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 his year's MTA festival is being held in Tupelo. We've posted the revised schedule in Adobe Acrobat format here.
We believe in supporting our state,
regional and national theatre associations. Community Theatres, by their nature, should foster ties with others and engage
in the larger "community" of fellow theatre enthusiasts.
We encourage membership in the Mississippi Theatre Association,
the Southeastern Theatre Conference,
and the American Association of Community Theatre.
All of these organizations can assist your community theatre group with information, resources and ideas. Check with AACT to find out the
name and address of your state and regional organizations.
The Mississippi Theatre Association
sponsors a theatre festival and competition each year.
This is an opportunity to learn from others, share information, attend workshops, and showcase your work in exchange for critical review.
TCT has been proud to host the MTA fest in the past, most recently in 1996.
Last year's festival was hosted by
Mississippi State University, and TCT took an abridged version of Dracula to compete. Tupelo had another entry in the competition as well with Midnight Oil Company's production of three short pieces, including an original work by Chris Bosen. In 1999, the event was hosted by Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. TCT's Chris Bosen and David Collins, received all-star cast awards (David's second straight year) for their performances in TCT's production of an excerpt from The Kentucky Cycle. Congrats too, to Gulfport Community Theatre's winning production of The Cotton Patch Gospel.
In 1998, TCT took an abridged version of The Dining Room to MTA Fest in Gulfport, Mississippi, and
we were proud of the great job our team did -- especially Beth Stone Frick, who won best supporting actress honors,
and David Collins, Carolyn Livingston and Otis Tims, who were named to the all-star cast. Otis was awarded honors as
best actor in 1996's competition in Greenville, Mississippi, for his portrayal of C. S. Lewis in Shadowlands,
in which Churck Carsten was awarded best supporting actor for his portrayal of Lewis' brother, Warnie.
Of course, while the awards are great, it's more
important to remember that these gatherings are truly "festivals" at which the theatre arts are celebrated and promoted,
and where you can learn more in a weekend than you can imagination. Sharing information, watching others' interpretations
and selections, competition and sheer entertainment make these events well worth attending! |
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