National acting contest comes next
Theater students win regional competition
By Thomas Henderson
Of the Emerald
Theater student Joel Morello, winner
of the regional Irene Ryan Scholarship
Award for Acting Excellence last month,
will compete at the Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts in Washington,
D.C., April 21 for the national title.
Morello received the award for his per
formance at the Northwest Drama Con
ference and 17th annual American Col
lege Theater Festival at Western Oregon
State College in Monmouth.
Morello, a senior, and acting partner
Shane Henry presented scenes from the
plays “Excursion Fare’’ and “The
Miser.” Henry will accompany Morello
to Washington to compete for one of two
national Irene Ryan Awards.
The $2,500 scholarships were created
by the late Irene Ryan, best known as
Granny from the 1960s television series
“The Beverly Hillbillies.”
“Excursion Fare,” an original comic
drama by former University graduate
student Dennis Smith, was named the
year’s best original play in the Northwest
region after competition with 50 other
productions.
The cast and crew of the play also will
perform at the Kennedy Center in April
to compete for national honors.
The play, said University Theatre
director Grant McKernie, represents
the best of university theater because it is
a literate work that comments in a mean
ingful and sensitive way on the human
condition.”
With Morello’s help, the University
dominated the drama conference for the
second year in a row. University Theatre
tied its own record for placing the largest
number of competitors from one school
in the regional finals for the Irene Ryan
Award. Theater students Mike Mac
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son were runners-up for the Ryan award.
Almost 700 theater students from more
than 25 Northwest colleges and univer
sities competed at the conference.
Anderson, a junior, was last seen on
the University stage as Amelia Earhart in
“Excursion Fare” and was the acting
partner last year of Cynthia Blaise,
1985’s regional winner in the scholar
ship competition.
Anderson’s acting partner this year,
Eric Johnson, was named best partner.
Both Anderson and Johnson received
cash awards.
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By Holly Loftin
Of the Emerald
The computing center's sup
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perience and unbiased con
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through the bookstore’s special
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