Theatre Education

Congratulations to all of the participants in the 2008 NCTC Middle School Play Festival!

The following awards were presented on March 15, 2008 at the NCTC Middle School Play Festivals held at Parkland Magnet High School and Kings Mountain High Schools. Awards are listed in no particular order.

Theatre Arts Awards – these awards are named by the adjudicators and honor achievements not recognized in other award categories.

Excellence in Costume Design - Humpty Dumpty is Missing, Charlotte Christian

Excellence in Invisible Acting – Frankenstein Slept Here, West Lee Middle School

Excellence in Live Musical Accompaniment – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Martin G. T. Magnet Middle School

Excellence in Playwrighting – Sonja Joyce Kelley, Education Error

Excellence in Set Design - Jungal Book, Northwest School of the Arts

Excellence in Set Design - A Nuther Thing, Mint Hill Middle School

Excellence in Set Design – Frankenstein Slept Here, West Lee Middle School

Excellence in Small Group Acting – The Three Little Pigs, Law and Order: Fairy Tale Unit

Excellence in Sound Design - Wendy's Tale, East Yancey Middle School

Excellence in Student Directing – Questionable, Northeast Middle School

Outstanding Cameo - Chris Bobbe, Wendy's Tale

Outstanding Cameo - Katie Baker, A Nuther Thing

Outstanding Character Vocalization - Katey Calhoun, Humpty Dumpty is Missing

Outstanding Sound Effects - All Quiet on the Western Front, Grier Middle School

Outstanding Supporting Actor - Carson Brannock, Jane Eyre

Outstanding Use of Props - Harrison Bergeron

Honorable Mention – Excellence in Ensemble Acting

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Northwest School of the Arts
Chicken Bones for the Teenage Soup, Piedmont Open IB Middle School
Questionable, Northeast Middle School
Yellow Tuesday, Grier Middle School

Honorable Mention – Excellence in Acting

Daniel Armburst, Jane Eyre
Jeb Cook, Yellow Tuesday
Tellas Phillips, Yellow Tuesday
McKenzie Pauley, Wendy’s Tale
Keith Thornton, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shelley Leazer, Jane Eyre
Maggie Blank, Humpty Dumpty is Missing
Katy Farrell, Jane Eyre
Talbot Hall, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ariel Blake, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Gus Eller, Education Error
Dax Frisby, Law and Order: Fairy Tale Unit
Kevin Schaefer, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Cole Carter, Mother Goosed
Henry McCarthy, Mother Goosed
Samia Shanawax, Juvie
Erin Arnold, Education Error
Samantha Bigley, Questionable
Natalie Oliver, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Robin Blanton, Mother Goosed

Outstanding Achievement in Ensemble Acting

Education Error, Guilford Day School
Jane Eyre, Charlotte Christian

Outstanding Achievement in Acting

Matt Carlson, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Evans Stephenson, Frankenstein Slept Here
Rachel Gibson, Yellow Tuesday
Adrianna Allred, Chicken Bones for the Teenage Soup

Outstanding Acheivement in Directing

Chad Fair, Jane Eyre, Charlotte Christian
Chip Caldwell, Yellow Tuesday, Grier Middle School
Judy Dove, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Hilary Peoples, Mother Goosed

Superior Ratings

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Christian
Yellow Tuesday, Grier Middle School
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Northwest School of the Arts
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Martin G. T. Magnet Middle School
Education Error, Guilford Day School

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