Shakespeare Monologue Competition March 12, 2007 Imagination Stage Imagination Stage and the Center for Renaissance & Baroque Studies would like to congratulate all the students who performed at the Monologue Competion on March 12, 2007. These students showed bravery, courage, and insight into the characters they chose to represent, and their appreciation for one another's work was evident in the comments they offered during the discussion that followed the performances. Judges selected five stand-out performances but observed that students had grown enormously in the course of learning their monologues and that many of the performances were noteworthy. Best Use of Costume & Props: Elisabeth Bloxam, Julia, Two Gentlemen of Verona Best Understanding of Text: Helen Felker, Hermione, The Winter's Tale Most Fully Realized and Connected to the Character: Adam Farqui, Caliban, The Tempest Most Informed and Boldest Character Choice: Nick McGuire, Nick Bottom as Pyramus, Midsummer Night's Dream Most Interesting Interpretation of Text: Joshua Greenwald, Hamlet, Hamlet PERFORMER SCHOOL SPONSOR Adam Faruqi St. Alban's School Brian Soja Adeola Awowale Hyattsville Middle School Saralyn Tranor Amber Harding Lanetta Abbott Briana Crabb Lake Braddock Secondary School Sharon O'Brien Charlotte Guthery Canterbury Woods E. S. Matthew Radigan & Sarah Biggs Collete Maimone Oakcrest School Lisa Coyne Elisabeth Bloxam Rocky Run Middle School Valerie Karasek Elizabeth Fosburgh The Washington Latin School Jennifer Chang Emily Scher Hoover Middle School Gaybe Brooks, Georgia Zucker Grace Montgomery Pyle Middle School Jennifer Thorson Hannah Cohen-Fuentes Sidwell Friends School Sarah Monnerat Harsha Neerchal Burleigh Manor Middle School Kristin Nellany Helen Felker Stone Ridge School Cynthia Webb-Manly Holly Trout Newport Middle School Steven McGinn Hosea Lionelle Garvin Coeus International School Sheryl Barnes Jackson Giuricich Walter Johnson High School Dixie M. Baker-deFreyre Joshua Greenwald Eleanor Roosevelt High School Sara Nelson Kara Wernick National Cathedral School Chris Snipe Nell McKeown Stage Play / Carl Sandburg M. S. Heather Sanderson Nick McGuire Landon School Matt Dougherty Raelyn Layne South County Secondary School Alexis Rose Samantha Reback Eastern Middle School Marcy Fine Shannon Egan Washington Episcopal School Fran Caterini.