Congratulations to Ray-Pec High School theatre students on their multiple nominations for Cappies awards this year. The 17th annual Cappies Awards Gala will be at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 25, at the Folly Theatre.
The cast and crew of the Ray-Pec High School winter comedy, “Noises Off!” was nominated in these categories:
Marketing/Publicity for a Play (Tristan Johnson/Aurora Lautzenhiser)
Hair/Makeup Design for a Play (Ethan Thomas, Alex Moore, Riley Crisler)
Set Design for a Play (Addie Kyle and Crew)
Stage Management for a Play (Mason Rew and Alex Gawron)
Stage Crew for a Play (Landon Younger and Crew)
Featured Actor in a Female Role (Vanessa Diaz as Poppy)
Featured Actor in a Male Role (Carter Younger as Tim)
Comic Actor in a Female Role (Amy Robinson as Brooke)
Comic Actor in a Male Role (Ian Haneberg as Freddy)
Supporting Actor in a Male Role (Jaxson Fines as Lloyd)
Leading Actor in a Male Role (Eli Showen as Garry)
Best Play
The cast and crew of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" was nominated in these categories:
Marketing Publicity (Tristan Johnson, Aurora Lautzenhiser, Madison Johnson)
Hair and Makeup (Charlee Berkovich)
Sound Design (Ellie McRill and Jace Randol)
Lighting Design (Leah Dover, Ace Evan, Quinn Sellami, and Maeve Echterling)
Costumes (Rachel Burr, Abby Davidson, Payton Hadley, Trace Williams)
Stage Management (Landon Younger)
Featured Male Actor (Ben Herrell)
Female Dancer (Addison Kyle)
Male Vocalist (Keegan Hahs)
Comic Female Actor (Bella Gallagher)
Comic Male Actor (Mason Rew)
Supporting Female Actor (Aurora Lautzenhiser)
Lead Actress (Amari Russell)
Best Pit Orchestra
Best Musical
The Kansas City Cappies is a non-profit organization that celebrates high school theatre in the Kansas City area. A team of student critics from each high school is trained to write theatrical critiques. The critics attend shows at other schools and write reviews. Critics who see at least five shows in a season are eligible to vote for awards.