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The Key City Public Theatre Scholarship Fund makes annual awards to support emerging theatre artists who are continuing their education in pursuit of a theatre career. Proceeds from refreshments sold at Key City Playhouse help fund the awards.
Theatre artists who are continuing their education in pursuit of a theatre career are encouraged to apply to the Key City Public Theatre Scholarship Fund.
Scholarships typically ranging from $1000 to $1500 are awarded annually to graduating high school students, college students and adult theatre 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.
Scholarship awards are based on the artistic quality of the applicant’s work, their potential for future excellence, and the appropriateness of their continued education toward the individual’s artistic growth.
KCPT Artistic Director Denise Winter notes that she has been “thrilled” with the quality of the applicants since the scholarship program was launched in 2006.
One scholarship winner, PTHS graduate Madeline Levy, having completed her studies at Whitman College, went to work as a professional stage manager with prestigious opera companies such as Seattle Opera and Wolftrap. Ben Rezendes (Stella Adler Studio) is a PTHS graduate based in NYC with credits for his stunt work in The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (2024), Disney’s Hocus Pocus 2 (2022), and the Oscar-nominated film, The Holdovers (2023), his IMDB can be found HERE.
Chimacum High School graduate, Rosaletta Curry, received several scholarship awards to support her undergraduate studies in the drama program at Ithaca College,as well as at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. She has worked as a professional actress in both London (where she is a member of British Actors' Equity Association) and in the US, including here at KCPT.
Other past award recipients include Danny Willis (Cornish College of the Arts), Emily Huntingford (Whitman College), Rose Burt (Carnegie Mellon Summer Theatre program), Jessica Reid (Central Washington University), Torrey Berkson (Stella Adler Studio for Acting), Alex Lovett (Cornish College of the Arts), Anna Smith (Adelphi University), Lydia Raymond and Jennifer Ewing (American Academy of Dramatic Arts).
Candidates must be residents of Jefferson or Clallam County. To obtain an application packet, call KCPT at 360-379-0195 or download the form on this page below. (See "How to Apply")
Proceeds from refreshments sold at Key City Playhouse fund the scholarship awards program. Tax-deductible donations for the scholarship fund may also be made online to the Christa Holbrook Youth Education Fund, mailed to KCPT Scholarships, 419 Washington St., Port Townsend, WA 98368, or to the Endowed Scholarships Funds at The Jefferson Community Foundation HERE.
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The Sy Kahn Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund
The Sy Kahn Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund -- named for a Key City Public Theatre (KCPT) participant with a lifetime history as a theatre educator -- was established to ensure that scholarships are maintained as a strong component of KCPT’s education programs. Artistic Director Denise Winter was compelled to establish this endowment in the spring of 2008 to honor Sy Kahn for his work in our community, his deep commitment to education and love of theatre. Sy Kahn was a poet, professor, playwright, and director who served as Board President and a director of numerous productions at Key City Public Theatre.
Jefferson County actress and graduate of Jefferson Community School Torrey Berkson (at left in photo) was the first recipient of the Sy Kahn Memorial Scholarship Award for Excellence in Theatre. The $1,000 award was presented on May 14, 2008 by his widow Janet Baker Kahn (at right in photo). This award was funded by a special gift to highlight the establishment of the endowed fund.
The endowment is maintained in coordination with the Jefferson Community Foundation. Donations to this fund can be made HERE.
The David Hundhausen Scholarship Fund
Established in 2022 by the Hundhausen Estate- longtime theatre professor, David Hundhausen created this endowment through a legacy gift to ensure funding for scholarships with stipends for students and apprentices pursuing a career in the theatre. A former board member and artist at KCPT, David and his wife Pat were passionate theatre-makers and subscribers, and their work on behalf of KCPT leaves a legacy along with this endowment which will serve decades of emerging artists.
The endowment is maintained in coordination with the Jefferson Community Foundation. Donations to this fund can be made HERE.
The Christa Holbrook Youth Education Fund
KCPT's annual fund for Youth Education initiatives is established and named for Christa Holbrook, KCPT staff member and resident artist. This fund honors Christa's 10th anniversary season with the theatre.
Her personal story and dedication to enriching the lives of our community's young people exemplify the mission of our Youth Education programs. This fund will continuously fuel accessibility, technology, and teaching artist salaries and trainings to ensure today's students engage with theatre arts at all levels, as participants, as audience, and in career exploration.
You can donate to this fund HERE.
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Student Name - HS Attended - Notable KCPT Credits
$ Awarded - How used/School or college - Other
Berkson, Torrey - PTHS - Romeo & Juliet
$1000 - Stella Adler Studio of Acting, 1st Year - First Recipient of the Sy Kahn Memorial Scholarship Award, the Award was presented on May 14, 2008 by his widow, Janet Baker Kahn
$250 - Stella Adler Studio of Acting, 2nd Year
Burt, Rose - PTHS - Blanche and Claude in Seclusion, Schoolgirl Figure
$100 - Carnegie Mellon University, Summer Musical Theatre Program - Partially funded by PT Kiwanis
Curry, Rosaletta - Chimacum HS - Comedy of Errors, Conference of the Birds, As You Like It, King Lear
$650 - Ithaca College, 1st Year
$500 - Ithaca College, 2nd Year - Partially funded by PT Kiwanis
$1000 - The London Academy of the Dramatic Arts - Justin K. Bhansali Scholarship
Ewing, Jennifer - PTHS - As You Like It
$500 - American Academy of Dramatic Arts NY, 1st Year
Huntingford, Emily - PTHS - As You Like It, A Life in Theatre w/ John Considine
$1000 - Whitman College, 2nd Year
$2000 - Whitman College, 3rd Year
LeDonna, Sadie - PTHS - The Tempest (Aerialist), The Soup is Served
$500 - The San Francisco Clown Conservatory, 1st Year
Levy, Madeline - PTHS - The Comedy of Errors (Stage Manager), The Soup is Served
$500 - Whitman College, 1st Year
Lovett, Alex - PTHS - Comedy of Errors
$500 - Cornish College of the Arts, 1st Year
Raymond, Lydia - Chimacum HS
$250 - American Academy of Dramatic Arts NY, 1st Year
$250 - American Academy of Dramatic Arts NY, 2nd Year
Reid, Jessica - PTHS - Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Golden Age Radio Christmas
$250 - Shoreline Community College, 1st Year
Rezendes, Ben - PTHS - Romeo & Juliet, Taming of the Shrew
$500 - Stella Adler Studio of Acting, 1st Year
$250 - Stella Adler Studio of Acting, 2nd Year
Smith, Anna - PTHS - Threepenny Opera, Crimes of the Heart
$250 - Adelphi University, 1st Year
$250 - Adelphi University, 4th Year
$500 - Adelphi University, 4th Year, Sy Kahn Memorial Scholarship Award
Traenkenschuh, Kellyn - PTHS - Shakespeare in the Park, TeenLab, The Seagull (3 Years Hair & Makeup)
$250 - The University of Washington, 1st Year - Partially funded by PT Kiwanis
Willis, Danny - Sequim HS - Henry IV Pt I, Cinderella
$1000 - Cornish College of the Arts, 1st Year - Justin K. Bhansali Scholarship
$1000 - Cornish College of the Arts, 2nd Year - Justin K. Bhansali ScholarshipDescription text goes here
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How To Apply
Candidates must be residents of Jefferson or Clallam County. To obtain an application packet:
Download the PDF file below:
Scholarship Application PDF
Or call Key City Public Theatre at 360-385-5278.
Email info@keycitypublictheatre.org.Send mail to:
KCPT Scholarship Awards Committee,
419 Washington St., Port Townsend, WA 98368.Item description