Nine schools brought plays to the Region 8AAAAA One act Competition that was held on Thurs, October 28th at the Gwinnett Civic Center.
The full day of shows included two musicals, three straight pays and four comedies all performed between 8 AM and 7:20 PM.
At 9 PM, when the awards were announced, Brookwood won first place with their production of the musical GodSpell, Archer High School took second place with their halarious version of the comedy "Funny Money" and Grayson finished in 3rd place with their witty performance of the comedy "You Never Can Tell".
Brookwood also won:
(1)Best ensemble Cast
(2)Peter Nelson & Regan Jolley won All Star Cast
(3)Andrew Schee and Sarah Gofort won an award for Stagecrew Managemet
(4)Andrew Scheer won a special Spirit Award
Peter Nelson, who played Jesus & Regan Jolley, who sang one of the shows signature songs, "Day By Day" won All Star Cast.
A One Act Competitions are where schools bring a single act of a play for performance and evaluation. The large Civic center stage had a performance area marked off and each school had 55 minutes to set-up their scenery inside that area, perform their play and then clear the area. A time judge told them when to begin and called
"clear" when the stage is judged empty. The schools took the Civic Center stage, in turn and their performances were graded and ranked by three judges.
Brookwood now advances to the State-wide One Act competition held in Perry, GA on November 13th.
Schools can advance from Regional, to State and then National competition - Brookwood has been to two National Competitions.
