Press release here:
Asheville Arts Center’s Academy students won big in the 2011 National Junior Theatre Festival again this year! Their production of PIRATES OF PENZANCE, Jr took BEST OVERALL ACTING, and 14 year-old Connor Dalton took the BEST OVERALL ACTOR award! Their production of INTO THE WOODS, Jr, took BEST OVERALL MUSIC DIRECTION, and 13 year-old Lincoln Belford took the best OVERALL ACTOR award! It was a remarkable weekend, as the students competed against two thousand other students from around the United States and Canada.