Awards

Check out who’s been recognized for their outstanding work.
(for previous years' awards, click here.)

Faculty and Staff Awards

Jim Linnell, professor of playwriting at UNM and Associate Dean of the College of Fine Arts, was the KCACTF National Festival Faculty Fellow--Teacher of Playwriting, for his support of playwriting in the Southwest Region of the American College Theatre Festival.

Student Awards

2007 UNM’s Dramatic Writing Program National Award Winners

Leonard Madrid and Don Garcia, both third year MFA writers, were co-winners of the KCACTF Award for Latino Playwrights. Garcia received the award for his play A Kiss for Death. Madrid received the award for his one- act play Perla. Madrid and Garcia were given fellowships to attend the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Washington DC. Each award came with a cash prize, membership to the Dramatists Guild, membership to the Playwright's Center, and a fellowship to a summer program.
Madrid's play Perla was also a finalist for the John Cauble short play competition. The four finalists in the competition were given concert readings at the Kennedy Center. Madrid's play was directed and performed by theatre professionals from New York City and Washington DC.

Terry Gomez, a third year student in the MFA dramatic writing program, was recently awarded an American Indian College Fund-Mellon Faculty Career Enhancement Fellowship for the 2007-2008 academic year. The award is given to faculty members of Native American Colleges and Universities who are seeking terminal degrees. The award is for 30,000 dollars a year. Gomez is an instructor at the Institute of American Indian Arts as well as an MFA student in the final year of her program at the University of New Mexico.

Lou Clark received the regional SSDC/KACTF award for Directing. Clark was recognized for directing her thesis play Searching for Calliopeia at UNM's Words Afire Festival. In Washington DC, Clark was in contention with regional directing winners from around the Unites States. She received an honorable mention.

Kristen Simpson's thesis play Four Days in the Delta and Leonard Madrid's play Volver Volver Volver were selected for the University Playwright's Workshop, a program run by the Kennedy Center and Stanford University where a small group of playwrights are selected to have their plays developed with professional theatre artists.

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