2022 Jester Awards

Sunday, April 24, 2022

3pm | Century II | 225 W. Douglas Sponsored by the Naftzger Fund for the Fine Arts Continuing support provided by The Lois Kay Walls Foudation

THE 20TH ANNUAL JESTER AWARDS Honoring excellence in the production of high school musicals throughout Kansas.

Sunday, April 24, 2022, 3pm Emcees: Rachel Downs and Steve Hitchcock Presenters: Jaslyn Alexander and Gabbe Meloccaro

TONIGHT’S PERFORMANCE ORDER “Jester Medley”

MTWichita’s Trust Company of Kansas Teen Choir and Leading Performer Nominees

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS “Oh, The Thinks You Can Think” (Seussical) Southeast of Saline High School

OUTSTANDING LOBBY DISPLAY OUTSTANDING PROGRAM DESIGN OUTSTANDING STAGE CREW “Dancing Queen/Waterloo” (Mamma Mia!) Wichita High School East

OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGN OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN “Toledo Surprise” (The Drowsy Chaperone) Emporia High School

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN OUTSTANDING COSTUMES “Urinetown Medley” (Urinetown) Hays High School

OUTSTANDING SMALL ENSEMBLE OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE/CHORUS “Sunrise, Sunset” (Fiddler on the Roof) McPherson High School

OUTSTANDING LEADING PERFORMER MEDLEY

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Blaise Alderson (Horton) Seussical Southeast of Saline

Carson Brooksher (Bobby Strong) Urinetown Hays High School

Caden Cathoun (Jesus) Godspell Maize High School

Pierce Hamma (Tevye) Fiddler on the Roof McPherson High School

Noah Jittawait (Cat in the Hat) Seussical Andover High School

Cody Kippenberger (Jimmy Winter) Nice Work If You Can Get It Independence High School

Dan McVay (Curly) Oklahoma!

Trinity Academy

Mikail Sadiq (Clyde) Bonnie & Clyde Wichita Northeast Magnet

Ryder Walsh (Emmett) Legally Blonde Wichita Collegiate

OUTSTANDING CAMEO PERFORMER OUTSTANDING PRE-HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMER OUTSTANDING LEADING PERFORMER MEDLEY Cami Abraham (Donna) Mamma Mia! Wichita High School East

Laura Baldwin (Man in Chair) The Drowsy Chaperone Emporia High School

Daphne Brown (Anya) Anastasia Junction City High School

Abby Hoglen (Ariel) Disney’s The Little Mermaid Andover Central High School

Addison Hurtig (Donna) Mamma Mia! Andale High School

Devlyn Jochum (Hope Caldwell) Urinetown Hays High School

Harper Johnston (Anya) Anastasia Salina Central High School

Alyssa Linhardt (Gertrude) Seussical Andover High School

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Madelyn Seiler (Fiona) Shrek Thomas More Prep Marian

Allie Snyder (Ariel) Disney’s The Little Mermaid Goddard High School

OUTSTANDING DESIGN GUEST OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC GUEST “Step In Time” (Mary Poppins) Sunrise Christian Academy

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION NUMBER OUTSTANDING ORCHESTRA DIRECTION OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION “Lady Be Good” (Nice Work If You Can Get It) Independence High School

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY/STAGING OUTSTANDING DIRECTION “Song of the King/Any Dream Will Do” (Joseph … Dreamcoat) Garden City High School

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING PERFORMER OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING PERFORMER “Biggest Blame Fool” (Seussical) Andover High School OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT SPIRIT OF THE JESTERS “The Farmer and the Cowman” (Oklahoma!)

Trinity Academy

OUTSTANDING LEADING PERFORMER OUTSTANDING LEADING PERFORMER OUTSTANDING OVERALL PRODUCTION *Musical numbers and artists may be subject to change

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The Jester Awards graciously acknowledges the theatrical licensing houses who represent the musical plays from which excerpts are being presented this evening: MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL (www.mtishows.com) Bonnie and Clyde Music by Frank Wildhorn; Lyrics by Don Black; Book by Ivan Menchell Disney’s The Little Mermaid Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater; Book by Doug Wright; Based on the Hans Christian Andersen story and the Disney film Disney’s Mary Poppins Original Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman; New Songs and Additional Music and Lyrics

by Anthony Drewe and George Stiles; Book by Julian Fellowes; Co-Created by Cameron Mackintosh; based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney Film Godspell Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Conceived and Originally Directed by John Michael Tebelak; Based on The Gospel According to St. Matthew Legally Blonde the Musical Music and Lyrics By Laurence O’Keefe Nell Benjamin; Book by Heather Hach; Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture Mamma Mia! Music and Lyrics by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson; Book by Catherine Johnson

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The Drowsy Chaperone Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison; Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar Urinetown Music by Mark Hollmann; Lyrics by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis; Book by Greg Kotis Fiddler on the Roof Music by Jerry Bock Lyrics; by Sheldon Harnick; Book by Joseph Stein; Original Production Directed & Choreographed

by Jerome Robbins; Based on Sholem Aleichem’s stories, by special permission of Arnold Perl

CONCORD THEATRICALS (www.concordtheatricals.com) Anastasia Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; Book by Terrence McNally; Inspired by the Twentieth Century Fox Motion Pictures by special arrangement with Buena Vista Theatrical from the play

by Marcelle Maurette as adapted

by Guy Bolton Dames at Sea Music by Jim Wise; Book and Lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Lyrics by Tim Rice; Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Seussical Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; Book by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty; Based on the works of Dr. Seuss

Nice Work If You Can Get It Music and Lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin; Book by Joe DiPietro

Shrek the Musical Music by Jeanine Tesori; Book and Lyrics

by David Lindsay-Abaire; Based on the DreamWorks Animation Motion Picture and the book by William Steig

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!

Music by Richard Rodgers; Book and Lyrics

by Oscar Hammerstein II; Based on the play “Green Grow the Lilacs”

by Lynn Riggs

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2021-2022 JESTER NOMINATIONS Our adjudicating team has reviewed the scores given to 147 high school musical performances, entered for consideration by 49 schools throughout Kansas during the 2021-2022 season. A lot of wonderful work was seen and celebrated, resulting in these nominations:

OUTSTANDING LOBBY DISPLAY Andale High School Mamma Mia!

Andover Central High School

OUTSTANDING PROGRAM DESIGN Gabrielle Lopez

Mamma Mia!, Andale High School

Shelby Norton

Disney’s The Little Mermaid

Seussical, Andover High School

Augusta High School

Melissa Seiler & Maura Harms

We Will Rock You: School Edition

Buhler High School Mamma Mia!

Classical School of Wichita Annie

Circle High School Cinderella

Hugoton High School Disney’s Aladdin Jr.

Junction City High School Anastasia

Kapaun Mt. Carmel

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

Sterling High School Dames at Sea

The Addams Family Bishop Carroll High School

Evelyn Alvarez & Alice Hilt Joseph … Dreamcoat Garden City High School

Alayna Bennin

Nice Work If You Can Get It Independence High School

Sofia Manning

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Kapaun Mt. Carmel

Brock Forman & Matthew White Dames at Sea, Sterling High School Katie Murphy

Schoolhouse Rock Topeka West High School

Joni Atteberry

Oklahoma!, Trinity Academy

Claire Leibl

Disney’s High School Musical 2 Trinity Catholic High School

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OUTSTANDING STAGE CREW Andale High School Mamma Mia!

Arkansas City High School Legally Blonde

Buhler High School Mamma Mia!

Natalie Ostmeyer

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Kapaun Mt. Carmel

Greg McGlynn

Fiddler on the Roof McPherson High School

Catie Almond & Chuck Boyles

Little Women, Pittsburg High School

Scott Kickhaefer

Emporia High School

The Spongebob Musical Topeka High School

Garden City High School

Oklahoma!, Trinity Academy

Hays High School

Mamma Mia!, Wichita East High School

The Drowsy Chaperone Joseph … Dreamcoat Urinetown

Pittsburg High School Little Women

Sunrise Christian Academy Disney’s Mary Poppins

Wichita East High School Mamma Mia!

Wichita Northeast Magnet Bonnie & Clyde

OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGN Joshua Hall

Mamma Mia!, Andale High School

Alice Hilt

Joseph … Dreamcoat Garden City High School

Sarah Kitzke

Disney’s Aladdin Jr., Hugoton High School

Cody Kippenberger

Nice Work If You Can Get It Independence High School

Amy Shelden

Derrick Gronewold

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN Alice Hilt

Joseph … Dreamcoat Garden City High School

Alayna Bennin

Nice Work If You Can Get It Independence High School

Alora Carr

Fiddler on the Roof McPherson High School

Gavin Steier

Little Women, Pittsburg High School

Shannon Barta

Disney’s The Little Mermaid Seaman High School

Eric Lundstorm

Matilda, Smoky Valley High School

Noah Svaty

Dames at Sea, Sterling High School

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Joseph Lindsted

Disney’s Mary Poppins Sunrise Christian Academy

Evan Davidson

Anastasia, Washburn Rural High School

Jarod Hudson

Mamma Mia!, Wichita East High School

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN Elise Soto

Joshua Hall

Mamma Mia!, Andale High School

Casandra Conley

Disney’s The Little Mermaid Andover Central High School

Tony Rosales

The Addams Family Bishop Carroll High School

Kimberlie Skirvin

Seussical, Andover High School

The Drowsy Chaperone Emporia High School

Melissa Seiler & Maura Harms

Robyn Hilt & Mitzi Sanchez

The Addams Family Bishop Carroll High School

Caelan Ulrich

The Drowsy Chaperone Emporia High School

Theresa Fischer

Joseph … Dreamcoat Garden City High School

Braelyn George

The Spongebob Musical Labette County High School

Michelle Popovich

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Fredonia High School

Sister Act, Pratt High School

Tyler Parkridge

Seussical, Southeast of Saline High School

Disney’s Aladdin Jr., Hugoton High School

Tyler Breneman

Matilda, Smoky Valley High School

Joel Kejr

Seussical, Southeast of Saline High School

Clark Comley

Dames at Sea, Sterling High School

Jarod Hudson

Disney’s Mary Poppins Sunrise Christian Academy

Maeghan Bishop

Anastasia, Washburn Rural High School

McKenna Blessant

Mamma Mia!, Wichita East High School

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OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN

Keri Boley

Lori Goebel & Beth Smith Disney’s Mary Poppins Sunrise Christian Academy

Sarah Hazen

Schoolhouse Rock, Topeka West High School

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OUTSTANDING SMALL ENSEMBLE

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE/ CHORUS

The Mersisters

Andale High School

The Mersisters

Emporia High School The Drowsy Chaperone

Disney’s The Little Mermaid Andover Central High School Disney’s The Little Mermaid Goddard High School

Babkak, Omar, & Kassim

Disney’s Aladdin Jr., Hugoton High School

The Electric Skaters

Mamma Mia!

Garden City High School Joseph … Dreamcoat

Hays High School Urinetown

The Spongebob Musical Labette County High School

Independence High School

Get’cha Head in the Game Ensemble

Labette County High School

Disney’s High School Musical Maize South High School

The Crows

The Wizard of Oz, Newton High School

Ladybug, Grasshopper, Spider, Earthworm, & Centipede James and the Giant Peach Peabody-Burns High School

TJ, Joey, & Pablo

Sister Act, Pratt High School

The Mersisters

Disney’s The Little Mermaid Seaman High School

Sharpettes

Disney’s High School Musical 2 Trinity Catholic High School

Nice Work If You Can Get It The Spongebob Musical

Maize High School Godspell

McPherson High School Fiddler on the Roof

Sunrise Christian Academy Disney’s Mary Poppins

Trinity Academy Oklahoma!

OUTSTANDING CAMEO PERFORMER Lance Bode (Chef Louis)

Disney’s The Little Mermaid Andover Central High School

Collin Marr (Kyle)

Legally Blonde, Arkansas City High School

Drew Merrell (Bert Healy)

Annie, Eisenhower High School

Razel Quintero (Pharoah) Joseph … Dreamcoat Garden City High School

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McKenna Brown (Snow)

The Wizard of Oz, Newton High School

Kirsten Lamia (Dragon)

OUTSTANDING DESIGN GUEST

Shrek the Musical Salina High School South

Tyler Gallegos Lessin (Scenic Design)

Ayden Smith (Patchy the Pirate)

Adam Dewees (Sound Design)

Christopher Henry (Kyle)

Lea Shepard & Amy Taylor (Costume Design)

The Spongebob Musical Topeka High School

Legally Blonde, Wichita Collegiate School

Kara Reida (Young Bonnie) Bonnie and Clyde Wichita Northeast Magnet

OUTSTANDING PRE-HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMER Julia Brouillete (Flounder) Disney’s The Little Mermaid Andover Central High School

Keegan Wilson (Jojo)

Seussical, Andover High School

Skye Neisler (Annie)

Annie, Classical School of Wichita

Shiloh Brown (Young Anya)

Anastasia, Junction City High School

Bren Kappelmann (Winthrop)

The Music Man, Liberal High School

Larkin French (Young Fiona) Shrek the Musical Salina High School South

Olivia Swenson (Jojo)

Seussical, Southeast of Saline High School

Cyleigh Lindsted (Jane Banks) Disney’s Mary Poppins Sunrise Christian Academy

Tereah Widman (Young Anya)

Anastasia, Washburn Rural High School

Seussical, Andover High School

Annie, Classical School of Wichita

Nice Work If You Can Get It Independence High School

Adam Akers (Lighting Design) Godspell, Maize High School

Elizabeth Britton & Andrew Van Slyke (Lighting Design) Sister Act, Pratt High School

Robin Hilt (Costume Design)

Anastasia, Salina Central High School

Deb Wall (Scenic Design)

Seussical, Southeast of Saline High School

Pamela Grizzell (Costume Design) Shrek the Musical Thomas More Prep-Marian

Dan Harmon (Lighting Design) Oklahoma!, Trinity Academy

Gina Kohn (Costume Design) Oklahoma!, Trinity Academy

OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC GUEST Isabella Vardaman (Choreography) Seussical, Andover High School

Tara Woodmansee (Choreography)

Legally Blonde, Arkansas City High School

Adrian Rifat (Directing)

Urinetown, Hays High School

Lisa Paine (Stage Direction) Godspell, Maize High School

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Emily Crow (Choreography)

The Wizard of Oz, Newton High School

Karen Brassea (Choreography)

Anastasia, Salina Central High School

Piper Harding (Choreography)

Dames at Sea, Sterling High School

Hailey Stine & Allison Schwab (Choreography) Disney’s Mary Poppins Sunrise Christian Academy

Ethan Harmon & Stevie Mack Furlong (Choreography) Oklahoma!, Trinity Academy

Alex Castaneda (Choreography)

Anastasia, Washburn Rural High School

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION NUMBER We Are the Champions

We Will Rock You: School Edition Augusta High School

Toledo Surprise

The Drowsy Chaperone Emporia High School

Song of the King

Joseph … Dreamcoat Garden City High School

Paris Holds the Key

Anastasia, Salina Central High School

Voulez Vous

Mamma Mia!, Wichita East High School

OUTSTANDING ORCHESTRA DIRECTION Brian Kirk

Disney’s The Little Mermaid Andover Central High School

Benjamin Reilly

The Addams Family Bishop Carroll High School

Jordan Brown

Annie, Eisenhower High School

Curtis Wedel

Joseph … Dreamcoat Garden City High School

Nicholas Griggs

Fiddler on the Roof McPherson High School

Cooper Neil

Little Women, Pittsburg High School

Lindsay Modin

We’re Not Sorry

Anastasia, Salina Central High School

Fascinating Rhythm

Dames at Sea, Sterling High School

Urinetown, Hays High School Nice Work If You Can Get It Independence High School

Paris Holds the Key

Anastasia, Junction City High School

Light of the World

Godspell, Maize High School

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Tradition

Fiddler on the Roof McPherson High School

Cindy Anthony

Melissa Lambotte

Anastasia, Washburn Rural High School

Steph Nusbaum

Bonnie and Clyde Wichita Northeast Magnet

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OUTSTANDING VOCAL MUSIC DIRECTION Aaron Weatherbie

Seussical, Andover High School

Sarah Bays

The Drowsy Chaperone Emporia High School

Abigail Martinez

Joseph … Dreamcoat Garden City High School

Alex Underwood

Urinetown, Hays High School

Sherri Allen

Nice Work If You Can Get It Independence High School

Nice Work If You Can Get It Independence High School

Jodie Riche

Anastasia, Junction City High School

Hailey Stewart

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Kapaun Mt. Carmel

Madison Underkofler

Godspell, Maize High School

Arica Malone, Kristen Hodginson, Kena Sterling, Alyssa Green, & Jadyn Thompson Sister Act, Pratt High School

Madelyn Seiler

Doris Prater

Shrek the Musical Thomas More Prep Marian

Nicholas Griggs

Matilda, Smoky Valley High School

Godspell, Maize High School Fiddler on the Roof McPherson High School

Keri Boley

Seussical, Southeast of Saline High School

Michelle Henderson

Oklahoma!, Trinity Academy

Jenny Potochnik

Mamma Mia!, Wichita East High School

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY/ STAGING Joshua Hall

Mamma Mia!, Andale High School

Rebekah Cowher, Hailey Raver, & Sydney Sherman Oklahoma!, Clearwater High School

McKenzie Thrasher

The Drowsy Chaperone Emporia High School

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Lillie Taylor, Brynn Bertie, & Kiara Islam

Brittney English

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION Sarah Koehn

Seussical, Andover High School

Kacie Hastings

The Drowsy Chaperone Emporia High School

Alice Hilt

Joseph … Dreamcoat Garden City High School

Elizabeth Bennin

Nice Work If You Can Get It Independence High School

Nicholas Griggs & Greg McGlynn Fiddler on the Roof McPherson High School

Arica Malone

Sister Act, Pratt High School

Eric Lundstrom

Matilda, Smoky Valley High School

Abby Hannaford

Disney’s Mary Poppins Sunrise Christian Academy

Amy Shelden

Oklahoma!, Trinity Academy

Derrick Gronewold

Mamma Mia!, Wichita East High School

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING PERFORMER Gage Patty (Sebastian)

Disney’s The Little Mermaid Andover Central High School

Logan Rosales (Uncle Fester) The Addams Family Bishop Carroll High School

Orion Turner (Robert Martin) The Drowsy Chaperone Emporia High School

Bryant Detvongsa (Simeon) Joseph … Dreamcoat Garden City High School

Seth Tripp (Caldwell B. Caldwell) Urinetown, Hays High School

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING PERFORMER Maren Meneley (Torrey) Freaky Friday, Abeline High School Liesel Dewalt (Ursula)

Disney’s The Little Mermaid Andover Central High School

Madison Palmer (Miss Hannigan) Annie, Eisenhower High School

Shirley Lee (Penelope Pennywise) Urinetown, Hays High School

Kiara Islam (Eileen Evergreen) Nice Work If You Can Get It Independence High School

Jadyn Thompson (Sister Mary Roberts)

Sister Act, Pratt High School

Emma Kelly (Lily)

Anastasia, Salina Central High School

Patience Wagner (Shulie) Schoolhouse Rock Topeka West High School

Molly Peterson (Dowager Empress) Anastasia, Washburn Rural High School

Olivia Prue (Sophie)

Mamma Mia!, Wichita East High School

Jackson Horning (Cookie McGee) Nice Work If You Can Get It Independence High School

Warren Swedberg (Judas/John the Baptist)

Godspell, Maize High School

Xavier Billings (Motel) Fiddler on the Roof McPherson High School

Evan Dickson (Pinocchio) Shrek the Musical Salina High School South

Rowan Keplin (Sebastian) Disney’s The Little Mermaid Seaman High School

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT Payton Williams (Stage Management)

Legally Blonde Arkansas City High School

Courtni Williams (Lighting Design) Disney’s The Little Mermaid Goddard High School

Jackson Horning (Technical Director) Nice Work If You Can Get It Independence High School

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Molly Gray (Technical Director)

Ryder Walsh (Emmett)

Gavin Steier (Lighting Design)

Mikail Sadiq (Clyde)

The Spongebob Musical Labette County High School Little Women Pittsburg High School

Joseph Lindsted (Lighting Design/ Student Director) Disney’s Mary Poppins Sunrise Christian Academy

Daralynn Rhode (Stage Management)

Bonnie and Clyde Wichita Northeast Magnet

THE SPIRIT OF THE JESTERS

Legally Blonde Wichita Collegiate School

Bonnie and Clyde Wichita Northeast Magnet

OUTSTANDING LEADING PERFORMER Addison Hurtig (Donna)

Mamma Mia!, Andale High School

Abby Hoglen (Ariel)

Disney’s The Little Mermaid Andover Central High School

Alyssa Linhardt (Gertrude)

Seussical, Andover High School

OUTSTANDING LEADING PERFORMER Noah Jittawait (Cat in the Hat) Seussical, Andover High School

Carson Brooksher (Bobby Strong) Urinetown, Hays High School

Cody Kippenberger (Jimmy Winter) Nice Work If You Can Get It Independence High School

Caden Cauthon (Jesus)

The Drowsy Chaperone Emporia High School

Allie Snyder (Ariel)

Disney’s The Little Mermaid Goddard High School

Devlyn Jochum (Hope Caldwell) Urinetown, Hays High School

Daphne Brown (Anya)

Anastasia, Junction City High School

Harper Johnston (Anya)

Godspell, Maize High School

Anastasia, Salina Central High School

Pierce Hamma (Tevye)

Madelyn Seiler (Fiona)

Fiddler on the Roof McPherson High School

Blaise Alderson (Horton)

Seussical Southeast of Saline High School

Josiah Watney (Dick)

Dames at Sea, Sterling High School

Dan McVay (Curly)

Oklahoma!, Trinity Academy

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Laurie Baldwin (Man in Chair)

Shrek the Musical Thomas More Prep Marian

Cami Abraham (Donna)

Mamma Mia!, Wichita East High School

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OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION Andover High School Seussical

Emporia High School The Drowsy Chaperone

Garden City High School Joseph … Dreamcoat

Hays High School Urinetown

Independence High School Nice Work If You Can Get It

McPherson High School Fiddler on the Roof

Southeast of Saline High School Seussical

Sunrise Christian Academy Disney’s Mary Poppins

Trinity Academy Oklahoma!

Wichita East High School Mamma Mia!

Thank you to the Trust Company of Kansas Teen Choir members who performed in the opening number tonight. Watch for the teen choir during the 2022 Music Theatre Wichita Summer Season.

They will perform a half an hour before every show!

Jonathan Banks Hadasa Barmor Maisy Blanton Lexye Collins

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Topher Cundith Stefanie Garlick Kaitlyn Lemon Samuel Leopold Madison Palmer

Olivia Prue Noah Sickman Ava Wiechman Britton Zavala

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2021-2022 The 20 Annual Jester Awards, honoring excellence in the production of high school musicals throughout Kansas. th

Sunday, April 24, 2022, 3pm

Century II Performing Arts Center | Convention Hall | Wichita, KS Many thanks to all who created these shows: the schools, casts, teachers, crews, musicians, guests, and the supportive families and friends.

Thank you to our friends at Century II for graciously hosting the Jester Awards Ceremony; our presenters Jaslyn Alexander and Gabbe Meloccaro; our guest Emcees Rachel Downs and Steve Hitchcock. A special thanks to our panel of judges: Darcee Datteri, Linda Starkey, and Brian J. Marcum!

Special thanks to the Naftzger Fund for the Fine Arts for sponsoring the 2022 Jester Awards Ceremony. Deep appreciation and endless thanks to the Jester Program Founding Director Belden Mills and his wife Anna, along with the Lois K. Walls Foundation. Gratitude to all our volunteer judges, the staff and crew of Music Theatre Wichita, Michael Kline for designing our Jester award and to Automation-Plus for sponsoring and producing the awards themselves.

Education Director – Joshua Larson Director of Production – Mitchell Southerland Production Stage Manager – Erin Mittman Education Intern – Katriana Kisner-Isaacs Sound – Provided by Event Systems Lighting – Benjamin Juhnke Videographer – Mary Sue Dymak Photographers – Kacy Meinecke Photography, Jerry Fritchman Graphic Design – Craig Lindeman, Danielle Quint Box Office Staff – Cheyenne Queen, Hannah Chegwidden Head Usher – Vicki Murphy Artistic Director – Brian J. Marcum Managing Director – Angela Cassette Arranger/Accompanist – Emily Sternfeld-Dunn Percussionist – Steve Hatfield Be sure to visit us on Facebook (Music Theatre Wichita), Twitter (MTWichita) and Instagram (@mtwichita) and use hashtag #JesterAwards2022 when you post!

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PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS Abilene High School.............................................................................................Freaky Friday Andale High School.............................................................................................. Mamma Mia! Andover Central High School....................................................... Disney’s The Little Mermaid Andover High School................................................................................................... Seussical Arkansas City High School..................................................................................Legally Blonde Augusta High School.............................................................We Will Rock You School Edition Bishop Carroll High School........................................................................ The Addams Family Buhler High School............................................................................................... Mamma Mia! Circle High School...................................................................................................... Cinderella Classical School of Wichita............................................................................................... Annie Clearwater High School............................................................................................Oklahoma!

Eisenhower High School................................................................................................... Annie El Dorado High School..................................................................................All Together Now! Emporia High School........................................................................... The Drowsy Chaperone Fredonia High School.................................................................Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Garden City High School.............................Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Goddard High School................................................................... Disney’s The Little Mermaid Hays High School.......................................................................................................Urinetown Hugoton High School................................................................................. Disney’s Aladdin Jr. Independence High School........................................................... Nice Work If You Can Get It Junction City High School........................................................................................... Anastasia Kapaun Mount Carmel Catholic High School............................Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Labette County High School............................................................... The Spongebob Musical Liberal High School............................................................................................The Music Man Maize High School.......................................................................................................Godspell Maize South High School...........................................................................High School Musical McPherson High School..............................................................................Fiddler on the Roof Newton High School...................................................................................... The Wizard of Oz Nickerson High School....................................................... You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown Peabody-Burns High School.......................................................... James and the Giant Peach Pittsburg High School...........................................................................................Little Women Pratt High School........................................................................................................Sister Act Salina Central High School.......................................................................................... Anastasia Salina High School South.................................................................................................. Shrek Scott City Community High School.............................................................................. Curtains Seaman High School..................................................................... Disney’s The Little Mermaid Smoky Valley High School.............................................................................................. Matilda Southeast of Saline...................................................................................................... Seussical Sterling High School............................................................................................ Dames at Sea Sunrise Christian Academy.................................................................................. Mary Poppins Thomas More Prep-Marian........................................................................... Shrek The Musical Topeka High School............................................................................ The Spongebob Musical Topeka West High School............................................................................. Schoolhouse Rock Trinity Academy........................................................................................................Oklahoma!

Trinity Catholic Jr./Sr. High School..........................................................High School Musical 2 Washburn Rural High School...................................................................................... Anastasia Wichita Collegiate School...................................................................................Legally Blonde Wichita High School East...................................................................................... Mamma Mia! Wichita Northeast Magnet High School........................................................... Bonnie & Clyde 21

2021-2022 THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEER JESTER JUDGES!

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