SPHS Theatre to represent state at Southeastern Theatre Conference

Students in the Spain Park High School Theatre program and their instructor Eric St. John have much to celebrate as they prepare for the 64th Annual Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC) in Louisville, Ky., in March.

SPHS Theatre won numerous awards for individual events and its one-act play, “The Servant of Two Masters,” at the 73rd Annual Trumbauer State Theatre Festival in December. Fourteen plays and almost 1,300 individual events from 71 Alabama high schools competed at this year’s Festival, St. John said.

St. John also serves as State Chair of the Trumbauer Theatre Festival, which is put on by the Alabama Conference of Theatre.

“The Servant of Two Masters” captured awards for one All-Star Cast member, Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor. The play finished in first place and will be one of two schools to represent the state of Alabama at SETC. Winning the one-act marks the fifth time in seven years that Spain Park High School has won the state championship.

Among the eight individual awards earned by the program, SPHS captured: first place in Solo Male Comedic Varsity (comedic monologues); second place in Solo Musical Female Comedic (Varsity); and second place in Varsity Makeup Design.