19 Schools to perform in First High School Musical Theatre Awards in Memphis 5/27

Nineteen schools from across the mid-south will be a part of The Orpheum Theatre's first annual High School Musical Theatre Awards program. Modeled after the Tony awards, this program will recognize achievement in all areas of high school musical theatre programs in the region.

The only program of its kind in the tri-state area, The High School Musical Theatre Awards are open to all schools within 35 miles of Memphis. Orpheum adjudicators attend and evaluate musicals at each participating school, and nominations in 17 different categories will be announced in April, 2010. On May 27, 2010, students and supporters from all participating schools will gather at The Orpheum for the awards ceremony. Presented in grand scale with black tie presenters and professionally choreographed song and dance numbers, The Orpheum's High School Musical Theatre Awards will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the hundreds of students involved.

The winners of the Best Actor and Best Actress awards at The Orpheum will advance to the National High School Musical Theatre Awards in New York City where they will compete will regional winners from other theatres across the country. The overall winners of that competition will be offered full scholarships to New York University's Tisch School for the Arts, a value of over $200,000.

The 2009-2010 participating schools and musicals are:

Arlington High School - Oklahoma Briarcrest High School - Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Collierville High School - Disney's Beauty and the Beast Cordova High School - Anything Goes
DeSoto Central High School - Annie Get Your Gun Germantown High School - Parade
Harding Academy - Into the Woods Hernando High School - Seussical: The Musical
Houston High School - Seussical: The Musical Hutchison School - Jane Eyre: The Musical
Millington Central High School - Little Shop of Horrors Overton High School - Fame: The Musical
Ridgeway High School - Footloose: The Musical Southern Baptist Educational Center - Hello Dolly
St. Agnes Academy - Once Upon a Mattress St. Benedict at Auburndale - Singin' in the Rain
St. Mary's Episcopal School - White Christmas Tipton Rosemark Academy - TBA
White Station High School - Guys and Dolls

Sponsored in part by Sedgwick CMS, The High School Musical Theatre Awards will take place at The Orpheum Theatre at 7:00 p.m. on May 27, 2010. Tickets will go on sale to the public in May.

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