The DAPA Awards Nominees
We are excited to announce the 2022-23 nominees for The DAPA Awards! Join us on May 17 at 7 p.m. for an awards show and fundraiser to celebrate and support the amazing accomplishments and work of our 2022-23 Dakota Academy of Performing Arts (DAPA) students. Congratulations to all who were nominated!
Bright Beginner Award (Ages 6-10)
- Aegean Fradella
- Anna Baloun
- Collin Tebben
- Eleanor Baumgarten
- Felix Carrier-Damon
- Grayson Traphagen
- JoElle Rygg
- Johanna Smithback
- Josie Kluver
- Sophia Berens
Outstanding Dancer
- Eden Materese
- Eileen Baumgarten
- Ellie Quinn
- Leah Hill
- Micah Nelson
- Shay Boetel
Outstanding Ensemble Member
- Camryn Mages
- Eden Materese
- Ellie Sershen
- Emma Madeja
- Erin Devli
Outstanding Supporting Performer
- Bobby Parker (Gaston | Beauty and the Beast Jr)
- Emma Madeja (Mother Abbess | Sound of Music)
- Grant Wiessner (Lumiere | Beauty and the Beast Jr)
- Lucas Schreck (Max Detweiler | Sound of Music)
- Maggie Baloun (Babette | Beauty and the Beast Jr)
- Naomi Rock (Medda Larkin | Newsies)
- Noah Winters (Crutchie | Newsies, Jr)
- Olivia Gill (Mrs. Potts | Beauty and the Beast Jr)
- Onyx Fechner (Admiral von Schieber | Sound of Music)
- Sadie Brown (Elsa Schraeder | Sound of Music)
Outstanding Performer
- Fisher Meyerink (Captain Von Trapp | Sound of Music)
- Fisher Meyerink (SpongeBob | The SpongeBob Musical)
- Grant Wiessner (Jack Kelly | Newsies, Jr)
- Issac Bullis (Beast | Beauty and the Beast Jr)
- Katherine Jones (Belle | Beauty & the Beast Jr)
- Katherine Jones (Maria | Sound of Music)
- Lily Gruber (Katherine | Newsies Jr)
- Noah Winters (Patrick | The SpongeBob Musical)
- Sophia Santos (Sandy | The SpongeBob Musical)
Techie of the Year Award
- Abigail Lauck
- Cora Boysen
- Kaiden Jundt
- Scout Minister
- Sydney Hartmann
The Most Focused Award
- Aidan Wescott
- Ean Christensen
- Ellie Quinn
- Erin Devlin
- Kaiden Jundt
- Maggie Baloun