MSUM Theatre Arts alum Jan Maxwell starred last spring in a revival of the Stephen Sondheim hit musical Follies with Bernadette Peters at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. A New York Times theatre reviewer wrote in the May 22 issue: “Ms. Maxwell, who gives the evening’s most complete and satisfying performance, sings and dances the audience in to a […]
Dan Leonard, ’79, Theatre Arts, received the Randolph Frank Prize for the Performing Arts. He received the $5,000 award for his work in Palm Beach County’s performing arts scene for the past 25 years. Leonard wrote plays for a touring theatre program for schools and also acted in many theatrical productions in the Palm Beach County area, where he lives […]
A documentary about three underprivileged New York City teenagers was produced in part by MSUM Speech alum Jill Angelo, ‘97. The documentary was praised in an Oct. 11 issue of The New York Times for offering “more substantive insights into pressing issues of public education and urban poverty than many political commentators muster in a career.” The film opened Oct. […]
After 48 hours of writing, shooting, editing and delivering a short film, a team of MSUM film students won best picture at the Cinethusiasts 48-Hour Film Competition held on MSUM’s campus last weekend. Friday at 7 p.m. teams across the country were given a character and occupation, prop, line of dialogue and a genre. “We had to have a detective/cop […]
Donna Bruns Stockrahm, Biosciences, received the Mother Clarissa Dillhoff Award for Distinguished Achievement in Mentoring at Marian University’s (Indianapolis, Ind.) distinguished alumni awards dinner Oct. 7. The award is given to an individual who has demonstrated the spirit of mentoring by providing guidance, support, encouragement and leadership to students, faculty, staff or to individuals in the broader community; and contributed […]