Lyric Stage announces winners of Schmidt and Jones Awards
Dallas—Lyric Stage presented the 15th annual Schmidt & Jones Awards at the Moody Performance Hall on May 7. The theatre company also gave the Ashley Newman-Schneider Scholarship to the best stage manager.
“Established in 2010 and named after renowned composer Harvey Schmidt and lyricist Tom Jones, these awards honor excellence in high school musical theatre across Dallas-Fort Worth,” Scott Guenther, Lyric Stage’s general manager, said. “The evening featured performances by nominated schools, productions and performers, and they were amazingly talented.”
The winners are as follows:
BEST SHOW
Denton Guyer High School – ‘Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812’
BEST ENSEMBLE
Liberty Christian School – ‘Singing in the Rain’
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Liberty Christian School - Presley Anderson & Gigi Plisga – ‘Singing in the Rain’
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
Denton Guyer High School – Brayden Dorman, Roseanna Medlock, Anna Quigley –
‘Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812’
BEST SCENIC DESIGN
Denton Guyer High School – Brayden Dorman - Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Rowlett High School - Francine Parcero & Anthony Bedolla – ‘SIX’
BEST ORCHESTRA
Wylie High School – ‘Beauty and the Beast’
BEST STAGE MANAGER
Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts – William “Mars” Bartell – ‘Sister Act’
Winner of the Ashley Newman-Schneider Scholarship
Newman-Schneider was an influential presence in the DFW theatre community.
BEST ACTOR
Sean Forman as Man in Chair in ‘The Drowsy Chaperone ‘at North Texas Performing Arts Conservatory; Forman also received a $500 scholarship.
BEST ACTRESS
Francine Parcero as Anne Boleyn in ‘SIX’ at Rowlett High School; Parcero also received a $500 scholarship.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Bradford Arnold as Wolf in ‘Into the Woods’ at Grapevine High School
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anya Guidry as Alice Beineke in ‘The Addams Family’ at Cedar Hill High School
ACTOR IN A MINOR ROLE
Hudson Donnell as LeFou in ‘Beauty and the Beast’ at Wylie High School
ACTRESS IN A MINOR ROLE
Grace Betts as Race in ‘Newsies Jr’ at Harvest Christian Academy
MALE ENSEMBLE PERFORMER
Darren Sanders as Featured Dancer in ‘Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812’ at Denton Guyer High School
FEMALE ENSEMBLE PERFORMER
Maria Luiza Viana as Flapper Ancestor in ‘The Addams Family’ at Cedar Hill High School
A panel of judges, consisting of theatre educators and professional theatre artists, viewed 21 productions of the accepted applicants from schools in Dallas, Tarrant and Collin counties. The panel made nominations and then voted to determine winners. The directors of participating schools also received written production evaluations.
The judging panel, adjudicating, and awards are organized and led by Amy Stevenson, the director of the Schmidt and Jones Awards. Stevenson is well-known in Dallas-Fort Worth as both an artist and educator.
SOURCE Lyric Stage
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