AACTFest 2027 Handbook

The AACTFest 2027 Handbook is designed for the festival host and performing companies entering the 2027 Festival. It supersedes information in all previous Handbooks.

• The Handbook is available for download in its entirety, below.
• For those who do not need the entire Handbook, the Adjudication Guide and the Festival Chair Guide) can be downloaded, separately.
• The Forms & Forms Submission Checklist (coming soon) specifies which forms are submitted online, and which are submitted via PDF documents.
• For companies selected to appear at the national festival, Forms T1, T2, T4, and Program Information are online forms that, when completed, will be forwarded to the Festival Chair.
• The Affidavit of Actor Eligibility form is in PDF format, and will soon be available for download.
• Our article on "Cutting a Play--Legally" may be helpful in meeting festival time & legal requirements.

AACTFest 2027 Handbook

• Complete Handbook - View/Download
• Adjudication Guide section only - View/Download
• Festival Chair Guide section only - View/Download
• AACTFest 2027 Forms & Forms Submission Checklist - View/Download
• Affidavit of Actor Eligibility (Form T3) only - View/Download

Forms to Be Completed Online

• State/Region Festival Information (C1) - View/Complete
• AACTFest 2027 Adjudicator Information (C2) - View/Complete
• AACTFest Entry Information (Form T1) - View/Complete
• YOUTHFest Entry Information (Form T1) - View/Complete
• Warranty of Company Compliance (Form T2) - View/Complete
• Technical Information Form (Form T4) - View/Complete
• Program Information Form - View/Complete
  (For companies advancing from state to regional festival)

After Your Festival!

• Commissioner Final Report (Form F8) - View/Complete
• Festival Adjudication Evaluation - View/Complete

Example Resources!

• Company Welcome Packet - View/Complete
• Company Welcome Email to Companies - View/Complete
• Festival Schedule - View/Complete
• Company Festival Budget - View/Complete
• Host Theatre Ground Plan to Theatres - View/Complete
• Festival Schedule (4-8 Companies) - View/Complete