NORTH SHORE PLAYER

                   DATE:  MAY,  2008

                      PRESS RELEASE   

North Shore Players, a Danvers-based community theatre group, is pleased to announce this year’s NSP Scholarship recipients have been chosen from applications received from eleven participating North Shore high schools.

     This year the North Shore Players Scholarship award of $750 was presented to Alexa Arena (senior at Peabody Veterans Memorial High School) on April 27th during the intermission of the North Shore Players production of "Moon Over Buffalo".  Recognition for this award will be given to Alexa at her school's awards ceremony on Wednesday, June 4th.

     An additional award of $500 will be made for noteworthy achievement to Matthew Royal (senior at Salem High School) at his school's awards ceremony on Wednesday, May 21rst .

Photo re-enactment of Alexa's receiving the award presented by

Eda Nichols (Chairman of the NSP Scholarship Committee)  just following 

NSP's Sunday's performance of "Moon Over Buffalo"

 Memorial Scholarship for the Performing Arts (2008)

The North Shore Players, a Danvers-based community theatre company, announces its annual memorial scholarship award.  The scholarship was originally established to honor the memory of Viola J. Patten, a multi - talented member of the North Shore Players, and was changed in 1994 to include the departed and beloved founding members Barbara Hannon and Polly Jenkins.  This scholarship will be granted to a graduating senior who plans to major in the performing arts (theatre, music, dance) and is currently attending Beverly, Danvers, Essex Agricultural Institute, Hamilton-Wenham Regional, Lynn Classical, Lynn English, Lynnfield, Masconomet, North Shore Regional Vocational, Peabody, or Salem High School.  However, if the applicant has been a member of the North Shore Players, or a parent of the applicant has been a member of the North Shore Players for at least the past 2 years, then the applicant may be a senior at any accredited high school.

 The North Shore Players Memorial Scholarship for the Performing Arts committee will accept up to three applications per school.  If, in the discretion of the committee, there is no appropriate candidate, it reserves the right to hold the scholarship over until the following year.

Scholarship applications can be downloaded from this page.

All applicants must meet the criteria as outlined in the scholarship application.  Applications must be accompanied by:

          1.  A letter of reference from school teacher, administrator, adviser etc.

2.  A letter of recommendation from someone outside of the school.

3.  A copy of high school transcript.

4.  An essay on choice of major, including reason for the choice.

The deadline for filing the application was March 14, 2008.  (Sorry, it's now past the deadline for the '08 application)

The scholarship this year is $750.

Please have completed applications and (items 1-4) sent to:

The North Shore Players Memorial Scholarship Committee

c/o Eda Nichols, Chairperson

                    3 Lewis Circle

                    Peabody, Ma. 01960

   Downloadable application (.rtf format)   (for future ref. only)       

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Scholarship Committee:   Eda Nichols and June DeRoin

Also approved: Pete Carlson for Scholarship committee ~ 3 year term (As of June 5th, 2007)

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