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NACC Students Attend Regional Theatre
Convention
Six students from the Northeast Alabama
Community College Theatre department attended the Alabama
Conference of Theatre State Screening Auditions in Montgomery,
Alabama. The screening auditions are held on the state level,
and then students are passed on to regional level auditions at
the Southeastern Theatre Conference’s 59th annual convention in
Chattanooga, Tennessee in March 2008. Three of the six NACC
students auditioning were passed on to the regional convention
in March. This is an enormous honor for these three students as
only 40% of the 152 auditionees were passed on to the regional
level. Our students competed against college seniors from large
four year universities. With fifty percent of our students being
passed on compared to much smaller percentages at some of those
larger universities, our students proved their ability. At the
SETC conference in March, these three students will audition for
over 100 companies who are seeking performers for both summer
and year-round roles.
The largest and most active regional theatre organization in the
country, the SETC includes the following member states: Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia. The convention
boasts hundreds of workshops, several keynote speakers,
auditions, commercial & college exhibits, and several theatre
festivals. Top ranked theatre professionals will lead workshops
ranging from fun improvisational workshops to panel discussions
with other theatre professors regarding the changing face of
college theatre. In addition to the wide array of workshops,
participants will be able to meet with colleges all over the
U.S. that offer graduate and undergraduate degrees in theatre as
well as theatre companies offering acting and technical jobs.
Northeast Alabama Community College continues to produce quality
plays at an affordable price. The students and faculty who
attended the auditions would like to thank several people for
their contributions to this trip, Dr. David Campbell and the
faculty and staff of Northeast Alabama Community College and the
NACC Theatre Guild. Without funding and support from both of
these sources, this trip would not have been a reality.
 For
more information on the theatre program at Northeast, go to
www.nacc.edu/nacctheatre
or call 638-4418 or 228-6001, ext. 218.
Pictured from left: Whitney Rooks of Centre,
Jamie McAllister of Fort Payne, Chris Phillips of Sylvania. 2nd
Row: Chad Meeks of Pisgah, Taylor Campbell of Arab, Brenton
Bellomy of Scottsboro. |
