Freundel and students nominated for Kennedy Center awards - again

Carl Freundel, assistant professor of Theatre and Speech, and four CCBC student actors – Laura Clark, Christopher Kalman, Valerie Koel and Lilly Hayes – were nominated for awards at the Region II Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) held at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa. in January. More than 200 colleges across the nation, mostly four-year institutions, vie for this honor each year.

Freundel was nominated for the Mark David Cohen Playwriting Award for his original work, Traghost, a disturbing and thought-provoking exploration of abuse. This year’s nomination marks the third year that Freundel has received this prestigious nomination. The four student nominees, all actors in Traghost, competed for the national Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship.

Last year, CCBC Theatre student Jason Roth took first place for acting at the regionals and won a $500 scholarship as well as a trip to the finals at the Kennedy Center for his work in The Other, another Freundel original adaptation. Unfortunately, none of CCBC’s nominees made this year’s finals. However, alumnus Roth, now a student at UMBC, won this year’s regionals for acting and is headed for the nationals again.

In addition to his nomination, Freundel was selected to conduct a workshop, “Emotional Anatomy and the Actor’s Journey Through Vocal Sequencing,” at this year’s KCACTF regional conference.