October 2006
Congratulations to 2006-2007 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Participating Entry Grand Canyon
The following awards were received at the Texas I Festival at San Jacinto Community College South on October 28, 2006.
The Directors' Choice Award for Grand Canyon by, SHSU Theatre major, Scott McCarrey.
Excellence in Directing Larry Routh
Excellence in Playwriting Scott McCarrey
Excellence in Costume Design Rebecca Cobo
Excellence in Set & Light Design Richard Chamblin
Excellence in Make-up Design Natalie Gasaway
Excellence in Supporting Original Works SHSU Department of Theatre and Dance
Nominations for Irene Ryan Acting Award Scholarship Steven Chambers, Garrett Graham, Cody Hinson
Grand Canyon has been invited to the KCACTF Regional Festival!- The Regional Festival will be held in Tulsa, OK in late February. Author Scott McCarrey has also been nominated for the David Mark Cohen National Playwriting Award. Congratulations to Scott and everyone involved in the production. Click here for more information on the Department of Theatre and Dance's participation in KCACTF.
SHSU's Grand Canyon honored at American College
Theatre Festival The SHSU Department of Theatre & Dance recently traveled to the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival's (KCACTF) regional festival in Tulsa , Oklahoma , and returned with high honors. Grand Canyon received the Directors' Choice Award for best play at the Region VI level, and was nominated for consideration to perform at the national festival in Washington , D.C. Scott McCarrey, the playwright, also received an award for "Excellence in Playwriting," and Sam Houston State University received an award for, "Excellence in Supporting Original Work". Grand Canyon has been selected as an alternate to the national festival, which will take place in Washington D.C. in April 2007. In addition, several members of the cast and crew received full fellowships to the KCACTF National Festival. Playwright Scott McCarrey will attend the festival to participate in master classes with acclaimed playwrights Edward Albee, Noah Haidle, Naomi Iizuka, and Lee Blessing, and the chair of the playwriting program at the Yale school of drama, Mark Bly. Cast members Steven Chambers, Garrett Graham, and Cody Hinson, who are all theatre majors at SHSU, were also invited to attend the festival, participating in acting master classes and auditions. The cast will perform a selection from Grand Canyon during the Michael Kanin Playwriting Award Showcase. Patrick Pearson, SHSU Musical Theatre graduate and third year graduate student at California State University - Fullerton , directed a production of The Diviners by Jim Leonard. This productions was one of four productions invited to the KCACTF National Festival. Started in 1969 by Roger L. Stevens, the Kennedy Center 's founding chairman, the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival is a national theater program involving 18,000 students from colleges and universities nationwide, which has served as a catalyst in improving the quality of college theatre in the United States . The KCACTF has grown into a network of more than 600 academic institutions throughout the country, where theatre departments and student artists showcase their work and receive outside assessment by KCACTF respondents. The Theatre program at SHSU is thrilled to be recognized and to have received such prestigious awards from KCACTF.