Hutchison Earns Seven Nominations in High School Musical Theatre Awards

4/23/2019

Hutchison's production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat received seven nominations in the Orpheum Theatre Group's annual High School Musical Theatre Awards.

Modeled after the Tony Awards®, the High School Musical Theatre Awards recognizes achievements in all areas of high school musical theatre. Each submitted musical goes through a judging process where community judges attend the high school productions. The judges are arts professionals within the Memphis community specializing in performance, directing, sound and lighting design, costume design, and music orchestration and direction. The winners of the awards will be announced on May 23 at The Orpheum Theatre.

Here is a full list of the nominations that Hutchison received:

Outstanding Music Direction - Leiza Collins
Outstanding Dance Execution
Outstanding Choreography
Outstanding Costumes sponsored by Kendra Scott
Outstanding Set sponsored by Veronica & Brett Batterson
Outstanding Lighting
Outstanding Technical Achievement

A full list of the nominations can be found on the Orpheum website.

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