{"id":1487,"date":"2025-01-04T01:44:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T06:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/?p=1487"},"modified":"2025-01-06T02:50:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T07:50:48","slug":"dmtc-to-be-honored-at-the-kennedy-center-american-college-theater-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/2025\/01\/04\/dmtc-to-be-honored-at-the-kennedy-center-american-college-theater-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"DMTC to be honored at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1504\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2025\/01\/IMG_6278.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2025\/01\/IMG_6278.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2025\/01\/IMG_6278.jpeg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2025\/01\/IMG_6278.jpeg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2025\/01\/IMG_6278.jpeg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2025\/01\/IMG_6278.jpeg?resize=622%2C350&amp;ssl=1 622w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2025\/01\/IMG_6278.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Three Detroit Mercy Theatre Company productions have been honored recently.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Two productions were selected for recognition at the<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) Region 3. The festival, which highlights excellence in collegiate theater, will take place in Madison, Wisc., in January.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">DMTC\u2019s production of <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again]<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> has been selected as a full production, one of the highest honors awarded at the festival. Additionally, <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Photograph 51<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> will be presented in the Associate Production category, with a featured scene showcased during the Costume Parade event.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This is just the fourth time since 1970 that DMTC has been invited to perform a full production at KCACTF, placing the program among the top collegiate theater programs in the Midwest.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">DMTC is currently preparing to bring both productions to the festival, which will provide students with opportunities to perform for regional audiences, engage in workshops, and connect with theater professionals.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In addition, DMTC\u2019s fall 2023 production of <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A Year with Frog and Toad<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> earned six Wilde Awards, given to professional productions across Michigan. More than 100 productions were reviewed for honors.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The production shared best musical honors with six other productions; Sarah Rusk was among 11 honorees for best director of a musical, Luke Adamkiewicz and Alexander Knightwright shared best actor in a musical honors with 10 others; Mary Elizabeth Valesano was one of nine receiving a best costumes honor and Daniel Grieg was one of eight honored for his musical direction.&nbsp;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Detroit Mercy Theatre Company productions have been honored recently.&nbsp; Two productions were selected for recognition at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) Region 3. The festival, which highlights excellence in collegiate theater, will take place in Madison, Wisc., in January.&nbsp; DMTC\u2019s production of The Complete Works of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":682,"featured_media":1504,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2025\/01\/IMG_6278.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/682"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1487"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1509,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487\/revisions\/1509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}