Program Awards and Accolades

Palmetto Dramatic Association/SC Thespians 2026 Festival Achievements

One Act Play- The Coloring Book by Bradley Walton
Superior Performance (Highest scoring category under Superior with Distinction and our personal best score!!)

Excellent in Acting (JT Anderson, Effie Brown)

Special Distinction in Costume Design
Alternate show for the SC Chapter Select Play to perform at the International Thespian Festival

Individual Events
Superior in Solo Musical Theatre (Emily Connolly, Henry Himes, Brennan McCarrell, Anna Saffer, Isabella Still, Henry Walker)

Superior in Duet Musical Theatre (Effie Brown and Isabella Still, Conor Barker and Elsie Perri, Olivia O’Shea and Henry Walker)

Superior in Contrasting Monologues (Conor Barker, Mackenzie Battles, Olivia O’Shea, Brooke Pelletier, Eva Rieck, Nina Merchant Zamorano)

Superior in Make Up Design (Aurora Algar)

Superior in Playwriting (Henry Himes)

Superior in Solo Dance (Henry Himes)
Thespian Scholarship
- Conor Barker (One of two recipients from the whole festival to receive this highly competitive scholarship and the first Beckham student to receive one)

Original Palmetto Dramatic Association One-Act Playwriting Competition Winners
- Henry Himes
  - - - 2nd place one-act play submission

- Nina Merchant Zamorano
  - Top 6 out of 34 submissions

All-State Theatre Performers
- Nina Merchant Zamorano (Musical Theatre)
- Henry Himes (Musical Theatre)
- Emerson Sarre (Musical Theatre)
- Isabella Stil (Acting)
- Elsie Perri (Acting)

Palmetto Dramatic Association/SC Thespians 2025 Festival Achievements:

Scholarship Recipient
- Kaylen Cox (Blair Beasley Award for $1,000)
  - This is one of the most competitive scholarships in the state for theatre and the first ever time a Beckham student has received this. Only 3 seniors in the entire state get this award.

Superior Individual Event/Thespy Rating (Scoring in the Highest Category)
- Emerson Sarre (Solo MT)
- Henry Himes (Solo MT)
- Isabella Still (Solo MT)
- Ethan Roina (Solo MT)
- Will Hurley (Solo MT and Monologues)
- Scott Freund (Film)
- Olivia O’Shea (Monologues)
- Eva Rieck (Monologues)
- Conor Barker (Monologues)
- Nina Merchant Zamorano (Monologues)
- Milo Hain (Monologues)
- Emerson Sarre and Henry Himes (Musical Duet)

No Room for a Picture on the Blank Wall One Act Performance
- SC Thespians Chapter Select (Rating of Superior)
- Palmetto Dramatic Association (Rating of Excellent)
- Zeke Dunn (Superior in Acting)
- Kaylen Cox (Superior in Acting)
- Mover Ensemble (Excellence in Acting)
- Creative Staging (Area of Distinction)

State Thespian Officers Elected onto the 2025/2026 Student Thespian Board
- Conor Barker (At-Large Member)
- Brady Cahillane (At-Large Member)

All-State Theatre Performers
- Nina Merchant Zamorano (Acting)
- Olivia O’Shea (Acting)
- Isabella Still (Acting) -Willard Hurley (Acting)
- Emerson Sarre (Musical Theatre)
- Henry Himes (Musical Theatre)

Palmetto Dramatic Association/SC Thespians 2024 Festival Achievements:

Superior Individual Event/Thespy Rating (Scoring in the Highest Category)
- Grayson Bonner (Musical Theatre)
- Mallory Piedmont (Musical Theatre)
- Elizabeth Goldberg (Musical Theatre)
- Willard Hurley (Musical Theatre)
- Harley Smith (Musical Theatre)

The Mountain Song One Act Performance
- Palmetto Dramatic Association (Rating of Excellent)
- Zeke Dunn (Excellent in Acting)
- Isabella Nogueira (Excellent in Acting)
- Ethan Roina (Excellent in Acting)
- Creative Staging (Area of Distinction)
- Distinction in Scenic Design

All-State Theatre Performers
- Willard Hurley (Musical Theatre)
- Henry Himes (Musical Theatre)

Palmetto Dramatic Association/SC Thespians 2023 Festival Achievements:

Superior Individual Event/Thespy Rating (Scoring in the Highest Category)
- Emerson Sarre (Musical Theatre)
- Willard Hurley (Musical Theatre)
- Grayson Bonner (Musical Theatre)
- Evie Walker (Musical Theatre)
- Henry Himes (Musical Theatre)

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