Fox Cities Performing Arts Center announces ’23-’24 Center Stage High School Musical Theater Program Recognition Recipients

Nick Witwer
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APPLETON, Wis. (WFRV) – The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center has announced the full list of its Center Stage High School Musical Theater Program recognition recipients for the 2023-2024 school year.

According to a release, the program started in 2016 to celebrate and support high school theater programs and the students in Northeast Wisconsin. throughout the year, a team of trained adjudicators attended the school’s musical production, provided feedback, and scored each production to determine which school and recipients will be celebrated at their Tony Award-style Center Stage High School Musical Theater Program Showcase at the Fox Cities P.A.C. on May 18, 2024.

This year saw 2,000 students from 31 high schools throughout northeast Wisconsin participate in the Center Stage High School Musical program during the ’23-’24 school year.

“It’s been another great year of high school students connecting with their peers and celebrating high school musical theater together through the Center Stage High School Musical Theater Program. In the program’s 8th year, these students utilized the educational resources offered to them in the form of various interactive workshops, bettering their craft while supporting and encouraging one another. We are pleased to recognize their joyful dedication and commitment to theater and each other, and thank our educators and community for helping support this next generation in their endeavors.”

Fox Cities P.A.C.’s Chief Programming Officer Amy Gosz

Below are the Center Stage High School Musical Theater Program recipients:

Outstanding Ensemble

Outstanding Performance in a Lead Role

Honorable Mention in a Lead Role

  • Bowie Bredael as Morticia Addams in Luxemburg-Casco High School’s production of The Addams Family

  • Jonah Doperalski as Uncle Fester in Luxemburg-Casco High School’s production of The Addams Family

  • Nadia Dorsey as Mama Morton in Little Chute High School’s production of Chicago: Teen Edition

  • Jackie Dramm as Sir Harry in Manitowoc Lincoln High School’s production of Once Upon a Mattress

  • Lydia Fite as the Narrator in Ashwaubenon High School’s production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

  • Kaci Franzen as Sister Mary Robert in Kaukauna High School’s production of Sister Act

  • Benjamin Lindsley as Tevye in Denmark High School’s production of Fiddler on the Roof

  • Angela McGreevey as Dorothy in St. Francis Xavier High School’s production of The Wizard of Oz: Youth Edition

  • Avery Moreau as Mr. Hawkins in Green Bay Southwest High School’s production of The Prom

  • Frannie Wied as Annie in Notre Dame de la Baie Academy’s production of Annie

Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role

Outstanding Student Pit Orchestra

  • Ashwaubenon High School – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

  • Fox Valley Lutheran High School – Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins

  • Green Bay East High School – Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical

Backstage Spirit

  • Fox Valley Lutheran High School’s Stage Crew

Community Engagement

  • Weyauwega-Fremont High School with their production of Willy Wonka

Inspiration Through the Arts Scholarship

  • Noah Rass, Southern Door High School

  • Angelina Vu, Oshkosh West High School

Outstanding Achievement

  • Evelyn Oehler, Oshkosh North High School

Outstanding Student Hair/Makeup Artist

  • Bridgette Beau, Preble High School

Outstanding Student Stage Manager

  • Jera Jennings, Oshkosh North High School

Influential Theater Educator Nominees

  • Bridget Duffy-Ulrich, Director – Oshkosh North High School

  • Andrea Gilson, Director – Notre Dame de la Baie Academy

  • Mary Hall, Drama Director – Southern Door High School

  • Matthew Koepsell, Set Designer – Fox Valley Lutheran High School

  • Jim Romenesko, Director – St. Francis Xavier High School

  • Bethany Meyer, Director – Oshkosh West High School

  • Andrew Mildebrandt, Director – Winnebago Lutheran Academy

  • Bernie Rocheleau, Director – Ashwaubenon High School

Tickets for the Showcase at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center on May 18 are $15 for adults and $10 for students. Tickets can be purchased at the Fox Cities P.A.C. ticket office in person, by phone, or through the Fox P.A.C. website.

The influential theater educator will be announced, along with the two nominees who will be selected to attend The Jimy Awards/The National High School Musical Theatre Awards on June 14 through June 25 in New York.

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