In recognition of a quarter-century of artistic excellence, Associate Professor of the Practice of Theatre Luke Jorgensen will receive the American Alliance for Theatre & Education鈥檚 prestigious Orlin Corey Award, which honors artistic achievement or contribution to theater for young audiences.
Jorgensen鈥檚 scholarship centers on theater education, actor training, the development of new plays and the work of Augustus Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed. The artistic director of Tufts University鈥檚 Children鈥檚 Theatre, Jorgensen has acted professionally on the stage, as well as in television and film.
Luke Jorgensen (Gary Wayne Gilbert)
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The many productions Jorgensen has directed at the Robsham Theater Arts Center include 鈥淭he Servant of Two Masters,鈥� 鈥淎 Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream,鈥� 鈥淧icasso at the Lapin Agile,鈥� 鈥淢etamorphoses鈥� (winner of a Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Ensemble Award), and his original play 鈥淐odemonkey,鈥� which was a chosen as a semi-finalist by NY Musical Theatre New Works.
He also collaborates with the First Year Experience Program and serves as faculty advisor to the student groups My Mother鈥檚 Fleabag and Hello Shovelhead! His 涩里番下载 courses encompass fundamentals of performance, creative dramatics, introduction to theater, performing politics, and theater for youth.
Jorgensen will receive the award in August at the AATE鈥檚 annual conference in New York City.聽
鈥斺�揜osanne Pellegrini, University Communications | July 2019