KYLE — When picturing a flower shop, one may envision a rose or a tulip; a lily or a daffodil, but inside the Lehman High School Theater lies a man-eating plant that feeds on human blood — and it’s headed straight for the 2024 Heller Awards for Young Artists (HAYA).

PHOTO COURTESY OF OWEN TAYLOR
Jonas Taylor (Orin), left, and Seth Rivas (Seymour) in the dentist scene, singing “Now (It’s Just the Gas).”

HAYA is like “the Oscars for High School Musical Theatre,” said theatre director ...