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ROBYN CONNER produced and directed God of Carnage for her production company, Beyond August Productions, in Austin, TX. The show had
sold-out performances and great reviews. |
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VICTORIA DENIKE, a 1st-year performance & pedagogy student, graduated from Belmont University this
past May and was the first theatre major to receive the Robert E. Watson Scholarship
Award, an award given to the graduating student with the highest grade point average
in the graduating class. |
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CONNOR GERHART worked for Lubbock Moonlight Musicals, performing in Hello, Dolly! and Oklahoma! Connor also designed costumes, hair, and makeup for Hello, Dolly!, Oklahoma!, and the Academy production of Disney's The Little Mermaid, Jr. |
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ABBY GIBSON completed a summer internship at Pearl Theatre in Houston, Texas, serving as assistant
director for a production of Mulan's Adventures. |
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DEVIN HENELY worked many great young, talented actors at Texas Tech's UIL Theatre Camp as a counselor/Assistant
Director. |
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KAYLIE JONES was the Production/Music Services supervisor at the Santa Fe Opera, where she managed
a group of five apprentices and assisted in the daily stage and orchestra operations
for three operas running in rep: Tosca, Rusalka, and Orfeo. |
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WILL LOCONTO was an Apprentice Electrician at the Santa Fe Opera, working to support five distinct
operas in an outdoor, rotating rep season. He also worked as a spotlight operator
on three of five productions and was the lighting designer and programmer for the
two weeks of Apprentice Scenes. |
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ALLISON MEREDITH attended the OpenJar Institute's Broadway training program and worked hand-in-hand
with business professionals. Allison also performed with the ensemble in SummerStock
Austin's Dance Hall: An Original Movie Musical, The Wizard of Oz, and Grease, in which she was also the featured dancer. |
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CLAIRE NEWEY choreographed the Lubbock Moonlight Musicals production of Hello, Dolly! and worked as a Resident Advisor for Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. |
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GERARDO RODRIGUEZ's one-act play, My Corner, was produced by Teatro Espejo in their 2023 Summer One Act Festival in Sacramento,
California. |
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JET TERRY performed with Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre, an equity theatre, in their production
of Beauty and the Beast. |
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LILY VETTER served as Production Manager for the New London Barn Playhouse for their summer season
which included: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Guys and Dolls, Fully Committed, Beautiful:
The Carole King Musical, The Wedding Singer, and Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill. |
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ABBY WOLFF earned her basic certification from Fight Directors Canada where she also received
the "Nationals Rookie of the Year" Award and the FDC Training Boost Grant. Abby was
the Fight Director for The Play That Goes Wrong at Lubbock Community Theatre where she will serve as their Artist-in-Residence for
the 2023/2024 year. |
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TARIQ WOODS spent the summer in West Yellowstone, Montana, at The Playmill Theatre, performing
as Gaston in Beauty and the Beast and Reuben in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. |
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BECCA WORTHINGTON performed at Great Plains Theatre in The Wedding Singer, Oliver!, and Nunsense. Becca also attended the Greenwood Film Festival Actor's workshop on behalf of the
Cherokee Nation Film Office. |
