A number of Salina High School Central students were recognized Thursday for their theatre work.
Central's Thespian Troupe 639 hosted its annual awards banquet and induction ceremony at Martinelli's.
Founded in 1929, the International Thespian Society is an honorary organization for high school and middle school theatre students located at more than 4,900 affiliated secondary schools across America and abroad. The mission of the society is to honor student achievement in the theatre arts. High school inductees are known as "Thespians" and junior high/middle school inductees are known as "Junior Thespians." The society is a division of the Educational Theatre Association.
Central students inducted into the troupe include the following.
BLAISE ALDERSON
CAMILLE MORRIS
BENJAMIN CAMPBELL
KASHEIA PETERSON
BAILEY TALBOTT
VIDHI BHAKTA
MACKENZIE CLARK
TAYGE JONES
CHARLIE TRUELOVE
CHEYANNE GIBSON
DANIEL ALLEN
HARPER JOHNSTON
SOPHIE CRAFT
ISRAEL BARLOW
THALIAH LOPEZ
LIN MILLER
ISAIAH HOULTBERG
MADDISON FARTHING
BEN KRAFT
CHLOE HIGHSMITH
Honorary Thespians
JULIE KITCHENER and SAMANTHA ANGELL
A number of awards also were presented to Central Thespians. They include the following.
Outstanding Supporting One Acts Actress: Vidhi Bhakta, The Other Room
Outstanding Supporting One Acts: Actor Ben Kraft, Everyone Gets Eaten by Sharks
Outstanding Lead One Acts Actress: Bailey Talbott, The Other Room
Outstanding Lead One Acts Actor: Lin Miller, Jimmy the Antichrist
Outstanding One Act Director: Tobi Duckworth
Outstanding Featured Mainstage Actress: Lillie Myers, Puffs, and Isabella Rubino, Puffs
Outstanding Featured Mainstage Actor: Charles Goldbach, Puffs
Outstanding Supporting Mainstage Actress: Erin Flax, Antigone
Outstanding Supporting Mainstage Actor: Ethan Henry, The Crucible
Outstanding Lead Mainstage Actress: Avery Smith, Antigone
Outstanding Lead Mainstage Actor: Joshua Cunningham, The Crucible
Matt Tucker Award: Chloe Highsmith, Cyric Dow
Hulstine, Taylor, and Koch Award: Lillie Myers, Charles Goldbach
Rising Star Technician: Camille Morris
Outstanding Male Technician: Nelson Gutsch
Outstanding Female Technician: Hana North
Outstanding Male Freshman: Benjamin Campbell
Outstanding Female Freshman: Kasheia Peterson
Outstanding Male Sophomore: Tayge Jones
Outstanding Female Sophomore: Harper Johnston
Outstanding Male Junior: Josh Warner
Outstanding Female Junior: Peyton Wood
Outstanding Male Senior: Spencer Angell
Outstanding Female Senior: Joelle Pfanennstiel
Outstanding (Best) Thespian: Sophie Lenkiewicz
Outstanding Leadership Award: Spencer Angell
4-Year Thespians
Joshua Cunningham
Nelson Gutsch
Avery Smith
Joelle Pfanennstiel
Isabella Rubino
Madelynn Nash
Sophie Lenkiewicz
Tobi Duckworth
Chloe White
National Honor Thespians
Erin Flax
Joshua Cunningham
Isabella Rubino
Sophie Lenkiewicz
International Honor Thespians
Spencer Angell
State Honors
ANTIGONE, TRI-STATE FESTIVAL, SELECTED MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
SUPERIOR RATING (MUSICAL SOLO)
LILLIE MYERS, SHE USED TO BE MINE from WAITRESS THE MUSICAL
JOELLE PFANENNSTIEL, SCREW LOOSE from CRY BABY THE MUSICAL
STATE BOARD MEMBERS
LILLIE MYERS and CHLOE HIGHSMITH
STATE THESPIAN OFFICER
SPENCER ANGELL
INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN OFFICER
SPENCER ANGELL
Additionally, troupe officers and boosters were recognized. They include the following.
Troupe 639 Executive Board 2020-2021
President: Spencer Angell
Vice President: Lillie Myers
Secretaries: Sophie Lenkiewicz, Chloe Highsmith
Publicity: Isabella Rubino, Joelle Pfanennstiel
Treasurers: Joshua Cunningham, Erin Flax
Troupe 639 Parent Boosters 2020-2021
President: Julie Kitchener
Box Office: Samantha Angell
Troupe 639 Executive Board 2021-2022
President: Lillie Myers
Vice President: Ethan Henry
Secretary: Chloe Highsmith
Treasurer: Harper Johnston
Publicity: Josh Warner
Troupe 639 Parent Boosters 2021-2022
Jenn Morris
Jeanie Warner
Susan Campbell
Staci Henry
There also were student and alumni performances accompanied by Leesa Peterman on piano. Those performances include the following.
Mosés Brown and Joshua Cunningham, When I Drive from Bonnie & Clyde
Chloe Highsmith and Harper Johnston, For Good from Wicked
Nelson Gutsch, Donny Novitski from Bandstand
Joshua Cunningham and Joelle Pfanennstiel, We Can Fly if We Want To from Finding Neverland
Mosés Brown, Hold Me in Your Heart from Kinky Boots