Photography by Carla McDonald
On May 23, the Orpheum Theatre Group announced the award recipients of the 15th annual Orpheum High School Musical Theatre Awards. The very exciting occasion was a culmination of a year-long program bringing students from all over the Mid-South together for an intensive week of team building, collaboration, and celebration of musical theatre. This year’s ceremony also included some new elements including members of the Memphis Youth Symphony Program participating in the orchestra pit and the creation of a new award that will annually honor a production for Outstanding Sound Design & Execution. Students from 50 participating schools across three states gathered on the Orpheum stage to celebrate their peers' on- and off-stage achievements in musical theatre. orpheum-memphis.com