National Festival 40, April 2008
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Congratulations to the recipients of the O'Neill National Critics Institute Scholarships at the Fortieth National Festival of KCACTF.
The National Scholarship Recipient
Scott McCarrey
Sam Houston State University
Partial Scholarships
Sarah Roquemore
James Madison University
And
Pasha Yamotahari
Scottsdale Community College
Congratulations to all of the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Nominees and Partners for their outstanding work last week at the National Festival.
The KCACTF Performance Awards, Scholarships and Fellowships.
1) The Irene Ryan Acting Scholarships
Ari Frenkel
Assisted by Tim Hackney
Montclair State University
Joe Gillette
Assisted by Peter Weidman
California State University-Fullerton
2) The Kingsley Colton Outstanding Partner Award
Tim Hackney
Partner to Ari Frenkel
Montclair State University
3) The Shakespeare Theatre Company Acting Fellowship
Jeffrey Scott
Texas Tech University
4) The Sundance Theatre Lab Acting Fellowship
Francesca Eaddy
Partner to Daniel Mirsky
Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi
5) The Williamstown Theatre Festival Fellowship
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Temple University
6) The National Partners of the American Theatre Classical Acting Award
Nick Linn
University of Wyoming
7) The Mark Twain Scholarship for Comic Performance
Joe Gillette
California State University-Fullerton
8) The Dell'Arte Mad River Festival Fellowship
Nick Linn
University of Wyoming
9) The Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre Training Program Scholarship
Stephen J. Lattanzi
Bates College
10) The VASTA Award for Vocal Excellence
Joe Gillette
California State University-Fullerton
11) The Society of American Fight Directors Scholarship
Katherine Moeller
Partner to Micah Kronlokken
Minnesota State University, Mankato
12) The Margolis Method Training Scholarship
Erin Neufer
Ball State University
The Michael Kanin Playwriting Awards 2008
The John Cauble Award for Outstanding Short Play Dust by Rob Smith, Carnegie-Mellon University
The KCACTF Ten-Minute Play Award
Without Parachutes by Erik Levitz, Johns Hopkins University
The Playwrights' Center Development Workshop Grant George Brant, University of Texas-Austin
The WordBRIDGE Fellowship
Nathan Warren Lane, Playwrights' Theatre of Boston University
Special Thanks to Final Draft for the gift of their software and a subscription to Script magazine to each of the playwrights in residence at the National Festival.
Additional Thanks to The Dramatists' Guild of America and The Playwrights' Center of Minneapolis for awarding one-year memberships to each of the playwrights in residence at the National Festival.
Further thanks to Smith & Kraus Publishers for the gift of Teresa Rebeck's Free Fire Zone: A Playwright's Adventures on the Creative Battlefields of Film, TV, and Theater to each of the playwrights in residence at the National Festival
Previously announced:
The National Student Playwriting Award
House Full of Letters by Kit Steinkellner UCLA
The National Finalists of the John Cauble Award for Outstanding Short Play Dust by Rob Smith, Carnegie-Mellon University dReamtRippin' by Thomas Michael Campbell, Southern Illinois University Carbondale Burying Barbie by Christopher Dimond, Carnegie-Mellon University
The National Finalists of the KCACTF Ten-Minute Play Award Without Parachutes by Eric Levitz, Johns Hopkins University Sharing This Room With You by Nicholas Schwab, University of Wyoming Parkersburg by Laura Jacqmin, Ohio University Cold Soup by Christin Siems, Southern Methodist University The Professor by Rocio Carolina Rios Schaaf, Suffolk University
The Rosa Parks Playwriting Award
The Aperture by Sean Christopher Lewis, University of Iowa
2nd place
House Full of Letters by Kit Steinkellner, UCLA
Honorable Mention
Herschel in History by Cary Gitter, NYU
The Jean Kennedy Smith Playwriting Award Sick by Zayd Dohrn NYU
The David Mark Cohen Playwriting Award
Elephant's Graveyard by George Brant
University of Texas at Austin
2nd Place
Jimmy Cory, Kevin Daly
Indiana University
3rd Place
Sow and Weep by Nitzan Halperin
Boston University
The Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award Donalyn Elder's Mythology of Grass, Part I: Miracle on Monroe by Jerome Augustus Parker UCLA
2nd place
Inked Baby by Christina Anderson, Brown University
Honorable Mentions
Fati's Last Dance by France-Luce Benson, Carnegie-Mellon University The Strangest Fruit by Ronald McCants, University of California-San Diego
The Quest for Peace Playwriting Award
Beautiful American Soldier by Dano Madden Rutgers University Premiered at The University of Tulsa
2nd Place
The Near East, Alex Lewin
University of California- San Diego
The National Science Playwriting Award
the outstanding student-written play on issues surrounding Global Warming Twenty Moments in the Space Between by Jennifer Fawcett, University of Iowa
2nd Place
The Attic Dwellers by Jennifer Barclay Newsham, University of California-San Diego
(Next year's award: to the outstanding student-written play concerning Women in Modern Science 1928-2008)
The Mark Twain Prize for Comic Playwriting Well Plotted by Stephen Lewis, Catholic University of America
2nd place
Burying Barbie by Christopher Dimond, Carnegie-Mellon University
The Paula Vogel Playwriting Award
Good Worker by Isaac Holter, The Theatre School of DePaul University
2nd place
The Devil's Teacup by Nathan Warren Lane, Playwrights' Theatre of Boston University
The KCACTF Latino Playwriting Award
Aurora by Leonard Madrid, University of New Mexico
2nd Place
Blu by Virginia Grise, California Institute of the Arts
The KCACTF Musical Theatre Award
Dani Girl Book and Lyrics by Christopher Dimond, Music by Michael Kooman Carnegie-Mellon University
2nd place
Strange Day and Newscast by Aaron Fischer and Rebekah Melocik, University of Southern California
The KCACTF Theater for Young Audiences Award
Katrina: the Girl Who Wanted Her Name Back by Jason Tremblay University of Texas at Austin
And
Ashes, Ashes by Eve Tulbert
University of Texas at Austin
The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers Student Directing Fellowship Marshall Carby, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
The O'Neill Playwrights' Conference Directing Fellowships (new) Devon Scalisi, Salem State College And Jeff McLaren, Clemson University
Special Thanks to John Dillon, Molly Smith, Blake Robison, Nathan Allen, Mark Routhier and Jocelyn Clarke for their work with our student directors.
Further thanks to the outstanding faculty mentors at the National Festival, under the leadership of KCACTF National Chair Harry Parker: Chuck Ney- Texas State University, Adena Moree- Troy State University, Grechen Lynn Wingerter- Lycoming College and Bill Kincaid- Western Illinois University.
The Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas and KCACTF Dramaturgy Awards Presented in association with the Association for Theatre in Higher Education
The PlayLabs Fellowship at the Playwrights' Center of Minneapolis Andrew Lowy, West Chester University
The O'Neill Playwrights' Conference Fellowship Jessica Dart, University of Iowa
Each of the Regional LMDA Award nominees will receive student memberships in LMDA.
Andrew Lowy, West Chester University
Heather Maddux, Sinclair Community College Sarah Brew, UNC-Charlotte Jessica Dart, University of Iowa Amanda Lassetter, McLennan Community College Rebecca Heiser, Western Washington University Emily Ray, Brigham Young University And Jessica Sabol, NST Fellow in Dramaturgy, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Special thanks to Mark Bly, Julie Felise Dubiner, Mark Routhier, Miriam Weisfeld, Jocelyn Clarke and Martin Kettling for their time with the students at the National Festival.
The complete list of Design Awards presented at the National Festival on Friday, April 18, 2008
Thanks to Barbizon, Inc and Alcone Makeup for continued support of design programming at the National Festival.
Special Thanks to Live Design Online, Broadway Lighting Master Classes and Broadway Sound Master Classes for offering a full tuition grant for each of the regional finalists of the Barbizon Award for Excellence in Lighting Design and the KCACTF Sound Design Award.
The Alcone Makeup Design Award
Guy Smith, Dixie State College
Honorable Mentions:
Matthew Howk, Castleton State College
Simone Marcus, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Samantha Rodriguez, University of Evansville Jaclyn Hadwin, University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa Rebecca Scrivener, University of Central Missouri Muriel Dean Bradley, Henderson State University Shelby Robertson, Western Washington University
The Barbizon Award for Excellence in Costume Design
Ingrid Proos, Montclair State College
Runner-up
Stephanie Cluggish, Emerson College
Honorable Mention
Thomas LeGalley, Southern Methodist University
Special Recognition for Excellence in Crafts Sarah Adams, Western Washington University
The Barbizon Award for Excellence in Lighting Design
Christian Contreras, University of Texas at El Paso
Second Place
Chris Holland, Purdue University
Third Place
Kay L. Townsend, Utah State University
The Barbizon Award for Excellence in Scenic Design
William Boles, University of Central Florida
Runner-up
Lindsay Gassaway, California State University-Fullerton
Honorable Mention
Nick Miller, SUNY Oswego
The National Partners of the American Theatre Award for Design Excellence In association with the Korean National University of the Arts Thomas LeGalley, Southern Methodist University
The KCACTF Sound Design Award
Theresa Huber, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Runner-up
Teruhisa Uchiyama, Sam Houston State University
Honorable Mention
Vanessa Farley, Western Washington University
The Kennedy Center Summer Intensive Fellowships Collaborative Process: The Designer/Director Relationship, with Ming Cho Lee and Linda Cho William Boles, University of Central Florida, Scenic Design Stephanie Cluggish, Emerson College, Costume Design Lindsay Gassaway, California State University-Fullerton, Scenic Design Ingrid Proos, Montclair State College, Costume Design
The O'Neill Playwrights' Conference Design Fellowships William Boles, University of Central Florida, Scenic Design Theresa Huber, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Sound Design Jonathan Dillard, University of North Carolina- Greensboro, Lighting Design