In 1995, Region VIII Chair, Rex Heuschkel, introduced to the Festival the concept of Fellows. The Award was to go to those people who have over a period of years given of their time and energies above and beyond the call of duty.
Previous Regional Fellows
1995 Fellows
Jerry Crawford
Norman Mennes
James R. McCloskey
Charlotte Kay Motter
1996 Fellows
Charles Metten
Clifford E. White
1997 Fellows
Kaleta Brown
William Wolack
1998 Fellows
John Cauble
Dean Hess
Emmett Jacobs
1999 Fellows
Ivan Hess
Al Muller
2000 Fellows
Jere Wade
2001 Fellows
Kenneth R. Gray
Brad Myers
Judith Royer
2002 Fellows
Harold Dixon
Pamela Fields
2003 Fellows
Richard Bugg
Tom Provenzano
The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Medallion is awarded for outstanding contribution to the Festival by interested faculty, staff, administrators, or organizations. It is the most coveted award given by KCACTF and is considered one of the great honors in theatre education. Since1981, each Region may choose to award only two of these greatly prized and highly coveted honors each year.
Ken Gray, Chair, announcing 2002 Medallion Recipients
Previous Medallion Recipients
1971-72
Fay Kanin S
Michael Kanin S
1972-73
Jean Korf S
Kate Lawson S
Patricia Madsen S
Norman Mennes S
Charlotte K. Motter N
Ezra Stone S
1973-74
John Cauble S
Jenane Hall N
Robert Hays N
Lee Korf S
Candy Maue N
Harry Murray S
Sara Seegar S
1974-75
Howard Banks S
Muriel Roy Bolton S
Kingsley Colton S
Bert & Margaret Holland S
Doyne Mraz N
Omar Paxson S
Robert Smykle S
Richard Wilson S
1975-76
Jerry Blunt S
Virginia Christine S
James Costy N
Cecile Enright S
Fritz Field S
Ronald Johnson N
Robert Smart N
Dan Sullivan S
1976-77
Dolores Abrans N
James A. Butler S
Dr. Harold Crain N
Sylvia Drake S
Jack Morrison S
Alfred Muller N
Clifford E. White S
William C. White S
1977-78
Jack Byers N
Jerry Crawford S
Fleda Evans N
Ron Feinberg S
Charlotte K. Motter S
Maris Ubans S
1978-79
Kaleta Brown S
Bonnie Burns Busick N
Harold Oaks VII (UT)
Franklin Wilbur N
1979-80
Anta West S
Barbara Carver S
Ed EmanuEl S
Rex Heuschkel N
Charles Redman S
Southern California EducationalTheatre Association S
1980-81
Jerry Crawford N
Pamela Fields S
Al Keller S
Richard Levering N
Howard Malpas N
Jim McCloskey S
Sid Perkes VII (UT)
Jack Vaughn S
1981-82
Jerry Crawford S
Jere Wade N
1982-83
Emmett Jacobs S
1983 -84
George Forrester N
Kip Niven S
1984-85
Bill Wolak N
1985-86
Pamela Fields S
1987-88
Bill James N
1988-89
Jim McCloskey S
Alan Stambusky N
1989-90
Harold Dixon S
Owen Smith S
Robert Ware N
1990-91
Dean Hess
1991-92
Ivan Hess
1992-93
Ken Gray
Bill Wolak
1993-94
Amanda Sue Rudisill
1994-95
Jill Benone
Charles Metten
1995-96
Kaleta Brown
Ivan Hess
1996-97
Diana Polsky
Judith Royer
1997-98
Jill Benone
Crae WIlson
1998-99
Debra Shapazian
Robert Yowell
1999-2000
Paula Alm
2000-2001
Brad Myers
Judith Royer
Bill Wolak
2001-2002
Richard Bugg
Tom Provensano
This award, given in 1997 for the first time, recognizes faculty and staff in various universities and colleges throughout the region who go "beyond the call of duty" in devoting their time, efforts, talent, and energies on behalf of the students and in support of the other faculty and staff of their institution. It is an award that symbolizes that which represents the best in all educators.
The following recipients of the "Excellence in Theatre Education Award" are those individuals being recognized by the Board of Governors of the Kennedy Center/American College Theater Festival, Region VIII for their unique commitment to their students, their colleagues, their institution, and their profession. It is awarded as a recognition to all -- in their institution and throughout the region -- of their vision, knowledge, high intention, and sincere effort in fostering, supporting and developing a greater respect and appreciation for the values of theatre, theatre education, and all who participate in it.
Jerry Carlson - Citrus College
Eddie Coe - University of Utah
Barclay Goldsmith - Pima Comm. College
Adrianne Harrop - Santa Monica College
Roger Held - Utah State University
Bob Jensen - Fullerton College
Davey Marlin-Jones - Univ. of Nevada, LV
Jerome O'Donnell - CSU, Stanislaus
Sid Perkes - Utah State University
David Wheeler - Yuba Comm. College
Louise Williams - Humboldt State Univ.
Crae Wilson - Eastern Arizona College
Pamela Fields - Scottsdale Community College
John R. Fisher - CSU Fullerton
Julie Jensen - University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Harvey T. Jordan - San Joaquin Delta College
G. Randell King - Utah Valley State College
Ed Trujillo - Diablo Valley College
Peter J. Van Niel - Compton Community College
Cornelia Wilson - Brigham Young University
Jerry Crawford - University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Monica Ehlke-Cole - Eastern Arizona College
Thomas Hird -
California State University, Hayward.
Bill Korf -
Rio Hondo College
Ethel Pitts Walker - San Jose State University
Diana Polsky - Cypress College
Timothy W. Slover - Brigham Young University
Chris Beach - University of Redlands
Timothy P. Bryson - Northern Arizona University
Roger DeLaurier -Pacific Conservatory
of the Performing Arts
George T. Forrester - San Jose City College
Dean Hess - California State University, Fullerton
Charles Metten - Brigham Young University & Southern Utah University
Judith Royer - Loyola Marymount University
Jere Wade - California State University, Stanislaus
Barta Heiner - Brigham Young University
Gary Krinke - Fullerton College
Val Limar - Layola Marymount
Virgina Ludders - Glendale Community College, Arizona
Rev. Frank Tollini - Santa Clara University
W. Vosco Call - Utah State University
Michael Arndt - California Lutheran University
Brad Myers - California State University, Fresno
James Taulli - California State University, Fullerton
Larry Soller - Phoenix College
Randy Wonzong - California State University, Chico
Since 1972, the Irene Ryan Foundation of Encino, California, has awarded scholarships to the outstanding student performers at each regional festival. These scholarships are made possible by the generosity of the late Irene Ryan, who is best remembered for her portrayal of the lovable and feisty Granny Clampett on "The Beverly Hillbillies." All student actors in both Participating and Associate productions are eligible for consideration for these $500 regional scholarships. The Foundation and KCACTF also bring two regional winners and their acting partners from each of the eight regions to Washington, D.C., all expenses paid, to take part in an "Evening of Scenes" during the KCACTF national festival. This presentation is viewed by leading directors, producers, and casting agents, and two student performers are awarded additional $2,500 scholarships. Winners may use their scholarships to pay tuition at the institution of their choice. Course of study is not limited to theater arts. Scholarship moneys will be paid directly to the institution designated by the scholarship winners. A special award is given to the Best Partner appearing in the Evening of Scenes.
Respondent: T.H. McCulloh , Freelance Critic, Los Angeles Times
The National Critics Institute offers a scholarship for an outstanding student critic to work along with the work/study program for professional theatre critics and arts writers at the Eugene OıNeill Theatre Center in Waterford, Connecticut, each summer.
At each KCACTF Regional Festival, students nominated from schools that have entered the Festival will be asked to write critiques of a selected number of plays. One student from each of the eight regions will be selected as a finalist for the national award.
The national winner will attend the Eugene OıNeill Center during the national writing conference in July, working with leading professional newspaper and magazine critics from across the United States. All expenses will be paid.
The California State University system presents the fourteenth year of CSU Summer Arts. Located at California State University, Fresno, Summer Arts is recognized as the largest and most dynamic interdisciplinary arts program in the western United States. Summer Arts students are visual and performing artists who, teamed with selected CSU faculty and internationally acclaimed guest artists, come together to create, challenge, and collaborate.
CSU Summer Arts is offering four full tuition scholarships to talented students selected through the SCETA Auditions, and the KCACTF Festival. Each scholarship recipient will be able to select their own classes from those being offered during Summer Arts 2001.
The purpose of the Barbizon Awards for Theatrical Design Excellence is to give outstanding student designers national recognition and also the opportunity to exhibit their work at the Kennedy Center.
Designs considered for the Barbizon Award will be judged on the basis of quality, effectiveness, originality, and excellence in rendering techniques. Any full length production entered in KCACTF that has one or more of the visual elements designed by a bona fide student enrolled at the participating institution will be adjudicated for design excellence.
Believing that designıs importance lay in production, the Southern California Educational Theatre Association contributed the Kate Drain Lawson Awards for Design Excellence in 1979. These awards go to students whose works have outstanding design merit as exhibited in the production when viewed at the original production. Adjudicators assess studentsı work on sight, removing the studentsı rendering and visual presentation abilities from the criteria.
The Regional Awards were instituted in 1989 and take into consideration both excellence in production and the studentıs presentation quality. Eligibility may be for one or all awards in the following categories:
Costume Design
Lighting Design
Scene Design
A student may be eligible for one or both KDL (Kate Drain Lawson) and Regional in the following categories:
Audio Design
Make-Up Design
Property Design
Each year the National Selection team is asked to select up to six actors from the productions presented at Festival who exemplify excellence in performance. These awards will be presented at the Festival Awards Brunch on Sunday, February 14, 1999.
An award will be given to the college or university at the Regional Festival which displays the highest standards of theatre professionalism in setup and strike of their production.
Mehron Inc. is a premier performance makeup company which emphasizes Education Theatre. The purpose of the Mehron Award is to give outstanding college student designers national recognition and the opportunity to exhibit their work at the Kennedy Center. Designs will be appraised on the basis of quality, effectiveness, originality and creativity.
The David Mark Cohen National Playwriting Award is presented in an effort to promote the writing and production of new plays while honoring and perpetuating the memory of David Mark Cohen, Professor of Playwriting, the University of Texas-Austin. The award was developed by the Playwriting Program of ATHE and the Playwriting Awards Committee of KCACTF. This award may be presented for an original script by a working playwright whose play is produced by a college or university theater program and entered as a KCACTF Associate or Participating entry. Up to four scripts from the region will be advanced as national finalists. The winning playwright will receive a cash award of $1000, possible publication by Dramatic Publishing, Inc., and up to $500 to defer travel and expenses to attend a script-in-hand reading at the annual August conference of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education.
The Kennedy Center/American College Theater Festivalıs newest award will be presented to one faculty member selected from the country to attend the Actors Center Teacher Development Workshop in New York City. The recipient of the award will receive a full tuition waiver and a travel/ lodging grant for up to $1,000. Each of the KCACTF eight regions has been asked to select one nominee. A KCACTF national selection team will select the national winner from the eight regional nominees. The eligible candidate for the award must be a full time faculty member who continues to perform professionally. All nominations must come from current full-time Theatre faculty members.
One student-written short play will be selected for publication in an annual collection of KCACTF short plays published by Dramatic Publishing, Inc.
Six regional finalists have been selected from student directors of KCACTF-Region VIII Associate or Participating entries. Each regional finalist will be interviewed at the festival by a panel of regional judges, and one student director will be selected to represent Region VIII at the KCACTF National Festival in April to participate as an assistant director in the National 10-Minute Play Festival.
Six regioanl finalists have been selected from KCACTF Region VIII Associate or Participating entries. Each regional finalist wil lbe interviewed at the festival by a panel of reigonal judges, and one national finalists will be selected. One of the national finalists will be selected to stage manage the KCACTF National 10-Minute Play Festival in April.
One student-written 10-minute script from Region VIII will be selected to participate in the National 10-Minute Play Festival, cast from the Ryan Finalists at the Kennedy Center during the National KCACTF Festival in April, and performed as a staged reading at that festival.
Students representing California institutions will be invited to perform at the California Youth In Theatre Day, to be held in Sacramento at the State Capitol. College/ university performers may be selected from the Festival of Invitational Scenes, Irene Ryan Acting Competition, 10-Minute Play Festival, or CETA Auditions.
