News & Events
Faculty Successes
Spring 2008
Associate Professor Craig A. Humphrey was
awarded a certificate of merit for costume design for The Comedy of Errors from the Kennedy
Center/American College Theatre Festival in April
2007.
Assistant Professor Thomas John Bernard was awarded a certificate of merit for costume
technology/costume shop supervisor in the
production of The Comedy of Errors.
Assistant Professor Thomas John Bernard was the
first hand for Candida at the Tony Award-winning
Utah Shakespearean Festival. Bernard was also first
hand for the national tour of Gypsy.
Assistant Professor Jeff Casazza performed the role
of Mike in The Love Poetry of Karl Marx by William
Gebby at the Indiana Theatre Association’s 2007
Indiana Theatre Works Conference in September.
During the weekend, scripts selected by professional
readers were rehearsed in a workshop setting,
giving the playwrights and other theater artists an
opportunity to develop new works and share in the
creative process. The plays were performed for the
public at the end of the conference.
World-renowned stage voice instructor Kristin
Linklater was at Butler University, October 5 and 6
as part of the Jordan College of Fine Arts Leadership
through the Arts Forum. Assistant Professor Jeff Casazza attended her lecture and was an invited
participant in her master class.
Assistant Professor of Scenic and Lighting Design Mark Ridgeway designed scenery for Tibbits Opera
House during summer 2007. The productions
included Can-Can, Picnic, Sweet Charity, and Little Shop of Horrors. Ridgeway served as scenic
artist on each production and during fall 2007,
Ridgeway also served as guest scenic designer for
Huntington University’s production of Little Women.
Assistant Professor Shari Troy was awarded a
research grant from the Purdue Research
Foundation for summer 2007. She is currently contributing to a book project.
