LES MISERABLES' Emma Buchanan and Evatt Salinger Top 2015 Bobby G Awards; All the Winners!

Denver Center for the Performing Arts Broadway announces the 2015 recipients for The Bobby G Awards, a regional awards program for The National High School Musical Theatre Awards. Emma Buchanan and Evatt Salinger, the 2015 Bobby G Award recipients of the Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role and Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, will represent Colorado at The National High School Musical Theatre Awards in New York. Both are from Durango High School's production of LES MISERABLES. Emma Buchanan played Eponine and Evatt Salinger played Jean Valjean.

The seventh annual National High School Musical Theatre Awards take place Wednesday, June 24, through Tuesday, June 30 in New York City. The week's rigorous schedule includes group rehearsals and individual vocal and acting coaching by Broadway industry professionals, visits from special guests and discussions with working actors and a night out in Times Square for dinner and a Broadway show. On Monday, June 29, Emma Buchanan and Evatt Salinger will give it their all at The Jimmy Awards showcase at the Minskoff Theatre on Broadway, where a panel of judges will choose two students for the coveted awards of Best Performance by an Actor and Best Performance by an Actress.

The Bobby G Awards ceremony, held on May 28 at 7pm at The Buell Theatre, included performances from the shows nominated for outstanding overall production and honored outstanding achievements by students and educators made in the areas of performance, design, direction, choreography, technical production and overall production excellence. Thirty public and private high schools in Colorado participated this season.

This year's Outstanding Special Achievement Award recipients include: Outstanding Special Achievement in Sound Design by Abigail Kieffer from Cherokee Trail High School's production of The Addams Family; Outstanding Special Achievement in Stage Management by Shailyn Clay from Mountain View High School's production of Aida; Outstanding Special Achievement in Production Leadership by Gabriella Bailey from Westminster High School's production of Rent. The recipients for Rising Star, Outstanding Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress received the prestigious Lewis E. Myers, Jr. Scholarship Program scholarship to the Denver Center for the Performing Arts Education department.

It was announced at the ceremony that The Randy Weeks Memorial Fund for The Bobby G Awards was established at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts this year to support the advancement of musical theatre for Colorado high school students. Beginning in 2017 the fund will provide financial support to selected schools through The Bobby G Awards. Due to the generosity of Robert and Judi Newman, the DCPA will begin accepting applications for the production support fund during the 2015-16 Bobby G season. More information to come on this application process.

2015 BOBBY G AWARD RECIPIENTS IN ITALICS***:

Outstanding Achievement in Hair and Make-up Design

The Addams Family

Cherokee Trail High School

McKenzie Boyd, MacKenzie Campbell & Esther Ekberg

Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

Cherry Creek High School

Miranda Cochran

Hello, Dolly!

Lakewood High School

Timothy Campbell & Erin Cole

Aida***

Mountain View High School

Dakota Parker, Karla Quinones, Raquel Reynolds & Hannah Tester

Beauty and the Beast

Valor Christian High School

Hannah Corral, Victoria Gower, Haley Nicas & Trisha Rouleau

Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design

Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella***

Cherry Creek High School

Jim Miller & Weldon Steinke

LES MISERABLES

Durango High School

Diane Hoffman, Madisen Norcross & Isabel Whitehead

Shrek The Musical

Front Range Christian School

Jenn Horrom & Joanna Horrom

Aida

Mountain View High School

Jen Bleem, Jerri Hartshorn, Brynn Ledermann, Jen Likes & Cindy Sipes

Oklahoma!

Wheat Ridge High School

Teri Nydegger, Amy Sares, Denise Wood & Sarah Wood

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Design

Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

Cherry Creek High School

Yasmin Farsad

LES MISERABLES

Durango High School

Blake Martin, Nico Schiavone & Walker White

Anything Goes

Fairview High School

Lanny Boyer & Caleb Werkmeister

Aida

Mountain View High School

Jenny Horstmeyer

Rent***

Westminster High School

John Kirk & Travis Roth

Outstanding Achievement in Scenic Design

Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

Cherry Creek High School

Jack Hagen, Yukki Hashimoto, Max Post & Joe Woodard

LES MISERABLES

Durango High School

Elise Christiansen, Sam Coleman, Mia Irwin & Walker White

Hello, Dolly!

Lakewood High School

Brandon Davis, Sarah DeLaet, Jace Smykil & Anna Tiberi

Aida

Mountain View High School

Phil Forman, Tyler King, Evan Meyers & Rebecca Reynolds

Rent***

Westminster High School

Brandon PT Davis, Peter Lutz & Trenton Wright

Outstanding Achievement in Choreography

Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

Cherry Creek High School

Ronni Gallup

Anything Goes***

Fairview High School

Karen Cassel

Thoroughly Modern Millie

Grandview High School

Piper Lindsay Arpan

Aida

Mountain View High School

Tammy Johnson, Owen Whitham & Lauren Valdez

Rent

Westminster High School

Rachel Ilk, Starr Palmer & Lea Schoengarth

Outstanding Achievement in Musical Direction

Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

Cherry Creek High School

Adam Cave & Sara Wynes

Hairspray***

Denver School of the Arts

Brian Stinar

LES MISERABLES

Durango High School

Tom Kyser, Katharine Reed & Ivy Walker

Aida

Mountain View High School

Logan DeBord, Phil Forman, Alana Reed & Peter Toews

Guys and Dolls

Rock Canyon High School

Marsha Anema & Julia Dale

Outstanding Performance by a Chorus

Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

Cherry Creek High School

LES MISERABLES

Durango High School

Anything Goes

Fairview High School

Aida***

Mountain View High School

Rent

Westminster High School

Outstanding Performance by an Orchestra

Puck's Potion

Chaparral High School

Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

Cherry Creek High School

Hairspray***

Denver School of the Arts

LES MISERABLES

Durango High School

Anything Goes

Fairview High School

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

The Addams Family***

Cherokee Trail High School

Josette Axne

Alice Beineke

The Addams Family

Cherokee Trail High School

Tessa Robinson

Wednesday Addams

Hairspray

Denver School of the Arts

Sarah Doerner

Velma Von Tussle

Aida

Legacy High School

Carly Lyman

Nehebka

Aida

Mountain View High School

Lauren Valdez

Nehebka

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Puck's Potion

Chaparral High School

Jack Griffin

Nick

The Addams Family

Cherokee Trail High School

Caden Montgomery

Lucas Beineke

Beauty and the Beast****

Valor Christian High School

Mason Aksamit

Gaston

Rent

Westminster High School

Jairo Guerrero

Angel Dumont

Oklahoma!

Wheat Ridge High School

Jose Sierra

Ali Hakim

Rising Star

Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella***

Cherry Creek High School

Luccio Dellepiane

Herald

Bye, Bye Birdie

Discovery Canyon Campus

Lili Yocum

Mae Peterson

Beauty and the Beast

Green Mountain High School

Emelia Kamadulski

Chip

Beauty and the Beast

Valor Christian High School

Elleon Dobias

Madame de la Grande Bouche

Beauty and the Beast

Valor Christian High School

Xander Doege

Chip

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

LES MISERABLES***

Durango High School

Emma Buchanan

Eponine

Anything Goes

Fairview High School

Alei Russo

Reno Sweeney

Aida

Mountain View High School

Taylor Lang

Aida

Aida

Mountain View High School

Raegan DeBord

Amneris

Rent

Westminster High School

Lea Schoengarth

Mimi Marquez

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Puck's Potion

Chaparral High School

Ty Eatherton

Puck

LES MISERABLES***

Durango High School

Evatt Salinger

Jean Valjean

Anything Goes

Fairview High School

Charlie Kolbrener

Moonface Martin

Guys and Dolls

Rock Canyon High School

Sam Hulsizer

Nathan Detroit

Beauty and the Beast

Valor Christian High School

Dylan Ruder

Beast

Outstanding Achievement in Direction

LES MISERABLES

Durango High School

Landon Newton & Kristin Winchester

Anything Goes

Fairview High School

Michael Bizzaro & Janice Vlachos

Aida

Mountain View High School

Phil Forman & Karla Quinones

Guys and Dolls

Rock Canyon High School

Cindy Baker

Rent***

Westminster High School

André Rodriguez

Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical

The Addams Family

Cherokee Trail High School

LES MISERABLES***

Durango High School

Anything Goes

Fairview High School

Aida

Mountain View High School

Rent

Westminster High School

For more information on The Bobby G Awards: BobbyGAwards.org. For more information on The National High School Musical Theatre Awards: nhsmta.com. Follow the Denver Center for the Performing Arts @DenverCenter or on Facebook.