Public Relations UPNVJ - Students at the Jakarta "Veteran" National Development University (UPNVJ) have made another achievement. This time, the Green Theater Student Activity Unit 51 won 1st place in the Best Supporting Actress Category in the 2024 Campus Theater Festival which was held at the Bharata People's Wayang Performance Hall, Jakarta.
Not only that, Teater Hijau 51 also won four other nominations, namely Best Poster, Best Leading Male Actor, Best Director and Best Theater Group.
This competition was organized by the Jakarta Arts Council together with the Culture Service, the Petra Theater Foundation, and the Katak Theater (UMN), which is usually known as the Campus Theater Festival (FTK).
Zefanya Angelica, a member of the Green Theater from the UPNVJ Faculty of Law, said that the number of participants taking part in the competition was 12 campus theaters, including Sanggar Noer, Theater Hijau 51 (UPNVJ), Theater Zat (UNJ), Theater Bintang (Trisakti School of Management), and Karoeng Theater (Pakuan University).
Apart from that, there are other studios from Ranggon Sastra (Unindra), Tema Gunadarma (Gunadarma University), USB Trisakti (Trisakti), Castra Mardika (UNJ), Gerimis Theater (Al-Kamal Institute of Science and Technology), Camuss Theater (As-Islamic University). Syafi'iyah Jakarta), LS Tera Senja (Muhammadiyah University Jakarta).
"UPNVJ sent 19 students and collaborated with eight students from the State Islamic University (UIN). "The process we went through certainly had a lot of challenges, with a time frame of 1.5 months and the internal members of the 51 Green Theater were limited to women," said Zefanya.
"We had a lot of doubts about participating in this competition," he continued.
Even with limitations and doubts, Zefanya and her friends went through all the stages and made every effort to be able to take part in the competition well.
"During this process, both the actors and actresses, as well as the artistic team and production team continue to strive to develop all their existing skills. In our opinion, the 1.5 months we lived through were a very difficult and enjoyable period. "Because we can grow together," said Zefanya.
“We feel that in this process, we are not only discovering and developing skills. "However, further than that we discovered the true meaning of home or relatives," he added.
All efforts made have produced good results. Through this achievement, Zefanya and his colleagues feel grateful and hope they can continue to provide the best for UPNVJ.
"The hope is that the 51 Green Theater will become even better, closer among its members and able to provide the best for the campus. Parulian, who is our coach, also makes an extraordinary contribution! he said proudly.