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Education
Hear Ye! Hear
Ye! Attention all High School graduating seniors!
The Pentacle
Theatre’s Education Committee is pleased to announce that applications
are being accepted for the Bill and Phyllis Cross Pentacle Theatre
Scholarships for pursuit of higher education and the arts. Three
scholarships are available to qualifying High School seniors:
- The Jo
Dodge Performing Arts Theatre Scholarship
- The Tony
Zandol Technical Arts Theatre Scholarship
- The Tom
Ulmer Theatre Service Scholarship
In order to
qualify, High School seniors must be graduating in Spring of 2008 and
plan to attend college in Fall of 2008, whether a community college or
4-year institution. Applicants will be asked to demonstrate their
experience with theatre education as well as other theatre involvement,
including service at Pentacle Theatre. Additionally, applicants will
need to report on their academic and professional goals and any special
considerations of financial need. Lastly, applicants will also be asked
to submit a personal statement describing the impact of theatre in their
lives and their contributions to the arts. For complete qualifying
information, please refer to the application.
Applications are
available after April 18, 2008. You may download the application
from the Pentacle website,
pick one up at the Pentacle Theatre Office, or contact the Education
Committee Chair, Robert Salberg at 503-999-1179 or robertsalberg@comcast.net.
click
here for application
Scholarship
applications are due May 16,
2008 and recipients will be
notified the first week of June 2008.
The fund,
established in the memory of Bill and Phyllis Cross, honors these two
individuals who were awarded Pentacle’s highest honor of Lifetime
Membership. While at Pentacle Theatre and during Phyllis’ career as a
high school drama teacher, the Crosses served as mentors and role
models, inspiring those around them in performing and technical theatre
arts.
Jo Dodge, also a
Pentacle Lifetime Member, has acted and directed in numerous Pentacle
productions as well as taught an acting workshop at the theatre through
Chemeketa Community College since
1981 and has shared her love of theatre with hundreds of Pentacle
volunteers for 25 years.
The technical
arts scholarship is awarded in honor of Tony Zandol, Pentacle’s resident
designer and professional production director. In addition to his work
with Pentacle Theatre, Tony works with Children’s Educational Theatre.
The late Tom
Ulmer was a tireless creator and educator of theatrical arts at Pentacle
Theatre, Children’s Educational Theatre and in his career with the
Salem-Keizer School District. Pentacle
honors his memory by awarding scholarship funds to a student who gives
extraordinary time and effort to be involved in theatre in spite of the
odds.
The Education Committee Members are Robert Salberg
(Chair), Sue Dauer, Lorraine Fullerton, Claire Diehl, and Tony Zandol
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