Theatre and Dance

Current Endowments, Scholarships and Fellowships

Program Support Endowments

W. H. "Deacon" Crain Production Endowment
Supports theatre productions.

Oscar G. Brockett Theatre Production Support Endowment
Supports performances and productions in the Oscar G. Brockett Theater and funds maintenance of the theater.

Joanne Sharp Crosby Theatre Outreach Endowment
Supports Departmental outreach programs.

Heywood "Woody" McGriff Dance Endowment
Program support in choreography and performance for dance students and faculty.

David Mark Cohen Memorial Production Endowment in Playwriting
Supports the production of plays written by Department students.

Scholarships and Fellowships for Theatre and Dance Students

Lillian Barkley Scholarship
Supports outstanding students

Lucy Barton Endowed Scholarship
Supports costume design students

Steve Barton and Denny Berry Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Theatre and Dance
Supports undergraduate acting and/or dance students

Oscar G. Brockett Endowed Fellowship
Supports graduate theatre history and criticism students

Morton Brown, Nellie Lea Brown, and Minelma Brown Lockwood Scholarship in Drama
Supports outstanding students

Richard M. Clark Endowed Scholarship
Supports outstanding upper-division undergraduate students

E. P. Conkle Endowed Scholarship
Supports playwriting students

E. P. and Virginia Conkle Endowed Scholarship
Supports outstanding students

W. H. "Deacon" Crain Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Theatre
Supports playwriting and/or any outstanding students

Leon Danielian Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Dance
Supports undergraduate dance majors

Donna Dellinger Memorial Scholarship Fund
Supports Children's Theatre majors

Ruth Denney Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Theatre
Supports Teacher Training majors

Drama Ex-Students Scholarship
Supports outstanding students

Priscilla Pond Flawn Endowed Scholarship in Theatre and Dance
Supports outstanding undergraduate students

Dr. Ralph and Marie B. Hanna Endowed Scholarship in Drama
Supports outstanding graduate students

Marcia Gay Harden Endowed Scholarship
Supports outstanding undergraduate acting students from Texas

Louis Jules Hexter Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Theatre Arts
Supports outstanding students

Prentice Hill-Deacon Crain Scholarship for Playwriting/Design Students
Supports playwriting and/or design students

Patrick Hines Endowed Scholarship
Supports outstanding students

Pat Hingle Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Theatre and Dance
Supports outstanding students

Francis Hodge Endowed Scholarship in Drama
Supports graduate directing students

Frederick J. Hunter Endowed Scholarship in History and Criticism
Supports graduate students

Coleman A. Jennings Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Creative Drama/ Theatre for Young Audiences
Supports graduate Creative Drama/ Theatre for Youth students

Tom Jones/ Harvey Schmidt Endowed Presidential Scholarship
Supports outstanding students

Mary Margaret Blair Lindsay Endowed Scholarship
Supports outstanding students

Joe Ed Manry Endowed Scholarship in Theatre Studies
Supports theatre education students

Heywood "Woody" McGriff Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Dance
Supports outstanding undergraduate or graduate dance students

James W. Moll Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Drama
Supports outstanding students

Murray Endowed Scholarship in Theatre Studies
Supports upper-division Theatre Studies students who are graduates of Texas high schools and who intend to teach in Texas public schools. Preference given to UIL One-Act Play participants.

Dr. David Nancarrow Scholarship in Theatre and Dance

Supports outstanding students

Cynthia G. Nutt and James N. Nutt, Jr. Endowed Scholarship
Supports outstanding undergraduate students from Texas

Donald M. Oenslager Endowed Scholarship
Supports scene design students

J. Pat O'Keefe Memorial Scholarship
Supports outstanding students

Steven and Cabrina Owsley Endowed Scholarship in Acting
Supports undergraduate acting students from Texas who show financial need.

James H. Parke Memorial Scholarship Fund
Supports outstanding students

James H. and Catherine Neal Parke Scholarship
Supports outstanding students

B. Iden Payne-Barna Ostertag Scholarship
Supports outstanding students

Pitkin Endowed Scholarship
Supports outstanding scene design students

Paul Reinhardt Endowed Scholarship in Design
Supports costume design students

John Reese Rothgeb Scholarship in Scene Design
Supports scene design students

Charles A. and Betti Friedel Saunders Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Theatre
Supports outstanding students

Maurice J. Schaded Memorial Scholarship
Supports outstanding students

Jean McKenzie Schenkkan Endowed Scholarship in Playwriting
Supports outstanding playwriting students

Webster Smalley Endowed Scholarship in Drama
Supports outstanding playwriting students

F. Loren Winship Scholarship Fund
Supports theatre education students

Igor Yousevitch Endowed Scholarship in Drama
Outstanding undergraduate dance students

If you would like to know more about how you can contribute to Department of Theatre and Dance, please contact

Cassie Gholston, Assistant Chair for External Relations
Department of Theatre and Dance
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station D3900
Austin, Texas 78712-0362

Telephone: 512.232.5301
email: gholston@austin.utexas.edu