You can catch two ensembles from Luxemburg-Casco and Southern Door high schools take their final bows after they were honored by the Center Stage High School Musical Theater Program this week.

The Center Stage High School Musical Theater Program is an education initiative that celebrates and supports the achievement of high school theater while developing confidence, creativity, and collaboration among high school students in Northeast Wisconsin. Luxemburg–Casco High School’s production of The Addams Family and Southern Door High School’s imagining of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins were nominated for outstanding ensemble awards. Luxemburg-Casco’s Matthew Brand (Gomez Addams) and Southern Door’s Noah Rass (Bert) were both nominated for their outstanding performance in a lead role. At the same time, Bowie Bredael (Morticia Addams) and Jonah Doperalski (Uncle Fester) received honorable mentions. Southern Door’s Molly Hall (Jane Banks) and Lilly Schmidt (Michael Banks) were nominated for outstanding performances in a supporting role. Drama Director Mary Hall earned her own nomination for being an influential theater educator at Southern Door. Hall and Luxemburg-Casco choir director Margaret Meder gave all the praise to their students for the ensembles getting the opportunity to stage the stage again.

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Rass will be walking out of the Fox Cities Performance Center with an award regardless of how the rest of the evening goes after he earned one of two Inspiration Through The Arts Scholarships. Both schools will participate in the Jimmys, a red carpet, Tony Awards®-style showcase at the Fox Cities PAC on May 18th at 7:30 p.m.

Picture courtesy of Southern Door School District