LPS drama students star at state theater awards show

June 20, 2019

Omaha Performing Arts presented its Nebraska High School Theater Academy Showcase on June 7. More than 70 schools from across the state competed at the event, held at the Orpheum Theater.

Students from Lincoln Public Schools played a starring role, winning numerous awards:

Outstanding Musical Theatre Production

Lincoln Southwest High School, “My Fair Lady - School Edition”

Outstanding Ensemble Performance

Lincoln Southwest High School, “My Fair Lady - School Edition”

Lincoln Southeast High School, “Freaky Friday”

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role

Jordan Lockhart, Lincoln Southwest High School, as Henry Higgins in “My Fair Lady - School Edition”

Jackson Mikkelsen, Lincoln High School, as Critchie in “Newsies”

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Hayden Fuelberth, Lincoln Southwest High School, as Colonel Pickering in “My Fair Lady - School Edition”

Outstanding Achievement in Stage Management

Lauren Porter, Lincoln East High School

Jimmy Awards National Finalist

Jackson Mikkelsen, Lincoln High School

Southwest is the only high school in the state to win both Outstanding Musical Theatre Production and Outstanding Ensemble for each of the last five years.

The Showcase Ensemble brings together students from across the state to work with Broadway artists as they prepare in the opening and closing numbers. Teachers at participating schools are invited to select two outstanding students to join the Showcase Ensemble each year. Here were this year’s students from LPS:

Lincoln East High School

Erin Bell

Elijah Bousson

Lincoln High School

Carl Shack

Emma Harner

Lincoln Southeast High School

Makenzie Nickel

Carlie Thompson

Lincoln Southwest High School

Emerson Eveleth

Lawson Horner

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