South Pasadena Middle School Theatre Students Earn Multiple Drama Awards at Annual DTASC Fall Festival
On November 5, 2022, the Drama Teachers’ Association of Southern California (DTASC) held its annual fall competition. Each year, South Pasadena Middle School (SPMS) Advanced Theatre Arts & Intermediate Drama students participate in the festival. This was the first in-person festival since 2019.
SPMS earned a large number of awards this year leading them to a second place victory in the Sweepstakes Category. Congratulations to the following students who made the finals and won awards during the competition and to their Drama teacher Myra Maracine:
1st Place – Female Playwright
(8th grade students: Ella Chang, Heather Galt, Olivia Sakai). With this 1st place finish, these student winners performed their scene in front of everyone at the competition’s awards ceremony.
1st Place – Graphics/Publicity
(7th grade students: Nate Acton, Oz Englender, Caitlyn Kim, Jane Kistner, Milla Mdnor)
1st Place – Set Design
(8th grade students: Charlie Egan, Dylan Jones, Vasilina Voloshin)
2nd Place – Large Group Drama
(7th grade students: Natalia Avila, Zachary Mockler, James Mortimer-Lamb, Apolline Tsai, Sophia Vyas, Ronda Williams)
2nd Place – Oscar Best Picture Nominee
(7th grade students: Caden Ahn, August Jaeger, Max Mobley, Owen Finney)
4th Place – LGBTQ+ Playwright
(8th grade students: Sasha Levie, Raine Murphy, Avery Pistello, Ares White)
4th Place – Costume Design
(8th grade students: Charis Park, Cadence Woo)
Honorable Mention – Large Group Comedy
(8th grade students: Liliana Kazachki, JC Lopez, Rhianon McCree, Pike Schrader, Titus Strongin, Adeline Woo)
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