KPA Bradley Awards 2027 Unveils Participating Schools

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Two regional winners will advance to The Jimmy Awards in New York City for coaching and a national Broadway ceremony.

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Kentucky Performing Arts has revealed the Kentucky and Southern Indiana High Schools participating in the 2027 KPA Bradley Awards. The program includes Fall and Spring productions at 32 schools across 22 counties. This program is an official participant in The National High School Musical Theatre Awards (NHSMTA), known also as The Jimmy Awards.

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While KPA's Governor's School for the Arts program celebrates young artists at a state level, KPA Bradley Awards launches our talented youth from both Kentucky and Southern Indiana to the national stage while simultaneously building community amongst our region's high school theatre programs.

KPA Bradley Awards partners with high schools across Kentucky and Southern Indiana to evaluate a musical production at each participating school, culminating in an awards ceremony modeled after the Tony Awards. Awards will be in various categories, of which students, educators, and ensembles are eligible. During the awards ceremony, held in The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts' largest theater, Whitney Hall, in Louisville, KY, two students will be selected to represent our region at The Jimmy Awards in New York City, which includes an all-expenses paid 10 days of individual coaching, master classes and rehearsals with theatre professionals, culminating in a national awards ceremony in a Broadway theater.

Adair County High School — Columbia, KY; Adair County Apollo High School — Owensboro, KY; Daviess County Assumption High School — Louisville, KY; Jefferson County Ballard High School — Louisville, KY; Jefferson County Bath County High School — Owingsville, KY; Bath County Beechwood High School — Ft. Mitchell, KY; Kenton County Boyle County High School — Danville, KY; Boyle County Bracken County High School — Brooksville, KY; Bracken County Bryan Station High School — Lexington, KY; Fayette County East Jessamine High School — Nicholasville, KY; Jessamine County Eastern High School — Pekin, IN; Washington County Franklin County High School — Frankfort, KY; Franklin County George Rogers Clark High School — Winchester, KY; Clark County Greenwood High School — Bowling Green, KY; Warren County Jeffersonville High School — Jeffersonville, IN; Clark County Lafayette High School — Lexington, KY; Fayette County Louisville Collegiate School — Louisville, KY; Jefferson County Marshall County High School — Benton, KY; Marshall County McCracken County High School — Paducah, KY; McCracken County Mercer County Senior High School — Harrodsburg, KY; Mercer County Mercy Academy — Louisville, KY; Jefferson County New Albany Floyd County Schools — New Albany, IN; Floyd County North Hardin Classical Christian School — Radcliff, KY; Hardin County North Oldham High School — Goshen, KY; Oldham County Providence High School — Clarksville, IN; Clark County Rowan County Senior High School — Morehead, KY; Rowan County Sacred Heart Academy — Louisville, KY; Jefferson County Silver Creek High School — Sellersburg, IN; Clark County West Jessamine High School — Nicholasville, KY; Jessamine County Western Hills High School — Frankfort, KY; Franklin County Woodford County High School — Versailles, KY; Woodford County Youth Performing Arts School — Louisville, KY; Jefferson County

The participating schools will have a team of three adjudicators view their musical. Schools and students can be nominated in numerous categories, including:

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