ELMHURST – York Community High School's "West Side Story" has been named best production by the Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards.

“It is a humbling and incredible honor for all involved,” Director Rebecca Marianetti said in a news release. “In addition to our amazing actors, musicians and crew, the amount of support we have received from our team of talented and tireless faculty, administration and community has been phenomenal. To end the year with this honor is icing on the cake. We are proud to live in a community that understands education through the arts is essential.”

The production received the award June 5 at the Broadway Playhouse in Chicago.

Three York students from “West Side Story” also were nominated as finalists for the Jimmy Awards: Tatum Langley, Erik Martenson and Carina Kanzler. There were 24 students selected in the state of Illinois to participate.

Kanzler will be a senior at York. Langley, a 2017 York graduate, will study musical theater at Ball State University in Indiana. Martenson, also a 2017 York graduate, will study musical theater at Ithaca College in New York.