Upper school Shakespeare enthusiasts made their way to the gym in late January for a competition in which participants performed monologues from Shakespeare plays. One of these students, senior Zahra Budhwani, was chosen as the best of the 16 performers by a panel of judges that included Harker English teachers Pauline Paskali, Christopher Hurshman and Charles Shuttleworth, as well as drama teacher Jeff Draper. After guidance and support from Draper, Budhwani went on to compete at the regional round of the National Shakespeare Competition, organized by the English-Speaking Union of the United States, where she performed a monologue and a sonnet. Though she did not win the regional event, Budhwani “performed admirably in representing our school,” Shuttleworth said.