The 2022 National Awards of the
Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival
For productions showcased at the eight Regional Festivals in January and February, 2022
The National Committee of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival celebrates these institutions, productions, an individuals for their determination, adaptability, innovation and experimentation on home campuses nationwide:
The Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Awards recognize programs in higher education using theatrical production to promote long-term societal impact through an artistic lens, to encourage empathetic exploration of the complex cultural and physical world, and to advocate for justice on campus and throughout the world.
Dancing with Demons – Worcester State University
Drowning Ophelia – University of Indianapolis
Facing Our Truth – Iowa State University
Lonely Planet – Doane University
Out of Bounds – Southern Connecticut State University
Pipeline – Bowie State University
Severe Clear – University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Small Mouth Sounds – Wellesley College
Songs for a New World – Iowa State University
Water by the Spoonful – SUNY Brockport
Fire Dance – Spokane Falls Community College
Bootycandy – Stephen F. Austin University
Cenicienta – University of Texas at El Paso
Fahrenheit 451 – Florida International University
I and You – Clemson University
Pretty Fire – North Carolina A&T State University
Sweet Mama Stringbean – Florida A&M University
A Surge of Power – California State University, Dominguez Hills
Brown Face – University of California, Riverside
He Leo Aloha – University of Hawai`i at Manoa
Tedious Demons – Mt San Antonio College
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches – Rochester Institute of Technology & the National Technical Institute of the Deaf
Above the Timberline – Northern Michigan University
Drowning Ophelia – University of Indianapolis
Lonely Planet – Doane University
Oedipus Tremendous – Boise State University
I and You – Clemson University
Antigone – Mesa Community College
Above the Timberline – Northern Michigan University
Making Melrose – Slippery Rock University
Severe Clear – University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Trivoya Gold – Wayne State University
A Divine Kerfuffle – College of the Mainland
A Sudden Spontaneous Event – College of Charleston
Brown Face – University of California, Riverside
He Leo Aloha – University of Hawai`i at Manoa
Making Melrose – Slippery Rock University
Songs for a New World – Iowa State University
Trivoya Gold – Wayne State University
Ordinary Days – Idaho State University
Sweet Mama Stringbean – Florida A&M University
Dancing with Demons – Worcester State University
Out of Bounds – Southern Connecticut State University
Severe Clear – University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
A Surge of Power – California State University, Dominguez Hills
Tedious Demons – Mt San Antonio College
Ghost Unit: The Live Event – Southwestern University
Tedious Demons – Mt San Antonio College
Mindy Escobar-Leanse – Cenicienta – University of Texas at El Paso (Puppetry Consultant)
Em Rossi – Above the Timberline – Northern Michigan University (Puppet Designer)
Endgame – Emporia State University
Out of Bounds – Southern Connecticut State University
A Sudden Spontaneous Event – College of Charleston
Fahrenheit 451 – Florida International University
I and You – Clemson University
He Leo Aloha – University of Hawai`i at Manoa
Em Rossi – Above the Timberline – Northern Michigan University
Shaed Parker – Pretty Fire – North Carolina A&T State University
Abby Lopez – Antigone – Mesa Community College
Lex van Blommestein – Above the Timberline – Northern Michigan University
Kenton Jones – Drowning Ophelia – University of Indianapolis
Nancy J. Pontius – Endgame – Emporia State University
Ceci Barr – Lonely Planet – Doane University
Gordon Phetteplace – Making Melrose – Slippery Rock University
Douglas J. Macur – Out of Bounds – Southern Connecticut State University
Rob Sunderman – Songs for a New World – Iowa State University
Julia Mimó – A Sudden Spontaneous Event – College of Charleston
Shannon Robert – I and You – Clemson University
David Pierce – Above the Timberline – Northern Michigan University
Seth Amadel– Antigone – University of Detroit, Mercy
Christian McKinney– Drowning Ophelia – University of Indianapolis
Mason Nicks – Endgame – Emporia State University
Lauren Walther – Lonely Planet – Doane University
Brandon Washington – Oedipus Tremendous – Boise State University
Tony Penna – I and You – Clemson University
Jonah Bobilin – He Leo Aloha – University of Hawai`i at Manoa
Joshua Christ – Tedious Demons – Mt San Antonio College
Sacha Glasser – Angels in America: Millennium Approaches – Rochester Institute of Technology & the National Technical Institute of the Deaf
Lexi Trujillo – Antigone – Mesa Community College
Keli Crawford–Truckey and Alec VanHorn – Above the Timberline – Northern Michigan University
Dan Zini – Above the Timberline – Northern Michigan University
Patrick Sedivy – Lonely Planet – Doane University
Shaun Maus and Mike Morgan – R.U.R. – Miami University
Rachel Dandridge – I and You – Clemson University
Nick Magel – Antigone – Mesa Community College
Dan Roach – Angels in America: Millennium Approaches – Rochester Institute of Technology & the National Technical Institute of the Deaf
Gregory Manchess and Dan Zini – Above the Timberline – Northern Michigan University
James Leagre with Kyle Jeanor– Drowning Ophelia – University of Indianapolis
Douglas J. Macur – Out of Bounds – Southern Connecticut State University
Dan Roach – Water by the Spoonful – SUNY Brockport
Robert Allen – I and You – Clemson University
Dan Roach – Angels in America: Millennium Approaches – Rochester Institute of Technology & the National Technical Institute of the Deaf
Above the Timberline – Northern Michigan University
Drowning Ophelia – University of Indianapolis
Lonely Planet – Doane University
Pipeline – Bowie State University
Small Mouth Sounds – Wellesley College
Songs for a New World – Iowa State University
Oedipus Tremendous – Boise State University
Ordinary Days – Idaho State University
Cenicienta – University of Texas at El Paso
I and You – Clemson University
Wiley and the Hairy Man – Northeast State Community College
Brown Face – University of California, Riverside
Tedious Demons – Mt San Antonio College
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches – Rochester Institute of Technology & the National Technical Institute of the Deaf
Sahira Parker – Pipeline – Bowie State University
Kaipulaumakaniolono – He Leo Aloha – University of Hawai`i at Manoa
Mason Morrill – Lonely Planet – Doane University
Keli Crawford–Truckey – Above the Timberline – Northern Michigan University
Elena Velasco – Pipeline – Bowie State University
Gordan Reinhart – Oedipus Tremendous – Boise State University
Becky Becker – I and You – Clemson University
Greg Parmeter – Severe Clear – University of Wisconsin–La Crosse
Jill Dion – Trivoya Gold – Wayne State University
Cat Priamos – Brown Face – University of California, Riverside
Grace Keirstead and Sarah Bowles – Out of Bounds – Southern Connecticut State University
Antigone – University of Detroit, Mercy
Making Melrose – Slippery Rock University
Ready, Steady, Yeti, Go! – SUNY Potsdam
Severe Clear – University of Wisconsin–La Crosse
Stop Kiss – Ramapo College of New Jersey
Men on Boats – Sam Houston State University
A Divine Kerfuffle – College of the Mainland
Pretty Fire – North Carolina A&T State University
A Surge of Power – California State University, Dominguez Hills
Amarae’ Robinson – Above the Timberline – Northern Michigan University
Wyatt Jorgensen– Lonely Planet – Doane University
Rakell Foye– Pipeline – Bowie State University
Carolina Flores Parada – Cenicienta – University of Texas at El Paso
Akasha Nelson– I and You – Clemson University
Gabriela Machuca – Brown Face – University of California, Riverside
Ka`ula Krug – He Leo Aloha – University of Hawai`i at Manoa
Kaneikoliakawahineika`iukapuomua Baker – He Leo Aloha – University of Hawai`i at Manoa
Ceilo Guzman –Tedious Demons – Mt San Antonio College
Keenan Roark – Oedipus Tremendous –Boise State University
Allyssia Peine – Ordinary Days – Idaho State University
Lex van Blommestein and Em Rossi– Above the Timberline – Northern Michigan University
Grant Williams – Drowning Ophelia – University of Indianapolis
Kalie Marie – Antigone – Mesa Community College
Danielle Wright – Trivoya Gold – Wayne State University
Ka Waihona A Ke Aloha, Kumu R. Keaw Lopes Jr. & the Tuahine Troupe – He Leo Aloha – University of Hawai`i at Manoa
Paran Kashani – John Hughes Wrote My Diary – Normandale Community College
Calvin Clark – Songs for a New World – Iowa State University
Lexie Farrer – Trivoya Gold – Wayne State University
