Jay Senter
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SM East theater department earns 10 Blue Star nominations for Drowsy Chaperone

Janet van de Graff (played by Lily Kaufmann, right) insists she’s ready to give up show business — in less than convincing fashion — in SM East’s production of The Drowsy Chaperone.

Looks like it could be a big year for SM East’s theater department…

Director Brian Cappello has received word from Starlight Theatre’s Blue Star Awards that SM East’s production of the Drowsy Chaperone has received 10 nominations. (The Blue Star Awards — basically the Tony Awards of Kansas City high school musicals — give awards in 17 categories). Last year, the department earned three Blue Star nominations for its production of Bye, Bye Birdie, but won no awards.

The nominations will be revealed next Thursday, May 2.

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About the author

Jay Senter
Jay Senter

Jay Senter is the founder and publisher of the Johnson County Post.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in business at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where he worked as a reporter and editor at The Badger Herald.

He went on to receive a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Kansas. While he was in graduate school, he also worked as a reporter for the Lawrence Journal-World.

His reporting has appeared in the Kansas City Star, The Pitch and The New York Times, among other publications.

Senter was the recipient of the Johnson County Community College Headliner Award in 2023.

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