Irene Ryan Nominations
•The Theatre Arts Department faculty will nominate one student to participate in the ACTF (American College Theatre Festival) Irene Ryan Scholarship Acting Award for every associate or participating production. Other students may be nominated by the ACTF adjudicators.
•All nominated students will be informed by the chair as soon as possible after the show closes. The chair, director, and students will schedule a meeting ASAP to go over procedures. It is the student’s responsibility to schedule this meeting.
•Nominated students must agree to abide by all of the ACTF posted guidelines. Many of these will require IMMEDIATE action before the end of the fall term such as choosing a partner ( in collaboration with the faculty), who must also be a bona fide full-time student at “K”, choosing and memorizing a monologue and scene, and requesting rights from the copyright holder of the material. (It is not recommended that students use material from the show that they’ve just completed.) Other requirements such as the preparation of the photo/resme and arranging for missed classes in the first or second week of winter quarter are solely the nominatd student’s responsibility.
•The Theatre Arts Department will make every effort to help with registration and transportation expenses, but it is also the expected that the student will incur some of these expenses themselves.
• Nominated students and their partners must agree to meet at least twice with departmental faculty for coaching rehearsals. First showing will be at the end of finals week of fall term. By this point, material should be selected, rough blocked, and off-book. A second coaching session will be scheduled either during the holiday break or during the first week of winter term. It is the student’s responsibility to schedule these rehearsals.
• Criteria for nomination from the department may include, but not limited to, commitment and discipline throughout the rehearsal period, potential for artistic growth as a performer, and superior dedication as an artist-in-training. The Theatre Arts Department will only nominate the best and most deserving students for competing for the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship. All students who participate must be fully prepared to represent both the Theatre Arts Department and Kalamazoo College to the best of their ability.
