Started in 1969 by Roger L. Stevens, the Kennedy Center's founding chairman,
the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF)
is a national theater program involving 18,000 students from colleges and universities nationwide which has served as a catalyst in improving the quality of college theater in the United States. The KCACTF has grown into a network of more than 600 academic institutions throughout the country, where theater departments and student artists showcase their work and receive outside assessment by KCACTF respondents.
