{"id":4084,"date":"2021-03-12T12:52:54","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T17:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/earlhamcollege.wpengine.com\/?p=4084"},"modified":"2021-03-29T10:15:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T14:15:06","slug":"student-dramaturg-to-compete-at-kennedy-center-american-college-theatre-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlham.edu\/news-events\/student-dramaturg-to-compete-at-kennedy-center-american-college-theatre-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Student dramaturg to compete at Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Earlham College senior Spencer North will compete for national honors at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North won three awards at the 53rd annual Region III KCACTF in January to advance. The awards included best program note, outstanding lobby display and overall student dramaturgy, all for the Earlham College Department of Theatre Arts\u2019 production of \u201cMr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play\u201d last fall (scene from the play pictured to the right).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn my application for the award, I showed evidence of cross-departmental communications on campus as part of my work on this production,\u201d said North, an ancient and classical studies major and theatre arts minor from Fort Wayne, Indiana. \u201cI cannot claim ownership of everything that happened, but I created larger conversations on campus about what we were doing in theatre. I think that impressed the judges.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dramaturgy is at the intersection of North\u2019s academic endeavors, a passion that began in high school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDramaturgy is pretty multi-faceted and not so many people know what dramaturges do,\u201d said North, who uses they and them pronouns. \u201cThere are two main jobs: One is to look for historical accuracy. Anytime someone is developing a play that hasn\u2019t been done before or they want to do a play during a specific time period, a dramaturg is one of the people who looks to find information to make sure the play is historically accurate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey also work really closely with the director to discern the themes that the director wants to pull for a show.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n