JP McCaskey High School’s Spring Music Production “Wedding singer” He was a big winner at the 17th Hershey Theatre Apollo Awards held at the Giant Centre in Hershey on Sunday night.
McCassky’s first year competed in the Apollo Awards.
The McCaskey production has won six awards, including the outstanding Musical of the Year.
The cast of McCaskey High School’s “The Wedding Singer” performed at the Apollo Awards on Sunday night, May 18th, and will then receive awards such as an outstanding musical and an outstanding dance number.
Based on the Tony Award, the Apollo Award recognizes both on-stage and behind the scenes by local high school students in music and theater.
Four high schools have been added to the competition this year. Three of them are Lanketers – Strasburg, McCasky, Conestoga Valley and Steelton Highspire from Lancaster County.
McCaskey’s “The Wedding Singer” also won outstanding lead actors and actresses in musicals, Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, a 1980s-themed show based on the 1998 Rom-Com film. Callahan Petroskyas Robbie Hart, and Annika Rock, As Julia Sullivan.
Kristin Wolanin, director of JP McCaskey Spring Musical’s “The Wedding Singer,” celebrates the Apollo Award on Sunday night, May 18th, along with Callaghan Petrosky, who won outstanding lead actor in the musical. “The wedding singer has won six awards, including outstanding musicals.
Lydia Corvinoplayed Linda on the McCaskey show, earning an outstanding feature performer in musicals, Seria Keenerthe person who played Holly was chosen as a standout support actress in the musical.
Directed by Kristin Wolanin and musically directed by William Broaddus, McCaskey’s “The Wedding Singer,” also won an outstanding musical dance number. “It’s your wedding day.”
The McCasky cast performed that high energy numbers at the awards ceremony on Sunday night.
The cast of all outstanding music candidates performed numbers from the show on Sunday night, performed by those nominated for outstanding play.
The students and musicals, nominated for theatrical standout lead actor and actress, performed production monologues and songs.
Other awards in the music category include Ephrata High School The production of “Chicago: Teen Edition” won an outstanding student orchestra award.
Ephrata High School will play “We Reached For The Gun” from the production of “Chicago: Teen Edition.”
Other Lancaster County are casts who will perform production numbers on Sundays, as the outstanding music candidate was Ephrata’s “Chicago.” “Mamma Mia!” by Lampeter-Strasburg. “Pirates of Penzance” from Elizabethtown High School.
Jordan DeGroft, He portrayed Cosmo Brown in “Rain in the Rain” at Mount Calvary Christian School in Elizabethtown, earning an outstanding supporter actor in musicals.
You can see all Apollo candidates for the high school musical, along with the productions and cast members who have received the honorable mention at lanc.news/apollomusicals2025.
The cast of Elizabethtown High School’s “The Pirates of Penzance” will play numbers on Hershey’s Sunday night Apollo Awrds.
Play Productions Winner
In the play category, we went with a great Play of the Year Susquenita High School’s Production of “Arsenic and old lace.”
With the production of that susquenita, Brinley Harrison, As Abby Brewster, she was a great lead actress in the play.
For the encore! Homeschool production play “You can’t take it with you”, Block Sunday, He portrayed Martin Vanderhoff and brought home some excellent lead actors in the play. For the same production, Jeremiah EvansAs Donald, he won the award for outstanding feature performers in the play, Ian Riethmillerportraying Tony Kirby Jr.
Encore! It attracts homeschool students from across the region, including Lancaster County.
Madison tweetedTom Cryder has won an outstanding support actress in the film at Donegal High School’s “Radium Girls.”
Christina Fam Bishop McDavit High School has acquired an outstanding student playwright with the “Love Project.” Her play is given a step-by-step reading this summer.
You can see all the candidates for the fall play at Lanc.News/Apolloplays2025 along with the productions and cast members who received the honorable mention.
The cast of Lampeter-Strasburg will perform the numbers from the spring musical “Mamma Mia!” Sunday Night Apollo Awards.
The recipient of this year’s $1,000 Tony Mooley Student Scholarship is named after a longtime producer and co-founder of the Apollo Awards. Jordan Braman From Low Ward Fin High School.
The award marks a Sunday night and was held at the Giant Centre as the usual venue, Hershey Theatre, is closed for renovations.
In addition to schools in Lancaster County within a 30-mile radius of Hershey, public and private schools in Cumberland, Dauphin, Juniorta, Lebanon and Perry counties were eligible to participate in the 17th Apollo Awards program.
