The University Theatre Ensemble’s (UTE) production of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible in 2005 has been recognised in the annual Canberra Area Theatre Awards. Charles Sturt University (CSU) student Naomi Clegg was named the winner of the Best Costume Design (Play) in the Canberra regional awards held in February 2006. Miss Clegg is due to graduate from CSU in 2006 with a Bachelor of Arts (Design for Theatre and Television). UTE is the stage production arm of the acting and theatre and television design degree courses within the University’s School of Visual and Performing Arts in Wagga Wagga.  The productions involve final year acting students and are designed by final year theatre design students. “As our licence to produce The Crucible stipulated that the play be produced in period, Naomi had to undertake an enormous amount of research to design costumes that were true to colonial Massachusetts in 1692 and she more than lived up to all this research,” said director of The Crucible and senior CSU lecturer Ray Goodlass. “Ms Clegg’s achievement in the Canberra Area Theatre Awards demonstrates not only the quality of our students but also the significant contribution the University makes to the artistic diversity of the regions we serve,” said Dean of CSU Arts Faculty Professor Lyn Gorman.