Top honors now head for New York City
By Anthony King | SDUN Editor
The 2013 Globe Honors and The Road to the Jimmy Awards were held May 20, where high school theater students from throughout San Diego County took the stage at The Old Globe Theatre to compete in several categories for the chance to win scholarships, educational trips to Los Angeles and, for two winners, the chance to travel to New York City to participate in the National High School Musical Theater Awards.
Top honors went to Hunter Schwartz of Canyon Crest Academy and Annika Gullahorn of Pacific Ridge School, who won Leading Actor and Actress in a High School Musical, respectively. The pair will now compete in the national competition, held June 26 – July 1 at the Minskoff Theatre on Broadway.
Samuel Brogadir of San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts and Alexis Young of Escondido Charter High School won for Outstanding Achievement in Musical Theatre. Mitchell Connelly and Samantha Littleford, both of Coronado School of the Arts, won for Outstanding Achievement in Spoken Theatre, and Alexandra Adams of San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts won for Outstanding Achievement in Technical Theatre.
The five won the chance to go behind the scenes for two days at the Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles, where they will participate in a casting workshop and attend a show. All winners, including Schwartz and Gullahorn, received a $1,000 scholarship.
CBS News 8 anchor Marcella Lee emceed the May 20 competition at The Globe, where the students presented songs, monologues and portfolios in front of judges and a live audience. The awards are presented in a partnership with The Old Globe and Broadway/San Diego – A Nederlander Presentation.
