Kristy Kosko & Peter Smeallie to Receive 2026 Jimmy Awards Inspiring Teacher Award

Kristy Kosko of Greece Arcadia High School (Stars of Tomorrow, Rochester, NY) and Peter Smeallie of Albert Einstein High School (Brandon Victor Dixon Awards, Washington, D.C.) will be bestowed with the Inspiring Teacher Award, presented by MJ. The honorees were nominated for this recognition last spring by 2025 Jimmy Awards nominees and subsequently selected by a committee of Broadway League members.

_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Interview-Meet-the-2026-Jimmy-Awards-Inspiring-Teachers-Kristy-Kosko-Peter-Smeallie-20260622)._