SHERBURNE – Sherburne-Earlville Drama Club received notification that they are recipients of four Theatre Association of New York State (TANYS) Roving Adjudicator Merit Awards following adjudication of their production of “Our Town,” performed on May 1 & 2 at the S-E High School Auditorium.

Two members of the cast, Tyler Rundell and Brittany Clark, will each receive a Meritorious Achievement in Acting Award for their respective roles of George Gibbs and Emily Webb. Also, Director Colleen Law-Tefft will be receiving an Excellence in Direction Award and the production staff will be honored with an Excellence in Production Design and Execution.

“The Sherburne-Earlville Drama Club’s production of Our Town was an evening of theatre punctuated by an exceptionally well-conceived and designed production.  This Director and Cast took an American Classic and breathed new life into it, creating for its audience an engaging, humorous and affecting experience.” said TANYS Adjudicator Paul Nelson from Olean.

Formal presentations of the TANYS awards will be held on Saturday, November 21, during the TANYS Festival Awards Banquet in Batavia as part of the 2009 TANYS Festival which runs Friday through Sunday, Nov. 20-22. For further details on the festival or the TANYS organization, go to www.tanys.org.