GOOD MORNING TO YOU. I’M JENNIFER BAYLESS. TODAY I’M JOINED BY NICK KOVAL WITH KENTUCKY PERFORMING ARTS. HE’S HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE KPA BRADLEY AWARDS. ALL RIGHT. TELL US ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. ABSOLUTELY. SO THE KP BRADLEY AWARDS ARE REALLY A CELEBRATION OF KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL THEATER. AND ALSO IN SOUTHERN INDIANA THROUGHOUT OUR REGION. SO WE’RE CELEBRATING YOUNG MUSICAL THEATER ARTISTS, EDUCATORS AS WELL. HOW HAS THIS YEAR’S PROGRAM CHANGED FROM PREVIOUS YEARS? SO MOSTLY, WE’VE MORE THAN DOUBLED THE SIZE OF THE PROGRAM. SO WE’RE WORKING WITH 35 SCHOOLS ACROSS 20 COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. WE KNOW THAT IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR KIDS, YOUNGER KIDS, TO GET INTO THEATER EARLY. HOW HAS THIS MOVE TO THE BROWN THEATER INFLUENCED THIS YEAR’S AWARD? YES, THE HISTORIC BROWN THEATER IN ITS 100TH YEAR. IT WAS ACTUALLY BUILT AS A THEATER MODEL OFF OF A NEW YORK CITY BROADWAY THEATER ITSELF. AND WE’RE ALSO, OF COURSE, ON BROADWAY HERE IN LOUISVILLE. SO WE’RE REALLY EXCITED FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE OF BEING IN A HISTORIC THEATER. AND ALSO, IT’S GOING TO BE, I THINK WE’RE PRETTY SURE OUR FIRST YEAR SELLING OUT. OKAY, SO THERE’S GOING TO BE 1400 PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE CHEERING THEM ON. I LOVE THAT. AND YOU’VE NEVER BEEN TO THE BROWN THEATER? IT IS A GEM IN OUR CITY. I WAS JUST THERE THIS PAST WEEKEND. IT IS BEAUTIFUL. ALL RIGHT. HOW TO DO THE BRADLEY AWARDS DIFFER, I GUESS, OR WORK INTO THE JIMMY AWARDS? ABSOLUTELY. SO THE JIMMY AWARDS, ALSO KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL THEATER AWARDS. WE ARE A REGIONAL AWARDS PROGRAM OF THE. JIMMY. SO THAT MEANS WHILE THIS PROGRAM IS ALL ABOUT CELEBRATING OUR REGION’S TALENT, MUSICAL THEATER, WE DO SELECT TWO STUDENTS TO ACTUALLY GO TO NEW YORK CITY AND REPRESENT US ON A REAL BROADWAY STAGE. SO THEY GO UP THERE, ALL EXPENSES PAID FOR TEN DAYS TO WORK WITH BROADWAY PROFESSIONALS AND REPRESENT OUR REGION IN NEW YORK CITY. IF PEOPLE WANT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION, THE PROGRAM, HOW DO THEY DO THAT? YEAH, KENTUCKY PERFORMING ARTS.ORG. OR WATCH THE CAPA BRADLEY AWARDS, SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, AND WE’LL HAVE PLENTY OF INFORMATION FOR YOU. OKAY. WELL, LISTEN, IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THIS EVENT OR THE PROGRAM, BE SURE TO CHECK OUT WLKY.COM LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WE’LL HAVE AN ARTICLE POST RIGHT THERE FOR