Wildcats, Bears and Barons shine at Sears Drama Festival Update

Widdifield Cast & Crew photo provided by Blake Beam

Widdifield's show 'Constellations', St. Joseph – Scollard Hall's show 'Bang Bang You're Dead' and École secondaire catholique Algonquin's show '45 Minutes' all won an Outstanding Production award at the local Sears Drama Festival Saturday night.

All three shows now move on to the Sears Regional Drama Festival in Kirkland Lake April 29th to May 1st.

Widdifield's student director Jesse Beam won the Award Of Excellence for Directing and lead actor Zach Arndt walked away with a Award Of Excellence for acting.

Katie Prud'homme from Almaguin Highlands S.S. won the coveted Stage Managers Award for Tartan Theatre's Production of "Based on a true story"

Awards of Merit:

Jamie Boudreau,Projection Design & Operation
Widdifield SS "Constellations"

Macey Culhane, Choreography
Chippewa "Postcards"

Katie Coombs, Assistant Direction
Almaguin Highlands SS "Based on a true story."

Kassidee Fior, Assistant Direction
Chippewa "Postcards"

Chloe Naughton, Original Music, Parry Sound HS
"The Day Billy Lived"

Prop Coordination
Almaguin Highlands SS "Based on a true story."

Costuming
ESC Algonquin "Edward aux mains d'argent"

Lashawna Whittaker, Musical Performance
West Ferris SS "A Rope Against the Sun"

Garret Claridge, Lighting Design and Operation
West Ferris SS "A Rope Against the Sun"

Ensemble Performance
ESC Algonquin "Edward aux mains d'argent"

Sydney Lamorea & Amy Cropper, Performance & Direction Chippewa "Ms. Spitspot's Spick and Span Play Place"

Jeremy Lapierre, Lighting and Sound Operation Chippewa "Ms. Spitspot's Spick and Span Play Place"

Sam Titmuss & Cameron Humphrey, Lighting
West Ferris SS "The In-Between Place"

Brandon Whalley & Jay Lamothe, Technical Operation
FJ McElligott "Take Five"

Awards of Excellence:

Elijah Kazlauskas, Playwright
St.Joseph's Scollard Hall "Sunshine in the Dead of Night"

Ensemble Performance
FJ McElligott "Take Five"

Ensemble Performance
West Ferris SS "A Rope Against the Sun"

Ensemble Performance
St.Joseph's Scollard Hall "Bang Bang You're Dead"

Ensemble Performance
Almaguin Highlands SS "Based on a true story"

Karol-Ann Lafrenierre & Gavin Pigeau & Francois Racette, Performance
ESC Algonquin "45 Minutes"

Zahra Merali & Jessica Campeau, Playwrights
West Ferris SS "The In-Between Place"

2012 promises to be a big year for the city as it hosts both the Regionals and Provincial Sears Drama Festivals.