Call it Tonys for High School, or Just Recognizing Incredible Talent: Musical Theatre Nominations Held Friday at the Long Center

"And the nominees are..."

This Friday, March 6th, the Long Center takes a page from the Tony Awards handbook when it hosts the second annual nominations announcement for the Greater Austin High School Musical Theatre Awards. Surrounded by hundreds of talented Austin students, local sponsors and supporters, teachers, and representatives from the University of Texas, the Long Center for the Performing Arts, and ZACH Theatre's Education Director Nat Miller; nominees for 15 categories will be announced in preparation for the awards ceremony on April 14th.

26 schools- ranging geographically from Buda, to Round Rock, to Bastrop and Dripping Springs- are participating in this year's Greater Austin High School Musical Theatre Awards (often referred to as GAHSMTA), which recognizes outstanding musical theatre achievement in high schools in everything from acting, to choreography, to technical execution and direction.

Nominations begin at 7:00 AM Friday morning in the Rollins Studio Theatre. Both members of the press and public are invited to join the excitement and watch as the much anticipated nominees are read. Long Center Director of Development Brett Barnes, University of Texas' Department of Theatre and Dance char Brant Pope, and fron ZACH Theatre will take part in announcing each of the 15 category's nominees.

"We are so excited for nominations to finally be here," says Ginger Morris, Producing Director of GAHSMTA and Education Director at the Long Center, "these students have worked so hard and we can't wait to recognize them and begin this awards season with a bang."

Categories include:

• Best Actor in a Lead Role
• Best Actress in a Lead Role
• Best Actor in a Supporting Role
• Best Actress in a Supporting Role
• Best Featured Actor or Actress
• Best Ensemble/Chorus
• Best Scenic Design
• Best Costume Design
• Best Lighting Design
• Best Choreography
• Best Musical Direction
• Best Orchestra
• Best Crew/Technical Execution
• Best Direction
• Best Production

Schools participating:

• Anderson High School
• Austin High School
• Bastrop High School
• Cedar Creek High School
• Cedar Park High School
• Cedar Ridge High School
• Crockett High School
• Del Valle High School
• Dripping Springs High School
• Hays High School
• Hendrickson High School
• James Bowie High School
• John B. Connally High School
• Lake Travis High School
• LBJ High School
• Leander High School
• Marble Falls High School
• McCallum Fine Arts Academy
• McNeil High School
• Round Rock High School
• Rouse High School
• St. Andrew's Episcopal School
• St. Stephen's Episcopal School
• Stony Point High School
• Vandegrift High School
• Vista Ridge High School

For more information on GAHSMTA and the Nominations Ceremony, you can visit http://thelongcenter.org/greater-austin-high-school-musical-theatre-awards/, follow GAHSMTA on Twitter and Facebook, and RSVP to the Facebook event.

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