Richard D. Parks Award - Outstanding Graduating Senior
Professor Richard D. Parks comes to his subject with over forty-five years experience
in the theatre arts as an actor, director, producer, playwright, scholar, and teacher.
He was the co-founder in 1958, of 91ΑΤΖζβs βStorytellersβ, the instructor off all six
sections of Oral Interpretation at Stanford University in 1965-66, and the Voice and
Diction professor in the Fine Arts program at the University of Washington in 1971-72.
He holds membership in the American Association of University Professors, CETA, American
College Theatre Festival, American Film Institute, Dramatists Guild, Authors League
of America, and many other regional and local organizations.
Works
Book: Overcome Stage Fright
Play: Wild West Women
Play: Further Inquiry
Teaching Supplement: Early American Theatre
Play: The Facts of Life
The The Richard D. Parks Award was established by The Theatre Arts Department in 1989 after liquidation of funds in βThe Players Clubβ account. It is given to the Outstanding Graduating Senior with the highest grade point average.
Past Recipients
2016 Danielle Issa
2015 Kyle Worthington
2014 Akos Meggyes
2013 Lauren Serpa
2012 Julian Huguet
2011 Katie Zeisl
2010 Samantha Horn
2009 Ashley Nunes
2008 Saila Kariat
2007 Nicholas Park
2006 Brian Ringstad
2005 Audra Smrtic
2004 Laura Ciccarellc
2003 Erin Denny-Miller
2002 Jarmo Siimento
2001 Rachel Mandleberg
2000 Elizabeth Earnhardt
