I am in Lawrence, KS at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival and I hate it. I have wanted to go to ACTF for 9 years now, and I have honestly not enjoyed any of it so far. I keep looking for a redeemable quality and perhaps it's there, but I haven't found it.
Maybe it's because I like living alone and that isn't happening! Or maybe it's because competitive art is the bunch of crap I have always said it is. Or maybe its because I was totally disrespected publicly by my boss. Either way, for me, the only way to do ACTF is from home, when it's nothing but fun phone calls and updates once a day. I am so not repeating this adventure again.