CCSD Theatre Programs Win at Regional Competition

Cherokee County School District theatre programs and students won top honors at regional One Act Play competitions.  Congratulations to the cast and crew and their teachers, thank you to the boosters volunteers and sponsors, and thank you to our School Board for its laser focus on ensuring our students are learning more, growing more, and achieving more in our classrooms than they could anywhere else!

In the Region 6-5A competition, CCSD programs swept the top three with Sequoyah High School winning first place for “Bright Star,” River Ridge HS placing runner-up with “Beetlejuice” and earning Best Ensemble honors, and Creekview HS earning third place for “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder.”  Sequoyah HS will compete at the State 5A championships on Nov. 22.

Above: Sequoyah High School. Below: River Ridge High School.

Above: Creekview High School.

Cast and crew members from each school also earned individual honors.  From Sequoyah HS, Anna Kate McNeal won Best Actress and Nathaniel Dyer won Best Supporting Actor, with Parker Ingram and Will McGowan named to the All-Star Cast.  For River Ridge HS, Lulu Dobson won Best Supporting Actress, with Taylor Daugherty and Vaden Ventura named to the All-Star Cast.  For Creekview HS, Gabe Hardin won Best Actor and Mitchell Miller won Best Set Design, with Hannah Motil and Fisher Patterson named to the All-Star Cast.

In the Region 5-6A competition, four CCSD students earned acting honors.  From Cherokee High School’s “SpongeBob the Musical,” Obediah Blanton and Samuel Volz were named to the All-Star Cast.  From Etowah High School’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Willow Ivester and Alyssa West were named to the All-Star Cast.

The schools’ drama programs are led by Cherokee HS teacher Dr. Jodi Burn, Creekview HS teacher Sarah Harbin, Etowah HS teacher Charlotte Forrest, River Ridge HS teacher Rob Fields, and Sequoyah HS teacher Cindy Humphlett.

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