Northwestern professor nominated for grant
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By Joanne Foxjfox@siouxcityjournal.com | Posted: Wednesday, October 08, 2008
ORANGE CITY, Iowa -- Award-winning playwright Jeff Barker, professor of theatre and speech at Northwestern College, has been nominated by Region 5 of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) for a national Teaching Artists Grant. If selected, Barker will receive up to $2,000 to underwrite professional development expenses for playwriting conferences, workshops, or other training and resources. Barker is one of eight nominees from Region 5, which includes eight regions.
Barker has written more than 50 plays, among them, "Kin," a finalist for the Arlin Meyer Prize in 2005. Barker penned "And God Said," an Old Testament musical, in collaboration with Broadway composer Ron Melrose in 2003.
The Teaching Artists Grant recipients will be named Jan. 15, prior to Region 5's annual festival at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kan., from Jan. 18 to 24. The festival includes theater faculty and students from colleges and universities in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.
Barker has written more than 50 plays, among them, "Kin," a finalist for the Arlin Meyer Prize in 2005. Barker penned "And God Said," an Old Testament musical, in collaboration with Broadway composer Ron Melrose in 2003.
The Teaching Artists Grant recipients will be named Jan. 15, prior to Region 5's annual festival at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kan., from Jan. 18 to 24. The festival includes theater faculty and students from colleges and universities in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.
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