SHERBURNE – Sherburne-Earlville Drama Club received notification that they are recipients of nine Theatre Association of New York State (TANYS) Roving Adjudicator Merit Awards following adjudication of their production of “Deja vu: An Evening of One Act Plays,” performed on Nov. 6 & 7 at the S-E High School Auditorium.
Meritorious Achievement in Acting awards were given to Claire Khoury as She in “Men are from Milwaukee, Women are from Phoenix;” to Rachel Walters as Sarah in “Bed and Breakfast;” to Haley Muth as Dianne in “Broken Hearts;” to Liza Taylor as Margaret in “Broken Hearts;” and to Mick Khoury as Mark in “The Philadelphia.” Meritorious Achievement in Ensemble went to Matt Smith, Mick Khoury and Kandace Barrows in “The Philadelphia” and to Tammie Crane, Joelle Clark and Kyle Tenney in “After.” Taylor Morris received a Meritorious Achievement in Directing for “Men are from Milwaukee, Women are from Phoenix;” and Isaac Mettler received a Meritorious Achievement in Concept for “Day Eight: Snow Globe.”
Formal presentations of the TANYS awards will be held on Saturday during the TANYS Festival Awards Banquet in Batavia, as part of the 2009 TANYS Festival which runs Friday through Sunday. For further details on the festival or the TANYS organization, go to www.tanys.org.
This is a great start to the year for the Sherburne Earlville Drama Club. Upcoming events include a fundraiser at Gilligan’s on Jan. 6, 2010. Also in January, nine drama club students (Margaret Dushko, Geana Giglio, Mary Longman, Taylor Morris, Kayla Osterndorff, Lulu Riley, Emilee Smith, Lucy Taylor, and Hannah Weinell) will attend the NYSTEA (New York State Theatre Education Association) Student Conference. In April, the Drama Club will travel to the Michael Harms Theatre Festival in Syracuse, where they will perform two one-act plays (TBA) from their fall production. Finally they will end the year with their spring production (TBA) on April 30 & May 1, 2010.