Scholarship Program
Pentacle Theatre’s scholarship program
The Pentacle Theatre’s Education Committee manages the Bill and Phyllis Cross Pentacle Theatre Scholarships program to support students pursuing higher education and the arts. Three scholarships are available:
- The Jo Dodge Performing Arts Theatre Scholarship
- The Tony Zandol Technical Arts Theatre Scholarship
- The Tom Ulmer Theatre Service Scholarship
To qualify, high school seniors must be graduating and plan to attend college, whether a community college or a four-year institution. Applicants will be asked to demonstrate their experience with theater education as well as other theater involvement, including service at Pentacle Theatre. Additionally, applicants will need to report on their academic and professional goals and any special considerations of financial need. Lastly, applicants will be asked to submit a personal statement describing the impact of theater in their lives and their own contributions to the arts. Applications open in the spring of each year.
The Bill and Phyllis Cross Scholarship Fund
The fund, established in memory of Bill and Phyllis Cross, honors these two individuals who were awarded Pentacle Theatre’s highest honor of lifetime membership. While at Pentacle Theatre and during Phyllis’s career as a high school drama teacher, the Crosses served as mentors and role models, inspiring those around them in performing and technical theater arts.
Jo Dodge, also a Pentacle Theatre lifetime member, has acted and directed in numerous Pentacle Theatre productions, taught acting workshops at the theater through Chemeketa Community College since 1981, and shared her love of theater with hundreds of Pentacle Theatre volunteers for more than 30 years.
The technical arts scholarship is awarded in honor of Tony Zandol, lifetime member and Pentacle Theatre’s former resident designer and professional production director.
The late Tom Ulmer was a tireless creator and educator of theatrical arts at Pentacle Theatre, Children’s Educational Theatre and in the Salem-Keizer School District. Tom was a lifetime member whose memory Pentacle Theatre honors by awarding scholarship funds to a student who overcomes obstacles to give extraordinary time and effort to be involved in theater.
Scholarship recipients 2007 to present
2007 | |
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Tom Ulmer Theatre Service | Erin Pike (Dallas HS) |
Jo Dodge Acting | Hannah Allen (WOU) |
2008 | |
Jo Dodge Acting | Erin Howe (North Salem HS) |
Jo Dodge Acting | Erin Pike (SOU) |
Tom Ulmer Theatre Service | Jordan Hermens (Central HS) |
Tony Zandol Tech Theatre | Paige Hoffert (Sprague HS) |
Tom Ulmer Theatre Service | Stacey Walen (North Salem HS) |
2009 | |
Jo Dodge Acting | Ciara Stephenson (McNary HS) |
Tom Ulmer Theatre Service | Chris VanCleave (McMinnville HS) |
Tom Ulmer Theatre Service | Jennifer Lippert (Central HS) |
Tom Ulmer Theatre Service | Megan Anderson (Dallas HS) |
Jo Dodge Acting | Slade Thackery (Dallas HS) |
2010 | |
Tom Ulmer Theatre Service | Nicholas Brownson (South Salem HS) |
Jo Dodge Acting | Chris Helwig (South Salem HS) |
Tony Zandol Tech Theatre | Joe Inglish (Blanchet HS) |
2011 | |
Tom Ulmer Theatre Service | Nicholas Brownson (Emerson College) |
Tony Zandol Tech Theatre | Elisabeth Maiano (North Salem HS) |
Jo Dodge Acting | Brianne Reyna (Sprague HS) |
Jo Dodge Acting | Grace Orr (North Salem HS) |
2012 - No awards | |
2013 - No awards | |
2014 | |
Tom Ulmer Theatre Service | Hannah Fawcett (Dallas HS) |
Jo Dodge Acting | Joseph Allen (West Salem HS) |
Jo Dodge Acting | Isaiah Nixon (South Salem HS) |
2015 | |
Jo Dodge Acting | Julia Fegles (McNary HS) |
Tom Ulmer Theatre Service | Danielle Potter (WOU) |
Tony Zandol Tech Theatre | Emily Bernau (PSU) |
Tom Ulmer Theatre Service | Kat Graney (South Salem HS) |
2016 | |
Tom Ulmer Theatre Service | Hannah Boyack (Central HS) |
Tony Zandol Tech Theatre | Indigo Clingerman (South Salem HS) |
Jo Dodge Acting | Olivia Nelson (Sprague HS) |
2017 | |
Tom Ulmer Theatre Service | Max Morter (South Salem HS) |
Tom Ulmer Theatre Service | Molly Hare |
Tom Ulmer Theatre Service | Jacob Hodges |
Jo Dodge Acting | Trae Green |
Jo Dodge Acting | Bryce Benjamin |