Department Honors for Undergraduate Theses
- Jane Emma Davidson Barnett
Selective Employment of Shakespearean Original Pronunciation: An Actor’s Exploration of Its Impact on Contemporary Meaning and Performance - Eli Sean Cohen
Queer Representation in Contemporary Musical Theatre - Rachel “Rae” Covey
Noise: Researching and Writing a New Musical - Sarah “Harley” Kirchhoff
A Ribbon Play: An Exploration of Detached Sexuality in a Theatrical Space - Nicolas Miller
Pink Triangles - Jacquelyn Tepper
What Do You Call Spontaneous Dance? A Deeper Inquiry into the Semantics and Contextual Nuances within the Various Terminology Delineations of Non-choreographed, Free-Form Dance
Departmental Excellence Award for Undergraduate Students
Recognizes selected students from all four undergraduate classes with strong academic records and outstanding records in theatre production and design
First-Year
- Gabriela Coutinho
- Sunnie Eraso
- Jonyca Jiao
- Harrison Lewis
Second-Year
- Martina Cavard
- Tyler Felson
- Claire Kwon
- Samara Malik
- Yama Pouye
- Hope Valls
Junior
- Erin Claeys
- Jonathan Connolly
- Delia Cunningham
- Jacob Leaf
- Amy Prochaska
Senior
- Tucker DeGregory
- Hannah Hakim
- Taris Hoffman
- Eleanor Levine
- Sam Linda
- Felicia Oduh
Department Award for Excellence in Acting: New York Showcase
Students selected to participate in a New York showcase for agents and casting directors
- Rekhia Adams
- Jane Emma Barnett
- Ty Doran
- Ryan Foreman
- Daisy Garrison
- Lydia Hartman
- Holly Hinchliffe
- Alfredo Mauricio
- Felicia Oduh
- Tuuli Sandvold
- Hale Stewart
- Calvin Ticknor-Swanson
- Ross Turkington
- Jacob Wallack
- Brooks Whitlock
Department Award for Excellence in Music Theatre: New York Showcase
Students selected to participate in a New York showcase for agents and casting directors
- Emma Griffone
- Hannah Hakim
- Holly Hinchliffe
- Pablo Laucerica
- Sam Linda
- Alison Martin
- Morgan Mastrangelo
- Carly Mazer
- Clare McLaughlin
- Mialejandra Nevarez
- Lucette Panush
- Emma Rothfield
- Rory Schrobilgen
- Calvin Ticknor-Swanson
- Natalie Welch
- Olivia Worley
Aurand Harris Award
Awarded to honor excellence in children’s theatre; established in 1998 to honor the late Aurand Harris (C39), who became the most decorated and produced children’s playwright in America
- Tucker DeGregory
Agnes Nixon Playwriting Awards
Provides a cash award and a production to winners of the annual playwriting competition, underwritten by a trust fund established to help playwrights by Northwestern alumna Agnes Nixon, an extremely prolific television writer who created or served as head writer for numerous daytime serials
- Michael Abber
- Nate Hollander
- Anthony Roytman
- Valen-Marie Santos
Susan Rae Anderson Vetrono and Clarke J. Vetrono Scholarship
Presented to an outstanding theatre student with an interest in children’s theatre
- Sophia Danielle-Grenier
Winifred Ward Award
Presented by Zeta Phi Eta to a student interested in creative dramatics; honors the memory of Winifred Ward, a School of Communication faculty member from 1918 to 1950, who cofounded one of the first US children’s theatres and made creative dramatics a new discipline in American education
- Farrah Sklar
Waa-Mu Awards
Ken Cornwall Award
Presented to a student who has shown excellence in technical theatre; honors longtime Cahn Auditorium technical director Ken Cornwall, who retired in 2000
- Sophia Barron
Keith Everett Service Award
Presented to an individual or group associated with military or community service
- Mikey Walden
John and Marietta Paynter Music Award
Presented to students who have made an outstanding contribution in creating and/or performing music for Waa-Mu; honors the late John P. Paynter, Waa-Mu conductor and music director from 1954 to 1994, and his late wife, a longtime Waa-Mu supporter
- Ruchir Khazanchi
- Saoirse Lee
Sarah Siddons Society Scholarship
Awarded to a junior who shows promise for a career in professional music theatre; presented by the Sarah Siddons Society, which annually recognizes outstanding performers in Chicago theatre and awards scholarships to DePaul University, Columbia College Chicago, and Northwestern theatre students
- Remy Laifer
Bernie Yvon Spirit Award
Presented to a student who has made an outstanding contribution to acting in Waa-Mu; honors the late Bernie Yvon (C86)
- Ryan Foreman