Managing/Artistic Director for the Rocky Mountain
Repertory Theatre in Grand Lane, Colorado. He has directed, acted, or sung in San
Diego, Las Vegas, Tucson, Fort Worth, Hilton Head, Savannah, New York and Washington D.C. at the Kennedy Center. He has been blessed to have worked
with Tony award winners Joanna Gleason, Chuck Wagner and Stephen Spinella. He was nominated for a Bessie Award for his direction of
Always, Patsy Cline for St. Michaels Playhouse in Vermont and has received two Kennedy Center
Medallions for Excellence. Last year he directed a highly successful production of
Equus for Tarrant County College Northwest. Over the past fifteen years, Mr. Chrestopoulos has been an active adjudicator
for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival at the local, regional and national
levels. He was a member of the Illinois Arts Council’s music and theatre panels and continues to
provide his expertise along these lines with the Irving Arts Council in Irving, Texas. He is an associate
member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. Alex has taught or been a guest
artist at the following schools: Georgia Southern University, University of Nevada Las Vegas,
Southern Illinois University, Tarrant County College, University of North Texas, University of South
Carolina, and the University of Tennessee. He is proud to say that students he has worked with have
appeared in major motion pictures, television and on the New York stage.
Kevin Gardner
Director, writer and teacher. He is a member of Actor’s Equity, with credits at
many well-known New England theaters, including the American Stage Festival, Gloucester Stage, and Huntington Theatre Company. He has directed
scores of productions in professional and academic theaters, served as a performance
evaluator for the arts councils of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, and as on-air theatre critic and humanities reporter for New
Hampshire Public Radio. His book, The Granite Kiss, an examination of the art of building New England stone walls, was published in October 2001. Kevin
has taught acting, improvisation, and theatre history at the New Hampton School and the New
Hampshire Institute of Art, as well as in numerous workshops and private classes. He is a regular
Guest Director at Plymouth State College and a faculty member of St. Paul’s School’s Advanced
Studies Program, where he teaches the course Shakespeare For Performance. Kevin has adjudicated
many academic and community theatre festivals for over fifteen years, including the Eastern States
Theatre Association, the New England Region Festival, the Kennedy Center/American College
Theatre Festival, and state festivals in New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.
He lives in Hopkinton, New Hampshire with his wife, actress and teacher, Brenda Foley.
Faye M. Price
Co-Artistic Producing Director of Pillsbury House Theatre
in Minneapolis, she most recently appeared in Melissa James Gibson’s and Athol Fugard’s
Boesman and Lena. She co-directed Jane Martin’s Mr. Bundy. Faye
has co-produced Pillsbury House Theatre productions including Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and
Perestroika, The Gimmick, and Jesus Hopped the “A” Train. A
former dramaturg at the Guthrie Theater, Faye has worked on over a dozen Guthrie productions, including
Crowns, The Darker Face of the Earth, Misalliance, Summer and Smoke, The Magic Fire, Thunder Knocking on the Door, Philadelphia, Here I Come!,
Big White Fog and the upcoming production of Crowns. She also served as the production dramaturg
for the Penumbra Theater production of The Coming of the Hurricane, and Inner City Opera
at the Great American History Theater. As an actress, she has appeared numerous times at
Penumbra, Mixed Blood, and the Guthrie and Illusion theaters. Faye has also performed
nationally at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, ACT in Seattle, Baltimore Center Stage and the Circle-in-the-Square Theatre in New York, among other theaters. She has served as a panelist for the National
Endowment for the Arts, Jerome Foundation, the Minnesota State Arts Board, McKnight
Fellowships for Theater Artists, NEA/TCG Theater Residency Program for Playwrights, and an
adjudicator for the Minnesota Association of Community Theatres Festival and the Region V AACT
Festival. Awarded the August Wilson Fellowship to study Dramaturgy and Literary Criticism, Faye
received her graduate degree from the University of Minnesota.
John Viars (alternate)
In his 23rd season as executive director of the
Des Moines Playhouse where he has directed over 150 productions, he was chair for the first AACT International Community Theatre Festival, held in Des
Moines in 1990, and is a facilitator for the biennial National Full Time Community Theatre Directors Conference. He has adjudicated many festivals
on the state, regional and national levels. He was chair for the successful AACT Millennium
Convention in New York City in 2000 and is chair of the AACT NYC 2004 Convention. Prior to his
tenure in Des Moines, John was director of the La Crosse (WI) Community Theatre, and instructor
in theatre at Elmira College, Elmira, New York. John has a master's degree in theatre from Case
Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. John is a past president of AACT and was the 1996
recipient of AACT's David C. Bryant Outstanding Service Award.
ADJUDICATOR GUIDELINES
Plays are to be adjudicated based on the overall production with acting and directing as
the major elements. All types of productions (comedy, drama, original works, musicals,
revues, avant-garde, “controversial,” etc.) are acceptable entries to the festival and must be
considered on a similar basis, with the best production being the one which most fully realizes
all production values and criteria.
The performing companies have a maximum of 10 minutes to set-up, 60 minutes to perform,
and 10 minutes to strike, with a free choice of material, (a one-act, a cutting, a selected
act, etc.).
WHAT ADJUDICATORS LOOK FOR
Is the acting believable and technically
skillful with effective timing?
Are the characters well interpreted?
Does the company display ensemble
work?
Is the material appropriate for the
company?
Is the concept appropriate for the
material and realized by the company?
Has the structure of the production been
controlled?
Are the movements and stage pictures
effective?
Is the production well paced?
Do the technical elements support the
over all production?
Managing/Artistic Director for the Rocky Mountain
Repertory Theatre in Grand Lane, Colorado. He has directed, acted, or sung in San
Diego, Las Vegas, Tucson, Fort Worth, Hilton Head, Savannah, New York and Washington D.C. at the Kennedy Center. He has been blessed to have worked
with Tony award winners Joanna Gleason, Chuck Wagner and Stephen Spinella. He was nominated for a Bessie Award for his direction of
Always, Patsy Cline for St. Michaels Playhouse in Vermont and has received two Kennedy Center
Medallions for Excellence. Last year he directed a highly successful production of
Equus for Tarrant County College Northwest. Over the past fifteen years, Mr. Chrestopoulos has been an active adjudicator
for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival at the local, regional and national
levels. He was a member of the Illinois Arts Council’s music and theatre panels and continues to
provide his expertise along these lines with the Irving Arts Council in Irving, Texas. He is an associate
member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. Alex has taught or been a guest
artist at the following schools: Georgia Southern University, University of Nevada Las Vegas,
Southern Illinois University, Tarrant County College, University of North Texas, University of South
Carolina, and the University of Tennessee. He is proud to say that students he has worked with have
appeared in major motion pictures, television and on the New York stage. 
Director, writer and teacher. He is a member of Actor’s Equity, with credits at
many well-known New England theaters, including the American Stage Festival, Gloucester Stage, and Huntington Theatre Company. He has directed
scores of productions in professional and academic theaters, served as a performance
evaluator for the arts councils of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, and as on-air theatre critic and humanities reporter for New
Hampshire Public Radio. His book, The Granite Kiss, an examination of the art of building New England stone walls, was published in October 2001. Kevin
has taught acting, improvisation, and theatre history at the New Hampton School and the New
Hampshire Institute of Art, as well as in numerous workshops and private classes. He is a regular
Guest Director at Plymouth State College and a faculty member of St. Paul’s School’s Advanced
Studies Program, where he teaches the course Shakespeare For Performance. Kevin has adjudicated
many academic and community theatre festivals for over fifteen years, including the Eastern States
Theatre Association, the New England Region Festival, the Kennedy Center/American College
Theatre Festival, and state festivals in New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.
He lives in Hopkinton, New Hampshire with his wife, actress and teacher, Brenda Foley.
Co-Artistic Producing Director of Pillsbury House Theatre
in Minneapolis, she most recently appeared in Melissa James Gibson’s and Athol Fugard’s
Boesman and Lena. She co-directed Jane Martin’s Mr. Bundy. Faye
has co-produced Pillsbury House Theatre productions including Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and
Perestroika, The Gimmick, and Jesus Hopped the “A” Train. A
former dramaturg at the Guthrie Theater, Faye has worked on over a dozen Guthrie productions, including
Crowns, The Darker Face of the Earth, Misalliance, Summer and Smoke, The Magic Fire, Thunder Knocking on the Door, Philadelphia, Here I Come!,
Big White Fog and the upcoming production of Crowns. She also served as the production dramaturg
for the Penumbra Theater production of The Coming of the Hurricane, and Inner City Opera
at the Great American History Theater. As an actress, she has appeared numerous times at
Penumbra, Mixed Blood, and the Guthrie and Illusion theaters. Faye has also performed
nationally at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, ACT in Seattle, Baltimore Center Stage and the Circle-in-the-Square Theatre in New York, among other theaters. She has served as a panelist for the National
Endowment for the Arts, Jerome Foundation, the Minnesota State Arts Board, McKnight
Fellowships for Theater Artists, NEA/TCG Theater Residency Program for Playwrights, and an
adjudicator for the Minnesota Association of Community Theatres Festival and the Region V AACT
Festival. Awarded the August Wilson Fellowship to study Dramaturgy and Literary Criticism, Faye
received her graduate degree from the University of Minnesota.
In his 23rd season as executive director of the
Des Moines Playhouse where he has directed over 150 productions, he was chair for the first AACT International Community Theatre Festival, held in Des
Moines in 1990, and is a facilitator for the biennial National Full Time Community Theatre Directors Conference. He has adjudicated many festivals
on the state, regional and national levels. He was chair for the successful AACT Millennium
Convention in New York City in 2000 and is chair of the AACT NYC 2004 Convention. Prior to his
tenure in Des Moines, John was director of the La Crosse (WI) Community Theatre, and instructor
in theatre at Elmira College, Elmira, New York. John has a master's degree in theatre from Case
Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. John is a past president of AACT and was the 1996
recipient of AACT's David C. Bryant Outstanding Service Award.