- Location, maps and directions
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KMC OnstageKleber KaserneBuilding 3232Mannheimerstrasse67657 KaiserslauternGermany
- Festival Schedule
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Schedule Subject to Change.All performances are at KMC Onstage.All events are free and open to the public.Please note: All start times and show lengths are estimates.Friday, Oct. 91830 hrs: Monologue Competition Sign-Up (Lobby)1900: Hamlette by Allison Williams (30”) Youth Fest EntryKMC Onstage, Kaiserslautern1945: Sleeping Beauty, Briar Rose by Max Bush (45”) Youth Fest EntryThe Amelia Earhart Playhouse, Wiesbaden2045: Exposure by Bridgette Dutta Portaman (10")KMC Onstage Studio , Kaiserslautern2115: The Bacchae by Euripides (30”) PG ratingKMC Onstage Main Stage Theater, Kaiserslautern
Saturday, Oct. 10
0900-1000: Scheduled Monologue Coaching Session #1 with Andrea Huber.(KMC Onstage Lobby)0930-1100: Acting & Scene Study Workshop. Presented by Paul Bourne. (18 yrs. & up)0930-1100: Improvisation for the Young Actor. Presented by Michelle Yamazaki (10-17 yrs)1000-1100: Scheduled Monologue Coaching Session #3 with Andrea Huber.1045-1200: Sound Design Workshop. Presented by Vic Phillipson(KMC Onstage Mainstage)1200-1300: Scheduled Monologue Coaching Session #3 with Andrea Huber.1400: An Absolutely True Story (As Told be a Bunch of Lying Liars) by Ian McWethy (45”) Youth Fest EntryThe Graf Performing Arts Center1500: Act Without Words 1 by Samuel Beckett (15”) Youth Fest EntryThe Terrace Playhouse Youth Troupe, AnsbachThe SHAPE Performing Arts Center1645: Catastrophe and Play by Samuel Beckett (25”)The Terrace Playhouse, Ansbach* * * * Dinner Break * * * *1900: The Whole Shebang by Richard Orloff (50”)The Stuttgart Theatre Center2015: Full Frontal Nudity by Terrence McNally (45”) Adult languageThe Soldiers’ Theatre, Vicenza, Italy2100: The 39 Steps by Patrick Barlow (58”)The Amelia Earhart Playhouse, WiesbadenSunday, Oct. 110900-1000: Singing Workshop for Youth (Ages 7-12)presented by Andrea Huber, Dane Winters & Alan BuxkemperPrepared musical selection with sheet music required.(at KMC Onstage)1015-1130: Singing Workshop for Teens and Adults (Age 13 yrs and up)presented by Andrea Huber, Dane Winters & Alan BuxkemperPrepared musical selection with sheet music required.(at KMC Onstage)1015-1130: Theatrix Costume Collection Orientation, costume maintence and procedures.presented by Brian McGrail and Kimberly Stockton.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for all Theatrix costume users.(KMC Onstage Green Room)1030-1230: A Young Actors Toolbox. Presented by Michelle Yamazaki. (Ages 10-17)(KCAC, Daenner Kaserne)1135-1245: Army Entertainment Staff Meeting (KMC Onstage Green Room)1300-1330: Monologue Competition (at KMC Onstage)1400-1530: Youth Workshops (TBD. KCAC, Daenner Kaserne)1600-1700: Festival Awards & Closing Ceremony(at KMC Onstage) - One Act Festival Guidelines & Forms
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- Youth Festival Guidelines & Forms
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The US Army Entertainment Youth Festival follows the American Association of Community Theatre (AACT) guidelines and procedures.2020 US Army Entertainment Youth Festival Goals• To provide learning experiences in artistic, technical, and management areas through performances, adjudication, workshops, and festival participation; thereby affirming, supporting, and nurturing youth theatre participation and production.• To stimulate and inspire youth to strive toward excellence in theatrical production and to recognize them for their achievement through an appropriate adjudication process.• To develop enlightened and discerning audiences for youth and community theatre through participation, observation, and constructive adjudication. - Festival Adjudicators and Workshop Leaders
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Paul Bourne is the Artistic Director of the Menagerie Theatre Company, Cambridge, England. He is also the artistic director of the international Hotbed Festival of New Writing and a former Artistic Director of Center Stage, New York. Paul is a Fellow at The University of Cambridge and a faculty member at Skolkovo University in Moscow. His international directing career has spanned across Europe and he has directed over seventy professional productions in ten different countries. His work has ranged from productions on the Fringe to major international productions in St. Petersburg and London's West End. Highlights include the world premiere of Tennessee Williams’ Guignol in New York and the world touring production of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged (out of Washington DC). Paul was a Judge at the very first US Army One Act Play Festival in 1995. He has been involved in Army Entertainment for many years running master classes, directing and supporting programs in Europe and The US. Paul is the creator of the US Army/IMCOM Europe Entertainment performance workshop, “It’s No Joke! Act Against Bullying.” This workshop addresses the issues of bullying among youth and is being presented by Entertainment Branches in cooperation with US Army CYSS at all US Army Garrisons in Germany and Italy.
Andrea Huber is an internationally renowned performer and director. A graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University, she is also an Irene Ryan National Acting Award Winner. As an opera singer and musical theatre performer, she has performed at the Krefeld-Moenchengladbach Opera House, the Graz Opera House, the Prague State Opera and many other major opera venues in Europe. She has also performed as an actress and singer in South Africa, Norway, Greece and the US. She performed in Kiss of the Spiderwoman in Baden bei Wien in Austria, presented her one-woman Kurt Weill show in Graz, Austria in March 2020. Andrea directed a highly successful production of The Marriage of Figaro for the Boston Opera Collaborative in Feb. 2020. She also directed Oliver! and Sweeney Todd at the former Roadside Theater in Heidelberg, where she also performed her one-woman cabaret shows to rave reviews. Andrea was an adjudicator and workshop leader for the 2015 and 2019 US Army One Page Play Festival and the 2020 TOPPERs.
Vic Phillipson has worked for Army Entertainment for 29 years. He was an Entertainment Director in Giessen from 1992 until 1995, and then in Heidelberg from 1995 until 2000. Since moving to Norway in 2000, he has worked as a technical consultant for the program. He has served as the Technical Director and Stage Manager for the annual IMCOM Europe One Act/One Page Play Festivals and the Tournament of Plays (TOPPERs) Awards Show and Ceremony for over 22 years. When not consulting for Army Entertainment, Vic produces plays and musicals in Norway and works as a Port Agent for European Cruise Service at points of call for cruise ships all along the southern coast of Norway.
Michelle Yamazaki has her BFA in Theatre Arts and is an actor, director and certified drama teacher. Michelle has acted in repertory, summer stock and regional theatre in the western United States. Before moving to Japan in 2008, Michelle taught drama in the US where she established award-winning high school theatre programs and implemented summer camps for teens. While in Japan Michelle was an actor, director and board member for Tokyo International Players where she co-founded their highly successful youth program, TIP Youth, teaching, directing and producing youth-centered main stage productions and classes. Since moving to Germany, Michelle has been involved in KMC Onstage as a director and performer and was part of the team for re-establishing the teen summer theatre camp in 2018. Her directing credits for KMC Onstage include Much Ado About Nothing, Sweeney Todd and Little Shop of Horrors and she is looking forward to directing Hello, Dolly! later this season. - Participating Theaters and Shows
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Titles are subject to change.The Amelia Earhart Playhouse. USAG Wiesbaden, Germany."Sleeping Beauty, Briar Rose" by Max Bush (Youth Fest Entry)"The 39 Steps" by Patrick BarlowThe SHAPE Performing Arts Center. USAG Benelux, Belgium."Holy Days" by Sally NemethKMC Onstage. USAG Rheinland Pfalz/Kaiserslautern, Germany."The Bacchae" by Euripides"TBA""Hamlette" by Allison WilliamsThe Stuttgart Theater Center. USAG Stuttgart, Germany."The Whole Shebang" by Richard Orff"An Absolutely True Story (As Told by a Bunch of Lying Liars" by Ian McWethy (Youth Fest Entry)The Ansbach Terrace Playhouse. USAG Ansbach, Germany."Catastophe" and "Play" by Samuel Beckett"Act Without Words" by Samuel Beckett (Youth Fest Entry)The Soldiers' Theatre. USAG Italy/Vicenza, Italy."Full Frontal Nudity" by Terrence McNally (Recommend for Mature Audiences)
- NEW! Festival Results and Awards
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The 2020 One Act Play Festival and YouthFEST Awards presented on Sunday, Oct. 11 at KMC Onstage.Congratulations to all the winners, nominated and participants.
YouthFEST 20 Awards
*Outstanding Achievement in Set Design & Stage Concept.
Act Without Words 1. The Ansbach Terrace Playhouse Youth Troupe*Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design
Sleeping Beauty, Brier Rose. Wiesbaden's Amelia Earhart Playhouse*Outstanding Achievement in Stage Management
Hamlette. KMC Onstage Youth*Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Jacob Barnes for Sleeping Beauty, Brier Rose. Wiesbaden's Amelia Earhart Playhouse*Outstanding Achievement in Ensemble Acting
An Absolutely True Story....As Told by a Bunch of Lying Liars. Graf Performing Arts Center*Outstanding Achievement in Acting (6 awards)
Isabella Pizzaro as "Erda". Sleeping Beauty, Brier Rose. Wiesbaden's Amelia Earhart Playhouse.Dakota Allred as "The Narrator". Sleeping Beauty, Brier Rose. Wiesbaden's Amelia Earhart Playhouse.Kamarin Markus as "The Queen". Hamlette. KMC Onstage YouthClaire Cash as "Hamlette". Hamlette. KMC Onstage YouthCalley Linzmayer as "Ava". An Absolutely True Story....As Told by a Bunch of Lying Liars. Graf Performing Arts CenterMathew Kornechuck as "Dad." An Absolutely True Story....As Told by a Bunch of Lying Liars. Graf Performing Arts Center*Outstanding YouthFest Production.
3rd Place: (TIE)
Act Without Words. Ansbach Terrace Playhouse Youth TroupeAn Absolutely True Story....As Told by a Bunch of Lying Liars. Graf Performing Arts Center2nd Place:
Sleeping Beauty, Brier Rose. Wiesbaden's Amelia Earhart Playhouse1st Place:
Hamlette. KMC Onstage Youth!Monologue Competition Award Winnters
1st Place: Fox. USAG Kaiserslautern2nd Place: Tom Navo. USAG Kaiserslautern3rd Place: Louella Sikorski. USAG StuttgartUS Army IMCOM E One Act Play Festival Awards
* Best Ensemble Acting
Winner: The 39 Steps. Wiesbaden's Amelia Earhart PlayhouseNom: The Bacchae. KMC Onstage MainstageNom: Catastrophe and Play. Ansbach's Terrace Playhouse*Best Featured Performer
Winner: Neil Coldwells as "Triesias". The Bacchae. KMC Onstage Mainstage.Nom. Tony Pegg as "The Protagonist". Catastrophe. Ansbach's Terrace Playhouse.Nom: Susanne Katherine Scherrer as "The Assistant. Catastrophe. Ansbach's Terrace Playhouse.*Best Supporting Performer
Winner: Sarah Haussermann in multiple roles. The 39 Steps. Wiesbaden's Amelia Earhart PlayhouseNom: LTC Timothy Sikorski as "Harvey". The Whole Shebang. Stuttgart Theatre Center.Nom: Alphonse Ortiz as "Leo". Full Frontal Nudity. Vicenza's Soldiers' Theatre.Nom: Gabrielle Anderson as "The Dean". The Whole Shebang. Stuttgart Theatre Center.Nom: Allison Harrison as "Edna". The Whole Shebang. Stuttgart Theatre Center* Best Stage Manager
Winner: Theano Mavroidis. The Bacchae. KMC Onstage Mainstage.Nom: LTC Timothy Sikorski. The Whole Shebang. Suttgart Theatre CenterNom: Susan Herbst. Catastrophe and Play. Ansbach Terrace Playhouse* Best Actor
Winner: Eric Nelson as "Gant". Holy Days. SHAPE Players Performing Arts CenterNom: SFC Brad Latham as "Richard". The 39 Steps. Wiesbaden's Amelia Earhart PlayhouseNom: Airman 1st Class Ryan Jenson as "Dionysus". The Bacchae. KMC Onstage MainstageNom: SGT Antonio Panonne as "Will". Holy Days. SHAPE Players Performing Arts Center* Best Actress
Winner: Meg Long as "Rosie". Holy Days. SHAPE Players Performing Arts CenterNom: CeLyna Chichester as "Molly". Holy Days. SHAPE Players Performing Arts CenterNom: April Salomaa as "The Student". The Whole Shebang. Stuttgart Theatre CenterNom: Trudy Moellmann as "Woman #1". Play. Ansbach Terrace Playhouse*Best Volunteer Director
Winner: Martin C. Jelonek. The Whole Shebang. The Stuttgart Theatre Center.Nom: Daniella Balasa. Exposure. KMC Onstage StudioNom: Christine Lumpkin. The Bacchae. KMC Onstage Mainstage*Best One Act Play
First Place: Holy Days. SHAPE Players Performing Arts CenterSecond Place: The Bacchae. KMC Onstage MainstageThird Place: The Whole Shebang. Stuttgart Theatre CenterAmerican Association of Community Theatre (AACT) 2020 Award Winners
AACT Spotlight Award: SGT Martin Sinlao, Vicenza's Soldiers' Theatre.AACT Spotlight Award: Alphonse Ortiz, Vicenza's Soldiers' Theatre.AACT Special Recognition Award: Richard Roberts. Theatre Center Director, Stuttgart Theatre Center.AACT Special Recognition Award: Dane Winters. Entertainment Program Manager. IMCOM Europe. - Festival live feed, official photos, publicity and social media pages
The 2020 US Army IMCOM Europe and AACT Region X One Act Play Festival will be held Columbus Day Weekend, Oct. 9-11 at KMC Onstage in Kaiserslautern, Germany. The annual theatre festival, celebrating its 25th year, will include a new YouthFest, special events and theatre skills workshops - all FREE and open to the public.
The top One Act play selected by a panel of theatre professionals will be nominated to represent the US Army and Army Europe Entertainment at the American Association of Community Theatre (AACT) 2021 AACTFest National Festival in the US in June.
The Festival will also include the first annual US Army IMCOM Europe Entertainment Youth Fest featuring shows selected, directed, produced and performed by community youth. The top Youth production will be nominated to represent the US Army and US Army Entertainment at the 2021 International Youth Fest held in conjunction with the AACTFest in June.
The weekend also includes workshops for adults and youth in acting, directing, singing, costume design, sound design and improvisation.
All events are free and open to the public.
Please be aware, COVID prevention measures including the wearing of masks and physical distancing must be followed. Seats and workshop spaces are limited. All instructions will be posted at KMC Onstage.
UPDATE: Due to production schedules and continuing Covid restrictions, the 2020 TOPPERs will not be presented at the One Act/Youth Fest as previously announced. The 2020 TOPPERs will be presented in a special video presentation at a later date. Please check the TOPPERs page for updates and more information.
The 2020 Festival is made possible in part with generous support from
*Sponsorship does not imply federal endorsement.
For more information, contact:
Dane Winters
IMCOM Europe Entertainment Program Manager
Bldg 151. Room 143. Sembach Kaserne
Kaiserslautern, Germany
DSN: (314) 44-9656
Civilian: +49 (0) 611-143-544-9656
