Spotlight Awards - Nashville High School Musical Theatre Awards
Nashville, TN
2026 Ceremony Date: May 24, 2026
A program dedicated to honoring the talents, friendship, and educational endeavors of high school theatre students in Middle Tennessee.
Nominees
2025
Kaydence Arora
Witch, Into the Woods
Summit High School
James Hart Nelson
Don Lockwood, Singin' in the Rain
Wilson Central High School
2024
Alyssa Freeze
Janet Van De Graaff, The Drowsy Chaperone
Coffee County Central High School
Jayden Murphy
Jimmy Ray Dobbs, Bright Star
Nashville School of the Arts
2023
Sawyer Curtis
Edward Bloom, Big Fish
Independence High School
Lainey McCarter
Eponine, Les Misérables
Nolensville High School
2022
Alexander Benton
William Shakespeare, Something Rotten!
John Overton Comprehensive High School
Angelis Gonzalez
Matilda, Matilda
Ravenwood High School
2021
Noah Henry
Hillsboro High School
Kelly Whitlow
Ravenwood High School
2019
Lilla Galgoczy-Toler
Hope Cladwell, Urinetown
Nashville School of the Arts
Trenton McCrary
Clyde, Bonnie & Clyde
John Overton Comprehensive High School
2018
Sevon Askew
El Gallo, The Fantasticks
Central Magnet School
Tiyanna Gentry
Witch, Into the Woods
Hillsboro High School
2017
Nathan Keffer
Seymour, Little Shop of Horrors
Ravenwood High School
Hatty King
Jo March, Little Women
Lipscomb Academy