2018 Annual Conference
Austin Peay State University | 601 College Street, Clarksville, TN 37040
2018 Festival Results
TTA DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2018 RECIPIENT
Levi Kreis
TTA SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
ACTING
Winner: Alex Copley, Stewarts Creek High School
1st Runner Up: Jay Hall, Christian Brothers High School
TECHNICAL
Winner: Kristin Womack, Stewarts Creek High School
1st Runner Up: Alex Copley, Stewarts Creek High School
theatre for youth festival
Jackie Murray, Harriet Tubman: One’s Woman’s Journey
secondary school festival
First Place: Stewarts Creek High School, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
Second Place: Nolensville High School, The Crane Wife
Third Place: Cordova High School, Wonderland
Best Direction: Stewarts Creek High School, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
Technical Achievement: Nolensville High School, The Crane Wife
Best Ensemble: Cordova High School, Wonderland
Best Actor: Gideon McManus and R.J. Barboza, Chester County High School, The Taste of Sunrise
Best Actress: Samantha Dedrick, Stewarts Creek High School, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
Best Supporting Actor: Henry Hull, Cordova High School, Wonderland
Best Supporting Actress: Maggie Sullivan, Harpeth Hall/Montgomery Bell Academy, Rashomon
ALL STAR CAST
Seat at the Table - Moira Cagle and Jayden Rogers, Providence Christian Academy
Blue and the Gray - Katie Davis and Santiago Barrios, Oakland High School
Tracks - Alyssa Jenkins and Destiny Smith, Northwest High School
Wonderland - Eli Addesse and Kob Pinkston, Cordova High School
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime - Heidi Andrews and Sarah Tuverson, Stewarts Creek High School
The Taste of Sunrise - Eli Ellis and Katherine Miller, Chester County High School
Peter/Wendy - Katie May Ryan and Michael Simon, Christian Brothers High School
Eleemosynary - Katie Bennett and Lillie Hollabaugh, Hutchison School
Red Red Shoes - Nic Barber and Holly Bracey, McGavock High School
Rashomon - CH Henry and Maddie Harlan, Harpeth Hall/Montgomery Bell Academy
Tracks - Sarah Beth Barlow and Madison Blake, Wilson Central High School
The Crane Wife - Analisa Keegan and Andrew Stout, Nolensville High School
Elephant’s Graveyard - Samantha Reid and Laura Lee Cochran, Cleveland High School
Radium Girls - Lucy Turner and Olivia Schindler, Nashville School of the Arts
2018 Guest Artist
Levi Kreis is an award winning actor and singer/songwriter best known for originating the role of Jerry Lee Lewis in Broadway’s Million Dollar Quartet. The role won Kreis the 2010 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, the 2010 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actor, a Drama League Award Nomination, and a Jeff Award Nomination. The role introduced America to Kreis’ electrifying charisma with appearances on The View, David Letterman, and Jimmy Fallon to name a few. Other notable stage credits include the Tony nominated Broadway revival of Violet starring Sutton Foster, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, the Broadway National Tour of Rent and new theatrical developments appearing at The Kennedy Center, The Village Theater, The Goodman Theater, and the North Shore Music Theater.
Kreis has released five albums with songs featured on Sons of Anarchy, So You Think You Can Dance, The Vampire Diaries, and many other prime time television shows. It was The Apprentice that first introduced Levi to the world as a singer/songwriter, casting him in an episode where Levi’s team won and his first album was introduced to the world through DJ Lou Brutus on Sirius/XM Radio. Brutus quotes, “Watching Levi play the piano is like watching somebody speaking in tongues.”
Kreis is a graduate of Belmont University in Nashville, TN. Prior to his college career, Kreis completed a pre-college program at Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music on a full scholarship for classical piano.
