North Surrey Secondary students Anita Barryman and Daniel Gomez perform a scene from Check, Please earlier this year.

North Surrey Secondary students Anita Barryman and Daniel Gomez perform a scene from Check, Please earlier this year.

Theatre award, please

Surrey high school play recognized provincially.

North Surrey Secondary theatre students were victorious at the recent Sears B.C. Drama Festival.

The school won the provincial Outstanding Ensemble award for Check, Please, a play by Jonathan Rand directed by performing arts instructor Craig Wrotniak, who is also vice-president of the Surrey Drama Teachers’ Association.

About 250 high school drama students from throughout B.C. attended the festival May 5-8 at Douglas College in New Westminster.

North Surrey student Saighum Punzalan was also awarded Special Merit for Comic Virtuosity for his role in Check, Please.

Surrey Now Leader