Awards
National Honors from iTheatrics International Junior Theater Festival
Awarded
Carolina Academy of Performing Arts, Inc.
EXCELLENCE in DANCE 2022
National Honors from iTheatrics International Junior Theater Festival
Awarded
Carolina Academy of Performing Arts, Inc.
OUTSTANDING JTF 2024
The CAPA JTF Company were featured performers for the
7000 member award ceremony audience.
Here's what the Judges had to say about CAPA's 2024 performance:
"Phenomenal acting, strong ensemble work, great comic timing and wonderful voices. One of the best Legally Blondes (and one of the best presentations) I’ve ever seen at JTF." - Rob Rokicki - Artist, educator and composer/lyricist of the Broadway show “The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical”
"This program fosters smart and thoughtful performers. They make clear choices and excel in beautiful storytelling. Their work was inspired and truly sensational." - Rob Rokicki - Artist, educator and composer/lyricist of the Broadway show “The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical”
National Honors from iTheatrics International Junior Theater Festival
Awarded
Carolina Academy of Performing Arts, Inc.
2023 Atlanta - Awarded Excellence in Acting
Here's what the Judges had to say about CAPA's 2023 performance:
Krystina Alabado said, "The Carolina Academy of Performing Arts cast's acting was on point! Their scene work was focused and specific! Also, the whole company was a cohesive unit and all the ages fit so well together! This is clearly a strong program! Everyone is on a similar level and pulls up for each other in an amazing way!"
Tali Allen added, "Carolina Academy of Performing Arts gave a wonderful performance with really strong actors! This group is clearly receiving wonderful acting training. The performers had really great focus and their diction and dialects were quite impressive."
Local Theater Group Brings Home National Honors from iTheatrics
2021 National Junior Theater Festival in Houston, Texas
Southwestern Wake County’s award-winning youth theater program, Carolina Academy of Performing Arts (CAPA), brought home additional national awards and honors from the 2021 ITheatrics National Junior Theater Festival (JTF) held from June 25-27, 2021, in Houston, Texas. JTF is the world’s biggest celebration of young people who perform musical theater.
Under the direction of Artistic Director Melanie Prince, The CAPA JTF ensemble, consisting of local youth ages 7-18, performed a 15-minute cut from Into the Woods, Jr. in adjudicated performance. Out of 50 ensembles representing 19 states, the CAPA ensemble brought home a National Excellence in Acting trophy. Ensemble member, 9-year-old Cameron Lewis, brought home a national award for Outstanding Performance by an Individual (All Festival). Festival All Star honors were also awarded to Ella Yousik and Ben Manhart.
JTF ensembles are adjudicated by a panel of Broadway and musical theater experts and professionals. This year’s panel of experts individually commented on the performance of many of CAPA’s ensemble members. In addition to comments made to those playing leading roles, the professional judges commented on the strength of the entire group in setting the scene by using ensemble members to realistically depict trees and birds in the woods and on the strength of Sadie Yousik’s realistic performance as Jack’s cow, Milky White. According to Melanie Prince, “every member of the ensemble is important and works together to make a high-quality performance.”
The weekend was rounded out by a headlining concert by Michael James Scott, who plays the Genie in Disney’s Aladdin on Broadway, dance and acting workshops taught by current Broadway professionals, and bonds formed with like-minded theater students from across the United States.
Carolina Academy of Performing Arts, mycapa.org, is currently working on summer stock musical theater workshops where the cast will learn and grow while performing the entire full production of Into the Woods as well as gearing up for auditions for next season’s company ensembles and JTF 2022.
More about Junior Theater Festival here: https://juniortheaterfestival.com/what-we-do/
National Honors from iTheatrics International Junior Theater Festival
Awarded
Carolina Academy of Performing Arts, Inc.
2021 Houston - Awarded Excellence in Acting
National Honors from iTheatrics International Junior Theater Festival
Awarded
Carolina Academy of Performing Arts, Inc.
EXCELLENCE in ACTING 2020
