Shakespeare finalists named
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Nearly 1,000 students, grades 4-12, strutted their stuff at the Pittsburgh Public Theater this week in the preliminaries of the 18th annual Shakespeare Monologue and Scene Contest.
The judges were all Public Theater staff and actors in the company's current production of "As You Like It" - the young students providing as much refreshment for the theater professionals as the latter do for their audience.
The following 26 monologues and multi-character scenes have been advanced to the Showcase of Finalists, which will be held 7 p.m. Monday in the Public's O'Reilly Theater. Admission is free.
Scene, grades 8-12: Matthew Ruppert, Ben Jackson, Micah Ruppert (Penn Hills; home-schooled); Nikki Davis, Daren Kossar (Shaler Area High School); Markella Williams, Isaac Miller (Lincoln Park Charter); Maria Ignelzi, Armand Ignelzi (Aquinas Academy); Keith Backensto, Elisha Carleton, Grayson Quay (Beaver County Christian).
Monologue, grades 8-12: Olivia Gill (Carson Middle School); Marin Exler (Carlynton Middle School); Jonathan Veres (Thomas Jefferson High School); Larry McKay (Allderdice High School); Laura McCarthy (North Allegheny High School); Callee Bradley (Winchester Thurston); Christa Lerch (Lincoln Park Charter); Marco Zappala (Quaker Valley High School); Sara Williams (City Charter High School); Evan Stiger (Freedom Area High School); Katherine Heidengren (Beaver County Christian); Lucy Sedor-Franzak (Bethel Park High School); Jordana Rosenfeld (Pittsburgh CAPA); Kathryn Griffin (Canon McMillan High School).
Scene, grades 4-7: Lexi Feldman, Caroline McDonough (Boyce Middle School); Anna Porter, Elizabeth Stater (Blackburn Study Center); Emily Apel, Dominic Skeele (Slippery Rock Middle School); Heather Walter, Tyler Schmidt (North Hills Junior High School).
Monologue, grades 4-7: Emily Bassett (Winchester Thurston); Elliot Pullen (home-schooled); Charlotte Bush (Hope Academy).
First Published February 10, 2012 9:22 pm
