Northern Michigan University Theatre students have won awards from the American College Theatre Festival. Honorees are listed below.


2020

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival

What We Leave Behind: Addressing Climate Change Through Dance was selected to perform at the American College Theater Region III Festival in Madison, WI.

Directed by Jill Grundstrom, created by members of CO/LAB COLLECTIVE and OM Music Ensemble, inspired by and based on research conducted and presented by Dr. Jessica Thompson.


2012

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival

  • Region III Faculty Service Award - Paul Truckey
  • Student Dramaturgy Award - Abby Ropp
  • Student Directing Award (Most Improved) - Jacob Barbot
  • Design Storm Award Honorable - Stephanie Baugher
  • The Games of the Technological Olympiad - Jalina Olgren and Tyler Welden; Charlie Jauquet and Andrea Knoll (second place).

2004

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival

  • Certificate of Merit for Ensemble Acting - Jeremy E. J. Dillon, Adam Maslak, Alexia Rutherford, and Emily Vajda

Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Regional Competition

  • Jeremy E. J. Dillon, Adam Maslak, and Emily Vajda

1995

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival

Haywire was performed at the American College Theater Regional Festival at the Weidner Center in Green Bay, WI, and at the national festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Lyrics by Shelley Russell, music by Shelley Russell and Robert Engelhart, and musical arrangements by Engelhart