Theater Arts students, faculty, win awards, accolades at Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival

HCC's fifth year of participation in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival was a big one! Theater Arts students and faculty joined peers from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine at the Region I Festival January 27-February 1, at Fitchburg State College. The festival enabled participants to experience some of the area's strongest productions; participate in workshops; compete in theatrical performance, design, and production; and celebrate theater.

• HCC’s associate production of Anna in the Tropics, directed by Professor Patricia Sandoval, won a merit award for overall production value.
• Student Chelsea Wynegar was the first HCC student to go to the semi-finals, one of just 36 among 192 competitors. Michael Pray served as Chelsea’s performance partner at the semi-finals.
• Five HCC student actors were selected among 200 students who auditioned for parts in the festival’s “Six by Ten” short play productions. Trine Boode-Petersen, Dan Krystan*, Michael Lewis, Brittany Masse, and L.K. Oday’s acting skills earned them roles in six ten-minute works performed for the festival audience.

Congratulations to all who participated!

*Now at Salem State

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