Diane Stamm | The Imperial Republican
Nymphs Olivia Gobble, top left, and Olivia Spady console Marcyonome, played by Lucy Spady, as modern day Marcy, played by Jordan Jablonski, bottom right, and Norma, played by Madelynn Hanes, discuss Marcyonome’s fate.
Diane Stamm | The Imperial Republican
All seven members of the chorus in CCS’s entry won acting awards, from left, Mason Tyerman, George Colton, Delaney Krutsinger, Navy Smith, Brayan Enriquez-Cazares, Katelyn Stamm and Morgan Peterson.
CCS one-act performance captures third at districts
Chase County Schools captured third place in the District C1-6 one-act play contest Dec. 1 in North Platte.
While there was some disappointment with their finish, Director Jill Bauerle said it was a great season for the 45 CCS students in the cast and crew as they presented “The Greek(ish) Myth of Marcyonome.”
“I was really proud of our cast and crew who did an awesome job,” Bauerle said.
“It’s rewarding to see them pull together as a team and work for a common goal, which they accomplished beautifully,” she added.
The comments from judges were positive, she said.
Gordon-Rushville and its staging of “The Insanity of Mary Girard” placed first with all three judges ranking them No. 1. They advanced to state this Thursday at the Johnny Carson Theatre in Norfolk.
Several of the CCS cast members were named district outstanding actors/actresses: Madelynn Hanes, Lucy Spady, Jordan Jablonski, Morgan Peterson, George Colton, Navy Smith, Brayan Enriquez-Cazares, Mason Tyerman, Delaney Krutsinger and Katelyn Stamm.
Bauerle said a new addition to the judging format this year was a technical award ballot, on which CCS scored 59 of 60 points and placed them second in that area.
The technical judging was based on cooperation, technical skill, organization and neatness, Bauerle said.
“Our judge complimented how well our kids worked together as well as how our stage crew helped the prior school’s set crew,” she said.
Schools had 15 minutes between plays to take down and set up their sets.
This year’s stage crew manager was senior Kaden Schilke, who built pieces for the set as well as being in charge of setting and striking down the stage, she noted.
Chase County missed the runner-up spot by just two points. Two judges each placed them second in their rankings, while a third judge put them in fifth.
The fifth place ranking by one judge was enough to drop them to third, Bauerle said.
Sutherland was second, Hershey fourth, Mitchell fifth, Gibbon sixth and Bayard 7th.
Chase County won the SPVA Conference one-act contest in November.