NSP Scholarship

This year the NSP Memorial Scholarship for the Performing Arts has been awarded to two graduating students ($1000 each).  The recipients are:

Anna Bacchi of Andover High School  and

Evelyn Gayhart ~ (Home schooler and Everett High School) Lil

Support our North Shore Players Memorial Scholarship  

Donate here: https://www.zeffy.com/donation-form/nsp-memorial-scholarship-for-the-performing-arts--2025 

The North Shore Players Memorial Scholarship was established in the 1980s in memory of Viola Patten.  Later the names of other very special founding members of the group from 1957 were added. Those founding member were Barbara Hannon and Polly Jenkins.  

The NSP Memorial Scholarship has been helping college students work toward their dream of working in the performing arts for over 35 years.  

Help us continue this support of the performing arts education. 

See our NSP Scholarship page for more information!

The appliction process begins in January of each year when a new application is presented on this page:  The next one will be posted in January 2026

To: Fine Arts/Guidance Departments

The North Shore Players, a Danvers-based community theatre company, announces its annual memorial scholarship award. The scholarship was originally established to honor the memory of Viola J. Patten, a multi-talented member of the North Shore Players, and was changed in 1994 to include the departed and beloved founding members, Barbara Hannon and Polly Jenkins.  This scholarship will be granted to a graduating senior who plans to major in the performing arts (theatre, music, dance) and is currently attending the following high schools :

Andover, Beverly, Danvers, Georgetown, Hamilton-Wenham Regional, Lynn Classical, Lynn English, Lynnfield, Marblehead, Masconomet, North Andover, Peabody, Salem  and Swampscott High School.

 We are also accepting applications from home-schooled students from the communities represented above. However, if the applicant has been a member of the North Shore Players or a parent of the applicant has been a member of the North Shore Players for at least the past 2 years, then the applicant may be a senior at an accredited high school.

The North Shore Players Memorial Scholarship for the Performing Arts committee will accept up to three applications per school.  If, in the discretion of the committee, there is no appropriate candidate, it reserves the right to hold the scholarship over until the following year.

Scholarship applications can be downloaded  from this website: www.northshoreplayersma.org.  All applicants must meet the criteria as outlined in the scholarship application. Applications must be accompanied by:

1. A letter of reference from a school teacher, administrator, adviser, etc.

2. A letter of recommendation from someone outside of the school.

3. A copy of high school transcript.

4. An essay on the choice of major, including the reason for the choice.

The deadline for filing the application is April 15, 2025. 

The scholarship is $1000 (or more dependent on the number of applicants)

How to submit completed application [three different ways]:   [Currently not available]

Option 1: Download this application, print it out, and fill it in by hand.  Then mail it along with copies of the other above requested documents to: 

The North Shore Players Memorial Scholarship Committee c/o Hal Morse, 14A Berry St. Danvers, MA 01923

Option 2:

Download this Application.  Fill it out by hand, scan it, and then email it along with the other requested documents (as e-files) to NSP’s email address:  northshoreplayersma@gmail.com

Option 3:  [On-line fillable and submittable form]

An on-line  (fillable) Google Forms application is now  available.  All of the requested documents will be uploadable while filling out this form. Therefore be sure to have scanned e-files of the letters of recommendation and references, along with your transcripts ready to upload when choosing this option. Your completed application will automatically go to the a Google/Forms drive when you hit “Submit” at the end of the form . You will not permitted to make further edits or uploads after you hit "Submit".   You will also received an email at the email address that you specified  showing you your completed form.

Options 1 or 2:

For submitting the Scholarship Application when choosing Option 1 or 2  open the file below for downloading.    (To open, just click on it, then enlarge it with the up arrow.)   If you prefer option 3, scroll down past the application immediately below to get there.

Options 3:   [Currently not available]

For submitting the Scholarship Application when choosing Option 3 (the on-line fillable application form),  open the file below when you're ready to fill it in.  It is recommended that you have all the requested documents, such as Letters of Recommendation and Reference along with your transcript in  e-file formats ready to upload while you're filling in the form.  Be sure to prefix all of the files (file names) that you have to upload with your initials followed by a dash. 

One final note:  Once you start filling in the form, and fill in your email account, your work will be saved.  This means that you can quit working on the form, and later return to this page, and click on this form to complete your application.  

  The on-line fillable form is below.

The 2025 NSP Scholarship winners will be posted on this page at the end of May 2025