The location of the festival moves from campus within our state. In addition to plays presented the festival hosts adjudicators who discuss and critique plays, performances and guests artists who conduct a variety of workshops on performance, design and stagecraft. The goal of the Festival is to share work and to expose students and faculty to new and innovative visions of Theater. Northern Arizona University has a long affiliation with the American College Theater Festival. Many of our plays have been invited to a regional festival.
Several students playwriting awards are available.
A recent innovation is the Ten Minute Student Play Festival. Winning plays are invited to the Regional and National Festivals. National Critics Institute Scholarship. The National Stage Combat Workshop Fellowships.