Who will win best actor? Best actress? And which high school will win best musical? Twenty-six Tennessee high schools are competing for a 2018 Spotlight Award which culminates May 12 with a Tony Awards-like evening at TPAC. The schools in the running include six from Williamson County. They are:
WILLIAMSON County
Battle Ground Academy β βThe Drowsy Chaperoneβ
Brentwood High School β βThe Sound of Musicβ
Franklin High School β βGreaseβ
Independence High School β βLegally Blondeβ
Page High School β βShrek the Musicalβ
Ravenwood High School β βCatch Me If You Canβ
Other Schools Entered:
DAVIDSON County
Cane Ridge High School β βYouβre A Good Man, Charlie Brownβ
Christ Presbyterian Academy β βOklahomaβ
Davidson Academy β The Wizard of Ozβ
Father Ryan High School β βSeussicalβ
Hillsboro High School β βInto the Woodsβ
Hume-Fogg High School β βHello, Dolly!β
Lipscomb Academy β βCinderellaβ
Nashville School of the Arts β βHairsprayβ
Overton High School β βUrinetownβ
St. Cecilia Academy β βThe Wizard of Ozβ
RUTHERFORD
Central Magnet High School β βThe Fantasticksβ
Siegel High School β βHairsprayβ
SUMNER
Hendersonville High School β βNice Work If You Can Get Itβ
Station Camp High School β βOn the Townβ
DICKSON
Creek Wood High School β βGreaseβ
HAMILTON
Chattanooga Christian School β βMeet Me in St. Louisβ
KNOX
Grace Christian Academy β βBeauty and the Beastβ
MAURY
Columbia Academy β βGuys and Dollsβ
PUTNAM
Monterey High School β βThe Sound of Musicβ
WILSON
Mt. Juliet Christian Academy β βSinginβ in the Rainβ
The Spotlight Awards were founded by Mike Fernandez, dean of Lipscomb’s George Shinn College of Entertainment & the Arts. The program is now in partnership with TPAC. Participating schools submit their musicals for review by a group of judges made up of Lipscomb faculty, TPAC staff and local theater professionals.
The Spotlight Awards ceremony takes place in Andrew Jackson Hall and is open to the public. Tickets start at $15 and are General Admission. Learn more here.