The Ridge Players

Congratulations to the following students who competed at the District 7 Individual Event Competition on December 7th at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. We had 19 students compete in 26 events and brought home 7 superiors (including one perfect score and best in room), 12 excellents, and 7 goods.

MONOLOGUES:

1. Emily Stead – MilkMilkLemonade / Be Aggressive (EXCELLENT)
2. Jessica Barrios – The Drunken City / 18 More Reasons Not to be in a Play (GOOD)
3. Diana Duran – Bike America / The 1st Annual Achadamee Awards (EXCELLENT)
4. Justin Conti – Testing, Testing / Governing Alice (EXCELLENT)
5. Gavin Ott – I Hate Hamlet / The Diaries of Adam and Eve (GOOD)
6. Kelsey Jager – Tales from the Arabian Mice / Charming Princes (GOOD)

DUET ACTING:

1. Mairin Couch / Cayden Franz – Too Fabulous to Fail (SUPERIOR)
2. Justin Conti / Connor Stanley – Ten/Two (EXCELLENT)
3. Diana Duran / Nicole Rodriguez – Women in Motion (SUPERIOR)
4. Savannah Glesmer / Jazmyn Swartz – The Blueberry Hill Accord (SUPERIOR)
5. Jordyn Meyers / Reid Ott – The Death of an Insurance Salesman (EXCELLENT)

SOLO MUSICAL:

1. Cadee Schultz – Watch What Happens from Newsies (SUPERIOR)
2. Natalie Solis – Shopping Around from Wish You Were Here (SUPERIOR / Perfect Score and Best in Room)
3. Diana Duran – Calm from Ordinary Days (EXCELLENT)
4. Jessica Barrios – Pulled from The Addams Family (GOOD)
5. Keddreck Toussaint – This is the Moment from Jekyll & Hyde (GOOD)
6. Dominique Loyd – Disneyland from Smile (EXCELLENT)
7. Connor Stanley – Lost in the Darkness from Jekyll & Hyde (GOOD)

DUET MUSICAL:

1. Cadee Schultz / Natalie Solis – Calm, Cool, and Collected from Calvin Berger (SUPERIOR)
2. Gavin Ott / Reid Ott – Agony from Into the Woods (GOOD)

COSTUME DESIGN:

1. Reid Ott – Sweeney Todd (EXCELLENT)
2. Emily Stead – Psycho Beach Party (SUPERIOR)
3. Jessica Barrios – Something Rotten (EXCELLENT)

MAKEUP DESIGN:

1. Winter Edson – Sweeney Todd (EXCELLENT)

PLAYWRITING:

1. Savannah Glesmer (EXCELLENT)
2. Dominique Loyd (EXCELLENT)

Congratulations to the following students who have qualified to compete at the District 6 Individual Event Competition on December 7th at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School:

MONOLOGUES:

1. Emily Stead – MilkMilkLemonade / Be Aggressive
2. Jessica Barrios – The Drunken City / 18 More Reasons Not to be in a Play
3. Diana Duran – Bike America / The 1st Annual Achadamee Awards
4. Justin Conti – Testing, Testing / Governing Alice
5. Gavin Ott – I Hate Hamlet / The Diaries of Adam and Eve
6. Kelsey Jager – Tales from the Arabian Mice / Charming Princes

DUET ACTING:

1. Mairin Couch / Cayden Franz – Too Fabulous to Fail
2. Diana Duran / Nicole Rodriguez – Women in Motion
3. Jordyn Meyers / Reid Ott – The Death of an Insurance Salesman

SOLO MUSICAL:

1. Cadee Schultz – Watch What Happens from Newsies
2. Natalie Solis – Shopping Around from Wish You Were Here
3. Diana Duran – Calm from Ordinary Days
4. Jessica Barrios – Pulled from The Addams Family
5. Keddreck Toussaint – This is the Moment from Jekyll & Hyde
6. Dominique Loyd – Disneyland from Smile
7. Connor Stanley – Lost in the Darkness from Jekyll & Hyde

DUET MUSICAL:

1. Cadee Schultz / Natalie Solis – Calm, Cool, and Collected from Calvin Berger
2. Gavin Ott / Reid Ott – Agony from Into the Woods

COSTUME DESIGN:

1. Reid Ott
2. Emily Stead
3. Jessica Barrios

MAKEUP DESIGN:

1. Winter Edson

PLAYWRITING:

1. Savannah Glesmer
2. Dominique Loyd

Congratulations to the following students who have been selected to compete in individual events on Saturday, December 8, 2018 at Fort Myers High School.

MONOLOGUES:
Jessica Charles –  Shun the Heaven / The Rehearsal
Elizabeth Echevarria – Macbeth / Goodbye, Charles
Wilfredo Figueroa – The Hunter’s Moon / The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin
Kaitlyn Sokolich – Spring / Black Butterfly, Jaguar Girl, Pinata Women, and other Superhero Girls, Like Me
Amanda Stanley – Flowers in the Desert / The Girls

DUET ACTING:
Wilfredo Figueroa and Jessica Charles – Wait, Wait Bo Bait
Jada Jonassaint and Shania Celestin – Bad Auditions by Bad Actors
BB Badke and Kaitlyn Sokolich – Anger Management
Kristen Mendez and Brenda Morales – Girls Guide to Saving the World

ENSEMBLE ACTING:
Annabelle Chapman, Elizabeth Echevarria, Sophia Hernandez, Dominique Loyd, Nicole Rodriguez, Kaitlyn Sokolich, and Raquel Wajner – Disney Mom’s Group Therapy

Cayden Franz, Savannah Glesmer, Amanda Stanley, and Nathan Tart – Fugue

SOLO MUSICAL THEATRE:
Cadee Schultz – “See, I’m Smiling” – Last Five Years
Natalie Solis – “Get Out and Stay Out” from 9 to 5 the Musical
Kristen Mendez – “Always Starting Over” from If/Then
Yadi Hernandez – “Quiet Night at Home” from Bare: A Pop Opera
BB Badke – “Easy as Life” from Aida

DUET MUSICAL THEATRE:
Wilfredo Figueroa and Yadi Hernandez – “Plain Jane, Fat Ass” from Bare: A Pop Opera

SMALL GROUP MUSICAL THEATRE:
Kristen Mendez, Cadee Schultz, and Natalie Solis – “Flying Away (Finale)” from Fun Home

COSTUME DESIGN:
Reid Ott – The Play That Goes Wrong

PLAYWRITING:
Savannah Glesmer – “I Looked in the Mirror and Didn’t See Me”
BB Badke and Yadi Hernandez – “Promise”
Avery Marchesiello – “The Body on the Murder Express”
Brenda Morales – “Cords That Wouldn’t Cut”
Amanda Stanley – “I Don’t Want to Die”

I want to acknowledge the great job these students did at districts and state during the 2017-18 school year.

DUET ACTING
BB Badke & Amanda Stanley scored an excellent in district competition.
Jada Jonassaint & Brenda Morales scored a superior in district competition and a superior in state competition.

DUET MUSICAL THEATRE
BB Badke & Wilfredo Figueroa scored an excellent in district competition.
Jack West & William Holt scored a superior in district competition and an excellent in state competition.
Kristen Mendez & Destiny Ball scored a superior in district competition and a superior in state competition.

MONOLOGUES
Kaitlyn Sokolich scored an excellent in district competition.
Wilfredo Figueroa scored an excellent in district competition.

PLAYWRITING
Amanda Stanley scored an excellent in district competition.
Josh Llorca scored an excellent in district competition.

SOLO MUSICAL THEATRE
Yadi Hernandez scored an excellent in district competition.
Destiny Ball scored an excellent in district competition.
William Holt scored an excellent in district competition.
Kristen Mendez scored a superior in district competition and a superior in state competition.