116 Nominees Announced for 17th Annual Jimmy Awards

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Bowen Yang will host the ceremony taking place on Monday, June 22, 2026, at the Minskoff Theatre on Broadway.

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The Broadway League Foundation has revealed the 116 nominees who will be traveling to New York City to participate in the 17th annual Jimmy Awards ceremony and compete for top honors and numerous other scholarships. Five-time Emmy Award-nominated comedian, actor, writer, and podcast host Bowen Yang will host the ceremony taking place on Monday, June 22, 2026, at the Minskoff Theatre on Broadway.

The Jimmy Awards is the national talent showcase celebrating high school musical theatre students from across the country and featuring dynamic ensemble and solo performances. Each participating Regional Awards Program awards top honors to two local student performers and sponsors their travel to New York to participate in the Jimmy Awards on June 22. At the Jimmy Awards ceremony, a panel of judges will bestow awards and scholarships, including the awards for Best Performance by an Actor and Best Performance by an Actress.

The Jimmy Awards congratulates the recipients of the 2026 INSPIRING TEACHER AWARD, presented by MJ, which honors 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. This year’s recipients are Kristy Kosko, Greece Arcadia High School (Stars of Tomorrow, Rochester, NY) and Peter Smeallie, Albert Einstein High School ( Brandon Victor Dixon Awards, Washington, D.C.).

Abby Harrell — Hildy, On the Town Douglas Anderson School of the Arts (Orlando, FL)

Josef Wright — Ozzie, On the Town Douglas Anderson School of the Arts (Orlando, FL)

Alec Avila — Man in Chair, The Drowsy Chaperone Miami Arts Studio @ Zelda Glazer (Miami, FL)

Olivia Serrano — Rosalind, As You Like It New World School of the Arts (Miami, FL)

Brooklyn Martin — Annabeth Chase, The Lightning Thief Mountain Ridge High School (Tempe, AZ)

Brayden Nesbitt — Sweeney Todd, Sweeney Todd: School Edition Chandler High School (Tempe, AZ)

Harold Garcia — Orpheus, Hadestown: Teen Edition North Lincoln High School (Charlotte, NC)

Anna Jernigan — Ariel Moore, Footloose Carmel Christian School (Charlotte, NC)

Megan Sheehan — Judas Iscariot, Jesus Christ Superstar Park Hill South High School (Kansas City, MO)

Charlotte Sweet — Katherine Plumber, Newsies Platte County High School (Kansas City, MO)

Grayson Allensworth — Edward Bloom, Big Fish Denver School of the Arts (Denver, CO)

Gillian Reynolds — Princess Winnifred, Once Upon A Mattress Durango High School (Denver, CO)

Allie Blanchet — Smitty, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Fairfax Academy for Communication and the Arts (Washington, D.C.)

John Poncy — J. Pierrepont Finch, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Fairfax Academy for Communication and the Arts (Washington, D.C.)

Collin Jones Carlton — Orpheus, Hadestown: Teen Edition Pulaski Academy (Little Rock, AR)

Annie Zimmerman — Princess Fiona, Shrek The Musical Episcopal Collegiate School (Little Rock, AR)

Towdah Denis Kiima — Hermes, Hadestown: Teen Edition Rockwall-Heath High School (Dallas, TX)

Nevaeha A. Wilson — Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Cleburne High School (Dallas, TX)

Logan Arroyo — Will Bloom, Big Fish: School Edition Lincoln-Way East High School (Chicago, IL)

Jane Nuich — Eurydice, Hadestown: Teen Edition Maine South High School (Chicago, IL)

Téo D. Levy — Corny Collins, Hairspray San Diego School of Creative & Performing Arts (San Diego, CA)

Addison Nesbitt — Katherine, Freaky Friday Coronado High School (San Diego, CA)

Emma Rose Armstrong — Lilli Vanessi/Katharine, Kiss Me, Kate Harrison School for the Arts (Tampa, FL)

Jayden Vega — Billy Flynn, Chicago: Teen Edition Howard W. Blake School of the Arts (Tampa, FL)

Zeke Moses — Bobby Strong, Urinetown Bexley High School (Columbus, OH)

Amaya Washington — Leading Player, Pippin Reynoldsburg High School (Columbus, OH)

Amara Kennedy — Deloris Van Cartier, Sister Act Sheboygan Falls High School (Appleton, WI)

Antonio M. Thompson — Hermes, Hadestown: Teen Edition Oshkosh North High School (Appleton, WI)

Gigi Lauren Jenkins — Sophie, Mamma Mia! Jenks High School (Tulsa, OK)

Easton C. Wicks — Edward Bloom, Big Fish: School Edition Fort Gibson High School (Tulsa, OK)

Gabriel Emery — Nick Bottom, Something Rotten! Wake Forest High School (Durham, NC)

Mollie Reeves — Amalia Balash, She Loves Me Cardinal Gibbons High School (Durham, NC)

Zachary V. Brown — Bobby Strong, Urinetown Albuquerque Academy (Albuquerque, NM)

Mia Lopez Berkson — Scuttle, Disney's The Little Mermaid Organ Mountain High School (Albuquerque, NM)

Paxon Masters — Phantom of the Opera, The Phantom of the Opera Avonworth High School (Pittsburgh, PA)

Loren Prisuta — Velma Kelly, Chicago: Teen Edition Pine-Richland High School (Pittsburgh, PA)

Destiny Brown — Celie, The Color Purple Tri-Cities High School (Atlanta, GA)

Jake James — Jacob, Water for Elephants High School Edition Milton High School (Atlanta, GA)

Isaiah Barafwala — Jack Kelly, Newsies Rouse High School (Austin, TX)

London Mays — Alice, Alice By Heart Weiss High School (Austin, TX)

Jersey Jaymes Diehl — Mae Tuck, Tuck Everlasting Freeport Area High School (Midland, PA)

Kash M. Stevenson — James, James and the Giant Peach Big Beaver Falls Area High School (Midland, PA)

Max J. Mittler — Jack Kelly, Newsies Saratoga Springs High School (Schenectady, NY)

Lily Sinnott — Natasha, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 Shenendehowa High School (Schenectady, NY)

Sydney Jordan — Eurydice, Hadestown: Teen Edition Lincoln High School (Eugene, OR)

Caden Tubbs — Sam, Mamma Mia! Hood River Valley High School (Eugene, OR)

Peyton Haacke — Horton the Elephant, Seussical Southeast Polk High School (Des Moines, IA)

Wrigley Mancha — Cinderella, Into the Woods Davenport Central High School (Des Moines, IA)

Kaleomakamaeokealoha Knight — Penelope Pennywise, Urinetown Windward School (Los Angeles, CA)

Jackson Wright — Tony, West Side Story St. Francis High School (Los Angeles, CA)

Ava Greenberg — Eurydice, Hadestown: Teen Edition Middleton High School (Madison, WI)

William Kastner — Cpt. Joseph Riser, The Hello Girls Kettle Moraine School for Arts and Performance (Madison, WI)

Tytus Hayes — Seymour, Little Shop of Horrors Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts (Chattanooga, TN)

RC Moore — Anya, Anastasia Chattanooga Christian School (Chattanooga, TN)

Lillian Clark — Amalia Balash, She Loves Me Norman North High School (Oklahoma City, OK)

Cooper Lincoln — Jack Kelly, Newsies North Rock Creek High School (Oklahoma City, OK)

Langston Casey — Seymour, Little Shop of Horrors Grand Center Arts Academy (St. Louis, MO)

Julia Gerling — Ariel, Disney's The Little Mermaid Union High School (St. Louis, MO)

McKinley Claire Harper — Penelope Pennywise, Urinetown George Rogers Clark High School (Louisville, KY)

Jack Nelson — Curly, Oklahoma! McCracken County High School (Louisville, KY)

Leilani Kellerman — Cathy, The Last Five Years American Heritage School (West Palm Beach, FL)

Alex Morfogen — Nathan Detroit, Guys and Dolls The King's Academy (West Palm Beach, FL)

Elizabeth Eldar — Jo March, Little Women Musical Theatre University (Palm Desert, CA)

Rowan Thomas — Ren McCormack, Footloose Martin Luther King High School (Palm Desert, CA)

Isabella Grace Cervera — Sarah Brown, Guys and Dolls North East School of the Arts (San Antonio, TX)

Ricardo Martinez — Jamie, The Last Five Years Keystone School (San Antonio, TX)

Lucien Crane — William Shakespeare, Something Rotten! Webb School of Knoxville (Knoxville, TN)

Abigail Cutler — Witch, Into the Woods Swain County High School (Knoxville, TN)

Nathan Daniels — The Scarecrow, The Wizard of Oz Leominster High School (Boston, MA)

Carolina Sanchez — Eva Perón, Evita Lawrence High School (Boston, MA)

Griffin Greear — Curly, Oklahoma! Oakwood High School (Dayton, OH)

Addison Haines — Ella, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella Springboro High School (Dayton, OH)

Joshua Park — Lieutenant Frank Cioffi, Curtains: School Edition Cienega High School (Tucson, AZ)

Samia Posadas — Alice Murphy, Bright Star Salpointe Catholic High School (Tucson, AZ)

Carter James Pflug — Robert, The Drowsy Chaperone Westside High School (Omaha, NE)

Kolaya Michele Wilmer — Eponine, Les Misérables: School Edition Fremont High School (Omaha, NE)

Micah Giron — Hades, Hadestown: Teen Edition Carson High School (Las Vegas, NV)

Emily R. Leonard — Eurydice, Hadestown: Teen Edition Spring Valley High School (Las Vegas, NV)

Nevan Maselon — Gomez Addams, The Addams Family: School Edition Cranston High School West (Providence, RI)

Cady Santo — Mira, The Theory of Relativity West Warwick High School (Providence, RI)

Maggie Belle Dinstuhl — Marlena, Water for Elephants High School Edition Collierville High School (Memphis, TN)

Hayden Hooper — Jacob, Water For Elephants High School Edition Collierville High School (Memphis, TN)

Dru Brower — Grace, Between the Lines Highland High School (Boise, ID)

Benjamin Strock — Sonny, Xanadu Thunder Ridge High School (Boise, ID)

Scarlett Horoho — Natasha, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 PALCS Center for Performing and Fine Arts (Philadelphia, PA)

Zane Zangwill — Pierre, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 PALCS Center for Performing and Fine Arts (Philadelphia, PA)

Tony Fritzgerald III — Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Guys and Dolls Saint Ignatius High School (Cleveland, OH)

Legend Young — Olive Ostrovsky, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Willoughby South High School (Cleveland, OH)

Jack Gunter — Freddy Eynsford-Hill, My Fair Lady Valley Christian High School (San Jose, CA)

Mia Salas — Eurydice, Hadestown: Teen Edition Highland High School (San Jose, CA)

Emersyn Hunt — Beverley, Come From Away Professional Performing Arts School (New York, NY)

Jacob A. Solomon — Nick Bottom, Something Rotten! Hauppauge High School (New York, NY)

Andrew Briseño — Gleb Vaganov, Anastasia Heritage High School (San Francisco, CA)

Samara Castro — Carrie White, Carrie: The Musical Casa Grande High School (San Francisco, CA)

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)

Kaydence Arora — Elsa, Disney's Frozen Summit High School (Nashville, TN)

Ronember Quintero Galeano — Topher, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella Franklin High School (Nashville, TN)

Kiara Angline — Violet, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Burnsville High School (Minneapolis, MN)

Jacob Andrew Marckel — Hades, Hadestown: Teen Edition PiM Arts High School (Minneapolis, MN)

Isaiah Medina — Ren McCormack, Footloose Tesoro High School (La Mirada, CA)

Nevaeh Salinas — Penelope Pennywise, Urinetown Gretchen Whitney High School (La Mirada, CA)

Gus Crawford — Dmitry, Anastasia Batavia High School (Rochester, NY)

Addison Schulitz — Ocean O'Connell Rosenberg, Ride the Cyclone: Teen Edition Pittsford Mendon High School (Rochester, NY)

Delia Canarie — Reno Sweeney, Anything Goes Conard High School (New Haven, CT)

Darragh Hallinan — Percy Jackson, The Lightning Thief Darien High School (New Haven, CT)

AJ Denomme — Carl Hanratty, Catch Me If You C

_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Nominees-Revealed-for-the-17th-Annual-Jimmy-Awards-20260611)._