Kristy Kosko
Greece Arcadia High School (Rochester, NY)
Winners & Nominees
The 2026 Jimmy Awards will take place on Monday June 22 at Broadway's Minskoff Theatre hosted by Bowen Yang. Get more info on the upcoming ceremony including information on how to stream it live.
Inspiring Teacher Awards
The Jimmy Awards congratulates the recipients of the 2026 Inspiring Teacher Awards, which honor educators for providing valuable guidance and encouragement to their students and school communities. The honorees were nominated for this recognition last spring by 2025 Jimmy Awards nominees and subsequently selected by a committee of Broadway League members. Presented by MJ, this year’s recipients are Kristy Kosko, Greece Arcadia High School (Rochester, NY) and Peter Smeallie, Albert Einstein High School (Washington, D.C.).
Peter Smeallie
Albert Einstein High School (Washington, D.C.)
George McCallum
The Stephen Sondheim Awards (New Haven, CT)
Autumn Grace Tabb
Nevada High School Musical Theater Awards (Las Vegas, NV)
Student Reporters
The 2026 Jimmy Awards Student Reporter initiative with support from Broadway News welcomes two student reporters to NYC. George McCallum from The Stephen Sondheim Awards (New Haven, CT) and Autumn Grace Tabb from Nevada High School Musical Theater Awards (Las Vegas, NV) were selected following a nationwide submissions process and will cover The Jimmy Awards on social media from The Minskoff Theatre on June 22nd, providing fans an inside look at the final preparations for the evening performance. George and Autumn Grace will also conduct exclusive interviews with the 2026 Best Actor and Best Actress winners following the awards ceremony. As part of the experience, they will be granted a special visit to the WABC studios to observe the behind-the-scenes production of an upcoming news segment.
Our 2026
Nominees
Kiara Angline
Violet, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Burnsville High School
Minneapolis, MN
Emma Rose Armstrong
Lilli Vanessi/Katharine, Kiss Me, Kate
Harrison School for the Arts
Tampa, FL
Kaydence Arora
Elsa, Disney's Frozen
Summit High School
Nashville, TN
Logan Arroyo
Will Bloom, Big Fish: School Edition
Lincoln-Way East High School
Chicago, IL
Allie Blanchet
Smitty, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Fairfax Academy for Communication and the Arts
Washington, D.C.
Destiny Brown
Celie, The Color Purple
Tri-Cities High School
Atlanta, GA
Xanti Cabrera
Javert, Les Misérables: School Edition
DaVinci Academy of Science and the Arts
Logan, UT
Collin Jones Carlton
Orpheus, Hadestown: Teen Edition
Pulaski Academy
Little Rock, AR
Langston Casey
Seymour, Little Shop of Horrors
Grand Center Arts Academy
St. Louis, MO
Samara Castro
Carrie White, Carrie: The Musical
Casa Grande High School
San Francisco, CA
Isabella Grace Cervera
Sarah Brown, Guys and Dolls
North East School of the Arts
San Antonio, TX
Lillian Clark
Amalia Balash, She Loves Me
Norman North High School
Oklahoma City, OK
Lucien Crane
William Shakespeare, Something Rotten!
Webb School of Knoxville
Knoxville, TN
Nathan Daniels
The Scarecrow, The Wizard of Oz
Leominster High School
Boston, MA
Jersey Jaymes Diehl
Mae Tuck, Tuck Everlasting
Freeport Area High School
Midland, PA
Maggie Belle Dinstuhl
Marlena, Water for Elephants High School Edition
Collierville High School
Memphis, TN
Elizabeth Eldar
Jo March, Little Women
Musical Theatre University
Palm Desert, CA
Gabriel Emery
Nick Bottom, Something Rotten!
Wake Forest High School
Durham, NC
Tony Fritzgerald III
Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Guys and Dolls
Saint Ignatius High School
Cleveland, OH
Harold Garcia
Orpheus, Hadestown: Teen Edition
North Lincoln High School
Charlotte, NC
Micah Giron
Hades, Hadestown: Teen Edition
Carson High School
Las Vegas, NV
Jack Gunter
Freddy Eynsford-Hill, My Fair Lady
Valley Christian High School
San Jose, CA
Peyton Haacke
Horton the Elephant, Seussical
Southeast Polk High School
Des Moines, IA
Addison Haines
Ella, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
Springboro High School
Dayton, OH
Darragh Hallinan
Percy Jackson, The Lightning Thief
Darien High School
New Haven, CT
McKinley Claire Harper
Penelope Pennywise, Urinetown
George Rogers Clark High School
Louisville, KY
Tytus Hayes
Seymour, Little Shop of Horrors
Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts
Chattanooga, TN
Jane Hereth
Esmeralda, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
St. Francis High School
Buffalo, NY
Jonah Higgins
Nick Bottom, Something Rotten!
West Seneca West High School
Buffalo, NY
Hayden Hooper
Jacob, Water For Elephants High School Edition
Collierville High School
Memphis, TN
Scarlett Horoho
Natasha, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
PALCS Center for Performing and Fine Arts
Philadelphia, PA
Emersyn Hunt
Beverley, Come From Away
Professional Performing Arts School
New York, NY
Jake James
Jacob, Water for Elephants High School Edition
Milton High School
Atlanta, GA
Sydney Jordan
Eurydice, Hadestown: Teen Edition
Lincoln High School
Eugene, OR
William Kastner
Cpt. Joseph Riser, The Hello Girls
Kettle Moraine School for Arts and Performance
Madison, WI
Leilani Kellerman
Cathy, The Last Five Years
American Heritage School
West Palm Beach, FL
Amara Kennedy
Deloris Van Cartier, Sister Act
Sheboygan Falls High School
Appleton, WI
Towdah Denis Kiima
Hermes, Hadestown: Teen Edition
Rockwall-Heath High School
Dallas, TX
Kaleomakamaeokealoha Knight
Penelope Pennywise, Urinetown
Windward School
Los Angeles, CA
Emily R. Leonard
Eurydice, Hadestown: Teen Edition
Spring Valley High School
Las Vegas, NV
Téo D. Levy
Corny Collins, Hairspray
San Diego School of Creative & Performing Arts
San Diego, CA
Cooper Lincoln
Jack Kelly, Newsies
North Rock Creek High School
Oklahoma City, OK
Mia Lopez Berkson
Scuttle, Disney's The Little Mermaid
Organ Mountain High School
Albuquerque, NM
William Madsen
Eric, Disney's The Little Mermaid
Timpview High School
Logan, UT
Wrigley Mancha
Cinderella, Into the Woods
Davenport Central High School
Des Moines, IA
Jacob Andrew Marckel
Hades, Hadestown: Teen Edition
PiM Arts High School
Minneapolis, MN
Brooklyn Martin
Annabeth Chase, The Lightning Thief
Mountain Ridge High School
Tempe, AZ
Ricardo Martinez
Jamie, The Last Five Years
Keystone School
San Antonio, TX
Nevan Maselon
Gomez Addams, The Addams Family: School Edition
Cranston High School West
Providence, RI
Paxon Masters
Phantom of the Opera, The Phantom of the Opera
Avonworth High School
Pittsburgh, PA
Lucas Pike McMinemon
Will Bloom, Big Fish: School Edition
Hartselle High School
Huntsville, AL
Max J. Mittler
Jack Kelly, Newsies
Saratoga Springs High School
Schenectady, NY
Alex Morfogen
Nathan Detroit, Guys and Dolls
The King's Academy
West Palm Beach, FL
Addison Nesbitt
Katherine, Freaky Friday
Coronado High School
San Diego, CA
Brayden Nesbitt
Sweeney Todd, Sweeney Todd: School Edition
Chandler High School
Tempe, AZ
Jane Nuich
Eurydice, Hadestown: Teen Edition
Maine South High School
Chicago, IL
Joshua Park
Lieutenant Frank Cioffi, Curtains: School Edition
Cienega High School
Tucson, AZ
John Poncy
J. Pierrepont Finch, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Fairfax Academy for Communication and the Arts
Washington, D.C.
Loren Prisuta
Velma Kelly, Chicago: Teen Edition
Pine-Richland High School
Pittsburgh, PA
Ronember Quintero Galeano
Topher, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
Franklin High School
Nashville, TN
Mollie Reeves
Amalia Balash, She Loves Me
Cardinal Gibbons High School
Durham, NC
Gillian Reynolds
Princess Winnifred, Once Upon A Mattress
Durango High School
Denver, CO
Nevaeh Salinas
Penelope Pennywise, Urinetown
Gretchen Whitney High School
La Mirada, CA
Cady Santo
Mira, The Theory of Relativity
West Warwick High School
Providence, RI
Addison Schulitz
Ocean O'Connell Rosenberg, Ride the Cyclone: Teen Edition
Pittsford Mendon High School
Rochester, NY
Megan Sheehan
Judas Iscariot, Jesus Christ Superstar
Park Hill South High School
Kansas City, MO
Lily Sinnott
Natasha, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
Shenendehowa High School
Schenectady, NY
Jacob A. Solomon
Nick Bottom, Something Rotten!
Hauppauge High School
New York, NY
Kash M. Stevenson
James, James and the Giant Peach
Big Beaver Falls Area High School
Midland, PA
Lillian Tang
Suzanne Prevot, The Hello Girls
Bloomfield Hills High School
East Lansing, MI
Elijah Taylor
Kristoff, Disney's Frozen
Bentonville West High School
Fayetteville, AR
Rowan Thomas
Ren McCormack, Footloose
Martin Luther King High School
Palm Desert, CA
Antonio M. Thompson
Hermes, Hadestown: Teen Edition
Oshkosh North High School
Appleton, WI
Caden Tubbs
Sam, Mamma Mia!
Hood River Valley High School
Eugene, OR
Jayden Vega
Billy Flynn, Chicago: Teen Edition
Howard W. Blake School of the Arts
Tampa, FL
Easton C. Wicks
Edward Bloom, Big Fish: School Edition
Fort Gibson High School
Tulsa, OK
Kolaya Michele Wilmer
Eponine, Les Misérables: School Edition
Fremont High School
Omaha, NE
Nevaeha A. Wilson
Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins
Cleburne High School
Dallas, TX
Legend Young
Olive Ostrovsky, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Willoughby South High School
Cleveland, OH
Zane Zangwill
Pierre, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
PALCS Center for Performing and Fine Arts
Philadelphia, PA
Annie Zimmerman
Princess Fiona, Shrek The Musical
Episcopal Collegiate School
Little Rock, AR