The Theater Arts Award, sponsored by the Department of Theater Arts and the Oregon Humanities Center, recognizes oral, poster, and creative work presentations focused on a topic in the broad, interdisciplinary field of Theater Arts and characterized by excellence in research and/or creativity and clarity of delivery.
Eligibility Criteria: Transparency of process - from goal/intent to creative realization; Use of research for design; Creative depth; Presentation style.
Award Amounts: Two (2) $200 Awards for Stage Design/Craft and Costume Design/Craft or Performance; One (1) $100 Honorable Mention Award.
Current Recipients
Karlie Guilliot '25
Major: History | Theater Arts
Project: "Kitty & The Crescent Moon"
2025 $200 Award
Logan Love ' 27
Major: Art History | Theater Arts
Project: "A Stage Director's First Steps, the intensions before the stage"
2025 $200 Award
Ayano Yamada '26
Major: Theater Arts
Project: "Antony McDonald’s Stage Desgin"
2025 $100 Award
Prior Recipients
Daniel Au '24
Major: Music Composition, Music Performance
Project: "An Art Song for Soprano & Piano: The Rainbow by Daniel Au"
2024 $100 Honorable Mention Award
Julianne Bodner '23 & Amanda Henney '22
Majors: Theater Arts
Project: "Stories & Spaces: Updating Classic Plays for Modern Audiences Through Research-Based Ideas in Scenic"
2021 $200 Award
Alisha Davison '21
Major: Theater Arts
Project: "The Research Behind Costume Design"
2021 $100 Honorable Mention Award
Quaye Dydasco '24
Major: Theater Arts
Project: "Embodied Indigenous Research: Pocahontas and the Blue Spots"
2023 $100 Award
Krysten Elkins '23
Major: Theater Arts
Project: "Designing for Straightforward Theatre"
2023 $100 Award
Lily Gastelum
Project: "Embodied Indigenous Research: Pocahontas and the Blue Spots"
2023 $100 Award
Karlie Guilliot '25
Major: History | Theater Arts
Project: "Radium Girls: A Dramaturgical Analysis"
2024 $200 Award
Abigail Punches '24
Major: History
Project: "“Priam”: A Dramatic Reading"
2024 $200 Award
Aaralyn Reed
Project: "Embodied Indigenous Research: Pocahontas and the Blue Spots"
2023 $100 Award
Kat Sincuir Alvarez
Project: "Embodied Indigenous Research: Pocahontas and the Blue Spots"
2023 $100 Award