Northwestern theatre student takes 2nd in national comp [Video]

ORANGE CITY, Iowa — Northwestern College’s storied theatre department recently claimed another award. 

Jack MacGregor, a student from Denison, Iowa, placed second nationally for scenic design at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in Washington D.C because of his work on a production of “Silent Sky,” a drama about astronomer Henrietta Leavitt. 

“Overall, the show turned out beautifully. I loved the design process, seeing it come to fruition, and experiencing how it helped tell the story of ‘Silent Sky,'” he said.

A release from the school noted: “MacGregor won runner-up honors while competing with graduate theatre students getting their Master of Fine Arts degrees in scenic design.” “He also won a full summer fellowship to work as a scenic designer for the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut, which is described as the launchpad of American theatre.”

Northwestern College Theatre Department Chair Robert Hubbard said MacGregor “does his …