On Monday, July 1, 2013 two students were presented with Jimmy® Awards for Best Performance by an Actress and Best Performance by an Actor at Broadway’s Minskoff Theatre at the 5th Annual National High School Musical Theater Awards® (NHSMTA®)/Jimmy Awards®.

Our 2013

Winners

Presented by the Nederlander Organization
Sarah Lynn Marion

Sarah Lynn Marion

The 2013 Jimmy® Award for Best Performance by an Actress was presented to Sarah Lynn Marion representing the John Raitt Awards for Youth (JRAY) in Fullerton, CA.

Taylor Varga

Taylor Varga

The 2013 Jimmy® Award for Best Performance by an Actor was presented to Taylor Varga, representing the Connecticut High School Musical Theater Awards in Norwich, CT.

Finalists

Presented by Barry and Fran Weissler Foundation
Jillian Caillouette

Jillian Caillouette

Connecticut High School Musical Theater Awards
Waterbury, CT
Billy Krager

Billy Krager

Best Performance in an Ensemble

Jillian Caillouette

Jillian Caillouette

Most Improved

Brian Baylor

Brian Baylor

Spirit of the Jimmy Awards

McKenzie Kurtz

McKenzie Kurtz

6 Week Pre-College Drama Summer Program Scholarship, presented by Carnegie Mellon University.

Jimmy Award winners were selected by a panel of Broadway brass including Scott Ellis (Roundabout Theatre Company); Kent Gash (New Studio on Broadway, NYU Tisch School of the Arts Department of Drama); Tony® Award-nominee Montego Glover (Memphis); Rachel Hoffman (Telsey +Co); Alecia Parker (NAMCO); Nick Scandalios (Nederlander Organization); and Bernie Telsey (Telsey + Co).

Our 2013

Nominees

Benjamin Allen

Benjamin Allen

Betty Lynn Buckley Awards

Man in Chair, The Drowsy Chaperone

Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts
Fort Worth, TX
Allison Anderson

Allison Anderson

Nellie Forbush, South Pacific

Pearland High School
Houston, TX
Sakyiwaa Baah

Sakyiwaa Baah

The Schmidt and Jones Awards

Miss Adelaide, Guys and Dolls

MacArthur High School
Irving, TX
Brian Baylor

Brian Baylor

Coalhouse Walker Jr., Ragtime

West Bloomfield High School
East Lansing, MI
Jana Bernard

Jana Bernard

Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards

Marmee, Little Women

Gill St. Bernard's School
Millburn, NJ
Jillian Caillouette

Jillian Caillouette

Connecticut High School Musical Theater Awards

Jo March, Little Women

St. Paul Catholic High School
Waterbury, CT
Connor Fallon

Connor Fallon

Spotlight on Stars

Joseph, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Framingham High School
Beverly, MA
Benton Felty

Benton Felty

Hershey Theatre Apollo Awards

Freddy Benson, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Central Dauphin East High
Hershey, PA
Laura Girard

Laura Girard

Spotlight on Stars

Olive Ostrovsky, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Hudson High School
Beverly, MA
Bo Graham

Bo Graham

The Schmidt and Jones Awards

Seymour, Little Shop of Horrors

Lovejoy High School
Irving, TX
Patrick Graham

Patrick Graham

Sweeney Todd, Sweeney Todd

Lee's Summit North High School
Kansas City, MO
Annika Gullahorn

Annika Gullahorn

Globe Honors

Baker's Wife, Into the Woods

Pacific Ridge School
San Diego, CA
Stephen Heller

Stephen Heller

Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde, Jekyll & Hyde

Victor Senior High School
Rochester, NY
Martha Hellerman

Martha Hellerman

Wendla, Spring Awakening

Shorewood High School
Madison, WI
Emily Homburger

Emily Homburger

Hershey Theatre Apollo Awards

Annie Oakley, Annie Get Your Gun

West Shore Christian Academy
Hershey, PA
Rachael Houser

Rachael Houser

Reno Sweeney, Anything Goes

Quaker Valley High School
Pittsburgh, PA
Lily Kaufmann

Lily Kaufmann

Janet Van De Graaff, The Drowsy Chaperone

Shawnee Mission East
Kansas City, MO
Billy Krager

Billy Krager

Emmett Forrest, Legally Blonde the Musical

Divine Savior Holy Angels High School
Madison, WI
Matthew Durward Lynn

Matthew Durward Lynn

Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards

Bat Boy, Bat Boy

Westfield High School
Millburn, NJ
Sophia Macias

Sophia Macias

The Jester Awards

Belle, Beauty and the Beast

Goddard High School
Wichita, KS
Chris Maclean

Chris Maclean

Jean Valjean, Les Misérables

Chaparral High School
Denver, CO
Sarah Lynn Marion

Sarah Lynn Marion

John Raitt Awards for Youth (JRAY)

Mrs. Dolly Gallagher Levi, Hello, Dolly!

Huntington Beach High School Academy for the Performing Arts
Fullerton, CA
Halle Mastroberardino

Halle Mastroberardino

Polly Baker, Crazy for You

Harrison High School
New York, NY
Trevor McChristian

Trevor McChristian

The Jester Awards

J. Pierrepont Finch, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Maize High School
Wichita, KS
Areon Mobasher

Areon Mobasher

Jean Valjean, Les Misérables

Charlotte Latin School
Charlotte, NC
Ryne Nardecchia

Ryne Nardecchia

Sweeney Todd, Sweeney Todd

Klein Oak High School
Houston, TX
Eva Maria Noblezada

Eva Maria Noblezada

Ariel Moore, Footloose

Northwest School of the Arts
Charlotte, NC
Angelo Ragghianti

Angelo Ragghianti

Usnavi, In the Heights

Pittsburgh CAPA
Pittsburgh, PA
Sarah Roach

Sarah Roach

Betty Lynn Buckley Awards

Velma Kelly, Chicago

Grapevine High School
Fort Worth, TX
Shane Satterfield

Shane Satterfield

John Raitt Awards for Youth (JRAY)

Curly, Oklahoma!

La Habra High School
Fullerton, CA
Hunter Schwarz

Hunter Schwarz

Globe Honors

Princeton, Avenue Q

Canyon Crest Academy
San Diego, CA
Nicole Seefried

Nicole Seefried

Kate Monster, Avenue Q

Denver School of the Arts
Denver, CO
Mason Van Gieson

Mason Van Gieson

Belle, Beauty and the Beast

Clarkston High School
East Lansing, MI
Taylor Varga

Taylor Varga

Connecticut High School Musical Theater Awards

J. Pierrepont Finch, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Newtown High School
Waterbury, CT
MacKenzie Wright

MacKenzie Wright

Elle Woods, Legally Blonde the Musical

Greece Athena High School
Rochester, NY