WWU student from Bothell wins award at American College Theater Festival

Published 11:09 am Thursday, March 14, 2013

Kyle Mitchell of Bothell is among 35 Western Washington University theater students won awards at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival on Feb. 18-23 in Sacramento, Calif.

Mitchell won First Alternate Irene Ryans and Mark Twain Comedy Award. He was also an Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Finalist.

The festival is part of a national theater program involving 18,000 students from colleges and universities and has served as a catalyst in improving the quality of college theater in the United States. Participating Western students competed against students from Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, northern California and northern Nevada.