MSU Theatre

Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Nominations

Below is the alphabetical list of Minnesota State Mankato Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship nominations since 1994. If you have information regarding earlier nominations, please let us know.

Hollie Ackerson (1998, Life With Father)
Lauren Anderson (1999, Singin' in the Rain; 2000, Getting Out)
Matthew C. Atwood (2004, Cabaret; 2005, Man of La Mancha; 2006, The Lark)
Eric Baker (1994)
Mathias Becker (2007, Bus Stop)
Christian D. Bell (2000, Brigadoon; 2001, A Funny Thing Happened...; 2002, The Mikado)
Sophia Bera (2004, Marvin's Room)
Tharen E. Callanan (2005, Will Rogers Follies; 2006, Urinetown, Finalist and Second Place Classical Acting)
Justine Carroll (2000, Brigadoon; 2002, A Christmas Carol)
Douglas E. Castle (2004, A Lie of the Mind)
Nathanial Churchill (2003, Stage Blood)
Mimi Clausen (1996)
Julio Cordova (1997)
Anthony Crep (1994; 1995, Our Country's Good; 1996 Regional Winner)
Trick Danneker (2002, A Doll's House; 2003, Proof, Finalist; 2004, Metamorphoses)
Steve Deutsch (1994; 1995, The Shadow Box, 1996)
Erin Drevlow (2002, A Doll's House; 2003, Guys and Dolls, Finalist; 2004, You Can't Take It With You, Semifinalist)
Elizabeth Eden (2005, Will Rogers Follies)
Craig Ellingson (1994, A Chorus Line)
Angelyn Eve Faust (2003, Of Mice and Men; 2004, You Can't Take It With You; 2005, Synonymy)
Mollie Fischer (2006, Peter Pan; 2007, Gypsy)
Ashley FitzSimmons (2004, Brezhnev's Children; 2005, The Crucible)


The Lion in Winter (left) and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Brian Flanagan (1998, How to Succeed in Business ..., Semifinalist; 2000, The Diviners)
Heather Ann Folsom (2006, Mint; 2007, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches)
Joey Ford (2006, Urinetown; 2007, Hurlyburly)
Lolly Foy (2007, Enchanted April)
Emily Fradenburgh (2001, The Philadelphia Story)
Melissa Fuechtmann (1998, Romance, Romance; 1999, The Rink, Finalist and Second Alternate; 2000, The Heidi Chronicles)
Julie Funk (2000, Getting Out; 2002, Escape from Happiness)
Randall J. Funk (1995, Richard III; 1996, National Best Partner)
Kate Gilhooly (1999, One Last White Horse)
Robert Francis Gardner (1999, Crazy for You; 2003, Kiss Me, Kate)
Rusty Greene (1997, Finalist)
Derek Grundyson (1996)
Julie Gustafson (1994, A Chorus Line)
Susan Vee Hansen (2007, Enchanted April)
Jason Harber (2002, The Mikado, Semifinalist; 2003, Equus)
Emily Harvey (1998, Romance, Romance, Finalist)
Caroline Hoarn (1996)
Shanti Jensen (1994, Pippin)
John John (2001, Camelot, Finalist)
Greg Johnson (2000, Picasso at the Lapin Agile)
Christopher Arn Kind (2002, Julius Caesar; 2004, Volpone, Finalist)
Ce-Ce Klinger (1996; 1997)
Yoshie Kobayashi (1997)
Paul Kramer (1994)
Camela Kraemer (1994, Richard III)
Stephen D. Kraus (1999, The Rink; 2000, The Diviners, Semifinalist; 2001, The Philadelphia Story)
Micah J. L. Kronlokken (2006, The Lark; 2007, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
Jason Kruger (2005, Galileo)
Chris Kuisle (2003, Guys and Dolls; 2004, The Wizard of Oz; 2005, The Crucible)
Zillah Glory Langsjoen (1998, Lion in Winter; 1999, Much Ado About Nothing; 2000, Getting Out, Second Alternate, Second Place Classical Acting; 2001, Death of a Salesman, Semifinalist, Second Place Classical Acting)
Claire Lloyd (2006, Mint; 2007, Bus Stop)
Mallory K. Martin (2006, Arsenic and Old Lace; 2007, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches)
Amber Maser (2001, Eleemosynary; 2003, Stage Blood, Semifinalist; 2004, Metamorphoses, Finalist and First Alternate)
Joe McCauley (1998, Reckless; 2000, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Finalist)
Patti McGuire (1999, The Rivals)
Patrick McIntyre (2001, Medea)
Mike McNamee (2004, Marvin's Room; 2005, Synonymy)
Jeremy Mikolai (1997, Semifinalist)
Toby Adam Miller (2005, Man of La Mancha; 2006, Arsenic and Old Lace)


Crazy for You (left) and Sweeney Todd

Josh Mitchell (1998, Reckless; 1999, Much Ado About Nothing; 2000, The Secret Garden; 2001, A Funny Thing Happened..., Semifinalist, 10-minute Play author, Why?)
Katharine Moeller (2006, The Comedy of Errors)
Adam Moore (2006, The Comedy of Errors)
Shannon More (2002, Julius Caesar, Finalist)
Eric B. Nelson (1995, Edufa, Semifinalist)
Kelly Jean Ohl (1995, Our Country's Good)
Jacleen Olson (2005, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress; 2006, Beauty and the Beast)
Lou Olson (2003, Tales of the Lost Formicans; 2004, A Lie of the Mind, Semifinalist)
Ben Olthafer (2006, Mint)
Jared Oxborough (2007, Cats)
Joel Partyka (2006, Peter Pan; 2007, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
Tanya Peterson (2001, Eleemosynary)
Julie Pfaffenberger (1995, The Shadow Box; 1996)
Elisa Pluhar (1996; 1997)
Erik Sterling Quam (1996)
Sarah Ross (1998, Fiddler on the Roof, Finalist and Second Place Classical Acting)
Patrick Rowan (1996)
Renée Roy (2001, The Diary of Ann Frank; 2002, Escape from Happiness; 2003, Proof)
Sebastian Ryder (1997)
Karen Schatten-Lock (1999, One Last White Horse, Region V Directing Fellow)
Ben Schrag (2002, Footloose)
Andrea B. Shaw (1994, Pippin)
Jolie Sheppick (1996)
Peter C. Simonson (1998, Fiddler on the Roof; 1999, The Rink; 2000, The Secret Garden, Semifinalist; 2001, Death of a Salesman)
Shane Solomon (2007, Hurlyburly)
Tyler Sonnek (2003, Of Mice and Men)
Krystyn Spratt (2003, Kiss Me, Kate, Finalist; 2004, The Wizard of Oz, Semifinalist; 2005, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, Finalist)
Rick Stahlmann (2001, The Diary of Ann Frank)
Jennifer Steiskal (2002, Escape from Happiness; 2003, Tales of the Lost Formicans)
Donovan Stohlberg (1999, The Rivals, Semifinalist)
Jason Stone (2005, Synonymy)
David Tacheny (1997; 1998, Life With Father, Semifinalist; 1999, Singin' in the Rain, Finalist)
Ben Thietje (1998, How to Succeed in Business ...; 1999, Crazy for You, Finalist; 2000, The Diviners, Finalist, 10-minute Play Author, Boy Meets Girl)

A Member of the Wedding (left) and Life With Father

Perry Thrun (2002, A Christmas Carol; 2004, Volpone)
Andrew D. Umphrey (2007, Cats)
David Viner (1997)
Emily Walter (1994)
Caroline Walters (1997)
Dan Weber (1997, Semifinalist)
Claire E. Wellin (2006, Beauty and the Beast; 2007, Gypsy)
Kelly Wells (1999, One Last White Horse)
Amanda Deierling White (2000, The Heidi Chronicles, Semifinalist, First Place Classical Acting)
Brad Willcuts (2001, Medea, Semifinalist; 2002, Footloose; 2003, Equus; 2004, Cabaret)
April Wilson (1996)
Mark Withers (1994)
Colin Wood (2001, Camelot; 2002, A Doll's House, Finalist)
Colin Woolston (1997, Semifinalist; 1998, Lion in Winter, Semifinalist)
Randy Wyatt (2005, Galileo)
Cedric Yarborough (1995, Edufa, Finalist)
Laura Yost (2004, Brezhnev's Children)
Shannon Zeig (1997)

SPECIAL COMMENDATIONS
2002—William Inge Theatre Festival Scholarship first alternate for scene from Picnic, directed by Christian D. Bell with Patrick McIntyre and Trick Danneker; Escape from Happiness selected to perform (out of 216 plays entered); W. James Wood received "Special Achievement in Fight Choreography" from National Selection Team; Trick Danneker and Julie Funt received citations for acting.

2003—William Inge Theatre Festival Scholarship First Place for scene from Inherit the Wind, directed by Jason Harber with Christopher Arn Kind, Trick Danneker and Krystyn Spratt; Steve Smith nominated by Region V to participate in the faculty summer intensive at the Kennedy Center.

2004—Sonata Blue by Randy Wyatt selected to be read (one one chosen); Hilary Winkworth Barbizon Design Honorable Mention for Costume Design of Brezhnev's Children; KCACTF Certificates of Merit were: For Metamorphoses—Cast Ensemble Performance, Mike Croswell for Sound Design and Music Composition, Tom Bliese for Scenic Design and Paul J. Hustoles for Direction; to Jason Rasinowich for Pyrotechnics of You Can't Take It With You; to Steven Smith for Lighting Design of Marvin's Room; to Andy Owen for Scene Design of Marvin's Room; to David McCarl for Costume Design of Volpone.

2005—Mint by Randy Wyatt (one act) selected to be read (4 out of 12), First Place and invited as Participating Production for Fest 39; Danielle Joelle Mann 10-minute play selected to be staged, The Proposition; Nina LeNoir National Festival Faculty Fellowship in Criticism; Angela Hestermann selected to Stage Manage 10-minute Play Festival; KCACTF Certificates of Merit Awarded: Randy Wyatt for Playwriting Mint; Danielle Joelle Mann for Playwriting The Proposition; Tom Bliese for Scenic Design and George Grubb for Technical Direction of The Crucible; David McCarl for Costume Design and Trish Hofeld for Stage Management of Will Rogers Follies; Nina LeNoir for Direction and Tom Bliese for Scenic Design of Man of La Mancha; Hilary Winkworth for Costume Design and S.M. Housand for Scene Design of Five Women Wearing the Same Dress; Matt Landwehr for Lighting Design of Synonymy.

2006—Randy Wyatt's Mint presented as last year's first place one-act winner, now adapted to full length; Danielle Joelle Mann's Stained Glass one-act nominated for the John Cauble Short Play Award; Bri Richmond selected to Stage Manage William Inge Directing Scene competition festival; Angie Hestermann selected to Stage Manage the Showcase of Invited Scenes; Mick Coughlan selected to assist with the Awards Ceremonies; Design Awards: Allen Wright Shannon, First Runner Up for the Barbizon Scene Design Award for Peter Pan; Allen Wright Shannon First Place Graduate Scene Design for The Lark; Dana Kleiman Second Place Undergraduate Lighting Design for Waving Goodbye; KCACTF Certificates of Merit Awarded: Chris Kuisle for Choreography and Hilary Winkworth for Costume Design of Urinetown; Jeff Smith for Acting and Leah Williams for Costume Design of The Comedy of Errors; Tom Bliese for Scenic Design and Jennifer Ohlen for Lighting Design of Arsenic and Old Lace; Angie Hestermann for Stage Management, Allen Wright Shannon for Scenic Design and Steven Smith for Lighting Design of Peter Pan; and Esther Iverson for Costume Design of The Lark.