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AWA R D S CE R E M O N Y ALL CONFERENCE EVENT Thursday, July 31, 6:15-8:15 p.m. All conference attendees are cordially invited to attend the AATE 2014 Awards Ceremony to honor the following recipients: DISTINGUISHED DISSERTATION AWARD ANN FLAGG MULTICULTURAL AWARD CREATIVE DRAMA AWARD Roxanne Schroeder-Arce Elisabeth Westphal F. LOREN WINSHIP SECONDARY SCHOOL DISTINGUISHED BOOK AWARD THEATRE AWARD Applied Theatre: International Case Studies Luiz Munoz and Challenges for Practice, Edited by Monica Mary McAvoy, Ph.D. Prendergast and Juliana Saxton “Rehearsing Revolutions: Labor Drama Experiments LIN WRIGHT SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD in Workers’ Colleges, 1920 and 1940” Megan Alrutz Amy P. Jensen DISTINGUISHED THESIS AWARD Published by Intellect CATEGORY A: PLAYS PRIMARILY FOR MIDDLE AND SECONDARY AGE AUDIENCES Emily Freeman, M.F.A. ZETA PHI ETA-WINIFRED WARD OUTSTANDING The Wong Kids in the Secret of the Space “Feminist Performance Pedagogy: Theatre for NEW CHILDREN’S THEATRE COMPANY AWARD Chupacabra, Go! Youth and Social Justice” Rising Youth Theatre by Lloyd Suh Co-founding Artistic Directors Published by Plays for Young Audiences DISTINGUISHED DISSERTATION AWARD Xanthia Angel Walker HONORABLE MENTION Sarah Sullivan CATEGORY B: PLAYS PRIMARILY FOR PRE-K AND ELEMENTARY AGED AUDIENCES Sara Simons, Ph.D. “It gets under your skin”: Using Process Drama to WINIFRED WARD With Two Wings Explore Race and Privilege with Undergraduate Meredyth Pederson by Anne Negri Students. MFA Candidate, Drama and Theatre for Youth & Published by Dramatic Publishing Communities DISTINGUISHED THESIS AWARD The University of Texas at Austin HONORABLE MENTION CATEGORY C: ADAPTATIONS FROM EXISTING CHILDREN’S LITERATURE PRIMARILY FOR Kathleen Pennyway, M.F.A. DON AND ELIZABETH DOYLE FELLOWSHIP MIDDLE AND SECONDARY AGE AUDIENCES “Foam on the Sea: Exploring student Critical Yasu Ishida Walk Two Moons Thinking through Improvisational, Devised Theatre” by Tom Arvetis LIN WRIGHT PROFESSIONAL Based on Sharon Creech’s novel DISTINGUISHED THESIS AWARD TEACHING GRANT Published by Dramatic Publishing HONORABLE MENTION Robert St. John Bethany Corey, M.F.A. Mentor: Jamie Simpson Steele CATEGORY D: ADAPTATIONS FROM EXISTING CHILDREN’S LITERATURE PRIMARILY FOR “The Many Forms of Theatre for the Very Young: A CAMPTON BELL LIFETIME JUDITH KASE COOPER HONORARY PRE-K AND ELEMENTARY AGED AUDIENCES ACHIEVEMENT AWARD look into Development Processes” Jackie & Me Suzan Zeder by Steven Dietz RESEARCH AWARD Based on the book by Dan Gutman Dr. Jack Zipes Published by Dramatic Publishing The Awards Ceremony does not require tickets and is free to all conference registrants. A reception will follow the Awards Ceremony. (Cash Bar) Reception tickets ($10) may be purchased at the registration desk until Thursday, July 31 at 12 p.m. 45