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Shakespeare Competition

Saturday, March 5, 2011
The PSF Shakespeare Competition provides opportunities for high school age students to perform scenes or monologues that are adjudicated by theatre professionals and to apply basic performance skills to Shakespeare's works. Partial DeSales University scholarships will be awarded to selected participants.

The cost is $25 per student participant. Any school, public or private, is eligible is able to participate in the competition.

Students and coaches may also attend the evening's performance of She Stoops to Conquer at DeSales University for a special discounted rate of $20.

  • Registration deadline is Friday, February 11th 2011.
  • Questions? Contact Erin Hurley, Education Director 610-282-WILL, ext. 9.

Shakespeare Competition Printable Documents from 2010:

2010 Award Recipients

Scenes
First Place - Matt Bazulka and Rachel Towne, The Taming of the Shrew, LVPA
Second Place - Sara Burik and Teresa Kennedy, As You Like It, LVPA
Third Place – Anthony Saraceno & Marlo Collina, Twelfth Night, Notre Dame HS, Easton

Monologues
First Place – Peter Danelski, Fool from King Lear, Philadelphia HS for the Performing Arts
Second Place – LeChean Reed, Viola from Twelfth Night, North Penn HS
Third Place – Ryan Egan, Romeo from Romeo and Juliet, Conrad Weiser HS

Team Awards
First Place – Lehigh Valley Charter HS for the Performing Arts, Bethlehem, PA
Second Place – North Penn HS, Lansdale, PA
Third Place – Conrad Weiser HS, Robesonia, PA
 
2010 Scholarship Recipients
The scholarships are renewable for the four years should the student choose to attend DeSales University as a Theatre major. The scholarship recipients are:
 
Name
 School                                    Scholarship                       Character, Play Title   _

Peter Danelski                     $4,000                              Fool, King Lear                       
 Philadelphia High School for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Sarah E. Webster                $2,000                              Helena, All’s Well That Ends Well                   
 Villa Victoria Academy, Ewing, Mercer County, NJ

Anthony Saraceno              $2,000                              Orsino, Twelfth Night               
 Notre Dame High School, Easton, Northampton County, PA

Jacob McEntire                    $2,000                              Edmund, King Lear                   
 Abingdon Friends School, Jenkintown, Montgomery County, PA    

Matt Bazulka                        $1,000                              Petruchio, The Taming of...   
 Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts (LVPA), Bethlehem, Northampton County

Rachel Towne                      $1,000                               Kate, The Taming of...      
 LVPA, Bethlehem, Northampton County, PA

LeChean Reed                      $1,000                              Viola, Twelfth Night           
  North Penn High School, Lansdale, Montgomery County, PA  

Ryan Egan                            $1,000                               Romeo, Romeo & Juliet            
 Conrad Weiser High School, Robesonia, Berks County, PA    

Sara Burik                             $1,000                              Rosalind, As You Like It
 LVPA, Bethlehem, Northampton County, PA

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