Scholarship Program

The Bill and Phyllis Cross Scholarship Fund and Alice Mary Norton’s friends and family support Pentacle Theatre’s scholarship programs.

• The Jo Dodge Performing Arts Theatre Scholarship
• The Tony Zandol Technical Arts Theatre Scholarship
• The Tom Ulmer Theatre Service Scholarship
• Alice Mary Norton Volunteerism Scholarship

Application deadline: February 28, 2025.

The Performing Arts, Technical Arts, and Theatre Service Scholarship opportunities are for graduating high school students who plan to attend college, community college, or a four-year institution.

To qualify, high school seniors must graduate and plan to attend college, whether a community college or a four-year institution.

Pentacle Scholarship application link

The Volunteerism Scholarship Opportunity is open to anyone who has volunteered time or efforts to support Pentacle Theatre and is eligible to apply directly for themselves or on behalf of a designated recipient.

Alice Norton Scholarship application link

The Bill and Phyllis Cross fund honors these two individuals awarded Pentacle Theatre’s highest honor of lifetime membership. 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 the Salem-Keizer School District. Tom was a lifetime member whose memory Pentacle Theatre honors by awarding scholarship funds to a student who overcame obstacles to give extraordinary time and effort to be involved in theater.

The Alice Mary Norton Volunteerism Scholarship is a newly established scholarship honoring Alice Mary Norton’s decades of volunteer service. In 1994, Alice was selected as the first recipient of the Claytene Vick VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD. Her volunteerism extended for 35 years, including in a wide range of theatre support roles from docent, building sets, stage management, sound, lights, props, play reading, and fundraising as the long-time Benefit Chairperson. Alice received Pentacle Theatre’s highest honor of a lifetime membership for her dedication, commitment, and service.

Scholarship recipients 2007 to present