2022-2023 Orpheum High School Musical Theatre Awards Information and Guidelines
The Orpheum High School Musical Theatre Awards supports, promotes, and celebrates high school musical theatre throughout the Mid-South. The program aims to provide access to arts education, create opportunities for self-expression, develop relationships between schools and the Orpheum, encourage collaboration, enhance excellence, build community, and instill a lifelong passion for the arts.
This year-long program invites students and schools to join a community of participating schools from a 150 mile radius in a variety of opportunities that meet each school where they are in providing access to arts education programming.
The program is part of the National High School Musical Theatre Awards, the Jimmy Awards, a program produced by The Broadway League that includes over 40 programs from across the country.
Each year, the program culminates in a celebration of the passion, dedication, and hard work of students and teachers involved in promoting musical theatre. Participants gather at the historic Orpheum Theatre for an unforgettable night of performances and awards presentations. Modeled after the Tony Awards, The Orpheum High School Musical Theatre Awards recognizes achievements in all areas of high school musical theatre and brings together hundreds of students from all over the region to share their talents and collaborate with one another.
SAVE THE DATE FOR THE 2023 Orpheum HSMTAs – Thursday, May 25, 2023.
In our 2022-2023 school year, we are thrilled to continue to offer new ways for students and schools to participate so please pay close attention to all information provided.
For more information about the program or if you have any questions, please contact Lena Wallace Black at lblack@orpheum-memphis.com.
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2023 LIST OF PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS & SHOWS
As of March 2, 2023
Arlington High School | Seussical
Bartlett High School | Hairspray
Bolton High School | Non-Adjudicated Participant
Briarcrest Christian School | Tuck Everlasting
Cabot High School | Anything Goes
Chester County High School | Freaky Friday
Christian Brothers High School | The Robber Bridegroom
Collierville High School | Anastasia
Cordova High School | Sweeney Todd
Crosstown High | Non-Adjudicated Participant
East High School | Non-Adjudicated Participant
Evangelical Christian School | Kiss Me, Kate
Fayette Academy | The Addams Family School Edition
First Assembly Christian School | The Wizard of Oz
Germantown High School | The Addams Family- School Edition
Harding Academy | The Sound of Music
Harding Academy of Memphis | Freaky Friday
Hernando High School | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Houston High School | Chicago: Teen Edition
Hutchison | Cinderella
Jackson Christian School | The Sound of Music
KIPP Memphis Collegiate High School | Non-Adjudicated Participant
Lausanne Collegiate School | Mamma Mia!
Lewisburg High School | The Addams Family: School Edition
Madison-Ridgeland Academy | Freaky Friday
Memphis University School | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Milan High School | Beauty and the Beast
Munford High School | Non-Adjudicated Participant
New Albany High School | Oklahoma
Northpoint Christian School | Annie
Olive Branch High School | Sister Act
Overton High School for the Creative and Performing Arts | The Wiz
Ridgeway High School | Non-Adjudicated Participant
Sacred Heart of Jesus High School | The Tempest
Saint Agnes Academy | Newsies
South Gibson County High School | Shrek, the Musical!
Southaven High School | Emma
St. Benedict at Auburndale | Into the Woods
St. George's Independent School | Beauty and the Beast
St. Mary's Episcopal School | The Sound of Music
The Academies at Jonesboro High School | High School Musical
The Collegiate School of Memphis | Non-Adjudicated Participant
Tipton Christian Academy | Non-Adjudicated Participant
Tipton-Rosemark Academy | SpongeBob the Musical
White Station High School | Grease
Whitehaven High School | Non-Adjudicated Participant
Wynne High School | Roald Dahl's Matilda
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
In order to participate in The Orpheum High School Musical Theatre Awards in any capacity, schools must register as a participating school by submitting an application.
The Orpheum’s High School Musical Awards are open to all schools located within a 150 mile radius of The Orpheum Theatre in Memphis, Tennessee.
There is no fee to participate in The Orpheum High School Musical Theatre Awards. We are committed to making our programs as accessible as possible.
If you are a student whose school currently does not participate but you wish to be a part of this program in our opening and closing numbers, please contact Lena Wallace Black at lblack@orpheum-memphis.com .
Please see the individual links listed on the side of this page about each way to participate for further information, important deadlines, and how to register. Please read these documents carefully as there are changes to the application process from last year.