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On April 20, 2024, the Drama Teachers’ Association of Southern California (DTASC) held its Shakespeare Festival Competition in Valencia, Calif. SPMS drama students earned a large number of first place awards at the festival leading them to a first place overall victory.
Congratulations to the following students and to their Drama teacher Schuyler Mastain.
1st Place – Overall
1st Place – Large Group Drama (Hamlet: Kody Bartnes, Phoenix Meraz, Sadie Solinger, Zach Mockler)
1st Place – Large Group Comedy (As You Like It: Isabel Edwards, Evie Skinner, Selina Heidenreich, Isabelle Hon, Alice Fan)
1st Place – Open Comedy (Twelfth Night: Sebastian Millar, Max Mobley, August Jaeger, Ethan Han)
1st Place – The Real Housewives of Shakespeare (The Merry Wives of Windsor: Sophia Vyas, Ronda Williams, VeronicaVasquez, Samadhi Nickels)
1st Place – Court Costumes (Elizabethan England: Owen Finney, Natalia Avila)
1st Place – Character Costumes (Hamlet: Sadie Zierler, Apolline Tsai, Mary Mironenka)
2nd Place – Marketing & Publicity (As You Like It – Judy Lin)
3rd Place – Monologues (Judah McFerrin)