FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 16, 2019
CAPA Marquee Awards Announces the 19 Local High Schools Selected to Participate in 2019-20 Program
High School Musical Theatre Program Nearly Doubles Participation in Only Second Year
The Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (CAPA) today announced the 19 local high schools that have been selected to participate in the 2019-20 CAPA Marquee Awards. Designed to celebrate, support, and advocate for high school musical theatre education throughout central Ohio, the program debuted in the 2018-19 school year with 10 participating high schools. Nearly doubling participation in its sophomore year, musical theatre students from the 19 participating high schools will be invited to attend free master classes and talk-back opportunities with touring Broadway cast members and local/touring talent in their chosen field of interest throughout the 2019-20 season.
Additionally, adjudicators from the CAPA Marquee Awards will attend a performance of each participating school’s qualifying musical theatre production to evaluate nominated students/productions in the categories of Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Musical Production, Best Direction, Outstanding Ensemble Performance, Outstanding Student Orchestra, and Outstanding Technical Execution. Adjudicators will also separately evaluate hard-copy nominations submitted in the categories of Backstage Excellence, Outstanding Student Designer, and National Student Reporter.
The 2019-20 CAPA Marquee Awards participating high schools are:
Bishop Watterson High School Dublin Jerome High School Eastmoor Academy High School Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center Grandview Heights High School Grove City High School Hilliard Darby High School New Albany High School Olentangy Berlin High School Olentangy Liberty High School Olentangy Orange High School Pickerington High School Central Pickerington High School North Thomas Worthington High School Upper Arlington High School Westerville Central High School Westerville South High School Whetstone High School Worthington Christian School
On April 24, CAPA will announce the (up to) five nominees selected for each category.
On May 18, the CAPA Marquee Awards will culminate with a red-carpet ceremony and student showcase at the Southern Theatre at which winners in all categories will be announced. Modeled after the Tony Awards®, the CAPA Marquee Awards will showcase live performances from the nominees for Best Musical Production, as well as opening and closing numbers that incorporate nominated students from all participating high schools.
Students selected as Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Actress in a Leading Role will be designated as official Jimmy Award® nominees and receive a CAPA-sponsored trip to attend “Jimmys Week” in New York City, a nine-day professional training intensive with theatre professionals and industry experts, and compete on the national level for the 2020 Jimmy Awards® for Best Performance by an Actor and Best Performance by an Actress.
About The Jimmy Awards®/The National High School Musical Theatre Awards® (NHSMTA®) The Jimmy Awards® program impacts more than 100,000 students who participate in high school musical theatre competitions sponsored by presenters of Touring Broadway productions throughout the United States. Presented by the Broadway League Foundation, the program sends a Best Actress and a Best Actor winner from each of these competitions to New York for a week-long theatre intensive of coaching and rehearsals with industry professionals in preparation for a one-night-only talent showcase on Broadway. Named for Broadway impresario James M. Nederlander, the program has been the catalyst for more than $2 million in educational scholarships. For more information, please visit www.JimmyAwards.com. www.CAPAMarqueeAwards.com
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The Ohio Arts Council helped fund CAPA’s 2019-20 season with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, education excellence, and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. CAPA also appreciates the generous support of the Greater Columbus Arts Council and the Lois S. and H. Roy Chope and Helen W. Wildermuth Fund for Drama and Music funds of The Columbus Foundation.
About CAPA Owner/operator of downtown Columbus’ magnificent historic theatres (Ohio Theatre, Palace Theatre, Southern Theatre) and manager of the Riffe Center Theatre Complex, Lincoln Theatre, Drexel Theatre, Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts (New Albany, OH), and the Shubert Theatre (New Haven, CT), CAPA is a non-profit, award-winning presenter of national and international performing arts and entertainment. For more information, visit www.capa.com.
Contact: Rolanda Copley (614) 719-6624 [email protected]