This weekend, the 15th Annual 5th Avenue Awards will honor high school musical theater, and North County schools have a strong showing.
The awards show is a gathering of musical theater students from all across Washington, with awards given out based on the 2016-2017 school year.
To be nominated, high schools from across Washington submitted their musicals to the 5th Avenue Awards Committee. Then, theater professionals visited high schools around the state to see the productions.
“In 15 years, the program has grown in size and scope from 24 productions and 3,100 students to a record high this year of 122 productions at 100 schools, with more than 12,000 students participating,” 5th Avenue said in a news release. “This eagerly awaited event features performances from the most talented students in the region. Celebrity guests and business leaders from the Seattle arts community will present awards to recipients throughout the evening. This year, an estimated 2,300 high school students are expected to attend the ceremony, with nominated students and schools performing excerpts from their shows. These talented students will truly get a taste of what it's like to perform in front of a packed house.”
The 21 categories attracted 189 nominations and 167 honorable mentions in various categories this year.
Below are the nominees from North County.
Outstanding Direction:
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Prairie High School for “Catch Me If You Can” (honorable mention)
Outstanding Music Direction:
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Prairie High School for “Catch Me If You Can” (honorable mention)
Outstanding Choreography
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Ridgefield High School for “Urinetown”
Outstanding Choreography
• Prairie High School for “Catch Me If You Can” (honorable mention)
Outstanding Costume Design (honorable mention)
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Prairie High School for “Catch Me If You Can”
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
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Lily Ray, Ridgefield High School, for “Urinetown”
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
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Skyler Denfeld, Battle Ground High School, for “The Addams Family – A New Musical Comedy”
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Skyler Verity, Prairie High School, for “Catch Me If
You Can”
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Calvin Lieurance, Ridgefield High School, for “Urinetown”
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Camie Randall, Hockinson High School, for Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s “Mary Poppins”
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Paris Elliott, Prairie High School, for “Catch Me If
You Can”
Outstanding Performance by
an Actor in a Featured
Ensemble Role
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Bailey DePuis, Prairie High School, for “Catch Me If You Can” (honorable mention)
Outstanding Performance
by a Chorus
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Prairie High School for
“Catch Me If You Can”
Outstanding Performance
by an Ensemble Group
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The Rebels, Ridgefield High School for “Urinetown”
Special Honors:
Student Achievement
•
Michaela Cloyd,
Ridgefield High School
If you go:
The 5th Avenue Awards ceremony will be held at 7 p.m., June 12, at Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle.
For those not up for a trip north, the awards show will also be streamed online at facebook.com/5thave.
