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±«Óãtv students honored at Kennedy Center Theatre Festival

±«Óãtv Theatre students display awardsBOLIVAR, Mo. – ±«Óãtv Theatre students recently were honored this semester at the 54th annual Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, which celebrates work by colleges and universities in the seven-state region during 2021, in a virtual online festival.

The festival honored ±«Óãtv Theatre with eight meritorious achievement awards by an outside respondent (theatre faculty) from other participating institutions. ±«Óãtv competed in Region 5 with schools from Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.

±«Óãtv award recipients include:

• Liz Coulter – Stage Management for “As It Is In Heavenâ€
• Ryan Lee – Direction for “As It Is In Heavenâ€
• Jenna Roberts – Costume Design for “As It Is In Heavenâ€
• The Entire Cast – Ensemble Production for “As It Is In Heavenâ€
• Sammie Baldus – Scenic Design for “As It Is In Heavenâ€
• Kylie Yeast – Sound Design for “The Little Princeâ€
• Ava Andersen and Miriam Mattsfield – Dramaturgy for “The Little Princeâ€
• Rebecca Rankin (former ±«Óãtv theatre professor) – Puppet Design for “The Little Princeâ€

±«Óãtv participates in the festival every year by entering their productions for review by a respondent from another institution in the region and by attending the annual festival. Next year the festival will be in Des Moines, Iowa.


±«Óãtv’s Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival participants: Sammie Baldus, Jenna Roberts, Ava Andersen, Liz Coulter, Miriam Mattsfield, Kylie Yeast and Ryan Lee.

*Published: 5-10-2022