Wvtheatre.org
Title
West Virginia Theatre Conference
Description
Coordinating an annual theatre conference which includes workshops, screening auditions for college students interested in regional summer theatre employment, and festivals/competitions for high school and community theatres;
The West Virginia Theatre Conference was formed in 1975 by a group of college, university, and high school theatre directors who felt strongly that West Virginia needed a statewide theatre association. Many of these directors were already involved with the Southeastern Theatre Conference, which is the largest regional theatre conference in the country. SETC encompasses Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Mississippi, Alabama, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In 1975 West Virginia was the only state that did not have an official state theatre association.
Initially, WVTC worked closely with the West Virginia Division of Culture and History on an annual community theatre festival. Commissioner Norman Fagan felt strongly that the Division of Culture and History should take the major responsibility for such a festival and, beginning in 1977, it was held every other year at the Cultural Center. Fagan funded the festival and paid all the travel expenses of the competing community theatres.
Languages
English
