about
ECHS Drama to ECS Performing arts
The Echols County High School Drama Club is the only extracurricular fine arts department of Echols County Schools. Each year, this non-funded program works to bring entertainment and the fine arts to our community and school as well as compete in Georgia High School Association One Act Play and Literary competitions.
Established in 2010, the organization has seen both growth and success the past five school years. ECHS Drama membership has increased to almost forty members, and its participation in the Georgia High School Association Literary and One Act Play events, has earned the organization six Area 2A Championship titles, one GHSA State Runner-Up title, and the school’s very first GHSA State Championship title.
In Fall of 2012, ECHS Drama was named Pioneer Drama's "Touching Lives Through Theatre" grant recipient, and produced the community's first ever staged musical, Pioneer Drama's "The Taming of Katy Lou."
The organization continues to grow, hoping to continue to build an appreciation for dance, music, and the performing arts within the small rural county.
Inspired by a comment overheard from a student at a nearby area school, "Well, we don't have a performing arts program", ECHS Drama changed its name to ECS Performing Arts. With much growth to the program over the span of its first 8 years, this extra curricular club can now be deemed a "program."
GHSA Accolades
2012: Area 2A Literary Runner Up
2012: Area 2A One Act Play Champions
2012: One Act Play, State Final Four
2013: Area 2A Literary Champions
2013: Area 2A One Act Play Champions
2013: One Act Play, State Runner-Up
2014: Area 2A Literary Champions
2014: Literary State, 3rd Place Team
2014: Area 2A One Act Play Champions
2014: One Act Play State Champions
2015: Area 2A Literary Champions
2015: Area 2A One Act Play Champions, 3rd in State
2016: Area 2A Literary Champions
2017: Area 2A Literary Runner Up
2017: Area 2A One Act Play Runner-Up
2018: Area 2A One Act Play Champions, 3rd in State
2019: Area 2A One Act Play Champions
2020-21: Region 2A One Act Play Champions
2020-21: Region 2A Literary Champions
2021: Region 2A One Act Play Champions, 3rd in State
2022: Region 2A One Act Play Champions, 4th in State
2022: Region 2A Literary Runner-Up
2023: Region 2A One Act Play Champions
ECS Performing Arts directors
ECHS Drama Founder and Director: Analiese Roberts Hamm
Staging, Costume Design, Set Design, Lighting Design, Choreography
Contact: analiese.hamm@echols.k12.ga.us
ECHS Assistant Director: Penny Register
Literary Head Coach, Set and Costume Management, Backstage Direction