West Forsyth Nominated for 12 Shuler Hensley Awards for Oliver

Students from Studio West Productions at West Forsyth High School have much to celebrate these days, their musical production of Oliver has been nominated for 12 Shuler Hensley Awards.

Lambert High School receives two nominations and two honorable mentions for Little Women and South Forsyth High School received one honorable mention for Anything Goes.

A total of 50 high schools from 16 counties across Georgia have been nominated in various categories for this year's Georgia High School Musical Theater Awards. The winners will be announced in a "Tony Awards-style" ceremony on April 18 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre with the annual red carpet event at 6 p.m. and the awards show at 7:30 p.m. The ceremony is expected to be glitz and glamour "Hollywood" style for students and attendees.

Marietta native and Tony award winner Shuler Hensley, 46, created the awards and ceremony because he wanted to recognize high school musical theatre, which helped shaped his career on the stage.

The Shuler Hensley Awards is an initiative of the ARTSBRIDGE education program. Through sources and activities like field trip programs, artists-in-schools, master classes and more, the program offers uniquely powerful arts education tools to educators throughout the Atlanta metro area. The Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre Foundation, a non-profit organization, launched the program in 2007.

West Forsyth 2013 Nominees for Oliver are:

Category

Nominee

Role

Leading Actress

Lily Dickinson

Nancy

Supporting Actress

Lizzie Powers

Widow Corney

Featured Performer

David Fowler

Mr. Bumble

Direction

Eric Gray

Music Direction

Eric Gray

Overall Production

West Forsyth

Lighting Design

Dylan Murphy

Scenic Design

Eric Gray

Ensemble

West Forsyth

Costume Design

Barbara Macko

Sound Design

Max Aldis

Supporting Actor (Honorable Mention)

Cody Marshall

Fagin

Technical Execution

Mary Kate Martin

Leading Actor (Honorable Mention)

Nick Eibler

Artful Dodger

Lambert High School received two 2013 nominations and two honorable mentions for Little Women:

South Forsyth High School received one 2013 honorable mention for Anything Goes:

For a complete list of nominations and honorable mentions, visit the Shuler Awards website.

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