14th Annual AMP Awards and Fundraiser – Senior Division Celebration
Saturday, July 6, 2024, 4:30-11:30 PM
The Courtyard Theatre
Part Prom, Part Oscars, FULL CELEBRATION of NTPA 10th-12th Grade Students!
Our Senior Division AMP Awards recognize all NTPA troupes in a special AMP Awards event just for our performers who are in 10th grade or higher (2023-2024 school year) and participated in a production that opened between April 1, 2023 and March 31, 2024 at North Texas Performing Arts!
Thank you to Fernando Martinez Photography for capturing our 2024 event!
Watch the 2023-2024 Highlight Video
About the Senior Division AMP Awards
The Senior Division AMP Awards offers a separate and exclusive “Senior Division” Awards Ceremony in a cross-NTPA event. The event will honor students who just completed 10th grade or higher and participated in an NTPA major production that opened between April 1, 2023 and March 31, 2024. This exciting event unites the Senior Division from across the entire NTPA family of theatres and is the exclusive event for Senior Division AMP recognition!
The Red Carpet Reception opens at 4:30 PM and Seniors can party all night!
This year’s event includes a special reception for Seniors only held across the street from The Courtyard at the Arts Centre of Plano from 4:30-:5:45 PM. We invite the class of 2024 and their families to join us for this special recognition for our graduating class.
All money raised by the AMP Awards supports ongoing funding for North Texas Performing Arts. Your attendance will not only help us celebrate our family of performers, but will allow us to continue growing our program in 2024 and the years to come!
Dress Code
semi-formal to formal
Volunteers Needed
Calling all parents of 10-12 grades students! We need your help to make this event a success and properly celebrate our Senior Division students. We are currently in need of parents to join both our event planning committee and our day-of event volunteers. Committee planning volunteers needed to help with: tickets, food, communications, Senior reception, Senior slideshow. Day-of event volunteers needed to help with: ticket booth, concessions stand, food tables, runners, dance party chaperones, event cleanup. Can you help us in one of these areas to make this an amazing event for our hard working students? Please sign up to join us at the links below.
Ticket Information
Only 300 Seats available in The Courtyard Theatre!
One price includes everything – admission, food, drink, one concession item and after party!
Regular Tickets – $45-55
Early Bird – $45 (expires 6/30)
Regular – $55
Ticket includes seat in The Courtyard Theater.
Alumni students – FREE
Non-nominated NTPA Alumni who graduated in 2022 or earlier may attend without charge. Alumni nominated in this year’s Senior Division AMP Awards must purchase a regular ticket. Ticket includes seat in The Courtyard Theater.
Performance-Only Ticket – FREE
Performance-Only Tickets are available for performers who are in grades 9 and below who are only attending to perform. Does NOT include a seat in The Courtyard Theatre. Performers will be given a specific window of time for arrival and departure. Students who plan to stay after their performance must purchase a regular ticket.
Celebration Event
4:30-6 pm
Red Carpet Reception
- Special reception for Seniors only (at Arts Centre of Plano) 4:30-:5:45 pm
- Exclusive pre-event reception in the Courtyard Lobby
- Photo-ops with your friends and favorite directors
- Food (pizza, chicken, chips) and drinks available upon arriving
- Ends with a red carpet walk into The Courtyard Theatre
6-9 pm
Awards Show
- Awards Event – two big acts with an intermission!
- Awards for individual theatres AND Cross-NTPA Awards in some categories – including awards for Outstanding NTPA Performers!
- Actors will be nominated for performances between April 1 2023 – March 31, 2024
- Free water available during 15-minute intermission
- Open seating in The Courtyard Theatre
9-11:30 pm
After-Party
- One of Dallas’s hottest DJ’s will be conducting the night’s music!
- One free concession for all ticket holders
- Photos with friends and directors and MORE
- Afterparty admittance is free to those with tickets including NTPA alumni. Only high school freshmen or older will be admitted.
- Event ends at 11:30 pm
Performances
Don’t miss exciting reprise performances from the casts of:
Addams Family, Fairview
Anything Goes, Collegiate Pursuits
Drowsy Chaperone, Academy
In the Heights, Plano
Lightning Thief, Dallas
Mean Girls, Dallas
Pippin, Frisco
Popstars, Plano
Singin’ in the Rain, Plano
Spamalot, Fairview
Spelling Bee, Fairview
Sweeney Todd, Dallas
Tick Tick Boom, Plano
Tuck Everlasting, Frisco
Plus a celebration of Les Miz featuring the casts from both the Plano and Dallas productions!
And a special salute to Catalina Herrera with the casts of Dallas’ Anastasia, Plano’s Mean Girls and Frisco’s Anastasia Youth Edition!
Just for Class of 2024!
We are excited to honor the recently graduated class of 2024 at the Senior AMP Awards! We are putting together a slideshow highlighting our seniors and would like to get photos of all the seniors to include! Submit your headshot and photos from your first and last shows at NTPA at the link below!
We do not want to miss anyone, so please make sure to submit your photos by SUNDAY, JUNE 30.
Sara Egelston Akers Scholarship Application
This scholarship award is named after our founder, Sara Egelston Akers, and recognizes a graduating NTPA senior who has demonstrated distinguished leadership at NTPA, school and in the community. The scholarship is for graduating seniors who exemplify the Ten Characters of NTPA.
Graduating Seniors are invited to apply for the Sara Egelston Akers Award. NTPA’s Arts Advisory Board will review the nominations and decide on the winners.
Applications are due by Monday, June 17, 2024. The winner will be announced at the Senior AMP Awards.
Requirements:
- Must have participated in at least eight productions at North Texas Performing Arts; one of which must have occurred within the current academic year.
- Must be a senior enrolled in an accredited Texas high school or home school program.
- Must have been accepted to an accredited College, University or Conservatory program.
- Must have completely filled out all sections of the Sara Akers Scholarship Application. Applications must be received no later than June 17, 2024.