The Broadway San Diego Awards
San Diego, CA
2026 Ceremony Date: May 24, 2026
The mission of the Broadway San Diego Awards is to find the very best of high school musical theater talent in San Diego County and to present these talented young performers with a unique scholarship opportunity to advance their educations and careers in the genre of musical theatre.
This program was formerly part of the Ben Vereen Awards.
Nominees
2025
Bruno Domínguez Martínez
Master of Ceremonies, Cabaret
Coronado High School
Laila Christine Varner
Fairy Godmother, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
The Rock Academy
2024
Spencer Kearns
Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Guys and Dolls
San Diego School of Creative & Performing Arts
Mia Rivera
Sarah Brown, Guys and Dolls
San Diego School of Creative & Performing Arts
2023
Keegan McGowan
Spongebob Squarepants, The SpongeBob Musical
San Dieguito Academy High School
Tirzah Villarreal
Miss Adelaide, Guys and Dolls
Classical Academy High School
2022
Kendall Becerra
Nina, In The Heights
Coronado High School
Ryan Sweeney
Amos Hart, Chicago
Canyon Crest Academy
2021
Kiara Geolina
San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts
William Morris
Canyon Crest Academy
2019
Rocco Polanco
Gomez Addams, The Addams Family
La Costa Canyon High School
Mary Rose Vadeboncoeur
Eponine, Les Misérables
Steele Canyon High School
2018
Felicity Bryant
Princess Puffer, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Coronado High School
Jonas McMullen
Henry Jekyll, Jekyll & Hyde
Canyon Crest Academy
2017
Sky Frank
Moonface Martin, Anything Goes
San Diego School of Creative & Performing Arts
Jillian Strattman
Alice Beineke, The Addams Family
San Dieguito Academy
2016
Cameron Chang
Aldolpho, The Drowsy Chaperone
Canyon Crest Academy
Jazley Genovese
Matron Mama Morton, Chicago
San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts