Into The Woods Wins 6 Gene Kelly Awards

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Avonworth’s spring musical production of Into the Woods swept the Gene Kelly Awards for High School Musical Theater on Saturday, May 25th at the Benedum Theatre, winning 6 awards. Photos are from an in-school assembly performance in the high school auditorium on March 18th, featuring selections from throughout the show.

Best Musical

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Best Vocal Ensemble

Best Crew/Technical Execution

Best Lighting

Best Costume

Best Set Design

*A glimpse of some of the award winning tech crew – in the last performance at this auditorium before renovations began in late May.*

And sophomore Lucy Myers was a stunner as our Best Actress nominee–the youngest AHS student

ever to be nominated!! Congratulations to all and Bravo!

Lucy, who played the Witch in *Into the Woods,* in rehearsals at CLO, pictured on KDKA’s Pittsburgh Today Live segment about the nominees.

Above images from KDKA/Pittsburgh Today Live

From Frau’s e-mail to the entire AHS staff –

Lucy Myers also was a stunner as our Best Actress nominee–an incredible feat for a sophomore to even be nominated!!

This ties our record wins from 2012, when our production of Sweeney Todd garnered the same number and sent two AHS students (Nathan Pool & Brooke Tate) as Best Actor & Actress to the national competition on Broadway. It was also the greatest number of wins across the 33 schools involved this year.

The kids were spectacular–professional in their behavior, cheerfully supporting other schools, and incredibly focused in performance. They labored tirelessly all day at The Benedum, and their performance was no less than stunning!

There is nothing more inspiring than seeing our students take the stage in that immense hall when the lights come up as they click into character and own the moment!

Behind the scenes, the cast and crew had to adjust to multiple construction obstacles throughout rehearsals, especially in the week leading up to the performance. The district began dissembling the old seats and starting on renovations, causing cast and crew to find alternate locations to practice. Regardless of obstacles, including Ms. Frauenholz teaching out of the auditorium until May before relocating to a renovated classroom, AHS Theatre closes out the 50 + year history of this auditorium with a top-tier award winning musical.