Bertrand Wins the East, and Paxton Wins the West at RPAC Play on Thursday
- Evan Jones
- Nov 15, 2024
- 4 min read
Updated: Nov 4
The Tassel Performing Arts Center hosted the RPAC One-Act contest on Thursday, November 14th. Eight plays from the East and eight from the West were performed under one roof. Be sure to check out all of the fun interviews that we did with the kids in the green room on our social media pages! Let's examine the plays and the results for the West.
West Team Results:
Paxton
Wauneta-Palisade
Dundy County Stratton
Hayes Center
Wallace
Sutherland
Maywood
Hitchcock County
Outstanding performers for the West went to Miah Fox and John Fricke of Paxton.
Outstanding Tech Crew for the West went to Wauneta-Palisade.
Dundy County Stratton
The Tigers performed Don Zolidis's The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon.
Acting awards for Dundy County Stratton went to Emma Baldeh, Brenton Haskelm Leslie Gomez, and Klayton Rinne.
Hayes Center
Hayes Center performed The Most Viewed Least Watched Talk Show in History by Kenneth R. Preuss.
Hayes Center acting awards went to Tyler Stewart, Kesli Cox, and Caylie Softley.
Hitchcock County
The Falcons performed An Experiment by Brent Holland.
Hitchcock County acting awards went to Jill McArthur, Karsyn Kolbet, and Calista Carney.
Maywood
Maywood performed Omnipotence and the Wheelbarrow Man by Alan Haehnel.
Acting awards for Maywood went to Graci Peterka, Emma Peterka, Alianah Del Carlo, and Dallas Grunden.
Paxton
The Tigers performed The Wishers by Aurora Lee.
Paxton's acting awards went to Chase Holm, Eva Crowley, Miah Fox, John Fricke, Noah Coppersmith, Kayden Vazquez, Mile Rogge, Landon Drews, Natalie Jorgensen, Kepler Spurgin, and Madilynn Mullen.
Sutherland
The Sailors performed The Price by Don Zolidis.
Sutherland's acting awards went to Mahala Vasquez, Tritan Maxcy, Memphis Goodwin, Eliana Dyer, and Maleah Vasquez.
Wallace
Wallace performed Ghost Hunt by Brian D. Taylor.
Wallace's acting awards went to Kendall McClintock, Jason Fisher, Ryleigh Hanson, Mallory McConnell, Ryder Cable, and Bradley Hanson.
Wauneta-Palisade
The Broncos performed Property Rites by Alan Haehnel.
Acting awards went to Abigail Greaves, Lillian Dinnel, Maggie DeWester, Gregory Littrel, Kisha Jameson, Chloe Manley, and Kasey Ward.
East Team Results:
Bertrand
Cambridge
Maxwell
Southern Valley
Southwest
Alma
Eustis-Farnam
Elwood
Outstanding performers went to Emmeline Lucas of Maxwell and Isaac Hernandez of Bertrand.
Outstanding Tech Crew for the East went to Bertrand.
Alma
The Cardinals performed The One-Act Play Disaster by Don Zolidis.
Acting awards for Alma went to Lydia Sikes, Kaylan Ogier, Titus Epp, Kamri Neal, Tierston Moore, Cloey Crooker, Izzy Park, Alleigh Holmberg, and Davis Clark.
Bertrand
Bertrand performed The Bubble Gum Murders by Jon Jory and Michael Bigelow Dixon.
Bertrand's acting awards went to Livia Philips, Addie Andersen, Ashlynn Edgren, Isaac Hernandez, Kevin Chavez, Bradon Whetstine, Ryker Schroeder, Aspyn Chapin, and Marie Ford.
Cambridge
The Trojans performed Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling.
The acting awards for Cambridge went to Kate Salberg, Jensyn Weiss, Mallory Springer, Rachel Harris, Jolie Farr, and Irmina Cramer.
Elwood
Elwood performed The Monkey's Paw, written by their director, Dennis Seberger, and adapted from the W. W. Jacobs Story.
Acting awards for Elwood were given to Kara Brockman, Zailey Moler, and Adrianna Seberger.
Eustis-Farnam
Eustis-Farnam performed Charlotte's Webb by Joseph Oberg.
Acting awards for Eustis-Farnam were given to EllaRay Koch, Beau Kerznar, Christian Maurer, Whitney Page, Allison Wall, and Ashley Easterday.
Maxwell
The Wildcats performed The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields.
Acting awards for Maxwell went to Genevieve Lucas, Makenzie Margritz, Emmeline Lucas, Lauren Mead, Christina Smith, Kiejjon Martyszenko, and Julyssa Miller.
Southern Valley
The Eagles performed FREAK by Angela Hill.
Acting awards for Southern Valley went to Kallie Felzien, Jackson Adams, Emily Layton, Mikah Schutz, Anna Hamilton, Alex Meyers, Tori Bose, Bennet Jorgenson, and Ehme Linner.
Southwest
Southwest performed #Viral by Maria McConville.
Acting awards for Southwest went to Jadyn Walz, Anikka Nelms, Kyra Nelms, Amelia Minary, and Adeasha Escobar-Salas.
Districts are right around the corner, and we will break down the district assignments.
Southern Valley is hosting the C2-4 District on December 2nd with Sutton, Sandy Creek, Deshler, Johnson-Brock, Superior, and Headland.
In the C2-5 District on December 4th, Axtell, Elm Creek, Burwell, Amherst, Alma, Pleasanton, Maxwell, and Gothenburg will compete at Gothenburg.
In the C2-6 District, Ainsworth will host on December 4th with Kimball, Sutherland, Hemingford, North Platte St. Pats, Bayard, and Morrill in attendance.
In the D1-5 District, Cambridge will host at The Tassel Performing Arts Center in Holdrege on December 3rd. Callaway, Overton, Anselmo-Merna, Brady, Southwest, Maywood, Bertrand, and Cambridge will all compete.
In the D1-6 District on December 7th in Ogallala, Garden County, Wauneta-Palisade, Dundy County Stratton, Potter-Dix, Hitchcock County, South Platte, and Paxton will be in attendance.
Ansley is hosting the D2-4 District on December 4th. Litchfield, Elwood, Eustis-Farnam, Ansley, Hayes Center, Thedford, and Sargent will compete in this district.
In the D2-5 District, Hyannis is hosting on December 3rd. Schools in attendance are McPherson County, Hyannis, Mullen, Wallace, Sandhills, Cody-Kilgore, and Arnold.
State Play will be at the Johnny Carson Theatre in Norfolk December 11th-13th. Everything you will need to know for state can be found using this link.
