Waukee and Northwest Speech Teams attended the All-State Speech Festival this past weekend at Iowa State University. Many groups made All-State this year from both schools (seven from Waukee and four from NWHS), and both teams supported each other on Saturday.

Waukee All-State Nominations:

Non-Performing:

• Musical Theatre – Everlasting

Performing:

• One-Act Play – The Survivor
• Readers Theatre – The Crucible
• Ensemble Acting – The Complete Works of Wm Shakespeare
• Group Mime – Glitch Switch
• Solo Mime – Fairest
• Solo Mime – Boudica, Warrior Queen

Northwest All-State Nominations:

Non-Performing:

• Readers Theatre – Social Media Symphony
• Ensemble Acting – No More Mr. Nice Guy

Performing:

• Group Improvisation – Lambert/Patterson
• Musical Theatre – How to Be a Pirate

Overall, both teams had a very successful Large Group Speech Season and kick off the Individual Speech Season on February 25.

Congratulations to all involved!