Congratulations to Verona Area Community Theater, who advanced to the National AACTFest 2025 in Des Moines, Iowa
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  • Regional Awards:
  • Outstanding Ensemble
  • Outstanding Director - Sara Ward-Cassady
  • Excellence in Costume Design - Gail Gomach
  • Outstanding Visual Element

Congratulations to the cast and crew: Paige Fecteau, Stephanie Frank, Jillian Matteson, Natalie Coombs, Sara Ward-Cassady, Steve Nickels (Lighting Design), and Gail Gomach (Costume Design). 
History of WACT Companies Advancing to AACT Regionals
2025:
  • Verona Area Community Theater, Love Loss and What Wore (Advanced to Nationals. Des Moines, IA)
  • Kettle Moraine Playhouse, Under Control

2023
  • Kettle Moraine Playhouse, Three Viewings (Advanced to Nationals, Louisville, KY)
  • Beaver Dam
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2021
  • No Festivals Due to Covid

2019
  • Verona Area Community Theater, The Giver
  • ​Columbus' Redbud Players, One Day

2017
  • Central Wisconsin Area Community Theatre, Diary of Adam and Ever
  • Wisconsin Rapids Community Theatre​, The Gin Game

​2015
  • Baraboo Theatre Guild, Escanaba in the Moonlight
  • Sun Prairie Civic Theatre, The Coal Diamond

2013
  • Wisconsin Rapids Community Theatre, Cradle and All
  • La Crosse Community Theatre, Macbeth
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​2011
  • Kettle Moraine Players, Almost Maine
  • La Crosse Community Theatre, Almost Maine

2009 
  • Kettle Moraine Players, Brian Friel's Lovers Winners/Losers
  • Beaver Dam Area Community Theatre, The Complete Works of Shakespeare (abridged)​​​
​​​​2007
  • La Crosse Community Players, Women of Lockerbie

2005
  • The Village Playhouse of Wauwatosa, ​Two Rooms

2003
  • La Crosse Community Theatre, The Seventh Monarch
  • Brookfield Players, The Dining Room

2001
  • La Crosse Community Theatre, Angels of Lemnos

1999
  • Village Playhouse of Wauwatosa, Dogs of the Blue Gods

1997
  • La Crosse Community Theatre. Cotton Patch Gospel

1995
  • Platteville Community Theatre, Who Said Life Was Fair

1993
  • Platteville Community Theatre, Fool for Love

1991
  • Village Playhouse of Wauwatosa, On Tidy Endings

1989
  • Sheboygan Community Players, The Seahorse

1987
  • Beaver Dam Community Theatre, Waiting for Lefty
FACT BECOMES AACT
1985
  • Stage One, Inc (Janesville), Lone Star

1983
  • La Cross Community Players, The Gin Game

​1981
  • West Allis Players, "Jacque Brel" is Alive and Well Living in Paris

​1979
  • Fond du Lac Community Theatre, Eris
1977
  • West Allis Players, The Effect of  "Gamma Rays" on Man in the moon Marigolds

1975
  • Madison Theatre Guild. A Message from Cougar

​1973
  • Fond du Lac Community Theatre. ​The Cage

​1971
  • ​​Fond du Lac Community Theatre, The Zoo Story

Locations of AACTFests in Region III

2025
State Brussels
Regional Owosso, Michigan
National Des Moines, Iowa

2023
State Beaver Dam
Regional Hartford
National Louisville, Kentucky

2021
No festivals due to Covid Pandemic

2019
State Verona
Regional Kokoma, Indiana
National Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

2017
State Stevens Point
Regional Champaign, Illinois
National Rochester, Minnesota

2015
State Baraboo
Regional Midland, Michigan
National Grand Rapids, Michigan

2013
State Prairie du Sac
Regional Hartford
National Carmel, Indiana

2011
State De Pere
Regional Columbus, Ohio
National Rochester, New York

2009
State Sauk Prairie
Regional South Bend, Indiana
National Tacoma, Washington

​2007
State Verona
Regional Schaumburg, Illinois
National Charlotte, North Carolina

​2005
State Sauk City/Prairie du Sac
Regional Grosse Point, Michigan
National Kalamazoo, Michigan

2003
State Platteville
Regional Ft. Atkinson, Wisconsin
National Torrington, Connecticut

​2001
State Madison
Regional Akron, Ohio
National Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

​1999
State Manitowoc
Regional Muncie, Indiana
National Memphis, Tennessee
1997
State Sun Prairie
Regional Quincy, Illinois
National Grand Rapids, Michigan

1995
State Sun Prairie
Regional Benton Harbor, Michigan
National Midland, Texas

1993
State Eau Claire
Regional Oshkosh, Wisconsin
National Knoxville, Tennessee

1991
State Oshkosh
Regional Lima, Ohio
National Overland Park, Kansas

​1989
State Manitowoc
Regional Muncie, Indiana
National Omaha, Nebraska

1987
State Beaver Dam
Regional Peoria, Illinois
National Norman, Oklahoma

1985
State La Crosse
Regional Holland, Michigan
National Racine, Wisconsin

​1983
State Kenosha
Regional Racine
National Haines, Alaska

1981
State Waukesha
Regional Coshocton, Ohio
National Kalamazoo, Michigan

1979
State La Crosse
Regional Indianapolis, Indiana
National Memphis, Tennessee

1977
State Racine
Regional Lake Forest, Illinois
National Spokane, Washington

1975
State Sheboygan
Regional
National Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

1973
State Madison
Regional
National Lincoln, Nebraska

1971
State Elm Grove
Regional
National Western Springs, Illinois