THS theatre honored for winning slew of awards
Published 1:19 pm Thursday, January 17, 2019
- Members of the Thompson High School Theatre Department earned praise during a Jan. 14 Alabaster Board of Education meeting for earning a slew of awards during a recent statewide theatre festival at Troy University. (Reporter Photo/Neal Wagner)
By NEAL WAGNER / Managing Editor
ALABASTER – By the time the Thompson High School Theatre Department finished collecting all of its awards at the recent Walter Trumbauer Theatre State Festival, there wasn’t much left.
The festival, which was held on the campus of Troy University from Nov. 29-Dec. 2, featured scholastic theatre departments from all over the state. THS Theatre received excellent rankings on four out of 27 individual events at the festival, while the school earned superior ratings on the remaining 23 events.
“To earn superior ratings on 23 of 27 events, that’s pretty awesome,” Alabaster School Superintendent Dr. Wayne Vickers said during a Jan. 14 Board of Education meeting.
During the School Board meeting, all members of the THS theatre department who won awards at the festival and their teacher, Jane Ganey, earned praise and recognition for their achievements.
The following students won awards in the following categories during the state theatre festival:
-Abi Dewilde – Varsity – Solo Acting Female Contemporary Dramatic
-Chance Carter – Varsity – Solo Acting Male Contemporary Dramatic
-Myles Dent – Varsity – Solo Acting Male Contemporary Dramatic
-Jeremiah Brewer and Grace Harwell – Varsity – Duet Acting Contemporary Comedic
-Kaley Myrick and Rachel Crandall – Varsity – Duet Pantomime
-Brianna Bramlett and Caroline Simmons – Novice – Duet Reader’s Theatre Dramatic
-Jessica Howard and Tate Williams – Novice – Duet Reader’s Theatre Comedic
-Molly Martin– Varsity – Solo Acting Female Contemporary Dramatic
-Julia McCammon – Varsity – Solo Acting Female Contemporary Comedic
-Myles Dent – Varsity – Solo Acting Male Contemporary Comedic
-Hannah Martina and Henry Vise – Novice – Duet Acting Contemporary Comedic
-Bree Blanton and Madison Glidewell – Varsity – Duet Acting Contemporary Comedic
-Molly Martin, Julia McCammon and Jay Sellers – Varsity- Group Acting
-Brianna Bramlett, Rachel Crandall, Cami Madden, Hannah Martina, Caroline Simmons and -Henry Vise – Varsity – Group Acting
-Laura Cardwell – Varsity – Playwriting
-Hope Smith – Varsity – Playwriting
-Peter Ditoro – Varsity – Solo Acting Classical Comedic
-Cami Madden and Sarah Peete – Varsity – Duet Classical Comedic
-Jeremiah Brewer – Varsity – Solo Musical Male Dramatic
-Jay Sellers – Varsity – Solo Musical Male Dramatic
-Luke Glover – Varsity – Solo Musical Male Comedic
-Rand Willis – Varsity – Solo Musical Male Comedic
-Luke Glover and Rand Willis – Duet Musical Comedic
-Sarah Peete – Novice – Set Design
-Kaelyn Barnett – Novice – Makeup Design
-Kaelyn Barnett – Novice – Stage Management
Along with Superior rankings, students placed top three in the state of Alabama in their categories:
-Second place – Brianna Bramlett and Caroline Simmons– Novice – Duet Readers Theatre Dramatic
-Second place – Brianna Bramlett, Rachel Crandall, Cami Madden, Hannah Martina, Caroline Simmons and Henry Vise – Varsity – Groups Acting
Second place – Hope Smith – Varsity – Solo Acting Classical Dramatic
Second place – Jessica Howard – Novice – Stage Management
-Meteor Boy cast members Caroline Simmons (Karen Shaw) and Rand Willis (Fred Shaw) were placed on the All Star-Cast for the state of Alabama.