Jester Award Nominees
Our judging team has reviewed the scores given to 41 productions entered for consideration by 37
schools (116 performances) throughout Kansas during the 2013-2014 season. A lot of wonderful
work was seen and celebrated, resulting in these nominations:
A Year with Frog and Toad
Sweeney Todd, School Edition
Oklahoma!
Disney The Little Mermaid Jr.
The Music Man
Hello, Dolly!
Guys and Dolls
The Music Man
Anything Goes
Outstanding Stage Crew
Campus HS
Garden City HS
Maize HS
Pratt HS
Sacred Heart HS
Salina HS South
Sterling HS
Trinity Academy
Wichita Collegiate
Outstanding Lobby Display
Cast Parents
Li’l Abner
Buhler HS
Kris Haas/Cast and Crew
Little Shop of Horrors
Circle HS
Cassie Caster, Kim Fraley, and Julie Headrick
Once Upon a Mattress
Douglass HS
Stacy Berens, Melody Davidson,
Penny McGinnis, and Teresa McPherson
All Shook Up
Hays HS
Katie Buhler, Laurisa McAbee,
Miranda Flemming, Morgan Schmidt,
and Lauren Beardsley
Disney The Little Mermaid Jr. Pratt HS
Rachel Wright and Denise Lasher
Seussical the Musical
Rose Hill HS
Deb Shelly, Celinda Heinrich, and Audrey Mershon
The Music Man
Trinity Academy
Deb Shelly
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Trinity Academy
The Freshmen, Class of 2017
Anything Goes
Wichita Collegiate
Charlotte Rippy
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Wichita East HS
Outstanding Graphic Design and/or Playbill
Anna SchragPippin
Andover HS
Brooke Pedersen and Kailin Stinson
Me and My Girl
Andover Central HS
Sheri Cunningham
Li’l Abner
Buhler HS
Brian Henry
Little Shop of Horrors
Circle HS
Joslyn Brungardt and Caci Pommerehn All Shook Up
Hays HS
Katelyn Berndt
Hello, Dolly!
Salina HS South
Codey Davis and Emily Ottaway
Disney’s High School Musical
The Independent School
Joni Atteberry
The Music Man
Trinity Academy
Joni Atteberry
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Trinity Academy
Outstanding Sound
Max McCallum
Sweeney Todd, School Edition
Garden City HS
Adam AkersOklahoma!
Maize HS
Bill Weaver
Hello, Dolly!
Salina HS South
Luc Robson and Clark Comley
Guys and Dolls
Sterling HS
Lester ChengUrinetown
Wichita East HS
Outstanding Scenic Design
The Stagecraft Class and Roxana Stitt
A Year with Frog and Toad
Campus HS
Alex Booker
Sweeney Todd, School Edition
Garden City HS
Brad Moritz, Jeremy Wann,
and Betsy Dreiling
All Shook Up
Hays HS
Kathleen BarbaraOklahoma!
Maize HS
Greg McGlynn
Legally Blonde
McPherson HS
Josh Williams and Dan Williams
Young Frankenstein
Northeast Magnet HS
Rose Beilman and Kerry Thieme
Disney The Little Mermaid Jr.
Pratt HS
Kyle Davis
Guys and Dolls
Sterling HS
Alberto Martinez
Anything Goes
Wichita Collegiate
Rachel Downs
Little Shop of Horrors
Wichita West HS
Outstanding Lighting
Mitch Byers, Arlen Chastain,
and Logan Lawson
Li’l Abner
Buhler HS
Crystal Alexander and Will SnyderGodspell
Clearwater HS
Jacob BothellOklahoma!
Maize HS
Brandon Riney, Mitch Evans,
Dakota Hankins, and Lauren Voss
Disney The Little Mermaid Jr.
Pratt HS
Bill Weaver
Hello, Dolly!
Salina HS South
Dan Harmon
Anything Goes
Wichita Collegiate
Lester Cheng and
Julian Garcia-GoodwinUrinetown
Wichita East HS
Outstanding Costumes
Brona La Force
Li’l Abner
Buhler HS
Robyn Hilt
Sweeney Todd, School Edition
Garden City HS
Andrea Carmichael
All Shook Up
Hays HS
Sue Buhler
Disney The Little Mermaid Jr. Pratt HS
Kay Engelland
Hello, Dolly!
Salina HS South
John Vinroe
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Sedgwick HS
Betsy Dutton
Guys and Dolls
Sterling HS
Kathy White and Julie Longhofer The Music Man
Trinity Academy
Chadwick Armstrong
Anything Goes
Wichita Collegiate
Outstanding Small Ensemble
“The Family Solicitor”
(Jacob Schilmoeller and the Family)
Me and My Girl
Andover Central HS
“Holding Out for a Hero” (Syndie Randolph,
Dallma Kapten, Lexi Cole, Taylore Rose)Footloose
Goddard HS
“By My Side” (Megan Ahearn,
Lacey Wellemeyer and Devin Doyle)Godspell
Kapaun Mt. Carmel HS
“Just a Housewife”
(Kate Rushton and Housewives)Working
Newton HS
Ursula’s Tentacles (Olivia Gallagher-Fink,
Hogan Thompson, Brandon Guerra,
Brydan Whitfield, Allison Clark,
Rhegan Hoover, Kieara Kaufman,
Dylan Cox)
Disney The Little Mermaid Jr.
Pratt HS
Outstanding Small Ensemble (Continued)
Barbershop Quartet (Josh Dolan,
Kregg Howell, Joseph Marak,
Jack Skidmore)
The Music Man
Sacred Heart HS
“Fugue for Tin Horns” (Solomon Dold,
Luke Schweizer, Coby Comley)
Guys and Dolls
Sterling HS
Barbershop Quartet (Stephen Brunson,
James Copeland, Caleb Maine,
Ben Mosley)
The Music Man
Trinity Academy
“Moonfall Quartet” (Micaela Heinrich,
Katie Shelly, Stevie Mack,
Gabrielle Ejibe)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Trinity Academy
Reno’s Angels (Caroline Engel,
Maddie Janzen, Kara Maloney,
Christy Peterson, Maddie Reid-Tedesco) Anything Goes
Wichita Collegiate
Doo Wop Girls (Kiesha Anderson, Sana Zia,
Erika Mounivang-comer)
Little Shop of Horrors
Wichita West HS
Outstanding Ensemble/Chorus
Li’l Abner
Buhler HS
All Shook Up
Hays HS
Godspell
Kapaun Mt. Carmel
Oklahoma!
Maize HS
Hello, Dolly!
Salina HS South
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Sedgwick High School
Guys and Dolls
Sterling HS
The Music Man
Trinity Academy
Outstanding Cameo Performer
Spencer Waldrip (Constable)
Me and My Girl
Andover Central HS
Lane Baker (Big Jule)
Guys and Dolls
Augusta HS
Tyler Mabie (Jester’s Father)
Once Upon a Mattress
Douglass HS
Garrett Sigman (Kyle)
Legally Blonde, The Musical
Eisenhower HS
Reed Bowles (Andrew Carnes)Oklahoma!
Maize HS
Adam Bowers (Kyle)
Legally Blonde, The Musical
McPherson HS
Caleb Milby (Grinch)
Seussical the Musical
Rose Hill HS
Cameron Fair (Harry the Horse)
Guys and Dolls
Sterling HS
Logan Rogers (Foster Wilson)
Annie Get Your Gun
Wichita Northwest HS
Outstanding Pre-High School Performer
Moles (Lynn Andrews, Avary Finch,
Chayna Hardyway and Tristen Reynolds)
A Year with Frog and Toad
Campus HS
Brynn Hampton (Flounder)
Disney The Little Mermaid Jr. Pratt HS
Cavanaugh Newman (Jojo)
Seussical the Musical
Rose Hill HS
Kade Stover (Winthrop Paroo)
The Music Man
Sacred Heart HS
Lydia Mershon (Amaryllis)
The Music Man
Trinity Academy
Outstanding Teacher/Alumnus Performer
John Vinroe (Carl)
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Sedgwick HS
Betsy Dutton (Adelaide Voice)
Guys and Dolls
Sterling HS
Karla Burns (Audrey II Voice) Little Shop of Horrors
Wichita West HS
Matt Webber (Audrey II Puppet)
Little Shop of Horrors
Wichita West HS
Outstanding Technical Achievement
Brandon Riney, Lighting
Disney The Little Mermaid Jr.
Arlen Chastain and Mitch Byers,
Lighting Design
Li’l Abner
Brielle Warner and Connor Washburn,
Choreography
Li’l Abner
Pratt HS
Buhler HS
Buhler HS
Outstanding Production Number
“We Gotta Make it Through the Winter” Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Bishop Carroll Catholic HS
“Jubilation T. Cornpone”
Li’l Abner
Buhler HS
“Born to Hand Jive”Grease
El Dorado HS
Prologue/”The Ballad of Sweeney Todd” Sweeney Todd, School Edition
Garden City HS
“Can’t Help Falling In Love”
All Shook Up
Hays HS
“The Jitterbug” The Wizard of Oz
Mulvane HS
“Luck Be a Lady”
Guys and Dolls
Sterling HS
“Get’Cha Head in the Game”
Disney’s High School Musical The Independent School
“Blow, Gabriel, Blow”
Anything Goes
Wichita Collegiate
“Run Freedom Run”Urinetown
Wichita East HS
Outstanding Supporting Actor
Ben Nuest (Marryin’ Sam)
Li’l Abner
Ripken Fraley (Jester)
Once Upon a Mattress
Max Befort (Dennis)
All Shook Up
Conrad Hoffman (Jim Haller)
All Shook Up
Zac Donley (Linus)
You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown
Seth Hilger (Linus)
You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown
Jonathan Flores (Barnaby Tucker)
Hello, Dolly!
Stephen Jones (Dennis)
All Shook Up
Nathanael Lawton
(Officer Lockstock)Urinetown
Outstanding Supporting Actress
Dusty Wolf (Mammy Yokum)
Li’l Abner
Amanda Zogelmann (Snail)
A Year with Frog and Toad
Lauren Waymire (Disciple) Godspell
Molly Barnett (Miss Sandra)
All Shook Up
Shelby Matlock (Sylvia)
All Shook Up
Katie Robu (Delores Dante)Working
Allison Orth (Inga)
Young Frankenstein
Meagan Richardson (Bonnie)
Anything Goes
Hannah Chegwidden (Little Sally)Urinetown
Buhler HS
Douglass HS
Hays HS
Hays HS
Kapaun Mt. Carmel HS
Russell HS
Salina HS South
Valley Center HS
Wichita East HS
Buhler HS
Campus HS
Clearwater HS
Hays HS
Hays HS
Newton HS
Northeast Magnet HS
Wichita Collegiate HS
Wichita East HS
Outstanding Orchestra
Craig Gray
Me and My Girl
Ray LinvillePippin
Rich Toevs
Li’l Abner
Jeff Garriott
Little Shop of Horrors
Johnny Matlock and Lexie Robinson All Shook Up
Bryan KirkOklahoma!
Nicholas Griggs
Legally Blonde, The Musical
Dr. Cecil Riney The Music Man
Doug RineyUrinetown
Doug Riney
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Andover Central HS
Andover HS
Buhler HS
Circle HS
Hays HS
Maize HS
McPherson HS
Trinity Academy
Wichita East HS
Wichita East HS
Outstanding Musical Direction
Greg Bontrager
Li’l Abner
Johnny Matlock
All Shook Up
Doris PraterOklahoma!
Eddie B. Creer, Jr.
Hello, Dolly!
Clark Comley
Guys and Dolls
Jenni Kelley
Hello, Dolly!
Michelle Henderson
The Music Man
Michael McCormick
All Shook Up
Buhler HS
Hays HS
Maize HS
Salina HS South
Sterling HS
Sunrise Christian Academy
Trinity Academy
Valley Center HS
Outstanding Choreography/Staging
Brielle Warner and Connor Washburn Li’l Abner
Joshua LarsonGrease
Tawnita Augustine
All Shook Up
Stevie MackOklahoma!
Mac Thrasher, Kacie Hastings,
Betsy Dutton
Guys and Dolls
Stevie Mack
The Music Man
Michelle Lange
All Shook Up
Joshua Larson
Anything Goes
Jacob WassonUrinetown
Outstanding Direction of Show
Greg Bontrager
Li’l Abner
Lex RhoadarmerGodspell
Brenda Meder
All Shook Up
Kathleen BarbaraOklahoma!
Kate Lindsay
Hello, Dolly!
Betsy Dutton
Guys and Dolls
Keith Kelley
Hello, Dolly!
Julie Longhofer
The Music Man
Derrick GronewoldUrinetown
Buhler HS
El Dorado HS
Hays HS
Maize HS
Sterling HS
Trinity Academy
Valley Center HS
Wichita Collegiate
Wichita East HS
Buhler HS
Clearwater HS
Hays HS
Maize HS
Salina HS South
Sterling HS
Sunrise Christian Academy
Trinity Academy
Wichita East HS
Outstanding Leading Actor
Tyler Aden (Abner)
Li’l Abner
Nick Overbey (Chad)
All Shook Up
Daniel Reep (Curly)Oklahoma!
Jonah Snider (Hunk/Scarecrow)
The Wizard of Oz
Zack Brashear (Sky Masterson)
Guys and Dolls
David Kelley (Cornelius)
Hello, Dolly!
Nicholas Reese (Chad)
All Shook Up
Jacob Wasson (Bobby Strong)Urinetown
Outstanding Leading Actress
Julia Tarbox (Sally Smith)
Me and My Girl
Ari Chandler (Miss Adelaide)
Guys and Dolls
Megan Zeman (Natalie)
All Shook Up
Lizzy Hampton (Dorothy Gale)
The Wizard of Oz
Brittnee Hill (Ariel)
Disney The Little Mermaid Jr. Timeri Herrington
(Dolly Gallagher Levi)
Hello, Dolly!
Karen Blackmon (Dolly Gallagher Levi) Hello, Dolly!
Micaela Heinrich (Marion Paroo) The Music Man
Outstanding Overall Production
Li’l Abner
Buhler HS
All Shook Up
Hays HS
Hello, Dolly!
Salina HS South
Guys and Dolls
Sterling HS
The Music Man
Trinity Academy
Anything Goes
Wichita Collegiate
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Wichita East HS
Buhler HS
Hays HS
Maize HS
Mulvane HS
Sterling HS
Sunrise Christian Academy
Valley Center HS
Wichita East HS
Andover Central HS
Augusta HS
Hays HS
Mulvane HS
Pratt HS
Salina HS South
Sunrise Christian Academy
Trinity Academy
Music Theatre of Wichita’s 13th Annual
Celebrating distinction in
High School Musical Theatre
The Jester Awards have been established to
recognize, stimulate and encourage student
achievement, and to focus the attention of
the community and school districts on the
importance of musical theatre and arts education.
Three years ago the Lois Kay Walls Foundation
helped to endow the Jester Awards in order to
ensure that the program has continued success
well into the future. If you would like to contribute
to this endowment or learn more about The Jester
Awards, please contact Angela Trotter at Music
Theatre of Wichita, 316.265.3253 or Angela@
MTWichita.org.