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URTA Announces Recipients of 2024 Excellence Awards

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URTA announces the recipients of the 2024 Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Training. The awards recognize outstanding work of undergraduate instructors, coaches, and mentors, as well as institutions, for excellence in the training and preparation of undergraduate theatre artists.

This year’s award recipients are:

Individuals

Lighting Design & Technology – Associate Professor/Chair Jessica Greenberg, Weber State University

Scenic Design & Technology –Sr. Lecturer Raymond Marius Boucher, Concordia University

Properties Design – Dir. of Production Trevor Norton, University of Redlands

Costume Design & Technology – Associate Professor Janine McCabe, College of Charleston

Acting – Associate Professor Jacqueline Duprey, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras

Institutions

Design & Technology – Concordia University

Acting – California State University, Long Beach

URTA acknowledges the vital contribution of these instructors and institutions; providing undergraduates with the essential skills needed for advanced theatre training, and ultimately to take their place in the profession. The two institutions, Concordia University and CSU Long Beach, will receive Candidate Awards, providing free registration for the URTAs to a student of their choice. Awardees will be honored at a reception during the URTA Auditions & Interviews in January.

“URTA is once again thrilled to highlight the outstanding work and commitment to their students shown by these instructors and their institutions. In this, its fifth year, the URTA Excellence Award has become one of the most highly regarded awards of its kind. And this group of honorees could not be more deserving of it,” said URTA Executive Director, Tony Hagopian.

Each year, nearly 1,000 candidates pursuing graduate training in theatre take part in the URTA Auditions & Interviews (“the URTAs”). The event also includes classes, workshops, and panel discussions on theatre topics of interest to both candidates and recruiters. Candidate registration for the 2025 URTAs opens on August 26, 2024.

Further information from URTA: www.urta.com

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