NACT Festival 2008

Six Theatre companies from across Nebraska traveled to the historic Fox Theatre in North Platte to compete in the Nebraska Association of Community Theatre's bi annual Festival July 25^th-27^th. A workshop was provided on Friday night with Will Cover teaching the five things every director should know about stage combat and on Sunday morning, Kat Cover from the Lofte Theatre of Weeping Water presented a workshop about costuming on a shoestring. Karaoke was provided Friday and Saturday nights by Dan O’Neill and Kwik Stop Food Stores.

Competing Theatres in order of performance were Way Out West Community Theatre, Sidney with Who Murdered Who. Sheridan County Players, Rushville with The Wooden Pear. Community Players, Inc., Beatrice with The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon. Minden Community Players, Minden with Cirrius, Nebraska. St. Paul Area Community Theatre, St. Paul with Deliver Us Not! (or Birth, Where is Thy Sting?) and North Platte Community Playhouse, North Platte with Grace and Glorie.

The winning production was The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon by the Community Players of Beatrice. Second place honors went to The Wooden Pear by the Sheridan County Players of Rushville and third place went to North Platte with their rendition of Grace and Glorie. Beatrice and Rushville Theatres will represent Nebraska April 22^nd-25^th by competing at the Region V Competition in Minden Nebraska against the winning theatres from Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota.

Other awards presented were Outstanding Actor to Ryan Lovell, Sheridan County Players of Rushville. Outstanding Actress was presented to Candie Johnson, Sheridan County Players of Rushville. Outstanding Supporting Actor was Matt Rogge, Community Players of Beatrice. Outstanding Supporting Actress went to Suzan DeCamp, St Paul Area Community Theatre of St. Paul. Outstanding Director was Jamie Ulmer of the Community Players in Beatrice. Outstanding Set Design went to the Sheridan County Players of Rushville. Outstanding Costuming was given to Angelyn Nienhuser of Way Out West Community Theatre of Sidney and Outstanding Ensemble was awarded to Community Players of Beatrice.