May 19, 2003

Contact: Charla Jenkins, University Theatre, (785) 864-2684.

KU recognizes outstanding theatre and film students

LAWRENCE -- The Department of Theatre and Film at the University of Kansas recently honored outstanding students.

Theatre students were recognized May 9 at the "Night and Day Stage Supper." Film students were honored and their film projects were shown at the first "Tensie Awards" May 16.

At the theatre supper, Brian Clinnin, Arlington Heights, Ill., received the Kilty Kane award, the University Theatre's highest honor, which is given to someone who is leaving the program and has contributed greatly to the KU theatre program. Clinnin received his master of fine arts degree in scenography May 18.

Terrence D. Jones, president and chief executive officer of the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts in Vienna, Va., received the department's Alumni Honor Citation. Jones, who received his bachelor's degree in education in 1970 and his master of arts degree in 1972 from KU, received the citation April 26 during the "Alums Come Home" celebration at the chancellor's residence.

Home counties in Kansas include: Brown, Coffey, Douglas, Ford, Johnson, Montgomery, Riley, Saline, Sedgwick and Shawnee. Other states and countries: Dunwoody and Flowery Branch, Ga.; Bemidji, Minn.; Kansas City, Mo.; Omaha, Neb.; Bismarck, N.D.; Cushing and Tulsa, Okla.; Howard, S.D.; Houston, Texas; Bainbridge Island, Wash.; Milwaukee, Wis.; Medellin, Colombia; Sanderstead, England; Tokyo, Japan; and Veracruz, Mexico.

KU students recognized by the department and the University Theatre include (listed by name, class and awards):

BROWN COUNTY
From Hiawatha
Megan Persinger, freshman, Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship.

COFFEY COUNTY
From Burlington
Katrina Alford, sophomore, Dorothy and Benjamin Glick Theatre Scholarship.

DOUGLAS COUNTY
From Baldwin City
Mark von Schlemmer, doctoral student, Charles "Buddy" Rogers Scholarship and Herk Harvey Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant in Film Award.

From Lawrence
Eric Caughey, junior, Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship.
Summer Eglinski, sophomore, Charles "Buddy" Rogers Scholarship.
Nicole Gonzalez, graduate student, Gerhard Zuther Memorial Award for Dramatic Scriptwriting.
Evan C. Grosshans, junior, New Theatre Guild Scholarship.
Julia Hardin, junior, Allen Crafton Memorial Scholarship.
Ashley Lafond, junior, Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship and Loren Kennedy Traineeship.
William Thomas McClain, junior, Harley S. Nelson Scholarship.
Nicholas Charles Mosher, sophomore, Adah Clarke Hagan Scholarship for Film and Theatre Students.
Paul Shoulberg, senior, Gerhard Zuther Memorial Award for Dramatic Scriptwriting.
Christopher Wheatley, junior, Richard Kelton Memorial Scholarship.

FORD COUNTY
From Dodge City
Phillip J. Vocasek, senior, Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship and Loren Kennedy Traineeship.

JOHNSON COUNTY
From Olathe
Danon Park, graduate student, Ethel Hinds Burch Outstanding New Graduate Teaching Assistant in Theatre Award.

From Overland Park
Megan Simone Carter, sophomore, Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship.
Sarah E. Homan, junior, Loren Kennedy Traineeship.
Brent D. Lind, junior, Charles "Buddy" Rogers Scholarship and David E. Blackwell Scholarship.
Darren Maloney, junior, Loren Kennedy Traineeship.
Katherine McRobbie, junior, Charles "Buddy" Rogers Scholarship and Loren Kennedy Traineeship.
Samara E. Naeymi, sophomore, Mark Amin Scholarship and Loren Kennedy Traineeship.
Matthew G. Simon, senior, John David Lentz Memorial Scholarship.

From Prairie Village
Christopher D. Martin, senior, Loren Dolezal Community Service Award.

From Shawnee
Laura A. Leffler-McCabe, graduate student, Ambrose Saricks Family Scholarship.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY
From Coffeyville
Holly Rauch, senior, Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship.

RILEY COUNTY
From Manhattan
Blake E. Bolan, sophomore, Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship.
Theresa G. Buchheister, junior, Friends of the Theatre Scholarship in Memory of Reese P. Saricks and Loren Kennedy Traineeship.

SALINE COUNTY
From Salina
Lauren Marshall, freshman, Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship.

SEDGWICK COUNTY
From Wichita
Kelly C. Mengelkoch, graduating senior, Tom P. Rea Memorial Award.
Trudy Nguyen, junior, Peter and Ann Thompson Undergraduate Film Scholarship.
Barry St. John, junior, Mike Gunter Distinguished Service Award in Film.
Andrew York, sophomore, Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship.

SHAWNEE COUNTY
From Topeka
Elisabeth A. Ahrens, sophomore, Adah Clarke Hagan Scholarship for Film and Theatre Students.
Hannah Ballou, graduating senior, Kuhlke Humanitarian Award.
Allison Gabbard, senior, Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship.

GEORGIA
From Dunwoody
Michael R. Hill, graduating senior, Glenn Bickle Award in Technical Theatre.

From Flowery Branch
Rodney Hill, doctoral student, Alexis and Craig Stevens Performing Arts Scholarship.

MINNESOTA
From Bemidji
Patrick Carriere, doctoral student, Russian Theatre Fellowship.

MISSOURI
From Kansas City
Erin Evangeline Burns, sophomore, Claire Reinhold Scholarship.

From St. Louis
Monica Wille, senior, Stephanie Smith Memorial Scholarship.

NEBRASKA
From Omaha
Isadore Alexander Wolfson, graduating senior, Robert Findlay "Bad Ass" Award.

NORTH DAKOTA
From Bismarck
Caitlin McDonald, sophomore, Loren Kennedy Traineeship.

OKLAHOMA
From Cushing
Sara K. Armstrong, graduate student, Ethel Hinds Burch Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant in Theatre Award.

From Tulsa
Matt Greer, junior, Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship.

SOUTH DAKOTA
From Howard
Julie Noonan, doctoral student, Alexis and Craig Stevens Performing Arts Scholarship.

TEXAS
From Houston
Joy Richmond, doctoral student, Claire Reinhold Scholarship.

WASHINGTON
From Bainbridge Island
Mallory E. Yund, junior, Alexis and Craig Stevens Performing Arts Scholarship.

WISCONSIN
From Milwaukee
Aaron M. Dyszelski, graduate student, Sally Six Hersh Memorial Scholarshipand Brian Ten Eyck Davis Award.

COLOMBIA
From Medellin
Fernando Arenas, doctoral student, Berg Family Film Studies Film Award.

ENGLAND
From Sanderstead
Beth Collins, graduate student, Ethel Hinds Burch Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant in Theatre Award.

JAPAN
From Tokyo
Erika Danielle Crane, junior, Adah Clarke Hagan Scholarship for Film and Theatre Students.

MEXICO
From Veracruz
Manuel Perez-Tejada, doctoral student, Berg Family Film Studies Film Award.