just another high-school theatre company .”
The venue has been the host for the competition on and off for many years . Both Kevin and Vanessa have attended the conference in the Round Rock theatre before .
“ When we were in high school our theatre director would bring us to see the state shows ( as we never made it to state itself ), and I remember feeling like I was watching rock stars ” Vanessa said . “ I always dreamed that one day I would be able to create something that would impact an audience the way the shows I watched impacted me .”
WHAT IS
GHETTO ?
AWARDS
DISTRICT
Honor Crew : Hayden Burch Honorable Mention All-Star Cast : Gabe Hammonds and Jackson Blackmon All-Star Cast : Noah Harris Best Performer : Mackenzi Cox
BI-DISTRICT Honor Crew : Hayden Burch Honorable Mention All-Star Cast : Gracie Blackmon and Jackson Blackmon All-Star Cast : Noah Harris and Mackenzi Cox Best Performer : Gabe Hammonds AREA Honor Crew : Madeline Terry Honorable Mention All-Star Cast : Gabe Hammonds All-Star Cast : Noah Harris , Jackson Blackmon , and Mackenzi Cox
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Senior , Noah Harris , as Gens in the party scene .
Honor Crew : Hayden Burch Honorable Mention All-Star Cast : Noah Harris All-Star Cast : Jackson Blackmon and Gabe Hammonds Best Performer : Mackenzi Cox STATE Honorable Mention All-Star Cast : Noah Harris All-Star Cast : Mackenzi Cox
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“‘ Ghetto ’ is a play by Joshua Sobol that takes place in the Vilna Ghetto , a Nazi-established Jewish ghetto in Vilnius , Lithuania during World War II . The play follows the lives of a group of Jewish theater artists who are forced to create propaganda plays for the Nazis in order to survive . Gens , the head of the Jewish Council in the ghetto , is struggling to balance his responsibility to his people with his obligations to the Nazis . As the play progresses , the theater artists become increasingly aware of the horrors of the Holocaust and the impossibility of resisting the Nazis . They ultimately decide to use their final performance as an act of defiance , changing the ending to a violent revolt against the Nazis rather than a surrender . The play is a powerful exploration of the human spirit and the struggle for survival in the face of unimaginable horror . It examines the complex moral choices faced by those living in the Vilna Ghetto , and the power of art to inspire resistance and rebellion in the face of oppression .”
-KEVIN BAILEY
Sophomore , Jackson Blackmon , in the final scene of the play .