Saluting our 2022 Ruth R. Legg Memorial Scholarship recipient (and past recipients too)

Hi Cynthia,


We congratulate Fiona Chisholm, 2022 recipient of the TANYS Ruth R. Legg Memorial Scholarship! You can meet her (and catch up with some past scholarship recipients) in this email.


Here's to all the students and grads, past and present, who contribute their talents to theatre in NYS. We're so proud of you!


TANYS - Theatre Association of New York State

Inspiring Excellence in Theatre Communities


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Meet the 2022 Ruth R. Legg Memorial Scholarship recipient

Fiona Chisholm


Fiona is a 2022 graduate of Auburn High School in Auburn, NY. She will attend SUNY Fredonia starting in Fall 2022, studying Musical Theatre in Fredonia’s Department of Theatre and Dance.


Find out something she has in common with one of the characters she's played!


Read more about Fiona

And take a look back at previous Ruth R. Legg Scholarship recipients.

Click each photo to see what they're doing now!

Kristin Greve (2019)

Tioga Simpson (2018)

Kaeli Heffner (2017)

Ethan Coniglio (2016)

Alex Calvo (2014)

The Ruth R. Legg Memorial Scholarship is awarded by TANYS to a high school senior who has been active in community theatre and is accepted as a Theatre major/minor at an accredited college or university.


The scholarship honors Ruth, a former TANYS President and Roving Adjudicator, and carries on her tradition of promoting students interested in theatre.

Ruth Legg Scholarship

TANYS Membership has its perks


Have you renewed your TANYS membership for 2022? If you're not a member yet, are you ready to join? Because membership in TANYS has its perks!


Organizational members can:

  • Request for-Festival, Learning and Technical adjudications
  • Receive Roving Adjudicator Merit Awards
  • Submit news items to be published in this email newsletter, in the Callboard print newsletter, and on the TANYS Facebook, Instagram and YouTube social media accounts
  • Click here to see if your company has renewed for 2022


Individual members can:

  • Enjoy BIG discounts on TANYS Festival admission
  • Train to be a TANYS adjudicator
  • Submit news items to be published via TANYS email and social media (same as Organizational members)
  • And more!


And the higher your membership level, the more PERKS you get! Support the ONLY organization that serves community, academic and children's theatre across all of New York State.

Join TANYS today

Check out the latest TANYS Merit Award winners

The list of 2022 Roving Adjudicator Merit Awards keeps on growing! Check out the latest additions that honor notable theatre work around the state. See how many names you recognize!

2022 Merit Awards
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