NORFOLK, Neb. – The director of theatre at Northeast Community College has been recognized by an organization that works to advance the performing arts in the United States.

Adam Peterson has been presented with the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) Region 5 Road Warrior Award. The award is said to give special recognition to people who often function as “unsung heroes” of the festival: the Regional Production Respondents.

Peterson has served as a respondent on behalf of the KCACTF to observe several productions by other theatre programs, including Creighton University, University of Nebraska-Omaha, University of Nebraska-Kearney, Iowa State University, University of South Dakota, and Mt. Marty College to offer feedback to their theatre students. He and other Road Warrior Award recipients were recognized at the KCACTF Region 5 Festival in Des Moines.

Peterson earned a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Directing from East 15 Acting School in London. He also studied at the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts in Moscow and the Indonesian Institute of the Arts in Denpasar, Bali. He also serves as the artistic director of the Norfolk Community Theatre.

A national organization, the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival involves 18,000 students from more than 600 academic institutions. Theatre departments and student artists showcase their work and receive outside assessment from “respondents” to share experiences and insights with the theatre community and to celebrate the creative process.