SCHOLARSHIPS

The Sarah Siddons Society funds scholarships to outstanding theatre students, enabling them to further their education in fine arts at Northwestern University School of Communications, The Theatre School at DePaul University and Columbia College.  Additional scholarships have included the Dinah Perutz Scholarship, given to a student of dance at Northwestern University; the Lucia Perrigo Meyers Scholarship, given to a member of Waa-Mu at Northwestern University; and the Robert and Ellen Marks/Sarah Siddons Scholarship for the Theatre Conservatory at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University.


Northwestern School of Communications

2024: Sadie Fridley [read bio] - William and Greta Wiley Flory Scholarship
2022: Sean Zuckerman [read bio]
2021: Ruby Gibson [read bio]
2020 Remy Laifer [read bio]
2019 Emma Griffone [read bio]
2018 Samuel Groisser [read bio]
2018 Alexander LaPlace Smith [read bio]
2017 Lucy Godinez [read bio]
2016 Jessie Jennison [read bio]
2015 Myrna Conn
2014 Kyle Sherman
2013 Desiree Staples
2012 Ben Estus
2011 Matthew Deitchman
2010 Liz Olanoff
2009 RB Embleton
2008 Kaitlin Fine
2007 Andrew Keltz
2006 Emily Thompson
2005 Antonette Balestreri/Liz Kimball
2004 Alan Schmuckler/Jarrod Zimmerman
2003 Michael Mahler
2002 Christine Mild
2001 Jennifer Powers
2000 Willis White / Janette Zilioli
1999 Mark Ledbetter
1998 Patrick Gagnon
1997 Will Erat
1996 Heather Headley / Randy Meyer
1995 Kristofer McNelley / James Weitzer
1994 Margaret Lloyd
1993 Chadwick Borden
1992 Stacey Harris
1991 Eric Saiet
1990 Rebecca Kaufman
1989 Brian d’Arcy James
1988 James Irwin
1987 Lori Longstreth
1986 Anthony DiFalco/Martin Drobac III
1985 Robert Walther
1984 Laura Donnelly
1983 Pamela Harden
1982 Thomas Galantich
1981 Mark Hoebee
1980 Rebecca Eaton

Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University

2024: Kate Mcquillan [read rio]
2024: Natalie Beck [read bio]
2022 Amy Kim [read bio]
2022 Ian Mason [read bio]
2022 Emily Ling Mei [read bio]
2021 Nataki Rennie [read bio]
2021 Camryn Schepps [read bio]
2021 Nathe Rowbotham [read bio]
2020 Amari Gamble [read bio]
2020 Heidi Wiese [read bio]
2020 Kyle Bode [read bio]
2019 Maeve Cosgriffe [read bio]
2019 Lucas Johnson [read bio]
2019 Claire Sundbye [read bio]
2018 Jennifer Mitchell [read bio]
2018 Miles Borchard [read bio]
2018 KJ Sheldon [read bio]
2017 Tyler Lynch / Katherine Bourne/ Emily Jacob
2016/17 Pat Kelly/ Patrick Regner/ Sierra Schnack
2015 Jake Nicholson, Madeline Pell
2014 Sara Reinecke
2014 Will Lidke

The Dinah Perutz Dance Scholarship

2007 Maureen Rohn
2006 Nancy Braun
2004 Liz Kimball
2002 Brooke Ashcroft
2001 Amber Makalous
2000 Lauren M. Keleher
1999 Kevin Johnson

Sarah Siddons Society Dance Scholarship

2008-09 Aisha Harris

The Theatre School at DePaul University

2024: Pedro Arturo Jimenez [read bio]
2024: Rachel Visser [read bio]
2024: Erik J. Ventura [read bio] - William and Greta Wiley Flory Scholarship
2023: Dan Haller [read bio]
2023: Zoé Soteres [read bio]
2022: Kobe Mehki [read bio]
2022: Kennedy Waterman [read bio]
2021: Paul Danowski [read bio]
2021: Savannah Youngblood [read bio]
2020 Jasmine Rush
2020 Victoria Thompson
2019 Kidjie Boyer
2019 Brandon Brooks
2018 Christina Euphrat [read bio]
2018 Jason Lee [read bio]
2017-2018 Delaney Feener
2017-2018 Michael Morrow
2017 Chloe Baldwin [read bio]
2017 John McGlone [read bio]
2015 Jeri Marshall
2015 Krystal Ortiz
2014 Jeremy Pfaff
2014 Nathan Simpson
2013-201414 Alissa Jean Walker
2013-2014 Marueen Mizener
2012-2013 Matthew Stephen Browning
2012-2013 Lauren Guglielmello
2011-2012 Michael McKeogh
2011-2012 Kelly Erin Sloan
2010-2011 McKenzie Chinn
2010-2011 Colin Sphar
2009-2010 Simone Olsen-Varela
2009-2010 Kyle Pepperell
2008-2009 Chance Bone
2008-2009 Megan Kohl
2007-2008 John Christopher Brown
2007-2008 Ian Custer
2007-2008 Christina Nieves
2006-2007 Stewart Calhoun
2006-2007 Melissa DiLeonardo
2006-2007 Susaan Jamshidi
2005-2006 Phillip Brannon
2005-2006 Teissia Treynet
2005-2006 Mira Vasiljevic
2004-2005 Tracey Bonner
2004-2005 Maris Hudson
2004-2005 Calvin Marty
2003-2004 Jessica Campbell
2003-2004 Seth Unger
2002-2003 Mary Grill
2002-2003 Tarell McCraney
2001-02 Alana Arenas / Steve Haggard
2000-01 Karen Aldridge / Brian McKnight
1999-00 Charles Browning / Stacy Magerkurth
1998-99 Larry Bates / Whitney Sneed
1997-98 Stewart Levine / Angel Maclean
1996-97 Anne-Marie Welty / Timothy Gregory
1995-96 Joseph Harris III / Sarah Charipar
1994-95 Leonard Roberts / Juliet Hart
1993-94 Jeff Buelterman / Danica Ivancevic
1992-93 Donnalee Henne
1991-92 Chez-e-rae Hattesley / John Colella
1990-91 Casey Cooper / Paul White
1989-90 Krisa Strutz / Julia Neary
1988-89 Deirdre Waters / Jeff Still
1987-88 Tina Glaschenko / Johanna McKay
1986-87 David New / Jacqueline Williams
1985-86 Kathleen O’Grady / Paul Dillon
1984-85 Whitney Reis / Eric Gilliom
1983-84 Michelle Costello
1980-81 Ann Dowd
1979-80 Daniel LeMonnier / Audrey LaVella

Theater Department, Columbia College

2024: Abby Rankin [read bio]
2024: Jordyn Billiau [read bio]
2024: Maya Allwardt [read bio]
2023: Makenzie Iszard [read bio]
2023: Natalie Friesinger [read bio]
2023: Kendal Wilson [read bio]
2022: Olivia Maalouf [read bio]
2022: Alana Gordon-Levine [read bio]
2022: Tiyanna Gentry [read bio]
2021: Nealie Tinlin [read bio]
2021: Jerod Turner [read bio]
2021: Montana Lavallee [read bio]
2020 Joselle Reyes [read bio]
2020 Makala Scheel [read bio]
2020 Nathan Hatfield [read bio]
2019 Grace Roushdi [read bio]
2019 Jade Moreno [read bio]
2019 Bre Jacobs [read bio]
2018 Erika Caldwell [read bio]
2018 Tracie Kunzika [read bio]
2018 Rhys Bakulinski [read bio]
2017-2018 Sarah Cohen 
2017-2018 Rebecca Whittenhall 
2016-17 Abigail Walburn 
2016-2017 Lara Garay 
2016-2017 Anastasia Johnson 
2015 Indra Andreshak and Almanya Narula
2014 Selena Boyer, Abigail Phelps
2013-14 Erin Nedelman / Emma Ladji
2012-13 Shoshannah Gardner-Frankel/ Kelly Jean Graham
2011-12 Monica Renee Gilley / Skye Brianna Robinson-Hillis
2010-11 Cameron Peart / Lucy Hancock
2009-10 Rinska Carrasco / Erin Peisert
2008-09 AJ Ware
2007-08 Britni Tozzi
2005-06 Danielle R. Boyd / Janel C. Benisch
2004-05 Rachel Kuhn
2003-04 Marissa A. McKown
2002-03 Sarah Weidmann
2001-02 Khanisha Foster
2000-01 Anita Spero