PALESTINE —
The award-winning Palestine High School Ovation Theatre company has done it once again, winning not only their eighth consecutive district One-Act Play championship, but also winning the Area competition that advanced them to Regional where they ended the One-act season as one of the top 24 theatre schools in the State 3-A division of 195 entries. The company presented “Sophocles’ Electra” adapted by Frank McGuinness for their entry in the One-Act Play competition. The play, about the revenge of a fathers’murder by his daughter and long lost son was modernized by the adapter from the ancient Greek text to become more like a modern television series, or movie.
The Ovation Theatre Company will present their final performances of “Sophocles’ Electra” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 18 and at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 19 at the Historic Texas Theatre in Downtown Palestine. Admission will be $2.
The cast and crew includes Seniors; Ronnie VanZant and Will Folmar, Juniors: Roxanne Davis, Adam Hobbs, Greg Albright, Caitlyn Morrow, Callie Flynn, and Amy Witt. Also Juniors: Caleb Lawson, Wyatt Marshall and Gabbi Dantin. Sophomore, Miriam Loers, and Sassinn Ounpiyodom, and Freshman: Haley Cook and Jordan Hobbs.
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Palestine High School Ovation Theatre Company celebrating their Area win and Regional Finalist.
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PHS award-winning theatre to present final performances
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