Friday and Saturday, April 21st and 22nd , 2023 @ 7:30 PM and Sunday, April 23rd @ 3PM. This year, tickets will be sold online through HomeTown Ticketing. Tickets will be $10 and $15 and will go on sale on March 27th http://www.nordoniadrama.com for more information on the musical.
Chris Simmons, Director of Drama at Nordonia High School, began with Nordonia Drama when he was in high school, in 2001. He worked with Drama all through high school, and started helping backstage after graduation. He moved up to Assistant Director, and then took over Drama in 2013. He has been the Drama Director since then, and this is his 10th year in charge. Overall, he has been involved in every musical at Nordonia in some way since 2001.
Dazzle Awards
The Dazzle Awards presented by Pat & John Chapman inspire and honor excellence high school musical theater and recognize the importance of musical theater and arts-education within the Northeast Ohio community. The program offers arts education opportunities throughout the school year including professional master classes, audition workshops, a technical apprenticeship, culminating regionally at Playhouse Square with the Dazzle Awards Ceremony. Dazzle awards are modeled after the Tony Awards®, to recognize outstanding musical theater productions and students. Each year, a curated panel of independent adjudicators attends one production at each participating school and provides educational feedback and scores to determine nominees and awards in over 12 categories.
The 2023 Dazzle Awards Ceremony will be held in the KeyBank State Theatre on May 20, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. The Dazzle Awards program is affiliated with the National High School Musical Theatre Awards (“The Jimmy Awards”) presented by The Broadway League Foundation. The regional winners of the Best Actor and Actress categories will represent Playhouse Square and Northeast Ohio at The National High School Musical Theatre Awards® (The Jimmy Awards®).
Production helpers not listed in the press release are technical managers who assist with all the lights, sound and set. They are Dylan Maholm, Alex Byers, Chip Davis and Carlton Guc. Richie Nyce is a student who runs all of the social media, he is a huge help! Logan Strauss is the Graphic Designer, and Keyshaun Smith will be helping run the Box Office. Everything else is run by the students. Kitty has helped oversee our makeup crew for almost every musical for the last 20 years or so.
Ezekiel Rayle, who is playing Sebastian says, “My favorite part about being in the musical is the people and being able to just entertain the crowd. I am very excited for the next three years!”
Caeden Bolling, who is playing Scuttle adds, “I love too many musicals to just name one. I do love The Little Mermaid though, so I am very excited to be able to work on this one.”
Grace York, who is playing Flounder asserts, “I plan to go to college to study Media and Business, but drama and theatre will always be a part of my life in one way or another.”
For students interested in NHS Drama- auditions for the musical are in December every year, as they start rehearsing after winter break in January. So by the time they open in April, they will have been in rehearsals for 3.5 months, about 14 weeks in total.
For more information go to http://www.nordoniadrama.com.
