The College at Brockport Department of Theatre Honored

BROCKPORT, NY (11/25/2008)(readMedia)-- The Department of Theatre at The College at Brockport, State University of New York, has been invited to perform its production of Colorblind: The Katrina Monologues at the Region II (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York) Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. The festival takes place January 13 to January 17 at the University of Arts, Philadelphia, PA. The production will be reviewed by the Festival's National Selection Team, which can decide to extend an invitation for the production to be presented at the National Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

The Department of Theatre's commitment to the goals of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival has resulted in three of the College's productions to be selected to appear at the festival since 2003.

P. Gibson Ralph, chair of the Department of Theatre, states that the goals of the festival and the department are to, "Encourage, recognize, and celebrate the finest and most diverse work produced in university and college theater programs; provide opportunities for participants to develop their theater skills and insight; achieve professionalism; improve the quality of college and university theater in America; encourage colleges and universities to give distinguished productions of new plays, especially those written by students, as well as the classics, revitalized or newly conceived; and experimental works."

Colorblind: The Katrina Monologues was performed at The College at Brockport in September. Maria Scipione, lecturer in the Department of Theatre, directed the though-provoking play, which left its audience wondering how America could have gone through such devastating turmoil. The docudrama was written in response to the unanswered questions arising from the relief efforts following the storm.

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