Altamont School
Altamont School Theatre students earned their fourth consecutive Best in Show honor at the ٢٠٢٥ state Walter Trumbauer High School Theatre Festival. The recognition for the school’s production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee followed the same honor at the festival’s district level. The Knights will perform the show in competition again at the Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC) in Chattanooga, Tennessee, March 4-7. Individual and group state Trumbauer honors included:
- All Star Cast: Braxton Quinney, Eden Stephens, Cecily Denson, Esme Brouwer, and Baylor Robbins.
- 1st Place, Costume: Baylor Robbins
- 2nd Place, Readers Theatre: Syriana Johnson and Paine Gray.
Individual and group honors at the district Trumbauer competition included
- Best Leading Performer: Eden Stephens
- Best Performance by a Supporting Actor: Baylor Robbins
- All Star Cast: Braxton Quinney and Cecily Denson
- Sound Design: Gavin Vanlandingham
- Stage Management: Emma McLain
Duet Reader’s Theatre
- Paine Gray, Syriana Johnson – Blithe Spirit
- Esme Brouwer, Lottie Kanter – Annabel Drudge
- Elizabeth Taylor, June Heine – 13
- Gavin Vanlandingham, Henry Short – Life Sucks
- Acting Comedic 1975-2004: Syriana Johnson – Laughing Wild
- Musical pre-1980: Eden Stephens – “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina”
- Musical Dramatic 1980-2015: Eden Stephens – “Quiet”
- Musical Dramatic 1980-2015: Elizabeth Taylor – “No One Else”
- Musical Comedic 1980-2015: Braxton Quinney – “Dentist”
- Musical Dramatic 2016-present: Lottie Kanter – “Times Are Hard for Dreamers”
- Musical Dramatic 2016-present: Cecily Denson – “Hopeless War”
- Musical Comedic 2016-present: June Heine – “Sister’s Pickle”
- Varsity Duet Musical Comedic: Baylor Robbins, Sanjana Gaddamanugu – “Fine”
- Costume Design: Baylor Robbins – Into the Woods
- Varsity Costume Design: Cece Richmond – Mean Girls
- Group Acting: Baylor Robbins, Braxton Quinney, Gavin Vanlandingham, Lottie Kanter, Paine Gray, Sanjana Gaddamanugu – The Play that Goes Wrong
- Varsity Duet Musical Comedic: Braxton Quinney, Cecily Denson – “Travelin’ Song
—contributed by Sean Flynt