Broadway Star of the Future
Tampa, FL
2026 Ceremony Date: May 17, 2026
The Straz Center's Broadway Star of the Future Awards (BSF) program is the Tampa Bay area's celebration of outstanding student achievement in high school musical theater.
Nominees
2025
Zayda Martin
Carmen Bernstein, Curtains
Harrison School for the Arts
Jayden Vega
Bobby Strong, Urinetown
Howard W. Blake High School
2024
Alana Hogan
Lucille Frank, Parade
Pinellas County Center for the Arts at Gibbs High School
Dylan Saavedra
Joseph, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Manatee School for the Arts
2023
Charlie Lane
Tevye, Fiddler on the Roof
Palm Harbor University High School
Annie Sardouk
Cady Heron, Mean Girls High School Version
Berkeley Preparatory School
2022
Joshua Devine
Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde, Jekyll & Hyde
Manatee School for the Arts
Janiyah McAllister
Esmerelda, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Harrison Center for Visual and Performing Arts
2021
Jillian Cossetta
Gulf Coast High School
Ronald Spoto
Harrison School for the Arts
2019
Chris Loving
Bert, Mary Poppins
Palm Harbor University High School
Senna Prasatthong-osoth
Ella, Cinderella
Shorecrest Preparatory School
2018
Noah Diggs
Frollo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Gibbs Senior High School
Emily Escobar
Toffee, Zombie Prom
Braulio Alonso High School
2017
Christian Meany
Will Bloom, Big Fish
Braulio Alonso High School
Maggie Musco
Wednesday Addams, The Addams Family
H.B. Plant High School
2016
Francesca Iacovacci
Dot/Marie, Sunday in the Park with George
Palm Harbor University High
Blake Lafita
George, Sunday in the Park with George
Palm Harbor University High
2015
Kylie Lynn Heyman
Reno Sweeney, Anything Goes
Shorecrest Preparatory School
Kamari A. Saxon
Flick, Violet
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts
2014
Nathanael Hicks
Frank Butler, Annie Get Your Gun
West Orange High School
Staci Stout
Annie Oakley, Annie Get Your Gun
West Orange High School
2013
Tim Hart
Baker, Into the Woods
Palm Harbor University High School
Chandler Lovelle
Meredith Parker, Bat Boy
American Heritage School
2012
Joshua Grosso
Raoul de Chagny, The Phantom of the Opera
American Heritage School
Samantha Schneider-Behen
Lucille Frank, Parade
Howard W. Blake High School of the Arts
2011
Emily Hart
Jen, John and Jen
Eastside High School
Christian Thompson
Signor Naccarelli, The Light in the Piazza
American Heritage School
2010
Adam Glickman
Sweeney Todd, Sweeney Todd
American Heritage School
Katrina Kiss
Johanna, Sweeney Todd
American Heritage School