A local touring troupe for children won top honors at the Kentucky
Theatre Association Community Theatre Festival. Actors for Children Theatre of Flatwoods,
Ky., was selected as KTA’s 2013 “Outstanding Production” for its performance of A Thousand
Cranes, a play for children written by Katherine Shultz Miller.
ACT was also honored with the festival’s award for “Best Actor,” for Zach Davis’ portrayal of Kenji. The production also won “Outstanding Costume Design.”
“ACT could not be more excited that to be selected by to represent Kentucky next March at the Southeastern Theatre Conference Community Theatre Festival,” said Sarah Diamond Burroway, director of ACT.
A Thousand Cranes was presented by special arrangement with Dramatic Publishing of Woodstock, Ill. ACT presented the performance throughout the tri-state area this fall in a tour of middle and high school venues and public libraries.
“ACT exists to share live, educational theatre with arts-underserved audiences,” Burroway stated.
“Telling the true story of a young Japanese girl who lived through the bombing of Hiroshima in World War II, then later died from leukemia caused by radiation exposure allowed ACT to bring history, literature, art, science and world studies to hundreds and hundreds of local students,” she continued.
In addition to Diamond Burroway, who served on the cast and as director, cast members for ACT include: Bill Burroway of Flatwoods, Ky.; Zach Davis of Kenova, W.Va.; Jinnie Knight of Huntington; and Tish Maynard of Ashland.
KTA also advanced Artists Collaborative Theatre of Elkhorn City to SETC for their “Outstanding Production” of Quilters: The Musical. The Pike County troupe also won “Best Actress,” “Best Supporting Actress” and “Outstanding Scenic Design” at the festival.
The Flatwoods company will perform in competition with theatre groups from 10 southeastern states in Mobile, Ala., in March 2014.
For more information or to book a performance, contact Sarah Diamond Burroway, director, at 606-922-2903. ACT is a non-profit organization and a member of the Kentucky Theatre Association and the American Association of Community Theatres.
(Photos courtesy Bill Tussey)
ACT was also honored with the festival’s award for “Best Actor,” for Zach Davis’ portrayal of Kenji. The production also won “Outstanding Costume Design.”
“ACT could not be more excited that to be selected by to represent Kentucky next March at the Southeastern Theatre Conference Community Theatre Festival,” said Sarah Diamond Burroway, director of ACT.
A Thousand Cranes was presented by special arrangement with Dramatic Publishing of Woodstock, Ill. ACT presented the performance throughout the tri-state area this fall in a tour of middle and high school venues and public libraries.
“ACT exists to share live, educational theatre with arts-underserved audiences,” Burroway stated.
“Telling the true story of a young Japanese girl who lived through the bombing of Hiroshima in World War II, then later died from leukemia caused by radiation exposure allowed ACT to bring history, literature, art, science and world studies to hundreds and hundreds of local students,” she continued.
In addition to Diamond Burroway, who served on the cast and as director, cast members for ACT include: Bill Burroway of Flatwoods, Ky.; Zach Davis of Kenova, W.Va.; Jinnie Knight of Huntington; and Tish Maynard of Ashland.
KTA also advanced Artists Collaborative Theatre of Elkhorn City to SETC for their “Outstanding Production” of Quilters: The Musical. The Pike County troupe also won “Best Actress,” “Best Supporting Actress” and “Outstanding Scenic Design” at the festival.
The Flatwoods company will perform in competition with theatre groups from 10 southeastern states in Mobile, Ala., in March 2014.
For more information or to book a performance, contact Sarah Diamond Burroway, director, at 606-922-2903. ACT is a non-profit organization and a member of the Kentucky Theatre Association and the American Association of Community Theatres.
(Photos courtesy Bill Tussey)
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