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CCSU students advance in
regional theater competition
by SCOTT WHIPPLE, Staff Writer
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NEW
BRITAIN
--
Central
Connecticut
State
University
Theatre
students
advanced
at the
recent
Kennedy
Center
American
College
Theater
Festival
(KCACTF)
Region I
held in
Fitchburg,
Mass.
Thom
Delventhal,
CCSU
associate
professor
of
theatre,
said the
festival
featured
performances
by
universities
and
colleges
from
throughout
New
England,
as well
as
workshops
led by
prominent
theater
professionals.
Delventhal
and Josh
Perlstein,
CCSU
associate
professor
of
theatre,
completed
their
tenure
as
co-vice
chairs
of
KCACTF's
New
England
Region.
“The
workshops
range
from
working
with
‘smart
lights,’
a new
generation
of light
with
amazing
programmable
flexibility,
to
improvisation
with The
Gotham
City
Improv
Company
to
practical
advice
about
the
business,
led by
casting
directors,”
Delventhal
said.
During
the
event,
recent
CCSU
graduate
Jon
Cahill
received
the TVI
Actor’s
Award, a
scholarship
to
Talent
Ventures
Inc.’s
program
in Los
Angeles.
He was
one of
six
finalists
selected
for this
distinction.
TVI, an
educational
institution,
provides
actors
with
practical
knowledge
about
training
marketing
their
talents.
“Winning
a TVI
scholarship
is a
great
honor
and a
great
opportunity
for a
student
actor,”
Perlstein
said.
“TVI
understands
the
needs of
the
actor
and
those
who
offer
employment
in the
highly
competitive
entertainment
marketplace.
TVI has
advanced
the
careers
of
Courtney
Cox,
Sandra
Bullock,
and Tony
award-winner
Tonya
Pinkins,
among
many
others.
We are
very
proud
that Jon
Cahill’s
dedicated
work at
CCSU was
rewarded.”
Cahill
and his
partner,
Danielle
See, a
junior,
were
among 16
out of
150
couples
that
advanced
in the
Regional
Finals
for the
national
Irene
Ryan
Scholarship
competition.
“Ryan
was a
longtime
stage
and
screen
actor
known
most
recently
for her
role as
Granny
in the
hit TV
series
‘The
Beverly
Hillbillies,’”
according
to
Jennifer
Ouelette,
CCSU
university
assistant.
The
Irene
Ryan
Foundation
donates
scholarships
to young
KCACTF
theater
arts
students.
CCSU
senior
Stefanie
Seng and
her
partner,
sophomore
Colin
Longstaff,
were
advanced
to the
semifinal
in the
competition.
Selection
of CCSU
student
Jane
Harris’
play for
the
American
College
Theatre
Festival
in
Washington
in the
spring
was a
significant
accomplishment
at this
year's
KCACTF
Regional
event.
Out of
60
undergraduate
and
graduate
submissions
read,
Harris’
play
“The
Arena,
Inc.”
was one
of five
10-minute
plays
selected.
Harris
is a
theatre
minor
with a
major in
English
at CCSU.
“This
year's
event
was the
first
time
that a
CCSU
student-written
play was
chosen
and is
the
result
of a
burgeoning
playwriting
program
led by
Prof.
Anna
Dolan,”
Perlstein
said.
“The
play
depicts
the
corruption
of the
corporate
world
and how
it
ultimately
condemns
people
who are
forced
to make
a choice
between
personal
fulfillment
and
corporate
loyalty.”
Other
performances
by CCSU
students
recognized
for
nomination
to the
KCACTF
Irene
Ryan
Scholarship
Competition
were Jon
Cahill,
John
Swift,
and
Jillian
Kellogg
for
their
work in
the
production
of David
Mamet’s
black
comedy
"Speed-The-Plow"
and
Stephen
Dexter,
and
Stephanie
Seng for
their
roles in
Tony
Kushner’s
Pulitzer
Prize-winning
play
"Angels
In
America,
Part I."
The
National
Festival
will be
held in
Washington,
D.C.,
from
April 17
through
23.
Region I
institutions
from six
New
England
states
compose
Region I
of the
Kennedy
Center
American
College
Theater
Festival.
Scott
Whipple
can be
reached
at
swhipple@newbritainherald.com
or by
calling
(860)
225-4601,
Ext.
224.
©The
Herald 2006
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