Awards & Winners

Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School

Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts 6–12 is a magnet school located in the Cultural District of Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. CAPA is one of four 6th to 12th grade schools in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. It was formed from a merger between CAPA High School and Rogers CAPA Middle School. CAPA offers students six art majors: visual arts, literary arts, theater, instrumental music, vocal music, and dance. The theater major includes traditional theater, musical theater, and technical theater. Arts classes are taught by adjunct faculty who are working professionals in their fields. Admission is by portfolio or audition. It offers academic studies including Pittsburgh Scholars Program and Centers for Advanced Study, along with activities like the National Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society, National Art Honor Society, yearbook, newspaper, student council, Amnesty International, Model United Nations, the American Mathematics Competitions and North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad, and ski club. CAPA opened in September 1979 with 35 students, housed in Baxter Elementary School in the Homewood neighborhood. The school moved into its current space at Ninth Street and Fort Duquesne Boulevard at the beginning of the 2003–2004 school year.²

Awards by Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School

Check all the awards nominated and won by Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School.

2014


Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gene Kelly Award for Best Lighting Design (Budget Category I) Footloose
Gene Kelly Award for Best Choreography Footloose
Gene Kelly Award for Best All-Student Orchestra Footloose

2013


Gene Kelly Award for Best Musical (Budget Category I)
Honored for : In the Heights
Gene Kelly Award for Best Direction
Honored for : In the Heights
Gene Kelly Award for Best Ensemble
Honored for : In the Heights
Gene Kelly Award for Best Scenic Design (Budget Category I)
Honored for : In the Heights
Gene Kelly Award for Best All-Student Orchestra
Honored for : In the Heights

Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gene Kelly Award for Best Costume Design (Budget Category I) In the Heights
Gene Kelly Award for Best Lighting Design (Budget Category I) In the Heights
Gene Kelly Award for Best All-Student Orchestra In the Heights
Gene Kelly Award for Best Crew/Technical Execution In the Heights
Gene Kelly Award for Best Ensemble In the Heights
Gene Kelly Award for Best Scenic Design (Budget Category I) In the Heights
Gene Kelly Award for Best Direction In the Heights
Gene Kelly Award for Best Choreography In the Heights
Gene Kelly Award for Best Musical (Budget Category I) In the Heights

2012


Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gene Kelly Award for Best Crew/Technical Execution Oliver!
Gene Kelly Award for Best All-Student Orchestra Oliver!

2011


Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gene Kelly Award for Best Lighting Design (Budget Category I) Sweet Charity
Gene Kelly Award for Best All-Student Orchestra Sweet Charity

2010


Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gene Kelly Award for Best All-Student Orchestra Blood Brothers
Gene Kelly Award for Best Musical (Budget Category I) Blood Brothers

2009


Gene Kelly Award for Best Costume Design
Honored for : Anna Karenina

Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gene Kelly Award for Best All-Student Orchestra Anna Karenina
Gene Kelly Award for Best Ensemble Anna Karenina
Gene Kelly Award for Best Costume Design Anna Karenina
Gene Kelly Award for Best Musical (Budget Category I) Anna Karenina
Gene Kelly Award for Best Direction Anna Karenina

2008


Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gene Kelly Award for Best All-Student Orchestra Children of Eden
Gene Kelly Award for Best Musical (Budget Category I) Children of Eden

2002


Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gene Kelly Award for Best Lighting Design (Budget Category I) Where Mystery Lies
Gene Kelly Award for Best Ensemble Where Mystery Lies
Gene Kelly Award for Best Musical (Budget Category I) Where Mystery Lies

2001


Gene Kelly Award for Best Musical (Budget Category I)
Honored for : A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Gene Kelly Award for Best Lighting Design (Budget Category I)
Honored for : A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gene Kelly Award for Best Lighting Design (Budget Category I) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Gene Kelly Award for Best Choreography A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Gene Kelly Award for Best Ensemble A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Gene Kelly Award for Best Musical (Budget Category I) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Gene Kelly Award for Best All-Student Orchestra A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Gene Kelly Award for Best Direction A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

2000


Gene Kelly Award for Best Musical (Budget Category I)
Honored for : The Secret Garden
Gene Kelly Award for Best Lighting Design (Budget Category I)
Honored for : The Secret Garden
Gene Kelly Award for Best Costume Design (Budget Category I)
Honored for : The Secret Garden

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gene Kelly Award for Best Scenic Design (Budget Category I) The Secret Garden
Gene Kelly Award for Best Costume Design (Budget Category I) The Secret Garden
Gene Kelly Award for Best Lighting Design (Budget Category I) The Secret Garden
Gene Kelly Award for Best Choreography The Secret Garden
Gene Kelly Award for Best Ensemble The Secret Garden
Gene Kelly Award for Best Direction The Secret Garden
Gene Kelly Award for Best Musical (Budget Category I) The Secret Garden

1998


Gene Kelly Award for Best Musical (Budget Category I)
Honored for : Children of Eden
Gene Kelly Award for Best Ensemble
Honored for : Children of Eden
Gene Kelly Award for Best Lighting Design (Budget Category I)
Honored for : Children of Eden
Gene Kelly Award for Best Costume Design (Budget Category I)
Honored for : Children of Eden

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gene Kelly Award for Best Costume Design (Budget Category I) Children of Eden
Gene Kelly Award for Best Lighting Design (Budget Category I) Children of Eden
Gene Kelly Award for Best Choreography Children of Eden
Gene Kelly Award for Best Ensemble Children of Eden
Gene Kelly Award for Best Direction Children of Eden
Gene Kelly Award for Best Musical (Budget Category I) Children of Eden

1997


Gene Kelly Award for Best Musical (Budget Category I)
Honored for : Chess

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gene Kelly Award for Best Scenic Design (Budget Category I) Chess
Gene Kelly Award for Best Lighting Design (Budget Category I) Chess
Gene Kelly Award for Best Choreography Chess
Gene Kelly Award for Best All-Student Orchestra Chess
Gene Kelly Award for Best Crew/Technical Execution Chess
Gene Kelly Award for Best Ensemble Chess
Gene Kelly Award for Best Musical (Budget Category I) Chess

1996


Gene Kelly Award for Best Direction
Honored for : Weird Romance
Gene Kelly Award for Best Musical (Budget Category II)
Honored for : Weird Romance
Gene Kelly Award for Best Scenic Design (Budget Category II)
Honored for : Weird Romance

Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gene Kelly Award for Best Scenic Design (Budget Category II) Weird Romance
Gene Kelly Award for Best Costume Design (Budget Category II) Weird Romance
Gene Kelly Award for Best Lighting Design (Budget Category II) Weird Romance
Gene Kelly Award for Best Choreography Weird Romance
Gene Kelly Award for Best Ensemble Weird Romance
Gene Kelly Award for Best Musical (Budget Category II) Weird Romance
Gene Kelly Award for Best Direction Weird Romance

1995


Gene Kelly Award for Best Musical (Budget Category I)
Honored for : Once On This Island
Gene Kelly Award for Best All-Student Orchestra
Honored for : Once On This Island
Gene Kelly Award for Best Costume Design (Budget Category I)
Honored for : Once On This Island

Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gene Kelly Award for Best Scenic Design (Budget Category I) Once On This Island
Gene Kelly Award for Best Lighting Design (Budget Category I) Once On This Island
Gene Kelly Award for Best All-Student Orchestra Once On This Island
Gene Kelly Award for Best Choreography Once On This Island
Gene Kelly Award for Best Musical (Budget Category I) Once On This Island
Gene Kelly Award for Best Costume Design (Budget Category I) Once On This Island
Gene Kelly Award for Best Direction Once On This Island

1992


Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gene Kelly Award for Best Lighting Design (Budget Category I) Anything Goes