Nine groups from Urbandale High School have advanced to the Large Group State Speech Contest on February 2, 2019.

The nine groups advancing after earning a Division I Rating at the District Contest are:

Reader's Theatre (10 Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse)- Logan Boyles, Kaecee Topolinski, Varun Vepa, Anna Perdue, Kyel Peterson, Laura Parsons, Monica Lewandowski, Karina Zepeda

Solo Mime(Drunken Silence)-  Isaac Bleich-Sisco

Group Improv- Varun Vepa, Jonah Larsen, Katie Campbell

Ensemble Acting  (Roll Over Beethoven)- Matt Moran, Jacob Sammon

Musical Theatre(Cell Block Tango)- Oliva Sobek, Lydia Burg, Carol Ann Burns, Erin Valle, Karina Zepeda, Jenna Booth, Logan Ingraham, Kenny Flory

Musical Theatre (Addams Family)- Matt Moran, Lindsey Ingraham, Madison Pulica, Bickley Riley, Kyel Peterson,Jonah Larsen, Jenna Brady,  Jon Meyer

Musical Theatre(American Idiot)- Aditya Kotla, Kit Stoelk, Megan Eastwood, Isaac Bleich-Sisco, Barnaba Wilondja, Kaecee Topolinski, Kenji Bachmann, Audrey Krukow

Choral Reading(Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God)- Logan Boyles, Lindsey Ingraham, Logan Ingraham, Emily Guzman, Erin Valle, Emma Kellogg, Brianna Krueger, Carol Ann Burns.

These groups received a Divison II Rating at the District Contest:

Group Mime(Chicken Coop Catastrophe)- Brianna Krueger, Katie Campbell, Mahayla Claiser

Radio Broadcasting(KPAC)- Devin Ensley, Quinten Burnett, Blake Arntzen, Julia Gyure, Anna Kerr

Group Improv- Ella Darsee, Madison Pulica, Olivia Sobek

One Act Play (A Cold Day in Hell)- Anna Perdue, Jacob Sammon, Monica Lewandowski, Laura Parsons, Audrey Krukow, Emily Guzman, Kenny Flory, Jenna Brady, Sanketh Narmnoda, Emma Kellogg, Devin Ensley, Blake Arntzen, Quinten Burnett.