MIDLAND — Beaver Falls, Hopewell and Mars Area high schools won Best Musical honors in the annual Henry Mancini Musical Theatre Awards.
Beaver Falls’ Kash Stevenson won Best Actor honors, with Bella McKivigan of Freeport garnering Best Actress honors.
Held at the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center on May 18, the Mancini Awards honor achievement in high school musicals by Beaver, Butler, Lawrence and Mercer county schools.
The winners:
Best Musical Budget 1: Beaver Falls.
Best Musical Budget 2: Hopewell.
Best Musical Budget 3: Mars.
Best Actor: Kash Stevenson, Beaver Falls, for “Tuck Everlasting.” Jesse Tuck
Best Actress: Bella McKivigan, Freeport, “Les Miserables.”
Best Supporting Actor: Jacob Franks, Freeport.
Best Supporting Actress: Faith Aguirre, Ambridge.
Best Choreography Execution Budget 1: Beaver Falls.
Best Choreography Execution Budget 2: Slippery Rock High, “Shrek the Musical.”
Best Choreography Execution Budget 3: Mars Area, “Peter Pan.”
Best Costume Design Budget 1: Beaver Falls.
Best Costume Design Budget 2: Hopewell, “Anastasia.”
Best Costume Design Budget 3: New Castle, Something Rotten.”
Best Crew/ Technical Execution Budget 1: North Catholic, “The Addams Family.”
Best Crew/ Technical Execution Budget 2: Hopewell.
Best Crew/ Technical Execution Budget 3: Mars.
Best Ensemble Budget 1: Freeport.
Best Ensemble Budget 2: Slippery Rock.
Best Ensemble Budget 3 Knoch, “Catch Me If You Can.”
Best Lighting Design Budget 1: Western Beaver Jr./Sr. High, “Into the Woods.”
Best Lighting Design Budget 2: Riverside High, “Mame.”
Best Lighting Design Budget 3: Mars.
Best Scenic Design Budget 1 Western Beaver.
Best Scenic Design Budget 2 Riverside.
Best Scenic Design Budget 3 Knoch.
Best Student Orchestra Knoch.
Best Musical Budget 1 Beaver Falls.
Best Musical Budget 2 Hopewell.
Best Musical Budget 3 Mars.
Special Judge Award Rochester Area High School.
Outstanding Student Artist: Kelsey Miller, Knoch.

