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Past Winners
2018 NATIONAL WINNER: JACKSON DEAN
PALM VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
PALM SPRINGS BRANCH
Jackson Dean from Palm Valley High School in Rancho Mirage, California won the 35th Annual National Shakespeare Competition and received a full scholarship to attend the Young Actor's Summer School at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. A student of Susie Zachik and representative of the ESU Palm Springs Branch, Jackson performed as Iago from Shakespeare's Othello and recited Sonnet 55 in the final round of competition.
Past Winners
| Year | Student Name | ESU Branch Name |
| 2017 | Ogechi Egonu | San Francisco |
| 2016 | Ari Dalbert | Hawaii |
| 2015 | Sarah Spalding | Hawaii |
| 2014 | Scott Van Wye | Indianapolis |
| 2013 | Xavier Pacheco | New York City |
| 2012 | Tiffany Ames | Charlottesville |
| 2011 | Connor Lawhorn | Hawaii |
| 2010 | John-Michael Lyles | Dallas |
| 2009 | Talene Monahon | Boston |
| 2008 | Bronwyn Reed | Los Angeles |
| 2007 | Adam Brown | Kentucky |
| 2006 | Anne Thompson | Indianapolis |
| 2005 | Eric Wilson | Memphis |
| 2004 | Joe Sofranko | Cincinnati |
| 2003 | Natalie Kuhn | Los Angeles |
| 2002 | Alicia Collins | Nashville |
| 2001 | Katey Parker | Central FL |
| 2000 | Anne Russell | Portland |
| 1999 | Matt Harrington | San Diego |
| 1998 | Daniel Marmion | Princeton |
| 1997 | Enrico Banson | San Francisco |
| 1996 | Boise Owens Holmes | Research Triangle NC |
| 1995 | Shannon Berry | Monmouth County NJ |
| 1994 | Dannye (Tanisha) Thompson | Kansas City |
| 1993 | Toi Perkins | Washington DC |
| 1992 | David Roche | Kansas City |
| 1991 | Jeremy Richards | Cleveland |
| 1990 | Shannon Emerick | Dallas |
| 1989 | Anthony Braithwaite | Philadelphia |
| 1988 | Victoria Wei | Princeton |
