Ethan Kelso
Logan, UT
The 2019 Jimmy® Award for Best Performance by an Actor was presented to Ethan Kelso representing the Utah High School Musical Theatre Awards.
Winners & Nominees
The 2019 Jimmy Awards® took place on Monday, June 24, 2019 at the Minskoff Theatre on Broadway, presented by The Broadway League Foundation. Ben Platt hosted.
Our 2019
Winners
Presented by the Nederlander Organization
Ekele Ukegbu
New York, NY
The 2019 Jimmy® Award for Best Performance by an Actress was presented to Ekele Ukegbu representing The Roger Rees Awards for Excellence in Student Performance.
Finalists
Lexie Love
The 5th Avenue Theatre: Celebrating High School Musicals
Seattle, WA
Additional award winners
Anna Gassett
Best Dancer, presented by The Shubert Organization.
Adam Kral
Spirit of the Jimmys, presented by Hollywood Pantages Theatre.
Senna Prasatthong-osoth
Best Performance in an Ensemble, presented by Disney Theatrical Productions.
Jacob Simon
Rising Star, presented by The John Gore Organization.
Special Recognition
Inspiring Teacher Award
Matthew Hinson (Charlotte, NC) and Tasha Partee (Woodmere, NY) received the Inspiring Teacher Award sponsored by Wells Fargo for the encouragement and inspiration that led their students to win the 2018 Jimmy Awards for Best Performance by an Actress and Best Performance by an Actor.
Matthew Hinson
Charlotte, NC
Tasha Partee
Woodmere, NY
Sage Croft
Applause Awards
Hannah-Kate Kinney
Nebraska Theater Academy
Student Reporters
At the ceremony George Salazar (Be More Chill) presented the nominee production number, a tribute to musicals about musicals. Jimmy Awards alumni Kyle Selig (Mean Girls) and Stephanie Styles presented the Week in Review Video. Last year’s Jimmy Awards winners and current Broadway stars Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen) and Reneé Rapp (Mean Girls) presented the Inspiring Teacher Award Presented by Wells Fargo which features their respective teachers. Also making a special appearance at the ceremony was Derek Klena (Jagged Little Pill) who introduced the second production number, a celebration of the 15th anniversary of Wicked on Broadway.
Judges were comprised of notable theatre professionals including Tony Award-winning producers, award-winning casting experts and industry professionals. The evening of the performance, winners will be selected by Nathan Flower, Montego Glover, Alecia Parker,Marc Platt, Tara Rubin, Tom Schumacher, Stephen Schwartz, and Bernie Telsey. Preliminary judges who evaluated nominees prior to the ceremony included Gabriel Barre, Robert Cuccioli, Nathan Flower, Stephanie Klapper, and Seth Sklar-Heyn.
The production was directed by Van Kaplan and choreographed by Kiesha Lalama. Michael Moricz was the musical arranger and conductor, and Mary Jane Brennan was the writer. All four have been with the Jimmy Awards for all 11 years of the program. The Wicked tribute was arranged by Ben Cohn with special guest Director/Choreographer Wayne Cilento.
Our 2019
Nominees
Katie Bulen
San Antonio, TX
The Drowsy Chaperone, The Drowsy Chaperone
William Howard Taft High School
Luciano Castaldo
San Jose, CA
Gomez Addams, The Addams Family
Inspire School of Arts & Sciences
Janina Colucci
Los Angeles, CA
Anita, West Side Story
John Burroughs High School
Joey Cooper
Las Vegas, NV
Fred Graham/Petruchio, Kiss Me, Kate
Las Vegas Academy of the Arts
Nora Cullinan
Albuquerque, NM
Mrs. Irene Molloy, Hello, Dolly!
Los Alamos High School
Jack D'Angelo
Rochester, NY
Jesse Tuck, Tuck Everlasting
Warsaw Central Middle/High School
Sophia Donnell
Tempe, AZ
Jo March, Little Women
Hamilton High School
Haley Dortch
Dallas, TX
Deloris Van Cartier, Sister Act
John H Guyer High School
William Dusek
Minneapolis, MN
Jesus of Nazareth, Jesus Christ Superstar
Cretin-Derham Hall
Benjamin Eble
Durham, NC
Seymour, Little Shop of Horrors
Chapel Hill High School
Abigail Edwards
Logan, UT
Belle, Beauty and the Beast
Green Canyon High School
Jeremy Fuentes
New York, NY
Calogero, A Bronx Tale
Archbishop Stepinac High School
Lilla Galgoczy-Toler
Nashville, TN
Hope Cladwell, Urinetown
Nashville School of the Arts
Jackson Hager
San Antonio, TX
Horace Vandergelder, Hello, Dolly!
Ronald Reagan High School
Lauren Harkness
Madison, WI
Olive Ostrovsky, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Whitewater High School
Kyler Hershman
Denver, CO
Trevor Grayden, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Valor Christian High School
Kyra Hietpas
Appleton, WI
Gertrude McFuzz, Seussical
Little Chute High School
Caleb Jingo
Columbus, OH
Carl Hanratty, Catch Me If You Can
Westerville South High School
Michael Johnson
Schenectady, NY
Quasimodo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Hudson Falls Central Senior High School
Ethan Kelso
Logan, UT
Will Bloom, Big Fish
Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts
Jessi Kirtley
Atlanta, GA
Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins
Roswell High School
Harrison McCall Lewis
Atlanta, GA
Lieutenant Frank Cioffi, Curtains
Milton High School
Casey Likes
Tempe, AZ
Jean Valjean, Les Misérables
Chandler High School
Abby Linderman
Denver, CO
Millie Dillmount, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Valor Christian High School
Lexie Love
The 5th Avenue Theatre: Celebrating High School Musicals
Seattle, WA
Eponine, Les Misérables
Tahoma Senior High School
Chris Loving
Tampa, FL
Bert, Mary Poppins
Palm Harbor University High School
Brady Magruder
The 5th Avenue Theatre: Celebrating High School Musicals
Seattle, WA
Edward Bloom, Big Fish
University High School
Trenton McCrary
Nashville, TN
Clyde, Bonnie & Clyde
John Overton Comprehensive High School
Rodney McKinner III
Memphis, TN
Eddie Souther, Sister Act
Germantown High School
Colin Miller
Albuquerque, NM
Seymour, Little Shop of Horrors
Sandia Preparatory School
Marisa Moenho
Palm Desert, CA
Deloris Van Cartier, Sister Act
Murrieta Valley High School
Piper Monson
Omaha, NE
Eliza Doolittle, My Fair Lady
Lourdes Central Catholic High School
Caroline Morath
Memphis, TN
Audrey, Little Shop of Horrors
Arlington High School
Signe Naranjo
Schenectady, NY
Gertrude McFuzz, Seussical
South Glens Falls Central High School
Rocco Polanco
San Diego, CA
Gomez Addams, The Addams Family
La Costa Canyon High School
Senna Prasatthong-osoth
Tampa, FL
Ella, Cinderella
Shorecrest Preparatory School
Marguerite Reed
Chicago, IL
Betty Haynes, White Christmas
Mother McAuley High School
Peyton Reese
Des Moines, IA
Veronica Sawyer, Heathers the Musical (High School Edition)
Davenport Central High School
Hannah Restuccia
Orlando, FL
The Drowsy Chaperone, The Drowsy Chaperone
Timber Creek High School
Connor Riordan
New Haven, CT
Jack Kelly, Newsies
Valley Regional High School
Coby Rogers
Dallas, TX
Lord Evelyn Oakleigh, Anything Goes
Frenship High School
Penelope Sergi
Buffalo, NY
Elle Woods, Legally Blonde the Musical
West Seneca West Senior High School
Jacob Simon
Chicago, IL
Bobby Child, Crazy for You
Deerfield High School
Cole Strelecki
Des Moines, IA
The Man in the Yellow Suit, Tuck Everlasting
Valley High School
Lauryn Thomas
San Jose, CA
Paulette, Legally Blonde the Musical
Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts
Margo Tipping
Cleveland, OH
Mrs. Irene Molloy, Hello, Dolly!
Walsh Jesuit High School
Ekele Ukegbu
New York, NY
Aida, Aida
Elmont Memorial Junior-Senior High School
Mary Rose Vadeboncoeur
San Diego, CA
Eponine, Les Misérables
Steele Canyon High School
Matthew Wautier-Rodriguez
Appleton, WI
Ren McCormack, Footloose
Southwest High School
Matthew Wilson
Buffalo, NY
Jean Valjean, Les Misérables
Buffalo Academy for the Visual & Performing Arts
Sophia Wilson
Las Vegas, NV
Maria, The Sound of Music
Bishop Gorman High School
