Jester Awards Ceremony Set for 5/21

The 2009-2010 Music Theatre of Wichita Jester Award Nominations have been announced. The committee would like to thank all who participated and congratulate those who are nominated.

The Jester Awards will be held Friday, May 21, 2010 at 7:00pm in the Mary Jane Teall Theatre, Century 2. Tickets are $10. Please call 316-265-3107 for reservations.

The nominees for Overall Production are as follows:
THE WIZARD OF OZ (Bishop Carroll HS)
FOOTLOOSE (Wichita Collegiate)
CHILDREN OF EDEN (Maize HS)
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (Northeast Magnet HS)
THE BOY FRIEND (Sterling HS)
GODSPELL (Trinity Academy)
OKLAHOMA! (Trinity Academy)

For a complete list of nominations, please visit www.musictheatreofwichita.org/jesters.cfm?content=nominees.

In 2002, MTW launched a program called the Jester Awards, bringing positive attention to area high schools for the excellence of the musical shows being produced on their campuses. With a skilled and dedicated team of judges attending dozens of performances, the Jester Awards have won high praise for successfully increasing awareness and pride in the achievements of local young people.

The Jester Award program recognizes the extraordinary amount of work, creativity, and devotion that faculty and students pour into their high school theatrical productions. We intend to celebrate the entire art of musical theatre: casts and crews, directors and designers and the great musical theatre works that inspire such devotion. Although there must be some limitations in the number of schools and their distance from Wichita, we are making every effort to be as inclusive as possible within practical constraints of schools and Music Theatre.

The program has grown exponentially each year since its inception, and took a huge leap into national prominence in 2009 with the launching of the National High School Musical Theater Awards (The Jimmys), honoring young performers from all across the United States.

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