2011
Suzanne M. Davis Memorial Award - Denise Halbach
Distinguished Career Award - Ben Cameron
Sara Spencer Child Drama Award - Betsy Bisson
High School Play Festival
- Best Production - West Orange High School (Florida) "Independence, Pop. 301"
- Runner Up - Gulf Breeze High School (Florida) "13"
- Best Actor- Jeremy Weiss as Don Quixote in "Man of LaMancha" from Albermarle High School (Virginia)
- Best Actress - Brooke Morris as Lizzie in "Independence, Pop. 301" from West Orange High School (Florida)
Community Theatre Festival
- Best Production- Manatee Players (Florida) "Sunday In the Park with George"
- Best Production- Wetumpka Depot Players (Alabama) “Second Samuel”
- Best Actor- Jonathan Conner as B Flat in "Second Samuel" from Wetumpka Depot Players (Alabama)
- Best Actress- Diane Dawson as Dot in "Sunday In the Park with George" from Manatee Players (Florida)
Design Competition Winners
Undergraduate Costume Design
- 1st: Jessi Eichberger – Measure for Measure – University of Louisville
- 2nd: Andy Jean-Mary – Once on This Island – Greensboro College
- 3rd: Rebecca Wallace – The Grapes of Wrath – University of Florida
- Honorable Mention: Virginia Varland – The Importance of Being Earnest – Virginia Commonwealth University
Undergraduate Scenic Design
- 1st: Jasmine Roberts – Stand Up Tragedy - Virginia Commonwealth University
- 2nd: Christopher Raintree – Sueno - Virginia Commonwealth University
- 3rd: Jaclyn Affatato – Love in the Time of War – University of Memphis
Undergraduate Lighting Design
- 1st Martha Carter – Gem of the Ocean – University of Florida
- 2nd: Paul Kennedy – Boy Gets Girl – University of Mississippi
- 3rd: Jason Hiett – The Story of Opal – University of Tennessee
Crafts & Technology
- 1st: Mackenzie Millan – Series of Ray Guns - Virginia Commonwealth University
- Kyra Beanland – Dancing Boy Puppet – University of Tennessee
- Matt Armentrout – 18th Century Wigs - Virginia Commonwealth University
- Alexandra Hooper – Blacksmithing Sculpture – Jacksonville State University
Graduate Costume Design
- 1st: Magdelaine Guichard – Un Ballo in Maschera –Savannah College of Art and Design
- 2nd: Josh Quinn – Lulu - Virginia Commonwealth University
- 3rd: Arlene Felipe – Electra- University of Tennessee
- Honorable Mention: Jacquelyn T. Bush – Legacy of Light - Virginia Commonwealth University
Graduate Scenic Design
- 1st: Elizabeth Muller – Legacy of Light- Virginia Commonwealth University
- 2nd: Mary Pingree – Lulu – University of Tennessee
- 3rd: Christien Fontaine – Electra – University of Tennessee
- Honorable Mention: Kerry Chipman – Merry Wives of Windsor – University of Tennessee
Graduate Lighting Design
- 1st: Timothy Hart – Boeing-Boeing – University of Tennessee
Ready to Work
- Kerry Chipman – University of Tennessee
- Magdelaine Guichard – Savannah College of Art and Design
The Southeastern Theatre Conference is proud to award scholarships
for individuals continuing their study in Theatre. The SETC
Endowment Fund supports each award. For more information
and application forms for each of the following scholarships,
please click on the title.
The Robert Porterfield Award
$3,400 to a student entering or
attending a regionally accredited graduate school
to
study theatre
Deadline: January 15th
The
Leighton M. Ballew Directing Award
$3,300 to a student to study directing
at a regionally accredited
graduate school
Deadline: January 15th
The
Marian A. Smith Costume Award
$2,300 to a student pursuing a graduate
degree in costume design and/or technology at a regionally accredited college or university
Deadline: January 21st |
The Secondary School Scholarship
$2,100 to a high school student on
entering a regionally accredited college or university in the SETC region
to major in theatre
Deadline: January 15th
The William
E. Wilson Award
$6,500 to a secondary school educator pursuing a
graduate degree in theatre or speech and theatre in
a regionally accredited graduate program
Deadline: January 15th
The
Polly Holliday Award
$1,000 to a student entering a regionally accredited undergraduate
school to study theatre
Deadline: January 21st |
Charles M. Getchell Award (New Play Project)
The SETC New Play Project is dedicated to the
discovery, development and publicizing of worthy new plays
and playwrights.The Charles M. Getchell
Award is $1000 and a Staged Play Reading at the Annual Convention. The winner must be present.
Entry: Between
March 1st and June 1st annually.
High School New Play Project
The SETC High School New Play Project is dedicated
to the encouragement and development of worthy new one act
plays written by high school playwrights. SETC
High School New Play Award is $250 and a Staged Play Reading
at the Annual Convention. The winner must be
present.
Entry: Between October 1st and December 1st.
Design Competition Awards
Three
internationally acclaimed designers critique graduate and
undergraduate entries in Scenic, Costume, Lighting Design,
Crafts and Technology. Cash awards are given for 1st, 2nd
and 3rd Places.
Keynote Emerging Artists of Promise Awards
A
grant presented annually to four high school students who
show promise in theatre and would benefit from a grant to
attend the convention. KEAP recipients are recognized for
their dedication to theatre and academic excellence at keynote
addresses, the state luncheon and the SETC Awards Banquet.
Sara Spencer Child Drama Award
Recognizes an individual or organization for distinct
achievement in such areas of child drama as: playwriting,
performance, audience development, curriculum development,
funding, scholarship, community programs, research, television
programming, creative drama or other enrichment programs within
the SETC Region.
Young Scholar's Award
SETC's History/Theory/Criticism/Literature Committee invites submissions from graduate students and undergraduate students relating to the committee's interest areas of history, theory, criticism, and literature. One graduate and one undergraduate paper will be chosen to win a cash prize and to present their winning papers at the Annual Convention.
