





SEACT Youth Theatre Festival
2021
Thank you to all who participated! The performances were fantastic, but what we'll remember is your kindness and support to make this festival a great destination event. Our judges appreciated your discipline, your open eyes and hearts, and your dedication to the craft.
2022 Festival details are coming soon!
One Act Festival
Best in Show and First Place
Spark Theater Company
Second Place
Wiregrass Drama Club
Third Place
Sunny Side Theater
Best Actress
Bea Smith, Spark Theater Company
Best Actor
Jai LePrince, Spark Theater Company
Judge’s Choice Awards
Spark Theater Company, Ensemble, for creative use of movement and costumes to create the baby
Sunny Side Theater, Ensemble, for creative use of shadows in transitions
Sunny Side Theater, Ensemble, for use of props creating the solar system
Wiregrass Drama Club, Ensemble, for creating the world of Wiley
All-Star Awards
Art Alive, Christina Starkey
Spark Theater Company, Weezie Brand
Sunny Side Theater, Faith Swanson and Alby Lopuhovsky
Wiregrass Drama Club, Addison Piggott and Teagan Bryant
Solo & Group Events
Best of Festival, Solo/Group
The Collective, Enterprise, Ala.
Festival High Score – High School
Elijah Powell, The Collective
Festival High Score – Middle School
TIE Izzy Boartfield and Teagan Bryant, Wiregrass Drama Club
Elementary Division
1 Addison Cardy, Art Alive
2 Ellie Grace Plant, Wiregrass Drama Club
3 Wynter Marlow, The Studio
Middle School Division
Monologue
1 TIE Teagan Bryant and Izzy Boartfield, Wiregrass Drama Club
2 Trevor Bolling, Wiregrass Drama Club
3 Allison Peel, Wiregrass Drama Club
Duologue
1 Julia Araujo & Kylie Enfinger, Dothan Prep
2 Braelynn Napier & Brantlee McCarthy, Dothan Prep
3 Lauryn Arenal Mullen & Jenna Snider, Dothan Prep
Scene
1 Izzy Boartfield, Allison Peel, McKinley Stepp, Wiregrass Drama Club
2 Ryan Whiddon, Jake Doughtery, Faith Childree, Amy Rodriguez, Dothan Prep
3 Trevor Bolling and Ian Pich, Houston Academy
Musical Theatre Solo
1 Jemma Fripp, Independent
2 Adalyn Lyles, The Studio
3 Eden Singletary, Washington Middle School
Musical Theatre Duet
1 Braelynn Napier & Lillian Shaughnessy, Dothan Prep
2 Dana Lopez Centeno & Marilyn Newton, Dothan Prep
3 Addison Piggott & Ashlee Owens, Wiregrass Drama Club
SETC Combination
1 Lillian Shaughnessy, Dothan Prep
2 Lana Mann, Dothan Prep
3 Brooke Urban, Dothan Prep
High School Division
Monologue
1 Andie Kalagian, The Collective
2 Peggy Crozier, Wiregrass Drama Club
3 Maddie Matthews, Wiregrass Drama Club
Duologue
1 Matthew Paragone & Joey Paragone, Sunny Side Theater
2 Addison Piggott & Savannah Bloom, Wiregrass Drama Club
3 Peggy Crozier & Maddie Matthews, Wiregrass Drama Club
Musical Theatre Solo
1 Elijah Powell, The Collective
2 Sara Evans, Slocomb High School
3 TIE Riley Wilson, Wiregrass Drama Club and Kaleb Dukes, Houston Academy
Musical Theatre Duet
1 Jay Ramsey & Bella Clark, Sunny Side Theater
2 Davis Mitchell & Carter Stock, Providence Christian School
3 Memphis Mortimer & Sophia Strickland, Wiregrass Drama Club
SETC Combination
1 Sophia Strickland, Wiregrass Drama Club
Keep up with our judges and their current projects:
Raines Carr
Chipola College
Lani Dill
Drea Lewis
DreamofDrea.com
Meet the Judges
RAINES CARR
Raines Carr has been working in theatre, television, and film for the past three decades. As a student, he was involved with the International Thespian Society and performed at Florida State Thespians three years in row. He holds a B.A. in Theatre from Florida State University and an MFA in Directing Theatre from the University of Alabama. He has also been the sponsor of a Florida State Thespian troupe and judged at competitions in Tampa, Tallahassee, Tuscaloosa, and Los Angeles. His true love is the theatre where he has been an actor, playwright, director, producer, costume designer, set designer, etc. He started two theatre companies dedicated to the works of William Shakespeare, and this past summer created and produced the first full theatre festival dedicated to the great American playwright and actor, Sam Shepard, at Flagler College in St. Augustine, FL. He spent 12 years in Hollywood working on many projects including the development team for animated films at Walt Disney Feature Animation and commercial casting on over 450 national, regional, and international commercials with Ocean Park Casting. He is currently the Theatre Director at Chipola College in Marianna, FL.
LANI DILL
Lani Dill has been dancing and performing since she was 5 years old. As a choreographer, director, and actor, she has worked at numerous theatres in Alabama, Colorado and New Mexico. Some of her favorite roles include Adelaide in Guys and Dolls, Grandma Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof and the Ghost of Christmas Past in Scrooge. Favorite shows as choreographer include West Side Story, Spamalot, Fiddler on the Roof and The Rocky Horror Show. For over 25 years she has taught tap, jazz and musical theatre at dance studios in Birmingham, AL and Durango, CO. She was director of a dance studio for 15 years. Lani has taught dance and musical theatre at many summer workshops, and served as an adjudicator numerous times at the Trumbauer Festival and Alabama Conference of Theatre.
Lani has great passion for the performance arts and has spent her life sharing her talent and artistic vision with performers of all ages.
DRÈA LEWIS
Dream of Dréa, LLC produces transcendent stories through the cohesion of culturally responsible artists. It is owned by Dréa Lewis, a 2021 award-winning director by The John F. Kennedy Center for her artistic leadership on “Tilikum” (produced in partnership with the University of Central Missouri). The production was also awarded: Innovative Use of Technology; Overall Production; Special Achievement in Ensemble Collaboration - Performance and Production; Special Achievement in Performance by a Lead Actor; and The Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Award for promoting long-term societal impact through an artistic lens, to encourage empathetic exploration of the complex cultural and physical world, and to advocate for justice on campus and throughout the world. Dréa Lewis has served as an adjudicator for Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival since 2012. She has judged throughout the country at regionals in the preliminary, Semi-Finalist, and Final rounds. She has also served as a Guest Artist for Hollins Playwriting Lab in Roanoke, VI. She is the author of “The Mathematics of Acting: A Workbook” available for purchase on Amazon.com. Ms. Lewis was commissioned by her alma mater, Georgia Institute of Technology, to write, direct, and produce the play "By Faith", celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1961 integration of the school. It was presented at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Center to a sold-out audience. She has served as producer for “Heartland” of the 48 Hour Film Fest and “Underground”, a musical adaptation for the Atlanta Black Theatre Festival. She is a member of Actors Equity Association and Women in Film and Television Atlanta. She has served as a guest on-air commentator for “The Daily Share” of Headline News. Dréa Lewis has a heart for serving her community, as evidenced by her founding the G.I.F.T.E.D. Gospel Choir (which stands for God’s Influence Flowing Through Every Disciple) at Georgia Tech and founder of the GT Entertainment Network, an affinity group of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association. She is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and Jack and Jill of America, Inc. She is also the CFO and co-owner Genèsic Nonprofit Organization Incorporated with her sister and mother, which is committed to promoting educational programs and broadening awareness of sickle cell anemia. Currently, Dréa Lewis is in post-production of the 1st feature length film from her production company, “The Delilah Factor”.
















SEACT Youth Theatre Festival
Nov. 6-10, 2021
Welcome! Our goal is to spotlight the talents of your students, and present an outstanding performing arts experience for you and our community.
Southeast Alabama Community Theatre is a non-profit organization that has a mission to introduce the arts, and encourage youth in the arts. All Theatre Festival applications will be reviewed and paid to Southeast Alabama Community Theatre.
Deadline to register: OCTOBER 6, 2021
Deadline for payment/cancellation: OCTOBER 29, 2021 (No refunds after this date. Late fee for unpaid events $25 beginning Oct. 30)
Events: Monologue, Duologue, Scene, SETC combo, Musical Theatre Solo, Musical Theatre Duet
Friday, Nov. 5 - rehearsal for One-Act festival entries, Dothan Opera House
Saturday, Nov. 6 - rehearsal and performances of One-Act festival entries, Dothan Opera House
Sunday, Nov. 7 through Wednesday, Nov. 10 - presentations of individual and group events, Cultural Arts Center