Damson Chola Jr.
Dallas, TX
The 2024 Jimmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor was presented to Damson Chola Jr. representing Broadway Dallas High School Musical Theatre Awards.
Winners & Nominees
The 2024 Jimmy Awards took place on Monday June 24 at Broadway's Minskoff Theatre hosted by Josh Groban.
Our 2024
Winners
Presented by the Nederlander Organization
Gretchen Shope
East Lansing, MI
The 2024 Jimmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress was presented to Gretchen Shope representing the Sutton Foster Awards.
Finalists
Presented by MJ
SCAD Achievement Scholarship
Fabiola Caraballo Quijada
Presented by Savannah College of Art and Design
Additional award winners
Samara Follette
Rising Star, presented by The John Gore Organization, for impressive advancement during the Jimmy Awards program.
Alana Hogan
Best Dancer, presented by The Shubert Organization, for excellence in dance and movement.
Hayden Poe
Spirit of the Jimmys, presented by Thomas Schumacher, for embodying the spirit of this musical theatre celebration.
Outstanding Performance
In an Ensemble
Co-presented by M·A·C and No Guarantees for outstanding collaboration during the Jimmy Awards program.
Inspiring Teacher Award
The Jimmy Awards congratulates the recipients of the 2024 Inspiring Teacher Award, which is given to teachers who have been nominated by their students and chosen by a selection committee of Broadway League members as recognition of their roles in providing valuable guidance and encouragement for their students who excelled during last year’s Jimmy Awards. Presented in memory of Luigi Caiola, this year’s recipients are Jacqueline McLean, Le Roy Jr. Sr. High School (Rochester, NY) and Paul Fillingim, Ronald Reagan High School (San Antonio, TX).
Jacqueline McLean
Le Roy Jr. Sr. High School (Rochester, NY)
Paul Fillingim
Ronald Reagan High School (San Antonio, TX)
Nicole Scimeca
Broadway In Chicago Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards (Chicago, IL)
Richard “Ricky” Ragazzo
Tommy Tune Awards (Houston, TX)
Student Reporters
The 2024 Jimmy Awards Student Reporter Initiative with support from Broadway News welcomed two student reporters to NYC. Nicole Scimeca from Broadway In Chicago Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards (Chicago, IL) and Richard “Ricky” Ragazzo from the Tommy Tune Awards (Houston, TX) are aspiring journalists who were selected following a nationwide submissions process and covered The Jimmy Awards on social media from The Minskoff Theatre on June 24th, providing fans an inside look at the final preparations for the evening performance. Nicole and Ricky also conducted exclusive interviews with the 2024 Best Actor and Best Actress winners following the awards ceremony. As part of the experience, they were granted a special visit to the WABC studios to observe the behind-the-scenes production of an upcoming news segment.
Our 2024
Nominees
Jack Anderson
Lumiere, Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Waconia High School
Minneapolis, MN
Jazhel Arostegui
Gomez Addams, The Addams Family: School Edition
Christian Heritage School
Chattanooga, TN
Jackson A. Baker
Ren McCormack, Footloose
Nevada High School
Des Moines, IA
Isaiah Baston
Father, Children of Eden
Bay Shore Senior High School
New York, NY
Hailey Brown
Anya, Anastasia
Northpoint Christian School
Memphis, TN
Lucas Brown
Sam, Mamma Mia!
West Boca Raton Community High School
West Palm Beach, FL
Mia Cabrera-Davila
Cady Heron, Mean Girls High School Version
Blue Valley Southwest High School
Kansas City, MO
Fabiola Caraballo Quijada
Nostradamus, Something Rotten!
Tyler Legacy High School
Dallas, TX
Savannah Carrasco
Regina George, Mean Girls High School Version
Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts
Logan, UT
Damson Chola Jr.
Seymour, Little Shop of Horrors
Cleburne High School
Dallas, TX
Gus Cook
Harold Hill, The Music Man
Acton-Boxborough Regional High School
Boston, MA
Daniel Cormie
William Shakespeare, Something Rotten!
South Glens Falls High School
Schenectady, NY
Mackenzie Crawford
Janet Van De Graaff, The Drowsy Chaperone
Sioux City East High School
Des Moines, IA
Emma Cate Davis
Natasha, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts
Orlando, FL
Abby DeGregory
Pamela, Head Over Heels High School Edition
Saratoga Springs High School
Schenectady, NY
Catherine Dosier
Lily Caven, The Secret Garden
Huntington Beach High School Academy for the Performing Arts
La Mirada, CA
Jennifer Duarte Castillo
Matilda, Matilda
Green Bay East High School
Appleton, WI
George Eastman
Anatole, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts
Orlando, FL
Connor Egloff
Baker, Into the Woods
Stivers School for the Arts
Dayton, OH
Alyssa Freeze
Janet Van De Graaff, The Drowsy Chaperone
Coffee County Central High School
Nashville, TN
Ashlee Fucarino
Lucy, Jekyll & Hyde
Wantagh High School
New York, NY
Lainey Gaston
Narrator, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Concord Academy
Charlotte, NC
Allie Gomez
Cady Heron, Mean Girls High School Version
Upper Arlington High School
Columbus, OH
Presley Harrington
The Tin Man, The Wizard of Oz
Mustang High School
Oklahoma City, OK
Connor Hesch
Jean Valjean, Les Misérables: School Edition
Amherst Central High School
Buffalo, NY
Alana Hogan
Lucille Frank, Parade
Pinellas County Center for the Arts at Gibbs High School
Tampa, FL
Emma Hopf
William Barfee, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
North Hills High School
Pittsburgh, PA
Jamias Hughes
Spongebob Squarepants, The SpongeBob Musical
Lockhart High School
Austin, TX
Spencer Kearns
Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Guys and Dolls
San Diego School of Creative & Performing Arts
San Diego, CA
Caleb Kezeor
Quasimodo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Woodland Park High School
Denver, CO
Will Kinsella
Marius, Les Misérables: School Edition
O'Fallon Township High School
St. Louis, MO
Sydney Korpusik
Donna, Mamma Mia!
Centerville High School
Dayton, OH
Cameron Krauss
King Arthur, Monty Python's Spamalot School Edition
Neshaminy High School
Philadelphia, PA
Conor Kruger
Jean Valjean, Les Misérables: School Edition
Enloe High School
Durham, NC
Mauricio Lara
Donkey, Shrek The Musical
John Burroughs High School
Los Angeles, CA
Will Leavitt
Spongebob Squarepants, The SpongeBob Musical
Century High School
Boise, ID
Rylan Lowe
William Shakespeare, Something Rotten!
A.L. Brown High School
Charlotte, NC
Kruz Maldonado
Pippin, Pippin
John M. Harlan
San Antonio, TX
Luke Martin
Jean Valjean, Les Misérables
Bishop Gorman High School
Las Vegas, NV
Victoria Martinez
Penelope Pennywise, Urinetown
McAllen High School
San Antonio, TX
Eliran Masti
Barry, The Prom
Kinder High School for the Visual and Performing Arts
Houston, TX
Venice Ella Mayor
Phoebe D'Ysquith, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Bellarmine College Preparatory
San Jose, CA
Kyle McFalls
Spongebob Squarepants, The SpongeBob Musical
The Akron School for the Arts at Firestone CLC
Cleveland, OH
Bella McKivigan
Velma Kelly, Chicago: Teen Edition
Freeport Area High School
Midland, PA
Ava Moak
Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd: School Edition
Round Rock High School
Austin, TX
Marie Munoz
Eponine, Les Misérables
Bishop Gorman High School
Las Vegas, NV
Jayden Murphy
Jimmy Ray Dobbs, Bright Star
Nashville School of the Arts
Nashville, TN
Logan O'Donnell
Jimmy Ray Dobbs, Bright Star School Edition
Green Canyon High School
Logan, UT
Ivy O'Neal
Peter Pan, Peter Pan
Ringgold High School
Atlanta, GA
Nora Palermo
Witch, Into the Woods
Phoenix Country Day School
Tempe, AZ
Max Antonio Perez
Eddie Souther, Sister Act
Centennial High School
Tempe, AZ
Aden Pettet
Lawrence Jameson, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Collierville High School
Memphis, TN
Hayden Poe
Tevye, Fiddler on the Roof
Dalton High School
Atlanta, GA
Noah Rass
Bert, Mary Poppins
Southern Door High School
Appleton, WI
Jazmin Rhodes
Hope Cladwell, Urinetown
Homewood Flossmoor High School
Chicago, IL
Theo Rickert
Spongebob Squarepants, The SpongeBob Musical
Belleville Township High School West
St. Louis, MO
Mia Rivera
Sarah Brown, Guys and Dolls
San Diego School of Creative & Performing Arts
San Diego, CA
Rachel Rogstad
Ariel, The Little Mermaid
Arrowhead Christian Academy
Palm Desert, CA
Sebastian Rosa
Chip Tolentino, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
West Warwick High School
Providence, RI
Lindsey Ross
Baker's Wife, Into the Woods
Hudson High School
Cleveland, OH
Dylan Saavedra
Joseph, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Manatee School for the Arts
Tampa, FL
Breton Sego
Percy Jackson, The Lightning Thief
Rio Rancho High School
Albuquerque, NM
Sage Sorenson
Percy Talbott, The Spitfire Grill
The Benjamin School
West Palm Beach, FL
George Spiegel
Pippin, Pippin
Maine South High School
Chicago, IL
Christian Strong
Shrek, Shrek The Musical
Pickerington High School North
Columbus, OH
James Thibault
Javert, Les Misérables: School Edition
Conard High School
New Haven, CT
Robbie Troyan
Tiernan, The Pirate Queen
Santa Margarita Catholic High School
La Mirada, CA
Jonah Uffelman
Wade "Cry Baby" Walker, Cry-Baby
Fairfax Academy for Communication and the Arts
Washington, D.C.
Caroline Vollmer
Cady Heron, Mean Girls High School Version
Girard Academic Music Program
Philadelphia, PA
Gracia Wright
Wednesday Addams, The Addams Family: School Edition
Christian Heritage School
Chattanooga, TN
Norah Younger
Countess Lily Malevsky-Malevitch, Anastasia
Oak Ridge High School
Knoxville, TN