Hire an executive director

(Pictured above are some of MACT's very good friends, John Augustin, Flo Goodrich and Bob Samples.)

The MN Association of Community Theatres would like to expand its programming and services for community theatres. To do this we would like to hire a part time executive director. We have received a matching grant from the Mardag Foundation. They will match every dollar we raise, to a maximum of $15,000. So your donation to MACT will be matched, which will make it twice as effective.

MACT puts on a 20 minute play festival called FAST-Fest in even numbered years. This is a non-adjudicated festival. The next FAST-Fest will be June 18, 19 & 20 in Alexandria.

Mact puts on an adjudicated play festival in February or March of odd numbered years. The two "best of show" entries from MACT-FEST advance to the regional festival and may go on to national and international festivals. Our last MACT-FEST was held in Faribault in March of 2009.

At both of these festivals there are seminars and plenty of opportunities to network. Seminars cover such topics as auditioning, acting in musicals, Shakesperian acting, dancing in musicals for non-dancers, directing, lighting design, sound design, picking a season, accounting for non-profits, duties of the board and more.

With the additional help of an executive director we could expand the festivals to include more theatres and expand our training and networking opportunities by taking our training on the road around the state. We could also improve our communications, especially our website, to better serve the theatre community.