Arts
AIS Wins Four Regional Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theatre
Atlanta International School (AIS) won four Shuler Hensley Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theatre at the Tony Awards-style ceremony held at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center on April 14. In addition to receiving the coveted Best Overall Performance Award for its upper school production of “Into the Woods,” AIS also won the awards for the Direction, Costume Design and Supporting Actor categories. Grade 10 student, Arsalan Akhavan, who played Cinderella’s prince, was the proud recipient of the Supporting Actor Award. Rob Warren, head of the AIS theatre department and director of the musical, received the award for Direction and Sherry Weeks, theatre teacher, received the award for Costume Design.
“I have always thought that our theatre productions were simply superb and had been for many, many years. It is wonderful that our talented students and teachers have received the recognition they justly deserve,” said Headmaster, Robert Brindley.
Fifteen high schools from the Greater Atlanta area participated in this inaugural year of the Shuler Hensley Awards, which aim to honor musical theatre excellence at the high school level. The program is an initiative of the ARTSBRIDGE education program of the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.
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For more information about the Shuler Hensley Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theatre visit Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
WSB-TV will broadcast a program about the Shuler Hensley Awards on May 22 at 8 p.m.
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