Jamie and Jason Price were two of the best students the MCC Theatre Dept. has ever had. I had only been teaching two years when they came to school here from Canadian, Texas, a little country town north of Amarillo. They were twin brothers who were pursing theatre as a major but also still wanted to do music. I first met them because I was on the Tartan Scholarship committee and they had applied so I was conducting their interview. I was excited to learn that they were going to be in my department, so I took a special interest in them. They were perhaps the hardest working students I've ever had. So I was delighted to find out that they had jointly won MCC's Distinguished Alumni award and that Dr. SoRelle had asked me to help her present them with their awards at the special luncheon that they have for all the Foundation donors. Dr. SoRelle asked me to put together a slide show of all the stuff they had done while at MCC (1999-2001) as well as tell some humorous stories about their time here.
Slideshow of their time at MCC
They were not able to come to Waco to receive their awards, Jamie teaches in New York and Jason teaches in England, but they sent videos of their acceptance speeches for us to watch. Here's their lovely twin statuettes that Cindy and I got to accept on their behalf.
MCC Highlander Alumni Association Presents Awards, 9-22-2018
The McLennan Community College Foundation's Highlander Alumni & Friends Association recently presented two prestigious awards to alumni of McLennan Community College: the Distinguished Alumni and Distinguished Leader awards.
Twin brothers Jamie Cacciola-Price and Dr. Jason Price are the dual recipients of the 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award. The brothers, who are from a small town in the Texas Panhandle, Canadian, TX, attended McLennan as Theatre majors from 1999-2001 as Tartan Scholars. Jamie Cacciola-Price currently is head of Theatre at the Frank Sinatra School for the Arts in Queens, New York. In 2016, Jamie received the prestigious Empire State Excellence in Teaching Award from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. He was also a runner-up for the 2018 Tony Awards high school teacher of the year. Jamie is pursuing a doctorate in education at the NYU Steinhardt School of Education. Dr. Jason Price currently serves as the Senior Lecturer (Professor) at the University of Sussex in Brighton, England, where he has earned a reputation as an esteemed theatre scholar. Jason published the well-received book, Modern Popular Theatre. He has also published Contemporary Theatre Review, Comedy Studies, Popular Entertainment Studies, and Studies in Theatre and Performance. The Price brothers will visit Waco in mid-November, when they will present several theatre workshops for MCC students.
You can buy Dr. Jason Price's book right here on Amazon. It's only $27.99 in paperback.
MCC hosting Distinguished Alumni Guest Artist Q&A Nov. 12
Jamie Cacciola-Price and Dr. Jason Price, twin brothers and recipients of the 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award from the MCC Foundation's Highlander Alumni & Friends Association, will return to Waco Nov. 12 for a series of Guest Artist Workshops hosted by the McLennan Community College Visual & Performing Arts Division.
A Q&A session with the Price brothers titled "The Road from McLennan to Successful Careers in Industry and Theatre Education" will be held at 2 p.m. Nov. 12 in room 110 of the Music & Theatre Arts building on the MCC campus. The event is free and open to the public. Each of the brothers will also present in-depth theatre workshops earlier in the day for MCC students. The Price brothers attended McLennan as Theatre majors from 1999-2001 as Tartan Scholars. Jamie Cacciola-Price currently is head of Theatre at the Frank Sinatra School for the Arts in Queens, New York, and is pursuing a doctorate in education at the NYU Steinhardt School of Education. In 2016, Jamie received the prestigious Empire State Excellence in Teaching Award from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. He was also a runner-up for the 2018 Tony Awards high school teacher of the year. Dr. Jason Price currently serves as the Senior Lecturer (Professor) at the University of Sussex in Brighton, England, where he has earned a reputation as an esteemed theatre scholar. Jason published the well-received book, Modern Popular Theatre. He has also published Contemporary Theatre Review, Comedy Studies, Popular Entertainment Studies, and Studies in Theatre and Performance. For more information, contact Visual & Performing Arts at 299-8283. Guest Lectures schedule
Animating ARchives, Dr. Jason Price
FRank Sinatra SChool, Jamie Price
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