The Urbandale Drama Department will participate in the 2018 Iowa High School Musical Theater Awards Showcase, presented by EMC Insurance Companies, in honor of the school's achievements for its April production of Brother Wolf. 

Produced by Des Moines Performing Arts as the culmination of a year-long education initiative, the Showcase will be held at the Des Moines Civic Center on Monday, June 4 at 7:00 p.m. and will recognize a total of 68 schools from across the entire state.

Select Students will represent Urbandale High School by performing in a collaborative inter-school medley led by guest Broadway music director, Adam Jones, and choreographer, Sara Brians.

Matt Moran will perform an excerpt from his award-winning role in Brother Wolf as "Enoch" and Julianne Ungs will perform an excerpt from her award-winning role in Brother Wolf as "Mabel".

Urbandale will also be recognized with the following awards and honors:

Production Awards

Distinguished Scene – “I Will Arise”

Student Awards

Outstanding Performance in a Principal Role – Matt Moran as “Enoch”

Outstanding Performance in a Principal Role – Jacob Sammon as “Grin Dell”

Outstanding Performance in a Principal Role – Julianne Ungs as “Mabel”

Special Recognition

Special Recognition for Performance in a Principal Role – Jonah Larsen as “Brother Wolf”

Special Recognition for Properties - Julianne Ungs

Tickets to the Showcase, which start at $15, will go on sale on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at 9 AM at DMPA.org, the Civic Center Ticket Office, and by phone at 515-246-2300.

For the first time, the Showcase will be live-streamed at Iptv.org as part of an exciting collaboration with Iowa Public Television. IPTV will air a highlights special of the evening later this summer.