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www.tanys.org Callboard - Volume XX • Issue 1 • Spring 2023 Page 8 News from the Eastern States Theatre Association (ESTA) ESTA Festival 2023 will take place at The Tatnall School, Wilmington, Delaware, April 14-16 with the theme “Back Together Again: A Road to Recovery.” The Best Short Production from the 2022 TANYS Festival, A Benevolent Alliance of Mourners by Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop, will perform Saturday afternoon. The winner of ESTAFest will compete in Louisville, Kentucky at the 2023 AACT Festival. ESTAFest will also feature a silent auction, Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS and the awards banquet Saturday evening. Tickets may be purchased at ESTAFest .ticketleap.com . Host motel is Brandywine Valley Inn, 302-656-9436; the ESTA rate is $98 per night. Panel adjudicators are Annette Procunier, Bernard DiCasimirro and Libby Anne Russler. This is a great opportunity to network with theatre colleagues in neighboring ESTA-member states of, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey. Baerhands Theater & Television Inc. Adjudicators' Discretionary Award for Excellence in Overall Production Joe Baer Samuel Clemens: Tales of Mark Twain Best Long Production Mass Appeal The Palmer Opera House Adjudicators' Performance Awards, Adjudicators’ Discretionary Award for Ensemble Acting, People's Choice Awards for Best Actors Paul Nelson as Father Tim Farley Skyler Schaap as Mark Dolson Adjudicators' Discretionary Acting Award Michele Chisholm as Leslie The Deception of Kathryn Vask Auburn Players Community Theatre Adjudicators' Performance Award Kadrian Rossbach as Houston McCoy The Texas Tower Project: August 1, 1966