The University of Central Missouri Department of Theatre and Dance won several honors at the Kennedy Center American College Region V Theatre Festival Jan. 20-26 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
The festival included 80 universities and more than 1,300 faculty and students from theater departments in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota. The festival presented performances and scenes from invited productions from the top shows in the region and hosted acting, directing, design, playwriting, stage management, dramatic criticism and dramaturgy competitions.
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