Holt Thespians Honored at the
St. Louis CAPPIES
May 31, 2011
Wentzville, MO
Drama students from Holt High School were honored for their performances this year at the 7th Annual St. Louis CAPPIES Gala on May 22, 2011. The event was hosted by Fox 2 News Meteorologist Glenn Zimmerman at the Missouri Baptist University Pillsbury Chapel and Dale Williams Fine Arts Center.
The CAPPIES (Critics and Awards Program) is a national organization with groups in major cities like St. Louis that train drama students to be theater critics. The students then travel to high schools in their area to view and critique student productions on everything from singing and acting to set design and sound effects.
The student critics vote at the end of the year for their favorites in a variety of categories and the top nominees are honored at the CAPPIES Gala (modeled after Hollywood’s Tony Awards), with a winner in each category announced that evening.
At this year’s banquet, 22 Holt students were recognized as nominees and ten of those received top honors. Junior Brandon Callahan won as Featured Actor in a Play for his role in “Is He Dead.” Junior Kaylyn Bauer, sophomore Josey Coleman, junior Dana Engelhardt and senior Brian Flammang won for Costumes in “The Music Man.” Seniors Andrew Buell, Ryan Biggs and Nico Stringfellow, along with sophomore Chloe Buckman won in the Stage Crew category for their work on “The Music Man.” Additionally, senior Sarah Hinds was named the Top Critic from Holt.
"This has been our most successful year with CAPPIES, both as writing teams and show personnel,” said Holt Theater Director and Communication Arts Teacher Robert Gleason. “We could not be more proud of the success our students have experienced."
This year, 23 schools participated in the CAPPIES program and 175 critics reviewed 46 high school performances.
Holt Nominees:
- Angela Luna (Choreography) – “The Music Man”
- Kaylyn Bauer, Josey Coleman, Dana Engelhardt, Brian Flammang (Costumes) – “The Music Man”
- Ryan Biggs, Blake Brinkley, Patrick Miller (Creativity) – “Is He Dead”
- Andrew Buell, Ryan Biggs, Chloe Buckman, Nico Stringfellow (Stage Crew) – “The Music Man”
- Brandon Callahan (Featured Actor in a Play) – “Is He Dead”
- Brenden Schaeffer, Kegan Lusk, Alec Noakes (Ensemble in a Play) – “Is He Dead”
- Keifer Been (Featured Actor in a Musical) – “The Music Man”
- Peter Billing (Male Vocalist) -"The Music Man"
- Jimmy Cambron (Supporting Actor in a Musical) -"The Music Man" and (Lead Actor in a Play) – “Is He Dead”
- Sarah Hinds, Kaylyn Hruska (Graduating Critics)
- Sarah Hinds, Kaylyn Hruska, Nathan Hines, Nico Strongfellow, Leah Ferrara, Kaylyn Bauer (Critic Team)
From the Wentzville School DIstrict
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