An awards program once a year, an education program every day
We recognize individual artistry in performance, honor teachers and schools’ commitment to theatre education, and celebrate accomplishments of drama students and teachers from all over the State of New Mexico.
The Enchantment Awards: Friday, May 2, 2025, 7:30pm in Popejoy Hall
Come to the 2025 Enchantment Awards where as many as 150 students perform on stage in Popejoy Hall. We select the top 20 high school students in New Mexico from all who are nominated to our program. Our professional staff coaches them for a week in solo and group performance. At the end of the week, one will be chosen as Best Actress, another as Best Actor.
We also bring Best Supporting Actress and Actor nominees and invite up to two students from every registered school to participate in our Directors Choice Chorus, offering coaching and workshops for these students, too. Five high schools perform a number from their nominated show. All together, these students put on a heck of a show!
Our Best Actor and Best Actress go on to the Jimmy Awards in New York City, where they work with Broadway professionals and perform with dozens of their peers from across the country. It’s an electric night in the theatre!
Buy your tickets now!
The Enchantment Awards: Friday, May 2, 2025, 7:30pm in Popejoy Hall
Come to the 2025 Enchantment Awards where as many as 150 students perform on stage in Popejoy Hall. We select the top 20 high school students in New Mexico from all who are nominated to our program. Our professional staff coaches them for a week in solo and group performance. At the end of the week, one will be chosen as Best Actress, another as Best Actor.
We also bring Best Supporting Actress and Actor nominees and invite up to two students from every registered school to participate in our Directors Choice Chorus, offering coaching and workshops for these students, too. Five high schools perform a number from their nominated show. All together, these students put on a heck of a show!
Our Best Actor and Best Actress go on to the Jimmy Awards in New York City, where they work with Broadway professionals and perform with dozens of their peers from across the country. It’s an electric night in the theatre!
Buy your tickets now!
The biggest, brightest celebration of high school theater in New Mexico
We announce our nominees on April 17. Watch the video to find out how you can see that announcement.
They can’t do it alone!
These students are incredible, but they can’t do it without your support. Your donation to our program helps with their adjudications, their coaching, their rehearsals. It allows our able and knowledgeable crew to bring out their very best talents. Please make a contribution today!
You can also contribute to the Enchantment Awards Endowment Fund, established by Ken Milder.
Friday, May 3, 2024, Popejoy Hall
Photo by Hank Henley
Proud member of the Albuquerque Theatre Guild. Click on the image below to find us in the latest edition of their publication.
New Mexico High School Musical Theatre Awards does not, by policy or practice, discriminate against a person or group on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, marital or military status, or based on any individual’s status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
New Mexico High School Musical Theatre Awards, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, EIN 81-5441467.
New Mexico High School Musical Theatre Awards, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, EIN 81-5441467.
