Theatre News
* Breaking News!!!
Collin Theatre Center's production of A
Clockwork Orange has been named the Outstanding
Theatre Production of the past Decade! Read the
article on TheaterJones.com.
* Congratulations to Sarah Saunders! Her play - Silent Heroes - was
honored by BroadwayWorld.com as one of the Top Off-Broadway Theatre Productions
of 2009! Read the article
here.
* Collin College is 25 years old! Happy Birthday to us! Click
here to read the 25th Anniversary issue of
the Collin College Newsletter. Note: Two former Theatre majors are
highlighted, along with Theatre Chair Brad Baker!
* Click
here to read an excellent Plano Profile article about James Grim and Cameron
Hefty, two former Theatre students at Collin College. James and Cameron
are the driving forces behind ProFormance Systems, Inc.
* Kimberly Whalen appears off-Broadway as "Luisa" in
The Fantasticks! Kim
has been seen in many Collin Theatre Center shows, including Rocky Horror,
Bat Boy, Alien Voices and The Time of Your Life.
*
Brian J. Smith Is One To Watch on Stargate Universe! Former Theatre
major, Brian J. Smith, co-stars on the SyFy Channel's new hit,
Stargate: Universe! Click
here to visit the
show site. Click here to view Brian's
SG-U poster!
One television critic wrote: "The breakout performance comes from Brian J. Smith playing a
green first lieutenant, Matthew Scott, who's totally unprepared for what happens
once everyone comes through the stargate, and has to learn his own measure by
the seat of his pants. Smith, a relative unknown fresh out of Juilliard (and
Collin College), perhaps is able to bring to bear his own situation as a novice
shouldering a significant portion of the weight of a show like this. He hits all
the right notes and constantly demonstrates a deep natural talent for exhibiting
nuance and connection." (SciFi.com/SGU) Stargate: Universe can be
seen every Friday night at 8:00 PM CST on the SyFy Channel.
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* Michael Urie
starred in a new play off-Broadway!
* Scott Michael Foster (ABC-Family's GREEK) returned to Collin College to
meet with Theatre students. Watch his
interview on
Channel 11 News.
* Sarah Saunders appeared off-Broadway in
Silent Heroes.
Sarah recently made her broadcast debut on the Lifetime Network series,
Army Wives!
Click
here to view Sarah in action! She will next appear off-off-Broadway in
The Pursuit of Happiness at
Hudson Stage.
* Hunter Parrish made his
Broadway debut in Spring Awakening! Click
here to view of photo of Hunter in the CTC
production of God's Country (1998 @ age 10!).
* Jason Stuart's new play,
Washing Machine
has been nominated
for a New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Solo
Performance! The production also received a Drama Desk Award nomination
for Lighting Design! Click here to
listen to a radio interview with the show's director and star.
*
Micaela Johnson was named Miss Nebrasks USA 2008!
* Collin Theatre Center wins multiple
2008 Column Awards!
*
Brian J. Smith made his Broadway debut in the revival of Come Back Little
Sheba!
* Collin College Theatre announces
two memorial scholarships!
* Collin Theatre
Department wins seven 2007 Column Theatre
Awards!
* Former Collin Theatre student
wins a Golden Globe Award for his work on Ugly Betty!
* The Rocky Horror (Puppet)
Show named to Dallas Theatre Critics Top Ten Lists!
* Collin Theatre Department wins
twenty Column Theatre Awards (2006)!
* Collin Theatre Department is
named Best Theatre Company in the Metroplex (2003)!
* Two former Collin Theatre students
are
named among the "64 People in Dallas to Watch!" Click here to read
the
D Magazine
article,
featuring Brian J. Smith
and Misty Keasler!
* Former
Collin Theatre performer Coby Archa (As
Is) was cast on the CBS reality hit,
SURVIVOR: Palau.
Coby also
co-starred with Lisa Rinna on the Oxygen Network reality show,
TEASE.
* Collin Theatre major Kris
Gonzalez is an "A World Connected" scholarship winner!
His
essay "Comparative
Advantage vs.
the Race to the Bottom" was honored as the
#3 student essay in the nation!
http://www.aworldconnected.org/article.php/791.html
* Collin Theatre student Christopher Trevino was named one of the Eight National Design
Finalists for the Kennedy
Center
American College Theater Festival
competition. His lighting design for the musical ASSASSINS
was selected
as the top student lighting
design in
the Southwest Region! Chris flew
to Washington DC, where he studied with
Tony Award winning lighting
designer
Beverly Emmons.
* Collin
Theatre Professor Craig Erickson earns national honor!
* Collin Theatre Chair Brad Baker
named U.S. Professor of the Year!
* Former Collin Theatre student wins
National Playwrighting Award!