Whitley County Colonel Players take home 3rd place at EKDAS 2016 Competition

The Whitley County Colonel Players presented The Last Illusion, a play by B. Dwayne Craft. Above, WCHS Junior Daniel Wohlfarth portrayed Harry Houdini, assisted by WCHS Senior Tia King, left, and WCHS Sophomore Katelynn Johnson, right. Wohfarth was named to the Eastern Kentucky Dramatic Arts Society (EKDAS) Mountain Top 10 cast for his performance on Saturday, April 16. (Photo by Mark White.)

The Whitley County High School Colonel Players brought home third place recently during the Eastern Kentucky Dramatic Arts Society (EKDAS) 2016 competition.

In addition, student Allison Lambdin received the “Best Supporting Actress Award” during the competition and student Daniel Wohlfarth received an “All Mountain Cast Award.”

“This is an outstanding cast with so much talent who found outthat sometimes one
must to dig deeply to find the best in
one’s self.”

David Sweet
WCHS Drama Teacher

“I want to say how proud I am of our Last Illusion cast and their third place win,” said Whitley County Drama teacher David Sweet.

He noted that the students had to overcome last minute cast changes and technical glitches, but persevered.
“This is an outstanding cast with so much talent who found out that sometimes one must to dig deeply to find the best in one’s self,” Sweet said. “I also am so grateful and humbled by the support I have from our parents, our administration, our drama friends and my personal family. This show would have been impossible without you. I am also grateful for the EKDAS family. We are so fortunate to have so much dedication to the craft of theatre in the mountains that is now receiving even more recognition.”

Sweet noted that the competition was close with two points separating first, second and third place.
The cast performed “The Last Illusion” by B. Dwayne Craft for the competition.

The story follows the famous magician Harry Houdini during his final show on Oct. 31, 1926. Flashbacks tell his story as his life tick, tick, ticks away in the water chamber for which he was so famous.

The performance featured some of Houdini’s actual illusions.