2015 Annual Conference

Clayton Center for the Arts  |  Maryville, TN

Theatre for youth festival

A Little Potato and Hard to Peel by David Harrell

Distinguished Service Award 2015

Melissa Shafer - East Tennessee State University

Distinguished Achievement Award 2015

Cherry Jones

AACTFest Community Theatre Festival - Awards

Best Production
Fine Art - Tiger Lily Theatre

Best Actor: Lee Wittenberg - role of Richard in Fine Art - Tiger Lily Theatre
Best Actress: Kay Reynolds - role of Mom in Elderspeak - Silver Stage Players
Best Director: Crystal Braeuner - Fine Art - Tiger Lily Theatre
Technical Award of Excellence: Elderspeak - Silver Stage Players

Secondary School Festival

Scholarship Winners:
Elijah Rawlings – Old Hickory – McGavock High School
Hallie Storms – Memphis – Christian Brothers High School
Scholarship Finalists:
Madison Alexander – Germantown – Christian Brothers High School
Peyton Williams – Old Hickory – McGavock High School

Best Supporting Actress:  Callie Dowd, Boeing, Boeing, Bearden High School
Best Supporting Actor:  Ryan Flores, Boeing, Boeing, Bearden High School  
Best Actress:  Mary Emilee Lussier, The Miracle Worker, Chester County High School
Best Actor:  Max Thielemier, The Other Room, Christian Brothers High School
Best in Directing:  Donald Fann, Yellow Boat, Stewarts Creek High School
Excellence for Ensemble:  Fortress, Cane Ridge High School
Excellence in Technical Theatre:  Gladiator, Nashville School of the Arts

3rd place:  Boeing, Boeing, Bearden High School
Runner-up:  Yellow Boat, Stewarts Creek High School
Winner:  The Other Room, Christian Brothers High School

All- Star Cast:
Hunter Thaw, Yellow Boat, Stewarts Creek High School
Presley Conner, The Miracle Worker, Chester County High School
Roderick Johnson, Fortress, Cane Ridge High School
Madison Alexander, The Other Room, Christian Brothers High School
Elijah Rawlings, Almost, Maine, McGavock High School
Tristin Hicks, Yellow Boat, Stewarts Creek High School
Jimmy Buck, Gladiator, Nashville School of the Arts
Mordecai Choi, Almost, Maine, McGavock High School
Phillip Baker, The Suessification of Romeo and Juliet, Pope John Paul II High School
Madeline Yeary, Radium Girls, Donelson Christian Academy
Langston Fordjour, The Other Room, Christian Brothers High School
Caroline Cornett, Boeing, Boeing, Bearden High School
Tanner McCormick, As I Lay Dying, Montgomery Bell High School
Olivia Zimmer, The Suessification of Romeo and Juliet, Pope John Paul II High School
Kristen Barrett, As I Lay Dying, Montgomery Bell High School
Natalie Boone, The Suessification of Romeo and Juliet, Pope John Paul II High School
Kaelyn Giles, Yellow Boat, Stewarts Creek High School
Nathan Burns, Almost, Maine, McGavock High School
Quiten Tolbert, The Lottery, Wilson Central High School
Austin Russell, Oz, Cordova High School