A list of elements required by the Jimmy Awards
All materials are due by May 13, 2024. Anything on this page is subject to change.
These can be submitted on a rolling basis beginning May 6. We can advise on all submissions. Check back to see if there are any changes or additions to this list.
We require that the first five elements be submitted by Best Actress/Actor nominees for participation in the 2024 Enchantment Awards. We will ask for those once our Best Actress/Actor nominees have been announced.
Resume
List every and any role, including grade school and children’s theatre. List all training, including single classes. List any skill, no matter how normal it seems to you. Find a sample here.
Headshot
Must be a high-resolution color jpg file (8” x 10” at 300 DPI). To do it at home, have someone else take the picture. Face the light. Rather than smile, relax. Think about something you’re looking forward to, something you can’t wait to do. Take lots of pictures, 20 or more. You can delete the ones you don’t like. Sample (taken with an iPhone, just so you know if can be done)
Bio
No more than 200 words, written in complete sentences in third person format. (Click for a sample.)
Essay
One (1) page, double-spaced essay describing nominee’s experience participating in theatre or in a performance this year. The more specific your essay, the more we will get to to know about you, which is the purpose of this essay. Be proud of who you are and reveal a little of yourself in the essay. You’re among friends.
Three Photos from High School Production
High-resolution color jpg files (8” x 10” at 300 DPI).
These can be submitted on a rolling basis beginning May 6. We can advise on all submissions. Check back to see if there are any changes or additions to this list.
We require that the first five elements be submitted by Best Actress/Actor nominees for participation in the 2024 Enchantment Awards. We will ask for those once our Best Actress/Actor nominees have been announced.
Resume
List every and any role, including grade school and children’s theatre. List all training, including single classes. List any skill, no matter how normal it seems to you. Find a sample here.
Headshot
Must be a high-resolution color jpg file (8” x 10” at 300 DPI). To do it at home, have someone else take the picture. Face the light. Rather than smile, relax. Think about something you’re looking forward to, something you can’t wait to do. Take lots of pictures, 20 or more. You can delete the ones you don’t like. Sample (taken with an iPhone, just so you know if can be done)
Bio
No more than 200 words, written in complete sentences in third person format. (Click for a sample.)
Essay
One (1) page, double-spaced essay describing nominee’s experience participating in theatre or in a performance this year. The more specific your essay, the more we will get to to know about you, which is the purpose of this essay. Be proud of who you are and reveal a little of yourself in the essay. You’re among friends.
Three Photos from High School Production
High-resolution color jpg files (8” x 10” at 300 DPI).
Topic Response Video
A on-camera response to several questions posed by the Jimmy Awards staff and answered as candidly as possible by the nominees. This is similar to the characters in A Chorus Line responding to the director’s questions.
Nominated Role Audition Video
Song selection from Enchantment Award-winning role. Could be the selection used in our character medley. We will work with the nominee on this song to improve its performance even more. We will coach between May 6 and May 12.
Solo Audition Video
Song not from nominee’s role. Most commonly, the solo nominee sang in the Enchantment Awards. We will work with the nominee on this song to improve its performance even more. We will coach between May 6 and May 12.
Monologue Video
A monologue from the show, dialogue from the show fashioned into a monologue, or song lyrics read as a monologue. (The last is usually the hardest to do.) We will work with the nominee on the monologue, including any editing, to help make it the best performance it can be. Roughly 60 seconds in length. We will coach between May 6 and May 12.
Dance Video
A video of the nominee performing a routine sent to all nominees by the Jimmy Awards. We can coach between May 6 and May 12.
Nominee Information Form
General information about the nominee.
Participation Forms
Registration, parental permission, insurance forms.
Wardrobe Information
Sizes, pictures of dressy blacks, etc.
Music Submission Form
Nominee names four songs they could sing as solos in the Jimmy Awards, including the keys for each song. The solo selection explained above is one of the four songs.
A on-camera response to several questions posed by the Jimmy Awards staff and answered as candidly as possible by the nominees. This is similar to the characters in A Chorus Line responding to the director’s questions.
Nominated Role Audition Video
Song selection from Enchantment Award-winning role. Could be the selection used in our character medley. We will work with the nominee on this song to improve its performance even more. We will coach between May 6 and May 12.
Solo Audition Video
Song not from nominee’s role. Most commonly, the solo nominee sang in the Enchantment Awards. We will work with the nominee on this song to improve its performance even more. We will coach between May 6 and May 12.
Monologue Video
A monologue from the show, dialogue from the show fashioned into a monologue, or song lyrics read as a monologue. (The last is usually the hardest to do.) We will work with the nominee on the monologue, including any editing, to help make it the best performance it can be. Roughly 60 seconds in length. We will coach between May 6 and May 12.
Dance Video
A video of the nominee performing a routine sent to all nominees by the Jimmy Awards. We can coach between May 6 and May 12.
Nominee Information Form
General information about the nominee.
Participation Forms
Registration, parental permission, insurance forms.
Wardrobe Information
Sizes, pictures of dressy blacks, etc.
Music Submission Form
Nominee names four songs they could sing as solos in the Jimmy Awards, including the keys for each song. The solo selection explained above is one of the four songs.
Resume Sample
| jimmy_awards_resume_example.pdf |
Headshot sample
Breton Sego, 2022 Jimmy Awards nominee
| img_0009.jpg |
Bio Sample
Nori Little, 2022 Jimmy Awards nominee
| little_nori_bio.pdf |