INSTRUCTIONS: Applicants for this award should fill-in the required information below, sign the application, and return this form:

Upload to the Theatre's Blackboard. Electronic submission assumes your signature.

Mail to: Shakespeare Scholarship, Theatre Communications Program, GVSU, Allendale MI 49401.

FAXed to: (616) 331-2700. At least one letter of reference in support of this application must be sent by a drama teacher, coach, or director separately to the same address. Please type or print clearly.

Name ___________________________________________________________________

Address_________________________________________________________________

Telephone _________________________ Graduation Date ___________________

Name of School _________________________________________________________

Location of School _____________________________________________________

Have you applied to GVSU? yes ____ no ____ Accepted? yes___ no___

How did you learn of this scholarship? newspaper ___ drama coach ___

GVSU Admissions Office ____ Other (please specify) ______________

THEATRE BACKGROUND: Please list here all drama classes & workshops in which you've been enrolled, plays you've acted in or worked backstage on (including location of play and role/tech assignment), as well as any related experience or skills you may have (such as dancing or singing skills, forensics experience, etc.). If you wish, you may attach a separate resume to this application.

PERSONAL STATEMENTS: In a short paragraph or two, please describe why you are choosing to study theatre at Grand Valley State.

In a short paragraph or two, please describe what you feel you could contribute as a participant in the University's Shakespeare Festival.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES: Please list at least one other individual who knows you and whom we might contact for further information regarding your application:

Name ____________________________________ Phone ___________________

Position____________________________________

APPLICANT'S SIGNATURE: _________________________________________________