Organizations

American College Theatre Festival (ACTF)
The Kennedy Center/ American College Theatre Festival is a national organization dedicated to promoting excellence in theatre. ACTF has divided the country into 8 regions (we are a part of Region 3 which includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin). Every year, each region holds a festival for its member states. The Region 3 festival is always in January. In 1994 and 1995 the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay hosted the Region 3 Festivals! The festival is a 5-day event drawing over 1000 theatre students, educators and guest artists from around the country. Events include workshops, performances of 1 act and full-length plays and competitions in acting, design, playwriting and theatre criticism. At least 6 productions are chosen from around the region to perform at the regional festival.

In the Spring, a National Festival is held at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Six productions selected from the regional festivals are invited to perform at the National Festival. The finals of the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Competition are held at this time and winners in the design, playwriting and critics competitions are honored and their work displayed.

On a local level, ACTF is an important part of our program. Each of our Mainstage productions is visited by an ACTF adjudicator who gives oral feedback to the company after viewing a performance. One Mainstage production each year will be entered as a Participating Entry and will be considered by a Regional Committee for selection for attendance at the Regional Festival.

Each year, a group of students and faculty attend the Regional Festival. Students are encouraged to enter design, playwriting and critics’ competitions. The festival offers us the chance to meet colleagues, participate in workshops and to see the work of university theatre programs in our region. It is an exciting and enriching experience and one that we encourage all theatre students to participate in at least once.

Alternate Theatre (A.T.)
Alternate Theatre is a Student Theatre Organization that provides additional Theatrical and Creative experiences for students. Past activities have included full-length and one-act play production, an evening of scenes to showcase new talent, poetry readings, field trips, play readings, guest artists, production t-shirt sales, and AIDS Awareness activities. Alternate Theatre also sponsors our Spring “Coarse Awards”, a year-end celebration for everyone who has participated in University Theatre activities. Membership to Alternate Theatre is open, everyone is welcome. Ask an AT Board Member for details.

Danceworks
Danceworks is a student dance organization whose primary goal is to promote and produce/fund "Danceworks, the Concert" each spring semester. In addition to promotion and fundraising, UWGB students have the opportunity to work under UWGB Dance and Theatre faculty on production aspects of the concert as well as choreograph and perform. Membership is open to all UWGB students. Watch the dance callboard or speak to the Danceworks faculty advisor, Denise Carlson-Gardner for more details.