Students Take Part in Annual Shakespeare Competition

SKANEATELES, NY (December 20, 2018) – Several Skaneateles High School students took part in the school’s annual Shakespeare Competition on Tuesday morning, presented by the Syracuse Branch of the English-Speaking Union of the United States.
 
The annual Shakespeare Competition requires students to memorize and present a 20 line Shakespearean monologue.
 
This year’s Skaneateles High School winner, Joseph Norris, will now represent SHS in the Central New York regional competition held in the early spring at Syracuse Stage.
 
Norris played the part of Iago in Othello, reciting Act 1 Scene 3, lines 429-447.
 
The winner of the regional competition moves on to the national level of the competition held at the Lincoln Center in New York City in April.
 
Madeline Anna was the runner-up in this year’s competition with Nate Azzam receiving Honorable Mention.
 
The Skaneateles High School English Department thanks all those who took part in the competition, including judges Keith Lamphere, Lauren Pohl and Josh Williams.

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