Salem State University 2013 - Maria Eugenia Mercado and Julia Thompson for Platero y Yo by Juan Ramón Jiménez, University of Puerto Rico. 2012 - Beth Turcotte for The Circus in Winter, music and lyrics by Ben Clark, book by the students of the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry, inspired by the novel by Cathy Day, Ball State University. National Award Winners (Acting) National Award Winners (Choreography) Outstanding Choreography or Movement Direction 2014 - Tori Lee Averett for The Single Girl's Guide, Troy University. 2013 - Bob Stevenson with Ian Miller, Phil Whiteaker, Aron Long, Laura Wineland, Stuart Campbell, Ashley Behm, and Joseph Rodriguez-Barberá for Dromnium, University of Arkansas, Fort Smith 2012 - Skye Edwards for Gone Missing, Hope College. National Award Winners (Design) Outstanding Scenic Design 2014 - Mark Evancho, Pentecost, Middlebury College 2013 - Stephen Purdy, Vincent In Brixton, Utah Valley University 2013 - Shannon Meyer, Ghost Bike, Carthage College. 2012 - Christopher and Justin Swader, The Circus in Winter, Ball State University. Outstanding Sound Design 2013 - L.J. Luthringer, Dromnium, University of Arkansas, Fort Smith. 2012 - Sun Hee Kil, Flipside: The Patti Page Story, University of Central Oklahoma. Outstanding Costume Design 2014 - Elisa Bierschenk, The Single Girl's Guide, Troy University 2013 - JenNessa Law, Vincent In Brixton, Utah Valley University 2012 - Caroline Spitzer, The House of the Spirits, Florida International University. Outstanding Lighting Design 2014 - Michael Gray, Next to Normal, Utah Valley University 2014 - Raquel Davis, Three Sisters, Boise State University 2013 - Hannah Yaeger, Dromnium, University of Arkansas, Fort Smith. 2012 - Matt Meldrem, Six Characters, Iowa State University. National Award Winners (Additional) Outstanding Performance by a Guest Artist 2012 - Lindsie Van Winkle as Patti in Flipside: The Patti Page Story, University of Central Oklahoma Outstanding Achievement in Composition 2013 - Zack Powell for Mother Courage, Illinois State University Outstanding Performance and Production Ensembles 2013 - Platero y Yo, University of Puerto Rico 2013 - Dromnium, University of Arkansas, Fort Smith Irene Ryan Scholarship Winners A list of the Irene Ryan Scholarship winners, the partners that assisted their wins, and the colleges they represented, spanning from 1972 to 2013: 2013 - Oya Bangura assisted by Bryan Nee, Suffolk County Community College & Ethan Leaverton assisted by Cameron Miller-DeSart, University of Nevada 2012 - Kevin Percivall assisted by Laurel Sein, University of Oklahoma & James Udom assisted by Brian