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2023 Winners
Category Winner Show Name School Name
Andy Mays Rising Critic Ellen Lawton   Herndon High School
Maryland Theater Guide Returning Critic McKenzie Phelan   Quince Orchard High School
Bill Strauss Graduating Critic Hannah Frieden   Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Marketing and Publicity Victoria Collins-Jost, Sydney Grossbard, Caroline Vigna, Kaylee Williams Sister Act  Fairfax High School
Special Effects and or Technology Soeun Lee Dracula Lake Braddock Secondary School
Hair and Make-up Emily Brennan Dracula Lake Braddock Secondary School
Sound Dillon Prestidge, Emma Springer, Megan Wright Claudio Quest McLean High School
Props Eva Greek, Jaden Harris, & Crew She Kills Monsters: Young Adventurers Edition Mount Vernon High School
Lighting Charles Bucher, Ella Clarke, Cullan Kelley Pippin Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Costumes Michelle Dorman, Claire Gibbons, and the Bishop Ireton Costume Team The Music Man Bishop Ireton High School
Sets The Bright Star Set Team Bright Star South Lakes High School
Orchestra The Bright Star Orchestra & Featured Musicians Bright Star South Lakes High School
Choreography Anna Leo & August Rivers Bright Star South Lakes High School
Creativity Emmett Justice, Abdullah Muhammad, Autumn Whetstone, Music Composers Animal Farm Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Stage Management Olivia Baumgartner, Tomas Bocock, Sebastian Harman, & Eliora Janow Bright Star South Lakes High School
Stage Crew Tomas Bocock, Grayson Quigley, and the Bright Star Run Crew and Ensemble Bright Star South Lakes High School
Ensemble in a Play The Transylvanians Dracula Lake Braddock Secondary School
Ensemble in a Musical Farm Animals Animal Farm Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Featured Actor in a Female Role in a Play Charlotte Willmore One Man, Two Guvnors W.T. Woodson High School
Featured Actor in a Male Role in a Play Silas Blocker One Man, Two Guvnors W.T. Woodson High School
Featured Actor in a Female Role in a Musical Alexa Norris Bright Star South Lakes High School
Featured Actor in a Male Role in a Musical Brandon Miller Once on This Island Clarksburg High School
Dancer in a Female Role Angie Sukhee Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical Wakefield High School
Dancer in a Male Role August Rivers Bright Star South Lakes High School
Vocalist in a Female Role Elina Viana The Music Man Bishop Ireton High School
Vocalist in a Male Role Seger Ott-Rudolph My Favorite Year Albert Einstein High School
Comic Actor in a Female Role in a Play Joana Lima Alves Montenegro The Man Who Came to Dinner Langley High School
Comic Actor in a Male Role in a Play Jonah Uffelman Much Ado About Nothing James Madison High School
Comic Actor in a Female Role in a Musical Khailah Schroeter Mean Girls High School Version Osbourn Park High School
Comic Actor in a Male Role in a Musical Idil Erdoğan Claudio Quest McLean High School
Supporting Actor in a Female Role in a Play Amelia Campbell-Reidhead Dracula Lake Braddock Secondary School
Supporting Actor in a Male Role in a Play Audrey Evans Peter and the Starcatcher Woodbridge Senior High
Supporting Actor in a Female Role in a Musical Maren Lewis Anastasia: The Musical Quince Orchard High School
Supporting Actor in a Male Role in a Musical Hayden Polsky Anastasia: The Musical Quince Orchard High School
Lead Actor in a Female Role in a Play Sarah Hilton The Man Who Came to Dinner Langley High School
Lead Actor in a Male Role in a Play Jack Wolff The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Chantilly High School
Lead Actor in a Female Role in a Musical Abigail Jamison Bright Star South Lakes High School
Lead Actor in a Male Role in a Musical Henry Carter Bright Star South Lakes High School
Song Platypus Heart Claudio Quest McLean High School
Critic Team     Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Play Dracula   Lake Braddock Secondary School
Musical Bright Star   South Lakes High School
2023 Nominees
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Andy Mays Rising Critic Ellen Lawton   Herndon High School
Andy Mays Rising Critic Emily Reisman   McLean High School
Andy Mays Rising Critic Clare Shacochis   Oakton High School
Andy Mays Rising Critic Owen Simmons   Osbourn Park High School
Andy Mays Rising Critic Preet Manukonda   Westfield High School
Maryland Theater Guide Returning Critic Val Altmiller   Herndon High School
Maryland Theater Guide Returning Critic McKenzie Phelan   Quince Orchard High School
Maryland Theater Guide Returning Critic Ella Greene   Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Maryland Theater Guide Returning Critic Mayuka Valluri   Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Maryland Theater Guide Returning Critic Riva Jain   Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Bill Strauss Graduating Critic Hannah Moghaddar   Chantilly High School
Bill Strauss Graduating Critic Arielle Else   McLean High School
Bill Strauss Graduating Critic Hayley Asai   Quince Orchard High School
Bill Strauss Graduating Critic Hannah Frieden   Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Bill Strauss Graduating Critic Mira Singh   Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Marketing and Publicity Lauren Allen, Annie Nealon, Isaac Nienaber, Elizabeth D'Souza The Music Man Bishop Ireton High School
Marketing and Publicity Victoria Collins-Jost, Sydney Grossbard, Caroline Vigna, Kaylee Williams Sister Act  Fairfax High School
Marketing and Publicity Hailey Klein, Olivia Prout Kiss Me, Kate Herndon High School
Marketing and Publicity Hayley Asai Anastasia: The Musical Quince Orchard High School
Marketing and Publicity Will Daly, Josh Lewis, Mae Shaw, & Abby Wyland Bright Star South Lakes High School
Special Effects and or Technology Sam Cole, Sam Ryu The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Chantilly High School
Special Effects and or Technology Soeun Lee Dracula Lake Braddock Secondary School
Special Effects and or Technology Ethan Jones, Alessandro Martinat-Pillhaca, Megan Wright Claudio Quest McLean High School
Special Effects and or Technology Eliot Hettler & the Fly Team Wendy & Peter Pan Oakton High School
Special Effects and or Technology Hannah Berger, Ava Harper, and the Bright Star Special Effects Team Bright Star South Lakes High School
Hair and Make-up Orli Marshall, Madison Sprites, Kat Vallejo Once on This Island Clarksburg High School
Hair and Make-up Emily Brennan Dracula Lake Braddock Secondary School
Hair and Make-up Emery Graninger, Addie Harris, Maia Le, Valentina Sedan Claudio Quest McLean High School
Hair and Make-up Agustin Anello, Jamie McCormick, Gabby Stutzer Disney’s Descendants: The Musical Robinson Secondary School
Hair and Make-up Anabelle Volpe, The Rotten Hair and Makeup Crew Something Rotten! West Springfield High School
Sound Matias Chase, Owen Maccubbin, Ilona Boehm O'Connor, Elijah Solomon Sister Act Alexandria City High School
Sound Dillon Prestidge, Emma Springer, Megan Wright Claudio Quest McLean High School
Sound Ash Dougherty, Grace Lionato, & the Sound Team Wendy & Peter Pan Oakton High School
Sound Zach Fischer, Arin Langholt, Annabelle Waters Anastasia: The Musical Quince Orchard High School
Sound Michael Pickering, Jasper Reges, Geral Smith, and the Bright Star Sound Technicians Bright Star South Lakes High School
Props Zach Dilworth, Atlas Martindale Argonautika: The Voyage of Jason and the Argonauts Annandale High School
Props Amelie Aubouin Kiss Me, Kate Herndon High School
Props Kat Brill Dracula Lake Braddock Secondary School
Props Eva Greek, Jaden Harris, & Crew She Kills Monsters: Young Adventurers Edition Mount Vernon High School
Props Lea Mills, Will Shin, Nico Uy  One Man, Two Guvnors W.T. Woodson High School
Lighting Johanna Carroll,Taehyun Lee, John Mark Perry Sister Act  Fairfax High School
Lighting Katie Brusseau, Sungah Kong Dracula Lake Braddock Secondary School
Lighting Phil Gigrich, Leah Lewis, Natalie Mitchell The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical South County High School
Lighting Hannah Berger, Ava Harper, and the Bright Star Lighting Team Bright Star South Lakes High School
Lighting Charles Bucher, Ella Clarke, Cullan Kelley Pippin Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Costumes Michelle Dorman, Claire Gibbons, and the Bishop Ireton Costume Team The Music Man Bishop Ireton High School
Costumes Sofia Burkhardt, Leila Rickoff, Molly Ridgeway, Aastha Shrestha Once on This Island Clarksburg High School
Costumes Angelia DeJesus Dracula Lake Braddock Secondary School
Costumes Mercedes Martinez, Lauren Mignatti Rodgers and Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA! Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School
Costumes The Rotten Costume Crew Something Rotten! West Springfield High School
Sets Henry Collins, Jefferson Escobar-Rivera, Andrew Landrum, Charly Olsen Kiss Me, Kate Herndon High School
Sets Talia-Rose Diorio, Killian Korchnak, Mo Rees, Victoria Scarpato The Man Who Came to Dinner Langley High School
Sets Shane Roy & the Set Team Wendy & Peter Pan Oakton High School
Sets The Bright Star Set Team Bright Star South Lakes High School
Sets TJTA Pippin Set Design Team Pippin Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Orchestra Sister Act Orchestra  Sister Act  Fairfax High School
Orchestra The Bright Star Orchestra & Featured Musicians Bright Star South Lakes High School
Orchestra Mamma Mia! Pit Orchestra Mamma Mia! St. Stephen's and St. Agnes
Orchestra Walt Whitman High School Pit Orchestra Legally Blonde The Musical Walt Whitman High School
Orchestra The Rotten Pit Something Rotten! West Springfield High School
Choreography Maren Baisley, Elizabeth D'Souza, Rachael Pulice, Gabriela Ramirez The Music Man Bishop Ireton High School
Choreography Naomi Conteh Once on This Island Clarksburg High School
Choreography Logan Baker, Victoria Collins-Jost Sister Act  Fairfax High School
Choreography Alice Reid Rodgers and Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA! Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School
Choreography Anna Leo & August Rivers Bright Star South Lakes High School
Creativity Abigail Gerstein for Student Director Sister Act Alexandria City High School
Creativity Emmett Justice, Abdullah Muhammad, Autumn Whetstone, Music Composers Animal Farm Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Creativity Jake Bae, Orchestra Conductor Sister Act  Fairfax High School
Creativity Jenna Ainge, Student Director Kiss Me, Kate Herndon High School
Creativity Carlos Ortiz, Music Composer and Conductor The Love Doctor Meridian High School
Stage Management Anna Crowley, Sarah Dodson, Rachel Shear The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Chantilly High School
Stage Management Alexandra Wyant Dracula Lake Braddock Secondary School
Stage Management Rebecca Sullivan Claudio Quest McLean High School
Stage Management Olivia Baumgartner, Tomas Bocock, Sebastian Harman, & Eliora Janow Bright Star South Lakes High School
Stage Management Diya Mohanty The Play That Goes Wrong (High School Edition) Westfield High School
Stage Crew Kiss Me, Kate! Stage Crew Kiss Me, Kate Herndon High School
Stage Crew Madison Eismeier, Kinsey Lin, Leah Rajnik Dracula Lake Braddock Secondary School
Stage Crew Tomas Bocock, Grayson Quigley, and the Bright Star Run Crew and Ensemble Bright Star South Lakes High School
Stage Crew Maeve Brogan, Anna Rueffer Legally Blonde The Musical Walt Whitman High School
Stage Crew Jaylah Bunch, Tyler Crevoisier, Jonathan Duncan, Teresa Seraphin The Play That Goes Wrong (High School Edition) Westfield High School
Ensemble in a Play The Stones Eurydice Colgan High School
Ensemble in a Play The Transylvanians Dracula Lake Braddock Secondary School
Ensemble in a Play The Pirates Wendy & Peter Pan Oakton High School
Ensemble in a Play The Suspects Clue: Onstage (High School Edition) Thomas A. Edison High School
Ensemble in a Play Pirates Peter and the Starcatcher Woodbridge Senior High
Ensemble in a Musical Nuns Sister Act Alexandria City High School
Ensemble in a Musical Farm Animals Animal Farm Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Ensemble in a Musical Convent Nuns Sister Act  Fairfax High School
Ensemble in a Musical Gangster Ensemble Kiss Me, Kate Herndon High School
Ensemble in a Musical Townsfolk Bright Star South Lakes High School
Featured Actor in a Female Role in a Play Amina Ahmed Argonautika: The Voyage of Jason and the Argonauts Annandale High School
Featured Actor in a Female Role in a Play Lorna Elizabeth Evans The Man Who Came to Dinner Langley High School
Featured Actor in a Female Role in a Play Will Albaugh as Queen The Love Doctor Meridian High School
Featured Actor in a Female Role in a Play Charlotte Willmore One Man, Two Guvnors W.T. Woodson High School
Featured Actor in a Female Role in a Play Zoe Brennan The Play That Goes Wrong (High School Edition) Westfield High School
Featured Actor in a Male Role in a Play Brady Kastner The Man Who Came to Dinner Langley High School
Featured Actor in a Male Role in a Play Paxton Hebblethwaite The Love Doctor Meridian High School
Featured Actor in a Male Role in a Play Alex Surakov Wendy & Peter Pan Oakton High School
Featured Actor in a Male Role in a Play Silas Blocker One Man, Two Guvnors W.T. Woodson High School
Featured Actor in a Male Role in a Play Matthew Florian The Play That Goes Wrong (High School Edition) Westfield High School
Featured Actor in a Female Role in a Musical Maria McLemore Sister Act Alexandria City High School
Featured Actor in a Female Role in a Musical Asanti Lubika Once on This Island Clarksburg High School
Featured Actor in a Female Role in a Musical Franny Hemsley Claudio Quest McLean High School
Featured Actor in a Female Role in a Musical Sarah Peckham The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical South County High School
Featured Actor in a Female Role in a Musical Alexa Norris Bright Star South Lakes High School
Featured Actor in a Male Role in a Musical Brandon Miller Once on This Island Clarksburg High School
Featured Actor in a Male Role in a Musical Sydney Downs Animal Farm Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Featured Actor in a Male Role in a Musical Patrick Barrett Anastasia: The Musical Quince Orchard High School
Featured Actor in a Male Role in a Musical Ian Toppall Disney’s Descendants: The Musical Robinson Secondary School
Featured Actor in a Male Role in a Musical Michael Tsougranis Something Rotten! West Springfield High School
Dancer in a Female Role Sierra Flowers Once on This Island Clarksburg High School
Dancer in a Female Role Pauleen Kabiling Chicago: Teen Edition Falls Church High School
Dancer in a Female Role Alice Reid Rodgers and Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA! Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School
Dancer in a Female Role Keira McLaughlin The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical South County High School
Dancer in a Female Role Angie Sukhee Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical Wakefield High School
Dancer in a Male Role Ethan Hardy Kiss Me, Kate Herndon High School
Dancer in a Male Role Nate Kauffman Anastasia: The Musical Quince Orchard High School
Dancer in a Male Role Judah Widzer Disney’s Descendants: The Musical Robinson Secondary School
Dancer in a Male Role August Rivers Bright Star South Lakes High School
Dancer in a Male Role Carson Stadler Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical Wakefield High School
Vocalist in a Female Role Elina Viana The Music Man Bishop Ireton High School
Vocalist in a Female Role Judy Zam Chicago: Teen Edition Falls Church High School
Vocalist in a Female Role Abby Camp Disney’s Descendants: The Musical Robinson Secondary School
Vocalist in a Female Role Audrey Iglesia Rodgers and Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA! Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School
Vocalist in a Female Role Yasmin Kudrati-Plummer Pippin Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Vocalist in a Male Role Seger Ott-Rudolph My Favorite Year Albert Einstein High School
Vocalist in a Male Role Aidan McNerney The Music Man Bishop Ireton High School
Vocalist in a Male Role Madelyn Regan Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka Centreville High School
Vocalist in a Male Role Abdullah Muhammad Animal Farm Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Vocalist in a Male Role Nicholas Brunson Something Rotten! West Springfield High School
Comic Actor in a Female Role in a Play Macy Best Argonautika: The Voyage of Jason and the Argonauts Annandale High School
Comic Actor in a Female Role in a Play Joana Lima Alves Montenegro The Man Who Came to Dinner Langley High School
Comic Actor in a Female Role in a Play Isabel Pierce The Love Doctor Meridian High School
Comic Actor in a Female Role in a Play Kaitlyn McCarley Wendy & Peter Pan Oakton High School
Comic Actor in a Female Role in a Play Anusha Krishnan The Play That Goes Wrong (High School Edition) Westfield High School
Comic Actor in a Male Role in a Play Dakota Cupples Eurydice H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program
Comic Actor in a Male Role in a Play Jonah Uffelman Much Ado About Nothing James Madison High School
Comic Actor in a Male Role in a Play Matthew Boehm She Kills Monsters: Young Adventurers Edition Mount Vernon High School
Comic Actor in a Male Role in a Play Peter Gardner One Man, Two Guvnors W.T. Woodson High School
Comic Actor in a Male Role in a Play Christina Hayes Peter and the Starcatcher Woodbridge Senior High
Comic Actor in a Female Role in a Musical Isabelle Phillips The Music Man Bishop Ireton High School
Comic Actor in a Female Role in a Musical Lauren Williams Animal Farm Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Comic Actor in a Female Role in a Musical Khailah Schroeter Mean Girls High School Version Osbourn Park High School
Comic Actor in a Female Role in a Musical Ava Turley Anastasia: The Musical Quince Orchard High School
Comic Actor in a Female Role in a Musical Elana Kirwan Bright Star South Lakes High School
Comic Actor in a Male Role in a Musical Andrew Landrum Kiss Me, Kate Herndon High School
Comic Actor in a Male Role in a Musical Idíl Erdogan Claudio Quest McLean High School
Comic Actor in a Male Role in a Musical Marcus Martinez The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical South County High School
Comic Actor in a Male Role in a Musical Jonathan Villa Bright Star South Lakes High School
Comic Actor in a Male Role in a Musical Christopher Seeger Something Rotten! West Springfield High School
Supporting Actor in a Female Role in a Play Kaya Thomas Argonautika: The Voyage of Jason and the Argonauts Annandale High School
Supporting Actor in a Female Role in a Play Ella Ostlund The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Chantilly High School
Supporting Actor in a Female Role in a Play Amelia Campbell-Reidhead Dracula Lake Braddock Secondary School
Supporting Actor in a Female Role in a Play Sarah Driessen Wendy & Peter Pan Oakton High School
Supporting Actor in a Female Role in a Play Emily Ocasio The Glass Menagerie The New School of Northern VA
Supporting Actor in a Male Role in a Play Noelle Koss Dracula Lake Braddock Secondary School
Supporting Actor in a Male Role in a Play Hugo Ratheau The Love Doctor Meridian High School
Supporting Actor in a Male Role in a Play Porter Bertman Clue: Onstage (High School Edition) Thomas A. Edison High School
Supporting Actor in a Male Role in a Play Farooq Khan One Man, Two Guvnors W.T. Woodson High School
Supporting Actor in a Male Role in a Play Audrey Evans Peter and the Starcatcher Woodbridge Senior High
Supporting Actor in a Female Role in a Musical Rainah Taylor Animal Farm Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Supporting Actor in a Female Role in a Musical Maren Lewis Anastasia: The Musical Quince Orchard High School
Supporting Actor in a Female Role in a Musical Kate Wamboldt Disney’s Descendants: The Musical Robinson Secondary School
Supporting Actor in a Female Role in a Musical Mia Cummings Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical Wakefield High School
Supporting Actor in a Female Role in a Musical Ellie Arenstein Legally Blonde The Musical Walt Whitman High School
Supporting Actor in a Male Role in a Musical Naeem Scott Sister Act Alexandria City High School
Supporting Actor in a Male Role in a Musical Eric Curry III Animal Farm Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Supporting Actor in a Male Role in a Musical Hayden Polsky Anastasia: The Musical Quince Orchard High School
Supporting Actor in a Male Role in a Musical Javier Quiroz-Rubi The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical South County High School
Supporting Actor in a Male Role in a Musical Thomas Seeger Something Rotten! West Springfield High School
Lead Actor in a Female Role in a Play Ainsley McNatt Eurydice Colgan High School
Lead Actor in a Female Role in a Play Mary Ulses Much Ado About Nothing James Madison High School
Lead Actor in a Female Role in a Play Lake Rusch Dracula Lake Braddock Secondary School
Lead Actor in a Female Role in a Play Sarah Hilton The Man Who Came to Dinner Langley High School
Lead Actor in a Female Role in a Play JJ Dunn She Kills Monsters: Young Adventurers Edition Mount Vernon High School
Lead Actor in a Male Role in a Play Jack Wolff The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Chantilly High School
Lead Actor in a Male Role in a Play Alex Perry Dracula Lake Braddock Secondary School
Lead Actor in a Male Role in a Play Conor Farah The Man Who Came to Dinner Langley High School
Lead Actor in a Male Role in a Play Matthew Bloss-Baum The Love Doctor Meridian High School
Lead Actor in a Male Role in a Play Diya Selvan One Man, Two Guvnors W.T. Woodson High School
Lead Actor in a Female Role in a Musical Isabella Jackson Sister Act  Fairfax High School
Lead Actor in a Female Role in a Musical Hope Hill Kiss Me, Kate Herndon High School
Lead Actor in a Female Role in a Musical Giorgia Dallasta Anastasia: The Musical Quince Orchard High School
Lead Actor in a Female Role in a Musical Abigail Jamison Bright Star South Lakes High School
Lead Actor in a Female Role in a Musical Maddie Belanoff Legally Blonde The Musical Walt Whitman High School
Lead Actor in a Male Role in a Musical Aidan Furey The Music Man Bishop Ireton High School
Lead Actor in a Male Role in a Musical Moyo Ifafore Animal Farm Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Lead Actor in a Male Role in a Musical Josh Wise Kiss Me, Kate Herndon High School
Lead Actor in a Male Role in a Musical Nathan Bass Claudio Quest McLean High School
Lead Actor in a Male Role in a Musical Henry Carter Bright Star South Lakes High School
Song Take Me to Heaven (Reprise) Sister Act  Fairfax High School
Song I Hate Men Kiss Me, Kate Herndon High School
Song Platypus Heart Claudio Quest McLean High School
Song Another Round Bright Star South Lakes High School
Song A Musical Something Rotten! West Springfield High School
Critic Team     Herndon High School
Critic Team     McLean High School
Critic Team     Quince Orchard High School
Critic Team     Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Critic Team     Westfield High School
Play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time   Chantilly High School
Play Much Ado About Nothing   James Madison High School
Play Dracula   Lake Braddock Secondary School
Play The Man Who Came to Dinner   Langley High School
Play The Love Doctor   Meridian High School
Play Wendy & Peter Pan   Oakton High School
Musical Animal Farm   Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Musical Kiss Me, Kate   Herndon High School
Musical Claudio Quest   McLean High School
Musical Anastasia: The Musical   Quince Orchard High School
Musical Bright Star   South Lakes High School
Musical Something Rotten!   West Springfield High School
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