Albertville High School Theatre took home the Best in Show Award at the recent Walter Trumbauer competition for their performance of “The Fifth Sun”. The play will now move forward to the state festival in December. 

“I am beyond proud of every single student who competed, and I am so excited to showcase our bilingual play The Fifth Sun (El Quinto Sol) at the state level,” said Albertville High School theatre teacher Sara Argiro. 

This is the first time in Aggie Theatre history that a competition play has been passed forward to the state level. More than half of the 30 students who competed in individual events were passed forward to compete at the state level.

Argiro said this is a huge accomplishment for any school but even more so considering the majority of Aggie Theatre students are brand new to theatre. 

“To my knowledge, this will be the first time a bilingual play will have ever been presented at this prestigious event,” said Argiro. “Theatre has the power to bridge the divide between diverse communities and cultures. Our play does this, and I am so proud of my students’ dedication, tenacity, and talent.”

In addition to Best in Show, Albertville was awarded Best Set, Best Costumes, Best Tech, All-Star Cast (Ricardo Larios Lorenzo and Micaela Reynosa) and Best Supporting Cast (Lilly H. Alarcon).   

Thirty-one of the 33 students had never competed in Trumbaur before and by the end of the day, every single student had earned a medal in individual events. Twenty students were chosen to compete at the state festival. 

• Excellent Medal Recipients – Lyric Lane, Emily Altimirano, Mayra Jimenez, Angelina Gomez, Leah Grace Minor, Kimberly Kuhn, Manuel Mandujano, Max Perez, Yazmin Cortez, Joan Cruz Montejo, Juana Tercero, Yesenia Francisco Pedro and Addy Eason.
• Superior Medal Recipients – Jayla Johnston, Dulce Garcia, Sayla Rose Bennefield, Lilly H. Alarcon, Sheila Alvarez, Kevin Robinson, Micaela Reynoso, Belsay Merino, Ricardo Larios Lorenzo, Cassondra Smith, Kalee Johnson, Kaydence Mason, Lizbeth Rodriguez, Margarita Francisco Pedro, Gabriel Destine, Manuel Mandujano, Merari Guillermo, Catarina Tomas, Abby Brown, Nahissa Celestin and Addy Eason. Jennifer Wiley earned two superior medicals – musical dramatic intermediate and acting dramatic intermediate. 

The Walter Trumbauer Festival has provided quality training and performance opportunities for Alabama theatre students at the high school level since 1940. The festival consists of 30 individual events, a one act play festival, a studio theatre one act play festival – all for grades 9-12, as well as scholarship auditions and college screening for high school seniors. 

Students qualify for the state competition by earning a superior rating at one of the seven district festivals. The state level of the competition is the largest theatrical event in the state and will be held Dec. 1-2 at the University of North Alabama. Over 2,000 high school theatre students compete every year at the festival. 

Jr. Aggie Theatre Presents: “A Midsummer Night’s Deam”

The community is invited to see Jr. Aggie Theatre’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. The performance will be held Dec. 15 at 6 p.m. at the Albertville Fine Arts Center. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students and will be sold at the door. 

Aggie Theatre Holds Auditions for “Chicago”

Auditions are coming up for the spring musical “Chicago: Teen Edition”. They will be held Dec. 12-14. More information can be found on the group’s Facebook page, Albertville High School Aggie Theatre. 

 

Albertville High School Theatre took home the Best in Show Award at the recent Walter Trumbauer competition for their performance of “The Fifth Sun”. In addition to Best in Show, Albertville was awarded Best Set, Best Costumes, Best Tech, All-Star Cast and Best Supporting Cast. The play will now move forward to the state festival in December.