WATCH THE 2022 SHULER AWARDS - APRIL 21, 2022

The 2022 Georgia High School Musical Theatre Awards – Shuler Hensley Awards® occurred on Thursday, April 21 at 8:00 p.m. at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.

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2022 Georgia High School Musical Theatre Awards

We are so proud of all the hard work every participating school gave after a challenging couple of years. Check out the full list of 2022 Shuler Award recipients, nominees, and honorable mentions below!

2022 Shuler Award Winners

OVERALL PRODUCTION

Lambert High School – The SpongeBob Musical

DIRECTION

Tri-Cities High School – Jade Lambert-Smith (Fela!)

MUSIC DIRECTION

Morgan County High School – Lenae Rose (Les Misérables)

ORCHESTRA

Heritage High School (Ringgold) – Scott Willis (Matilda)

CHOREOGRAPHY

Tri-Cities High School – Jade Lambert-Smith and Briana Bunkley (Fela!)

LEADING ACTRESS

Greater Atlanta Christian School – Georgia Thomas (Anastasia)

LEADING ACTOR

Tri-Cities High School – Nicholas Alexander Wilkinson II (Fela!)

FEATURED PERFORMER

Lakeview Academy – Noah Caplan (Something Rotten!)

SUPPORTING PERFORMERS

Decatur High School – Lorelei Calder (Matilda)
Hiram High School – Shyla Rosario (Bring It On)

ENSEMBLE

Lambert High School – The SpongeBob Musical

COSTUMES

Lambert High School – Julianne Lopez (The SpongeBob Musical)

LIGHTING DESIGN

Lambert High School – Thomas Schnitzer (The SpongeBob Musical)

SCENIC DESIGN

Milton High School – Sim Jones (Anastasia)

SOUND

St. Pius X Catholic High School – Sarah Rakoski and Brennan Ciccarelli (The Addams Family)

TECHNICAL EXECUTION

Lambert High School – Carly Ann Lovell, Thomas Schnitzer, and Megan Hunter (The SpongeBob Musical)

2021-22 Shuler Award Nominees & Honorable Mentions

OVERALL PRODUCTION
Nominees
Decatur High School – Matilda
Lambert High School – The SpongeBob Musical
Morgan County High School – Les Misérables
Ringgold High School – Catch Me If You Can
Tri-Cities High School – Fela!
West Forsyth High School – Mamma Mia!
Honorable Mentions
Denmark High School – Curtains (School Edition)
Hiram High School – Bring It On
Milton High School – Anastasia
Prince Avenue Christian School – The Sound of Music

DIRECTION
Nominees
Lambert High School – Carly Ann Lovell (The SpongeBob Musical)
Milton High School – David Hopkins (Anastasia)
Prince Avenue Christian School – Hannah Hunt (The Sound of Music)
Ringgold High School – Jané Ellis (Catch Me If You Can)
Tri-Cities High School – Jade Lambert-Smith (Fela!)
West Forsyth High School – Sarah Lindvall and Rebecca Stern (Mamma Mia!)
Honorable Mentions
Decatur High School – Raven Owen-Beyer (Matilda)
Greenbrier High School – Stephen Hansen (She Loves Me)
Hiram High School – Jennifer Grazer (Bring It On)
Morgan County High School – Lenae Rose (Les Misérables)
Roswell High School – Trey Rutherford (Into the Woods)

MUSIC DIRECTION
Nominees
Johns Creek High School – DJ Godinez (Bright Star)
Morgan County High School – Lenae Rose (Les Misérables)
Prince Avenue Christian School – LaMurl Morris (The Sound of Music)
Ringgold High School – Abby Hatch and Iley Barnes (Catch Me If You Can)
Tri-Cities High School – Lori Ann Christian (Fela!)
Wesleyan School – Brad Meyer (All Shook Up)
Honorable Mentions
Greenbrier High School – Audrey Cohen and Skye Boutall (She Loves Me)
King’s Ridge Christian School – Jenny Piacente (Les Misérables)
Lambert High School – Ryan Wason (The SpongeBob Musical)
West Forsyth High School – Sarah Lindvall (Mamma Mia!)

ORCHESTRA
Nominees

Allatoona High School – Jim Palmer (Cinderella)
Heritage High School (Ringgold) – Scott Willis (Matilda)
North Cobb Christian School – Angela Baddock (Mary Poppins)
Roswell High School – Josh Roberts (Into the Woods)

CHOREOGRAPHY
Nominees

Hiram High School – Angelique Pierre and Mehari Benson (Bring It On)
Lambert High School – Carly Ann Lovell, Natalie German, Kennedy Norman, and Kate Ritchie (The SpongeBob Musical)
Milton High School – Jackson Dunlap and Sarah Charles Lewis (Anastasia)
Prince Avenue Christian School – Kaylor Jones (The Sound of Music)
Tri-Cities High School – Jade Lambert-Smith and Briana Bunkley (Fela!)
West Forsyth High School – Sydney Stetson (Mamma Mia!)
Honorable Mentions
Denmark High School – Kailey Moster and Zach Feeney (Curtains [School Edition])
Lakeside High School – Grace McGrail (The Little Mermaid)
Ringgold High School – Jenna Dekich (Catch Me If You Can)
Wheeler High School – Dayna Strickland, Taylor Mills, Reyna Porter, and John Brandon (Footloose)

LEADING ACTRESS
Nominees

Greater Atlanta Christian School – Georgia Thomas (Anastasia)
Johns Creek High School – Marie Puckett (Bright Star)
Lambert High School – Maddie Ross (The SpongeBob Musical)
Roswell High School – Olivia Rodman (Into the Woods)
West Forsyth High School – Ella Duncan (Mamma Mia!)
Whitefield Academy – Gracie Price (Guys and Dolls)
Honorable Mentions
Decatur High School – Carrie Crespino (Matilda)
Gordon Central High School – Aubry Dorsey (Amélie)
Greenbrier High School – Delia Phillips (She Loves Me)
Prince Avenue Christian School – Claire Gann (The Sound of Music)

LEADING ACTOR
Nominees

Lakeview Academy – Davison Filson (Something Rotten!)
Morgan County High School – Charles McGregor (Les Misérables)
Ringgold High School – Eli Talley (Catch Me If You Can)
St. Pius X Catholic High School – Connor McCarthy (The Addams Family)
Tri-Cities High School – Nicholas Alexander Wilkinson II (Fela!)
West Forsyth High School – Merrick Theobald (Mamma Mia!)
Honorable Mentions
Kennesaw Mountain High School – Diego Turner-Figueredo (Children of Eden)
Lambert High School – Mike Whelan (The SpongeBob Musical)
South Forsyth High School – Daegan Bennett (Chicago [High School Edition])
Whitefield Academy – Wyatt Bonner (Guys and Dolls)

FEATURED PERFORMER
Nominees

Greenbrier High School – Grayson Taylor (She Loves Me)
Heritage High School – McKenzie Davis (Matilda)
Lakeview Academy – Noah Caplan (Something Rotten!)
Lambert High School – Nate Benson (The SpongeBob Musical)
Lanier High School – Viraj Ramgopal (Footloose)
Morgan County High School – John Duclos (Les Misérables)
Honorable Mentions
Buford High School – Grace Johnson (Little Women)
Calhoun High School – Ohm Patel (Something Rotten!)
Heritage High School – The Adrien Walker (Little Shop of Horrors)
St. Pius X Catholic High School – Logan Yates (The Addams Family)
Whitefield Academy – Will Overstreet (Guys and Dolls)

SUPPORTING PERFORMER
Nominees

Calhoun High School – Will Eickman (Something Rotten!)
Decatur High School – Bridget Blanchard (Matilda)
Decatur High School – Lorelei Calder (Matilda)
Denmark High School – Julia Wolff (Curtains [School Edition])
Hiram High School – Shyla Rosario (Bring It On)
Johns Creek High School – Samantha Lane (Bright Star)
Milton High School – Axel Zivic (Anastasia)
North Hall High School – Ty Cronan (Beauty and the Beast)
Ringgold High School – Trever Arnold (Catch Me If You Can)
Ringgold High School – Will Forgey (Catch Me If You Can)
Starr’s Mill High School – Olivia Price (Pippin)
West Forsyth High School – Bella Yantis (Mamma Mia!)
Honorable Mentions
Greater Atlanta Christian School – Lorelei Osborne (Anastasia)
Greater Atlanta Christian School – Max White (Anastasia)
Greenbrier High School – Emma Izzo (She Loves Me)
Heritage High School – Jacob Trotter (Matilda)
Lakeside High School – Olivia Samford (The Little Mermaid)
Lakeview Academy – Ari Mikels (Something Rotten!)
Lambert High School – Carly Candebat (The SpongeBob Musical)
Lambert High School – Spencer Dow (The SpongeBob Musical)

ENSEMBLE
Nominees

Greenbrier High School – She Loves Me
Lambert High School – The SpongeBob Musical
Ringgold High School – Catch Me If You Can
Starr’s Mill High School – Pippin
Tri-Cities High School – Fela!
West Forsyth High School – Mamma Mia!
Honorable Mentions
Alpharetta High School – Footloose
Hiram High School – Bring It On
King’s Ridge Christian School – Les Misérables
Morgan County High School – Les Misérables

COSTUMES
Nominees

Denmark High School – Maria Miller and Emily Riedinger (Curtains [School Edition])
Lakeview Academy – Cece Conrath, Amy Brock, and Emily McWhorter (Something Rotten!)
Lambert High School – Julianne Lopez (The SpongeBob Musical)
Ringgold High School – Kelly Schroder (Catch Me If You Can)
Tri-Cities High School – Jade Lambert-Smith and Jaion Henderson (Fela!)
West Forsyth School – Sarah Lindvall and Rebecca Stern (Mamma Mia!)
Honorable Mentions
Decatur High School – Raven Owen-Beyer and Sofia McDaniels (Matilda)
Hiram High School – Margaret Riggs (Bring It On)
Milton High School – Kai Hayworth (Anastasia)
Wesleyan School – Judy Beaman and Joan Rogers (All Shook Up)

LIGHTING DESIGN
Nominees

Greenbrier High School – Madison Sprouse (She Loves Me)
Hiram High School – Jennifer Grazer (Bring It On)
Lambert High School – Thomas Schnitzer (The SpongeBob Musical)
Morgan County High School – Caitlyn Carter (Les Misérables)
Ringgold High School – Ashton Head (Catch Me If You Can)
Starr’s Mill High School – Emily Hausman (Pippin)
Honorable Mentions
Chattahoochee High School – Braeden McCreadie and Jennie Fabianski (The Addams Family)
Lakeside High School – Milo Clifton (The Little Mermaid)
North Forsyth High School – Andrew Summerour (Mamma Mia!)
Sonoraville High School – Hannah Nelson (Dani Girl)

SCENIC DESIGN
Nominees

Greenbrier High School – Emily Kruckow and Lorena Valdez (She Loves Me)
Heritage High School – Mia Callahan (Matilda)
Lakeview Academy – Cece Conrath, Joe Harris, and Rane Hoge (Something Rotten!)
Milton High School – Sim Jones (Anastasia)
Ringgold High School – Kelly Schroder (Catch Me If You Can)
West Forsyth High School – Rebecca Stern and Aidan Phillips (Mamma Mia!)
Honorable Mentions
Hiram High School – Jennifer Grazer (Bring It On)
Morgan County High School – Lenae Rose (Les Misérables)
North Hall High School – Jan Ewing (Beauty and the Beast)
Starr’s Mill High School – Dakota Kuykendall, Mo Burgess, Evan Lacey, Hayden Andrews, and Abby David (Pippin)

SOUND
Nominees

Lakeview Academy – Jamey Hoge and Kaitlin Jameson (Something Rotten!)
Lambert High School – Craig Lovell and Hailey Walker (The SpongeBob Musical)
North Forsyth High School – Erica Doan (Mamma Mia!)
Prince Avenue Christian School – Matthew Smock (The Sound of Music)
Ringgold High School – Nehemiah Daves (Catch Me If You Can)
St. Pius X Catholic High School – Sarah Rakoski and Brennan Ciccarelli (The Addams Family)
Honorable Mentions
Alpharetta High School – Vitoria De Souza Costa and Chido Phiri (Footloose)
Chattahoochee High School – Abby Shack (The Addams Family)
Denmark High School – Lekhya Adari (Curtains [School Edition])
Greenbrier High School – Caitlin Ramiscal (She Loves Me)
Greater Atlanta Christian School – Ben Chambless (Anastasia)

TECHNICAL EXECUTION
Nominees

Allatoona High School – Traci Kemp, Ari Graham, and Floreena Dorzema (Cinderella)
Johns Creek High School – Debbie Prost, Kaia Temple, and Shreya Khanna (Bright Star)
Lambert High School – Carly Ann Lovell, Thomas Schnitzer, and Megan Hunter (The SpongeBob Musical)
North Hall High School – Jan Ewing and Elizabeth Hawn (Beauty and the Beast)
Ringgold High School – Kelly Schroder and Chloe Snyder (Catch Me If You Can)
St. Pius X Catholic High School – Keith Cordell and Vicky Celedon-Garcia (The Addams Family)
Honorable Mentions
Denmark High School – Kirk Grizzle and Manuele Guimaraes (Curtains [School Edition])
Heritage High School – Keith Parker and Madison Langford (Matilda)
North Forsyth High School – Colleen Martin, Liv Ritacco, and Brianna Marker (Mamma Mia!)
Prince Avenue Christian School – Hannah Hunt and Gracie Cochran (The Sound of Music)
Starr’s Mill High School – Dakota Kuykendall and Peyton Burch (Pippin)

SHULER SHOWSTOPPER AWARD
Milton High School – Anastasia
“Paris Holds the Key (To Your Heart)”

SHULER SPOTLIGHT AWARD
Greater Atlanta Christian School – Anastasia
“Stay, I Pray You”

The Shuler Showstopper Award and Shuler Spotlight Award are determined by the Shuler Advisory Committee. The Showstopper Award honors a standout musical performance in a specific production. The Spotlight Award is given to a school that demonstrated a moment of ensemble excellence in their musical production that deserved recognition outside of the traditional adjudication categories.

Scholarship Recipients

Alliance Theatre Summer Intensive Scholarship
Georgia Thomas - Greater Atlanta Christian School
Gracie Price - Whitefield Academy

The Aurora Theatre Summer Intensive Scholarship
Maya Gows - Grayson High School

Smiley for Kylie Scholarship
Iley Barnes - Ringgold High School
Jackson Dunlap - Milton High School
Tyler Ginn - Greenbrier High School
George-Henry Ewers - Gainesville High School

Broadway Dreams Scholarship
Julia Wolff - Denmark High School
Katelyn Miller - West Forsyth High School

The Mamie Words and Rosabelle Allen Technical Theatre Scholarship
Calah Munoz - Grayson High School
Farrel Russell - Alpharetta High School

The Dobbs/Berntson Family Educational Excellence Scholarship
Jailin Damon - Martha Ellen Stilwell Performing Arts School

The James Carlos Family Musical Theatre Performance Scholarship
Farrel Russell - Alpharetta High School
Sam Yousuf - Denmark High School

The Orbit Arts Academy Broadway University Scholarship
William Sabonis-Chafee - Wesleyan School

Lockstep Technology Group Jimmy Awards Scholarship
Georgia Thomas - Greater Atlanta Christian School
Nicholas Alexander Wilkinson II - Tri-Cities High School

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