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The
James Watt Raine Memorial Play
Established in memory of Dr. Raine who was
chair of the department of English and Theatre from 1906 - 1939,
this fund was created
in 1987. He loved theatre and was a master of teaching and writing.
Dr. Raine directed and produced literally hundreds of plays in
the old Tabernacle, the college building which stood on the site
of the current Jelkyl Drama Center. There was no money to support
productions at that time. This years
James Watt Raine Memorial Play is A Raisin in the Sun.
The Athur Flandreau Memorial Drama Fund
The Athur Flandreau Memorial Drama Fund was
created in 1980 in memory of Arthur Flandreau, Associate Professor
of Library Sciences
and Head Librarian of the Hutchins Library from 1974 - 1979. Alfred
and Jean Perrin, distinguished freinds of the Library, the Theatre
Laboratory, and Applachian Center, established the Fund. The
play supported by the Arthur Flandreau Memorial Fund this year
is Mother Courage and Her Children.
The Arronson Theatre
Lectureship
The
Arronson Theatre Lectureship program was conceived in 1987
and fully funded in 1989. The initial gift came from the Arronson
Foundation, established by Mrs. Gertrude Arronson in 1957.
The Arronson Foundation required that its gift be matched by
Berea College and this was assisted through a bequest from
the estate of the American playwright and author Thornton Wilder. The
Arronson Theatre Lecturers for 2006-2007 are Clay Goodpasture,
Mackenzie Condon and Katherine Basham.
Paul Power Scholarship
Established to honor
the late Paul Power who, for twenty-one years was a vital part
of the drama program at Berea College, this scholarship is awarded
annually to a student to study or work in the area of theatre. “Mr.
P” will be remembered for his Summer Repertory Theater, giving
the town and surrounding area five shows each week, as well as
the Henrietta Child Children's Theater which played to thousands
of children each Sunday evening during the summer. He taught drama,
speech and humanities, and directed many productions at the old
Tab, and helped to plan the new Jelkyl drama building. This endowed
scholarship was conceived and developed by Paul's former students
who want to ensure that Paul's love and devotion for the theater
will be carried on.
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