By Devon Lindsey
Staff Writer

The cast of Chamber Music will advance to the semi-finals round of the 2010 Massachusetts Drama Guild State Festival after a great performance during Preliminary round on Sunday Febuary 28th, hosted by Naraganset Middle School in  Baldwinville, MA. In addition to being named Festival Winner, Westford Academy received five All Star Cast awards for both acting and technical aspects of the production.

In addition to the performance for the Semi-Final round on March 13th here at WA, there will also be a performace on March 11th at 8:00 PM, unrelated to the competition.

The entire cast, comprised of: Cassie Gilling, Katie Wright, Teresa Langford, John Manning, Courtney Ravalese, Jennifer Torto, Craig Sandler, Mark Fingerhut, Barbara Morrison, Kristen McCusker, Tara Hurley, and Hannah Caldwell were admitted to the all star cast for Excellence in Ensemble Acting. Both Kristen McCusker and John Manning also received a second nomination to the All Star Cast for their Excellence in Acting.

Members of the Set Design Team Kate Sulka, Bobby Esposito, Jordan Welch, Dan Bubin, and Emily Moler were commended for Excellence in Technical Theater: Set Design and were also named to the All Star Cast. Also named to the All Star Cast was Greg Alexandropolous recognized for Excellence in Music Composition for the music he wrote for the production.

Now the cast will compete against Billerica High School, Acton-Boxborough High School, Sharon High School, Lynnfield High School and North Andover High School for the chance to be one of the twelve schools to perform at the John Hancock Theater in Boston for the final round of the state festival.