Gene Kelly Awards

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The Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater, named after the actor/director Gene Kelly, are given out yearly by the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera and the University of Pittsburgh. The award was founded in 1991 and celebrates excellence in the musicals of the Pittsburgh area's high schools. For Best Musical, there are three levels based on budget. The organization also offers scholarships to high school seniors involved in any aspect of the show. As of 2008, there are 28 participating schools.

Contents 1 Categories 2 Participating Schools 3 2008 Nominees and Winners 4 2007 Nominees and Winners 5 External Links

[edit] Categories

• Best Scenic Design
• Best Costume Design
• Best Lighting Design
• Best All-Student Orchestra
• Best Choreography
• Best Crew/Technical Execution
• Best Ensemble
• Best Direction
• Best Supporting Actor
• Best Supporting Actress
• Best Actor
• Best Actress
• Best Musical (three budget levels)

[edit] Participating Schools

• Baldwin-Whitehall
• Bishop Canevin
• Brentwood
• Carrick
• CAPA
• Central Catholic
• Chartiers Valley
• Deer Lakes
• Eden Christian Academy
• Hampton
• Keystone Oaks
• McKeesport
• North Catholic
• North Hills
• Northgate
• Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
• Perry Traditional Academy
• Pine-Richland
• Plum
• Quaker Valley
• Riverview
• St. Joseph
• Schenley
• Shaler
• Taylor Allderdice
• West Mifflin
• Winchester Thurston
• Woodland Hills

[edit] 2008 Nominees and Winners

Category	Nominee	Role	School	Musical
Best Scenic Design	--- --- --- --- --- ---	--- --- --- --- --- ---	Central Catholic Hampton North Catholic Pine-Richland St. Joseph Woodland Hills	Beauty and the Beast Into the Woods Seussical Seussical Once on This Island Beauty and the Beast
Best Costume Design	--- --- --- --- --- ---	--- --- --- --- --- ---	Central Catholic Eden Christian Academy North Catholic Perry Traditional Academy Pine-Richland Woodland Hills	Beauty and the Beast Narnia, the Musical Seussical Urinetown Seussical Beauty and the Beast
Best Lighting Design	--- --- --- --- --- ---	--- --- --- --- --- ---	Central Catholic North Catholic Pine-Richland Quaker Valley Riverview Woodland Hills	Beauty and the Beast Seussical Seussical Footloose Aida Beauty and the Beast
Best All-Student Orchestra	--- --- --- --- --- ---	--- --- --- --- --- ---	CAPA Hampton Pine-Richland Plum Taylor Allderdice West Mifflin	Children of Eden Into the Woods Seussical Singin' in the Rain Footloose The Wiz
Best Choreography	--- --- --- --- --- ---	--- --- --- --- --- ---	Central Catholic North Catholic North Hills Pine-Richland Plum Woodland Hills	Beauty and the Beast Seussical Dames at Sea Seussical Singin' in the Rain Beauty and the Beast
Best Crew/      Technical Execution	--- --- --- --- --- ---	--- --- --- --- --- ---	Baldwin-Whitehall Hampton Keystone Oaks North Catholic West Mifflin Woodland Hills	Beauty and the Beast Into the Woods Brigadoon Seussical The Wiz Beauty and the Beast
Best Ensemble	--- --- --- --- --- ---	--- --- --- --- --- ---	Central Catholic North Hills Our Lady of the      Sacred Heart Pine-Richland Schenley Woodland Hills	Beauty and the Beast Dames at Sea Joseph and the Amazing      Technicolor Dreamcoat Seussical All Shook Up Beauty and the Beast
Best Direction	--- --- --- --- --- ---	--- --- --- --- --- ---	Central Catholic Hampton North Catholic North Hills Pine-Richland Woodland Hills	Beauty and the Beast Into the Woods Seussical Dames at Sea Seussical Beauty and the Beast
Best Supporting Actor	Michael Campayno Alex Cosentino Brad Pietryga Nicholas Rushe Ted Stevenson Shaun Umpleby	Gaston Mareb Cosmo Brown Lumiere Lumiere The Wiz	Central Catholic Riverview Plum Woodland Hills Central Catholic West Mifflin	Beauty and the Beast Aida Singin' in the Rain Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast The Wiz
Best Supporting Actress	Hannah Belmonte Katie Esswein Maddie Georgi Barbara Johnson Arielle Katcher Teressa LaGamba	Mrs. Potts Joan Little Red Andrea Mayzie Sylvia	Woodland Hills North Hills Hampton Winchester Thurston Pine-Richland Schenley	Beauty and the Beast Dames at Sea Into the Woods Once on This Island Seussical All Shook Up
Best Actor	Jaron Frand Cody Hoellerman Jeff Markanich Kian McCollum Bobby Neumeyer Dylan Putas	Adam/Noah Cat in the Hat Joseph Chad Beast Cat in the Hat	CAPA Pine-Richland Our Lady of the      Sacred Heart Chartiers Valley Central Catholic Bishop Canevin	Children of Eden Seussical Joseph and the Amazing      Technicolor Dreamcoat All Shook Up Beauty and the Beast Seussical
Best Actress	Sarah Chybrzynski Lauren Gigliotti Jane Jeffries Sarah Jane Kirkland Yin Yin Ou Ally Scalo	Belle Gertrude Belle Natalie Ti Moune Gertrude	Woodland Hills Pine-Richland Central Catholic Schenley Winchester Thurston North Catholic	Beauty and the Beast Seussical Beauty and the Beast All Shook Up Once on This Island Seussical
Best Musical      Budget Category I	--- --- ---	--- --- ---	CAPA Perry Traditional Academy Schenley	Children of Eden Urinetown All Shook Up
Best Musical      Budget Category II	--- --- ---	--- --- ---	Central Catholic Hampton North Catholic	Beauty and the Beast Into the Woods Seussical
Best Musical      Budget Category III	--- --- ---	--- --- ---	North Hills Pine-Richland Woodland Hills	Dames at Sea Seussical Beauty and the Beast

[edit] 2007 Nominees and Winners

The award winners from each category are bolded.

Category	Nominee	Role	School	Musical
Best Scenic Design	--- --- --- --- --- ---	--- --- --- --- --- ---	Baldwin Chartiers Valley Pine-Richland Plum South Park Woodland Hills	Bye, Bye, Birdie Sweet Charity Cats The Wizard of Oz Jesus Christ Superstar Les Miserables
Best Costume Design	--- --- --- --- --- ---	--- --- --- --- --- ---	North Catholic Pine-Richland Plum Robinson Township      Christian St. Joseph Woodland Hills	Pippin Cats The Wizard of Oz The Music Man A Year With Frog and Toad Les Miserables
Best Lighting Design	--- --- --- --- --- ---	--- --- --- --- --- ---	Central Catholic Chartiers Valley North Allegheny Pine-Richland Plum Woodland Hills	Grease Sweet Charity Oklahoma! Cats The Wizard of Oz Les Miserables
Best All-Student Orchestra	--- --- --- --- --- ---	--- --- --- --- --- ---	Allderdice Baldwin North Allegheny Pine-Richland Plum Shaler	Bye, Bye, Birdie Bye, Bye, Birdie Oklahoma! Cats The Wizard of Oz Grease
Best Choreography	--- --- --- --- --- ---	--- --- --- --- --- ---	Bishop Canevin North Catholic North Hills Plum Vincentian Academy Winchester Thurston	The Boyfriend Pippin Thoroughly Modern Millie The Wizard of Oz Guys & Dolls Urinetown
Best Crew/      Technical Execution	--- --- --- --- --- ---	--- --- --- --- --- ---	North Hills Our Lady of the      Sacred Heart Pine-Richland Riverview Serra Catholic Woodland Hills	Thoroughly Modern Millie Working Cats The Wizard of Oz The King and I Les Miserables
Best Ensemble	--- --- --- --- --- ---	--- --- --- --- --- ---	Chartiers Valley McKeesport North Catholic Our Lady of the      Sacred Heart Winchester Thurston Woodland Hills	Sweet Charity Crazy for You Pippin Working Urinetown Les Miserables
Best Direction	--- --- --- --- --- ---	--- --- --- --- --- ---	Chartiers Valley North Catholic North Hills Plum Winchester Thurston Woodland Hills	Sweet Charity Pippin Thoroughly Modern Millie The Wizard of Ox Urinetown Les Miserables
Best Supporting Actor	Michael D'Emilio Phil Franks Jeff Markovich Vincent Myers Peter Randolph Francesco Salpietro	Officer Lockstock Moonface Martin Tom Patrick Marius King Charles Munkustrap	Winchester Thurston Keystone Oaks Our Lady of the      Sacred Heart Woodland Hills North Catholic Pine-Richland	Urinetown Anything Goes Working Les Miserables Pippin Cats
Best Supporting Actress	Anne Arezina Emily Bull Teressa Lagamba Samanta Lerda Jennifer Machen Natalie Schaefer	Berthe Maggie Darlene Love Bombalurina Little Sally Grizabella	North Catholic Our Lady of the      Sacred Heart Schenley Pine-Richland Winchester Thurston Pine-Richland	Pippin Working Leader of the Pack Cats Urinetown Cats
Best Actor	Justin Fortunato Kurt Giammatti Tim Morgan Connor Mrozowski Corey O'Connor Brad Pietryga	Albert Peterson Fred Graham Jesus Bobby Strong Oscar Scarecrow	Baldwin Hampton South Park Winchester Thurston Chartiers Valley Plum	Bye, Bye, Birdie Kiss Me, Kate Jesus Christ Superstar Urinetown Sweet Charity The Wizard of Oz
Best Actress	Christina Bordini Maggie Carr Nicole Dohoda Alix Keil Sarah Jane Kirkland Madison Micucci	Nickie Lilli Vanessi Millie Charity Ellie Laurie	Chartiers Valley Hampton North Hills Chartiers Valley Schenley North Allegheny	Sweet Charity Kiss Me, Kate Thoroughly Modern Millie Sweet Charity Leader of the Pack Oklahoma!
Best Musical      Budget Category I	--- --- ---	--- --- ---	Deer Lakes St. Joseph South Park	42nd Street A Year With Frog and Toad Jesus Christ Superstar
Best Musical      Budget Category II	--- --- ---	--- --- ---	Chartiers Valley Plum Winchester Thurston	Sweet Charity The Wizard of Oz Urinetown
Best Musical      Budget Category III	--- --- ---	--- --- ---	North Hills Pine-Richland Woodland Hills	Thoroughly Modern Millie Cats Les Miserables

[edit] External Links

• Gene Kelly Awards homepage
• http://www.wpxi.com/highschoolshows/index.html
• http://www.pittsburghclo.org/vevolution/site/outreach/gene_kelly.cfm

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