Twelve students nominated for honors at 2017 KCACTF regional college theatre festival at WCSU
Twelve Western Connecticut State University students who participated in the spring semester Department of Theatre Arts production of Tennessee Williams’ “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” have earned nominations for honors at the 2017 Region 1 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival to be held next January at WCSU.
Five Western students from the cast of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” directed by Professor of Theatre Arts Sal Trapani, have been selected as nominees or alternates to compete for the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship in auditions at the 2017 Region 1 festival. Irene Ryan Scholarship nominees and their roles include Eric Jagun, of Prospect, as Big Daddy; Nicholas Raynes, of Brookfield, as Brick; and Shaylen Elizabeth Harger, of Orange, as Maggie. Alternates for the auditions are Lauren Bell, of Southbury, as Mae; and John Mudgett, of Newtown, as Gooper.
Seven WCSU student participants in the production also earned 2017 Region 1 KCACTF nominations in design, technologies and management (DTM) or certificates of merit for work in directing, set construction and costuming. DTM nominees include Claire Gaudette, of Thomaston, for stage management; Andrew Gusciora, of Orange, for sound design; and Victoria Meskill, of New Milford, and Jessica Ricchetti, of Fairfield, as properties masters. Designees for certificates of merit are Noah Todd, of New London, as assistant director; J.P. Misciagna, of Ridgefield, as master carpenter; and Alexa Haynes, of Ridgefield, as assistant costume designer.