FESTIVAL 40 January 2-6*, 2008
*Please note the dates. Festival 40 is being held two weeks earlier than normal and begins on a Wednesday this year.
Downtown Pittsburgh
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, PITTSBURGH, PA
| Host: | Dick Block
Associate Head, School of Drama |
| Operations Manager: | Taylor Harris
Graduate Student, Master of Arts Management |
Those with questions may contact either:
Taylor Harris at tsharris@andrew.cmu.edu and (412) 759-0707 or
Dick Block at rblock@andrew.cmu.edu and (412) 268-7219
MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW!
Registration, late night mixers and entertainment, and orientation sessions on Wednesday evening will all be here.
Sheraton Station Square Hotel
300 W Station Square Dr · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
Phone (412) 803-3865 · Fax (412) 803-3829
www.sheraton.com/stationsquare*
*Please use the website only for general hotel information purposes only. Read below for appropriate reservation and contact information.
There is enough room at the Sheraton for all of us!
This is the best rate in town so we are encouraging all schools to stay at the Sheraton so we're all under one roof for after hours events and for your convenience regarding transportation to and from campus.
Room rates are $105.00 a night plus state and local taxes (14%) for any size room until December 12, 2007.
After December 12 rooms will be offered at the prevailing rate ($279 a room) based on availability.
There are a number of double beds available but they will be offered on a first come, first serve basis based on receipt of payment.
The Sheraton at Station Square regrets that it cannot reserve rooms without a complete room list and will work with each school in order to help expedite purchase orders, invoice payment or credit card payments. Please fax your room list to Patricia Zurat at the fax number listed above and she will immediately generate an invoice for payment. Schools who are interested in paying for the rooms by check are encouraged to do so in advance as the rooms cannot be confirmed without payment.
Please contact Particia Zurat, the Senior Sales Manager at the Sheraton who is handling our reservations with any questions regarding hotel arrangements. Make sure to mention the KCACTF Region 2 Festival Rate!
Please do not try to make festival hotel reservations online as the hotel is not equipped to offer the discount online.
Phone (412) 803-3865· Fax (412) 803-3829
Ask for Patricia Zurat.
Transportation and Parking
A bus loop will run between the Sheraton Station Square Host Hotel and the campus of Carnegie Mellon University throughout the entire festival. A schedule will made available as we become closer to the festival dates.
Parking at Sheraton Station Square costs $16 per day with in and out privileges.
It is strongly encouraged that you DO NOT DRIVE to campus. Parking on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University is limited and costly. In addition, parking tickets are authorized frequently to violators of campus parking rules and regulations.
Leave the driving to us!
Make sure the hotel is aware if you will be arriving by motor coach or bus. There are extra valet fees associated with buses unless you unload your bags yourself and take them to your room.
Helpful websites about the Host University & Pittsburgh
Host University ~
Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama
About Pittsburgh ~
Station Square (Host Hotel Location)
Pittsburgh and the Arts ~
Pittsburgh's Cultural District
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
Student Volunteers and Grants
We are looking for student volunteers to assist in all areas of festival programming: Registration, Special Events, National Playwriting Program, Directing, Irene Ryan, Dramaturgy, National Critics Institute, Design, Technology and Management, Invited Productions, Fringe, and administrative areas.
We will be offering a number of registration grants again this year for students selected for leadership positions in their area of interest.
If you would like to donate just a few hours of your time to assist in an area of interest and not commit yourself for the whole festival, that would be fine, too!
Please contact Regional Vice Chair, Julie Wunsch at jwunsch@wcupa.edu for more information
Pittsburgh Fast Facts!
- Pittsburgh was voted " #1 In the Arts Among Mid-Sized Cities " in American Style Magazine's 2007 annual readers' poll of the Top 25 Arts Destinations.
- Pittsburgh has been ranked #1 Most Livable City in America by Places Rated Almanac in 2007. The 379 metropolitan areas surveyed were evaluated in nine categories: housing affordability (cost of living), transportation, jobs, education, climate, crime, health care, recreation and ambience (museums, performing arts, restaurants and historical districts).
- Pittsburgh has been named one of North America's top three Cities of the Future by Foreign Direct Land Investment magazine in 2007, an affiliate of the Financial Times , London. The rankings are based on a variety of criteria, and Pittsburgh topped the list of large cities in cost effectiveness, which included business space rental and purchase prices, salaries and energy costs.
- Pittsburgh ranks in the top 10 as the best place to start as a young professional and to grow personal wealth.
- Pittsburgh Opera is the Nation's Fifth Oldest Opera Company.
- The Carnegie Museum of Art opened in 1895 as the World's First Museum of Modern Art.
- Mister Rodgers' Real Neighborhood was Oakland, also home to Carnegie Mellon University and to WQED (the first public television in the country and the ěNeighborhood of Make Believeî).
- Pittsburgh has 723 bridges , more than any other city in the world except Venice, Italy.
- The David L. Lawrence Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh is the First Certified Green Convention Center in the United States and the largest certified green building in the world.
- Pittsburgh is among the top 25 of the World's Cleanest Cities by Forbes magazine in 2007. The magazine recognized the city's transformation stating, "though formerly a steel capital of the U.S., it has turned around and is now into healthcare, education, robotics, technology and financial services."