MVCCT Scholarship Winner

MVCCT announces scholarship winner

Congratulations to Ilene Gillispie for winning the $1,000 scholarship to a graduating senior towards college expenses.

        BIO:  Senior at West Potomac High School
        Sings in the WPHS Colonial Singers, an outreach group that performs 18th century a capella music
        and historic interpretation
        A member of the National Honor Society, Tri-M Music Society, Spanish Honor Society and Drama Thespians

         Ilene participated in her first MVCCT production at the age of nine, portraying Ms. Rita, the missionary lady,
         in “Mr. Popper’s Penguins.” 
         She had four roles during elementary and middle school. 
         In the spring of 2004, she was cast as Marilla in “Anne of Green Gables” and, later in the
         year, as Ida in “HONK!”

          In the fall, she will be attending New College of Florida, a small, nontraditional liberal arts school
          in Sarasota, FL. Ilene is considering a double-major in psychology and gender studies, while
          continuing her studies in music and Spanish.

Here are a few photographs of Ilene in MVCCT productions: