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WCHS Theater Boosters Present Annual 'Come To The Cabaret'; Awards Presented

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Warsaw Community High School Theater Boosters will present the third annual "Come to the Cabaret" at 8 p.m. Aug. 4.

The theme this year is "A Night at the Movies."

The cost of the show at the WCHS Performing Arts Center Black Box Theater is $10 per person, or $15 per couple, and includes a dessert buffet. Tours of the Performing Arts Center are available starting at 7 p.m.

Tickets are available at the door or from any Theater Booster member.

The WCHS theater department also recently released the names of the students who received awards at the end of the 2006-07 school year at the Theatre Awards Banquet.

Thespian inductees include Ethan Bartman, Shawn Bianchini, Jenelle Bickel, Shanda Fredericks, Susan Grothouse, Brianne Johnson, Jessica Lemler, Anna McCullough, Jordan Poyner, Melody Vida, Jamison Westerbeck.

Honor chords were given to Ellie Dillon, Larry Evans, Candace Kinney and Kyle Lowe.

One Act Awards, voted on by their peers, went to Andrew Morris for best actor; Nick West, best supporting actor; Malachi Vanier, best minor actor; Ashley Skaggs, best actress; Melody Vida, best supporting actress; Frankie Hall, best minor actress; and Ethan Bartman and Erin Mills, best directors.

Children's Plays were Tyler Good for best actor, and Victoria Wilson, best actress.

State show awards went to Sean Ruggier, best actor, and Erin Mills for best actress.

The best freshman award was given to Shawn Bianchini. Ashley Skaggs was best sophomore; Ethan Bartman, best junior; and Ellie Dillon, best senior award. Most improved awards went to Shay Dixon, freshman; Anna McCullough, sophomore; Andrew Morris, junior; and Joanne Cheng, senior.

In best of shows, leading role, Ethan Bartman received best actor, and Erin Mills was named best actress. Supporting role winners were Larry Evans for best actor, and Bebhinn Priest, actress. David Nine was best minor role, actor, with the actress award going to the trio of Laura Long, Christina Wilson and Ally Ferber.

Larry Evans received the highest Thespian points.

First-place performances at state competitions were recognized as Shay Dixon and Laura Eberhardt, Ethan Bartman and Erin Mills, and Andrew Morris and Jenelle Bickel.