It takes a village to ensure that every associate and participating production entered in our regional festival receives a knowledgeable and supportive response from a faculty artist respondent. This important volunteer role is essential to our educational mission of training and empowering the future leadership of the American Theatre.
We ask that your department supply at least one respondent visit for every associate and participating production you entering the festival.
How to become a respondent
- Let your KCACTF state chair (see contact info below) know you’re interested
- Attend a respondent training (virtually – see link below, or at festival) and observe a response with seasoned responders. Respondent workshops are offered annually at the Regional Festival (& we now also have a video option). Once you have completed the video or in-person Training, please contact your state chair ASAP. (see contact info below).
Response Scheduling
- Our state chairs coordinate scheduling of respondents for all Associate productions. Communication of production performance dates, times and locations is managed via email. Please contact your state chair to ensure that you receive these notices.
- Respondent for Participating productions is coordinated by the regional chair and covered by members of regional selection committee.
Questions?
- Contact your state chair (listed below) or the regional chair.
Anti Bias Training For All Respondents
In the interest of creating a constructive, beneficial, and positive feedback environment for all of our students, the KCACTF National organization has asked us to provide anti-bias materials for all respondents, which should be reviewed prior to any and all production responses. All respondents must do the following two tasks:
1) Watch the videos linked below as soon as possible as soon as you have completed the in-person or video respondent training. (beginning with Russel McClain’s “Implicit Bias, Stereotype Threat and Higher Education”)
2) Once you have viewed the videos, complete the “Anti-Bias Completion Form” (link below), indicating that you have viewed the 4 videos. (This form will be shared with state chairs, only individuals who have completed the implicit bias viewings, along with the accompanying “Completion Form” will then be able to be assigned to respond to upcoming KCACTF productions).
Anti-Bias Videos:
- Russell McClain: Implicit Bias, Stereotype Threat and Higher Education
- Implicit Bias – UCLA Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (Preface, & Lessons 1-6)
- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FoeRoAchf9g (Colin Stokes)
- White men: time to discover your cultural blind spots | Michael Welp | TEDxBend | Amara
- Anti-Bias Completion Form
- You may also wish to visit: https://www.kcactf2.org/red/red-resources/ for more information/resources.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our RED Chair, or the Region 3 Chair or Vice Chair.
3) Please also read and sign the National KCACTF “Pledge of Conduct,” which must be signed by all respondents, guest artists, festival selectors, etc… https://airtable.com/appcZXFMw5c0xsPjI/pagrHOdS6Ecoqzvw4
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our RED Chair, or the Region 3 Chair or Vice Chair.
![Hadley Kamminga Peck](https://www.kcactf3.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/peck1.jpg)
Hadley Kamminga Peck
Illinois State Chair
Western Illinoiw University
Assistant Professor
Theatre History & Directing
Office: 100B Browne
1 University Circle
Macomb, IL 61455 USA
612-751-1075
![Tracy Manning](https://www.kcactf3.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tracy-Manning.jpg)
Tracy Manning
Indiana State Chair
Taylor University
Co-Chair, Professor of Music
Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts
Department of Theatre & Music Theatre
236 West Reade Ave.
Upland, IN 46989-1001
765.998.5248
![Michelle Hayford](https://www.kcactf3.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/michelle_hayford_headshot_photo.jpg)
Michelle Hayford
Ohio State Chair
Associate Professor of Theatre
University of Dayton
937.229.3905
![Nicole Broughton-Adams](https://www.kcactf3.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/broughton-adams.jpg)
Nicole Broughton-Adams
Michigan State Chair; Workshop Coordinator
Michigan State University
Center for Integrated Studies
in Arts & Humanities
426 Auditorium Road
East Lansing, MI 48824
![Arthur Grothe](https://www.kcactf3.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Arthur-Grothe-SDC-Coordinator.jpg)
Arthur Grothe
Wisconsin State Chair
University of Wisconsin-Eau Clair
Artistic Director of Theatre/Associate Professor
Department of Music & Theatre Arts
The Pablo Center at the Confluence/Pablo 248
Eau Claire, WI 54703
715.836.3178