Contra Costa Musical Theatre, Walnut Creek CA

Matt Plambeck Memorial Scholarship

General Requirements

The candidate must be currently enrolled as a senior at Clayton Valley High School and planning on continuing their education by attending a junior college, four-year college or university. OR...

The candidate is a student who has participated in a Contra Costa Musical Theatre Production as a cast, crew or orchestra member and planning on continuing their education by attending a junior college, four-year college or university. A major or minor in any aspect of theater or the Performing Arts is preferred.

Selection Criteria

Ability and potential
Financial need (financial statement not required)
Academic performance
Written application

The following must be included:

Application form. The Student Application Form consists of several parts. Please make sure you fill out the application completely. Incomplete applications cannot be processed.
Please select one of the essay questions on the application and complete your answer in 500 words or less. Please type your response.
High school transcript
Two letters of recommendation, one from the candidate's advisor or a teacher of relevant courses and one other of the candidates choosing.
Resume (We are not interested in a professional resume, but rather a continuing interest in theatre).

Applications must be postmarked or emailed by May 20th, and sent to:

Contra Costa Musical Theatre

c/o The Matt Plambeck Memorial Scholarship

PO Box 4446

Walnut Creek, CA 94596

Phone 925.210.0268

Fax 925.210.1268
Email mps@ccmt.org

About Matt Plambeck

Matt loved every aspect of theatre. From his stage debut at age 7, playing one of 26 morning poppies in Mt. Diablo Elementary's "Mary's Dream in Poppyland", to stagehand, singer, dancer, actor, producer, assistant director, board member and supporter.

At Clayton Valley High, Matt's love of theatre really began to take shape. He progressed to a featured "award winning" player in such productions as David & Lisa (Ben), South Pacific (Yeoman Quale), Take Her She's Mine (1st Freshman), Romeo & Juliet (Friar John) and most significantly to him and those who saw his award winning performance, as Charlie Gordon in Flowers for Algernon.

Community theatre offered Matt a place to explore new roles and larger productions. Through the next twenty plus years, Matt continued to explore the rich variety of theatre opportunities available in Conta Costa. It was during this time that Matt made his first contact with Contra Costa Musical Theatre, an association that would provide Matt a place to utilize his wide variety of talents both onstage and off.

Although receiving the coveted Shellie Award for his portrayal of Jigger Cragen in CCMT's Carousel was a highlight in Matt's theatre career, what Matt valued the most was the close friendships and associations that he made along the way. Matt cherished his friends most of all. And it is because of him, and the long list of people that called him their friend, that the Matt Plambeck Scholarship was created. His last show for CCMT was portraying Bert Bratt in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying".

The CCMT Board members, along with the family and friends of Matt, are honored to memorialize his giving spirit by offering this scholarship to deserving high school graduates who desire to follow in his glowing example.

2010 Scholarship Winners
Marena McGregor
Kenneth Thompson