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US thespians earn top marks
Two Upper School RE thespians – Isa Pena ’19 and Andrew Lorenzen ’18 – earned best-in-the-district honors (Critics’ Choice) as RE students won nine “superior” awards at the District 8 Thespians IE Festival that concluded Dec. 16. Pena also was recognized as one of the state’s top high school thespian talents when she received an inaugural Charlie Cinnamon Theatre Scholarship from the Florida Theatrical Association at the conclusion of the competition.
Kenny Howard, the Education Director of the Florida Theatrical Association, announced Pena as the District 8 recipient of the scholarship, which provides six students statewide with $500 each toward summer education in theater. She also won the Critics’ Choice award in solo musical as Lorenzen claimed the same honor in playwriting.
RE students competed against thespian troupes from more than 40 Miami-Dade County schools at the two-part event, which took place on Dec. 2 at Miami Arts Studio at Zelda Glazer and Dec. 16 at Miami Beach High. The RE troupe was led by new performing arts teacher Sam Shapiro and teacher J.P Arrastia.
SUPERIOR AWARDS
Cynthia Jelke ’19 for her costume design for Steve Martin’s comedic play, “Picasso at the Lapin Agile.”
Abby Aldrich ’20 for her solo “Lost in the Brass” from the musical “Band Geeks.”
Isa Pena ’19 for her solo “Once Upon A Time” from the musical “Brooklyn.” (Critics’ Choice)
Isa Pena ’19 and Sammy Schechter ’18 for their Duet Musical “Too Late to Turn Back Now.”
Viviana Freyer ’20 for her playwriting submission “Fine.”
Andrew Lorenzen ’18 for his playwriting submission “Marlboro Michelle.” (Critics’ Choice)
Vanessa Gonzalez ’19 and Cynthia Jelke ’19 for their duet musical “Stepsisters Lament.”
Asher Lieberman ’20 for his monologues from the plays “Raised In Captivity” and “Candid.”
Isa Pena ’19, Ivy McWilliams ’18, Rudy Prio Touzet ’18 and Sammy Schechter ’18 for their small group musical “Opening Sequence.
EXCELLENT AWARDS
Rachel Seipp ’19 for her solo “Calm” from the musical “Ordinary Days” and her monologues from the plays “Talking With” and “The Woolgatherer.”
Rudy Prio Touzet ’18 and Rachel Seipp ’19 for their Duet Musical “A Very Good Day.”
Abby Aldrich ’20, Andrea Pearl ’19, Asher Lieberman ’20, Manu Murra ’21, Hannah Bast ’21, Claire Holzman ’21 and Vivi Vela ’21 for their Small Group Musical “Pop!”
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