Vestavia Hills Theater Students Headed To State Competition

VESTAVIA HILLS, AL — The Vestavia Hills High School theater students had a successful weekend at the 2017 District Trumbauer Secondary Theatre Festival, hosted at Helena High School.

The Walter Trumbauer Festival is an annual theater competition hosted by the Alabama Conference of Theatre that consists of 30 different individual events performed by a single high school student or a pair in duet categories. These events include acting categories in both traditional and musical theater with either comedic or dramatic tones, as well as categories that highlight students' technical abilities in lighting, sound, stage and costume design. Students receive critiques and scores for their performances, with highest achieving acts receiving trophies, plaques or medals at state.

The Rebels took home awards for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and All Star Cast for their production of the studio theatre play "Almost, Maine," as well as sending 11 individual events to the state competition in December. The play is also state bound.

Of the 19 events Vestavia sent to district, 15 received superior ratings. The following students received superior ratings:

Jeremy Jackson and Maya Barefield: Duet Acting Contemporary Comedic

Sadie Sue Long and Diane Snoddy: Duet Acting Contemporary Comedic

Gracie Phillips and Dina Kasman: Duet Acting Contemporary Comedic

Lilly Burchfield: Solo Musical Female Dramatic, Solo Acting Female Contemporary Dramatic

Reagan Slaughter: Solo Musical Female Dramatic

Caroline Penfield: Solo Acting Female Contemporary Dramatic

Lucy Graves: Costume Design

Gracie Phillips: Makeup Design

Maggie Webb: Makeup Design

Dina Kasman: Solo Acting Classical Dramatic, Best Supporting Actress

Diane Snoddy: Best Actress

Sadie Sue Long: Solo Acting Classical Dramatic

Ryan Boles: Solo Acting Male Contemporary Comedic, All Star Cast

Kirk Kirkpatrick: Solo Acting Male Contemporary Comedic, All Star Cast

Photo Courtesy of Jamie Stephenson