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Nominees for the 2025 Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards Announced!

Broadway In Chicago is delighted to announce the 24 student nominees for Best Performer in an Actor and Actress role,  and nominees for Best Ensemble, Best Direction and Best Production for the 2025 Broadway In Chicago Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards (IHSMTA).

NOMINEES FOR BEST PERFORMER IN AN ACTRESS ROLE

• Natalie Beck as Ursula in Harrisburg High School’s Disney’s The Little Mermaid
• Kaleigh Buda as Charlotte in Lincoln-Way West High School’s Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Broadway Version)
• Myah Crawford as The Witch in Bradley Bourbonnais Community High School’s Into the Woods
• Molly Czechanski as Eurydice in Lincoln-Way East High School’s Hadestown: Teen Edition
• Samantha Grant as SpongeBob SquarePants in The Chicago High School for the Arts’ The SpongeBob Musical
• Stella Hoyt as Delilah McPhee in Homewood-Flossmoor High School’s Between the Lines
• Lydia Jensen as Katherine Howard in Prairie Ridge High School’s SIX: Teen Edition
• Sophia Leverett as Ursula in Providence Catholic High School’s Disney’s The Little Mermaid
• Veronica Sample as Doralee Rhodes in Burlington Central High School’s 9 to 5 The Musical
• Emma Schiffbauer as Anya/Princess Anastasia in Minooka Community High School’s Anastasia
• Amélie Villaseñor as Peter Pan in Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School’s Peter Pan
• Audrey Wagner as Sandy Cheeks in Hampshire High School’s The SpongeBob Musical

NOMINEES FOR BEST PERFORMER IN AN ACTOR ROLE

• Logan Arroyo as Hermes in Lincoln-Way East High School’s Hadestown: Teen Edition
• Corey Atkinson as Harold Hill in Crystal Lake Central High School’s The Music Man
• Tommy Grant as Cornelius Hackl in Loyola Academy’s Hello, Dolly!
• Jamaur Houston as Jack in The Chicago Academy for the Arts’ Into the Woods
• Kaden Krumrei as The Baker in The Chicago Academy for the Arts’ Into the Woods
• Sebastián Llavona as Bobby Strong in Dundee-Crown High School’s Urinetown
• Gabriel McKinney as Ms. Winx in Homewood-Flossmoor High School’s Between the Lines
• Mason Natyshok as Beadle Bamford in Coal City High School’s Sweeney Todd
• Justin Shorris as Trent Oliver in Adlai E. Stevenson High School’s The Prom (School Edition)
• Bryce Stewart as Prince Oliver in Homewood-Flossmoor High School’s Between the Lines
• Tyler Weaver as Randall in Richwoods High School’s Bring It On
• Aaron Yaccino as Jack in Cary-Grove High School’s Into the Woods

NOMINEES FOR BEST ENSEMBLE

• Adlai E. Stevenson High School’s The Prom (School Edition)
• Bradley Bourbonnais Community High School’s Into the Woods
• Champaign Central High School’s The 25^th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
• Crystal Lake Central High School’s The Music Man
• Hinsdale South High School’s SIX: Teen Edition

NOMINEES FOR BEST DIRECTION

• Dominic A. Cattero, Batavia High School’s Songs For A New World
• Ben Stoner, Crystal Lake South High School’s The SpongeBob Musical
• Hannah Drake, Harrisburg High School’s Disney’s The Little Mermaid
• James Reinbacher, Reed-Custer High School’s Pippin
• Sade’ May, Thornton Fractional North High School’s The Color Purple

NOMINEES FOR BEST PRODUCTION

• Bradley Bourbonnais Community High School’s Into the Woods
• Coal City High School’s Sweeney Todd
• Crystal Lake Central High School’s The Music Man
• Homewood-Flossmoor High School’s Between the Lines
• Lincoln-Way East High School’s Hadestown: Teen Edition

2025 IHSMTA Student Reporters

Raina Ashrafi – Addison Trail High School

Keniyah Stephenson – Thornton Fractional North High School