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DREAM AWARDS
Local Musical Theater
Students DREAM BIG
2024 Dream Awards Ensemble
Cue the applause! The winners of the fifth annual Kravis
Center’s Dream Awards were announced. On Sunday,
May 26, 2024, over 150 students from 16 high schools
throughout Palm Beach County participated in the
regional awards program for the opportunity to make
it to the Broadway stage. Sage Sorenson from The
Benjamin School in Palm Beach Gardens received the
Outstanding Lead Actress award and Lucas Brown from
West Boca Raton Community High School received the
Outstanding Lead Actor award.
TV and Film Actress, Singer, Dancer and two-time
Tony Award® nominee; and Dennis Stowe, Broadway,
TV and Film Actor, Singer, Dancer and currently starring
as “Jafar” in Disney’s ALADDIN on Broadway. The event
featured The Dream Awards’ 15-piece orchestra under
the direction of Broadway veteran, Steve Freeman.
Sponsored by Ricki Gail Conway and The Doris & Stanley Tananbaum Foundation,
the Kravis Center launched this performing arts education initiative for high
school students during the 2017-2018 school year. For the past five years, the Kravis
Center has hosted the Dream Awards, inviting public and private high schools in
Palm Beach County to participate in the yearlong program. Schools must choose
from an approved list of productions to be considered.
Miss Sorenson and Mr. Brown went on to participate
in the National High School Musical Theatre Awards,
also known as the Jimmy Awards®, to represent Palm
Beach County in New York City. They participated in
an all-expense paid 10-day field studies program in
preparation for their performances on Broadway’s
Minskoff Theatre stage on June 24, 2024.
“We are thrilled with the achievements of Sage, Lucas
and all the students who took part in our yearlong
adjudication program, allowing them to flourish as part
of the Dream Awards,” said Tracy C. Butler, Director of
Education at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts.
Judges at this year’s Dream Awards included Kevin
Covert, Broadway Actor and Chair of Musical Theatre at
Shenandoah Conservatory; Crista Moore, Broadway,
Sage Sorenson
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