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 Theatre Educator Awards

About the Theatre Educator Awards
The Enquirer/Fifth Third Bank Theatre Educator Award shines a spotlight on great high school and university teachers in the region. The winning nomination – and teacher – is awarded $2,500 for the school theater program.

Only students are eligible to make nominations, which can be submitted February 1 through March 31, 2008. Tell your theater program’s story in a nomination, which can be written or submitted on video. Be creative. Support materials including photo essays are welcome.

See the 2008 Nominations

Download Nomination Form

Entries will be posted online. The student whose entry is chosen will have the opportunity to see a lot of theater in 2008-2009, with student subscriptions to Playhouse in the Park, Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Know Theatre and New Stage Collective.

“Most performers would point to a high school or college teacher as being the biggest influence in their career,” says panel chair Dee Anne Bryll. “This is a wonderful way to recognize these people and their contribution to our arts community.”

Bryll is the chair of College Conservatory of Music Preparatory Department Drama/Musical Theatre program and holds faculty positions at Northern Kentucky University, Thomas More College and St. Ursula Academy. She works as a freelance choreographer, directory and performer in the Cincinnati area.

Nominations should explain:
Why your teacher is outstanding.
How your teacher inspires and motivates students to excel.
How your teacher encourages students.
How your teacher sets the bar high.
Why productions and accomplishments are exceptional.
Why your teacher has truly made a difference in your life.

Panelists include

Diane Carr
Oon faculty at CCM Prep, a Cappies of Greater Cincinnati board member and coordinator of educational opportunities for theater teachers and students through the Educational Theatre Association.

Steve Finn
Director of Education & Community Relations at Cincinnati Arts Association which serves more than 75,000 students regionally.

Chris Guthrie
Artistic associate and teacher at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and is artist-in-residence at Glenn O. Swing Elementary School in Covington.

Russ Schnurr
Vice-President of Institutional Brokerage at Fifth Third Bank and a theater education advocate.

Five semi-finalists will be announced at the end of April. The Theatre Educator Award will be presented at the Acclaim Awards on May 19 at the Jarson-Kaplan Theater at the Aronoff Center for the Arts in downtown Cincinnati.

 

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