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
Our most public program is the Enchantment Awards where as many as 150 students to perform on stage in Popejoy Hall. In this program, 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. We also bring Best Supporting Actress and Actor nominees invite two students from every registered school to participate in our Directors Choice Chorus, offering coaching and workshops for these students, too. And, they put on a heck of a show!
We choose a Best Actor and Best Actress during our awards show, sending them 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.
All our work with students is grounded in storytelling skills and honest character portrayals. All students who participate in the Enchantment Awards gain so much in their time with us that they return to their programs with greater skills, seeding those drama programs with better performers.
Teachers: learn more about our program, click here.
The Enchantment Awards
Our most public program is the Enchantment Awards where as many as 150 students to perform on stage in Popejoy Hall. In this program, 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. We also bring Best Supporting Actress and Actor nominees invite two students from every registered school to participate in our Directors Choice Chorus, offering coaching and workshops for these students, too. And, they put on a heck of a show!
We choose a Best Actor and Best Actress during our awards show, sending them 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.
All our work with students is grounded in storytelling skills and honest character portrayals. All students who participate in the Enchantment Awards gain so much in their time with us that they return to their programs with greater skills, seeding those drama programs with better performers.
Teachers: learn more about our program, click here.
The biggest, brightest celebration of high school theater in New Mexico
The best performers from high schools across New Mexico come together to celebrate celebrate the artistry and accomplishments of drama students and teachers. As many as 150 students will perform on stage in a night of music and drama as 20 students compete to be named either Best Actor or Best Actress. We send those two students to New York, where they work with Broadway professionals and perform with dozens of their peers from across the country in the Jimmy Awards! All in all, the Enchantment Awards is an outstanding show!
Save the Date for the 2024 Enchantment Awards: Sunday, May 5, 2024
Save the Date for the 2024 Enchantment Awards: Sunday, May 5, 2024
Sunday, May 5, 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.