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Department Scholarships and Awards for which Theatre graduate students are eligible:

Mark Amin Scholarship
Awarded to Undergraduate and Graduate students with academic merit and financial need.  Preference will be given to students of Iranian descent and then to students of Arabian descent.  Applicants must file a need analysis form by March 1.*

David E. Blackwell Scholarship
Open to an undergraduate and graduate student in technical theatre. May be based on financial need and/or academic promise, or on exceptional merit.

Brian Ten Eyck Davis Award
Awarded to an undergraduate or graduate student who has demonstrated innnovative and creative work in the area of theatrical hairstyling and makeup for one or more University Theatre productions.

Donald and Betty Dixon Scholarship
Awarded to undergraduate and graduate students who are studying in the Department of Theatre and Film.

Patricia Joyce Ellis Scholarship
Awarded to undergraduate and graduate students for scholarship support in drama.

FRiends of the THeatre (FROTH) Scholarship
Awarded to an undergraduate or graduate student. This scholarship is selected by the theatre faculty and goes to a major who has made a significant contribution to the theatre program.

Dorothy and Benjamin Glick Theatre Scholarship
Awarded to an undergraduate or graduate student with academic merit who is either a theatre major or a student in the School of Fine Arts who has been, or anticipates being, in a KU University Theatre production. Preference shall be given to a student who participates in musical theatre and in the case of a tie shall be given to the student with financial need.

Adah Clark Hagan Scholarship for Film and Theatre Students
Open to undergraduate and graduate students. Candidates must show evidence of excellence in both the academic and performance areas of Theatre and film.

Sally Six Hersh Memorial Scholarship
Awarded to an undergraduate or graduate student with a special interest in children's drama/theatre. Candidates must show evidence of financial need and maintain a 3.5 GPA for coursework within the Department of Theatre and Film. Applicants must file a need analysis form by March 1.*

Loren Kennedy Traineeship
Awarded to undergraduate and graduate students on the basis of the students' overall achievements in the University Theatre program, and on the student's interest in serving the University Theatre.

The New Theatre Guild Dodie Brown Scholarship
Awarded to a full-time undergraduate and graduate student in good standing. Candidates must show evidence of likelihood of success in their chosen theatrical field.

The New Theatre Guild Don Knotts Scholarship
Awarded to a full-time undergraduate and graduate student in good standing. Candidates must show evidence of likelihood of success in their chosen theatrical field.

Susan Tisdall Niven Scholarship
Awarded to an outstanding woman who is a graduating senior intending to pursue graduate work in theatre at the University of Kansas. Interested individuals should contact Professor Henry Bial, Director of Graduate Studies.

Claire Reinhold Scholarship
 Awarded to outstanding undergraduate and graduate drama students. Candidates must majoring in Theatre/Voice or in Theatre and Film.

Charles "Buddy" Rogers Scholarship
Awarded Undergraduate and Graduate Theatre/Film students who are U.S. citizens and are not on an athletic scholarship.  Candidates must show evidence of financial need and excellence in both the academic and performance areas of Theatre and/or Film.  Applicants must file a need analysis form by March 1.*

Russian Theatre Fellowship
Awarded to gradute students who have been admitted to the doctoral programs of either Slavic Languages and Literatures or Theatre and Film and whose area of concentration is Russian theatre and drama. Interested individuals should submit a letter of application and current CV to the Scholarship Committee.

Ambrose Saricks Family Scholarship
Open to graduate students. Preference will be given to a graduate student who participates in community or educational theatre.

The Clarence Seaver Technical Theatre Scholarship
One graduate scholarship awarded to an MFA scenography student with an overall GPA of at least 3.5 and a record of outstanding artistic achievement.

Alexis and Craig Stevens Performing Arts Scholarship
Awarded to undergraduate and graduate students who are studying the performing arts in the Department of Theatre and Film, Candidates must show evidence of financial need. Applicants must file a need analysis form by March 1.*

Andrew and Lilly Tsubaki Award
Awarded to an undergraduate or graduate theatre student who plans to participate in a study abroad program devoted to Theatre and/or language and culture of a foreign country. No student can receive this award more than twice while s/he is in the same degree program (undergraduate, M.A., or Ph.D.). First Priority: Japanese students from Japan majoring in Theatre who have completed a minimum of one year on campus. Second Priority: Students who have been admitted to a study the following order: Students (1) participating in the KU Greek Summer Theatre Program; (2) going to study in Japan; (3) participating in any overseas program hosted by KU; (4) participating in any overseas program hosted by an accredited institution. Candidates must also maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA and a 3.5 GPA in the Theatre major. (Students demonstrating outstanding talent in acting or scenography and maintaining a 2.8 cumulative GPA and a 3.3 GPA in the Theatre major can also be considered.)

Kari Wahlgren Theatre Scholarship
Open to undergraduate or graduate theatre majors. A 3.2 grade point average is required. Candidates can be interested in onstage or backstage career and must have shown a good attitude in the Department.

Gerhard Zuther Memorial Award for Dramatic Scriptwriting
Open to undergraduate—Junior level or above—and to graduate students. Demonstrated affiliation with the Department of Theatre and Film and/or University Theatre. In the current academic year, student must have demonstrated exceptional ability in dramatic scriptwriting.

*In order to be considered departmental need-based scholarships, the Department of Theatre and Film deadline is March 1 for domestic students to have filed a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or International students to have submitted a KU International Student Need Analysis Worksheet.  Both forms are available on the KU Office of Student Aid website at www.ku.edu/~osfa. Click here for more information.

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