WHS Drama Wins Awards for Their Shakespeare Interpretation of Taming of the Shrew
On February 20th, the Walkersville High School Shakespeare Club went on a field trip to the Folgers Shakespeare Library in DC, and had a blast!
Every year, the Shakespeare Club visits the Folgers Shakespeare Library, and perform a 30 minute show to judges and other participating schools. Walkersville performed a shortened version of their main show, Taming of the Shrew. Sophomore Lexi Shoemaker shared, “I really liked the experience and the opportunity to bond with my cast mates and people from other schools.”
The show turned out very successfully, and was noted as being extremely comical and well put together.
“I really liked being a able to test run our show and being able to see other schools show. I think the performance went well,” sophomore Ellie McMahon stated.
Shoemaker exclaimed, “I felt the performance went really well. The audience never stopped laughing and it was loads of fun!”
“It was a fun experience and we did our show really well, and I’m proud of everyone,” sophomore Lydia Mayenge shared.
The overall production went very well, and many Walkersville actors even received individual awards. Junior Erin Kopit received the “Excellence in Acting” award, senior Will Anderson got the “Peggy O’Brien Comedy” award, and junior Noah Patrick received the “Commitment to Character” award. Walkersville’s actors were very proud of their fellow actors, but even more pleased when their student director, senior Jayla Polluck, received the “Best Student Director” award.
Polluck shared, “It was cool. I have always wanted to receive an award from Folgers, especially for something I enjoy doing.”
McMahon commented, “I’m really proud of my friends for doing great.”
“I was really happy about awards because Jayla got the Student Director Award and I was so proud because she really deserved it,” stated Shoemaker.
The cast of Taming of the Shrew had so much fun on their field trip, and are thankful for an amazing year full of Shakespeare.
