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.

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