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Denver Center Attractions announces the 2014 recipients for The Bobby G Awards - the Colorado regional awards program for The National High School Musical Theater Awards. Conner Kingsley and Abby Noble, the 2014 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 Theater Awards in New York. Conner Kingsley played Igor in Lakewood High School's production of Young Frankenstein. Abby Noble played Gertrude McFuzz in Grandview High School's production of Seussical.

The sixth annual National High School Musical Theater Awards will take place Wednesday, June 25, through Tuesday, July 1, 2014 in New York City. The week's rigorous schedule will include group rehearsals and individual vocal and acting coaching by Broadway industry professionals, visits from special guests and discussions with working actors, a night out in Times Square for dinner and a Broadway show, and on the final day of the program, a session with casting agency Telsey & Company. On Monday, June 30, 2014 Conner Kingsley and Abby Noble 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 29 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. Twenty public and private high schools in the seven Denver metro counties participated this season.

This year's Outstanding Special Achievement Award recipients include stage management recognition for Andy Becker from Littleton High School's City of Angels and Destiny Humrich from Pomona High School's Damn Yankees as well as marketing efforts by Jackson Warnock & AJ Winter for Mountain Range High School's Xanadu. 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 Theatre Academy.

2014 Recipients in Red

Outstanding Achievement in Hair & Make-Up Design

Francesca Arniotes & Michelle Schrader - Fiddler on the Roof - Evergreen High School

Tim Campbell & Emma Sargent - Young Frankenstein - Lakewood High School

Rachel Jeffries, Haley Nicas, Trisha Rouleau & Kelsie Saupe - Fiddler on the Roof - Valor Christian High School

Sam Lee - Seussical - Grandview High School

Rebecca Maestas & Fatima Rodriguez - High School Musical On Stage! - Westminster High School

Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design

EB Bollendock & Connor Jones - City of Angels - Littleton High School

Kathryn Demolli & Naomi Sanchez - High School Musical On Stage! - Westminster High School

Taylor Gammel, Claire Goodwin, Brooke Herzog & Juliana Small - Annie Get Your Gun - Faith Christian Academy

Evin Harris & Alaina Haworth - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Cherry Creek High School

Mary Murray & Quiana Torres - Xanadu - Mountain Range High School

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Design

Dave Avery, Mike Lanning & Justin Yu - Young Frankenstein - Lakewood High School

John DeYoung, Kurt Muenstermann & Richard Spomer - Fiddler on the Roof - Valor Christian High School

Shaye Evans, Ryan Kleist, Colin Riebel & Dillon Riebel - Fiddler on the Roof - Evergreen High School

Alex Groce - Shrek The Musical - Chaparral High School

Reid Mather - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Cherry Creek High School

Outstanding Achievement in Scenic Design

Dean Arniotes, Shaye Evans & Andrew Montesi - Fiddler on the Roof - Evergreen High School

Chloe Carr, Taylor Dykstra, Matthew Shinnick & James Yeon - Seussical - Grandview High School

TJ Donahue & Jack Hagen - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Cherry Creek High School

Matt Marchal, Mackenzie Montano & Anna Tiberi - Young Frankenstein - Lakewood High School

Erin Ramsey - High School Musical On Stage! - Westminster High School

Outstanding Performance by an Orchestra

Arvada West High School - The Phantom of the Opera

Chaparral High School - Shrek The Musical

Cherry Creek High School - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Grandview High School - Seussical

Lakewood High School - Young Frankenstein

Outstanding Achievement in Musical Direction

Adam Cave & Tim Libby - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Cherry Creek High School

Don Emmons & Jim Farrell - City of Angels - Littleton High School

Shawn Funk & Kelly Parmenter - Fiddler on the Roof - Arapahoe High School

Chris Maunu & Craig Melhorn - The Phantom of the Opera - Arvada West High School

Bill Welsh - Annie Get Your Gun - Faith Christian Academy

Outstanding Performance by a Chorus

Arapahoe High School - Fiddler on the Roof

Chaparral High School - Shrek The Musical

Cherry Creek High School - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Evergreen High School - Fiddler on the Roof

Westminster High School - High School Musical On Stage!

Outstanding Achievement in Choreography

Beau Bohlen, Delaney Bohlen & Angela Dryer - Young Frankenstein - Lakewood High School

Jamie Geary & Nicole Toscano - Fiddler on the Roof - Valor Christian High School

Ronni Gallup - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Cherry Creek High School

Rachel Ilk, Chris Salguero & Lexie Thammavongsa - High School Musical On Stage! - Westminster High School

Heather Westenskow - Shrek The Musical - Chaparral High School

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Jesse Aaronson - Pharaoh - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Cherry Creek High School

Ryan Degnan - Dennis - All Shook Up - Legacy High School

Jairo Guerrero - Ryan Evans - High School Musical On Stage! - Westminster High School

Ricky Her - Chad Danforth - High School Musical On Stage! - Westminster High School

Adam Lundy - The Monster - Young Frankenstein - Lakewood High School

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Lauren Chew - Miss Sandra - All Shook Up - Legacy High School

Alex Garramone - Hodel - Fiddler on the Roof - Valor Christian High School

Desirae Maldonado - JoJo - Seussical - Grandview High School

Lizzie Plender - Frau Blucher - Young Frankenstein - Lakewood High School

Lea Schoengarth - Sharpay Evans - High School Musical On Stage! - Westminster High School

Rising Star

Paul Cherubino - Lazar Wolf - Fiddler on The Roof - Evergreen High School

Elleon Dobias - The Fiddler - Fiddler on The Roof - Valor Christian High School

Taylor Lewis - Featured Thespian - High School Musical On Stage! - Westminster High School

Rose Lucas - A clapper boy, Carla's stand in and featured dancer - City of Angels - Littleton High School

Allie Putze - Mr. Smee - Peter Pan - St. Mary's Academy

Outstanding Achievement in Direction

Tami LoSasso & Delaney Bohlen - Young Frankenstein - Lakewood High School

Brianna Lindahl - Seussical - Grandview High School

Kurt Muenstermann & Micah McDonald - Fiddler on the Roof - Valor Christian High School

Jim Miller & TJ Donahue - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Cherry Creek High School

André Rodriguez - High School Musical On Stage! - Westminster High School

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Stephanie Bess - Christine Daaé - The Phantom of the Opera - Arvada West High School

Amelia Jacobs - Bobbi / Gabby - City of Angels - Littleton High School

Abby Noble - Gertrude McFuzz - Seussical - Grandview High School

Lorelei Thorne - Annie Oakley - Annie Get Your Gun - Faith Christian Academy

Kira Vuolo - Lola - Damn Yankees - Pomona High School

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Conner Kingsley - Igor - Young Frankenstein - Lakewood High School

James Marsh - Farquaad - Shrek The Musical - Chaparral High School

Danny Miller - The Phantom - The Phantom of the Opera - Arvada West High School

Dylan Ruder - Tevye - Fiddler on the Roof - Valor Christian High School

Chris Salguero - Troy Bolton - High School Musical On Stage! - Westminster High School

Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical

Arvada West High School -The Phantom of the Opera

Cherry Creek High School - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Grandview High School - Seussical

Lakewood High School -Young Frankenstein

Westminster High School - High School Musical On Stage!

Outstanding Special Achievement Award Recipients

Andy Becker - City of Angels - Littleton High School

Destiny Humrich - Damn Yankees - Pomona High School

Jackson Warnock & AJ Winter - Xanadu - Mountain Range High School

The Bobby G Awards are named for the late Robert Garner, Broadway pioneer and founder of what later became Denver Center Attractions, the Broadway division of The Denver Center for the Performing Arts.

For more information on The Bobby G Awards: BobbyGAwards.org

For more information on The National High School Musical Theater Awards: nhsmta.com