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RE acting students excel at thespian festival
Eight Ransom Everglades actors earned Superior rankings – the highest honor – at the District 8 Thespian Individual Events Festival at Felix Valera High School in Miami Nov. 11-12. More than 1,100 student actors, designers, directors, playwrights and choreographers presented to three judge panels in 20 different categories. Seventeen RE students participated in the festival.
Here's a look at the results:
Superior Ranking
Superior Ranking
Playwright: Andrew Lorenzen '18
Duet Acting: Cristina Otero '17 and Armando Brito '17
Solo Musical: Isa Pena '19
Solo Musical: Ivy McWilliams '18
Small Group Musical: Sammy Schechter '18, Ivy McWilliams '18, Rudy Touzet '18, Isa Pena '19
Excellent Ranking
Ensemble Acting: Armando Brito '17, Ava Dimond '18, Violet Handforth '18, Rudy Touzet '18
Duet Acting: Lauren Eskra '18 and Rachel Seipp '19
Solo Musical: Sammy Schechter '18
Duet Musical: Ivy McWilliams '18 and Rudy Touzet '18
Scene Design: Cynthia Jelke '19
Monologue: Viviana Freyer '20
Duet Musical: Rachel Seipp '19 and Andrea Pearl '19
Duet Acting: Abby Aldrich '20 and Viviana Freyer '20
Jaret Dan '17 served as Festival Representative for Troupe 273, Ransom Everglades' chapter of the International Thespian Society.
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2045 South Bayshore Drive, Coconut Grove, FL 33133Phone: 305 250 6850
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Founded in 1903, Ransom Everglades School is a coeducational, college preparatory day school for grades 6 - 12 located on two campuses in Coconut Grove, Florida. Ransom Everglades School produces graduates who "believe that they are in the world not so much for what they can get out of it as for what they can put into it." The school provides rigorous college preparation that promotes the student's sense of identity, community, personal integrity and values for a productive and satisfying life, and prepares the student to lead and to contribute to society.