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Freshman Myles Forsett was crowned Churchville-Chili’s first-place finisher recently at the school level of the National Shakespeare Competition, sponsored by The English-Speaking Union of the United States.
Forsett, a freshman, brought a new tone to a monologue from Macbeth to capture the title. He moves on represent Churchville-Chili at the Rochester competition on Saturday, March 3 at 1 p.m. at the Multi-use Community Cultural Center on Atlantic Ave.
“I feel great,” said Forsett. “My practice and hard work paid off. Now, I am going to practice, practice, practice for the city competition.”
Forsett prepared thoroughly for last Saturday’s competition, performing for family and friends. He even posted the monologue in one of his most frequented locations.
“I put the monologue on my fridge at home,” said Forsett. “I figure I’m there a lot and I need to practice so it was perfect.”
At the city level event, Forsett will perform a sonnet, in addition to his monologue, while competing against students from Rochester and the surrounding areas. The last time that a Churchville-Chili student advanced to the national level was four years ago when Jennifer O’Leary made the trip. O’Leary was one of this year’s the three judges.
Overall, 10 Churchville-Chili students from grades 9-12 performed a Shakespeare monologue of 20 lines or less without the use of props, costumes or affected speech.
Second-place finisher and Churchvile-Chili junior Jamison Wezelis performed a monologue from one of Shakespeare’s comedies, The Tempest, and had the audience in stitches.
“It was definitely difficult deciding between Jamison and Myles,” said O’Leary. “Jamison has brilliant comedic timing and his body language was flawless. Myles did a great job bringing a different attitude and flavor to Macbeth, which can be quite dry at times.”
Madeline Jones’ performance of Isabella from Measure for Measure earned the lone senior in the competition third place.
“Madeline was poised and sweet. She really charmed us judges,” said O’Leary.
Also competing in the event were freshmen Lauren Burr, Allison Crist and Christian Johnson; sophomore Skye King; and juniors Courtney Kuhn, Samantha Longfellow and Alexa Turton.
This was the sixth year that Churchville-Chili hosted the school-level competition.
Monetary prizes of $50, $25 and $15 were given to the first-, second- and third-place finishers, respectively, on behalf of the Drama Club.
The Rochester winner will go on to compete in April in New York City at Lincoln Center against students from across the United States. The U.S. winner will be awarded an all-expenses-paid trip to study acting in Shakespeare’s homeland, England. Monetary prizes will be given for the second and third place national finishers, $1,000 and $500, respectively.
Freshman Myles Forsett was crowned Churchville-Chili’s first-place finisher recently at the school level of the National Shakespeare Competition, sponsored by The English-Speaking Union of the United States.
Forsett, a freshman, brought a new tone to a monologue from Macbeth to capture the title. He moves on represent Churchville-Chili at the Rochester competition on Saturday, March 3 at 1 p.m. at the Multi-use Community Cultural Center on Atlantic Ave.
“I feel great,” said Forsett. “My practice and hard work paid off. Now, I am going to practice, practice, practice for the city competition.”
Forsett prepared thoroughly for last Saturday’s competition, performing for family and friends. He even posted the monologue in one of his most frequented locations.
“I put the monologue on my fridge at home,” said Forsett. “I figure I’m there a lot and I need to practice so it was perfect.”
At the city level event, Forsett will perform a sonnet, in addition to his monologue, while competing against students from Rochester and the surrounding areas. The last time that a Churchville-Chili student advanced to the national level was four years ago when Jennifer O’Leary made the trip. O’Leary was one of this year’s the three judges.
Overall, 10 Churchville-Chili students from grades 9-12 performed a Shakespeare monologue of 20 lines or less without the use of props, costumes or affected speech.
Second-place finisher and Churchvile-Chili junior Jamison Wezelis performed a monologue from one of Shakespeare’s comedies, The Tempest, and had the audience in stitches.
“It was definitely difficult deciding between Jamison and Myles,” said O’Leary. “Jamison has brilliant comedic timing and his body language was flawless. Myles did a great job bringing a different attitude and flavor to Macbeth, which can be quite dry at times.”
Madeline Jones’ performance of Isabella from Measure for Measure earned the lone senior in the competition third place.
“Madeline was poised and sweet. She really charmed us judges,” said O’Leary.
Also competing in the event were freshmen Lauren Burr, Allison Crist and Christian Johnson; sophomore Skye King; and juniors Courtney Kuhn, Samantha Longfellow and Alexa Turton.
This was the sixth year that Churchville-Chili hosted the school-level competition.
Monetary prizes of $50, $25 and $15 were given to the first-, second- and third-place finishers, respectively, on behalf of the Drama Club.
The Rochester winner will go on to compete in April in New York City at Lincoln Center against students from across the United States. The U.S. winner will be awarded an all-expenses-paid trip to study acting in Shakespeare’s homeland, England. Monetary prizes will be given for the second and third place national finishers, $1,000 and $500, respectively.
