UW Oshkosh Theatre Department Awards and Achievements
| STUDENT AWARDS | |
|---|---|
| Sarah Gorski '14 | Dean’s List Spring 2014 Savanah College of Art and Design – Graduate School – MFA Acting Internship – The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey 2015 Irene Ryan Nominee – Antigone |
| Eve Funnell ’15 | USITT Midwest Regional Section Digital Design Competition Award KCACTF Region III Certificate of Merit - Scenic Design for Bus Stop. |
| Tania Boyden ‘14 | Chancellor’s Award for Excellence |
| Michael Stimac ’16 | KCACTF National Committee Award for Acting – The Seafarer |
| Brian Felten ‘15 | Gruenwald Scholarship Award, 2014 |
| Luke Scorcio ’13 | Actor – NCIS Season 12 Episode 9 “Grounded” (11/25/14) |
| Matthew Nielsen ’15 | Irene Ryan Nominee – Antigone & Bus Stop & The Boy Inside |
| Amy Baumgardner ‘16 | Irene Ryan Nominee – Bus Stop & O Pioneers |
| Jared Schultz ’15 | Irene Ryan Nominee – Over The Tavern |
| Zech Jens ’18 | Irene Ryan Nominee – Over The Tavern |
| David Kurtz ‘16 | Irene Ryan Nominee – The Seafarer & O Pioneers |
| Mike Stimac ‘15 | Irene Ryan Nominee – The Seafarer |
| Ben Mackey ‘16 | Irene Ryan Nominee – The Seafarer |
| Josh Decker ‘16 | Irene Ryan Nominee – The Boy Inside |
| Amanda O’Donnell ’14 | KCACTF Region III Certificate of Merit – Sound Design for The Seafarer |
| Bob Padour ‘17 | Outstanding Nontraditional Student – Division of Lifelong Learning and Community Engagement |
| Gabriela Peterson ’16 | Student Employee of Distinction Award Gruenwald Scholarship Award, 2015 |
| Nicholas Martin ’17 | Gruenwald Scholarship Award, 2015 |
| DEPARTMENT AWARDS | |
|---|---|
| The Seafarer | KCACTF Region III Festival – Invited Production – The Pabst Theatre, Milwaukee, WI – Selected December 2014, performed January 10, 2015 Joint Faculty and Student Achievement |
| Don Burdick Scholarship | • Established – Burdick Family Donation • Tribute to Don – Side By Side By Sondheim – Theatre Faculty and Music Faculty • Adam Briesemeister’s Family and Business Donation |
| New Emphasis | Theatre Administration added to the Theatre Arts Major |
| FACULTY AWARDS | |
|---|---|
| Kathleen Donnelly | Promotion – Assistant Professor IPP Grant, Faculty Development for work on Period Styles Handbook. |
| Mick Alderson | Re-elected USITT Vice-Chair for Membership Midwest Section 2015 Invited Technical Lecturer – USITT National Knot Tying Seminar 2015 |
| Roy Hoglund | IPP Grant, Faculty Development for work on Period Styles Handbook. Two Posters accepted in Juried USITT National Education Commission Poster Session Invited Coordinator for KCACTF Design Storm Competition – Region III |
| Bryan M. Vandevender | Ph. D. University of Missouri and Commencement Marshal, December 2014 Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) July 2014 • Elected Conference Planner of the Music/Theatre Dance Focus Group • Presented “Chorus Lines and Color Lines: Race, Ethics, and Authenticity in Reviving A Chorus Line” • Presented “Musical Revivals and the Future of the American Musical Theatre Canon” Mid-America National Theatre Conference • Presented “The Creative Process: Reforming General Education Through Inspiration and the Arts” • Invited Actor for Peer Reviewed Presentation – The Oracle |
| Merlaine Angwall | Promotion – Professor New Play - Blackbirds’ Garden • Playwriting Award – Theatre Z – Concert reading June 2014, De Pere, WI • International Playwright Award – Gloria Ann Barnell Peter Playwright Competition, Aurora, NY April 2015 – NY production 2017 Season • Director – The Seafarer, The Pabst Theatre, January 2015 Milwaukee, WI • Director – In the Next Room (or the Vibrator play), Theatre Z, June 2014, De Pere WI • Director – Carmel, Björklunden, July 2014, Baileys Harbor, WI • Actor – Over The Tavern, UW Oshkosh |
| Richard Kalinoski | Appointed Playwright-in-Residence at Eastern University, Pa. September 2013 Wagner College, Staten Island, NY January-March 2014 • Appointed Artist-in-Residence • Directed My Soldiers • Presenter of Stanley Drama Award at the Players Club in NYC New Play, The Boy Inside • read publicly and professionally, Chamber Theatre, Milwaukee, October 2014 • directed new play, UW Oshkosh February 2015 Finalist for Commendation Award for new play, My Genius of Humanity, at the Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance, December 2014 Play, Beast on the Moon, • Celebrates its 11th continuous year run at the Moscow Arts Theatre, Moscow, Russia November 2015 • Performed at The Raven Theatre (Chicago) April 21 – June 6, 2015 • Opens in a Japanese production October 4, 2015 in Tokyo. (First production in Japanese). • Humanities Award by Project Save at Salve Regina University February, 2015 • Enters its fifth year in Repertory at the Tallinn City Theatre (Estonia) in September/October 2015 • Published in Turkey in Turkish in May or June 2015 |
| Jane Purse-Wiedenhoeft | Promotion – Associate Professor and Tenure KCACTF Region III • Faculty Service Award – Wisconsin • Regional Selection Committee • Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy, Regional Coordinator • Irene Ryan Scholarship Faculty Responder Mid-America National Theatre Conference • Invited Performance of One Person Show – Wrote and performed Revision as Performance: Lady Gregory's Journey- Her Words, Our Stories • Invited Actor for Peer Reviewed Ten Minute plays: Dear Saul/Dear Meredith Play Presentation, Role: Meredith At Delphi Play Presentation, Role: Kate • Elected as At-Large member of the National Nominating Committee • Speaker at MATC Fellow Induction Ceremony • Friday Night Fringe Festival: Playwright invitation to perform, Mavis Rents a VHS, Role: Mavis • Invited Actor for Peer Reviewed Ten Minute play: When Old Ms. Eula May Calls, Role: Ms. Eula May UW System OPID • Faculty College – Keynote Arts Presentation: Feminist Research in the Arts for Lady Gregory's Journey • Faculty College – Official Observer/Responder • Council UW O Faculty Representative Irish Dialect Coach, The Seafarer, The Pabst Theatre, Milwaukee, WI WI High School Theatre Festival – Invited Judge of One Act Play Finals |