2024 Megan Newton Memorial Award Recipient
Congratulations to Autumn Adrian, who is the 2024 recipient of the Megan Newton Memorial Award.
Autumn is an emerging artist in her final year of a BFA in dramatic arts for tech/design at the University of Lethbridge. She has a passion for costume and puppet design and plans to continue pursuing these areas after graduation. While she enjoys creating puppets for children’s theatre, Autumn aspires to continue exploring the use of puppetry in theatre geared towards an older audience, as she believes that puppets bring something unique to theatre with mature themes. Autumn enjoys exploring multiple aspects of theatre and has experience in a variety of design and technical areas, as well as some performance experience. Autumn is currently collaborating with a professional costume designer on the University mainstage production of Paradise Lost by Erin Shields, where she will be creating Greek theatre style masks.
Autumn is incredibly grateful to have received this award and plans on putting it towards finishing up her studies.
About the Megan Newton Memorial Fund
The Megan Newton Memorial Fund was set up by Meg’s family and colleagues to honour her spirit and resourcefulness through an award for students in theatre.
The award recipient will be registered in a post-secondary program in theatre. The student will have an interest in experimental or non-traditional forms of theatrical performance, or innovative use of theatre as a way to explore unusual or controversial topics. Preference will be given to qualified applicants who are focusing their education and/or future plans on stage management, theatre administration, and/or any aspect of theatre-related design.
To read more about Megan (pictured on the left) and the Memorial Fund, please visit www.megannewtonfund.org.
The fund is held at the Victoria Foundation and the award is given annually each Fall.
You can support the Megan Newton Memorial Fund by cash, cheque (payable to the Victoria Foundation), credit card, or online through CanadaHelps (below). For information about giving publicly listed securities, or to donate by credit card, please call the Victoria Foundation at 250.381.5532.
If you have any questions about how to make a donation to the Victoria Foundation, please contact Sara Neely, Senior Director of Philanthropic Services at 250.381.5532 or sneely@victoriafoundation.bc.ca.