NATIONAL STUDENT REPORTER

Sponsored by Sinclair Broadcasting ABC6/FOX28/CW Columbus

• Alivia Lash, Hamilton Township High School
• Payton Theile, Bexley High School

 

OUTSTANDING STUDENT ORCHESTRA

Sponsored by The DiMarco Family Fund of The Columbus Foundation

• Dublin Coffman High School, Mamma Mia!
• Grove City High School, Chicago: Teen Edition
• New Albany High School, Chicago: Teen Edition
• Olentangy Orange High School, Mean Girls High School Version
• Worthington Kilbourne High School, Chicago: Teen Edition

 

BACKSTAGE EXCELLENCE

Sponsored by ImprovEdge

• Stage Managers, Marysville High School, Anything Goes
• Publicity Crew, Olentangy Berlin High School, Disney’s Frozen
• Costume Crew, Olentangy Liberty High School, The Addams Family Musical
• Costume Crew, Westerville South High School, Les Misérables School Edition
• Co-Heads of Costume, Whetstone High School, The SpongeBob Musical

 

OUTSTANDING STUDENT DESIGNER

Sponsored by The Pam and Jack Beeler Family Fund of The Columbus Foundation

• Fynn Asendorf, Arts and College Preparatory Academy, Sound Design, Mamma Mia!
• Darcy Hazzard, Centennial High School, Set Design, The Wizard of Oz (RSC Version)
• Miranda Long, Hamilton Township High School, Costume & Props Design, Disney’s Frozen
• Leah Polsinelli, Jonathan Alder High School, Lighting Design, The Drowsy Chaperone
• Lily Wahl, Licking Heights High School, Lighting Design, The Mystery of Edwin Drood

 

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL EXECUTION

Sponsored by Mary Beth and Luke McCormick

• Fairfield Union High School, Bye Bye Birdie, Stage Manager: Raegan Elson
• Marysville High School, Anything Goes, Stage Manager: Johanna Olofsson
• New Albany High School, Chicago: Teen Edition, Stage Managers: Margaret Farrell & Casper Green
• Pickerington High School Central, Mamma Mia!, Stage Manager: Isabella Peirano
• Westerville South High School, Les Misérables School Edition, Stage Manager: Rachel Kuta

 

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Sponsored by Huntington

• Audrey Barr, Fairfield Union High School, Ursula Merkle in Bye Bye Birdie
• Bella Hines-Chapman, Eastmoor Academy High School, Carla in In the Heights
• Gabby Muñoz, Whetstone High School, Pearl Krabs in The SpongeBob Musical
• Ani Olsheski, Bexley High School, Little Becky Two Shoes in Urinetown
• Julia Yoder, Bishop Watterson High School, Miss Gulch/Wicked Witch, The Wizard of Oz (RSC Version)

 

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING

Sponsored by Electrical Service Professionals

• Dillon Childers, Fairfield Union High School, Hugo Peabody in Bye Bye Birdie
• Malachi Gullick, Eastmoor Academy High School, Sonny in In the Heights
• Asher Light, Westerville South High School, Enjolras in Les Misérables School Edition
• Elwyn Saiter, Jonathan Alder High School, Underling in The Drowsy Chaperone
• Jacob Thomas, Worthington Christian School, Julien Dufayel in Amélie: Teen Edition

 

OUTSTANDING DANCE EXECUTION

Sponsored by The McCurdy Family Foundation

• Eastmoor Academy High School, In the Heights
• Grove City High School, Chicago: Teen Edition
• Jonathan Alder High School, The Drowsy Chaperone
• Marysville High School, Anything Goes
• New Albany High School, Chicago: Teen Edition

 

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE

Sponsored by Fifth Third Bank, N.A.

• Eastmoor Academy High School, In the Heights
• Grove City High School, Chicago: Teen Edition
• Hamilton Township High School, Disney’s Frozen
• Jonathan Alder High School, The Drowsy Chaperone
• Marysville High School, Anything Goes

 

BEST DIRECTION

Sponsored by Denison University

• Brianna Bizzaro, Marysville High School, Anything Goes
• Matthew Gregory, Fairfield Union High School, Bye Bye Birdie
• Seth Harms, Eastmoor Academy High School, In the Heights
• Elliott Lemberg, New Albany High School, Chicago: Teen Edition
• Liz O’Dorisio, Bishop Watterson High School, The Wizard of Oz (RSC Version)

 

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Sponsored by Johnson Investment Counsel

• Ava Baker, New Albany High School, Matron Mama Morton in Chicago: Teen Edition
• Allyson Carroll, Pickerington High School North, Carrie White in Carrie the Musical
• Cecilia Langhals, Marysville High School, Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes
• Katelyn Kieninger, New Albany High School, Roxie Hart in Chicago: Teen Edition
• Amaya Washington, Reynoldsburg High School, Leading Player in Pippin Revival Version

 

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Sponsored by Danbert, Inc.

• Lucas Langhals, Marysville High School, Moonface Martin in Anything Goes
• Kyle Meadows, Eastmoor Academy High School, Benny in In the Heights
• Zeke Moses, Bexley High School, Bobby Strong in Urinetown
• Drew Wintersteller, New Albany High School, Amos Hart in Chicago: Teen Edition
• Jimmy Zolkowski, Upper Arlington High School, Uncle Fester in The Addams Family Musical: School Edition

 

BEST MUSICAL PRODUCTION

• Eastmoor Academy High School, In the Heights
• Marysville High School, Anything Goes
• New Albany High School, Chicago: Teen Edition
• Upper Arlington High School, The Addams Family Musical: School Edition
• Westerville South High School, Les Misérables School Edition

 

SPIRIT OF THE MARQUEE AWARDS

• Samuel Hardjono, Olentangy Orange High School