There was more drama than expected at a thespian awards ceremony this week, as an honoree slipped off the stage and nearly crushed musicians in the orchestra pit. Harrison Poe was announced as best supporting actor at the annual Tommy Tune Awards on Tuesday in Houston, Texas, but the high school student had a little difficulty navigating the stage. TV cameras caught him confidently getting up to accept the accolade before slipping and falling headfirst into the darkness. According to KTRK News, which was filming the event, Poe fell into a net covering the orchestra pit and luckily no one was hurt below. Scroll down for video . Caught on camera: There was more drama than expected at a thespian awards ceremony this week, as an awardee slipped off the stage and nearly crushed musicians in the orchestra pit . Going, going, gone: Harrison Poe was announced as best supporting actor at the annual Tommy Tune Awards on Tuesday in Houston, Texas, but the high school student had a little difficulty navigating the stage . The young bow tie-wearing actor went on to make a swift recovery and bounced back to the podium. However, he appeared to be a little shaken up from his fall as he proceeded to give his acceptance speech. 'Thank you! At least I'm alive,' Poe chuckled, while the packed auditorium continued to cheer. Red-faced: The young bow tie-wearing actor went on to make a swift recovery and bounced back to the podium - 'thank you! At least I'm alive,' Poe chuckled . 'He's just practicing to be Jennifer Lawrence one day, you know - tripping off the Oscar stage,' a news anchor later said of Poe's faux pas. Ironically, Poe was recognized for playing Paul in his school's production of A Chorus Line. In the musical, Paul falls and suffers a knee injury during a tap dancing audition and is carried off to hospital. Luckily, Poe did not require medical treatment this time around. The 13th Annual Tommy Tune Awards will air on ABC-13 on Sunday, June 21 at 12pm .
Harrison Poe was announced as best supporting actor at the annual Tommy Tune Awards on Tuesday in Houston, Texas . But the high school student had a little difficulty navigating the stage . TV cameras caught him confidently getting up to accept the accolade before slipping and falling headfirst into the darkness . However, the young bow tie-wearing actor went on to make a swift recovery and bounced back to the podium .