Katy Visual and Performing Arts Center of Katy, Texas is proud to announce that its production of On the Road With Hank the Horse has won the honor of performing at Region VI AACTFest 2015 festival to be held at the KiMo Theatre in Albuquerque, New Mexico April 8 - 12, 2015.
To be eligible to perform at the Region VI AACTFest 2015 festival, the Katy Visual and Performing Arts Center performed at the Texas State AACTFest in March at the MC Grand Theatre in Lewisville. In addition to winning the Texas State AACTFest, the production was honored with Festival Adjudicator Awards for Audience Acclaim, All-Star Cast and Excellence in Directing.
Katy Visual and Performing Arts Center is hoping to receive top honors at the Region VI AACTFest so it may perform at the national community theatre festival this summer in Grand Rapids, Michigan. AACTFest 2015 will take place June 23 - 28 and will showcase twelve community theatre productions from across the United States and the U.S. Military Overseas.
AACTFest 2015 details are available at aactfest.org/15. The public is invited to attend both the regional and national festivals.
"We are so very proud of this cast and production team for their achievements thus far," says Lisa Connolly, KVPAC's Public Relations Manager. "We want to see them go all the way and have created an on-line fundraising opportunity for the community to easily help support the traveling expense to AACTFest 2015. Donations are accepted any time at www.gofundme.com/ppd6xo."
AACTFest is a program of the American Association of Community Theatre. It is a biennial event that has been held since 1969.
The American Association of Community Theatre (AACT) is the resource connection for America's theatres. AACT represents the interests of more than 7,000 theatres across the United States and its territories, as well as theatre companies with the armed services overseas.
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