Castle View High School’s production of ‘Frozen’ led with five awards

(press release)

The statewide Bobby G High School Musical Theatre Awards took place on May 17 at the Buell Theatre, attended by hundreds of students, educators, and their friends and family. The event was hosted by 2022 Outstanding Lead Performer winner, Madison Manning. Awards were presented throughout the evening, buttressed by performances from the five nominated Overall Production schools and a medley sung by the ten Lead Performer nominees.

After receiving 13 nominations, Castle View High School’s production of Frozen took home five awards, including Outstanding Achievement in Direction and Musical Direction.

ThunderRidge High School’s production of Mean Girls: High School Edition received three awards in highly anticipated categories, including Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical. Gabi Karl took home one of the Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role awards; Caleb Kezeor from Woodland Park High School’s production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame received the other.

Gabi and Caleb will be invited to represent Colorado at the Jimmy Awards on Broadway. The event will take place on June 24 at the Minskoff Theatre, home of Disney’s The Lion King.

The Jimmy Awards have kickstarted many performers’ careers: Reneé Rapp who starred in the recent Mean Girls movie musical; Andrew Barth Feldman who starred opposite Jennifer Lawrence in the Netflix movie No Hard Feelings; and dozens of Broadway stars including Eva Noblezada, Casey Likes, and Justin Cooley.

2024 Bobby G Award winners are listed below. For a full list of nominees and winners, please visit denvercenter.org/bobbygawards.

Outstanding Achievement in Hair & Make-Up Design

Kendall Wilson

Frozen, Castle View High School

Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design

Molly Arndt & Edy Lang

Frozen, Castle View High School

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Design

Alexander Heinrich

Into the Woods, Fossil Ridge High School

Outstanding Achievement in Scenic Design

Alexa Fritzler, Hillary Slezack & Christian Cote

Into the Woods, Fossil Ridge High School

Outstanding Performance by an Orchestra

Frozen, Castle View High School

Outstanding Performance by a Chorus

Bright Star, Denver School of the Arts

Outstanding Achievement in Musical Direction

Jay McGuffin, Heath Walter & Rochelle Walter

Frozen, Castle View High School

Outstanding Achievement in Choreography

Alec Doherty, Emily Burkart & Alex Burkart

Chicago: Teen Edition, Cherry Creek High School

Claudia Carson Award for Outstanding Achievement in Stage Management

Zoe Goldman

Catch Me If You Can, Erie High School

Robert & Judi Newman Rising Star Award

Zack Rymkiewicz

Damian; Mean Girls: High School Edition, ThunderRidge High School

Outstanding Achievement in Direction

Rochelle Walter, John Dreher & Sophie Lemire

Frozen, Castle View High School

Thunder Ridge High School’s production of ‘Mean Girls’ won Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical | Photo: McLeod9

Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical

Mean Girls: High School Edition, ThunderRidge High School

Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role

Ana Barringer

Bambi Bernet; Curtains, Liberty High School

Ben Davis

Monster; Young Frankenstein, Littleton High School

Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role

Gabi Karl

Janis; Mean Girls: High School Edition, ThunderRidge High School

Caleb Kezeor

Quasimodo; The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Woodland Park High School

Special Achievement Award Recipients

Outstanding Special Achievement in Sound Design

Mallory Clark & Stella Epstein

Heathers: High School Edition, Fort Collins High School

Outstanding Special Achievement in Puppetry

Noah Reske, Kayden Hill & Cain Housand

Little Shop of Horrors, Riverdale Ridge High School

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ABOUT THE BOBBY G AWARDS:

The Bobby G Awards are a state-wide high school musical theatre program that recognizes Colorado students and educators in the areas of performance, design, direction, choreography, stage management, musical direction, orchestration, technical production, and overall production excellence. The awards ceremony serves as an opportunity for the DCPA to honor Colorado musical theatre programs and for students to celebrate and support each other.