Luke won a TANYS award for his role as Pip in "Great Expectations." I don't know how long the Mid-York Weekly will leave the article up, so in addition to the link, here's the article and picture. Congratulations, Luke!
SECS Drama Club Receives Merit Awards
Thu, Jun 1, 2006
Pictured are Luke Murphy and Lauren Mettler, two of the TANYS award recipients, performing in Great Expectations.
Sherburne-Earlville Drama Club received notification that they are recipients of four Theatre Association of New York State (TANYS) Roving Adjudicator Merit Awards following adjudication of their production of Great Expectations, performed on April 28 & 29 at the S-E High School Auditorium. Recognized were Luke Murphy as Pip, Lauren Mettler as Estella, Ellen Fagan as Camilla and Adrian Enscoe as Herbert Pocket who received awards for Meritorious Achievement in Acting.
"The Sherburne-Earlville Drama Club under the direction of Colleen Law-Tefft brought this classic novel to the stage providing its audiences with an entertaining evening and a number of very engaging and compelling theatrical moments." said TANYS adjudicator, Paul Nelson from Olean, NY.
The students recognized were only four out of a cast and crew of 32 plus students who worked extremely hard to present this production, which presented many technical, as well as acting challenges. "They far exceeded my expectations," said director, Colleen Law-Tefft, "I am proud of all of them and what they have accomplished!"
Formal presentations of these awards will be held on Saturday, November 18th, during the TANYS Festival Awards Banquet in Glens Falls, NY as part of the 2006 TANYS Festival which runs Friday through Sunday, November 17, 18, 19.
The Sherburne-Earlville Drama Club has had a busy year. In the fall they produced an evening of one-act plays (13 in all), which was also adjudicated by TANYS. One of the shows, Chicken Wings, won merit awards (Adrian Enscoe for performance and Justin Utegg for student direction). They were also honored with an invitation to perform at the TANYS Festival in November as the only high school organization. There, both Adrian and Justin were recognized again with awards. In January 2006, several students attended the NYSTEA (New York State Theatre Education Association) Student Conference in Callicoon, NY at the Villa Roma Resort & Conference Center, where they were able to take workshops from professionals in the theatre world on a large variety of topics from Improvisation to Swing Dance to Audition Techniques, as well as workshops on the technical side of theatre. In March the Drama Club traveled to the Michael Harms Theatre Festival in Syracuse, NY where they performed two one-act plays (The Turnover and Chicken Wings) from their fall production. This garnered them performance awards for Adrian Enscoe and Josh Ayers, a directing award for Justin Utegg, and a technical theatre scholarship for Jake von Mechow. They finished their year on a high note with a successful spring production of Great Expectations, which brought them record attendance.
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