Mollie Young, an adjunct faculty member at Wayne State College, will receive the Acting Teacher of Excellence Award during the American College Theatre Festival (ACTF) for Region 5 being held Jan. 18-24 in Rochester, Minn.
The award honors exceptional acting teachers for significant contributions to theatre education. Region 5 consists of Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Young, a native of Milford, began teaching at Wayne State in 2008, and she teaches courses in theatre and theatre education. She has worked on numerous Wayne State theatre productions in several capacities such as director, sound designer, and intimacy coordinator.
According to its website, the American College Theater Festival (ACTF) is a national theater program involving 18,000 students annually from colleges and universities across the country.
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