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Lovers Wins at 2009 WACT Festival - posted 3/3/09

February 27th-28th the first act of Kettle Moraine Players production of Lovers: Winners – Losers participated in the 2009 Wisconsin State Community Theater Festival at the River Arts Center in Prairie du Sac, WI. The festival is the first step in the National Theater Festival called AACTFest (American Association of Community Theater Festival), which is held biannually and culminates at the National Finals in Tacoma, WA on June 23rd-27th.

Community theaters from around Wisconsin participated in the State Festival, and two were selected to advance to the regional level of competition: Kettle Moraine Players and Beaver Dam Area Community Theater. Both companies go to South Bend, IN on April 17th-19th for the Region 3 Festival to compete against eight other shows from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. One of the ten shows in the regional competition will be selected to advance to the National Finals in Tacoma, WA on June 23rd-27th, competing against the eleven other regional winners from across the United States.

In addition to winning advancement to the regional competition, Kettle Moraine Players received three other awards. Molly Connell and Mason Salm both received awards for “Excellence in Acting – Youth Group.” Director John Brandl also won an award for "Outstanding Set and Lighting Design."

The cast and crew of Kettle Moraine Players Lovers: Winners – Losers displaying the 2009 Wisconsin Association of Community Theater Festival award plaque on March 1st. Left to right, Row 1: Josh Brandl, Tanya Monet-Bakken, Noel Paswaters, Rachel Wahl, and director John Brandl; Row 2: Alan Venturini, Mason Salm, Megan Raether, John Lennartz and Molly Connell.