{"id":554,"date":"2019-07-17T18:18:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/news-archives\/kcactf-awards\/"},"modified":"2020-03-23T13:42:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T13:42:44","slug":"kcactf-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/kcactf-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"WCSU 2016 – WCSU’s ‘Parade’ earns 14 awards at KCACTF"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DANBURY, CONN. <\/strong>\u2014When the Western Connecticut State University<\/a> Department of Theatre Arts<\/a> hosted the Region One Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival<\/a> (KCACTF) in late January, everyone knew it would be an exciting event. Western would get to show off its stunning Visual and Performing Arts Center<\/a> and at the same time demonstrate the talents of its students with a festival performance of \u201cParade<\/a>,\u201d the musical theatre program\u2019s fall production.<\/p>\n

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No one could have anticipated just how exciting it would turn out to be: Western\u2019s production earned 14 national awards from the KCACTF judges and an invitation for director Tim Howard and lead performers Shaylen Harger and Matthew Grasso to attend the national KCACTF festival in Washington, D.C., to perform and accept the awards next month.<\/p>\n

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Western\u2019s award winners are listed below. Congratulations!<\/p>\n

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Outstanding Production of a Musical \u2013 \u201cParade\u201d<\/p>\n

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Musical \u2013 Shaylen Harger<\/p>\n

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Musical \u2013 Matthew Grasso<\/p>\n

Outstanding Director of a Musical \u2013 Tim Howard<\/p>\n

Outstanding Choreography \u2013 Tim Howard and Elizabeth Parkinson<\/p>\n

Distinguished Performance by an Actor in a Musical \u2013\u00a0D\u2019Jarious Allen<\/p>\n

Distinguished Performance and Production Ensemble \u2013 Parade<\/p>\n

Distinguished Costume Design \u2013 Irene Thelen<\/p>\n

Distinguished Lighting Design \u2013 Scott Cally<\/p>\n

Distinguished Sound Design and Engineering \u2013 Zachary Charles<\/p>\n

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Commendation certificates of achievement for:<\/p>\n

Jared Starkey, Performance<\/p>\n

Jillian Caillouette, Performance<\/p>\n

Tom Cuffari, Musical Direction<\/p>\n

Brionna Ingraham, Stage Management<\/p>\n

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Western Connecticut State University offers outstanding faculty in a range of quality academic programs. Our diverse university community provides students an enriching and supportive environment that takes advantage of the unique cultural offerings of Western Connecticut and New York. Our vision: To be an affordable public university with the characteristics of New England\u2019s best small private universities.<\/p>\n

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