Voted Readers Poll Favorite 1999, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008

Austin Family Magazine
--Favorite Place to Learn Acting!--

kidsActing Named to: Chronicle Hall of Fame All-Time Poll Winners!

Voted Readers Poll Favorite 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 (2 awards) and 2009!

by the Austin Chronicle Readers Poll

Best Summer Camp

Taking "let's play pretend" to the next level, KA puts on impressive, remarkably talented renditions of popular musicals every summer. The talented staff draws out so much spirit, confidence, and stellar performances to match shining smiles of these little thespians-in-training at every curtain call. Fun for all ages and experience levels. The kind of leg-breaking parents can dig.

Best Camps and Classes

Owned and operated since 1980 by Dede Clark, KidsActing is Austin's only theatre school producing full-scale musicals with casts of young people--many featuring original songs by famous local musicians.

Best Stage Director

Dede Clark

2009 B. Iden Payne Awards and Nominations

Nomination:

Best Youth Performer

Dylan Kittleman, Les Misérables

Best Scenic Design

Theada Bellenger,Les Misérables

2006 B. Iden Payne Awards and Nominations

NOMINATIONS

Best Youth Performer

David Bologna, Bugs

2004 B. Iden Payne Awards and Nominations

NOMINATIONS

Best Actor in a Production for Youth

Hannah Clark, The Velveteen Rabbit

Clint Gilfillan, The Velveteen Rabbit

Shae Boyd, The Velveteen Rabbit

2003 B. Iden Payne Awards and Nominations

Congratulations Cast and Crew of Waking Sleeping Beauty!

kidsActing's 2003 original summer musical Waking Sleeping Beauty was nominated for six B. Iden Payne Awards (and won two of them!):

WINNER!

-Outstanding Production of a Play for Youth

kidsActing, Written by Dede Clark, Theresa May, Carolina Sanders, Produced and Directed by Dede Clark, Musical Direction by Noel Alford, Set Design by Gary Vander Wege, Costume Design by Theresa May, Lighting Design by Diana Duecker, Choreography by Sally Taylor, Sound Design by Joe Volpe

WINNER!

-Best Original Score

Robert Skiles, Jan Bozarth, Noel Alford, Theresa May, Cindy Symington, Dede Clark, Holly Watson, Sarah Hickman, Django Walker, and Jerry Jeff Walker (What a collaboration!)