Lone Star College-Montgomery’s “Tigers Be Still” Performance Receives Choice Awards

Lone Star College Montgomery News

Published on: December 02, 2015





Lone Star College-Montgomery students Grant Athans (L), Sarah Saflin (M)
and Erin Lavespere (R) recently participated in the Kennedy Center American
College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) which resulted in various awards for some of
the colleges students.


The
Lone Star College-Montgomery drama departments fallproduction of Tigers Be
Still received the rare feat of a choice award in the Kennedy Center American
College Texas State Theatre Festival (KCACTF) this October.
Tigers Be Still, which was directed by
LSC-Montgomery instructor Julie Akers, was awarded Respondents Choice, which is
selected by the festival respondent who sees and responds to each performance
at the festival. This is the fifth consecutive year that the college has
received a choice award, and the production will now be considered for
advancement to the regional festival in San Angelo in February.
KCACTF
gives our students excellent transfer and scholarship opportunities by allowing
them to network with other students and schools at the festival, said Chase
Waites, professor of drama and department chair at LSC-Montgomery. Participating
at the state level provides the students with opportunities to travel to the
regional festival in February to compete for scholarships and interview with
transfer universities and colleges. It also provides the students the
opportunity to tour a show, which is a great experience for them.
Twelve
students and four faculty members attended this years festival with Tigers Be
Still. LSC-Montgomery student Lacey Castro was recognized for meritorious
achievement in sound design and LSC-Montgomery students Joey Sheaff, Sarah
Saflin, Erin Lavespere and Grant Athans earned an award for ensemble acting. Also,
Saflin, Sheaff and Lavespere were all Irene Ryan scholarship nominees from the
production.
The
theatre festival was held at San Jacinto College-Central. The other schools at
the festival included Galveston College, Panola College, Texas A&M
University-Kingsville and Bossier Parish Community College.
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more information regarding the LSC-Montgomery drama department ...

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