2024 Results
More than 800 area students from more than 70 schools competed in the preliminary rounds of the 30thh Annual Shakespeare Monologue & Scene Contest at Pittsburgh Public Theater. Teams of judges evaluated each participant, and the finalists from each division are listed below, as are the Honorable Mentions. Students in grades 8 – 12 competed in the Upper Division while grades 4 – 7 competed in the Lower Division. The Showcase of Finalists is held live at The O'Reilly on Monday, Feb. 26, 2024.
2024 WINNERS
Lower Division | Monologue
Kate Jeon (Helena), A Midsummer Night's Dream, Avonworth Middle School.
Lower Division | Scene
Leo Williams (Brutus) & Cole Shaffer (Cassius), Julius Caesar, Blackburn Study Center.
Upper Division | Monologue (tie)
Devontez Moses (Antony), Antony and Cleopatra, Woodland Hills High School.
Upper Division | Monologue (tie)
Lia Kashiwagi (Hamlet), Hamlet, Slippery Rock Area School District.
Upper Division | Scene
Grant Kingston (Malvolio), Ellie Jedrzejewski (Olivia), Isabelle DeMarco (Maria), Twelfth Night, Slippery Rock Area School District.
The Public also announced Rachel Lendyak-Peters from Environmental Charter School as this year’s recipient of the Rob Zellers Award for Excellence in Arts Education. Judges for this year’s Showcase of Finalists included First Lady of Pittsburgh Michelle Gainey, former Pittsburgh Public Theater Director of Education and award-winning playwright Rob Zellers, acclaimed actor and performance educator Amy Landis, and theatermaker and choreographer Alex Manalo.
2024 FINALISTS
LOWER DIVISION | MONOLOGUE FINALISTS |
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| Molly Frontz (Constance) | Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 | King John |
| Malcolm Krom (Witches) | Christ the Divine Teacher School | Macbeth |
| Lila Hulsey (Rosalind) | Environmental Charter School | As You Like It |
| Avery Schneider (Puck) | Indiana Players | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Kate Jeon (Helena) | Avonworth Middle School | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
LOWER DIVISION | SCENE FINALISTS |
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| Marisol Gutierrez (Helena), Kaylynn Tiberio (Hermia) | Dutch Ridge Elementary School | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Luke Baltruzak (Demetrius), Veronica Aristegui (Helena) | Mt. Lebanon Elementary School | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Leo Williams (Brutus), Cole Shaffer (Cassius) | Blackburn Study Center | Julius Caesar |
| Teddy Burchill (Cassius), John Paul Richthammer (Antony), Ethan Mullican (Brutus), Luke Roney (Octavius), Nicholas Crawford (Messenger) | Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh | Julius Caesar |
| Marlee Morgan (Julia), Kamryn Karasinski (Lucetta) | Baden Academy Charter School | The Two Gentlemen of Verona |
UPPER DIVISION | MONOLOGUE FINALISTS |
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| Ava Bardakos (Julia) | Lincoln Park PACS | The Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| Eamonn McElfresh (Philip The Bastard) | Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 | King John |
| Soph Willis (Lady Anne) | South Park Children's Theater | Richard III |
| Devontez Moses (Antony) | Woodland Hills High School | Antony and Cleopatra |
| Lia Kashiwagi (Hamlet) | Slippery Rock Area School DIstrict | Hamlet |
UPPER DIVISION | SCENE FINALISTS |
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| Elizabeth Swift (Stephano), J.J. Ortiz (Trinculo), Ashlin Knox (Ariel), Alice Dingle (Caliban) | Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh | The Tempest |
| Grant Kingston (Malvolio), Ellie Jedrzejewski (Olivia), Isabelle DeMarco (Maria) | Slippery Rock Area School DIstrict | Twelfth Night |
| Lucas Reynolds (Lion), Ethan Lichius (Thisbe), Luke Shidemantle (Wall), Andrew Kickasola (Pyramus) | Beaver County Christian School | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Kaaveri Patil (Hamlet) & Aarav Patil (Polonius) | Fort Couch Middle School and Upper St. Clair High School | Hamlet |
| Brett Barthelemy (Henry), Izzy Tepe (Falstaff) | Lincoln Park PACS | Henry IV, Pt. 1 |
HONORABLE MENTIONS
LOWER DIVISION | MONOLOGUE |
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| Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh | Thomas Lee | Macbeth |
| Beaver Area Middle School | Ashley Shaddick (Juliet) | Romeo & Juliet |
| Blackburn Study Center | Isaiah Whittington (Launce) | The Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| Boyce Middle School | Eleanor Wilkinson (Phoebe) | As You Like It |
| Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 | Owen Hershock (Hamlet) | Hamlet |
| Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 | Robin Mull, Romeo | Romeo and Juliet |
| Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 | rylynn grace lee (rosalind) | As You Like It |
| Christ the Divine Teacher School | Paul Foss (Puck) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Christ the Divine Teacher School | Maria Meyer (Queen Margaret) | Henry IV Pt. 3 |
| Pittsburgh Colfax K-8 | Laila Heffley (Titania) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Pittsburgh Colfax K-8 | Nila Lucchi (Helena) | All's Well That Ends Well |
| Derry Area Middle School | Carter Fannie (Marc Antony) | Julius Caesar |
| Dorseyville Middle School | Kai Galyardt (Beatrice) | Much Ado About Nothing |
| Dorseyville Middle School | Rishi Krishnamurthy (Marc Antony) | Julius Caesar |
| Environmental Charter School | Jase Powell king (Henry the fifth) | King Henry V |
| Environmental Charter School | Gwenyth Gardell (Julia) | Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| Environmental Charter School | Ronan Burdette (Phebe) | As You Like It |
| Environmental Charter School | Tyler Wilson (Puck) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Environmental Charter School | Rhea Deshmukh (Mark Antony) | Julius Caesar |
| Gateway Middle School | Maliya Butler (Romeo) | Romeo & Juliet |
| Gateway Middle School | Ava Lockhart (Shylock) | The Merchant of Venice |
| Hope Academy | Nasim Collins (Bottom) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Independent | Salomea Vaduva (Henry V) | Henry V |
| Independent | Aftyn Tomaceski (Puck) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Independent | Caris Tomaceski (Julia) | The Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| Ingomar Middle School | Nathaniel Kant-Zajac (Orlando) | As You Like It |
| Mellon Middle School | Even Dyrud (Iago) | Othello |
| Mellon Middle School | Colin Bozick (Shylock) | The Merchant of Venice |
| Mt. Lebanon Elementary School | Rohan Parekh (King Lear) | Lear |
| Mt. Lebanon Elementary School | Theron Raymond (Coriolonus) | Coriolonus |
| Mt. Lebanon Elementary School | Chrissy Herzog (Queen Margaret) | Henry VI Pt 3 |
| Mt. Lebanon Elementary School | William Atwood (Marc Antony) | Julius Caesar |
| Mt. Lebanon Elementary School | Ruth Reidy (Helena) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| North Hills Middle School | Coraline Lubay (Dogberry) | Much Ado About Nothing |
| Peters Township Middle School | Jude Glover (Hamlet) | Hamlet |
| Ringgold Middle School | Sloane Zdravecky (Helena) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Slippery Rock Area School District | Atlas Schuster (Prospero) | The Tempest |
| Slippery Rock Area School DIstrict | Benjamin Mitchell (Cassius) | Julius Caesar |
| Springdale Jr-Sr High School | Ella Trifanoff (Helena) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Turtle Creek Elementary STEAM Academy | Gus Barnes (King Lear) | King Lear |
| Steel City Shakespeare Center and West View Hub | Krishang Thiyagarajan (Henry V) | Henry V |
| Winchester Thurston School | Lotus Ewing-Beshai (Juliet) | Romeo & Juliet |
LOWER DIVISION | SCENE |
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| Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh | Gabrielle Boright (Fairy), Rebecca Bird (Puck) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh | Garvin Whetzel (Launce), Peter Dolan (Speed) | The Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| Baden Academy Charter School | Leo Clark (Antipholus of Syracuse), Grant Burke (Dromio of Syracuse), Kalionna Hemer (Luciana), Gabby Sheyn (Luce), Scarlett Walmsley (Adrianna) | The Comedy of Errors |
| Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh | Lily Davis (Hero), Alexandra Mackey (Ursula), Grace Giles (Margaret), Anna Fawcett (Beatrice) | Much Ado About Nothing |
| Blackburn Study Center | Milo Wright (Feste), Hannah Moore (Viola) | Twelfth Night |
| Carson Middle School | Bella Mays (Tybalt), Alya Mittal (Mercutio), Lys Tona (Benvolio), Elijah Blake (Romeo) | Romeo & Juliet |
| Dutch Ridge Elementary School | Julian Farmer (Quince), Henry Rodgers (Starveling), Eliana Katcher (Snout), Evelynn Vanucci (Snug), Quinlin Denny (Flute), Mason Peabody (Bottom), Wyatt Bechdel (Theseus) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Environmental Charter School | Daphne Cinkilic Doctor, Odessa McDermott-Grubb Lady Macbeth, Elsa Shivickas Gentlewoman | Macbeth |
| Marshall Middle School | Dhaniyasree Thiyagarajan (Maria), Gordon Lind (Toby Belch), Simiran Shah (Andrew Aguecheek) | Twelfth Night |
| Marshall Middle School | Olivia Lee (Prologue), Victoria Yang (Wall), Emma Li (Pyramus), Chelsea Qin (Thisbe), Amy Sun (Moon), Tongwen Liu (Lion) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Mt. Lebanon Elementary School | Cecily Mueller (Viola), Clara Farmer (Olivia) | Twelfth Night |
| Mt. Lebanon Elementary School | Samuel Stephenson (Speed), Patton Manion (Launce) | The Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| Ringgold Middle School | Penny Mizia (Witch 1), Alessandra Lignelli (Witch 2), Emma Lint (Witch 3), Ana Rice (Hecate, Apparition 1), Rachel Urso (Macbeth) | Macbeth |
| Saint Ambrose Academy | Seth Marini (Launce), Francisco Stapleton (Speed) | The Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| Saint Ambrose Academy | Ava Best (Viola), Evelyn Gawaldo (Olivia), Maddie Ketter (Maria) | Twelfth Night |
| Blessed Francis Seelos Academy | Victor Montes (Brutus), Parker Skrastins (Cassius) | Julius Caesar |
| Slippery Rock Area School DIstrict | Mollie Riggenbach (Doctor), Caroline Klingensmith (Lady Macbeth), Addison Lewis (Gentlewoman) | Macbeth |
| Slippery Rock Area School DIstrict | Mara Simon (Mistress Ford), Morgan Ziegler (Mistress Page) | The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| Turtle Creek Elementary STEAM Academy | Nathaniel Willson (Puck), Katelyn Pittler (Fairy) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Turtle Creek Elementary STEAM Academy | Colette Ciocco (Nerissa), Natalie Steiner (Portia) | Merchant of Venice |
UPPER DIVISION | MONOLOGUE |
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| Avonworth High School | Lyra Klinedinst (Hamlet) | Hamlet |
| Avonworth High School | Lyla Sebeck (Adriana) | A Comedy of Errors |
| Baldwin Middle School and High School | Lily Baumgardner (Rosalind) | As You LIke It |
| Baldwin Middle School and High School | Ezra Bonneau (Cassius) | Julius Caesar |
| Baldwin Middle School and High School | Milana Valente (Helena) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Baldwin Middle School and High School | Nadia Noori (Ariel) | The Tempest |
| Beaver Area High School | Annaka Najewciz (Lady Anne) | Richard III |
| Beaver Area High School | Vivian Gedman (Juliet) | Romeo & Juliet |
| Beaver County Christian School | Jordan Lunow (Juliet) | Romeo and Juliet |
| Beaver County Christian School | Jessie Jin (Phoebe) | As You Like It |
| Big Beaver Falls Area School District | Demeitris Taylor (Ford) | Merry Wives of Windsor |
| Blessed Francis Seelos Academy | Spencer Pascarella (jaques) | Henry V |
| Canon-McMillan High School | Aaron Fisher(Cassius) | Julius Caesar |
| Canon-McMillan High School | Sami Corbin (King Claudius) | Hamlet |
| Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 | Jayden Greening (Antony) | Julius Caesar |
| Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 | Delayna Flamm (Imogen) | Cymbaline |
| Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 | Wyatt Bernardini, (Richard the 3rd) | Richard lll |
| Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 | Sea Sombar (Lady Percy) | Henry IV, Pt. 2 |
| Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 | Aubrey Linnert (Hermione) | The Winter's Tale |
| Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 | Burgess Lychak (Macbeth) | Macbeth |
| Chartiers Valley Middle School | Ana Lewis (Cleopatra) | Antony & Cleopatra |
| The Ellis School | Ella Chen (Richard III) | Richard III |
| The Ellis School | Solveig Sundquist (Aaron) | Titus Andronicus |
| The Ellis School | Audrey Xing (King Lear) | King Lear |
| Fox Chapel Area High School | Joseph Weber (Timon) | Timon of Athens |
| Fox Chapel Area High School | Zachary Rubin (Shylock) | Merchant of Venice |
| Freedom Area Senior High School | Emily Simon (Mistress Page) | Merry Wives of Windsor |
| Freedom Area Senior High School | Hannah Shaffer (Helena) | All's Well That Ends Well |
| Freedom Area Senior High School | Abby Hunter (Lady Macbeth) | Macbeth |
| Independent | Jay Zhu (Benvolio) | Romeo & Juliet |
| Indiana Players | Elianna Thomas (Helena) | All's Well That Ends Well |
| Indiana Players | Bridget Waterhouse (Benvolio) | Romeo & Juliet |
| Indiana Players | Désirée Hutchinson (Katherine) | Henry VIII |
| Indiana Players | Brandon Iandiorio (Edgar) | King Lear |
| Jefferson Middle School | Marti Weisberg (Hecate) | Macbeth |
| Keystone Oaks High School | Ro Oreto (Hamlet) | Hamlet |
| Lincoln Park PACS | Aleena Bowser (Iago) | Othello |
| Lincoln Park PACS | Kianna Karasinski (Edmund) | King Lear |
| Lincoln Park PACS | Grace Roberts (Bottom) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Marshall Middle School | Addie Repanshek (Lady Macbeth) | Macbeth |
| Mellon Middle School | Liam Novosot-Clark (Touchstone) | As You Like It |
| Mellon Middle School | Leia Wolf (Helena) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Moon Area High School | Tara Manasterski (Rosalind) | As You Like It |
| Moon Area High School | Shayla Maxon (Juliet) | Romeo & Juliet |
| Moon Area High School | Austin Keys (Othello) | Othello |
| Mt. Lebanon High School | Piper Bozick (Princess) | Love's Labour's Lost |
| Mt. Lebanon High School | Megan Greenfield (Helena) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Mt. Lebanon High School | Carter Fracul-Conti (Berowne) | Love’s Labour’s Lost |
| North Allegheny Senior High School | Madison Emekter (Imogen) | Cymbeline |
| North Allegheny Intermediate High School | Bex Codner (Benedick) | Much Ado |
| Peters Township High School | Cece Reyes (Hermia) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Peters Township High School | Anthony Luisis (Arthur) | King John |
| Peters Township High School | Jo Myers ( Lady Percy) | Henry IV |
| Pine-Richland High School | Grace Lennie | As You Like It |
| Pine-Richland High School | John-Paulo Folino | Romeo and Juliet |
| Pine-Richland High School | Bailey Crist (Hermia) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Pine-Richland High School | Aubrey Crist (Brutus) | Julius Caesar |
| Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 | Simon Nigam (Lewis) | King John |
| Sewickley Academy | Hallie Dong (Hermione) | Winter's Tale |
| Shady Side Academy | Eva Friedlander (Margaret) | Henry VI |
| Shaler Area High School | Taylor Cuda | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Shaler Area Middle School | Aubrey Cox (Rosalind) | As You Like It |
| Slippery Rock Area School DIstrict | Rebecca Springirth (Phebe) | As You Like It |
| Thomas Jefferson High School | Cara Vereb (Emilia) | Othello |
| Thomas Jefferson High School | Josephine Manculich (Titania) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Thomas Jefferson High School | Noah Bowytz (Bottom) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Trinity Christian School | Eva Scandrett (Hamlet) | Hamlet |
| Trinity Christian School | Ruah Scandrett (Marc Antony) | Julius Caesar |
| Upper St. Clair High School | Reese Copenhaver | Romeo & Juliet |
| West Mifflin Area High School | Daeana Cooper (Emilia) | Othello |
| Steel City Shakespeare Center and West View Hub | River Beckas (Bottom) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Woodland Hills High School | Juliana Connelly (Queen Margaret) | Henry IV, Pt. 3 |
| Woodland Hills High School | Zack Barron (Bottom) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Woodland Hills High School | Liv Rocco (Phoebe) | As You Like It |
| Woodland Hills High School | Robby Steiner (Peter Quince) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
UPPER DIVISION | SCENE |
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| Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh | Felicity Koble (Juliet), Peter Koble (Nurse) | Romeo & Juliet |
| Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh | Victoria Lee (Celia), Onë Sihlangu (Rosalind) | As You Like It |
| Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh | Allie Swift (Gravedigger), Lily O'Neill (Hamlet) | Hamlet |
| Avonworth High School | Sadie Walsh (Olivia), Emma Noss (Viola) | Twelfth Night |
| Blackburn Study Center | Reagan He (Nurse), Ava Schlueter (Juliet) | Romeo & Juliet |
| Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 | Suraya collins(olivia) Greta Raulerson(Viola) | Twelfth Night |
| Pittsburgh Colfax K-8 | Currence Bigham (Luciana), Viviana Zitelli (Adriana) | The Comedy of Errors |
| Explore Homeschool Co-op | Hannah Wheeler (Juliet), Maile Smith (Nurse) | Romeo & Juliet |
| Freedom Area Senior High School | Johnathon Bruce (Dromio), Brandon Yeager (Antipholus) | Comedy of Errors |
| Jefferson Middle School | Cadence Pratt (Beatrice), Claire Raff (Benedick) | Much Ado About Nothing |
| Pine-Richland High School | Jocelyn Rich, Grace Kay, Jarah Casciani | Love's Labor's Lost |
| Salt and Light Homeschool Co-op | Emma Masters (Portia), Andrew Lorah (Brutus) | Julius Caesar |
| Salt and Light Homeschool Co-op | Acelan Laughlin (Benedick), Mackenzie Nichols (Beatrice) | Much Ado About Nothing |
| Shaler Area Middle School | Sophia Galloway (Julia), Ayslynn Smith (Lucetta) | The Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| Upper St. Clair High School | Zahra Hossain (Murderer 2), Sara Gillespie (Murderer 1), & Noshi Dabas (Clarence) | Richard III |
| Woodland Hills High School | Mia Damico (Narissa), Isabel Concepcion (Portia) | The Merchant of Venice |
LOWER DIVISION | MONOLOGUE |
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| Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh | Thomas Lee | Macbeth |
| Beaver Area Middle School | Ashley Shaddick (Juliet) | Romeo & Juliet |
| Blackburn Study Center | Isaiah Whittington (Launce) | The Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| Boyce Middle School | Eleanor Wilkinson (Phoebe) | As You Like It |
| Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 | Owen Hershock (Hamlet) | Hamlet |
| Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 | Robin Mull, Romeo | Romeo and Juliet |
| Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 | rylynn grace lee (rosalind) | As You Like It |
| Christ the Divine Teacher School | Paul Foss (Puck) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Christ the Divine Teacher School | Maria Meyer (Queen Margaret) | Henry IV Pt. 3 |
| Pittsburgh Colfax K-8 | Laila Heffley (Titania) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Pittsburgh Colfax K-8 | Nila Lucchi (Helena) | All's Well That Ends Well |
| Derry Area Middle School | Carter Fannie (Marc Antony) | Julius Caesar |
| Dorseyville Middle School | Kai Galyardt (Beatrice) | Much Ado About Nothing |
| Dorseyville Middle School | Rishi Krishnamurthy (Marc Antony) | Julius Caesar |
| Environmental Charter School | Jase Powell king (Henry the fifth) | King Henry V |
| Environmental Charter School | Gwenyth Gardell (Julia) | Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| Environmental Charter School | Ronan Burdette (Phebe) | As You Like It |
| Environmental Charter School | Tyler Wilson (Puck) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Environmental Charter School | Rhea Deshmukh (Mark Antony) | Julius Caesar |
| Gateway Middle School | Maliya Butler (Romeo) | Romeo & Juliet |
| Gateway Middle School | Ava Lockhart (Shylock) | The Merchant of Venice |
| Hope Academy | Nasim Collins (Bottom) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Independent | Salomea Vaduva (Henry V) | Henry V |
| Independent | Aftyn Tomaceski (Puck) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Independent | Caris Tomaceski (Julia) | The Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| Ingomar Middle School | Nathaniel Kant-Zajac (Orlando) | As You Like It |
| Mellon Middle School | Even Dyrud (Iago) | Othello |
| Mellon Middle School | Colin Bozick (Shylock) | The Merchant of Venice |
| Mt. Lebanon Elementary School | Rohan Parekh (King Lear) | Lear |
| Mt. Lebanon Elementary School | Theron Raymond (Coriolonus) | Coriolonus |
| Mt. Lebanon Elementary School | Chrissy Herzog (Queen Margaret) | Henry VI Pt 3 |
| Mt. Lebanon Elementary School | William Atwood (Marc Antony) | Julius Caesar |
| Mt. Lebanon Elementary School | Ruth Reidy (Helena) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| North Hills Middle School | Coraline Lubay (Dogberry) | Much Ado About Nothing |
| Peters Township Middle School | Jude Glover (Hamlet) | Hamlet |
| Ringgold Middle School | Sloane Zdravecky (Helena) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Slippery Rock Area School District | Atlas Schuster (Prospero) | The Tempest |
| Slippery Rock Area School DIstrict | Benjamin Mitchell (Cassius) | Julius Caesar |
| Springdale Jr-Sr High School | Ella Trifanoff (Helena) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Turtle Creek Elementary STEAM Academy | Gus Barnes (King Lear) | King Lear |
| Steel City Shakespeare Center and West View Hub | Krishang Thiyagarajan (Henry V) | Henry V |
| Winchester Thurston School | Lotus Ewing-Beshai (Juliet) | Romeo & Juliet |
LOWER DIVISION | SCENE |
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| Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh | Gabrielle Boright (Fairy), Rebecca Bird (Puck) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh | Garvin Whetzel (Launce), Peter Dolan (Speed) | The Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| Baden Academy Charter School | Leo Clark (Antipholus of Syracuse), Grant Burke (Dromio of Syracuse), Kalionna Hemer (Luciana), Gabby Sheyn (Luce), Scarlett Walmsley (Adrianna) | The Comedy of Errors |
| Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh | Lily Davis (Hero), Alexandra Mackey (Ursula), Grace Giles (Margaret), Anna Fawcett (Beatrice) | Much Ado About Nothing |
| Blackburn Study Center | Milo Wright (Feste), Hannah Moore (Viola) | Twelfth Night |
| Carson Middle School | Bella Mays (Tybalt), Alya Mittal (Mercutio), Lys Tona (Benvolio), Elijah Blake (Romeo) | Romeo & Juliet |
| Dutch Ridge Elementary School | Julian Farmer (Quince), Henry Rodgers (Starveling), Eliana Katcher (Snout), Evelynn Vanucci (Snug), Quinlin Denny (Flute), Mason Peabody (Bottom), Wyatt Bechdel (Theseus) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Environmental Charter School | Daphne Cinkilic Doctor, Odessa McDermott-Grubb Lady Macbeth, Elsa Shivickas Gentlewoman | Macbeth |
| Marshall Middle School | Dhaniyasree Thiyagarajan (Maria), Gordon Lind (Toby Belch), Simiran Shah (Andrew Aguecheek) | Twelfth Night |
| Marshall Middle School | Olivia Lee (Prologue), Victoria Yang (Wall), Emma Li (Pyramus), Chelsea Qin (Thisbe), Amy Sun (Moon), Tongwen Liu (Lion) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Mt. Lebanon Elementary School | Cecily Mueller (Viola), Clara Farmer (Olivia) | Twelfth Night |
| Mt. Lebanon Elementary School | Samuel Stephenson (Speed), Patton Manion (Launce) | The Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| Ringgold Middle School | Penny Mizia (Witch 1), Alessandra Lignelli (Witch 2), Emma Lint (Witch 3), Ana Rice (Hecate, Apparition 1), Rachel Urso (Macbeth) | Macbeth |
| Saint Ambrose Academy | Seth Marini (Launce), Francisco Stapleton (Speed) | The Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| Saint Ambrose Academy | Ava Best (Viola), Evelyn Gawaldo (Olivia), Maddie Ketter (Maria) | Twelfth Night |
| Blessed Francis Seelos Academy | Victor Montes (Brutus), Parker Skrastins (Cassius) | Julius Caesar |
| Slippery Rock Area School DIstrict | Mollie Riggenbach (Doctor), Caroline Klingensmith (Lady Macbeth), Addison Lewis (Gentlewoman) | Macbeth |
| Slippery Rock Area School DIstrict | Mara Simon (Mistress Ford), Morgan Ziegler (Mistress Page) | The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| Turtle Creek Elementary STEAM Academy | Nathaniel Willson (Puck), Katelyn Pittler (Fairy) | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Turtle Creek Elementary STEAM Academy | Colette Ciocco (Nerissa), Natalie Steiner (Portia) | Merchant of Venice |
SPECIAL THANKS
Pittsburgh Public Theater extends special gratitude to the individuals and organizations that helped make this event possible. The 30th Annual Shakespeare Monologue & Scene Contest in 2024 was presented by RICHARD W. MORIARTY, M.D., with support from the Grable Foundation, BNY Mellon Foundation of Southwestern Pennsylvania, McKinney Foundation, and Jack Buncher Foundation.
Additional education and engagement support is provided by EQT Foundation, The Buhl Foundation, Howard and Nell E. Miller Foundation, Hefren-Tillotson, Inc., Baird, and UPMC Health Plan.