News Release from: City of Beaverton
BEAVERTON CIVIC THEATRE'S 'THE MIRACLE WORKER' WINS AT OREGON'S AAC FESTIVAL
Posted: March 7th, 2013 8:59 AM
The Beaverton Civic Theatre (BCT) recently won four awards for its version of William Gibson's "The Miracle Worker" at Oregon's American Association of Community Theatre Festival (AACTFest) in Forest Grove.
Beaverton Civic Theatre's Hayley Rousselle (Helen Keller) took home best actress and Doreen Lundberg won for best directing. The production also won best fight choreography and best lighting design.
"The Beaverton Civic Theatre is a very talented group of people and winning these awards just proves what we've known all along," said Mayor Denny Doyle. "Our community is very fortunate to have these gifted performers creating such high-quality productions."
The Beaverton Civic Theatre now goes onto the regional AACTFest in Richland, Wash. at the end of March to compete against community theatre groups from Washington, Idaho and Alaska. The winning regional theatre will advance to the national AACTFest in Carmel, Ind. this June.
The Beaverton Civic Theatre is currently performing "Suite Surrender" by Michael McKeever on weekends through March 16. Performances are scheduled for Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Ticket prices are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, students and groups of ten or more, and $5 for youth (age 10 and under). Tickets are available at the door, by calling 503-754-9866 or visiting www.BeavertonCivicTheatre.org.
Presented by the Beaverton Arts Commission, the Beaverton Civic Theatre is a volunteer-based community theater that began in 2009.BCT's mission is to bring the community together on stage, behind the scenes and in the audience. For more information, visit www.BeavertonCivicTheatre.org.
Beaverton enjoys one of the most diverse populations among Oregon cities. Most recently, the city was awarded the 2012 Mayors' Climate Protection Award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors. It was one of just four cities of its size recently recognized as a "Smarter City" energy leader by the Natural Resources Defense Council and one of the 100 Best Places to Live in America by Money magazine. In addition, Beaverton has been named one of the safest cities in the Pacific Northwest for four consecutive years, as one of the best places to raise kids by BusinessWeek magazine, an All-America City finalist, as one of the top 25 Suburbs for Retirement by Forbes.com, one of the 100 Best Walking Cities in America by Prevention magazine, the Recycler of the Year from the Association of Oregon Recyclers, a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, a Bronze Award Bicycle Friendly Community designation by the League of American Bicyclists and as one of the Environmental Protection Agency's
Green Power Communities, the Beaverton Community Vision program was named Public Involvement Project of the Year--Best Planning Project by the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Cascade Chapter. For more information, please visit www.BeavertonOregon.gov or follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cityofbeaverton.
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