UM-Flint Well Represented & Winning at Kennedy Center Theatre Festival
Shelby Newport, Theater & Dance Department Chair, Associate Professor, and Resident Costume Designer at UM-Flint, is attending the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Region 3 Festival with a number of her students and fellow faculty members. She sent the following update of “UMF’s great involvement” at the event. She notes that “in addition to the students listed below, we also have other students who are here attending workshops and performing in other projects.”
UM-Flint students are competing in the following categories:
Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Nominations:
- Shelby Coleman with partner Andrew Eisengruber
- Britton Paige with partner Lucas Moquin*
- Mark Vukelich with partner Kyle Clark**
- George Marzonie with partner Seth Hart
- Christine Micheala-Kay Nogaj with partner Josh Cornea
- Paul Docter with partner Gage Webster*
*Passed on to the semi-final round on Thursday
** Passed on to Final Round on Friday
Allied Design & Technologies Award:
- Lydia Parker- Mask Design for Romeo & Juliet
- Madaline Harkema- Romeo & Juliet
- Corey Boughton- Romeo & Juliet
- Chazz Irwin, with his play More Real Than It Should Be
- Paul Docter, directing Wandering featuring Shelby Coleman, Nick LaRosa and Andrew Eisengruber
Newport added, “Our costumes from Romeo & Juliet were selected to be one of 11 schools represented in the Costume Parade last night at the Pabst Theatre. Chazz Irwin, Farrell Tatum and Christine Micheala Nogaj showed off their costumes; Madaline Harkema was the stage manager for the event and Maria Oakley and Alli Switalski worked wardrobe crew.” (Pictured above.)
During the festival, Lisa Borton, Theatre Lecturer and Resident Scenic Designer, and Newport will be presenting two workshops titled “How to Get a Summer Job in Theatre.”
Andrew Morton, Theatre Lecturer and Director, is busy as the Vice Chair of Playwriting at the festival, coordinating events like the National Playwriting Program.
Nicole Broughton, Theatre Lecturer and Stage Management Advisor, is coordinating all of the Stage Managers for the KCACTF events.
In addition to her recognition and participation in other areas of the festival, Newport was awarded the American Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) Prize for Innovative Teaching this year for the region.
Congratulations to all of our students and faculty!
For more information on this award-winning and dedicated department, visit the Theatre & Dance Department website.
You can see their outstanding work first hand in their upcoming production of The Call, opening January 29 in the UM-Flint Theatre.
