1958 — 2008

Celebrating

50 Years!

Season and Ticket Information

Where's My Money?

The Twelfth Annual

Playwrights' Festival

As You Like It

Shakespeare in the Park

The Conference of the Birds

KCPT Scholarship Awards Program

Scholarships are awarded annually to local high school graduates and college students continuing their education in pursuit of a theatre career.

Young actor Torrey Berkson is the first recipient of the Sy Kahn Memorial Scholarship Award for Excellence in the Theatre, from a newly created endowed fund honoring the former Key City Public Theatre president and director who passed away in 2007. The $1,000 award was presented Wednesday (May 14) by his widow, Janet Baker Kahn. Berkson will attend the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City this fall, along with fellow scholarship winner Ben Rezendes. Rezendes and Alex Lovett, who will attend Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle , both received $500 scholarships from the Key City Public Theatre Scholarship Fund to support their drama studies. All three actors are residents of Port Townsend.

Photo by Shelly Randall / KCPT

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The deadline for the 2008 Scholarship has passed. This information remains here to give general information about our on-going scholarship program.

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Key City Public Theatre 2008 Scholarship Applications Due April 15

Emerging theater artists who are continuing their education in pursuit of a theater career are encouraged to apply to the Key City Public Theatre Scholarship Fund. The 2008 application deadline is April 15.

Scholarships ranging from $500-1,000 are awarded annually to graduating high school students, college students and adult theater artists to support tuition costs. Awards are available to actors, directors and playwrights, as well as set, costume, sound and lighting designers who have participated in a Key City Public Theatre production in one of these capacities.

Scholarship awards are based primarily on the artistic quality of the applicant’s past work, their potential for future excellence and the appropriateness of their continued education toward the individual’s artistic growth.

Artistic Director Denise Winter notes that she has been “thrilled” with the quality of the applicants since the scholarship program was launched in 2006. Past award recipients include local high school graduates Anna Smith (attending Adelpi University), Lydia Raymond (attended American Academy of Dramatic Arts), and Jennifer Ewing (attending American Academy of Dramatic Arts).

Candidates must be residents of Jefferson or Clallam County and must request an application packet by calling Key City Public Theatre at 360-379-0195, by emailing feedback@keycitypublictheatre.org, or by mailing the KCPT Scholarship Awards Committee, P.O. Box 194, Port Townsend, WA 98368. Please provide your name, mailing address and phone number.

Proceeds from refreshments sold at Key City Playhouse fund the scholarship awards program. Additional tax-deductible donations for the Key City Public Theatre Scholarship Fund may be made online or mailed to the above address.

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KCPT Scholarship Archives

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Key City Players awards 2007 scholarships

Assisting three young women with drama studies in New York City

Key City Players, Port Townsend’s community theatre for nearly 50 years, is pleased to announce that its 2007 scholarship program is supporting the drama studies of three Jefferson County youth in New York City for the 2007-08 school year.

Jennifer Ewing received a $500 award toward her first year at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. A Port Townsend High School senior, Ewing appeared in KCP’s recent production of “Tartuffe” as Damis.

Lydia Raymond is a second-year recipient of a $250 award for her second year at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She appeared in “Extremeties” at KCP and has worked backstage on other productions.

Anna Smith is also a second-year recipient of a $250 award for her second year at Adelphi University. She has appeared in numerous KCP productions, most recently “The Threepenny Opera” and “A Midsummer Night's Dream.”

Scholarships are awarded annually to graduating high school students, college students or theater artists who are continuing their education in the field of drama. The application deadline each year is April 15.

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Key City Public Theatre

is funded in part by a generous grant from the Port Townsend Arts Commission.

Key City Public Theatre

is a member of:

PT Chamber of Commerce

PT Main Street Association

Theatre Puget Sound (TPS)

Washington State Community Theatre Association (WSCTA)

and partners with:

PT Youth Arts Council