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* 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!