ATL at SWTC...

Jeff Swearingen in performance in The Beast of Hyperborea.

After presenting The Beast of Hyperborea at TEXFest 2024, ATL was chosen to advance to the South West Theatre Conference (SWTC) in Little Rock, Arkansas in April.

The SWTC is a theatre service organization working to enhance the theatre experience for theatres in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Theatres from those states gathered to present plays that were adjudicated by theatre professionals. It was held April 4-6 at The Studio Theatre in Little Rock (320 W 7th St, Little Rock, AR 72201).

It was a treat to attend. A very small gathering of about five theatres with their cast and crews as well as three adjudicators. Despite the bad luck to be the first one to present at the festival and a couple of technical glitches by the board ops, The Beast of Hyperborea made a decent showing. 

Although we did not "win" as we did in Victoria back in February, Swearingen still garnered an "Outstanding Actor" Award and we received some overwhelmingly positive feedback from the adjudicators. 

Big congrats to The Baytown Little Theatre and their production of The Guys. They ended up with the "Outstanding Production" Award.

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