Adah Clarke Hagan Scholarship in Theatre
The Adah Hagan Clarke Scholarship in Theatre provides awards for first year students, transfer students, undergraduate and graduate students majoring in theatre. It was established in 1995 by a bequest from the estate of Charles Hagan in honor of his wife, a teacher who once played vaudeville and toured rural Kansas in chautauqua shows.
Adah Clarke Hagan was born near Hanston in western Kansas and graduated from KU in 1931. She played piano and saxophone on the chautauqua circuit and appeared in vaudeville with the Ruth Royal Rainbow Girls. Eventually, she settled into a career as an elementary school teacher in Prairie Village.
Past Recipients
| Year | Recipients |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Tehreem Chaudhry, Samantha Gotskind |
| 2018 | Jillian Branch, Ella Galbraith, Sarah Van Zwoll |
| 2017 | Gabi Finkelstein |
| 2016 | Gina Sandi-Diaz |
| 2015 | Gina Sandi-Diaz, Zach Sudbury |
| 2014 | Bianca Jimenez, Casey McNamara |
| 2013 | Lynn Deboeck, Logan Duck, Cynthia Evans |
| 2012 | Alison L. Christy, Caiel J. Noble, Elaina Smith |
| 2011 | Nathan Selee |
| 2010 | Phillip Schroeder |
| 2009 | Elizabeth Grim, Caleb Stroman |
| 2008 | Elizabeth Grim, Jacquelyn Koester, Rona Sohn, Jeffery Van Bockern |
| 2007 | Matthew Crooks, Christopher Robinson, Courtney Schweitzer |
| 2006 | Dale Buchheister, Matthew Cohen, Thad Nurski |
| 2005 | Stephen Ferrell, Brandon Ford, Courtney Schweitzer |
| 2004 | Rodney Hill, Scott Johnson, Andrew York |
| 2003 | Elisabeth Ahrens, Erika Crane, Nicholas Mosher |
| 2002 | Novotny Lawrence, Mareen Perry, Brian Woodman |
| 2001 | Matt Hislope, Fred Holliday, Chris Meissner |
| 2000 | John Ahearn, Matt Hislope, Robert Sokol |
| 1999 | John Ahearn, Fred Holliday, Mike Senften |
| 1998 | Frederick Holliday, Silas Hoover, Nicole Walston |
| 1997 | Tony Fuemmeler, Donell Leopold, Steve Willingham |
| 1996 | Will Averill, Rodney Hill, Sally Shedd |
| 1995 | Heather Addison, Nicole Dolci, Branka Grubor |
