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Winter 2025-26

Contents:  2026 Season Survey, WorldFest, The Year of Giving Back, On the Road with Hamilton, Playwrights Corner (Sean Grennan), Bringing Climate into Your Work, Mondial du Théâtre 2025, Boards in the Spotlight Returns, Inclusivity in Theatre: MTI's Broadway Senior, AACT Annual Contributors.

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>>  2026 Season Survey (extended version)

Recent Issues

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FALL 2025

Contents: AACTFest 2025; AACT YouthFest 2025; The "Big Beautiful Bill" Impact on Charitable Giving; The Video Paradox; Demystifying Digital Scenery; Fundraising and Friend-Building; Star Power Interview with Animal Trainer Bill Berloni; The Penguin Project; Woodland Opera House, Woodland, California.

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>> Longer, more detailed versions of Digital Scenery  Woodland Opera House, Playwright Leslie Kimbell articles.

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Summer 2025

Contents: AACT NewPlayFest Winning Scripts; National Awards; Making Dreams Come True - The Jack K. Ayre and Frank Ayre Lee Theatre Foundation; Eat, Drink, Plays!; Hendersonville Theatre; Safeguarding Youth in Your Theatre; Countdown to AACTFest 2025; AACTFest and YouthFest Performances; National Directors Conference.

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Spring 2025

Contents: Contributed Income Survey; New Friends, New Funds; Community Theatre to Broadway; Building a Safety Committee; Breaking Barriers and Bringing Stories to Life; Friends We'll Miss - Norm McPhee; AACTFest 2025; AACT YouthFest 2025; Community Theatre Management Conference; 2025 Adjudication Seminar.

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Winter 2024-25

Contents: AACTFest 2025; AACT YouthFest; New York Theatre Adventure; NewPlayFest; Adjudication Seminar; Break a Leg, Not the Bank (A guide to effective show promotion and advertising); Turning Adversity into Opportunity; A Tradition of Fiddler; Community Theatre to Broadway Star;  "Pay What You Will" Performances; Federal Employment Regulations; Valparaiso's Memorial Opera House.

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Summer 2024

Contents: Venice Theatre Rebuilds; AACT NewPlayFest 2026 Theatres; AACT National Awards; Disaster Planning; Curtain Up on Safety; AACTFest 2025 Handbook; Out and About in Des Moines; Network, Educate, and Save With Your AACT Membership. 

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Spring 2024

Contents: The State of Community Theatre Today; National Directors Conference; Virtual Community Theatre Management Conference (CTMC); The Penguin Project Celebrates 20 Years of Producing Magic; The AACT Advantage; ‘Telling Real Truths’— The Adjudicator’s Art; Member Hub - Ten Fifteen Productions; Advocacy Matters; AACT Milestone Anniversaries; AACT Century Club; The Resource Center.

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Winter 2023-2024

Contents: Embracing Neurodiversity in "Mockingbird"; Ben Cameron Brings Star Power to AACTFest 2023; A Decade of World Premieres--NewPlayFest Turns 10; Become a NewPlayFest 2026 Producing Theatre; Advocacy Matters; Inclusivity in Theatre; Securing AACT’s Future; The AACT Advantage; National Award Nominations; World Theatre Day.

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Back Issues

Previous issues in PDF format are available to AACT Members here (you must be signed in to view).