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The Tennessee Theatre Association
- Presidents of the Association
- TTA Publication Services
- State, Regional, and National Theatre Support Organizations
- Citations and Honors
- Community Theatre Division Festival / American Association of Community Theatres Festival
- Secondary School Division One-Act Play Festival
- Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
A. Presidents of the Association
| Year | President | Convention Site(s) |
| 1968 | Paul Crabtree, Crossville | Crossville |
| 1969 | Fred Fields, Knoxville | Gatlinburg |
| 1970 | Fred Fields, Knoxville | Shelbyville |
| 1971 | Sherwood Lohrey, Memphis | Gatlinburg |
| 1972 | Cecil Jones, Nashville | Nashville |
| 1973 | Thomas P. Cooke, Knoxville | Chattanooga |
| 1974 | Dorethe Tucker, Murfreesboro | Murfreesboro |
| 1975 | Patricia Bogan, Memphis | Memphis |
| 1976 | John Bradley, Cleveland | Gatlinburg |
| 1977 | Richard Boyd, Murfreesboro | Nashville |
| 1978 | Jean K. Prince, Columbia | Jackson |
| 1979 | Terry Holcomb, Morristown | Knoxville |
| 1980 | Lorayne W. Lester, Knoxville | Nashville |
| 1981 | Jackie Nichols, Memphis | Memphis |
| 1982 | Harold Frank, Johnson City | Johnson City |
| 1983 | I. Joe Filippo, Clarksville | Clarksville |
| 1984 | Joe Lowry, Madisonville | Murfreesboro |
| 1985 | Brenda Poteet, Jackson | Jackson |
| 1986 | Richard A. Northcutt, Woodbury | Gallatin |
| 1987 | Rodney Van Valkenburg, Chattanooga | Chattanooga |
| 1988 | Gary Harris, Nashville | Nashville |
| 1989 | Tommy Scott, Jackson | Jackson |
| 1990 | Bill Black, Knoxville | Nashville |
| 1991 | Don Thomas, Knoxville | Oak Ridge |
| 1992 | Rick Seay, Nashville | Nashville |
| 1993 | Dale McGilliard, Murfreesboro | Memphis |
| 1994 | Ron McIntyre-Fender, Oak Ridge | Murfreesboro |
| 1995 | Mary Louis Smith, Nashville | Oak Ridge |
| 1996-97 | Mark Creter, Cookeville | Cookeville, Clarksville |
| 1998-99 | Tom Parkhill, Knoxville | Cookeville, Knoxville |
| 2000-01 | Scott Boyd, Nashville | Cookeville, Jackson |
| 2002-03 | Jeffrey Brown, Chattanooga | Chattanooga, Clarksville |
| 2004-05 | Les Beaver, Knoxville | Jackson, Cookeville |
| 2006-07 | Leni Dyer, Clarksville | Johnson City, Jackson |
The Tennessee Theatre Association publishes FOCUS, the official organization newsletter, and the TTA DIRECTORY, both of which are provided without charge to TTA members. Additionally, TTA maintains the TENNESSEE THEATRE REGISTRY that includes the names and addresses of professional, community, secondary school, college and university, and children’s theatre groups in Tennessee. TTA members may order the Registry at $7.00 per copy to cover duplication and mailing costs, or may download a PDF-format copy from our web site. Non-TTA members may purchase copies at $20.00 each.
TENNESSEE THEATRE REGISTRY
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(73k PDF file)
Prices of pre-printed mailing labels for TTA individual and organizational members and Registry are available on request.
C. State, Regional, and National Theatre Support Organizations
The Tennessee Arts Commission
The Tennessee Arts Commission is a program of state government which distributes state arts funding as well as funds given by the National Endowment for the Arts. The TAC has provided grants not only for TTA but for many member organizations as well. For information, write Tennessee Arts Commission, 401 Charlotte Avenue, Nashville, TN, 37243-8559, or call 615-741-1701, or visit www.arts.state.tn.us.
Humanities Tennessee
Humanities Tennessee is the indepented state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, which supports the study and research in the literature of theatre, especially dramatic theory, criticism and theatre history. For information, write Humanities Tennessee, 1003 18th Avenue S, Nashville, TN 37212-2104, call (615) 320-7001 or visit www.tn-humanities.org.
The Southeastern Theatre Conference
SETC is the largest regional theatre association in the United States, with an annual gathering that attracts more than 3,000 people per year. TTA represents Tennessee in the conference along with state theatre organizations from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. For information, write to Betsey Baun, Executive Director, The Southeastern Theatre Conference, P. O. Box 9868, Greensboro, NC, call 336-272-3645 or visit
www.SETC.org.
The American Association of Community Theatres
AACT was formed when the American Theatre Association was dissolved in 1985. The members of the ATA community theatre division formed a national organization. AACT sponsors the national AACTFEST competition. For information, write: Julie Angelo, Executive Director, The American Association of Community Theatres, 8402 Briarwood Circle, Lago Vista, TX, 78645, call (866) 687-2228 or visit www.aact.org.
The Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival
KC/ACTF is a national theatre program which involves more than 18,000 students from 600 institutions across the country where theater departments and student artists showcase their work and receive outside assessment by KCACTF respondents. TTA hosts the state KC/ACTF Festival each year, from which schools and students can proceed to Region IV events and the national festival in Washnington, D.C. For more information, contact Susan Shaffer, Co-Manager, Administration, KCACTF, 2700 F Street NW, Washington, D. C., 20566, call (202) 416-8857 or visit www.KCACTF.org.
D. Citations and Honors
The Tennessee Theatre Association regularly recognizes and commends those persons or organizations that make outstanding contributions to theatre in Tennessee. The Distinguished Service Award honors not only dedicated long-term support of theatre in the state but also conspicuous service to the Tennessee Theatre Association. The Distinguished Achievement Award is a commendation for an outstanding achievement in theatre during the previous year.
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Distinguished Service Award 1974 Elizabeth Rike and Ann S. Hill (Governor’s Award Winners) 1975 Freda Kenner (Governor’s Award Winner) 1976 Fred Fields 1977 Dorothy Hackett Ward 1978 Dorethe Tucker 1979 Thomas P. Cooke 1980 Sherwood Lohrey 1981 Dicki Farrar 1982 Lorayne W. Lester 1983 Jean K. Prince 1984 Richard Boyd 1985 Freda Kenner 1986 Robert Mashburn 1987 Joe Filippo 1988 Daryl Frank 1989 Elizabeth Rike 1990 1991 Paul Ebert 1992 1993 Sherwood Lohrey 1994 Tom Naylor 1995 Wanda Wilson 1996 Doug Mason 1997 Sally Welch 1998 Mary Hargrove 1999 Bud Frank 2000 Judy Duke 2001 Pat Alford 2002 NOT AWARDED 2003 Elizabeth Rike 2004 NOT AWARDED 2005 NOT AWARDED 2006 NOT AWARDED |
Distinguished Achievement Award 1980 Warren K. Sumners 1981 Jackie Nichols 1983 James G. Walls, Jr. 1984 Mac Pirkle 1985 Harold Frank 1986 Clara Hieronymus 1987 Paul Ebert 1988 Pulaski National Bank 1989 Bea Miller 1990 1991 Some Magazine - Jeff Ellis 1992 1993 Theatre Memphis 1994 MTSU Governor’s School 1995 Patricia Neal 1996 1997 Nashville Children’s Theatre 1998 Cumberland County Playhouse 1999 Carpetbag Theatre 2000 NOT AWARDED 2001 Jessie Byrum 2002 NOT AWARDED 2003 Chattanooga Theatre Centre 2004 NOT AWARDED 2005 Dennis Haskins 2006 Daryl Frank |
E. Community Theatre Division Festival
American Association of Community Theatres Festival
The Tennessee Theatre Association has sponsored the biennial state competition for the American Association of Community Theatres Festival, AACT-FEST (formerly called FACT, Festival of American Community Theatres) since its beginning in 1972. In 1994, the Community Theatre Division of TTA decided to send the second place winner in a festival year to SETC in the years that a state festival was not held. In 1997, the Division decided to hold a annual state community theatre festival. Winners of the state festivals who have represented Tennessee at the Southeastern Theatre Conference regional festival are:
| 1972 | Theatre Memphis | Gnadiges Fraulein | SETC Winner |
| 1974 | Theatre Memphis | Schubert’s Last Serenade | SETC Winner * |
| 1976 | Theatre Memphis | Ravenswood | SETC Winner |
| 1978 | Circuit Playhouse (Memphis) | Baby Dave | SETC Winner |
| 1980 | Theatre Memphis | Medea | |
| 1982 | Theatre Memphis | Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You | SETC Winner |
| 1984 | Premier Playhouse (Bells) | Home Free | |
| 1986 | Circle Players (Nashville) | A...My Name is Alice | SETC Winner |
| 1988 | Little Theatre of Chattanooga | Pump Boys and Dinnettes | SETC Winner † |
| 1990 | Theatre Memphis | The Frog Prince | |
| 1992 | Theatre Memphis | Suddenly Last Summer | |
| 1994 | Oak Ridge Community Playhouse | Falsettoland | SETC Winner ‡ |
| 1995 | Germantown Community Theatre | Cardigans | |
| 1996 | Theatre Memphis | Pterodactyls | |
| 1997 | Germantown Community Theatre | Cardigans | |
| 1998 | Murfreesboro Little Theatre | The Complete Works of Wm. Shakespeare (Abridged) | |
| 1999 | Cookeville Drama Center | The Harry and Sam Dialogues | |
| 2000 | Theatre Memphis | The Beauty Queen of Leenane | |
| 2001 | Playwright's Forum of Memphis | Marriage to an Older Woman | |
| 2002 | Cookeville Drama Center | Of Mice and Men | |
| 2003 | Downtown Players (Jackson) | The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) | |
| 2004 | Cookeville Drama Center | Stones in His Pockets | |
| 2005 | Wesley Arena Theatre | Driving Miss Daisy | |
| 2006 | Cookeville Drama Theatre | Escanaba in the Moonlight | |
* National Winner - United States Representative to International Theatre Olympiad, Detroit.
† National Winner – United States Representative to International Theatre Festival, Aruba
‡ National Winner - United States Representative to International Festival diTeatro, Aruba
F. Secondary School Division One-Act Play Festival
The Tennessee Theatre Association annually sponsors the winner of the state high school play competition as Tennessee’s representative to the SETC Festival. State festival winners are:
| 1976 | West High School, Knoxville | |
| 1977 | West High School, Knoxville | |
| 1978 | Shelbyville High School, Shelbyville | |
| 1979 | Heritage High School, Maryville | |
| 1980 | Clarksville High School, Clarksville | |
| 1981 | Germantown High School, Germantown | |
| 1982 | Heritage High School, Maryville | |
| 1983 | St. Andrews High School, St. Andrews | |
| 1984 | University School, Nashville | The Still Alarm |
| 1985 | West High School, Knoxville | |
| 1986 | Memphis University School, Memphis | |
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| 1990 | Father Ryan, Nashville | |
| 1991 | Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge | Impromptu |
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| 1993 | Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge | The Elephant Man |
| 1994 | Morristown-West High School, Morristown | The Boys Next Door |
| 1995 | Morristown-West High School, Morristown | Joined at the Head |
| 1996 | Farragut High School, Farragut | The Diviners |
| 1997 | Morristown-West High School, Morristown | 21A |
| 1998 | Hillwood High School, Nashville | A Midsummer’s Night Dream |
| 1999 | Science Hill High School | |
| 2000 | Morristown West High School, Morristown | The Boys Next Door |
| 2001 | Jackson Central Merry High School, Jackson | Drive-In |
| 2002 | Jackson Central Merry High School, Jackson | |
| 2003 | Bearden High School, Knoxville | La Dispute |
| 2004 | Cordova High School, Cordova | Driving Miss Daisy |
| 2005 | Montgomery Bell Academy, Nashville | Oh What a Lovely War |
| 2006 | Bearden High School, Knoxville | The Owl & the Pussycat |
F. Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
The Tennessee State Festival, first held in the fall of 2000, has given students and faculty from across the state an opportunity to meet, see each other's work, and share fellowship in the larger theatre community. Since its inception several productions have been invited to participate in the regional festival, the National Festival in Washington DC, and numerous individual students have won regional and national recognition in playwriting, criticism, theatre design, and acting.
As part of the Tennessee Theatre Association's fall conference, participants in the KCACTF can not only see other KCACTF productions, but also productions entered in the Secondary School Play Festival and the American Community Theatre Festival. Students and faculty can take part in workshops and panel discussions. Actors can take part in the SETC Screening Auditions. And everyone can interact socially with other theatre practitioners from across the state.
For information regarding the KCACTF or to register with the national office log on to:
www.KCACTF.org
To visit the regional website:
www.kcactf4.org
The Tennessee Theatre Association has sponsored the state festival of the KC/ACTF annual since 2000 Schools representing Tennessee at Region IV ACTF events (and on to the National Festival in Washington D. C. where noted) were:
| 2000 | East Tennessee State University, Johnson City (National) | |
| 2001 | Lambuth University, Jackson and University of Memphis | |
| 2002 | (none) | |
| 2003 | Pellissippi State Technical Community College, Knoxville | |
| 2006 | Milligan College, Johnson City Pellissippi State Technical Community College, Knoxville King College, Bristol |