Congratulations to Josh Meredith, who was officially awarded the 2009 Jim Stone Scholarship during a presentation Saturday night during intermission of Into the Woods.
The $1000 scholarship is presented annually by First Stage Theatre Company to an outstanding student who is studying Performing Arts at an institution of higher learning.
Josh has starred in dozens of shows, including High School Musical, Cats, Les Miserables: School Edition, Peter Pan, Seussical the Musical and many, many others. You can now catch him in productions at Marshall University - in fact, he's involved in the next show which starts Wednesday (more about that later this week).
Until this year, the scholarship was a $250 award, presented every year for four years to each winner - but thanks to the support of the community, First Stage changed it this year to make it a one-time $1000 award. That means the three past winners received the bulk of their scholarship, too - so congratulations to Laura LaCara (a senior who received $250), John Wolfe (a junior who received $500) and Brittany Hazeldine (a sophomore who received $750).
The award is named in honor of Jim Stone, a beloved actor and supporter of community theatre in Huntington. I worked with him several times, and he was a wonderful guy and a great mentor to young performers.
Congratulations to all the winners!
2 comments:
Thanks for the recognition, Chuck! It means a lot! Thanks to First Stage for all the great memories!
You're welcome, Josh! You got that award the old-fashioned way - you earned it!
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