MARQUEE May 23, 2019
Dear Friend, The night that every high school-aged theatre participant in the Mid-South eagerly awaits has finally arrived. Welcome to the Orpheum’s High School Musical Theatre Awards! However, tonight is not just the culmination of this year’s outstanding work done on area high school stages. Tonight is also the 10th Anniversary of these awards at the Orpheum. That is cause for celebration! The Orpheum High School Musical Theatre Awards started long before I arrived at the Orpheum. And long before our Vice-President of Education, Jennifer McGrath, arrived. Regardless, both of us are extremely proud of the way these awards have helped raise awareness of high school musical theatre in general and, more specifically, the way these awards have improved the quality of the theatrical experiences our area high school students receive. I know Jennifer joins me when I say, “Congratulations to everyone who has been part of this journey for the first ten years. Your participation has brought us to this evening. We cannot wait to see what the next ten years hold for these awards.” None of this would be possible without the dedication and hard work of many individuals, schools and districts. So, my first thank you goes to those administrators, teachers and parents who make these shows possible. Next, I want to thank the staff of the Orpheum Theatre Group who put in countless hours preparing tonight’s performance: Director of Education Lindsay Krosnes, education team members Brittany CooperD’Orsay, Shasta Blue, Jenita Nakamura and artistic director Taylor St. John. I also want to thank the Orpheum Theatre Group’s Board of Directors, some of whom will make a brief appearance tonight. This group of dedicated volunteers have supported this program from the outset and have pledged to continue supporting it in the future. Likewise, our donors who have invested their support by sponsoring the event. You will see their names on the screen tonight, and they are listed in this program book. If you know any of them personally, or if you can bring them business if they are a company, please say thanks to them. We could not do this without their support. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, I thank the performers, technicians, stage managers, and countless others who bring musical theatre to life across the Mid-South. To be a student theatre participant requires commitment, team work and bravery; all of you have these qualities and more. Enjoy your night! You deserve it!
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2019 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL THEATRE AWARDS
Managing Director...............................................................................................................Lindsay Krosnes Artistic Director.......................................................................................................................Taylor St. John Musical Director...................................................................................................................Scott Sturtevant Choreographer.......................................................................................Matthew Keaton, HSMTA Alum Assistant Choreographer...........................................................................................Cheyenne Johnson Stage Manager.................................................................................................Alex Kesner, HSMTA Alum Assistant Stage Managers......................................Kaylyn Nichols, Allyson Vogel, HSMTA Alumni Band Director...............................................................................................................................Tamitha Holt Band Coordinator & Music Orchestrations……….......................................................Jason Eschoffen Musicians...................................................................................................Belinda Brannon, Larry Gooch, Tamitha Holt, Corbin Miles, Pete Vescovo Backstage Coordinators..........................................................................Allison Miller, Alisha Johnson Technical Director.........................................................................................................................Kenny Cole Lighting Designer..............................................................................................................John "Jeo" Owens Sound Engineers & Audio-Visual....................................................................................Memphis Audio Lead Liason..................................................................................................Kyle Van Frank, HSMTA Alum Judges....................................Jennifer Ammons, Karen Shepherd Canty, James Kevin Cochran, Danica Horton, Katharine Hughen, Curtis C. Jackson, Sandy Kozik, Dave Landis, Elizabeth Perkins Lead Actor & Actress Panel..........................................................................Sandy Kozik, Dave Landis, Holly Lau, Breyannah Tillman Student Creative, Stage Management, & Technical Panel................................Jennifer Ammons, Karen Shepherd Canty, Katharine Hughen
SPECIAL THANKS TO Our generous sponsors, the Orpheum Theatre Group Board of Directors, the Orpheum Theatre Group Staff, FOTO volunteers, Orpheum STAR Council, IATSE Crew, and the countless others who make this event possible.
2019 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL THEATRE AWARDS
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS Arlington High School...............................................................................................Little Shop of Horrors Bartlett High School................................................................................................................................Pippin Blytheville High School............................................................................................Beauty and the Beast Briarcrest Christian School.................................................................The Hunchback of Notre Dame Central High School..................................................................................................Little Shop of Horrors Chester County High School...........................................................................................................Newsies Christian Brothers High School..........................................................................................................Oliver! Collierville High School...........................................................................................................Mary Poppins Cordova High School...............................................................................................................................Fame Evangelical Christian School......................................................................................................Oklahoma! Germantown High School..............................................................................................................Sister Act Harding Academy..............................................................................................................Shrek the Musical Hernando High School...........................................................................................................................Pippin Houston High School................................................................................................................Mamma Mia! Hutchison School.................................................Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Jackson Christian School...............................................................................................................Peter Pan Lausanne Collegiate School...............................................................................Once Upon A Mattress Lewisburg High School.........................................................................................................Into the Woods Madison-Ridgeland Academy.....................................................................................................Cinderella Memphis University School....................................................................................................................1776 New Albany High School.........................................................................................Seussical the Musical Northpoint Christian School.........................................................................................The Wizard of Oz Ridgeway High School.........................................................................................................Back to the 80s Sacred Heart of Jesus High School...............................................................Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Southaven High School.............................................................................................................Rock of Ages South Gibson County High School.........................................................................The Addams Family St. Agnes Academy...................................................................................................................Freaky Friday St. Benedict at Auburndale.......................................................................................The Addams Family St. George's Independent School.....................................................Return to the Forbidden Planet St. Mary’s Episcopal School.............................................................................................White Christmas Tipton-Rosemark Academy..................................................................................................Crazy For You Trinity Christian Academy..................................................................................................Bye, Bye Birdie! University School of Jackson............................................................................................West Side Story White Station High School............................................................................................................Urinetown Wynne High School..................................................................................................................Mary Poppins
HSMTA ALUMNI In celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Orpheum High School Musical Theatre Awards, alumni from the past 9 years will be presenting and performing throughout the evening. We are grateful to have continued involvement and support from participants long after they have graduated high school. The awards would not run as smoothly or be so special if we did not have alumni involvement, year after year. PRESENTERS Amelia Beckham - 2018 Evangelical Christian School Ethan Benson - 2018 Olive Branch High School Parker Chase - 2015 Arlington High School Kevin Do - 2012 Arlington High School Spencer Germany - 2017 Christian Brothers High School Raneem Imam - 2016 Germantown High School Jesse Anne Lipscomb - 2012 Southern Baptist Educational Centre Grace Martin - 2016 St. Agnes Academy Maclean Mayers - 2015 Germantown High School
Catherine Norton - 2011 Hutchison School
Matthew Keaton - 2012 Houston High School
Erica Penninger - 2015 Hernando High School
Alex Kesner - 2013 Briarcrest Christian School
Paul Stevenson - 2014 Memphis University School
Grace Korsmo - 2018 Arlington High School
Rachel Thomas - 2015 Tipton-Rosemark Academy
Allison Miller - 2013 St. Mary’s Episcopal School
Kyle Van Frank - 2015 St. Benedict at Auburndale
Kylan Owens - 2015 Overton High School
Wesley Williamson - 2012 Southern Baptist Educational Centre Gabby Willingham - 2015 St. Agnes Academy Riley Young - 2018 Hernando High School BEHIND THE SCENES Cameron Donlin - 2018 Harding Academy
Jasmine Robertson - 2015 Bolton High School Breyannah Tillman - 2011 Ridgeway High School Kyle Van Frank - 2015 St. Benedict at Auburndale Rebecca Winchester - 2018 St. Agnes Academy
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OUTSTANDING SMALL ENSEMBLE The Urchins, Little Shop of Horrors Arlington High School The Gargoyles, The Hunchback of Notre Dame Briarcrest Christian School The Urchins, Little Shop of Horrors Central High School The Dragon, Shrek the Musical Harding Academy The Bird Girls, Seussical the Musical New Albany High School The Cops, Freaky Friday St. Agnes Academy
OUTSTANDING LARGE ENSEMBLE The Newsies, Newsies Chester County High School The Flipper Dancers, Mamma Mia! Houston High School The Pirates, Peter Pan Jackson Christian School The Munchkins/Ozians, The Wizard of Oz Northpoint Christian School The Cast of Back to the 80s, Back to the 80s Ridgeway High School The Showgirls, Crazy For You Tipton-Rosemark Academy The Cast of Urinetown, Urinetown White Station High School
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OUTSTANDING CHORUS
sponsored by Karen Fields-Isaacman & Ken Isaacman The Hunchback of Notre Dame Briarcrest Christian School Pippin Bartlett High School Mary Poppins Collierville High School Pippin Hernando High School Cinderella Madison-Ridgeland Academy Freaky Friday St. Agnes Academy Crazy For You Tipton-Rosemark Academy
OUTSTANDING STUDENT ORCHESTRA Pippin Bartlett High School Little Shop of Horrors Central High School Mary Poppins Collierville High School Fame Cordova High School Shrek the Musical Harding Academy Mamma Mia! Houston High School Urinetown White Station High School
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OUTSTANDING DANCE EXECUTION Pippin Bartlett High School Newsies Chester County High School Mary Poppins Collierville High School Oklahoma! Evangelical Christian School Pippin Hernando High School Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Hutchison School Peter Pan Jackson Christian School
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY Pippin Bartlett High School Newsies Chester County High School Pippin Hernando High School Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Hutchison School Peter Pan Jackson Christian School White Christmas St. Mary’s Episcopal School Crazy For You Tipton-Rosemark Academy
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OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION MATERIALS sponsored by Paulsen Printing Little Shop of Horrors Arlington High School Pippin Bartlett High School The Hunchback of Notre Dame Briarcrest Christian School Oklahoma! Evangelical Christian School Sister Act Germantown High School Pippin Hernando High School Seussical the Musical New Albany High School
OUTSTANDING FRONT OF HOUSE sponsored by Friends Of The Orpheum (FOTO) Little Shop of Horrors Arlington High School Pippin Hernando High School Into the Woods Lewisburg High School The Wizard of Oz Northpoint Christian School White Christmas St. Mary's Episcopal School Crazy For You Tipton-Rosemark Academy Mary Poppins Wynne High School
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OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC ELEMENT sponsored by The Crump Firm, Inc.
Orin's Gas Mask in Little Shop of Horrors Central High School The Dragon in Shrek the Musical Harding Academy The Pirate Ship in Peter Pan Jackson Christian School Cinderella's Horse and Carriage in Cinderella Madison-Ridgeland Academy The Moon in The Addams Family South Gibson County High School The Monster Projections in Return to the Forbidden Planet St. George's Independent School The Kitchen in Mary Poppins Wynne High School
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION NUMBER "Kansas City," Oklahoma! Evangelical Christian School "Take Me to Heaven," Sister Act Germantown High School "Mama Look Sharp," 1776 Memphis University School "Amazing Mayzie," Seussical the Musical New Albany High School "Full Disclosure," The Addams Family St. Benedict at Auburndale "Gee, Officer Krupke," West Side Story University School of Jackson
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OUTSTANDING HAIR & MAKEUP Little Shop of Horrors Arlington High School Pippin Bartlett High School Newsies Chester County High School Mary Poppins Collierville High School Oklahoma! Evangelical Christian School Seussical the Musical New Albany High School White Christmas St. Mary’s Episcopal School
OUTSTANDING COSTUMES Little Shop of Horrors Arlington High School Pippin Bartlett High School Pippin Hernando High School Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Hutchison School Cinderella Madison-Ridgeland Academy 1776 Memphis University School Seussical the Musical New Albany High School
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OUTSTANDING LIGHTING sponsored by Dean HD Little Shop of Horrors Arlington High School Mary Poppins Collierville High School Sister Act Germantown High School Pippin Hernando High School Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Hutchison School Mamma Mia! Houston High School Seussical the Musical New Albany High School
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OUTSTANDING SET
sponsored by Veronica & Brett Batterson Little Shop of Horrors Arlington High School The Hunchback of Notre Dame Briarcrest Christian School Mary Poppins Collierville High School Fame Cordova High School Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Hutchison School Pippin Hernando High School 1776 Memphis University School
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT Little Shop of Horrors Arlington High School The Hunchback of Notre Dame Briarcrest Christian School Sister Act Germantown High School Pippin Hernando High School Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Hutchison School 1776 Memphis University School Seussical the Musical New Albany High School
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OUTSTANDING STUDENT CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT sponsored by Jennifer McGrath
Savannah Hughes Little Shop of Horrors Arlington High School
Katie Wolfe The Hunchback of Notre Dame Briarcrest Christian School
MaKenzie Lawson Mary Poppins Collierville High School
Matthew Russell Fame Cordova High School
Natalie Eslami Once Upon A Mattress Lausanne Collegiate School
Angel Paez Rock of Ages Southaven High School
Madison Mayhall The Addams Family St. Benedict at Auburndale
Elizabeth Griffin Crazy For You Tipton-Rosemark Academy
OUTSTANDING STUDENT TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT sponsored by Memphis Audio
William Hornbostel The Hunchback of Notre Dame Briarcrest Christian School
Tyler Patterson Shrek the Musical Harding Academy
Alexander Drown Sister Act Germantown High School
Ethan Costello The Wizard of Oz Northpoint Christian School
Randy Truong Sister Act Germantown High School
Jacob Savage The Wizard of Oz Northpoint Christian School
Alec Lazarini The Addams Family St. Benedict at Auburndale
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OUTSTANDING STUDENT STAGE MANAGEMENT AWARD
Emma Korsmo Little Shop of Horrors Arlington High School
Allyson Vogel The Hunchback of Notre Dame Briarcrest Christian School
Katie Kerlin 1776 Memphis University School
Jordan Gwaltney Mary Poppins Collierville High School
Katherine Clark Rock of Ages Southaven High School
Julia Sperry Mamma Mia! Houston High School
Kathryn Anderson Return to the Forbidden Planet St. George's Independent School
THE BRAVO AWARD
sponsored by Suzanne & William J. Landers
Nathan Morton Oliver! Christian Brothers High School
Lizzie Luter Mary Poppins Collierville High School
Max Taylor Pippin Hernando High School
Owen Walsh Mary Poppins Collierville High School
Ryleigh Haddock The Wizard of Oz Northpoint Christian School
Elena Parkhurst Shrek the Musical Harding Academy
Elliot Shah Freaky Friday St. Agnes Academy
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OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION sponsored by Yarbrough's Music Paul Whited, Pippin Bartlett High School Tammy Holt, The Hunchback of Notre Dame Briarcrest Christian School Emily Taylor, Mary Poppins Collierville High School Leiza Collins, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Hutchison School Julie Millen, White Christmas St. Mary’s Episcopal School Lalania Vaughn, Crazy For You Tipton-Rosemark Academy Joseph Powell, Urinetown White Station High School
OUTSTANDING FEATURED DANCER
Brady Pillstrom & Mikayla House Pippin Hernando High School
Riley Payne Rock of Ages Southaven High School
Abby Britt Peter Pan Jackson Christian School
Carrie Clowes Crazy For You Tipton-Rosemark Academy
Reese Davis & Kasey Davis Peter Pan Jackson Christian School
Josh Waits Crazy For You Tipton-Rosemark Academy
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OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR
Davis Cornelius Little Shop of Horrors Arlington High School
Steele Bowers Pippin Bartlett High School
Nathan Bradley Crazy For You Tipton-Rosemark Academy
Mac Robertson Oliver! Christian Brothers High School
Dawson Feathers Crazy For You Tipton-Rosemark Academy
Whit Ford Once Upon A Mattress Lausanne Collegiate School
Jalen Nickerson Mary Poppins Wynne High School
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS
Kaia Williams Little Shop of Horrors Arlington High School
Jaiden Hickman Newsies Chester County High School
Katie Riedel Shrek the Musical Harding Academy
Abigail Davis Sister Act Germantown High School
Nora James Eikner 1776 Memphis University School
DanE Henderson Sister Act Germantown High School
Liv Shallow Freaky Friday St. Agnes Academy
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OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR
Matthew Reber Little Shop of Horrors Arlington High School
Noah Jobbins Pippin Bartlett High School
Brady Pillstrom Pippin Hernando High School
Jay Hall Oliver! Christian Brothers High School
Hal Carter Peter Pan Jackson Christian School
Noah Bartley Pippin Hernando High School
Orlandus Mason Back to the 80s Ridgeway High School
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kristin Stewart The Hunchback of Notre Dame Briarcrest Christian School
Sophie Faughnan Once Upon A Mattress Lausanne Collegiate School
Hazel Brady Freaky Friday St. Agnes Academy
Lucy Blaylock Cinderella Madison-Ridgeland Academy
Bella Littleton 1776 Memphis University School
Snowden Farnsworth Abby Utley Return to the Forbidden Planet White Christmas St. George's Independent School St. Mary’s Episcopal School
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OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR sponsored by Winston Wolfe
Grayson Todd Little Shop of Horrors Arlington High School
Caleb Medlin Pippin Bartlett High School
Rodney McKinner Sister Act Germantown High School
Benjamin Cheng The Hunchback of Notre Dame Briarcrest Christian School
Ben Woodard Peter Pan Jackson Christian School
Parker Hood Mary Poppins Collierville High School
Hutch Dunavant Crazy For You Tipton-Rosemark Academy
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS sponsored by Cheryl & Bill Stegbauer
Caroline Morath Little Shop of Horrors Arlington High School
Shy'Kira Allen Pippin Bartlett High School
Claire Ballard Pippin Hernando High School
Kaitlyn Moore Newsies Chester County High School
Laura Ruth Welborn Seussical the Musical New Albany High School
Rachel Christopherson Sister Act Germantown High School
Summer Edwards Freaky Friday St. Agnes Academy
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OUTSTANDING DIRECTION BY A TEACHER sponsored by Lura Elliott Turner — in honor of her mother, Helen Elliott, a music teacher
Cynthia Wieland, Little Shop of Horrors Arlington High School Kirie Walz, Pippin Bartlett High School Mary Hicks, Newsies Chester County High School Lauren Suddoth, Pippin Hernando High School Dawn Blanton, Cinderella Madison-Ridgeland Academy Mary Beth Muncie, Seussical the Musical New Albany High School Ann Lane Neal, Freaky Friday St. Agnes Academy
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OUTSTANDING OVERALL PRODUCTION sponsored by Patty & George Alvord
Little Shop of Horrors Arlington High School
The Hunchback of Notre Dame Briarcrest Christian School
Pippin Bartlett High School
Mary Poppins Collierville High School
Freaky Friday St. Agnes Academy
Pippin Hernando High School
Crazy For You Tipton-Rosemark Academy
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SENIOR STAR COUNCIL STAR (Students Take A Role) Council acts as a student advisory board to the Orpheum Theatre Group. Members help to plan and coordinate events throughout the year, including Kids' Night on Broadway, Saturday Series shows, and the High School Musical Theatre Awards. The STAR Council is open to all high school students in grades 9-12. For more information, contact education@orpheum-memphis.com
Eli Addegge
Gracie Alston
Claire Ballard
Mackenzie Barbour
Brittney Berryman
James Boyd
Hayden Brown
Katherine Clark
Luke Dabney
Alyssa Donato
Natalie Eslami
Cade Forbes
Meghan Gilbreath
Parker Hood
Payton Hooton
Mikayla House
Cameron Hutson
Zane Jones
Mackenzie Kuyendoll
Ethan Leggett
Orlandus Mason
Rodney McKinner
Micheal Meitzler
Caroline Morath
Emily Moschitta
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Eli Nations
Kaylyn Nichols
Jalen Nickerson
Morgan Celeste Paley
Samaiya Riley
Taylor Roberts
Matthew Russell
Katie Mae Ryan
Alton Taylor
Jalen Thomas
John Thomas
Grayson Todd
Steve Williams
Allyson Vogel
Mia Wilson
Josh Waits
Abby Wingfield
ENTERTAIN. EDUCATE. ENLIGHTEN. The mission of the Orpheum Theatre Group is to enhance the communities we serve by utilizing the performing arts to entertain, educate, and enlighten while preserving the historic Orpheum Theatre and the Halloran Centre for Performing Arts & Education. As a 501(c)3 nonprofit, we rely on your contributions to keep the sparkle in our chandeliers and the glimmer in our gold leaf. Your generosity helps us take students on learning adventures, provides professional development workshops for local educators, and makes the arts accessible to all Mid-South families.
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OPENING & CLOSING PERFORMERS Chandler Abner Tai'Mhariya Allen Marian Barber Sam Blanton Bailey Bowden Ava Joy Bray Mary Grace Brittain Riley Burress Sophia Carpenter Laree Carter Oscar Chen Olivia Cherry Katy Cotten Markell Cox Luke Dabney Lauren Dandridge Emma-Kate Davidson Carmen Dennison Jacob Dinkins Elijah Ellis Christina Frye
Ben Gray Charlie Groves Emily Hale Grace Harvey Andrew Heady Clay Hoover Jacqueline Ingram Jasmine Jeffries Isabelle Johnson Jack Joiner Austin Kraft Mariques Lambert Laura Lott Hart Madison Madison Maroney Sarah Kathryn Meek Brody Melton Amari Miller Kelsey Montgomery Mia Osterman Kaitlyn Poindexter
Emma Reid Diana Rivera R.J. Rutherford Katie Mae Ryan Nick Shelhamer McKenna Smith Mary Smith Lauren Stubbs Brianna Szewczyk Cooper Thorpe Kat Trinque Emma Van Epps Brianna Warner Molly Waugh Emma Waycaster Sadie Ann Wells Brieyana Witaker Kollin White
PERFORMING ALUMNI Amelia Beckham, 2018 Evangelical Christian School
Raneem Imam, 2016 Germantown High School
Tamlyn Sampson, 2014 Cordova High School
Bethany Beckham, 2014 Evangelical Christian School
Matthew Keaton, 2012 Houston High School
Asia Smith, 2017 Bolton High School
Ethan Benson, 2018 Olive Branch High School
Jesse Anne Lipscomb, 2012 Southern Baptist Educational Centre
Paul Stevenson, 2014 Memphis University School
Zoey Brown, 2015 Lausanne Collegiate School
Will Lowery, 2018 Houston High School
Jada Tate, 2014 Lausanne Collegiate School
Cooper Clack, 2018 Collierville High School
Maclean Mayers, 2015 Germantown High School
Breyannah Tillman, 2011 Ridgeway High School
Cameron Donlin, 2018 Harding Academy
Dinah Mitchell, 2017 Germantown High School
Alan Toney, 2017 Germantown High School
Bailey Dumlao, 2018 Houston High School
Maggie Nash, 2018 Jackson Christian School
Tyler Vernon, 2014 Tipton-Rosemark Academy
Spencer Germany, 2017 Christian Brothers High School
Kylan Owens, 2015 Overton High School
Marlee Wilson, 2016 Wynne High School
JerQuintez Gibson, 2017 Overton High School
John Phillians, 2011 Wynne High School
Riley Young, 2018 Hernando High School
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ARTISTIC STAFF BIOGRAPHIES CHEYENNE JOHNSON (Assistant Choreographer) is an established dance teacher and choreographer with a BFA in Theatre with a concentration in Dance from the University of Memphis. With almost 20 years of experience, Cheyenne is skilled in various styles such as Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Contemporary, Ballroom, and more. Her accomplishments include receiving most prestigious dancer, teacher/choreographer, and most innovative tap dancer/teacher in Tennessee in 2017. She is also a current board member and the Junior Ambassador chair of the Southern Association of Dance Masters, and is a company member of the Hot Foot Honeys local tap company. Cheyenne's most recent works have been choreographing for the musicals Seussical Jr. and GREASE, school version, with Fayette Academy. She hopes to spark the minds and enlighten the hearts of future generations through theatre and dance. MATTHEW KEATON (Choreographer) is elated to help choreograph the Orpheum’s High School Musical Theatre Awards for a 3rd time. Matthew is a 2016 graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he earned his B.A. in Communications. He is also a proud alumnus of Houston High School. Matthew was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in the 2012 Orpheum High School Musical Theatre Awards and has worked and performed with the Orpheum's Education Department since 2011. He is also a performer at many Memphis area theatres. Matthew thanks his family and friends for their support, the Orpheum staff for everything, and God for His continuous grace and mercy. ALEX KESNER (Production Stage Manager) is a University of Memphis (2017) and Briarcrest Christian School (2013) graduate. She received her BFA in Theatre with an emphasis in Stage Management this spring. Alex started volunteering at the Orpheum as a Star Council member in 2012 and has since served as an intern in the Education Department, where she assistant stage managed the 2014, 2015 and 2016 High School Musical Theatre Awards. While in Memphis, Alex has stage managed many types of events including theatre, opera, awards shows, and dance concerts. Regional credits include: ASM at Mason Street Warehouse, PSM at The Orpheum Memphis, ASM at Collage Dance Collective, PSM at Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music. Favorite University of Memphis credits include: Spring Awakening (PSM) Measure for Measure (PSM), Oklahoma! (PSM), next to normal (ASM). Alex joined Weston Playhouse in Vermont as a Stage Management Intern and was Assistant Stage Manager for Riverside Playhouse in Vero Beach, Florida (2017-2018 Season). www.AlexKesner.com
SCOTT STURTEVANT (Music Director) is a pianist, composer, arranger and orchestrator. His projects include accompanying soloists and vocal groups in the Memphis area, creating custom music arrangements, and composing original music. He also serves part-time as the Music Associate at Crossroads Baptist Church in Eads, TN, where he is the pianist and helps direct the choir. Scott has been the Musical Director for the Orpheum's High School Musical Theatre Awards since 2010 and the Orpheum's Broadway Boot Camp since 2012. TAYLOR ST. JOHN (Director) is a theatre maker with a M.F.A. in Directing from The University of Memphis where he has directed productions of She Kills Monsters, Chronicles Simpkins, Bull, and The Rhodes Cycle: Abraham and Isaac for Rhodes College. Some favorite directing credits include: Elephant’s Graveyard (Voices of the South), the development and premieres of The Snake That Stole the Flower by Alli Jordan, Devoured By Tigers by Michael Ruth, and Hard Days Night by Vicki Vodrey (Kansas City Fringe Festival). As a teaching artist he has worked for the nationally recognized Coterie Theatre in Kansas City where he co-directed Project Pride (an LGBTQ teen performance troupe) and The Young Playwright’s Festival (an annual new play festival for youth playwrights). www.taylorstjohn.com
2019 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL THEATRE AWARDS
JUDGES BIOGRAPHIES JENNIFER AMMONS has an MFA in Costume Design from the University of Memphis. Her designs for the University include: Servant of Two Masters; Nine; Measure for Measure; Empires of Eternal Void, and Bull. This past summer she worked for the Ohio Light Opera where she was an Associate Costume Designer for HMS Pinafore in addition to Assistant Costume Designer on The Lady of the Slipper and The Student Prince. In 2016, she was the assistant to Janice Benning Lacek on the U of M- TSC joint production of Henry V. Other Memphis area designs include Elephants Graveyard at Voices of the South; Pinkalicious for New Day Children’s Theatre and Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet at Hatitloo Theatre. Previously she was the resident costume designer and shop manager for Mars Hill University and Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre near Asheville, NC. Some designs from MHU and SART include: Flyin West; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; The Sunshine Boys; The Children’s Hour; and Sylvia. KAREN SHEPHERD CANTY — Karen’s love of theater began when she played Nancy in a middle school production of Oliver! At The College of William & Mary, Karen focused on lighting design and technical theater. After college she worked in various capacities for regional theaters before discovering a passion for stage management. Karen worked for theatres including Playwrights Horizons, CenterStage, Berkeley Rep, Long Wharf Theatre, New York City Opera, and Wolf Trap Opera. She retired from stage management in 2002. Karen, her husband Ned, and their 2 mutts, Stella & PJ, moved to Memphis in 2011 when Ned was hired as General Director of Opera Memphis. They have since adopted a third rescue dog named Shorty. She is excited to be a part of the HSMTA adjudication team! JAMES KEVIN COCHRAN received his BFA in Theatre with a Concentration in Performance from the University of Memphis. He has continued to work across the country with Hampstead Stage Company and Gamut Theatre Group, and here in Memphis with the Orpheum Theatre, New Moon Theatre, Theatre Memphis, Germantown Community Theatre, and Arlington High School. Favorite directing projects include To Kill a Mockingbird, The Mousetrap, Far Away, Footloose, Killer Joe, Gruesome Playground Injuries, Cock, and ‘Art’. Favorite performance credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Twelfth Night with Gamut Theatre Group, A Christmas Carol with Hampstead Stage Company, as well as As You Like It, The Normal Heart, How I Learned to Drive, and The Physicists (Ostrander Award for Supporting Actor) here in Memphis. Upcoming projects include Barefoot in the Park and The Pillowman. www.jkevincochran.com
DANICA JENELLE HORTON holds an MS in Education in Interdisciplinary Arts from Nova Southeastern University and a BA in Theatre from UNC Greensboro. With more than ten years as a director and educator, she embraces inclusion and diversity in style, content and culture. She will return as a director and teaching artist for her third year this summer at Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Facility. Danica is a 2018 MFA Directing Candidate at the University of Memphis. KATHARINE HUGHEN is a first year judge with the HSMTA. After a year-long stint in Memphis in 2004 as an intern with Playhouse on the Square, Katharine moved back to Memphis permanently in 2008. She spent just over 8 years as the Production Manager/ Production Stage Manager with Playhouse on the Square working as a stage manager, properties designer, and projection designer for various productions and overseeing all other production elements for every show produced by the company. As a stage manager she has also worked with Theatre Memphis, Germantown Community Theatre, New Jewish Theatre (St. Louis, MO), St. Louis Shakespeare Company, and Riverside Shakespeare (St. Charles, MO). Katharine never ceases to be amazed by the talent in the Memphis community and is proud to be a part of the HSMTA this year! CURTIS C (JACKSON) returned to Memphis in 2015 after living and working in Los Angeles for some years. Since being back, I have been in WE LIVE HERE; THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS, ALL THE WAY, MEMPHIS (nominated for an Ostrander- supporting actor in a musical), MOON VINE at POTS, and the movie CUT TO THE CHASE. I have traveled a lot and lived in many different places doing a lot of different things that include: 3 Nat’l Tours and several theatres around the country: The American Theatre Project, in New Orleans, Playhouse on the Square, Memphis; Troup America, Mpls; The St. Louis Black Rep; Marjorie Lyons Playhouse, Shreveport; NoHoArts Center, Pacific Resident Theatre, The Colony Theatre, The Getty Villa, Pasadena Playhouse, the Road Theatre Co.. Gary Marshall’s Falcon Theatre, International City Theatre, Los Angele; just to name a few. TV includes SHAMELESS; X-FILES; STRONG MEDICINE AND GIDEON’S CROSSING. Also several other independent films, features and short. I am also an acting coach/teacher, director (sometimes) and counselor. Now making Memphis my base of operation as I go out and do more theatre, movies and other stuff. I have a BA and MFA in Theatre and many, many years of experience in all aspects of the Performing Arts.
2019 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL THEATRE AWARDS
SANDY KOZIK — received a B.F.A. in Theatre and Broadcast Journalism from University of Memphis and is a graduate of Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Clown College. He toured for ten years with The Clyde Beatty–Cole Bros. Circus and in 2008 performed at the International Clown Festival in Shanghai. He has more than 25 years of experience as a teaching artist and arts administrator having worked with Memphis Arts Council’s old Center for Arts Education, Arts in the Park and Delta Arts utilizing the principles of Lincoln Center’s Aesthetic Education Institute and Wolf Trap Early Learning Through the Arts to help students, parents and teachers experience the power of the arts. He has performed with Playhouse on the Square, Theatre Memphis, Project: MOTION and Voices of the South. He freelances as a teaching artist, clown, and performer and is a board member at First Unitarian Church and Voices of the South. Sandy is the oldest Orpheum HSMTA judge (by years and age) having served since 2009. He enjoys it most when he sees the arts transform people and communities; dedicated teachers, students, and families are doing it every year. Bravo! DAVE LANDIS — After earning a BFA in Theatre from Drake University as well as an MFA in Acting from the University of Texas at Austin, Dave moved to Memphis twenty-eight years ago to join the Playhouse on the Square family. As a long-time Resident Company member and Associate Director with Playhouse on the Square, Dave has directed and/or performed in well over 100 productions for both Playhouse on the Square and The Circuit Playhouse. Favorite performance credits include Horace Vandegelder in The Matchmaker; Roy
in Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika; Charlie in August: Osage County; Fagin in Oliver!; Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof; Salieri in Amadeus; Elyot in Private Lives; George in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; and Alfie in A Man of No Importance. Theatrical highlights for which he has donned his directing cap are in no particular order… Little Women the Musical; Fun Home; Priscilla, Queen of the Desert;The Bridges of Madison County; Sister Act; King Charles III; The Other Place; Assassins; Sanders Family Christmas; Other Desert Cities; Deathtrap; Good People; Hot l Baltimore; Spring Awakening; Hairspray; The Drowsy Chaperone; Into the Woods; Ragtime; Take Me Out; Love! Valour! Compassion!; Caroline, or Change; The Wild Party; and Frozen. He most recently directed the current production of Cabaret at Playhouse on the Square which runs through May 26. ELIZABETH PERKINS — currently serves as the Director of Admission and Marketing at Westminster Academy, but started her career as the Production Stage Manager at Theatre Memphis. In the twenty years since, she has been involved in over 88 productions in Memphis, both on and off stage, including stage managing 30 of those. Recent productions include serving as the assistant director on Haint at Germantown Community Theatre and stage manager for Theatre Memphis’ Beauty and the Beast. She currently serves on the Board of Directors at Theatre Memphis, as a judge for the High School Musical Theatre Awards, and as the Assistant Program Director for the Ostranders (the Memphis Theatre Awards).
THANK YOU to the following schools who have participated in the Orpheum High School Musical Theatre Awards for all 10 years!
ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL BRIARCREST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL COLLIERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CORDOVA HIGH SCHOOL HERNANDO HIGH SCHOOL HUTCHISON SCHOOL NORTHPOINT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY RIDGEWAY HIGH SCHOOL ST. AGNES ACADEMY ST. BENEDICT AT AUBURNDALE ST. MARY’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL TIPTON-ROSEMARK ACADEMY
Congratulations to our theatre students on their six nominations for Shrek the Musical
The Bravo Award Outstanding Featured Actress Outstanding Small Ensemble Outstanding Technical Achievement Outstanding Artistic Element Outstanding Student Orchestra
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Hernando High School Theatre Congratulations on 16 HSMTA nominations! Break a leg everyone!
Congratulations to the cast and crew of the Memphis University School production
The School for Boys in Grades 7-12
• New Albany High School • Nine 2019 HSMTA Nominations •
St. George’s Independent School congratulates the cast and crew!
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Orpheum High School Musical Theatre Awards Nominated for Outstanding Artistic Element Outstanding Student Stage Management | Kathryn Anderson Outstanding Supporting Actress | Snowden Farnsworth
ST. MARY’S SALUTES ALL THE NOMINEES IN THE 2019 ORPHEUM HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL THEATRE AWARDS!
6 White Christmas Nominations Outstanding Front of House sponsored by Friends of the Orpheum (FOTO) Outstanding Music Direction - Julie Millen Outstanding Choreography - Daniel Nelson and Bizzy Walker Outstanding Hair and Makeup The Inspiring Teacher Award - Jenny Madden Outstanding Supporting Actress - Abby Utley
2 Nominations in the MUS production of 1776 Outstanding Featured Actress - Nora James Eikner Outstanding Supporting Actress - Bella Littleton
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CAST OF
TIPTON-ROSEMARK ACADEMY’S
FOR THEIR 12 ORPHEUM NOMINATIONS: OUTSTANDING OVERALL PRODUCTION OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR-HUTCH DUNAVANT OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTORS-NATHAN BRADLEY & DAWSON FEATHERS OUTSTANDING FEATURED DANCERS-CARRIE CLOWES & JOSH WAITS OUTSTANDING STUDENT CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT-ELIZABETH GRIFFIN OUSTANDING LARGE ENSEMBLE-FOLLIES/SHOWGIRLS OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION-LALANIA VAUGHN OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY- RACHEL VERNON & SHELBI SELLERS OUTSTANDING CHORUS OUTSTANDING FRONT OF HOUSE-KEVIN CONNELL
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2019 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL THEATRE AWARDS
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