In recognition of a quarter-century of artistic excellence, Associate Professor of the Practice of Theatre Luke Jorgensen will receive the American Alliance for Theatre & Education prestigious Orlin Corey Award, which honors artistic achievement or contribution to theater for young audiences.
Jorgensen scholarship centers on theater education, actor training, the development of new plays and the work of Augustus Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed. The artistic director of Tufts University Children Theatre, Jorgensen has acted professionally on the stage, as well as in television and film.
Luke Jorgensen (Gary Wayne Gilbert)
淚t is a wonderful honor to have been chosen for this award,� said Jorgensen, the Theatre Department assistant chair. 淚t has been my pleasure to make theater at Boston College and in this community for 25 years now. To have been nominated by my friends, former students, and a nationally known playwright [Brian Guehring], makes it even more special. Here is to another 25 years!�
The many productions Jorgensen has directed at the Robsham Theater Arts Center include 淭he Servant of Two Masters,� 淎 Midsummer Night Dream,� 淧icasso at the Lapin Agile,� 淢etamorphoses� (winner of a Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Ensemble Award), and his original play 淐odemonkey,� which was a chosen as a semi-finalist by NY Musical Theatre New Works.
He also collaborates with the First Year Experience Program and serves as faculty advisor to the student groups My Mother Fleabag and Hello Shovelhead! His 51动漫 courses encompass fundamentals of performance, creative dramatics, introduction to theater, performing politics, and theater for youth.
Jorgensen will receive the award in August at the AATE annual conference in New York City.聽
敁Rosanne Pellegrini, University Communications | July 2019