Spotlight on Undergraduates

The Undergraduate program continued to develop as enrollment increased and a new director of Undergraduate
Studies, Dan Boord, took over the position from Dr. Joy Reilly. Although it was a year of development it was also a year of traditions. The traditions continued with such events as the
Welcome Back Pizza Party, Take Out Theatre, Backstage Live, the Writing Company, and the undergraduate productions of Private Words: The Hiding of Anne Frank’s Diary, Division
Street, and Sobering Thoughts.

OSU theatre was well represented at the 2002 Richard J. and Martha D. Denman Undergraduate Research Forum. Joe Maloney, Allyson Morgan, Leah Reddy, Laura Simpson, and
Colin Sweet presented projects in the arts. Laura Simpson was awarded 3rd prize in the Arts category, while Leah
Reddy received the Outstanding Sophomore prize.

Undergraduate actors, directors, and writers assemble on the morning of Take Out Theatre day to prepare for the madness to come. Standing, L to R: Mark Bernhardt, Liam Dillon, Dana Scurlock, Joey Schultz. Seated, L to R: Lindsey Carr, Jennifer Bach, Amy Fisher, Laura Butler, Karen Michelle Friedman, Aiyana Marcus, Jonathan Marballi.

Abby Crain, Joey Schultz, recent graduate Creighton James, Allyson Morgan, Leah Reddy, and Donato Wilkinson (at bottom) celebrate at the Department of Theatre’s End of the Year Banquet.