2010 William E. Wilson Award
presented to
Kristen Neander
Kristen Neander is the Director of Theatre at Citrus High School in Citrus County. She has
been teaching at her alma mater for nine years; prior to becoming a theatre teacher, Kristen worked as a
professional stage manager in Virginia and New York. Favorite directing credits include
Into the Woods, Lend Me A Tenor, Guys & Dolls, The Last Five Years,
Rumors, My Favorite Year and Little Shop of Horrors. In 2006, Kristen
co-founded the Citrus County Unified High School Theatre Project, an 8 week summer theatre program for area
high school students. She is Florida's District Twelve Thespian Chairperson and serves on the Boards
of Directors for the Florida Association of Theatre Educators and Florida State Thespians. Kristen received
her BA from Florida State University and will complete her Masters degree in the summer of 2010 at
Florida State University in their summer program for Theatre Educators. |
The award is presented in the amount of $6,500 to a secondary school educator pursuing a graduate degree in theatre or speech and theatre in a regionally accredited graduate program.
The Southeastern Theatre
Conference welcomes applications for the William E. Wilson
Scholarship. The award, named for longtime SETC member and
patron William "Bill" Wilson, supports a secondary school
teacher who is pursuing a graduate degree in theatre or
speech and theatre.
Applicants must be legal
residents of a state in the SETC region, and must have at
least one year of experience as a full-time teacher and
director of theatre in a secondary school
in the SETC region. The award recipient must enroll in a
regionally accredited graduate program a) within the SETC region and b) within one year of
being selected for the scholarship.
The Wilson award is made possible
by a $100,000 endowment given by its namesake in support
of secondary school theatre educators across the southeast.
It is a dream come true for contributor Wilson, and for
many future recipients. The Southeastern Theatre Conference
extends its heartfelt thanks to Wilson for his vision and
support of secondary school theatre.
Application Form 
The application deadline is January 15th, 2011
For more information, please contact:
David Giambrone
120 Yellow Poplar Ln
Harvest, Alabama 35749-4805
dgiambrone@gmail.com
