EVANSVILLE, IND. – University of Evansville (UE) Theatre students, faculty, and UE Theatre Society Board members gathered on Thursday, May 1, at the Log Inn for their annual Student Awards Dinner, where they recapped the year, celebrated achievements, and looked forward to the year ahead.
Following remarks by UE President Christopher Pietruszkiewicz, Theatre Society President Justin McCullough-Haddix, and Department Chair Sharla Cowden, awards were presented in several categories.
Student award winners were the Buddy Barnes Award for Outstanding First Year Students, Luis Alejandro Gonzalez, a performance major from Midland, Texas, and Jasmine Hardin, a stage management major from Aurora, Colo; the Mary Lou Muth Wooley Award for Outstanding Sophomore, Saray Rodriguez Hernandez, a theatre management major from Caracas, Venezuela; the Mabel Dillingham Nenneker Award for Outstanding Junior, Quinn McGaugh, a performance major from McAlester, Okla; the John W. Streetman III Young Artist Award of the Year Award, Emily Proctor, a sophomore theatre studies major from Jeffersonville, Ind; the Jeanne Suhrheinrich Award for Outstanding Senior, Delaney Ross, a performance major from Keller, Texas, and the William A. Gumberts Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award, Lauren Shinoski, a senior design and technology major from Grain Valley, Mo., for her costume design of JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN.
