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Honors

Excellence recognized.

The 2012 Theater Department Awards

The Jack Bell Award for
Outstanding Creative Achievemen
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Jordan Puryear '12 (Theater Minor): Playwriting
The Will to Divide (NPF 2012)

Giulia Davis '13 (Theater Major): Acting
JB McNamara in Dynamite & Nora in A Doll House

The Marion Schumacher Award for
Outstanding Contribution
to the Department of Theater

Serita Robinson '12

Tristan Waldron '12

To receive College Honors in the Department of Theater, the student must be a major and achieve a 3.50 grade point average in departmental courses. In addition the student must achieve a 3.25 grade point average overall, and receive a grade of Pass with Distinction on the senior comprehensive project. See the Honors Program for additional information.

The Theater Department recognizes excellence with two awards given annually:

The Jack Bell Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement is given to the student or students (at any class rank) in recognition of creative work of superior quality.

The Marion Schumacher Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Department of Theater is given to the senior or seniors whose sustained contribution to the Theater Department is of exceptional worth.

The students recognized by these awards are announced at the end of the spring semester and their names are added to placques mounted in the Keck Theater Front Lobby.

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  • Our Projects
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    • Current Season
      • New Play Festival 2013
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      • Finding Character Through Language in Shakespeare's Plays
      • Intro to Writing for Television
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    • Past Seasons
      • 2011-2012
        • New Play Festival 2012
      • 2010-2011
        • New Play Festival 2011
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        • New Play Festival 2010
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        • New Play Festival 2009
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        • New Play Festival 2007
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    • Ovation Honors Award
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