Here are all of the ensembles and individuals, who received a 'superior rating' at the 2019 State One-Act Play festival from this past weekend in Aberdeen, SD.
Class AA Superior Ensemble Awards
1 Yankton: Everyman
Ensemble Name: The Ensemble (Austin Solberg, Bailey Nielsen, Brett Busskohl, Cassidy Johnson, Claire Kouri, Emily Kolker, Erin McCarthy, Isabella Purzol, Jaden Pearson, Jadyn Cooke, Jackie Holman, Katie Neuhaus, Reagan Kolberg, Sara Carr, Tori Weiland, Walker Hunhoff, Weston Schwartz, Zayne King, Zoie Lee Marcotte, Abby Huff, Grace Taggart, Hailee Gilbery)
2 Mitchell: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged): Romeo and Juliet
Ensemble Name: The Ensemble (Jamison Gross, Wyatt Haibeck, Hannah Hetland, Diana Johnson)
3 Aberdeen Central: Once Upon a Mattress
Ensemble Name: Ladies in Waiting (Kayleen Hermans, Helen Murray, Hope Patton, Julia Orr, Courtney Hanish, Callie Levell, Miah Galbraith, Mya Williams, Skylinn Williams, Tessa Wiest, Brooklyn Hettich, Kaitlyn Williams)
4 Douglas: Beyond Tolerance
Ensemble Name: The Ensemble (Anthony Herrera, Britney Peel, Gage Long, Grace Huetson, Jace Canaan, Tierra Flesner, Brock Murphy, Brennan Ackerman, Caleb Misselt, Alissa Wieman, Austin Hayes, Riley Perry, Skylar Archer, Alexandria Robinson)
5 Sioux Falls Lincoln: PARABLE: a fantasia
Ensemble Name: The Ensemble (Catherine Paul, Leah Berdahl, Molly Baumeister, Ella Olsen, Tim Stolp, Court Anderson, Tristan Hier, Margaret Meierhenry, Avery Store, Felicity Walker, Cameron Rhode, Asher Eskam)
6 Brandon Valley: Almost, Maine
Ensemble Name: The Residents (Garrett Lien, Abbey Jacobsen, Angel Betanzo, Hannah Frost, Maryn Duncanson, Emily Moschell, Ethan Wright, Tucker Trout, Jordyn Christensen, Abby Christensen, Kaylie Moody)
7 Rapid City Stevens: Failure: A Love Story
Ensemble Name: The Ensemble (Kelbie Powers, Emery Beals, Mackenzie Durand, Jacob Schendzielos, Eli Telkamp, Abigail Sampson, Rockwell Peterson, Greg Krumpus, Mackenzie Layson, Lydia Alyea, Avery Frear, Paul Sternhagen, Kady Nankivel, Jason Ketel, Tae Swanson, Joshua (Eddie) Simpson)
8 Sioux Falls O'Gorman: The Election
Ensemble Name: The Ensemble (Seth Hart, Marvin Moser, Logan Wolf, Gabe Dally, Zoe Matheson, Daniel Kooima, Maggie Lynch, Cody Hohn, Jonathan Mor, Taylor Junker, Elli Richardson, Matthew Myer, Atong Mawien, Libby Schoenfelder, Scott Shlanta, Grace Thuringer, Sydney Benson, Hope Simon, Maria Evans)
9 Rapid City Central: Atlantis: from the Ancient Dialogues of Plato
Ensemble Name: The Cast (Leah Anderson, Gunnar Benson, Jhet Birchem, Trent Counsellor, Dillon Dalke, Kelsey Derrick, Anna DeWitt, Stephen DeWitt, Mitchell Emory, Aaron Iverson, Adam Jerzak, Meredith Landry, Taylor Linde, Gretchen Lindenberg, Ethan Mann, Trinity Morrison, Olivia Perli, Seth Phillips, Madison Quade, Izabelle Quilt, Remington Redetzke, Riley Riggs, Joseph Robles, Chris Schilling, Chloe Silbernagel, Lucy Woods)
Class A Superior Ensemble Awards
1 Mobridge-Pollock: The Perfect Ending
Ensemble Name: Avon Ladies (Channing Wientjes, Eliza George, Oliva Ulmer)
2 Mobridge-Pollock: The Perfect Ending
Ensemble Name: Followers (Cadee Peltier, Kate Fulkerson, Ava Stoick, Emily Wientjes, Myia Feist)
3 Madison: The Marvelous Playbill
Ensemble Name: Sisters (Taylor Arneson, September Johnson, Emma Kruger)
4 Custer: 15 Reasons NOT to be in a Play
Ensemble Name: The Cast (Nathan Steele, Lily Fridell, Tim Johnson, Odalys Estrada, Danny Nelson, Ember Fluck, Raven Dillon, Andrea Hamilton, Ida Michelle Jacobsen, Anna Marie Riner, Justus Kramer, Matthew Johnson)
5 Aberdeen Roncalli: A Toby Show
Ensemble Name: Vaudeville ensemble (Chloe Bent, Erica Carda, Mary Gutenkauf, Sophia Madsen, Sydney Rosebrock, William Goscicki, Elizabeth Russell, Brinna Zikmund, Rose Gutenkauf)
6 Vermillion: The Perils of Lulu
Ensemble Name: Perils Ensemble (Laren Hansen, Ian Kocher, Tripp Pacza, Bethany Bentz, Parker Anderberg, Noah Dominguez, Luci Hudson, Emma Dahlhoff, Anna Bottesini, Abby Burbach, Gracie Mollet, Maddison Kranz, Suki Ford)
Class B Superior Ensemble Awards
1 Menno: I Don't Want To Talk About It
Ensemble Name: Various Voices (Victoria Lehr, Kaylie Schempp, Grace Nusz, Paityn Huber, Anna Kludt, Bella Hogeland, Raygen Diede, Salome Carr)
2 Bridgewater-Emery: Aunt Leaf
Ensemble Name: Cast Ensemble (Lindsey Weeldreyer, Mercedes Mesman, Sophia Robocker, Sarah Schultz, Katrina Weber)
3 Lutheran HS of Sioux Falls: #CENSORED
Ensemble Name: Chorus (Maddy Peters, Ethan Aker, Ainsley Swanstrom)
4 Great Plains Lutheran: Shuddersome: Tales of Poe
Ensemble Name: Cast Ensemble (Joshua Werre, Bennett Zanto, Michael Sell, Hannah Kratz, Kristina Hagberg, Carlie Heil, Sophie Abrahamson, Emma Davis, Caleb Roberts, Lydia Kratz, Glenn Perovich, Sean Pluger, Gianna Proia, Bailey Wolff)
5 Castlewood: Rabbit
Ensemble Name: Cast Ensemble (Oliva Akin, Peyton Carroll, Grace Cordell, Briana Zimney, Julie Fischer, Zach Dufek, Jasmine Gallisath, Spencer Boner, Kendra Rowe, Hannah Mickey)
6 Chester Area: The Seven
Ensemble Name: Seven Ensemble (Lily Kenton, Bailee Anderson, Emma Roling, Bayden Schneider, Raegan Hoff, Jadon Wages, Hannah Nelson)
7 Chester Area: The Seven
Ensemble Name: Narrator Ensemble (Elizabeth Selman, Avery Mersch)
8 Rosholt: Dark Road
Ensemble Name: Camp Guards (Chaska Robinson, Linea Braley, KaDee Davidson, Vanessa Klein)
9 Rosholt: Dark Road
Ensemble Name: Prisoners (Martina Ramos, Kendra Guy, Ayden Ochs, Shelby Robinson, Riley Rogalski)
10 Rosholt: Dark Road
Ensemble Name: Doctor & Observer (Mariah Gaukler, William ElKadi)
Class AA Superior Individual Awards
Brookings: Alienated
Ry Serrett
Kelsey Werpy
Joseph Cassady
Carl Steinlicht
Lef Linde
Harrisburg: The Greatest Show, Man
Grant Tiede
Carter Jackson
Kyle VanBuskirk
Rylin Yerdon
Autumn Spyksma
Liz Ocegueda
Yankton: Everyman
Cody Crisman
Aberdeen Central: Once Upon a Mattress
Abe Wieland
Deryn Lewis
Lincoln End of Horn
Hannah Gasperich
Alex Snell
Tanner Pietz
Sam Pharris
Malee Olson
Douglas: Beyond Tolerance
Josh Hauf
Gulietta McDaniel
Brandon Valley: Almost, Maine
Ross Oren
Izzy Stone
Ethan McEachren
Issy DeWitt
Kayden Hoeke
Emily Hensley
Grace Lamberty
Miles Hemelstrand
Ellen Joseph
Jimmy Hoffmann
Grace Wilford
Grant Gunderson
Olivia Kern
Sioux Falls O'Gorman: The Election
Bennett Anderson
Katie Dinsmore
Channing Bentz
Nick Maxwell
Olivia Reimer
Huron: Radium Girls
Jemma Keleher
Nathan Farmer
Nate Lyon
Jasmine Snow
Bethany Larson
Reese Uecker
Emersen Mitchell
Eh Poh
Sturgis Brown: The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon
Levi O'Dell
Jodi Barden
Ricky Clark
Alex Pannone
Pierre T.F. Riggs: Nothing But The Truth
Levi McKinley
Melinda Clements
Sarah Hancock
Thomas Vetsch
Delaney Engbrecht
Jack Ferris
Eli Houdyshell
Sioux Falls Washington: The Long Christmas Dinner
Skyla Sanders
Sydney Hansen
Kirby Kennedy
Nathan Snook
James Cagney
Jane Walsh
Lainee Mentzer
Jacey Kulm
Phoebe Wallace
Shawn Sherman
Brianna Summers
Daniel Kelly
Spearfish: Just Like I Wanted
Jonathan Sayler
Brooklyn Mischke
Anna Kapust
Jacob Roth
Macale Fischer
Class A Superior Individual Awards
Mobridge-Pollock: The Perfect Ending
Genevieve Krause
Rachel Goldsmith
Noah Fried
Chamberlain: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Hayes Miller
Mariah Koenig
Sequoia Altamirano
Delaney Peterson
Madison: The Marvelous Playbill
Daniel Bounds
Carlie Terrall
Madison Pauli
Caroline Graham
Hannah LeMair
Isaac Meyer
Ailin Montgomery
Belle Fourche: Collections
Gage Flick
Collin Hockenbary
Hanna Bricker
Flandreau: Miss Beth
Elle Thompson
Grace Johanson
Kelsey Sutton
Jaycie Pulscher
Liam Streitz
Austin Kulm
Beresford: Cut
Kaylen Hoffbeck
Carson Johnsen
Caleb Weiland
Makayla Nelson
Aberdeen Roncalli: A Toby Show
Jonah Kost
Ellie Litzen
Fionna Rigg
Ladine Mendoza
Sydney Raap
Riley Weinmeister
Michael Garofalo
Vermillion: The Perils of Lulu
Annika Holdhusen
Tessa Dooley
Jake Oehler
Milbank: Totally Red
Nathan Loutsch
Kellie Christians
Emma DeBoer
Landon Brown
Hope Osborn
Garretson: This Is a Test
Mattea Fiegen
Aliah Lymon
Sioux Falls Christian: Kitchen Catastrophes!
Micah Wimmer
Katie Schultz
Eric Puumala
Liz Frisbee
Damon Pater
Class B Superior Individual Awards
Menno: I Don't Want To Talk About It
Logan Klaudt
Bridget Vaith
Aidan Friesen
Anadia Gibson
Adrian Nusz
Jaedyn Oplinger
Northwestern: The Waiting Room
Samantha Olson
Mitchell Vander Wal
Ezekiel Duncan
Zach MaZala
Lutheran HS of Sioux Falls: #CENSORED
Hope Dunkle
Kaitlin Johnson
Oscar Kooistra
Reilly Nelson
Colin Thuringer
Elizabeth Ascher
Emma TaylorArryanna Rosburg
Colman-Egan: Boxes
Allison Olson
Riley Blissmer
Garrett Satterly
Torry Harding
Jordan Wittrock
Great Plains Lutheran: Shuddersome: Tales of Poe
Tyler Goens
Castlewood: Rabbit
Kristin Schwartz
Jakeb Hunter
Layce Kooima
Gage Dobbs
Chester Area: The Seven
Peyton Brown
Ashton Olivier
Makayla Overholt
Faulkton Area: Lockdown
Abby Vetch
Turner Bowar
Avery Deiter
John Bowar
Alyssa Meyer
Rosholt: Dark Road
Alyssa Lewis
Jacob Braun
Olivia Bartnick
New Underwood: Locked In
Grace Brose
Audra Derr
Radley Reichert
Philip: Orphan Trains
Sarah Parsons
Jasmine Ferguson
Bailey Bierle
Grace Pekron
Autumn Skow
Corbin Kramer
Seth Slovek
Jaerek Thorn
James Valley Christian: For Such A Time: A Drama on the Life of Esther
Michael Simonds
Julia Blom
Matthew Krogstad
Jaime O'Neill
Angelina Zuccaro
Keziah Appel
Melissa Thompson
Mitchell Wipf
Freeman Academy: A Human Write
Titus Roesler
Lemmon: Lafayette No. 1
Jake Ellison
Dillon Reede
Sierra Sattler
Bowen Arnold
Kaitlyn McCartney
Sunshine Bible Academy: Stopping at Ellis Island
William Anderson
Cassidy Watson
Rianna Banik
Taylor Michaelis
Victoria Paul
Tony Campbell
Taylor VanHeuvelen
To see which plays received an overall superior rating, click here.
