Acting and designing accomplishments have also been honored as part of the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival competition.
Each of the eight ACTF regions will be represented by two performers who will compete in Washington, D.C., for the 1994 Irene Ryan Acting Awards. The Irene Ryan Foundation awards $2,500 each to the two winners.Finalists competing from Region VIII (which includes Utah), are: Kevin P. Rahm of Brigham Young University and Eve Himmelheber of California State University-Fullerton.
Other regional finalists are:
- Brian Hinds, University of Maine at Orono, and Derek Lucci, University of New Hampshire, Durham, both Region I.
- Steve Lyon and Jonathan Robinson, both of Penn State University (Region II).
- Tirzah Wise, Otterbein College, Ohio, and Martin P. McClendon, University of Illinois, Urbana/Champagne (Region III).
- Kelsey Wilson, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, and Taunya Latrisse Martin, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va. (Region IV).
- Carrie Miller, Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, and Kevin Kelly, Kansas State University, Manhattan (Region V).
- Anthony E. Lopez and Lara Jo Hightower, both from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (Region VI).
- Samantha Fellows, Oregon State University, Corvallis, and Scott Allan Pardue, University of Wyoming, Laramie, both Region VII.
Design finalists for sets, lighting and costuming include:
- Region I: Michael C. Brown, Brown University, Providence, N.Y., sets, and Mark A. DeLorenzo, University of New Hampshire, Durham, lighting.
- Region II: Chris Pickard, sets ; Dana Pinkston, costumes, and Daniel L. Walker, lighting, all Penn State University.
- Region III: Liming Tang, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, sets, and Charlotte Pritchard, costumes, and Greta Fisher, lighting, both University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
- Region IV: Tom Burch, University of Kentucky, Lexington, sets; Georgia Richardson, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, costumes, and Craig A. Young, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, light-ing.
- Region V: Kristeen Chapman-Wendell, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, costumes.
- Region VI: David Jilg, sets, and Elizabeth Chaney, lighting, both Tulane University, New Orleans, and Kathy Kreuter, Texas Wesleyan University , Fort Worth, costumes.
- Region VII: Stephanie Miller, sets, and Carole Bloomburg, costumes, both University of Idaho, Moscow.
- Region VIII: Patrick Plamondon, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, sets; Jody Rice, California State University, Hayward, costumes, and Trey Franklin, Cypress College, Calif., lighting.
The 1994 criticism finalists are: Helene Blatter, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass., Region I; Theresa Epp, Villanova University, Pa., Region II; Charissa Bihl, Franklin College, Ind., Region III; Robert K. Broshan, Clemson University, S.C., Region IV; Jonathan Warman, University of Nebraska, Ohama, Region V; Peter Rejcek, Austin College, Sherman, Texas, Region VI; Sydney Catron, University of Alaska, Anchorage, Region VII, and Jonathan Atienza, El Camino College, Torrance, Calif., Region VIII.
- OTHER BYU WINNERS in the latest ACTF competition include Citations of Merit for Ivan Crosland, directing; Kevin Rahm, acting; Rodney Elwood, scenery design; Steve Skousen, sound design, and the acting company for "Prisoner" for outstanding ensemble work.
Previous Utah winners have included an Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship for Scott Claflin, 1991, and David Library Playwrighting Award special merits for Stephen Pullen for "Uniforms" (1988) and Kim Wright for "Outrun the Night" (1988), both from BYU, and a national award for the 1986 production of "Idioglossia" at the University of Utah (1986).