Second Annual Declamation Contest

Hosted by Kelly Hutchinson

May 14, 1993
HHS Auditorium

Pamella Lach Grade 11	In Eugene O’Neill’s Before Breakfast, a woman complains about the circumstances in her life as she performs her daily routine.
Anne Baney Grade 12	In an adaptation of Dorothy Parker’s short story, “The Telephone Call,” a girl rationalizes the failure of her boyfriend to call her.
Jeff Guberman Grade 12	The self-composed piece focuses on the life of a boy afflicted with leukemia.
Sarah Barnes Grade 12	Heidi Holland, the heroine of Wendy Wasserman’s The Heidi Chronicles, muses about the role of women in society today.
Geoff Renaud Grade 12	In this excerpt from Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, the character of Willy reflects on why he became a salesman.
Amanda Salzman Grade 10	Miss Margarida’s Ways, by Roberto Athayde, explores the power-hungry emotions that the title character, an eighth-grade teacher, unleashes on her class.
Carolyn Johnson Grade 10	In this segment from Casey Kirty’s Catholic School Girls, the death of a young girl’s grandmother has made her question her faith in God.
Seth Kreisler Grade 12	This monologue, originally featured in the motion picture Grand Canyon, deals with the violent nature of movies in America today.
Mike Barakiva Grade 12	Jean Girdoux’s Tigers at the Gate transports its audience back to the days of ancient Greece. This monologue is Hector’s response to the question, “Do you love war?”