The Broadway League Foundation has announced the 102 nominees for the 15th annual Jimmy Awards ceremony. They will compete for Best Performance by an Actor and Actress and other prestigious awards and scholarships in New York City.
The ceremony will be hosted by renowned singer-songwriter and Tony and Grammy Award nominee Josh Groban. It will take place at the Minskoff Theatre on Monday, June 24.
The nominees for Best Actor are Breton Sego, Noah Rass, Hayden Poe, Jamias Hughes, Will Leavitt, Gus Cook, Connor Hesch, Rylan Lowe, Jazhel Arostegui, George Spiegel, Kyle McFalls, Christian Strong, Damson Chola Jr., Connor Egloff, Caleb Kezeor, Jackson A. Baker, Conor Kruger, Braeden Davis, Elrian Masti, Peter Dessert, Max Mishler, Robbie Troyan, Luke Martin, Logan O'Donnell, Mauricio Lara, Nolan Travis, Aden Pettet, Anderson Franco, Jack Anderson, Jayden Murphy, James Thibault, Isaiah Baston, Presley Harrington, Derek Penner, George Eastman, Ben Van Dijk, Cameron Krauss, Kai Sachon, Sebastian Rosa, Ian Royse, Kruz Maldonado, Spencer Kearns, Mitchell Henderson, Daniel Cormie, Will Kinsella, Dylan Saavedra, Max Antonio Perez, Lance Jacobson, Dawson Fullingim, Jonah Uffelman and Lucas Brown.
Nominees for Best Actress are Nori Kai Little, Jennifer Duarte Castillo, Ivy O'Neal, Ava Moak, Elliana Mckean, Greta Cardoza, Tori Gill, Lainey Gaston, Gracia Wright, Jazmin Rhodes, Lindsey Ross, Allie Gomez, Fabiola Caraballo Quijada, Sydney Korpusik, Gabi Karl, Mackenzie Crawford, Alex Fluker, Gretchen Shope, Alyssa Dorsey, Mia Cabrera-Davila, Norah Younger, Catherine Dosier, Marie Munoz, Savannah Carrasco, Marley Sol, Ava Grenberg, Hailey Brown, Bella McKivigan, Lillian Hochman, Alyssa Freeze, Kate Morton, Ashlee Fucarino, Leah Hughes, Samara Follette, Emma Cate Davis, Rachel Rogstad, Caroline Vollmer, Emma Hopf, Abby Tuchon, Katiclaire Dobbins, Victoria Martinez, Mia Rivera, Venice Ella Mayor, Abby DeGregory, Theo Rickert, Alana Hogan, Nora Palermo, Samia Posadas, Sophie Rose, Meera Ayyar and Sage Sorenson.
Each nominee was one of two winners at 51 regional awards programs hosted by a performing arts center. Each program pays for the two recipients' airfare to New York City, where they will spend ten days receiving intensive theater training. The week's events culminate in the Jimmy Awards ceremony.
Furthermore, the Inspiring Teacher Award winners have also been announced.
These instructors, who their students nominated, are recognized for supporting and helping children on their journey to the Jimmys. The 2024 recipients are Jacqueline McLean of Le Roy Jr. Sr. High School in Rochester, New York, and Paul Fillingim from Ronald Reagan High School in San Antonio, Texas.
The late Luigi Caiola, a producer who won a Tony medal and died in November 2023 at 64, is honored with this award.
With support from Broadway News, the Jimmy Awards Student Reporter Initiative will feature live social media coverage from two aspiring journalists from regional awards programs.
This year's reporters are Richard "Ricky" Ragazzo from the Tommy Tune Awards in Houston, Texas, and Nicole Scimeca from Broadway in Chicago, Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards.
Director Van Kaplan, choreographer Kiesha Lalama, feature group director/choreographer Luis Salgado, and music supervisor Geoffrey Ko complete the creative team of the Jimmy Awards.
The 2024 Jimmy Awards will be broadcast live online for free on the Jimmy Awards' Facebook and YouTube channels at 7:30 pm.
