Damson Chola Jr.
Dallas, TX
The 2024 Jimmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor was presented to Damson Chola Jr. representing Broadway Dallas High School Musical Theatre Awards.
Winners & Nominees
The 2024 Jimmy Awards took place on Monday June 24 at Broadway's Minskoff Theatre hosted by Josh Groban.
Our 2024
Winners
Presented by the Nederlander Organization
Gretchen Shope
East Lansing, MI
The 2024 Jimmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress was presented to Gretchen Shope representing the Sutton Foster Awards.
Finalists
Presented by MJ
SCAD Achievement Scholarship
Fabiola Caraballo Quijada
Presented by Savannah College of Art and Design
Additional award winners
Samara Follette
Rising Star, presented by The John Gore Organization, for impressive advancement during the Jimmy Awards program.
Alana Hogan
Best Dancer, presented by The Shubert Organization, for excellence in dance and movement.
Hayden Poe
Spirit of the Jimmys, presented by Thomas Schumacher, for embodying the spirit of this musical theatre celebration.
Outstanding Performance
In an Ensemble
Co-presented by M·A·C and No Guarantees for outstanding collaboration during the Jimmy Awards program.
Inspiring Teacher Award
The Jimmy Awards congratulates the recipients of the 2024 Inspiring Teacher Award, which is given to teachers who have been nominated by their students and chosen by a selection committee of Broadway League members as recognition of their roles in providing valuable guidance and encouragement for their students who excelled during last year’s Jimmy Awards. Presented in memory of Luigi Caiola, this year’s recipients are Jacqueline McLean, Le Roy Jr. Sr. High School (Rochester, NY) and Paul Fillingim, Ronald Reagan High School (San Antonio, TX).
Jacqueline McLean
Le Roy Jr. Sr. High School (Rochester, NY)
Paul Fillingim
Ronald Reagan High School (San Antonio, TX)
Nicole Scimeca
Broadway In Chicago Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards (Chicago, IL)
Richard “Ricky” Ragazzo
Tommy Tune Awards (Houston, TX)
Student Reporters
The 2024 Jimmy Awards Student Reporter Initiative with support from Broadway News welcomed two student reporters to NYC. Nicole Scimeca from Broadway In Chicago Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards (Chicago, IL) and Richard “Ricky” Ragazzo from the Tommy Tune Awards (Houston, TX) are aspiring journalists who were selected following a nationwide submissions process and covered The Jimmy Awards on social media from The Minskoff Theatre on June 24th, providing fans an inside look at the final preparations for the evening performance. Nicole and Ricky also conducted exclusive interviews with the 2024 Best Actor and Best Actress winners following the awards ceremony. As part of the experience, they were granted a special visit to the WABC studios to observe the behind-the-scenes production of an upcoming news segment.
Our 2024
Nominees
Jack Anderson
Minneapolis, MN
Lumiere, Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Waconia High School
Jazhel Arostegui
Chattanooga, TN
Gomez Addams, The Addams Family: School Edition
Christian Heritage School
Jackson A. Baker
Des Moines, IA
Ren McCormack, Footloose
Nevada High School
Isaiah Baston
New York, NY
Father, Children of Eden
Bay Shore Senior High School
Hailey Brown
Memphis, TN
Anya, Anastasia
Northpoint Christian School
Lucas Brown
West Palm Beach, FL
Sam, Mamma Mia!
West Boca Raton Community High School
Mia Cabrera-Davila
Kansas City, MO
Cady Heron, Mean Girls High School Version
Blue Valley Southwest High School
Fabiola Caraballo Quijada
Dallas, TX
Nostradamus, Something Rotten!
Tyler Legacy High School
Savannah Carrasco
Logan, UT
Regina George, Mean Girls High School Version
Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts
Damson Chola Jr.
Dallas, TX
Seymour, Little Shop of Horrors
Cleburne High School
Gus Cook
Boston, MA
Harold Hill, The Music Man
Acton-Boxborough Regional High School
Daniel Cormie
Schenectady, NY
William Shakespeare, Something Rotten!
South Glens Falls High School
Mackenzie Crawford
Des Moines, IA
Janet Van De Graaff, The Drowsy Chaperone
Sioux City East High School
Emma Cate Davis
Orlando, FL
Natasha, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts
Abby DeGregory
Schenectady, NY
Pamela, Head Over Heels High School Edition
Saratoga Springs High School
Catherine Dosier
La Mirada, CA
Lily Caven, The Secret Garden
Huntington Beach High School Academy for the Performing Arts
Jennifer Duarte Castillo
Appleton, WI
Matilda, Matilda
Green Bay East High School
George Eastman
Orlando, FL
Anatole, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts
Connor Egloff
Dayton, OH
Baker, Into the Woods
Stivers School for the Arts
Alyssa Freeze
Nashville, TN
Janet Van De Graaff, The Drowsy Chaperone
Coffee County Central High School
Ashlee Fucarino
New York, NY
Lucy, Jekyll & Hyde
Wantagh High School
Lainey Gaston
Charlotte, NC
Narrator, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Concord Academy
Allie Gomez
Columbus, OH
Cady Heron, Mean Girls High School Version
Upper Arlington High School
Presley Harrington
Oklahoma City, OK
The Tin Man, The Wizard of Oz
Mustang High School
Connor Hesch
Buffalo, NY
Jean Valjean, Les Misérables: School Edition
Amherst Central High School
Alana Hogan
Tampa, FL
Lucille Frank, Parade
Pinellas County Center for the Arts at Gibbs High School
Emma Hopf
Pittsburgh, PA
William Barfee, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
North Hills High School
Jamias Hughes
Austin, TX
Spongebob Squarepants, The SpongeBob Musical
Lockhart High School
Spencer Kearns
San Diego, CA
Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Guys and Dolls
San Diego School of Creative & Performing Arts
Caleb Kezeor
Denver, CO
Quasimodo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Woodland Park High School
Will Kinsella
St. Louis, MO
Marius, Les Misérables: School Edition
O'Fallon Township High School
Sydney Korpusik
Dayton, OH
Donna, Mamma Mia!
Centerville High School
Cameron Krauss
Philadelphia, PA
King Arthur, Monty Python's Spamalot School Edition
Neshaminy High School
Conor Kruger
Durham, NC
Jean Valjean, Les Misérables: School Edition
Enloe High School
Mauricio Lara
Los Angeles, CA
Donkey, Shrek The Musical
John Burroughs High School
Will Leavitt
Boise, ID
Spongebob Squarepants, The SpongeBob Musical
Century High School
Rylan Lowe
Charlotte, NC
William Shakespeare, Something Rotten!
A.L. Brown High School
Kruz Maldonado
San Antonio, TX
Pippin, Pippin
John M. Harlan
Luke Martin
Las Vegas, NV
Jean Valjean, Les Misérables
Bishop Gorman High School
Victoria Martinez
San Antonio, TX
Penelope Pennywise, Urinetown
McAllen High School
Eliran Masti
Houston, TX
Barry, The Prom
Kinder High School for the Visual and Performing Arts
Venice Ella Mayor
San Jose, CA
Phoebe D'Ysquith, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Bellarmine College Preparatory
Kyle McFalls
Cleveland, OH
Spongebob Squarepants, The SpongeBob Musical
The Akron School for the Arts at Firestone CLC
Bella McKivigan
Midland, PA
Velma Kelly, Chicago: Teen Edition
Freeport Area High School
Ava Moak
Austin, TX
Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd: School Edition
Round Rock High School
Marie Munoz
Las Vegas, NV
Eponine, Les Misérables
Bishop Gorman High School
Jayden Murphy
Nashville, TN
Jimmy Ray Dobbs, Bright Star
Nashville School of the Arts
Logan O'Donnell
Logan, UT
Jimmy Ray Dobbs, Bright Star School Edition
Green Canyon High School
Ivy O'Neal
Atlanta, GA
Peter Pan, Peter Pan
Ringgold High School
Nora Palermo
Tempe, AZ
Witch, Into the Woods
Phoenix Country Day School
Max Antonio Perez
Tempe, AZ
Eddie Souther, Sister Act
Centennial High School
Aden Pettet
Memphis, TN
Lawrence Jameson, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Collierville High School
Hayden Poe
Atlanta, GA
Tevye, Fiddler on the Roof
Dalton High School
Noah Rass
Appleton, WI
Bert, Mary Poppins
Southern Door High School
Jazmin Rhodes
Chicago, IL
Hope Cladwell, Urinetown
Homewood Flossmoor High School
Theo Rickert
St. Louis, MO
Spongebob Squarepants, The SpongeBob Musical
Belleville Township High School West
Mia Rivera
San Diego, CA
Sarah Brown, Guys and Dolls
San Diego School of Creative & Performing Arts
Rachel Rogstad
Palm Desert, CA
Ariel, The Little Mermaid
Arrowhead Christian Academy
Sebastian Rosa
Providence, RI
Chip Tolentino, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
West Warwick High School
Lindsey Ross
Cleveland, OH
Baker's Wife, Into the Woods
Hudson High School
Dylan Saavedra
Tampa, FL
Joseph, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Manatee School for the Arts
Breton Sego
Albuquerque, NM
Percy Jackson, The Lightning Thief
Rio Rancho High School
Sage Sorenson
West Palm Beach, FL
Percy Talbott, The Spitfire Grill
The Benjamin School
George Spiegel
Chicago, IL
Pippin, Pippin
Maine South High School
Christian Strong
Columbus, OH
Shrek, Shrek The Musical
Pickerington High School North
James Thibault
New Haven, CT
Javert, Les Misérables: School Edition
Conard High School
Robbie Troyan
La Mirada, CA
Tiernan, The Pirate Queen
Santa Margarita Catholic High School
Jonah Uffelman
Washington, D.C.
Wade "Cry Baby" Walker, Cry-Baby
Fairfax Academy for Communication and the Arts
Caroline Vollmer
Philadelphia, PA
Cady Heron, Mean Girls High School Version
Girard Academic Music Program
Gracia Wright
Chattanooga, TN
Wednesday Addams, The Addams Family: School Edition
Christian Heritage School
Norah Younger
Knoxville, TN
Countess Lily Malevsky-Malevitch, Anastasia
Oak Ridge High School