South West Theatre Conference

06/20/2026

This morning during the AACT - American Association of Community Theatre annual meeting Region 6 (SWTC) selected to perform in slot 6 at AACTFest 2027 in Rochester, MN.

Start planning to come to Rochester - June 15-17, 2027!

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06/19/2026

Exciting to see SWTC volunteers Martha Cherbini and Louis Wagner receive the AACT - American Association of Community Theatre National Distinguished Merit Award at WorldFest in Venice, Florida this week!

Their service to local, state, regional and national theatre is worthy of this recognition!

04/12/2026

Awards, Awards, Awards!

A great festival in Carlsbad, New Mexico!

The venue - The Carlsbad Municipal Schools Performing Arts Center!

Our adjudicators - Sara Phoenix - Tulsa, OK, Michael Winters - Garland, TX, Jennifer York- Fircrest, WA,

Participating companies:
Playhouse 2000, Kerrville, TX - Outstanding Achievement in Ensemble Work
Fort Stockton Community Theatre, Fort Stockton, TX - Most Fully Realized Tech Design
Brazosport Center Stages, Clute, TX - Outstanding Achievement in Directing, Outstanding Musical Enhancement
Untitled Pop Up Theatre, Elk City, OK - Best Production! Special Moment - Last Minute of NINE

All Star Cast:
Cadence Cloud - Untitled Pop Up Theatre
Jesirae Kesler - Playhouse 2000
Chris Rees - Brazosport Center Stages
Staci Schoenfeldt - Fort Stockton Community Theatre

Outstanding Achievement in Acting
Tiphani Henderson - Untitled Pop Up Theatre
Cade Ingram - Brazosport Center Stages

Playhouse 2000 - T-BONE N WEASEL
Brazosport Center Stages - A NUMBER
Untitled Pop Up Theatre - NINE
Fort Stockton Community Theatre - LAUNDRY AND BOURBON

Backstage Award - Brazosport Center Stages

Outstanding Support Award - Carlsbad Municipal Schools Performing Arts Center!

04/08/2026

Are you ready for the weekend? We are! Yes we have swag for attendees!!! See you in Carlsbad!

01/30/2026

Wanna audit AACT adjudication training?

Theatre Network of Texas, Inc. (TNT) is offering Adjudication Training at TEXFest 2026. This year's training will be led by Kathy Pingel and portions will be virtual starting January 31, 2026.

This year TNT is offering an “Audit” option for anyone who has either taken the training before or will not be in attendance in person at TEXFest 2026. Anyone interested in auditing the course will access all the information virtually but will not be required to attend TEXFext 2026.

TEXFest 2026 will take place in Odessa, TX from March 11 - 15, 2026.

The initial part of the training will take place virtually on the following days:
Jan 31 - 11:00am - 1:00pm (CST)
Feb 7 - 11:00am - 1:00pm (CST)
Feb 21 - 11:00am - 1:00pm (CST)
Feb 28 - 11:00am - 1:00pm (CST)
March 7 - 11:00am - 1:00pm (CST)

Training will also take place during TEXFest 2026. Those training times will be announced closer to TEXFest 2026.

There is flexibility with schedules DURING TEXFest 2026 and even a person participating in a performance will be allowed to take the training.

The fee to audit this workshop is $50 for TNT Members and $75 for non members. Full payment is due Jan. 30, 2026.

Students auditing the training are not guaranteed to do virtual adjudications and will not receive certificates of completion.

To learn more, and sign up to audit Adjudication Training, head to https://texastheatres.org/texfest-2026/