The Freeport Excessive Faculty forged and crew of “The Tinder Field.” Prime Row: Camden Wilbur, Kendall Richardson, Ian Smith, Enoch Boudreau, Bridgette Francoeur, Lukis Crowell, Mason Corridor, Eva Simmons, Jack Freeman, Ava Torno, Zion Mezzapelle. Second row: Mira Goldman, Mackenzie Mills-Dudding, Natalie Libby, Natalie Unfricht, Angelina Mezzapelle, Gretchen Welle, Audrey Piltch Nina Tiffany, Haley Demmons, Mikayla Feltis, Emily Garneau, Tommy O’Brien, Zane Aguiar, Katie Roy, Kyrstyn Koehling, Kaitlynn Webb, Jessica Garneau, Megan Pike, Soleil LeRiche. Picture contributed by Mara Dale.
For the primary time in 15 years, Freeport Excessive Faculty gained the Maine Drama Competition Class B state title final weekend, taking dwelling awards for excellent costumes, set design, lighting design and appearing.
The forged of 16 and crew of 14 carried out “The Tinder Field,” a 40-minute play primarily based on Hans Christian Andersen’s darkish fairy story of affection, loss, and magic, at Ellsworth Excessive Faculty final Friday.
Assistant Pupil Director Katie Roy stated it felt nice to convey dwelling a plaque acknowledging all their arduous work.
“Once they introduced that we gained; I used to be so ecstatic,” stated Roy.
Director Mara Dale stated she and her college students had been welcomed dwelling as theater victors in an enormous means on Sunday.
“After we got here in, we had been police escorted and had a parade. The scholars’ mother and father bought to shout and honk their horns,” stated Dale. “I’m tremendous happy with the work that they did and what they completed.”
Along with successful the competitors, a number of of Dale’s college students obtained particular person awards on the closing ceremony. Zane Aguiar and Jojo Mezzapelle gained for excellence in appearing; Will Spaulding and Gordan Foye gained for set design; River Pike, Allison Peterson, Madison Collins, Jojo Mezzapelle and Zion Mezzapelle gained for costume design; Enoch Boudreau gained for gentle design; and the forged gained for finest ensemble work.
Dale stated Boudreau’s award for his “masterful” lighting design was further particular as a result of his cues didn’t correctly obtain onto the computer systems at Ellsworth. She stated he needed to begin from “scratch” and reprogram 80 lighting cues 25 minutes earlier than the present began.
Aguiar, 18, who performed the villain of the present and dazzled audiences along with his sword-fighting abilities, stated he was assured his forged may win the competitors.
“Now we have all labored so arduous on this present for about two to 3 months now, and it’s so good to see all our arduous work come collectively in such a particular means. I personally was not too shocked after we gained,” stated Aguiar. “We had been fairly assured that the winner can be between us and Central Excessive Faculty which was nerve-wracking. I knew our present was distinctive in all of the completely different components we had been being judged on, so I used to be assured that we might win.”
Additionally performing on the competition had been Stearns, Ellsworth, Oceanside, Cheverus, and Fort Kent excessive colleges in addition to Monmouth Academy. All colleges competing had 5 minutes to assemble their units, 40 minutes to carry out, and 5 minutes to interrupt down their units. Three judges evaluated every efficiency primarily based on timing, physique motion, voice, lights, sound, make-up, hair, costumes, and blocking, in keeping with Dale.
As state champs, Freeport was invited to carry out and attend theater workshops on the New England Drama Competition in April at Camden Hills Regional Excessive Faculty, however needed to decline on account of scheduling conflicts, in keeping with Dale.
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