And The Nominees For The Tommy Tune Awards Are...

TUTS annual Tommy Tune awards have become a highly anticipated event among high school drama clubs across the area.

Scholarships are awarded, two winners are chosen to go to New York to compete on a national level, and the kids get to perform at the Hobby Center on the night of the event. (This year it’s April 20.)

TUTS’ panel of judge reviewed 44 high school productions this year; here’s the list of nominees:

Best Musical
Cinco Ranch High School, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Episcopal High School, The Drowsy Chaperone
Friendswood High School, Oklahoma!
Houston Christian High School, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Klein High School, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Pasadena Memorial High School, Thoroughly Modern Millie
St. Agnes Academy, Into the Woods
Stratford High School, Steel Pier

Best Leading Actor
Cypress Falls High School: Kristopher Alvarado (Pseudolus) A Funny
Thing..Forum
Episcopal High School: Forest Surles (Robert Martin) The Drowsy
Chaperone
Klein High School: Tommy Waas (Lawrence Jameson) Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels
Klein High School: Anthony Al-Rifai (Freddy Benson) Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels
Memorial High School: Dino Nicandros (Julian Marsh) 42nd Street
Spring Woods High School: Mark Frazier (Willy Wonka) Willy
Wonka
Stratford High School: Patrick Reilly (Bill Kelly) Steel Pier
Westchester Academy: Justin West (Seymour) Little Shop of
Horrors
Woodlands High School: Keith Hale (Seymour) Little Shop of
Horrors

Best Leading Actress
Cinco Ranch High School: Madeline Smith (Millie Dillmount) Thoroughly
Modern Millie
Episcopal High School: Stephanie Styles (Janet Van de Graff) The Drowsy
Chaperone
Houston Christian High School: Kelly Weaver (Millie Dillmount)
Thoroughly Modern Millie
HSPVA: Erin Cressy (Lily Byrne) A Man of No Importance
John Cooper School: Whitney Brandt (Mary Lennox) The Secret Garden
Pasadena Memorial High School: Sandy Valles (Millie Dillmount)
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Sam Rayburn High School: Celeste Alvarez (Audrey) Little Shop of
Horrors
St. Agnes Academy: Mary Cate Stevenson (Witch) Into the
Woods
Stratford High School: Lizzie Wild (Rita Racine) Steel Pier

Best Supporting Actor
Cinco Ranch High School: Chris Deyo (Trevor Graydon) Thoroughly Modern
Millie
Clear Springs High School: Jason Broussard (Scarecrow) The Wizard of
Oz
Cypress Fall High School: Robert Price (Hysterium) A Funny
Thing..Forum
Episcopal High School: Matthew Sells (Man in Chair) The Drowsy
Chaperone
Episcopal High School: Austin Arizpe (Adolfo) The Drowsy Chaperone

Friendswood High School: Jeffrey Allison (Will Parker) Oklahoma!
Klein High School: Nathan Spell (Andre Thibault) Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels
Sam Rayburn High School: Josue Montiel (Mushnik) Little Shop of Horrors
Stratford High School: Al Fallick (Mick Hamilton) Steel
Pier

Best Supporting Actress
Cinco Ranch High School: Victoria Valentine (Mrs. Meers) Thoroughly
Modern Millie
Episcopal High School: Mia Gerachis (Drowsy Chaperone) The Drowsy
Chaperone
Friendswood High School: Teagan Batts (Aunt Eller) Oklahoma!
Friendswood High School: Lizzy Conger (Ado Annie) Oklahoma!
John Cooper School: Emily Jacobson (Martha) The Secret
Garden
Pasadena Memorial High School: Allie Oakes (Miss Dorothy) Thoroughly
Modern Millie
Pasadena Memorial High School: Ashley Ward (Mrs. Meers) Thoroughly
Modern Millie
St. Agnes Academy: Emma Morris (Little Red Riding Hood) Into the
Woods
Stratford High School: Lauren Tennet (Shelby Stevens) Steel Pier

Best Featured Performer
Cinco Ranch High School: Nicholas Hunt (Ching Ho) Thoroughly Modern
Millie
Cypress Fall High School: (The Proteans) A Funny
Thing…Forum
Episcopal High School: Billy Cohen & Julian Outlaw (Ganster 1 &
2) The Drowsy Chaperone
Friendswood High School: Mason Conrad (Ali Hakim) Oklahoma!
Houston Christian High School: Andy Bair & Anthony Farfan (Ching Ho
& Bun Foo) Thoroughly Modern Millie
HSPVA: John Carter V (Baldy O’Shea) A Man of No Importance
John Cooper School: Caitlin Lashier (Alice) The Secret Garden
Kerr High School: Denny Dao (Mortimer) The Fantasticks
Klein High School: Haley Brucker (Jolene Oakes) Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels
Stratford High School: John Karna (Buddy Becker) Steel Pier
Stratford High School: Dorcas Leung (Precious McGuire) Steel
Pier
Texas City High School: Tyler Conti (Audrey II) Little Shop of
Horrors
Woodlands High School: Tyler Lewis (Audrey II) Little Shop of
Horrors

Best Direction
Cinco Ranch High School, Episcopal High School, Friendswood High School,
Houston Christian High School, HSPVA, Klein High School, Pasadena
Memorial High School, St. Agnes Academy, and Stratford High School.

Best Choreography
Clear Brook High School, Cypress Falls High School, Episcopal High
School, Friendswood High School, G. W. Carver Magnet High School,
Houston Christian High School, HSPVA, John Cooper School, Kempner High
School, Kerr High School, Klein Collins High School, Klein High School,
St. Agnes Academy, and Woodlands High School.

Best Musical Direction
Cinco Ranch High School, Clear Springs High School , Episcopal High
School, Friendswood High School, HSPVA, Klein High School, Pasadena
Memorial High School, Pearland High School, St. Agnes Academy and
Stratford High School.

Best Orchestra
Cinco Ranch High School, Clear Brook High School, Clear Lake High
School, Clear Springs High School, Friendswood High School, G. W. Carver
Magnet High School, Katy High School, Klein High School, Magnolia High
School, Morton Ranch High School, North Shore Senior High, Pasadena
Memorial High School and Spring Woods High School.

Best Scenic Design
Carnegie Vanguard High School, Cinco Ranch High School, Clear Brook High
School, Cypress Falls High School, Episcopal High School, Friendswood
High School, Klein High School, Pasadena Memorial High School, St. Agnes
Academy, Stratford High School, Westchester Academy, and Woodlands
High School.


Best Costume Design
Cinco Ranch High School, Cypress Falls High School, Episcopal High
School, G. W, Carver Magnet High School, John Cooper School, Klein High
School, Memorial High School, Pasadena Memorial High School, St. Agnes
Academy and Stafford High School.


Best Lighting Design
Cinco Ranch High School, Clear Springs High School, Cypress Falls High
School, Episcopal High School, Friendswood High School, John Cooper
School, Kerr High School, Klein High School, Magnolia High School,
Pasadena Memorial High School, St. Agnes Academy, Stratford High School
and Texas City High School.

Best Crew & Technical Execution
Cinco Ranch High School, Clear Springs High School, Episcopal High
School, Houston Christian High School, John Cooper School, Klein High
School, Morton Ranch High School and Pasadena Memorial High School.

Best Ensemble/Chorus
Cinco Ranch High School, Clear Brook High School, Clear Springs High
School, Cypress Falls High School, Episcopal High School, Friendswood
High School, G. W. Carver Magnet High School, Houston Christian High
School, HSPVA, Klein High School, Pasadena Memorial High School,
Pearland High School, St. Agnes Academy, St. Pius X High School, and
Stratford High School.