I am very excited to announce that Firebird Youth Theater has received multiple awards and nominations from the National Youth Arts Awards, for our production of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town", including my first ever nomination! The awards and nominations are as follows:

The Awards:

PJ Lodin (Stage Manager) - Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play

Tae Sheridan (Emily Webb) - Outstanding Lead Performance (Junior Division)

Leo Lion - Outstanding Direction

Our Town Ensemble - Outstanding Ensemble

The Nominations:

Our Town - Outstanding Production

Quintin Harris (George Gibbs) - Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play

Iosef Freud (Mr. Webb) - Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Play

Laine Messier (Mrs. Webb) - Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Play

Isabelle Pflanz (Mrs. GIbbs) - Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Play

Benny Rendell (Dr. Gibbs) - Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Play

And last but not least:

Thomas M. Pflanz - Outstanding Lighting Design

I feel so incredibly happy to have received this nomination. My fellow nominee is David Lovett from Broadway Training Center, and our fellow nominee, and recipient of an award for Outstanding Lighting Design is Daisy Long from TADA! Youth Theater, and I feel very honored to have been nominated with them.

I am also so proud of my cast and of Leo for all of the hard work they put into this production. It was truly a group effort, and they all deserve so much credit for helping to bring the show together. Special thanks has to go to Zoe Senese-Grossberg, my dear friend and the dramaturg for our production, for all of the hard work and thought she put in for this cast.

Check out the National Youth Arts page, and show your support for Firebird Youth Theater by seeing William Shakespeare's "The Tempest", or by recommending us to any young person you know who would love to learn about and enjoy doing theater!