GOLD MEDALLION
Overview
Each year, the eight KCACTF regions honor individuals or organizations that have made extraordinary contributions to the teaching and producing of theatre and who have significantly dedicated their time, artistry and enthusiasm to the development of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. Most importantly, recipients have demonstrated a strong commitment to the values and goals of KCACTF and to excellence in educational theatre. It is the most prestigious regional award given by KCACTF and is considered one of the great honors in theatre education.
Festival 54 Recipients
Leslie Ferreira, Los Angeles City College
Andre Harrington, California State University, San Bernardino
Kara Thomson, Mesa Community College
Past Recipients
1970-1979
1972
Fay Kanin
Michael Kanin
1973
Jean Korf
Kate Lawson
Patricia Madsen
Norman Mennes
Chalotte K. Motter
Ezra Stone
1974
John Cauble
Jenane Hall
Robert Hays
Lee Korf
Candy Maue
Harry Murray
Sara Seegar
1975
Howard Banks
Muriel Roy Bolton
Kingsley Colton
Bert and Margaret Holland
Doyne Mraz
Omar Paxson
Robert Smykle
Richard Wilson
1976
Jerry Blunt
Virginia Christine
James Costy
Cecile Enright
Fritz Field
Ronald Johnson
Robert Smart
Dan Sullivan
1977
Dolores Abrans
James A. Butler
Dr. Harold Crain
Sylvia Drake
Jack Morrison
Alfred Muller
Clifford E. White
William C. White
1978
Jack Byers
Jerry Crawford
Fleda Evans
Ron Feinberg
Charlotte K. Motter
Maris Ubans
1979
Kaleta Brown
Bonnie Burns Busick
Harold Oaks (UT)
Franklin Wilbur
1980-1989
1980
Barbara Carver
Ed Emanuel
Rex Heuschkel
Charles Redman
Southern California Educational Theatre Association
Anta West
1981
Jerry Crawford
Pamela Fields
Al Keller
Richard Levering
Howard Malpas
Jim McCloskey
Sid Perkes (UT)
Jack Vaughn
1982
Jerry Crawford
Jere Wade
1983
Emmett Jacobs
1984
George Forester
Kip Niven
1985
Bill Wolak
1986
Pamela Fields
1987
None presented.
1988
Bill James
1989
Jim McCloskey
Alan Stambusky
1990-1999
1990
Harold Dixon–S
Owen Smith–S
Robert Ware–N
1991
Dean Hess
1992
Ivan Hess
1993
Ken Gray
Bill Wolak
1994
Amanda Sue Rudisill
1995
Jill Benone
Charles Metten
1996
Kaleta Brown
Ivan Hess
1997
Diana Polsky
1998
Jill Benone
Crae Wilson
1999
Debra Shapazian
Robert Yowell
2000-2009
2000
Paula Alm (Utah State University Theater)
2001
Bruce Duerden
Pamela Dyer
James Tauli
2002
Richard Bugg
Tom Provenzano
2003
Debra Shapazian
2004
Bernadette Cheyne
2005
Anita DuPratt
2006
John H. Binkley
2007
Eve Himmelheber
2008
Kevin Wetmore
2009
Eric Bishop
2010-2019
2010
Geoffrey Eroe
2011
Char Nelson
2012
Susan Berkompas
2013
Virginia Ludders
2014
Shiz Herrera
2015
EE Moe
Lori Siekmann
2016
Christopher Clark
2017
Kathy Ervin
Matt Neves
Rodger Sorensen
2018
Bob Nelson
Catherine Zublin
2019
Stephanie Breinholt
Jeanette Farr
Jim Holmes
2020-2029
2020
Gil Gonzalez
ValLimar Jansen
2021
Fred Fate
bree valle
2022
Leslie Ferreira
Andre Harrington
Kara Thomson
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029