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"The finely performed play currently playing — T. Adamson’s The Straights — has only tossed around a bit of tumbleweed set dressing and hung a single screen. But the space makes it look rich: Set off to its perfect advantage, The Straights glows like a ring in a velvet box."
Ms. Umlauf’s set pieces were first rate, with chairs and tables straight out of 1950s roadside diners... Somehow, Ms. Umlauf and Mr. Isaacson got it just right. 

In T. Adamson's scorcher of a road trip, best friends Phoebe and Nina navigate hitchhikers, shoplifting, drugs, and a flood of selfies as they hurtle through the heart and heartlessness of America. A kaleidoscopic new play with unlimited mileage.
Featuring six plays selected from hundreds of submissions to Actors Theatre’s National Ten-Minute Play Contest."
On Monday, Actors Theatre of Louisville will premiere Idris Goodwin's "Six," the second of three entries in this year's New Play Project. The project - produced by the members of the Professional Training Company (formerly the Apprentice/Intern Co.) - also is an opportunity for Louisville to see exciting new work, free of charge. 
To make it all even more interesting, the three plays in this year's project are site-specific works, performed in non-traditional venues that must use space creatively." - INSIDER LOUISVILLE
MEET THE PTC: Corey Umlauf (Scenic Apprentice) is a scenic designer and scenic artist from the Boston area..."
Selected from more than 2,000 applicants from across the nation the 2017-2018 Professional Training Company consists of 42 college graduates—each of whom is extremely talented in their chosen field.  Through their participation in the nine-month long program over the course of the 2017-2018 Season, they will receive practical training, the opportunity to work with celebrated artists, and a firsthand look at the inner workings of one of the nation’s leading regional theatres.  The company will also mount a number of productions, including new work by nationally renowned playwrights, and original creations developed by the members of the company themselves..." AMIE HARRIS, ACTORS THEATRE OF LOUISVILLE
​“I’m so gratified that she won this, because she’s a gifted collaborator,” said Performing Arts Department Chair Melia Bensussen, who translated Pedro Calderon de la Barca’s 17th-century Spanish allegory into English and directed the production for Emerson Stage last fall.
“The difficulty with set design is that she can’t just be a painter and come up with an image that matters to her, but she has to integrate all the text and ideas of other designers and the director. She synthesized as well as created,” Bensussen said." -ERIN CLOSSEY, EMERSON COLLEGE TODAY
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announces Award and Scholarship Recipients of the 2016 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival
Honoring Outstanding Student Achievement at the 48th Annual National Festival" - JACOB COAKLEY, STAGE DIRECTIONS
The O'Neill Playwrights' Conference Design FellowshipRecipients of the O'Neill Playwrights' Conference Design Fellowships have been awarded a residency in their respective design field at the O'Neill National Playwrights' Conference in Waterford, Connecticut." 
"The KCACTF Awards for Excellence in Scenic, Costume, Lighting, and Sound Design
Designs of the regional finalists will be on display during the national festival and national design respondents (distinguished artists in theatrical design) will select the award recipients in each category. " - BWW NEWS DESK, BROADWAYWORLD.COM
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