1997 Drama School Fellowships
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Jacques, Nina: $15,700 to study Indian theatre
Mills, Matthew: $12,500 for a workshop exploration and development of a new play script
Rajan, Andrew: $16,400 to create a feature film based on work developed by a group of actors
Ventura, Stephen: $3,900 to visit Calgary to observe a theatre-sports master and do research on native culture
West, Alana: $10,900 to observe Mike Alfreds and the Method & Madness Company
Juilliard School
Appel, Irwin: $10,000 to create an organization called "Shakespeare Now"
Robinson, Nathaniel: $15,000 for a symposium on the negro unit of the WPA and a workshop production of "Voodoo Macbeth"
Tisdale, Michael: $9,800 to travel to Russia and Ukraine to complete two plays set there
National Theatre School of Canada
Choiniere, Olivier: $7,200 to travel to France and Italy to write a play called "Venice in Quebec"
Contamine, Pascal: $8,600 for workshops in the Feldemkrais techniques, acrobatic dance, and biomechanics
Johnson, Lise Ann: $11,000 for a three month apprenticeship with the Saratoga International Theatre Institute
Monty, Francis: $9,800 to join the International Summer Academy in Stuttgart and produce a play at the Goethe Institute
Randoja, Karin: $7,200 for intensive vocal training at the Roy Hart Centre
Thome, Keath: $7,600 for the creation of the "Kicking Bull Theatre" group in Alberta, Canada
Tisch School of the Arts at NYU
Borba, Andrew: $6,800 to travel to Eastern Europe to witness the transition and change there
Brooks, Torben: $9,650 to study two productions with P. Gaulier in London and observe a director's work in New York
Dillahunt, Garret: $10,000 to study singing
Dominguez, Jose: $9,700 for a study of children's art programs
Hinkle, Marin: $10,000 for intensive vocal training
Richards, Jeremy and Sunjata, Daniel: $9,700 to tour a summer production of "Woza Albert" in New York
Ruebsamen, Gary: $10,000 to develop and produce a project called "92 Days" with four other graduates of Tisch
Yale School of Drama
Cronise, Amy: $5,000 for training at the Kripalu Center for Yoga, culminating in certification as a Yoga teacher
Duprey, Jacqueline: $11,000 to trace the connection between the Orishas and Brazilian theatre
Goldberg, Eyal: $2,500 to travel to Russia to work with L. Dodin, artistic director of the Maly Theatre
Granucci, Annette: $10,000 to travel to Italy and observe the work of the Teatro Di Roma
Harmon, Weir: $2,500 to study in Russia on the Revizor Project
Hines, John: $8,200 to do research in Ireland on accents
Kent, Tod: $8,000 to do research on the fakaleiti
Parke, Evan: $11,000 for a summer film workshop at Vassar College
Reeves, Scott: $9,500 to travel to England, Venice and Cyprus to research Iago
Reynolds, Joe: $7,000 to study commedia dell'arte with a world-class theatre group
Stevens, Elizabeth: $2,500 to study in Russa on the Revizor Project
Stribling, Laura: $10,800 to travel to England to study Boudicea, Empress Maud, and Queen Matilda
Utter, Andrew: $9,800 to participate in a Schaubuhne production as an assistant
Wild, Alec: $2,500 to study in Russia on the Revizor Project on the subject of Meyerhold