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5 6 Laura Sky Herman is in the first national tour of Back to the Future the Musical. Lily Kren performed in the Tony awards back in June with the cast of The Who’s Tommy. Elisabeth LeDoux’s original TV series pilot script titled Dorkus advanced to the second round screenplay competition in the 2024 Austin Film Festival. [4] Ashlyn Maddox opened Bye Bye Birdie as Kim MacAfee at the Kennedy Center in early June. Lisette Sandoval Perez made her directorial debut directing Dallas’ Junior Players in a tele-novela inspired production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Nothing . Kevin Talley is a quarterfinalist in the 2024 Academy Nicholl Fellowships for Screenwriting with his screenplay, Snake Oil . The screenplay is based on his play of the same name, which premiered in the PSH Foundation Studio Theatre in 2015. [5] Hailey Thomas opened Grease at Casa Mañana in Ft.Worth as Teen Angel in early June. Rachel Webb landed the titular role of Juliet in the North American tour of &Juliet Jake Bentley Young played Gerry Goffin in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at the ten theatre season as part of MSU Theatre in early June. DEPARTMENT ACCOLADES This summer the Texas State University Theatre Department was ranked amongst the top twenty-five theatre programs in the world. An article in the Austin American-Statesman highlighted the success of our Bobcats. You can also view an article in the Hollywood Reporter of this great achivement. The 22nd Black and Latino Playwrights Celebration featured a tribute directed by Nadine Mozon honoring distinguished alumnus Eugene Lee . It also included readings of new plays. One of the plays The Brunch Crowd was written by Dillon Yruegas and directed by Carl Gonzalez , both alumni of Texas State University. The other play Culture Shock was written by Gloria Majule . The readings featured many of our talented Bobcats! [6] 20 | September | College News College of Fine Arts and Communication | 21 Elisabeth LeDoux’s original TV series pilot script titled Dorkus advanced to the second round screenplay competition in the 2024 Austin Film Festival Kevin Talley is a quarterfinalist in the 2024 Academy Nicholl Fellowships for Screenwriting with his screenplay, Snake Oil Eugene Lee (center) and the tribute cast under the direction of Nadine Mozon (second from left) 4 To Read the College Report, Click H ere