THE THOMAS BARBOUR MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS PROGRAM
Since its inception in 1968, our Scholarships Program has awarded $62,500. During 2005, five scholarship awards were fully endowed to provide at least $1000 per year, in perpetuity. The first four scholarships benefit students at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. The George C. Scott Memorial Scholarship is awarded annually to a Theatre Arts student at the University of Missouri. Our sixth scholarship, the semi-annual Claire Strakosch Scholarship is endowed by a separate fund, The Margaret G. Plumb Irrevocable Trust. In 2007, The Thomas Barbour Memorial Playwright’s Award was established, endowed in his honor by a generous gift from Mr. Barbour’s niece, Janet Barbour Carhart, matched by his sister, Alison Barbour Fox, and from a portion of a bequest left to the Guild by Mr. Barbour’s Estate.
In 2004, the Episcopal Actors’ Guild’s Scholarships Program was named in honor of Guild Officer Thomas Barbour, whose Hornet Foundation had been the Scholarship Program's major benefactor. Mr. Barbour deceased on December 29th, 2005, at the venerable age of 84. His Memorial Service was held at the Guild's Headquarters, the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, which is renowned as the "Little Church Around the Corner" in New York City. The Thomas Barbour Memorial Scholarships & Awards Program represents only a portion of the continuing legacy of good will and good works for which the Guild will always remember Mr. Barbour.
THE VINTON FREEDLEY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (1968)
THE TESSA KOSTA SCHOLARSHIP (1974)
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THE CLAIRE HARRIS STRAKOSCH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (1972)
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THE LON C. CLARK SCHOLARSHIP (1997)
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THE PETER HARRIS/TED TILLER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (2001)
THE GEORGE C. SCOTT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (2001)
THE ANNUAL THOMAS BARBOUR MEMORIAL PLAYWRIGHT’S AWARD (2007)
This award, established in March 2007 by Janet Barbour Carhart, already endows an annual prize of $500, the first of which was awarded to Jack Frankel for his play "Human Voices" in March 2008.
The Episcopal Actors' Guild of America, Inc.
"Charitable help for performers of all faiths"
2007
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1998
$1000
$1000
$1000
$1000
$1000
$1000
$ 750
$ 750
$ 500
$ 500
Collen Doyle
Richard Kissack
Josh Painting
Stephen Coffey
Kathryn Aselton
Elliot Latner Tomas Palacios
Tomas Palacios Ali Staseson
Eric Dean White
Erik Barkhimer
AADA
AADA
AADA
AADA
AADA
AADA
AADA
AADA
AADA
AADA
$1000
$1000
$1000
$1000
$1000
$1000
$ 750
$ 750
$ 500
$ 500
2007
2006
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1998
Victoria Humpert
Jennifer Fouché
Glenda Pezuela
Katherine Curri
Kate Comer
Melissa Stephens
Jennifer Circosta
Ann Bedtke
Rachael Evans
Roger Stude
AADA
AADA
AADA
AADA
AADA
AADA
AADA
AADA
AADA
AADA
2006
2005
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2001
$1000
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$1000
$1000
Paul Michael Valley
(Endowment resting)
(Endowment resting)
(Endowment resting)
Chandre Sergent
Tom Bain
The Actors Center
AADA
AADA
2008
2007
2006
2005
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2001
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1998
$1000
$1000
$1000
$1000
$1000
$1000
$ 750
$ 750
$ 750
$ 500
$ 500
AADA
AADA
AADA
AADA
AADA
AADA
AADA
AADA
AADA
AADA
AADA
John Holloway
Klemen Novak
John Brant
Olivia Thomas
Brian Poirier
Gregory Woo
Fiona Falconer
Ursula Lovemore
Tegan Summer
Lee Bradley
Bjorn Lonner
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
$1000
$1000
$1000
$1000
$ 750
$ 750
$ 750
Elspeth Turner
Declan Sammon
Nora Jane Williams
Zachary Lombardo
Matthew J. Munroe
Jaclynn Abusamra
Rush Loughry III
AADA
AADA
AADA
AADA
AADA
AADA
AADA
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
$1000
$1000
$1000
$1000
$ 750
$ 750
$ 750
Jonathan M. Buell
Josh Luteran
Ross Taylor
Spencer Ham
Phillip Howard
Katharine Baldwin
Charles Willis
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Thomas Barbour
2008 AADA Scholarship winners with Elowyn Castle and Nicholas Pavlik, EAG Scholarships Committee Co-Chairs.
Jack Frankel, winner of The First Annual Thomas Barbour Memorial Playwright's Award.
