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    • Grants
    • Member Directory
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  • Upcoming Events
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    • DASH FAQ
    • DASH Application and Forms
    • DASH Consultants
    • DASH Categories
  • DASH Nominees & Winners
    • Lifetime Achievement Awards
    • 2024 - 2025 DASH Nominees & Winners >
      • 2025 GALA Photos
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      • GALA Photos 2023
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    • 2019 - 2020 DASH Outstanding Achievement
    • 2018 - 2019 DASH Nominees and Winners
  • EMACT Festival 2024
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    • Multi-Racial Perspectives on the Changing Face of Theatre
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Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theatres

EMACT scholarship

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EMACT (Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theatres) Scholarship

This scholarship, in the amount of $1000.00, will be awarded to one high school senior selected from the pool of applicants by the EMACT Scholarship Committee.

The scholarship is open to Massachusetts students who are graduating from high school and intend to continue their studies in a higher education theatre program (performance, design, or technical fields are all acceptable areas of focus).

To be eligible for the scholarship, students must:
  • Be a graduating high school senior from any high school in Massachusetts
  • Have theatre experience in some capacity (performance, technical, volunteer work, etc) with an EMACT member group during their high school career
  • Be enrolled in a college/university for the upcoming school year
  • Complete the application form
  • Submit a personal essay

Proof of registration at a college/university if possible and/or proof of acceptance is required.

Application is due by March 30, 2026

The winner will be notified by May 1, 2026

In your own words, please answer the following question:
              Why do you do theatre and how has it informed your personal values?


The scholarship recipient will be announced at our Annual Meeting in June.

Applications should include the following materials:
  • Completed application form
  • Personal Essay
  • Proof of enrollment in theatre-related higher education program

Applications and materials should be emailed to: [email protected]


Application Forms:
EMACT Scholarship Application (PDF)

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