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Broadway Theatre Arts Academy Receives 6 National Youth Theatre Awards

Escondido, CA - June 2, 2010 -  National Youth Theatre recently announced the winners of the Fifth Annual National Youth Theatre Awards to honor outstanding work in youth theatre. The Awards Ceremony will be held Monday, June 7, 2010 at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center in La Jolla.  This year more than 200 productions were considered for the awards, including shows from more than 100 different theatres in more than 50 cities spanning 15 states.  The award winners were selected from nominations by a panel of eighteen judges and reviewers. In addition to the youth who performed in the youth theatre companies, anyone age 18 and under who performed at a show reviewed by a National Youth Theatre judge was also considered for the awards, as well as the adults who participated in the youth theatre productions backstage (directors, set designers, costume designers, etc.) and a limited number of guest adult actors in professional theatre for youth.

 

Broadway Theatre Arts Academy is proud to have received 16 nominations and 6 awards in this year's NYT Awards.

And the WINNERS ARE . . .

 

Awards:

 

Artist of the Year: Karina Gillette (Les Miserables)
Lead Actor in a Musical: Riley Sanderson (Les Miserables)

Lead Actress Age 13 and Under: Emma Dorn (Seussical Jr.)
Supporting Actor in a Musical: Jacob Rollins (Les Miserables)

Supporting Actress in a Musical Age 13 and Under: Jackie Foster
Outstanding Ensemble: Les Miserables


Additional Nominations:
Outstanding Production: Les Miserables
Lead Actor Age 13 and Under: Christian Winter (Seussical Jr.)
Supporting Actor in a Musical: Zack Crocker (Les Miserables)

Supporting Actress in a Musical: Rachel Anduze, Summber Blinco, Kailey O'Donnell, and Shea Sailors (Les Miserables)

Supporting Actress Age 13 and Under: Natasha Rivas(Seussical Jr.)
Ensemble Age 13 and Under: Seussical Jr.
Direction: Sean Tamburrino (Les Miserables)

 

To see the full list of winners, click on:
http://www.nationalyouththeatre.com/news/news_nyt_awards2010.asp.

 

Broadway Theatre Arts Academy (BTAA) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization which provides comprehensive and structured multi-cultural theatrical opportunities for children ages 4 and up!
For additional information contact us at:
(760) 888-1989
or
 contact@btaakids.org 

 

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