Application and Requirements

OCTA awards scholarships each year at the annual conference. Dollar amount and total number to given is determined by the amount of funding available.

To be eligible for one of the OCTA college scholarships, you must meet the following criteria:

1. Student must be accepted into an accredited post-secondary program for the current school year.
2. Student must be a member or a child of a community theatre member, or a theatre major in school.
3. Student must complete the Ohio Community Theatre Association Application for College Scholarship.
4. Student must enclose a transcript from the last four years of education.
5. Student must enclose two letters of recommendation: one from a teacher, drama director, religious leader or other person in the education field, and one from a person directly involved in an Ohio Community Theatre Association member theatre.
6. Student must submit a paper answering the following questions and limiting your response for all three questions to one page:
• What are your future goals for involving theatre, including community theatre, in your life?
• How will your education enable you to reach these goals?
• If your major is not theatre-related, how will you use your major to benefit theatre?

Click here to download the form

Please send all information by MARCH 1st to:

Ohio Community Theatre Association
Eleanor Smith, Administrative Assistant
4042 Blendon Point Dr
Columbus, OH 43230-7807
Phone / Fax: 614-418-9672
smithc57@wowway.com

Winner(s) will be notified by May 1st and announced at the OCTA Annual Conference on Labor Day weekend.

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