Garden City High School Drama Department students have received 12 Jester Award nominations for their production of “The Addams Family,” and another six regional honors were given to the school for the play.
Costumer and GCHS Fashion and Interior Design teacher, Robyn Hilt, was also nominated for Guest Design as Independence High School used many of the school’s costumes from “The Little Mermaid” for its production.
The Jester Awards are held annually and hosted by Music Theatre of Wichita. Schools from around the state submit productions for consideration. This year GCHS submitted the fall production of “The Addams Family: School Edition”.
Jester Nominations
- Overall Production – GCHS will perform a number during the awards.
- Lead Actor – Hayley Loya as Morticia Addams
- Small Ensemble – Secrets
- Ensemble
- Production Number – Tango De Amor
- Orchestra Direction – Wyatt Smith
- Guest Artist – Ethan Duncan-Choreography
- Tech Achievement – Izzy Frey
- Set Design – Izzy Frey and Alice Hilt
- Light Design – Alice Hilt
- Costume Design – Robyn Hilt and Anahi Martinez
- Program Design – Robyn Hilt
- Additionally, Guest Design-Robyn Hilt for Little Mermaid for Independence High School
Regional Honors
- Direction – Alice Hilt
- Lead Actor – Santiago Rueda as Gomez Addams
- Supporting Actor – Georgia Fahrmeier as Alice Beinke
- Supporting Actor – Logan Wyatt as Lurch
- Sound Design – Izzy Frey and Alice Hilt
- Stage Crew
The Jester Awards showcase the next generation of musical theatre talent in Kansas. Each year, trained volunteer judges attend and evaluate dozens of performances.
This year, 62 judges viewed 134 performances of 44 productions, involving more than 2,700 students and 44 schools across the state of Kansas.
The program began in Wichita, but now extends as far as Liberal, Hays, Topeka, and Pittsburg, in addition to the greater Wichita area.
The Jester Awards Ceremony will be May 5 at Century II Performing Arts Center’s Convention Hall in Wichita. During the ceremony, all honorees will be announced, and several will perform. Scholarship awards will be presented to three students – two leading performers and a technical theatre recipient.
Tickets to the ceremony are $15 and available in advance online at https://mtwichita.org/box-office/choose-seats/?eventinstanceid=18201, or at the door.
The Jester Awards are sponsored by the Naftzger Fund for the Fine Arts and the Lois K. Walls Jester Fund at MTWichita.
