Awards and History

2007-08

First Year              Will Ragland

The Jungle Book 

 

2008-09

Macbeth (fall – first Shakespeare at WHS)

Alice in Wonderland (spring) Drama 1 Production

The Odyssey (spring) Drama 2 Production

 

2009-10

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (fall)

Wiley and the Hairy Man (SCTA – USC Upstate/SETC – Lexington, KY) 

• State Champions at SCTA

• Best Ensemble at SETC

A Night of One Acts 

Guys and Dolls (First Musical with the Wildcat Players in new building)

The Hobbit (Black Box Performance)

 

2010-11

East of the Sun, West of the Moon 

Romeo and Juliet

One Act Festival (Student Directed)

• Revenge of the Space Pandas, Bake Off, Outcasts Unite (original), and Limbo
   

 

2011-12 

                  Reed Halvorson & Will Ragland

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Oedipus the King (SCTA - Winthrop)

• 3rd Place at SCTA, All-Star Cast Awards

The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon (spring) 

• Student directed/designed

Grease 

The Hamlet Thrill-Ma-Geddon 
 

2012-13

The Crucible 

The Comedy of Errors (SCTA – Newberry, SETC – Louisville, KY)

• State Champions  at SCTA

  • Best Actress -  Jordyn Tracy)

  • Best Supporting Actress - Lucy Southwell

  • Best Tech

  • 4 All-Star Cast Awards - Garrett Armstrong, Gavin Armstrong, Dale Roberts, Dylan Roberts

  • SETC - Nationals

    • Best Tech

Peter Pan 
 

2013-14

Hair -  SCTA - Charleston County School of the Arts

The Wizard of Oz 

• Record attendance at 7,300 total over a 3 week run

 

2014-15

Dreaming Awake - SCTA at USC Aiken

• 2nd Place - First Alternate to SETC Nationals

• Best Tech

• All Star Cast - Johnny Cook & Zoe Jackson

Arsenic and Old Lace

Twelfth Night IB Theatre Production in Black Box

Elelphant’s Graveyard  Theatre 3-4 Honors Production
 

 

2015-16

                             Reed Halvorson & Jonathon Long

BURST - SCTA at Furman University

• All Star Cast - Josiah Thomason & Savannah Walters

Shrek 

Laramie Project - Theatre 3-4 Honors Production
 

 

2016-17

                               Harry Culpepper, Jr. & Jonathon Long
(Expanded to formal 4 production season with 2 Mainstage 2 Competition One Acts)

Fall Mainstage

• PETER AND THE STARCATCHER 

Fall Competition One Act

• TASTE OF SUNRISE  - SCTA at Charleston County School of the Arts

  • State Champion

  • Best Supporting Actor - Billy Cheek 

  • All Star Acting Awards to - Jenna Gilmer, Garret Rollings, Ally McCaslin

  • People’s Choice Award and Best Movement Award

• National Competition - SETC - Louisville, KY

  • Best Supporting Actress - Morgan Scott

  • All Star Acting - Billy Cheek and Jenna Gilmber

  • Filmed for PBS Arts Education Documentary 

Spring Competition One Act

• BANG, BANG, YOU’RE DEAD - Palmetto Dramatic Association/SC Thespians

  • Superior Rating

Spring Mainstage

• Lin Manuel Miranda’s BRING IT ON  

 

2017-18 - 10th Anniversary Season

Fall Mainstage

• You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Fall Competition One Act

• The Balkan Women  - SCTA at USC Aiken

  • 2nd Place - 1st Alternate to Nationals

  • All Star Acting Awards to - 

  • Best Actor - Garrett Rollings

Spring Competition One Act

• Scooter Thomas Makes it to the Top of the World - Palmetto Dramatic Association/SC Thespians

  • Superior Rating

  • Superior Acting - Garret Rollings and Alex Kitchens

Spring Mainstage

• Disney’s The Little Mermaid
   

 

2018-19 

                                       Harry Culpepper, Jr & Erin Gill

Fall Mainstage

• CAPTAIN LOUIE

Fall Competition One Act

• Euripides’ Medea - SCTA at Anderson University

  • Top 10 

  • Best Ensemble Award

Spring Competition One Act

• Radium Girls - Palmetto Dramatic Association/SC Thespians at Winthrop University

  • Excellent Rating

Spring Mainstage

• Footloose the Musical

 

*Named Top 4 Theatre Education Programs in Nation by Educational Theatre Association*

 

2019-20

Fall Mainstage

• Annie

Fall Competition One Act

• THE LOST BOY - SCTA at Francis Marion University

  • 3rd Place at State

  • All Star Acting Awards

Spring Competition One Act

• I BRING YOU FLOWERS Palmetto Dramatic Association/SC Thespians at Winthrop University

  • First Alternate to Nationals

  • Excellent Rating

  • Excellent Acting Award - Tyler Moore & Clarissa Woody

HAIRSPRAY (spring mainstage) – Cancelled Due to Pandemic

 

2020-21

Fall Competition One Act

• FORTRESS  SCTA- VIRTUAL

Fall Mainstage

• WINTER CABARET - VIRTUAL

Spring Competition One Act

• ARKANSAW BEAR -PDA/SCITS) - VIRTUAL

  • Excellent Rating

  • Superior Set and Lighting Award

  • Superior Acting - Luke Younts

Spring Mainstage

• MAMMA MIA

  • Outdoor Musical

 

2021-22

Fall Competition One Act

• A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM  SCTA- VIRTUAL

  • All Star Acting Awards - Taylor Gamble & Nate Grant

Fall Mainstage

• Matilda the Musical

Spring Competition One Act

• The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged -PDA/SCITS

  • Excellent Rating

  • Acting Awards

Spring Mainstage

• Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

 

2022-23

Fall Competition One Act

• Sweet Nothing In My Ear  SCTA- USC Aiken

  • State Champions

  • All Star Acting - Colin Moroney, Hannah VanDonkelaar, Brookelynn Little

• National Competition at SETC - Louisville, KY

  • Special Judge’s Award for Authentic Storytelling

  • All Star Acting - Hannah VanDonkelaar & Ben VanDonkelaar

Fall Mainstage

• Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella

Spring Competition One Act

• The Velveteen Rabbit -PDA/SCITS

  • Superior  Rating

  • Honorable Mention in Acting - Ensemble

  • Excellent in Acting - SiNai Gaines & Whitfield Menzies

Spring Mainstage

• The Addams Family

 

2023-24

Fall Competition One Act

• Once on this Island, Jr.  SCTA at Furman University

  • 4th Place

  • All Star Cast - Olivia Marseil & Cooper White

  • Judge’s Award for ASL Interpretation

  • Tech Olympics - State Champion

Fall Mainstage

• Clue on Stage - High School Edition

Spring Competition One Act

• Antigone -PDA/SCITS

  • Superior Rating

  • Superior Acting Award - Alex Kreider, Brookelynn Little, Ensemble

  • Excellent Acting Award - Derek Hoeung & Lyla Rupe

  • Blair Beasley Award - Brookelynn Little

Spring Mainstage

• Disney’s Mary Poppins
   

 

2024-25

                                           Harry Culpepper, Jr & Chaz Giles

Fall Competition One Act

• The Book of Dog  SCTA- SC State University/Claflin Univeristy

  • 2nd Place - 1st Alternate to Nationals

  • Best Actor - Jacob Wahrer 

  • All Star Acting - 

  • Best Director Award

Fall Mainstage

• May We All the Musical - South Carolina Premiere Production

Spring Competition One Act

• The Girls in the Boat -PDA/SCITS - Student Directed

  • Superior Rating

  • 1st Alternate Production to Nationals

  • Outstanding Achievement in Directing - Olivia Boucher and Isabella Huavill

  • Excellent Ensemble Award

  • Superior Acting Award - Gwenyth Masterson &Aalilyonna Newallo

• Brandi Owensby Playwriting Award - Derek Hoeung

• EDTA/Thespians Theatre Educator Scholarship Winner - Derek Hoeung

Spring Mainstage

• Mean Girls the Musical High School Version

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2025-26

Fall Competition One Act

• Coming Soon

Fall Mainstage

• Little Shop of Horrors

Spring Competition One Act

• Coming Soon​

Spring Mainstage

• Seussical the Musical

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2026-27

Fall Competition One Act

• Coming Soon

Fall Mainstage

• Coming Soon

Spring Competition One Act

• Coming Soon​

Spring Mainstage

• Coming Soon

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2027-28

20th Anniversary Season

Fall Competition One Act

• Coming Soon

Fall Mainstage

• Coming Soon

Spring Competition One Act

• Coming Soon​

Spring Mainstage

• Coming Soon