WMU HOME ABOUT WMU WMU NEWS University Theatre production earns national honors March 11, 2005 KALAMAZOOThe Western Michigan University Theatre production of "Othello" has won national honors in American College Theatre Festival competition, and a WMU student troupe will head to Washington, D.C., next month to stage the play twice at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Directed by James Daniels, professor of theatre, the WMU production won kudos from judges during regional competition in January and was one of only three college theatre productions in the nation to win an invitation to the national ACTF event in Washington. An invitation to perform at the ACTF's Kennedy Center gathering has been called the college-theatre equivalent of winning the Heisman Trophy. "This is about as good as it gets," says Joan Herrington, chair of the Department of Theatre. "There are eight regional festivals leading to this one national event. You always want to hear the judges advise you to 'save your set' after they've watched your production at regionals. It's an indication that you're in the running for one of those three national slots. We saved our set this time, and we're ready to go." One judge's comments were especially welcomed. WMU's "Othello," the adjudicator said, "has reset the standard for collegiate performance of Shakespeare." | |
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