APSU Student Wins Kennedy Center Fellowship for Theater Criticism

Clarksville, TN – Williams Sinclair left the conference early in order to make it home in time for class. The Austin Peay State University graduate student in English traveled to Daytona Beach, FL, in early February, at his own expense, to participate in one of the prestigious Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival’s regional conferences. But by the event’s final day, he simply had to get home, missing the award ceremony.

The KCACTF Festival is an intense five-day conference consisting of workshops and competitions for college students interested in all forms of theater production, from acting and directing to scenic, lighting and costume design. Sinclair attended previous conferences as an actor and aspiring playwright, but for the last two years, he has decided to branch out into a new field – theater criticism. [Read more]