Best Actor/Actress
Only registered high school students and home school students officially part of the participating high school’s production are eligible. The role to be evaluated must be one allowed by the the Jimmy Awards (NHSMTA). Middle school or younger students are not eligible for adjudication regardless of their role. Performers become nominees by earning a top ten score for either Best Actor or Best Actress in the adjudication process. Winners of these awards earn the highest scores respectively from the judges at the live performance. Scores from the adjudicators will only be used to break a tie.
Previous Winners Trey Caperton, Albuquerque Academy, Sir Harry, Once Upon a Mattress (2018)
Previous Winner Joliana Davidson, Cibola High School, Princess Winnifred, Once Upon a Mattress (2018)
Best Production
The production must be one of the Broadway musicals allowed nationally. Schools with the best overall scores will be invited to perform at the Enchantment Awards. The adjudicated high school score determines the winner of this award. The winner will be announced during our awards show.
Previous Winner Rio Rancho High School, All Shook Up (2018)
Best Direction
The director must be a faculty member and/or student of that school. Those schools with the best overall scores will be invited to perform at the Enchantment Awards. The adjudicated high school score determines the winner of this award. The winner will be announced during our awards show.
Previous Winner Mickey Prokopiak, Albuquerque Academy, Once Upon a Mattress (2018)
Best Ensemble/Chorus
The ensemble or chorus must be comprised of registered students and home school students officially part of the participating high school’s production to be eligible. Those schools with the best overall scores will be invited to perform at the Enchantment Awards. The adjudicated high school score determines the winner of this award. The winner will be announced during our awards show.
Previous Winner Los Alamos High School, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2018)
Only registered high school students and home school students officially part of the participating high school’s production are eligible. The role to be evaluated must be one allowed by the the Jimmy Awards (NHSMTA). Middle school or younger students are not eligible for adjudication regardless of their role. Performers become nominees by earning a top ten score for either Best Actor or Best Actress in the adjudication process. Winners of these awards earn the highest scores respectively from the judges at the live performance. Scores from the adjudicators will only be used to break a tie.
Previous Winners Trey Caperton, Albuquerque Academy, Sir Harry, Once Upon a Mattress (2018)
Previous Winner Joliana Davidson, Cibola High School, Princess Winnifred, Once Upon a Mattress (2018)
Best Production
The production must be one of the Broadway musicals allowed nationally. Schools with the best overall scores will be invited to perform at the Enchantment Awards. The adjudicated high school score determines the winner of this award. The winner will be announced during our awards show.
Previous Winner Rio Rancho High School, All Shook Up (2018)
Best Direction
The director must be a faculty member and/or student of that school. Those schools with the best overall scores will be invited to perform at the Enchantment Awards. The adjudicated high school score determines the winner of this award. The winner will be announced during our awards show.
Previous Winner Mickey Prokopiak, Albuquerque Academy, Once Upon a Mattress (2018)
Best Ensemble/Chorus
The ensemble or chorus must be comprised of registered students and home school students officially part of the participating high school’s production to be eligible. Those schools with the best overall scores will be invited to perform at the Enchantment Awards. The adjudicated high school score determines the winner of this award. The winner will be announced during our awards show.
Previous Winner Los Alamos High School, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2018)
Best Supporting Actor/Actress
Only registered high school students and home school students officially part of the participating high school’s production are eligible. Middle school or younger students participating in the production are not eligible for adjudication. Supporting roles eligible for this award, from musicals with both a book and libretto, must meet the following three criteria:
Previous Winner Alesh Million, Volcano Vista High School, Max, The Sound of Music (2018)
Previous Winner Meredith Pankratz, Volcano Vista High School, Liesl, The Sound of Music (2018)
Only registered high school students and home school students officially part of the participating high school’s production are eligible. Middle school or younger students participating in the production are not eligible for adjudication. Supporting roles eligible for this award, from musicals with both a book and libretto, must meet the following three criteria:
- At least one solo verse in a featured song
- Appearances in more than one scene with spoken dialogue with other leading or featured performers
- Clear, significant contributions to either the central or sub-plot(s)
- At least one solo, featured song
- At least one song featuring solo lines in dialogue with other leading or featured performers in the same song
- Clear, significant contributions to either the central or sub-plot(s).
Previous Winner Alesh Million, Volcano Vista High School, Max, The Sound of Music (2018)
Previous Winner Meredith Pankratz, Volcano Vista High School, Liesl, The Sound of Music (2018)
The Spotlight Award
This award recognizes individual or group effort that goes above and beyond: a student who provides all the accompaniment for the show; a stage manager who has the tempo and tenor of the show down to a science; an orchestra or stage crew who are killing it every night; a creative solution to a problem posed in the show that defines genius. Teachers may nominate people or elements of the production for the award; our adjudicators may also make nominations.
Previous Winner Clara Johnson, Albuquerque Academy, Costumes, Once Upon a Mattress (2018)
This award recognizes individual or group effort that goes above and beyond: a student who provides all the accompaniment for the show; a stage manager who has the tempo and tenor of the show down to a science; an orchestra or stage crew who are killing it every night; a creative solution to a problem posed in the show that defines genius. Teachers may nominate people or elements of the production for the award; our adjudicators may also make nominations.
Previous Winner Clara Johnson, Albuquerque Academy, Costumes, Once Upon a Mattress (2018)
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