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Spotlight Awards - Nashville High School Musical Theatre Awards

Nashville, TN

Tennessee Performing Arts Center

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

2026

Kaydence Arora
Kaydence Arora

Elsa, Disney's Frozen

Summit High School

Ronember Quintero Galeano
Ronember Quintero Galeano

Topher, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella

Franklin High School

2025

Kaydence Arora
Kaydence Arora

Witch, Into the Woods

Summit High School

James Hart Nelson
James Hart Nelson

Don Lockwood, Singin' in the Rain

Wilson Central High School

2024

Alyssa Freeze
Alyssa Freeze

Janet Van De Graaff, The Drowsy Chaperone

Coffee County Central High School

Jayden Murphy
Jayden Murphy

Jimmy Ray Dobbs, Bright Star

Nashville School of the Arts

2023

Sawyer Curtis
Sawyer Curtis

Edward Bloom, Big Fish

Independence High School

Lainey McCarter
Lainey McCarter

Eponine, Les Misérables

Nolensville High School

2022

Alexander Benton
Alexander Benton

William Shakespeare, Something Rotten!

John Overton Comprehensive High School

Angelis Gonzalez
Angelis Gonzalez

Matilda, Matilda

Ravenwood High School

2021

Noah Henry
Noah Henry

Hillsboro High School

Kelly Whitlow
Kelly Whitlow

Ravenwood High School

2019

Lilla Galgoczy-Toler
Lilla Galgoczy-Toler

Hope Cladwell, Urinetown

Nashville School of the Arts

Trenton McCrary
Trenton McCrary

Clyde, Bonnie & Clyde

John Overton Comprehensive High School

2018

Sevon Askew
Sevon Askew

El Gallo, The Fantasticks

Central Magnet School

Tiyanna Gentry
Tiyanna Gentry

Witch, Into the Woods

Hillsboro High School

2017

Nathan Keffer
Nathan Keffer

Seymour, Little Shop of Horrors

Ravenwood High School

Hatty King
Hatty King

Jo March, Little Women

Lipscomb Academy