Houston’s Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) hosts the Tommy Tune Awards (TTA) Program every year to celebrate the educational value, artistry, and community of high school musical theatre in the Greater Houston area.
This school year, 47 Houston area high schools within 65-miles of Houston produced a full-length musical to compete in over 15 TTA categories. 37 of these schools were public while 10 were private schools, like Concordia.
Each school is adjudicated by a team of volunteer mentors and professional Houston-based music/theatre artists and those adjudicators will grade the performance and students resulting in nominations and eventually finalists.
Concordia is excited to announce 15 Tommy Tune Award Nominations for the 2022-2023 school year! These students, along with all of the nominees from the other 46 school productions, will be narrowed down to a small group of finalists for each award category.
The finalists for each category will be announced on April 7th and those students will be invited to attend the annual Tommy Tune Awards Ceremony on May 4th at The Hobby Center downtown Houston.
In Concordia’s rich history, we have been blessed with many talented theatre arts students and some of the productions live on in school history. In recent years, Concordia has begun competing in the Tommy Tune Awards and has been honored with several finalists including most recently Eliza Schumacher ’22 (Outstanding Supporting Actress in Shrek The Musical), Jackson Cook ’20 (Outstanding Lead Male in Godspell), and Concordia’s 2020 Musical Production of Godspell (Outstanding Costume Design).
Concordia’s 2023 TTA Production Nominations include:
- Outstanding Musical
- Outstanding Ensemble
- Outstanding Technical Achievement
Concordia’s 2023 TTA Individual Nominations include:
- Outstanding Male Performer in a Leading Role – Ephraim Iwama (Sr.) as Tarzan
- Outstanding Female Performer in a Leading Role – Emma Cook (So.) as Jane
- Outstanding Female Performer in a Leading Role – Melissa Oblinger (Jr.) as Kala
- Outstanding Dancer – Katelyn Hurst (Sr.) as Sabor the Leopard/Snake/Butterfly/Ape
- Outstanding Actor – Major Meyer (So.) as Clayton
- Outstanding Actor – Ephraim Iwama (Sr.) as Tarzan
- Outstanding Actor – Everett Kiel (Sr.) as Father
- Outstanding Lighting Design – Kaedn Rhys Mailand (Jr.), Nick L. (Fr.), Clara S., and Ms. Erica Gallegos
- Outstanding Sound Design – Katherine Graves (Jr.) and Mr. Andrew Schultz
- Outstanding Stage Manager – Hannah Fangmann (Sr.)
- Outstanding Director – Ms. Erica Gallegos
- Outstanding Music Direction – Mr. Michael Palomaki
“I am so proud of these students and honored by all of their efforts. I’m thankful for Concordia for embracing me and my vision and how it has merged into the joint mission of the production. What happened on the stage was so much more than what any one person could have come up with! I can’t wait to see what God has in store for our future productions with these amazing students.” – Ms. Erica Gallegos, Director of Theatre
Congrats to these students and staff for their hard work on this year’s production! We are proud of all of our students who participated in the cast, crew, tech, and orchestra. We love and support your talents and passion for musical theatre.
To learn more about Theatre or Fine Arts at Concordia, visit www.sadernationtx.com/finearts