Community theater practitioners and fans, mark your calendars for June 27-28 (and maybe June 26, to be determined) for the annual OCTA REGIONAL FESTIVAL, southwest Ohio region’s coming together for a friendly excerpt competition (determining which theater companies will showcase at Ohio Community Theatre Association state competition in September) and the bestowing of Orchids.

New this year, videotapes of the winning auditions for ACT scholarships will be shown. See what the judges saw in ACT Scholarship winner Kaitlyn Davidson (CCM); Emily Matlack, CCC (Carol Mills Memorial Scholarship); Matt Bohnert, NKU (Dee Wacksman Memorial Scholarship); and Leeds Hill, CCM (Freshman Scholarship).

The OCTA state conference returns to Cincinnati in 2009.