State high school thespians claim honors

ROCKPORT – Skowhegan Area High School won the Class A title at the Maine State Drama Festival on Friday and Saturday with their one-act play “My Client Curly.”

Morse High School was the Class A runner-up with their performance of “Hello” at the two-day festival held at the Camden Hills Regional High School.

Yarmouth High School took home the Class B title with “Four Shorts by Ives” and the runner-up was Maine Central Institute with “The Anatomy of Gray.”

The two winning schools will advance to the New England Drama Festival April 20-22, in Guilford, N.H.

Named to the All Festival Cast were: Alexandria Marceron, Brewer; Rachel Benner, Lawrence; Sam Ranger, Lawrence; Keith Libold, Lawrence; Celia Whitehead, Morse; Becca Lizanecz, Morse; Brie Dombrowski, Gray New Gloucester; Kaitlin Rokowski, Gray New Gloucester; Cory Googins, Gray New Gloucester; Katharine Caramihaalis, Massabesic; Jon Kehoe, Massabesic; Ben Doty, Skowhegan; Annie Sumberg, Skowhegan; Cassie Bates, Skowhegan; Kendall Hinkley, Falmouth; Will Grattis, Falmouth; Anna Puiia, Falmouth; Austin Loukas Windham; Jazmin deRice, Windham; Bridget Byrne, Windham; Eddie Benson, Mount Desert Island; Nathaniel Lee, MDI; Declan Murphy, MDI; and Katherine Perkins, MDI.

The Judges Commendations were awarded to: Brewer High School, costume design Melanie Moore and creative properties; Morse High School, playwrighting Henry Mann, movement coordinator Katie Rouillard, corps ensemble and transitional effects; Massabesic, creative entrance; Skowhegan, stage manager award Rosemary Brown and Emma Brown, sound designer Sara Roy, ensemble award, choreographical elements, scenic design and properties and foreign language monologues; Lawrence, scenic painting Laura Gibbons; Falmouth, scenic art and design, Kendall Hinkley; Windham, ensemble award and video award; Mount Desert Island, stage combat and stunts.