Page 6 ECHO l Thursday, May 28, 2009

The Cappies: High school theater at its best

By CHARLES HANLON
On May 17, the Greater Phil-
adelphia Cappies Award Gala
took place. For those of you
not familiar with the Cappies,
they are a group of high school
students that review local high
school theater productions. At
the end of the year, the Cap-
pies nominate the best plays in
the area for awards. For such a
small school, such as PAHS, in
the second largest Cappies or-
ganization in North America,
to even be nominated is an
honor.
However, the Cappies nomi-
nated Phoenixville for eight
Cappie awards, including Best
Production. As part of this
nomination, Phoenixville stu-
dents had to perform a “trail-
er,” in movie terms, of their
play Twelfth Night. After sev-
eral rehearsals, run-throughs,
and a pizza dinner, the Phoe-
nixville nominees got their
chance to walk down the red
carpet.
This year, of the 8 Cappie
nominations, Phoenixville’s
Twelfth Night received one
award. Owen Howsen took
home the Cappie award for
Best Featured Actor in a Play.
Those roaming the halls can
view the Cappie award in the
display case outside of Frau
Tavani’s room in the main hall-
way.
As Owen accepted the
award, he thanked his friends,
family, Mr. Porter, and most of
all the cast and crew of Twelfth
Night. As he returned to his
seat, he was swarmed by his fel-
low students as they hugged
and congratulated him.
As always, the Cappies would
not exist without the aid of stu-
dent critics. Students interest-
ed in becoming Cappies should
talk with Frau Tavani. With
your help, next year’s Cappies
can be the best ever!

Cappie winners Hittin’ the road

Senior Male Critic
Donald Hunt, Philadelphia
High School for Creative and
Performing Arts
Senior Female Critic
Julie Zauzmer, Upper Dub-
lin High School
Underclass Male Critic
Elliah Heifetz, Upper Dublin
High School
Underclass Female Critic
Gigi Watson, Upper Merion
High School
Critic Team
Upper Dublin High School
Elliah Heifetz, Ryan Merlini,
Rebecca Roth, Carly Siegler,
Heather Spangenberg, Emily
Winters,
Julie Zauzmer, Zach Zim-
merman
Sound
Timothy Milborne, Emma
Boettcher, Conestoga High
School, Our Town
Lighting
Eli Cassel, CJ Lanutti, Jared
Patton, Cheltenham High
School, Sweeney Todd
Sets
Student Stage Craft Class,
Theatre Club, Academy of the
New Church, Bye Bye Birdie
Costumes
Shelby Green, Hilary
McDonnell, Chestnut Hill
Academy, The Sound of Music
Make-up
Jinging Ao, Liz Biron, Sarah
Van Bemmel, Hannah Broser, lot of the people that I love, I
Conestoga High School, Our ROAD, continued have to try extra hard to keep in
touch with everyone so we
Town
Props & Effects from Page 5 know what’s going on in each
Jess Heeber Rachel Mount, other’s lives.
Ian Rose, Plymouth White- it will be a lot harder to see Overall, moving will be quite
marsh High School, Little Shop them. I won’t be able to hang an experience. I am excited
of Horrors out with them on weekends or about moving to California
Stage Crew do the things that I normally with my best friend Catherine,
Alex Priore, Katie Burkhart, do. If I get homesick then I yet sad I will miss everyone that
Germantown Academy, Thor- I won’t be able to see as
oughly Modern Millie can’t easily go back and see ev-
frequently anymore. I am not
Orchestra eryone; it is a heck of a hike!
extremely worried about the
Philadelphia High School for Yes, I could go see them when trip there, but I hope that I
Creative & Performing Arts, I’m on breaks from school, but
Philadelphia High School for don’t get lost. I know that al-
it will still be an expensive though it is a big decision, it
See WINNERS, Page 8 plane ride. Since I can’t see a will all work out.