"Cyclone" Receives Kennedy Center ACTF Recognition

The department’s production of "Ride the Cyclone" was registered as an Associate Production in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Region 2 program. As such, it received a response on Friday evening.

Congratulations to the following students who received recognition:

Acting Scholarship Audition (formerly Irene Ryans) Nominees:
Angel Frias Fuertes
Audree Woods
Ty Burgess (alternate)

Music Theatre Intensive Nominee:
Audree Woods

Design/Tech Nominees for Regional Conference:
Elisabetta Antonacci (Stage Manager)
Elie Dixon (Props Master)
Lowden Flower (Set and Light Designer)
Lisa Gallagher (Projection and Sound Designer)
Jen Marquez (Costume Designer)

A special Certificate of Merit was issued for “Excellence in Ensemble” to the cast, crew and the design team for “the outstanding production of a complex, small-cast musical.”

Recognized students are encouraged to participate in the next Regional KCACTF2 festival, planned for January 2025 in Pittsburgh, PA. Professor James Beaudry can be contacted for more information at: jbeaudry@buffalo.edu.

We thank Dr. Ed. Simone (St. Bonaventure, Professor Emeritus) for providing the response, and also James Beaudry for his support in coordinating KCACTF on-campus responses.

Congratulations to the whole "Ride the Cyclone" team! We sincerely thank guest Director Doug Weyand for joining us for this work.