2019 SETC Convention

Join us at Austin-East Magnet High School to enjoy award-winning performances by community theatre groups from across the Southeast. Two groups will advance to represent our region at AACTFest 2019.

A free SETC shuttle is available to take convention attendees to and from the Knoxville Convention Center and Austin-East Magnet High School. See the attached file for the full shuttle schedule.

10:15–11:50AM
Of Mice and Men
Alabama – The Actor’s Charitable Theatre
Written by John Steinbeck
Directed by Benji Stockton
Two drifters, George and his friend Lennie, with delusions of living off the “fat of the land,” have just arrived at a ranch to work for enough money to buy their own place. Lennie is a man-child, a little boy in the body of a dangerously powerful man. It’s Lennie’s obsessions with things soft and cuddly that have made George cautious about with whom the gentle giant, with his brute strength, associates. His promise to allow Lennie to “tend to the rabbits” on their future land keeps Lennie calm, amidst distractions, as the overgrown child needs constant reassurance.

11:50AM – 1:25PM
Forever Plaid
Kentucky – Paramount Players
Written by Stuart Ross
Directed by Melanie Cornelison-Jannotta
The Plaids, a singing group, were killed on their way to their first big concert. They get the chance to come back to Earth to present the perfect concert.

1:25–3:00PM
I and You
Mississippi – Fondren Theatre Workshop
Written by Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Juniper Wallace
Anthony arrives unexpectedly at homebound classmate Caroline’s door bearing a beat-up copy of Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” and an assignment from their English teacher. This seemingly mundane poetry project unlocks something much deeper. I and You is an ode to youth, life, love, and the strange beauty of human connectedness.