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ACT of Greater Cincinnati
ACT of Greater Cincinnati, Inc. is an organization established in 1955 as a non-profit service organization dedicated to supporting and developing community theater in the Greater Cincinnati area.
Download the ACT Membership Quick Reference Guide in .pdf format
ACT’s goal is to strive toward effective communication, assistance and camaraderie among our member groups to produce the best production possible for our audiences.
ACT is proud to sponsor and support scholarships annually to area college students in performing arts.
Each year a deserving winner is chosen from names submitted by our groups for the Art Rouse, the Roger Grooms, and Mario Pitocco annual Awards.
The Orchid Awards are presented at the end of each season determined by an adjudication system of providing 3 judges per production for each of our groups.
ACT sponsors the annual community theater Southwest Region OCTAfest held in June. In 2005, ACT was given the honor of being inducted into the Ohio Community Theater Association Hall of Fame. ACT is very proud of our member groups and what they offer our communities.
ACT Board Meetings
Meetings are held monthly at 7:30pm at St. Rita’s School for the Deaf, 1720 Glendale Milford Road, Cincinnati, OH, 45215-1258.
Upcoming meeting dates for 2010 include Jan. 26, Feb. 23, March 23, April 27, May 25, & June 29
Directions:
From 75N
- Take exit 14 toward Glendale-Milford Road/Evendale/Woodlawn
- Keep left at the fork to continue toward Glendale Milford Road
- Keep right at the fork, follow signs for W Woodlawn
- Keep right at the fork to continue toward Glendale-Milford Road and merge onto Glendale-Milford Road
- Destination will be on the right
From 75S
- Take exit 14 toward Woodlawn
- Turn left at Glendale-Milford Road
- Destination will be on the right
ACT Board Members
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Cathy Lutts
President
Cathy has represented ACT as the Awards Chairman for the last three years and served as ACT Representative for two years. Cathy is extremely honored to serve as ACT President for the next three years and looks forward to working with all Community Theatre Organizations in the tri-state area.
Cathy Lutts has been an active member of community theatre since 1978 with various groups. Since that time Cathy has served on the Board of Directors in the capacity of Vice President to chairman of Outreach, Director Selection, production, and social events; and is presently on the Board at Footlighters. Cathy has worked on almost every aspect in the production area in some capacity from ushering, cleaning, painting, producing, house managing, director selection, and acting. Over the years Cathy has also produced Working (twice), Bye Bye Birdie, Sound of Music, Love Sex and the IRS, Tuna Christmas and most recently 1776, just to name a few. When not involved in community theatre, Cathy is currently a principal with Cincinnati Public Schools.
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Arlene Borock
First Vice President
Arlene is serving her third year of her three-year term as 1st Vice President. Previously she served on the Board as Secretary and has been an ACT Rep for Acting Up. Arlene has been involved in community theatre since 1987 both on stage and back stage with such groups as Loveland Stage Company, Landen Deerfield, Mason Community Theatre, Milford Theatre Guild, Wyoming Players, Drama Workshop, Footlighters, Acting Up, Sunset and most recently Beechmont Players. Plus she's been busy starting up the new theatre group in town, Brieabi Productions, in the Anderson area. Arlene has also been an ACT Adjudicator since 1991 and has directed and choreographed for high school groups since 1989, predominantly Mason High School where Arlene is going into her 20th year of teaching. As far as her education goes, Arlene has a Telecommunications BA from Indiana University; a Secondary Education in Comprehensive Communications degree from the University of Cincinnati and a Masters degree in Secondary Education specializing in Language Arts from Miami University. Currently, at Mason, she is the Secretary for their teachers' union and is teaching Public Speaking with Technology courses. Arlene is also blessed in her life with a beautiful and talented 15 year old daughter and a wonderful boyfriend and his two daughters "who keeps me smiling every day."
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Tracy Botos
Second Vice President
Tracy is again the Second Vice President, after having previously held the position from 2000-2003. She has also served on the ACT Executive Board as the First President, and has been an ACT rep for Middletown Lyric Theatre. Tracy has been involved in community theatre for many years, working primarily with Middletown Lyric Theatre, but also with Greater Hamilton Civic Theatre and Mad Anthony Theater Company. Primarily a technician, she has produced, designed sets, built sets, painted and decorated sets, gathered props and costumes, and once was even talked into doing sound (she never wants to do that again and has the utmost respect for those technicians that are skilled at sound design and execution). She has also directed, and is very proud of her association with Spotlight on Kids in Middletown, a children's summer theatre camp. Some of her favorite shows include Festival, 1776, Schoolhouse Rock Live!, Big River, and Is There Life After High School? Outside of the theatre, Tracy is an Occupational Therapy Assistant for Kettering Network Home Care.
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Dennis Murphy
Treasurer & Long Range Judging Standing Committee Chair
Dennis has been involved in community theater since the age of 14. He pursued theatrical studies at Thomas More College and the University of Missouri-Kansas-City. His professional credits include work as a director, assistant director or stage manager for such companies as Cincinnati Opera, The Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Starlight Musicals, the Missouri Repertory Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and Pittsburgh Opera. Locally, Dennis has acted, directed or designed for Showboat Majestic, the College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati Children's Theater, Left Bank Productions, Kincaid Regional Theater, La Commedia Dinner Theater, Aurelia Theatricals, Ovation Theater Company and others. He has acted, directed, designed, produced, and choreographed for Footlighters, Cincinnati Music Theater, Sunset Players, Mariemont Players, Village Players, Mason Community Players, Stagecrafters, Wyoming Players and others. Over the years, he has won orchid awards in Acting, Directing, Set Design, Lighting Design, Costume Design, Set Decor, Lobby Display and Program Art. He has also won OCTA awards in acting, directing, choreography and set design including First Place in the 2001 OCTA set design competition. Dennis has been a member of the ACT board for the past five years serving as Membership Chair, Awards Chair and his present position as Long Range Judging Committee Chair.
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Linda Roll
Librarian/Historian
Linda Roll has been acting since she can remember. Her love for entertaining began as a preschooler when she would entertain her great-grandmother at family reunions. After college, she took time off to raise her family. In 1994, she began the Milford Theatre Guilde, in hopes of bringing quality theatre to the Milford-Miami Township area. She felt the time was right and the community was large enough to support community theatre. She was right. Milford Theatre Guilde is still going strong.
She has been involved with ACT since 1996 and has served as it's librarian/historian and newsletter editor for the last several years. She has also been a regional representative to OCTA and has served on their board for several years. She was the conference chair for the OCTA conference held in Cincinnati in 2003. She is an award winning actress, costumer and director on both the local and state levels.
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John Wesseling
Membership Standing Committee Chair
John has been involved with Community Theater for over 25 years, most of it with the Sunset Players, Inc. and Act Cincinnati, Inc. He is an award winning actor, director and producer. He has served on the board of the Sunset Players for over 20 years, and has served on the ACT board 12 out of the last 16 years; six of them as President.
He is currently the only individual to win both of the Act Cincinnati Inc. major awards, the Mario Pitocco Award for Excellence in Technical Theater, and the Art Rouse Award for Dedication to Community Theater. He is also the creator/ moderator of wesseling@yahoogoups.com – an e-mail list serv to share theater information in the Greater Cincinnati area with over 850 community theater members.
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Bunny Arszman
Publicity Standing Committee Chair
Bunny Arszman has been involved with ACT since 1995. She served as Treasurer for two separate three-year terms. She has been involved with community theater for over 20 years, mostly with Showbiz Players, Inc.
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