{"id":12150,"date":"2019-05-03T08:22:16","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T12:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=12150"},"modified":"2022-03-21T16:56:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T20:56:51","slug":"national-theatre-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/national-theatre-event\/","title":{"rendered":"K Student Selected for National Theatre Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

A top-honors finish in a recent theatre regional event led Rebecca Chan \u201922 to an even bigger stage in April.<\/p>\n

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Rebecca Chan ’22 (second from right) was one of two first-year students and four students overall selected to attend the Kennedy Center American College Theatre event in Washington, D.C.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chan, a theatre major<\/a> from Howell, Michigan, has returned from the week-long Kennedy Center American College Theatre National Festival<\/a> in Washington, D.C., where she was one of only four students from around the country to participate in its Institute for Theatre Journalism Advocacy (ITJA) events. There, Chan engaged in a series of seminars with well-known journalists from publications such as the Washington Post, American Theatre and National Public Radio, focusing on theatre criticism and how it\u2019s changing with technology.<\/p>\n

The opportunity meant extending the experience she received at the regional festival in Madison, Wisconsin, where she wrote deadline-oriented critiques and responses about shows she watched each night. The event, which included students from across Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin, was where Chan received her first experiences in theatre journalism and became one of just eight students from around the country to earn top honors. From those eight students, four were chosen to attend nationals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was taken aback by the opportunity,\u201d Chan said. Before this year, \u201cI didn\u2019t have a background in journalism. This validated my experience from regionals on a second level. I felt really blessed to have the opportunity. The fact that the seminars sparked so much conversation was something I enjoyed. I loved to see people sorting through my ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chan credited her theatre classes in her first year at K for helping her develop the skills that enabled her to write so successfully.<\/p>\n

\u201cI took three theatre courses involving fundamentals of acting, playwriting and stagecraft,\u201d she said. \u201cThose three prepared me to evaluate a lot of different things, including the technical aspects and structures of a play. They really bolstered what I was able to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

From there, Chan ensured she maintained her skills independently from the end of regionals until nationals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI made sure that I practiced writing every so often,\u201d she said. \u201cI wasn\u2019t sure how to practice specifically for theater journalism, but I made sure I had a good foundation going.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ITJA aims to develop arts journalists who can advocate for excellence in the arts through a variety of media\u2014web, print and broadcast. Chan was one of two first-year students selected to attend the national event among the four participating. The other two were seniors, including one from California who soon will pursue a Ph.D., and one from Missouri who majors in journalism.<\/p>\n

\u201cI liked having (the journalism major) in the room because she had that student perspective and she\u2019s in the process of finding a job,\u201d Chan said. \u201cIt was neat to be on an equal playing field with someone with so much experience in the field.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chan said she would like to pursue another opportunity with the Kennedy Center events in the future. As a first-year, she\u2019s not certain which area of theatre will be her focus, but \u201cjournalism is another form of writing for me to play with and explore,\u201d she said. \u201cI like to stay open to\u00a0possibilities.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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There, Chan engaged in a series of seminars with well-known journalists from publications such as the Washington Post, American Theatre and National Public Radio, focusing on theatre criticism and how it\u2019s changing with technology.<\/p>\n<p>The opportunity meant extending the experience she received at the regional festival in Madison, Wisconsin, where she wrote deadline-oriented critiques and responses about shows she watched each night. The event, which included students from across Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin, was where Chan received her first experiences in theatre journalism and became one of just eight students from around the country to earn top honors. From those eight students, four were chosen to attend nationals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was taken aback by the opportunity,\u201d Chan said. Before this year, \u201cI didn\u2019t have a background in journalism. This validated my experience from regionals on a second level. I felt really blessed to have the opportunity. The fact that the seminars sparked so much conversation was something I enjoyed. I loved to see people sorting through my ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chan credited her theatre classes in her first year at K for helping her develop the skills that enabled her to write so successfully.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI took three theatre courses involving fundamentals of acting, playwriting and stagecraft,\u201d she said. \u201cThose three prepared me to evaluate a lot of different things, including the technical aspects and structures of a play. They really bolstered what I was able to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From there, Chan ensured she maintained her skills independently from the end of regionals until nationals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI made sure that I practiced writing every so often,\u201d she said. \u201cI wasn\u2019t sure how to practice specifically for theater journalism, but I made sure I had a good foundation going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ITJA aims to develop arts journalists who can advocate for excellence in the arts through a variety of media\u2014web, print and broadcast. Chan was one of two first-year students selected to attend the national event among the four participating. The other two were seniors, including one from California who soon will pursue a Ph.D., and one from Missouri who majors in journalism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI liked having (the journalism major) in the room because she had that student perspective and she\u2019s in the process of finding a job,\u201d Chan said. \u201cIt was neat to be on an equal playing field with someone with so much experience in the field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chan said she would like to pursue another opportunity with the Kennedy Center events in the future. As a first-year, she\u2019s not certain which area of theatre will be her focus, but \u201cjournalism is another form of writing for me to play with and explore,\u201d she said. \u201cI like to stay open to\u00a0possibilities.”<\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12150"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12205,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12150\/revisions\/12205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12150"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=12150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}