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Olathe West High School
2200 W. Santa Fe St. Olathe, KS 66061 913-780-7180 olathewesttheatre@gmail.com Head Director - Alisha Morris ammorris@olatheschools.org |
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Production Staff
Alisha Morris THEATRE Department TEACHER & director Director, teacher, coordinator and dark chocolate lover |
Art Winter resident lighting & scenic designer Designer, mentor, beta tester, and all around ideas guy |
Josh Maday sound consultant Designer, snowboarder, mountain biker and geek of all trades |
Darcy Russel Resident Costume MENTOR Costumer, performer, dog mom and all around optimistically creative. |
Maggie & Mollie Stephens choreographers Creators, Type A’s, Jellicle and Wildcat fans, lovers of a good theme, sisters not twins. |
Laura VanLeeuwen Musical vocal director Teacher, vocalist, coach, and avid runner |
Awards & Honors
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2023
2023 JoCo Arts Shooting Star Scholarships Theatre Production (Emily Heflin, 2nd place) 2023 State Thespian Festival Recognitions Elected State Thespian Officer (Isaac Lowe) 23 Superior Thespys qualified to Internationals Gold Honor Troupe (presented by Emily Heflin & Mary Kueter) 2023 Blue Star Awards for Freaky Friday Outstanding Orchestra Technical Contribution Award (Stage Manager, Isaac Lowe) Ceremony Ensemble Scholarship (Gen Anderson) 2023 Blue Star Nominations for Freaky Friday Ceremony Ensemble Scholarship (Ashlyn Warren) Rising Star Scholarship (Emily Heflin) Outstanding Scenic Design, Tier II (designer Emily Heflin) Outstanding Costume Design, Tier I (designer Eliza Watson) Outstanding Lighting Design (designer Jane Woods) Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role (Gen Anderson) Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role (Kolby Brown) Outstanding Ensemble Outstanding Overall Production |
2022
2022 JoCo Arts Shooting Star Scholarships Theatre Performance (Kalista Brown, 2nd place) Theatre Production (David Morones, 2nd place) 2022 International Thespian Festival Recognitions Superior in Stage Management (Riley Keiter) Superior in Group Musical (Kalista Brown, Kaitlyn Knight, Meredith McCalmon) 2022 State Thespian Festival Recognitions Performance Scholarship (Oz Powell) Performance Scholarship (Kalista Brown) Elected State Thespian Officer (Emily Heflin) 12 Superior Thespys qualified to Internationals Gold Honor Troupe (presented by Brandon Heflin & Oz Powell) 2022 Blue Star Awards for The SpongeBob Musical Rising Star Scholarship (Brandon Heflin) 2022 Blue Star Nominations for The SpongeBob Musical Dream Production Award (Emily Heflin - Scenic Design) Dream Production Award (Hailey Brooks - Hair/Makeup Design_ Performance Scholarship (Amberleigh Worley) Performance Scholarship (Brandon Heflin) Performance Scholarship (Genevieve Anderson) Performance Scholarship (Kalista Brown) Outstanding Artistic Contribution (Maddie Dohogne & Olivia Keiter - Direction) Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role (Brandon Heflin as SpongeBob) Outstanding Lighting Design (designer Nicholas Sibert) Outstanding Costume Design & Construction (designer Ella Amos) Outstanding Actor in an Ensemble Role (Oz Powell) Outstanding Actor in an Ensemble Role (Tai Fenton) Outstanding Orchestra Outstanding Scenic Design & Construction, Tier II (designer Emily Ross, Asst. Designer Emily Heflin) Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role (Genevieve Anderson as Squidward) Outstanding Hair & Makeup Design (designer Hailey Brooks) Outstanding Ensemble Outstanding Overall Production |
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2021
2021 Blue Star Nominations Rising Star Scholarship (Emma Johnson) Dream Production Award (Ella Amos - Costume Design) Performance Scholarship (Kalista Brown) Performance Scholarship (Brandon Heflin) Performance Scholarship (Meredith McCalmon) 2021 International Thespian Festival Recognitions Superior in Costume Design (Ella Amos) 2021 State Thespian Festival Recognitions Gold Honored Troupe (presented by Emma Johnson & Olivia Keiter) |
2020
2020 Blue Star Awards for Xanadu Outstanding Costume Design & Construction, Tier I (designer Hailey Brooks) Outstanding Lighting Design (designer Kat Knight) Technical Achievement Award (Stage Manager, Summer Sperke) 2020 Blue Star Nominations for Xanadu Outstanding Overall Production Outstanding Ensemble Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role (Kalista Brown as Kira) Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role (John Paul Gee as Terpsichore) 2020 International Thespian Festival Recognitions Superior in Costume Design (Ella Amos) Superior in Stage Management (Summer Sperke) 2020 State Thespian Festival Recognitions Future Theatre Educator Scholarship (Emma Johnson) Gold Honor Troupe (presented by Emma Johnson & Lauren Karlin) |
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2019
2019 Blue Star Nominations for The Wizard of Oz Outstanding Supporting Actor (Weston Curnow as Scarecrow) Outstanding Hair/Makeup Design (designer Chyler Percival) Outstanding Costume Design & Construction, Tier I 2019 International Thespian Festival Recognitions Superior in Stage Management (Kayli Kimerer) 2019 State Thespian Festival Recognitions Selected to perform Eurydice at the 2019 Kansas Thespian Festival Technical Scholarship (Kayli Kimerer) |
2018
2018 International Thespian Festival Recognitions Superior in Stage Management (Kayli Kimerer) |
