The Jerry Herman Awards

BEST SCENIC DESIGN

• Charter Oak High School - Holiday Inn
• Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy - Sweeney Todd
• Marlborough School - Urinetown
• Notre Dame High School - Oklahoma!
• Oaks Christian School - Guys and Dolls
• Village Christian School - Crazy For You

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN

• Da Vinci Schools - Into the Woods
• El Camino Real High School - Hadestown
• Notre Dame High School - Oklahoma!
• Oaks Christian School - Guys and Dolls
• Oakwood School - Alice By Heart
• St. Francis High School - West Side Story

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Calabasas High School - Seussical
• Marlborough School - Urinetown
• Oak Park High School - Disney's The Little Mermaid
• Oaks Christian School - Guys and Dolls
• Saint Joseph - The Wizard of Oz
• Santa Monica High School - Hello Dolly

BEST ORCHESTRA

• Calabasas High School - Seussical
• El Camino Real High School - Hadestown
• LACHSA - Sound of Music
• Oak Park High School - Disney's The Little Mermaid
• Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual & Performing Arts - Into the Woods
• Santa Monica High School - Hello Dolly

BEST TECHNICAL CREW

• Chadwick School - Pippin
• Marlborough School - Urinetown
• Palos Verdes High School - Into the Woods
• Saugus High School - Frozen
• Village Christian School - Crazy For You
• West Side Story - St. Francis High School 

BEST ENSEMBLE OR CHORUS

• Calabasas High School - Seussical
• John Burroughs High School - All Shook Up
• Marlborough School - Urinetown
• Palos Verdes High School - Into the Woods
• Redondo Union High - Urinetown
• Saugus High School - Frozen

BEST MUSICAL STAGING OR CHOREOGRAPHY

• Charter Oak High School - Holiday Inn
• Diamond Bar High School - Six
• El Segundo High School - Legally Blonde: The Musical
• John Burroughs High School - All Shook Up
• Notre Dame High School - Oklahoma!
• St. Francis High School - West Side Story

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTION

• Chaminade - The Music Man
• Culver City High School - Hadestown
• Harvard-Westlake School - Mean Girls
• John Burroughs High School - All Shook Up
• Milken Community School - Mean Girls
• Saugus High School - Frozen

BEST PRODUCTION

• Calabasas High School - Seussical
• John Burroughs - All Shook Up
• Marlborough School - Urinetown
• Notre Dame High School - Oklahoma!
• Saugus High School - Frozen
• St. Francis High School - West Side Story

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Canyon High School | Sweeney Todd | Brandon Davenport as Anthony 
• Chadwick School | Pippin | Matthew Guo as Charles
• Culver City High School | Hadestown: Teen Edition | Emerson Jurentkuff as Hermes
• John Burroughs High School | All Shook Up | Jasper Jemison as Dennis
• Notre Dame High School | Oklahoma! | Ryan Bohmholdt as Curly
• Wildwood School | Spring Awakening | Jake R. as Mortiz

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Culver City High School | Hadestown: Teen Edition | Catherine Laborde as Eurydice
• El Segundo High School | Legally Blonde: The Musical | Annabelle Varghese as Paulette 
• Glendora High School | Mamma Mia | Lillian Passarini as Rosie
• HArts Academy | Bring it On | Haelo Noel Kennedy as Danielle
• Palos Verdes High School | Into the Woods | Samantha Pressey as the Witch
• Redondo Union High School | Urinetown | Allison Lee as Hope Cladwell

“NO SMALL PARTS” AWARD

• ArTES Magnet | Alice By Heart | Diego Escanuelas as Dr. Butridge
• Calabasas High School | Seussical | Dolly O'Connell as Sour Kangaroo
• Harvard-Westlake School | Mean Girls: HS Edition | Jack Smith as Kevin G
• New Roads School | Into the Woods | Kyleigh Butler as Granny
• Palos Verdes High School | Into the Woods | Micah Presser as Milky White
• Saint Joseph HIgh School | The Wizard of Oz | Rheanna Agnes as Wizard

BEST ACTRESS

• Eisley Aust as Polly Baker | Village Christian School
• Elle Blount as Cinderella  | Louisville High School
• Jazlin Briseño as Mrs. Lovett | Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy
• Celeste Carrillo as Asaka | West Covina High School 
• AJ Fierro as Elsa | Saugus High School 
• Emma Giovannone as Sweeney Todd |  Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy
• Jane Hasty as Maria | Los Angeles County High School for the Arts
• Kaleomakamaeokealoha Knight as  Penelope Pennywise | Windward School
• Ava Maloney as Maria | Grace School 
• Ava Melendez-Sims as Sarah Brown | Oaks Christian 
• Emily OckoMichalak as Bobby Strong | Marlborough School 
• Opal Rierson as Alice | Oakwood School 
• Diane Riser as Johanna |  Canyon High School
• Claire Sather as Cinderella |  Immaculate Heart High School
• Bea Sommer as The Witch |  Immaculate Heart High School
• Sylvie Spivak as Hope |  Marlborough School
• Sean Taylor as Gertrude McFuzz | Calabasas High School
• Clementine Toronto as Natalie Haller |  John Burroughs High School
• Melanie Wright as Hermes |  El Camino Real Charter High School

BEST ACTOR

• Dylan Baer as Horton the Elephant  |  Calabasas High School
• Brayan Baker as The Baker |  Palos Verdes High School
• Evan Baker as Chad |  John Burroughs High School
• Jacob Carlin as Jack |  New Roads School 
• Reid Chariton as Damien | Milken Community High School
• Oscar Connell as Bert |  University High School Charter
• Michael Ehlers as  |  El Segundo High School 
• Sebastian Felber as The Baker  |  Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts
• Daniel Gutierrez as The Baker |  Da Vinci Communications
• Colin Ho as Damien |  Harvard-Westlake School
• Josh Ighodaro as  Sweeney Todd |  Canyon High School
• Amiel Francis as Randall |  HArts Academy
• Kai Maldonado as Scarecrow |  Saint Joseph High School
• Andrew Mosby as Kristoff  |  Saugus High School
• Ansh Narsingh as Captain Von Trapp |  Los Angeles County High School for the Arts
• Jameson Pratt as Harold Hill  |  Chaminade College Preparatory
• Lleyton Simmons as  Bobby Child | Village Christian School
• Benny Spangler as Bobby Strong  |  Redondo Union High school
• Ryan Vermette as Orpheus |  Culver City High School
• Jackson Wright as Tony |  St. Francis High School

Each year, Broadway in Hollywood hosts the Jerry Herman High School Musical Theatre Awards with one goal: to constructively support local high school performing arts programs. Both public and private high schools from all over Los Angeles County submit productions for consideration across twelve performance and technical categories:

• Scenic Design
• Lighting Design
• Costume Design
• Orchestra
• Ensemble/Chorus
• Musical Staging/Choreography
• Musical Direction
• Technical Crew
• Supporting Actor
• Supporting Actress
• "No Small Parts"
• Best Production

The Hollywood Pantages sends volunteer adjudicators to all of the performances. In the spring, a team at the Pantages, determine the nominees using the adjudicators’ notes and a digital recording of the production. 

To compete for the best actor and best actress categories, each participating school sends one male and one female lead to audition in front of a panel of industry judges. For two days leading up the award show, the best actor and actress nominees are narrowed down to three male and three female finalists. The six finalists perform a solo number on the night of the awards, with a trip to New York to participate in the National High School Musical Theatre Awards (The Jimmys) awarded to the final male and female contestants.

Participation Applications for the 2026 Jerry Herman Awards are now CLOSED. If you're interested in be placed on our waitlist for the next season, please reach out to JHAWARDS@NEDERLANDER.COM.  

Adjudicator Applications are now CLOSED! If you're interested in being on the list for next season, please reach out to Jhawards@nederlander.com.

CLICK HERE to view the qualifying roles for Best Actor and Best Actress nominations. 

CLICK HERE for information about the National High School Musical Theatre Awards (AKA: "The Jimmy Awards")

CLICK HERE to view the Jerry Herman Awards 2025 Program.