The Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater, named after the actor/director Gene Kelly, are given out yearly by the

Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera (Pittsburgh CLO) is a nonprofit professional theater company based in the Cultural District of Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Despite its name, the organization presents musical theatre classics rather t ...

and the

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. The award was founded in 1991 and celebrates excellence in the musicals of the

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area's high schools. For Best Musical, there are three levels based on budget. The organization also offers scholarships to high school seniors involved in any aspect of the show. As of 2011, there are 29 participating schools. In 2009, the Gene Kelly Awards spawned the National High School Musical Theater Awards, nicknamed "The Jimmys", which the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera co-produces with Nederlander Presentations. The Awards were cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Awards in 2021 were limited to individual awards only.

Participating schools

Avonworth High School Avonworth High School is a high school serving the northern boroughs and townships of the metro region of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Neighborhoods served include Ben Avon, Ben Avon Heights and Emsworth Emsworth is a town in the Borough of Ha ...

* Baldwin High School * Bishop Canevin High School * Central Catholic High School * Chartiers Valley High School *

Elizabeth Forward High School Elizabeth Forward High School is a midsized suburban, four-year comprehensive public high school located in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, as part of the Elizabeth Forward School District. Fire On February 12, 2023, the school caught on fire, causin ...

* Hampton High School * Keystone Oaks High School * McKeesport Area High School *

Montour High School Montour High School is a public high school in Robinson, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the only high school in the Montour School District and serves the suburban towns of Kennedy and Robinson Townships, and the boroughs of Ingram, Penns ...

Moon Area High School Moon Area High School is a public high school located in the Moon Area School District in Pennsylvania, United States. The school serves students in grades 9-12 from Moon and Crescent, South Heights borough, along with the communities of Glenw ...

North Hills High School North Hills High School is a suburban high school located in Ross Township, a northern suburb of Pittsburgh. It serves students in grades 9–12 in the North Hills School District. The school's mascot is the Indian and its official colors are r ...

* Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School *

Penn Hills High School Penn Hills High School is a public secondary school located in Penn Hills, east of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the sole high school operated by the Penn Hills School District. In the 2018–19 school year, enrollment was reporte ...

* Pine-Richland High School * Pittsburgh Allderdice * Pittsburgh CAPA * Plum High School * Quaker Valley High School *Redeemer Lutheran School * Riverview High School * Serra Catholic High School * Sewickley Academy * South Fayette High School *

Springdale High School Springdale High School is a public high school in Springdale, Arkansas, United States for students in grades ten through twelve. Springdale High School is one of three high schools administered by the Springdale School District, the others being H ...

* Thomas Jefferson High School * West Allegheny High School *Westinghouse Arts Academy Charter School *

Woodland Hills High School Woodland Hills Junior / Senior High School is a large, suburban public high school providing grades 9-12 for the Woodland Hills School District located in Churchill, Pennsylvania, USA. It serves the communities of Braddock, Braddock Hills, Chalfa ...

Former participants

Brashear High School Brashear High School is a large, urban, magnet, public school in the Beechview neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Brashear is one of four high schools in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. In the 2010–2011 school year, the sc ...

* Bethel Park High School * Brentwood High School * Carlynton High School * Deer Lakes High School * East Allegheny High School * Fox Chapel Area High School * North Allegheny High School * North Catholic High School *

Northgate Junior – Senior High School Northgate Junior – Senior High School is a public high school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, serving Northgate School District. It is located in Bellevue Bellevue means "beautiful view" in French. It may refer to: Placenames ...

* Peabody High School * Perry Traditional Academy *Propel Braddock Hills *Robinson Township Christian School *

Schenley High School Schenley High School, located in the North Oakland neighborhood at the edge of the Hill District in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a historic building opened in 1916 that was a part of the Pittsburgh Public Schools. The Schenley High School building ...

* Seton-La Salle High School *

Shady Side Academy } Shady Side Academy is an independent preparatory school located in the Borough of Fox Chapel (suburban Pittsburgh), and in the Point Breeze neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1883 as an all-male night school in the Shadyside ...

*Shaler Area High School * South Park High School * South Allegheny High School * St. Joseph High School * Steel Valley High School * Upper St. Clair High School * Vincentian Academy * West Mifflin Area High School * Winchester Thurston School

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References

External links

Gene Kelly Awards homepagePittsburgh CLO homepageUniversity of Pittsburgh Theatre ArtsWPXI TV 11 High School Shows
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