Student Excellence at Industry Conferences
The Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC) is a nonprofit theatre membership organization with a full spectrum of services for members and organizations across 10 states in the southeast region of the United States and beyond. Every year, students from the theatre department attend the conference to participate in — and sometimes present — workshops, interview at the largest theatre job fair in the country, and submit their projects in the design competition.
Winners from this year’s SETC Conference Competition were:
Sound Design
- 3rd place – Amoirie Perteet, Blood at the Root
- 2nd place – Allison Bucher, Men on Boats
Projection Design
- 2nd place – DJ Pike, She Kills Monsters
Graduate Scenic Design
- 2nd place DJ Pike, Murder on the Orient Express
- 1st place Sophie Smrcka, Men on Boats
Graduate Lighting Design
- 2nd place- Joshua Mullady, Trouble in Mind
Graduate Costume Design
- Honorable Mention- MJ Hromek, Murder on the Orient Express
- 3rd place- Alex Heder, Adaptive Radiation
- 2nd place- Kaelyn Williams, Men on Boats
Founded in 1960 to promote dialogue, research, and learning among practitioners of theatre design and technology, the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) is the leader in life-long learning opportunities for the entertainment design and technology industry. It connects performing arts design and technology communities to ensure a vibrant dialog among practitioners, educators, and students.
At the annual conference, students who are in the last year of their training or have graduated from a program in the last year, are given the opportunity to submit for a Young Designers, Managers, and Technician Award. Each design area offers a nationally recognized sponsored award. Students separately submit to participate in the juried Emerging Creatives Showcase. Students and professionals alike can enter the Design Expo for a chance to be one of ten designs to be featured in the TD&T Summer Issue.
This year’s winners of USITT competitions were:
Zelma H. Weisfeld Costume Design and Technology Award: MJ Hromek
Emerging Creatives Showcase: DJ Pike & Kaylin Gess
Design Expo selections to be featured in TD&T Summer Issue: Joshua Mullady, DJ Pike & MJ Hromek
