Destiny Brown
Celie, The Color Purple
Tri-Cities High School
Jimmy Awards
Regional Awards Programs
Georgia High School Musical Theatre Awards - Shuler Hensley Awards
Atlanta, GA
Fox Theatre/Broadway Across America/Arts Bridge Foundation
2026 Ceremony Date: April 16, 2026
The Georgia High School Musical Theatre Awards – Shuler Hensley Awards celebrate excellence in high school musical theater. The Awards are named in honor of actor/singer and Georgia native, Shuler Hensley, winner of the prestigious Tony Award, Outer Critics Circle Award and Drama Desk Award. The program embodies a spirit of camaraderie and celebration for the arts in high schools across Georgia.
Nominees
2026
Jake James
Jacob, Water for Elephants High School Edition
Milton High School
2025
Hayden Poe
Hermes, Hadestown: Teen Edition
Dalton High School
Kinsley Stephens
Eurydice, Hadestown: Teen Edition
Dalton High School
2024
Ivy O'Neal
Peter Pan, Peter Pan
Ringgold High School
Hayden Poe
Tevye, Fiddler on the Roof
Dalton High School
2023
Trever Arnold
Jack Kelly, Newsies
Ringgold High School
Emily Marx
Katherine Plumber, Newsies
Denmark High School
2022
Eli Talley
Frank Abagnale, Jr., Catch Me If You Can
Ringgold High School
Georgia Thomas
Anya, Anastasia
Greater Atlanta Christian School
2021
Isabella Victoria Chaney
Greenbrier High School
Ari Mikels
Lakeview Academy
2019
Jessi Kirtley
Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins
Roswell High School
Harrison McCall Lewis
Lieutenant Frank Cioffi, Curtains
Milton High School
2018
Laughton Berry
Pippin, Pippin
Tri-Cities High School
Parker Jennings
Eliza Doolittle, My Fair Lady
Greater Atlanta Christian School
2017
Parker Jennings
Dorothy Brock, 42nd Street
Greater Atlanta Christian School
Ramone Nelson
Jean Valjean, Les Misérables
Heritage High School
2016
Will Davis
Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde, Jekyll & Hyde
Buford High School
Shelbea Owen
Tracy Turnblad, Hairspray
Marietta High School
2015
Nick Eibler
Jimmy Winter, Nice Work If You Can Get It
West Forsyth High School
McKenzie Kurtz
Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins
Milton High School
2014
Rubin Barksdale
Curtis Taylor, Jr, Dreamgirls
Tri-Cities High School
Jai'Len Christine Li Josey
Effie Melody White, Dreamgirls
Tri-Cities High School
2013
Austin Crute
Scarecrow, The Wiz
Greater Atlanta Christian School
McKenzie Kurtz
The Lady of the Lake, Monty Python's SPAMALOT
Milton High School
2012
Brittany Dankwa
Celie, The Color Purple
Tri-Cities High School
Evan Greenberg
William Barfee, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Riverwood Int’l Charter High School
2011
Jamie Harwood
Marian Paroo, The Music Man
The Lovett School
Mitchell Jones
Curly, Oklahoma!
West Forsyth High School
2010
Arsalan Akhavan
Fagin, Oliver!
Atlanta International School
Alexandria Payne
Ti Moune, Once on this Island
Tri-Cities High School
2009
Erin Borain
Miss Adelaide, Guys and Dolls
Alpharetta High School
Adrien Pellerin
Baker, Into the Woods
Atlanta International School