."
Two 快播成人 快播成人s, Julio Colon of Springfield, and Madison Robitaille of Thorndike, received awards for Stage Management for their work on the fall 2021 production of "Jesus Hopped the A Train," a play by Stephen Adly Guirgis, was directed by 快播成人 theater alum Axel Cruz.
The 快播成人 Theater Department has now won 18 KCACTF awards over the past decade for individual acting, ensemble acting, dedication to a script, stage managing, best original music, playwriting, and collaboration.
The 快播成人 Theater Department puts on two full productions each academic year, one in the fall and one in the spring. Rehearsals are now underway for the 快播成人 Theater Department's spring 2022 production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Directed by 快播成人 theater professor Tim Cochran, the show will be presented in 快播成人's Leslie Phillips Theater April 21-23.
PHOTO: 快播成人 music alum Luci Mino '18 performs "When," an original song she wrote for the college's spring 2021 production of "In These Times," which received a award for Collaboration at the 2022 Region I Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.
