“Bye Bye Birdie” cast receives 10 Jester nominations
The annual Jester Awards, a program made to honor excellence in high school musical theatre productions, has recently announced its 2016-17 musical nominees. The Hays High production, “Bye Bye Birdie”, received 10 nominations.
The nominees are 8th-grader Gabe McGuire for Pre-High School Performer, freshman Ana States, sophomores Rebecca Anderson, Brittani Park and juniors Lucy Lin and Kourtney Muench for Small Ensemble, Johnny Matlock for Orchestra and Vocal Musical Direction and Grant Stramel for Sound. The overall cast was nominated for Ensemble/Chorus and the Stage Crew was also nominated for an award.
The cast will be heading down to Wichita’s Orpheum Theatre on May 12 to perform. Tickets are currently up for sale to attend the Awards Ceremony. For more information, contact the Music Theatre Wichita box office at 316-265-3107.
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