2009 WV Thespian Festival Award Recipients

Paticipating WV Schools

Over 500 participants from 22 WV schools
Braxton County High School
Capital High School
Fairmont Senior High School
Huntington High School
Jefferson High School
Magnolia High School
Martinsburg High School
Meadow Bridge High School
Morgantown High School
Musselman High School
Musselman Middle School
New Martinsville Middle School
Northern Hancock Gifted
Oak Glen High School
Parkersburg South High School
Parkersburg High School
Princeton Senior High School
Ritchie County High School
Spring Valley High School
Washington High School
Webster County High School
Wyoming East High School

Scholarship Winners:
David Sindledecker Memorial Scholarship – Colleen Schulz, Jefferson High School
WV Thespian Scholarship – Olivia Lloyd, Jefferson High School

Outstanding Scenes
The 10 Commandments of Theatre Ettiquette, Jefferson High School
Henny Penny, Huntington High School
The Bad Seed, Huntington High School
The Elevator, Morgantown High School
1-900-DESPERATE, Musselman High School
Flop Cop, Oak Glen High School
 

Tech Awards
(1st & 2nd Place award winners are listed under each catagorey)

Costumes

  • Design w/Renderings –Ashley Phillips, Capital High School & Jacob Jarvis, Huntington High School
  • Costume Construction – Maura Fowler, Musselman High School & Mallory Norton, Huntington High School


Extraordinary Projects

  •  Honorable Mentions: Ciara Jackson, Fairmont Sr. High School & Jared Wright, Magnolia High School


Lighting Designs

  • Novice – William Brown, Huntington High School & Brandon Sexton, Capital High School
  • Advanced – Honorable Mention: David Scohy, Capital High School


Make-up Designs

  • Character – Malery Matos, Jefferson High School and Olivia Lloyd, Jefferson High School
  • Fantasy – Colleen Schultz, Jefferson High School and Josh Hamrick, Webster High School
  • Special Effects – Kaitlyn Joseph, Huntington High School and Joshua Adkins ??


Mask Designs

  • Novice –  Lillion Gaylord, Martinsburg HS and Eran Meadows, Capitol High School


Playwriting

  • Novice - Jimmy Sherrill, Washington High School "Out of Space" and Theresa DiAmario, Jefferson High School "Saying Goodbye".  Honorable Mention:   Gabrielle Hostetler, Magnolia High School "Truth be Told"
  • Adavanced – Hillary Crum, Jefferson High School "Lisa" and Tiffany Faircloth, Musselman High School "It's in our Make-up".  Honorable Mentions:  Clayton Dunn, Fairmont High School "Noble Agathor of Knavesmire" and Heather Haskiell, Fairmont High School "A Tale of the Norse"


Puppetry

  • Hand – Joshua Childers, Spring Valley High School and Matt Mullins, Capitol High School
  • Marionettes – Max Wilson, Huntington High School and Angel Frame, Capitol High School
  • Experimental – Montana Rock, Capitol High School and James Chappell, Huntington High School
  • Puppet Theatre Element – Robert Grimm, Capitol High School


Publicity

  • Novice – Michael Mitchell, Capitol High School and Honorable Mention to Courtney Blankenship, Spring Valley High School
  • Advanced – Courtney Rickman, Huntington High School, and Lakyn Arrick, Magnolia High School


Prop Designs

  • Hand – John Irvin, Meadow Bridge High School and Jacob Hoskins, Magnolia High School. Honorable Mentions to Jon Hawkins, Magnolia High School, Shayla Dickerson, Morgantown High School, and Luke Differbaugh, Magnolia High School.
  • Stage - Aaron Neely, Musselman High School and Matt Lankford, Jefferson High School

Set Design

  • Andrew Gump, Magnolia High School and Jerry Tucker, Capital High School


Tech Rodeo
1st – Musselman High School
2nd – Jefferson High High School
3rd – Magnolia High School

Honorable Mention: Parkersburg High School

Outstanding Technical Theatre Student
1st – Montana Rock, Capital High School
2nd – Angel Frame, Capital High School
3rd – James Chappell, Huntington High School

Outstanding Technical Theatre School
1st – Huntinton High School - Helen Freeman
2nd – Capitol High School - Hanna Tony
3rd – Magnolia High School - Fred Channel

2009-2010 State Student Board
Meaghan Macey - Musselman High School
Emily Humberson - Jefferson High School
Genny Yosco - Morgantown High School
Cody Wilson - Fairmont Sr. High School
Rachel Hoffpauit - Magnolia High School
Daniel Cutlip - Webster County High School



All Festival Cast
Matt Mullins and Sara Clifford, Capital High School "Complete Works"
Kinsey Mason and Deidre Blackburn, Huntington High School "A Merry Regiment"
Giulianna Marchese and Chad Grubb Musselman Middle School "The Room"
Megan Snyder, Andrew Woodson, Michael Hipelius, Lillian Gaylord, Marissa Kulp, Justin Pletcher, Sarah Riley, and Jessica Chiocchio, Martinsburg High School "Golliwhoppers"
Asia Casey, Maura Fowler, and Meaghan Macey, Musselman High School "Competition Piece"
Autumn Guil, Sarah Belton, Princeton High School "In The Tank"
Lakyn Arrick, Magnolia High School "Life as a Techie"
Frankie Love, Jamie Mace, Parkersburg High School "Imaginary Harry"
Samm Matthess, Ben Seebaugh Parkersburg South "Flowers For Algernon"
Corey Keller, Richie Oliver, Oak Glen High School "Incredible Jungle Journey"
Aaron Pilkington, Josh Leeper, Fairmont Sr. High School "Brothers Grimm"
Shay Cogar, Colt Clutter, Webster County High School "Cut"
Jeffery Mead, Brook Jackson, Wyoming East High School "Wiley and the Hairy Man"

Outstanding Stage Manger
1st – Bradlee Jordan, Huntington High School
2nd – Lindsey Brannon, Musselman High School
 

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