SHERBURNE – Sherburne-Earlville Drama Club received notification that they are recipients of three Theatre Association of New York State (TANYS) Roving Adjudicator Merit Awards following adjudication of their production of “Much Ado About Nothing,” performed on April 29 and 30 at the S-E High School Auditorium.

Emilee Smith will receive a Meritorious Achievement in Acting Award for her role as Beatrice. “Ms. Smith’s well-crafted performance as Beatrice brought the audience much laughter in her witty exchanges with Benedick as well as pathos as she suffered for her cousin Hero’s false accusations,” said TANYS Adjudicator, Spencer Watson.

Also, Meritorious Achievement in Ensemble Acting to Doug Parks as Dogberry and Stephanie Staley as Verges “for their well-executed ‘faux equestrian’ movement and their comic timing during the prisoner interrogation scene.”