SPMS Drama Students Earn First Place Overall at DTASC Shakespeare Festival

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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)

For more information, contact: South Pasadena Unified School District, Office of the Superintendent, scarroll@spusd.net.

South Pasadena Middle School, 1500 Fair Oaks Ave., South Pasadena, (626) 441-5830 or visit spms.spusd.net.

South Pasadena Unified School District (SPUSD), 1020 El Centro St., South Pasadena, (626) 441-5810 or visit https://www.spusd.net/.