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The Asbury College Theatre & Cinema Performance (TCP) program announces the new Theatre & Cinema Performance major. The new major is designed within a liberal arts context, is unique in that it has been able to attract industry-successful faculty, who are committed to students, to teach in the classroom and then give students unparalleled opportunities to apply the learned theories and skills. The result is one of the most innovative acting programs in the nation. The new B.A. in Theatre & Cinema Performance
begins Fall 2006.
The Asbury College Theatre & Cinema Performance (TCP) program announces the new Theatre & Cinema Performance major. The result is one of the most innovative acting programs in the nation. The new Bachelor of Arts in Theatre & Cinema Performance begins FALL 2006.
Theatre Student Travel to Play-offs
Hearing his or her name called from the star-studded podium at the Tony Awards is a dream for every stage actor. For most it’s a futuristic dream, but through the Kennedy Centers American College and Theatre Festival and the Irene Ryan Acting Competition, Asbury College actors have the opportunity to compete for that honor.
Asbury College Theatre Professor Jeff Day said, “The Irene Ryan Award is an individual acting competition and is the highest collegiate acting award.”
Clay Hassler, Erin Schumaker, and Jeremy White were selected by an adjudicating committee to compete for the award. Irene Ryan, the woman for whom the scholarship is named, is best known for her role as “Granny” on the Beverly Hillbillies.
“We have three students nominated who took three partners [one partner per actor selected] for a total of six students,” said Day. “Having three actors selected for competition is affirmation that we as a program are moving in the right direction,” Day said. Nominee Erin Schumaker and her partner, Bob Harris, were one of 30 duos out of 260 selected into the semi-final round.
“The Cherry Orchard” production also was recommended for the second aspect of the competition as it was 1 of 33 productions, out of 175 recommended to compete at the KCACTF Region IV competition.
This was the first year Asbury has entered this competition. This year, the Theatre & Cinema Performance Program will enter the Kennedy Centers American College and Theatre Festival with its fall production of Neil Simon's, Rumors.
