CAPA Marquee Awards Announces the 19 Local High Schools Selected to Participate in 2019-20 Program

The Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (CAPA) today announced the 19 local high schools that have been selected to participate in the 2019-20 CAPA Marquee Awards. Designed to celebrate, support, and advocate for high school musical theatre education throughout central Ohio, the program debuted in the 2018-19 school year with 10 participating high schools. Nearly doubling participation in its sophomore year, musical theatre students from the 19 participating high schools will be invited to attend free master classes and talk-back opportunities with touring Broadway cast members and local/touring talent in their chosen field of interest throughout the 2019-20 season.

Additionally, adjudicators from the CAPA Marquee Awards will attend a performance of each participating school’s qualifying musical theatre production to evaluate nominated students/productions in the categories of Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Musical Production, Best Direction, Outstanding Ensemble Performance, Outstanding Student Orchestra, and Outstanding Technical Execution. Adjudicators will also separately evaluate hard-copy nominations submitted in the categories of Backstage Excellence, Outstanding Student Designer, and National Student Reporter.

The 2019-20 CAPA Marquee Awards participating high schools are:

Bishop Watterson High School
Dublin Jerome High School
Eastmoor Academy High School
Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center
Grandview Heights High School
Grove City High School
H​​​illiard Darby High School
New Albany High School
Olentangy Berlin High School
Olentangy Liberty High School
Olentangy Orange High School
Pickerington High School Central
Pickerington High School North
Thomas Worthington High School
Upper Arlington High School
Westerville Central High School
Westerville South High School
Whetstone High School
Worthington Christian School

On April 24, CAPA will announce the (up to) five nominees selected for each category.

On May 18, the CAPA Marquee Awards will culminate with a red-carpet ceremony and student showcase at the Southern Theatre at which winners in all categories will be announced. Modeled after the Tony Awards®, the CAPA Marquee Awards will showcase live performances from the nominees for Best Musical Production, as well as opening and closing numbers that incorporate nominated students from all participating high schools.

Students selected as Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Actress in a Leading Role will be designated as official Jimmy Award® nominees and receive a CAPA-sponsored trip to attend “Jimmys Week” in New York City, a nine-day professional training intensive with theatre professionals and industry experts, and compete on the national level for the 2020 Jimmy Awards® for Best Performance by an Actor and Best Performance by an Actress.

About The Jimmy Awards®/The National High School Musical Theatre Awards® (NHSMTA®)
The Jimmy Awards® program impacts more than 100,000 students who participate in high school musical theatre competitions sponsored by presenters of Touring Broadway productions throughout the United States. Presented by the Broadway League Foundation, the program sends a Best Actress and a Best Actor winner from each of these competitions to New York for a week-long theatre intensive of coaching and rehearsals with industry professionals in preparation for a one-night-only talent showcase on Broadway. Named for Broadway impresario James M. Nederlander, the program has been the catalyst for more than $2 million in educational scholarships. For more information, please visit www.JimmyAwards.com.