Jackson Academy students and faculty competed in the Mississippi Theatre Association State Festival January 16-19 in Meridian. They returned with numerous individual and group awards in multiple categories for both student and adult participants, including a perfect score in Musical Duet. The group’s earlier performance at the December Mississippi Theatre Association’s DramaFest earned the opportunity to advance to this statewide festival.
Join JA in congratulating the following:
- Excellence in Design (ODEO) – Caroline Johnston
- 2nd Place Acting Group – Bella Palomo, Henley Nance, Jack Harrison, Rebekah Brooke Benson, Miller Usry, Molly Schade, Kenedy Taylor, Jack Satcher, Lydia Murphy, Willis Thigpen
- 1st Place Acting 11 – Rebekah Brooke Benson
- 1st Place Acting 12 – Miller Usry
- 2nd Place Musical Group – Henley Nance, Willis Thigpen, Miller Usry
- 1st Place Musical Duet (and a PERFECT SCORE) – Rebekah Brooke Benson, Henley Nance
- 3rd Place Musical 11 – Rebekah Brooke Benson
- 3rd Place Musical 12 – Bella Palomo
- MTA Scholarship Recipient – Caroline Johnston
- 1st Place Adult Playwriting – Kerri Sanders
- 1st Place Adult Musical Duet – Mandy Kate Myers and Roxie Hood
- no fury All Star Cast – Miller Usry, Willis Thigpen, Henley Nance
- Alumnus Gibson Cheney ’22 did an incredible job on staff at MTA Festival this weekend.
Congratulations students, faculty, and alumni!
