High School Drama Awards
High School Drama Awards
5th Annual Event for 2024-2025 School Year.
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Playbill: Link to Drama Awards Playbill (Flipbook)
Nominees: 5th Annual Drama Awards Nominees (Flipbook)
Participating Schools in the 5th Annual Drama Awards
Avonworth High School, Baldwin High School, Carlynton High School, Chartiers Valley High School, Deer Lakes High School, Fox Chapel Area High School, Hampton High School, North Allegheny Intermediate High School, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School, Penn Hills High School, Pine-Richland High School, Quaker Valley High School, Shady Side Academy Senior School, Springdale Jr./Sr. High School, Thomas Jefferson High School.
The High School Drama Awards are designed to reward excellence in high-school drama for non-musical productions: one act or full length. We will accept participating schools on a first come, first served basis. The production must be completely student run, and each student must be directly responsible for that department’s activities. Because all positions involved in producing a stage production are important, our award categories include both backstage and onstage roles.
We hope that you will join us in bringing recognition to the students who work so hard to bring drama to their audiences. By doing so, you will also be helping to keep drama alive in our schools and on our stages.
If you would like more information about the Drama Awards please complete the 6th Annual High School Drama Awards Interest Form.
Drama Award Teacher Feedback
The Prime Stage High School Drama Awards has increased student participation in our Fall Play activity along with student engagement and commitment.
The Drama Awards has extended our Fall play season well beyond our closing show and we hold a very productive student/leader production meeting well into the winter as we plan for the upcoming fall. Your feedback has become a feature of that meeting. This is the only occasion when they will hear formal professional feedback on their fall play production/performance - Fox Chapel
Thank you for all that you do to further theatre education. Our students are so excited about work they can do on the production end. I have never seen this before in my nearly 30 years of working with high school students. I thought it would be difficult to find enough of them interested. Instead, we added a show because they wanted the opportunity to do a full length play. It’s a lot of extra work, but worth it to see them dive in so deeply - Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
Our 4th Annual High School Drama Awards Ceremony
Presented by Prime Stage Theatre on January 29, 2024
4th Annual High School Drama Awards Winners
4th Annual Drama Awards Nominees (pdf)
SLB RADIO: YOUTH EXPRESS: 4TH ANNUAL DRAMA AWARDS, JAY, KAYLEE & MARENA
From 02/10/2024: Prime Stage Theatre 4th Annual Drama Awards honorees Jay Zhu (12th grade, Shady Side Academy), Kaylee Dunham (12th grade, Fox Chapel Area High School) and Marena Miller (10th grade, Our Lady of Sacred Heart) discussing their work on non-musical productions in their communities.
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CBS News: Pittsburgh Today Live - "The best in local high school theatre was crowned last night …”
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'Burgh Vivant - The High School Drama Award Winners are announced
onStage Pittsburgh - Prime Stage’s High School Drama Awards Draws a Parade of Stars
Pittsburgh Owlscribe - Prime Stage Theatre Fills Awards Void in Local Student Theater Productions
Avonworth High School, Carlynton High School, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School, North Allegheny Intermediate High School, Thomas Jefferson High School, Shady Side Academy Senior School, Pine-Richland High School, Deer Lakes High School, Quaker Valley High School, Penn Hills High School, Hampton High School, Fox Chapel High School.
3rd Annual Drama Awards
Thank you for a wonderful evening last night. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed seeing these kids and their performances and excitement. Seeing those kids cheer for each other and interact was wonderful. - quote from a parent.
And the Awards went to:
Best Actor, Jack Exline - Pine-Richland High School
Best Actress, Madison Emekter - North Allegheny Intermediate High School
Best Supporting Actor, Morgan Adams - Deer Lakes High School
Best Supporting Actress, Brianna Thel - Pine-Richland High School
Best Student Director, Kiera Waldo - Penn Hills High School
Best Student Stage Manager, Ayli Davidson - Shady Side Academy Senior School
Best Student Lighting Design. Brady Bandik - Thomas Jefferson High School
Best Student Sound Designs, Payton Sciere & Brandon Smidl - Avonworth High School
Best Student Costume Design, Sofia Libert - Fox Chapel High School
Best Student Prop Design, Mary Skundrich - Pine-Richland High School
Best Student Crew, Team - Carlynton High School
Best Overall Production - Pine-Richland High School
Link to Drama Awards Nominations (pdf)
Link to Printable Version of Drama Awards Nominations (pdf)
The 3rd Annual Drama Awards Participating Schools
Avonworth High School
Carlynton High School
Deer Lakes High School
Fox Chapel High School
North Allegheny Intermediate High School
Penn Hills High School
Pine-Richland High School
Shady Side Academy Senior School
Thomas Jefferson High School
There are 16 award categories:
| Best Actor | Best Student Prop Design |
| Best Actress | Best Student Costume Design |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Student Makeup Design |
| Best Supporting Actress | Best Student Use of Creative Technical Effects |
| Best Student Director | Best Student Sound Design |
| Best Student Stage Manager | Best Crew |
| Best Student Scenic Design | Best Overall Production |
| Best Student Lighting Design | Best Student Program/Poster Design |
Sponsored in part by:
2nd Annual High School Drama Awards
2020/2021 Award Recipients
1st Annual High School Drama Awards
2019/2020 Award Recipients
