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NYA Alumni: During the 2020-22 season, former NYA award winners have been involved in more than a dozen Broadway shows (including 1776, Almost Famous, Six, Hadestown, Jagged Little Pill, Come From Away, Dear Evan Hansen, The Book of Mormon, Kimberly Akimbo, Waitress, Diana, Into the Woods, Beetlejuice), more than a dozen Off-Broadway shows (including Kinky Boots, Audrey, Between the Lines, Three Sisters, Here There Be Dragons, For Colored Girls, Fiddler on the Roof, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), more than a dozen National Tours (including Dear Evan Hansen, Frozen, Wicked, The Prom, Jesus Christ Superstar, Annie, Beetle juice, Beautiful, jagged little pill, Oklahoma!, Cats, Fiddler on the Roof, Waitress, and Anastasia), several World Premieres including The Karate Kid, The Notebook, Mystic Pizza, and Ratatouille, principal performers on more than 50 current or scheduled TV shows (including American Idol, The Voice, Industry, Dynasty, Stranger Things, Nancy Drew, Wednesday, Madagascar: A Little Wild, 4400, General Hospital, Chicago Fire, Gossip Girl, Just Beyond, Bunk'd, The Flash, The Goldbergs, 9-1-1, All Rise, New Amsterdam, DuckTales, The L Word, The School for Good and Evil, High School Musical, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Emily in Paris, FBI: Most Wanted, Temptation Island, Bull, Go, Dog, Go, Outer Banks, The Conners, The Owl House, Doogie Kamealoha, The Mighty Ducks, America's Got Talent, American Horror Story), as well as principals in more than 20 films including Frozen 2, Eternals, Licorice Pizza, Spiderman: No Way Home, Wedding Season, Ray Donovan, Clifford, Plan B, tick, tick...BOOM!, Thor: Love and Thunder, and Strange World. 

Award-winning alumni include five Tony Nominees, Julia Lester [2017] (Broadway: Little Red in Into the Woods, TV: Ashlyn in Disney's High School Musical: The Musical), Micaela Diamond [2015] (Broadway: Lucille Frank in Parade, Teenage Cher in Cher, TV: Peggy in Netflix's tick, tick...BOOM!), Ashley Park [2009 Winner] (Gretchen in Mean Girls, Mindy Chen in Emily in Paris), Emily Skeggs [2008] (Medium Alison in Fun Home) & Madeleine Foster Bersin [2010] as producer of What the Constitution Means to Me, as well as Casey Likes [2014,'16,'18,'19,'20] (Broadway: William Miller in Almost Famous, Marty McFly in Back to the Future, Film: Gene Simmons in Spinning Gold), Asher Angel [2013, '14, '15] (Film: Billy Batson in Shazam!, TV: Jonah Beck in Andi Mack), Myha'la Herrold [2012,'14,'15] (TV: Harper in Industry, Logan in Plan B, National Tour: The Book of Mormon), Lia McHugh [2018] (Film: Sprite in Marvel's Eternals), Gracie Abrams [2016,'17] (Music: Opening act for Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour), Grace Kinstler [2014] (3rd Place on American Idol Season 19), Rachel Matthews [2011, '12] (Film: Honeymaren in Frozen 2, Danielle in Happy Death Day), Veronica Dunne [2011, '12, '13] (Broadway: Roxie in Chicago, TV: Marisa Clark in K.C. Undercover), Dylan Mulvaney [2012] (Days of Girlhood web series, National Tour: The Book of Mormon), Francesca Reale [2012] (TV: Heather in Stranger Things, Film: Dating and New York, Do Revenge, Strange World, Parachute, Creepers), Jordan Hull [2019] (TV: Angelica Porter-Kennard in The "L" Word, Film: Alex Sugerman in Hustle), Audrey Corsa [2012] (TV: Samantha Powell in All Rise, Rebecca in Poker Face, Zoe in Dear Edward), Emily Alyn Lind [2011,'13,'14] (TV: Audrey Hope in Gossip Girl, Film: Sankebite Andi in Doctor Sleep, Melanie in The Babysitter), Kennedy McMann [2013, '14] (TV: Nancy Drew in The CW's Nancy Drew, Joni DeGroot in The Good Doctor), Brennyn Lark [2011] (Broadway: Eponine in Les Mis, Catherine Parr in Six, TV: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), and Grammy winner Ariana Grande [2009]. 

Ceremony Portfolio for Agents: Award recipients and nominees are eligible for talent agency submissions. If you're interested in having NY and LA agents review your headshot/resume, please email them to rob@nationalyouththeatre.com. If any of the agencies are interested, you'll be contacted directly via the email on your resume. Reminder: Your resume should only have the email and cell of someone over the age of 18 (your parent or guardian)

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Outstanding Production:
Freaky Friday (Hamilton High School)  NYA Certificate
Newsies (Queen Creek High School)  NYA Certificate
The Soul of Frankenstein (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Tick, Tick...Boom! (Desert Stages Theatre)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding College Production:
The TomKat Project (Scottsdale Community Players)  NYA Certificate

Artist of the Year:
* Bennett Curran (Director of Notre Dame Prep’s Dark Road, Laurie in Notre Dame Prep’s Little Women, George Gibbs in Greasepaint’s Our Town, Romeo in Greasepaint’s Romeo & Juliet)  NYA Certificate
* Rachel Nathan (Bonnie in Limelight’s Bonnie & Clyde, The Baker’s Wife in AYT’s Into the Woods, Helena in Spotlight’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream)    NYA Certificate
* Bennett Smith (Prince Eric in Chandler High’s The Little Mermaid, Jean Valjean in AYT’s Les Misérables, Cinderella’s Prince in AYT’s Into the Woods, Fight the Dragons in NYA Showcase)  NYA Certificate
* Riley Thornton (The Stranger in Greasepaint’s A Long Time Ago, Stage Manager in Greasepaint’s Our Town, Bobby Strong in Mesa Community College’s Urinetown)  NYA Certificate
* Jessica Wastchak (Katherine in Hamilton’s Freaky Friday, Tilly in Hamilton’s She Kills Monsters, How to Return Home soloist in VYT’s Spring Concert 2021)  NYA Certificate

Junior Artist of the Year:
* Brooklyn Martin (Lily Polkadots in Spotlight Youth Theatre’s Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical, Disneyland soloist in VYT Spring Concert 2021, Waiting for Life and Somewhere That’s Green in NYA Showcase)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical:
Tyler Baldwin as Jack Kelly in Newsies (Queen Creek High School)  NYA Certificate
Vance Wolf Cook as Clyde Barrow in Bonnie & Clyde (Limelight Performing Arts)  NYA Certificate
Kristiana Corona as Ellie in Freaky Friday (Hamilton High School)  NYA Certificate
Karsten Flake as Janet Van De Graaff in The Drowsy Chaperone (Casteel High School)  NYA Certificate
Katelyn Karcher as Katherine Blake in Freaky Friday (Chaparral High School)  NYA Certificate
Lily Nelson as Katherine Blake in Freaky Friday (Actor’s Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Reagan Plank as Ariel in The Little Mermaid (Chandler High School)  NYA Certificate
Christopher Poulios as Jonathan in Tick, Tick...Boom! (Desert Stages Theatre)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play:
Lyda Armistead as Victoria Frankenstein in The Soul of Frankenstein (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Kristiana Corona as Agnes in She Kills Monsters (Hamilton High School)  NYA Certificate
Siena Liljegren as Portia/Luke in A Long Time Ago (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
Garrett Lindsey as Ichabod Crane in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
Kendall Luther as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
Ever Ruiz as Scrooge in A Christmas Carol: A Radio Play (Chandler High School)  NYA Certificate
Lauren Skemp as Greta in Dark Road (Notre Dame Prep)  NYA Certificate
Noah Sucato as Juror #8 In 12 Angry Jurors (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Lead Performance (Junior Division):
Charlie Hall as Ren McCormack in Footloose (Actor’s Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Baylee Horvath as Patrice in 13 (Desert Foothills Theater)  NYA Certificate
Noelle Krugman as Moana in Moana Jr. (Musical Theatre of Anthem)  NYA Certificate
Cash LeVine as Evan in 13 (Desert Foothills Theater)  NYA Certificate
McKenzie Lopezlira as Penelope Square in Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Sophie Swingler as Charlotte in Charlotte’s Web (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Lead Performance (College Division):
Christian Bader as The Creature in The Soul of Frankenstein (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Kale Burr as Tom Cruise in The TomKat Project (Scottsdale Community Players)  NYA Certificate
Hahnna Christianson as Heidi in [title of show] (ASU)  NYA Certificate
Dean Kelldorf as Captain Robert Walton in The Soul of Frankenstein (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Jessie Jo Pauley as Jane Eyre in Jane Eyre (Mesa Community College)  NYA Certificate
Oakley Rinehart as Jesus in Godspell (Desert Foothills Theater)  NYA Certificate
Kathlynn Rodin as Susan in [title of show] (ASU)  NYA Certificate
Johnna Watson as Katie Holmes in The TomKat Project (Scottsdale Community Players)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Supporting Performance (College Division):
Sophia Drapeau as Ensemble in The TomKat Project (Scottsdale Community Players)  NYA Certificate
J.R. Momeyer as Telly in Godspell (Musical Theatre of Anthem)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical:
Grace Allen as Grace in Godspell (Desert Foothills Theater)  NYA Certificate
Charlize Cornejo as Ursula in The Little Mermaid (Chandler High School)  NYA Certificate
Kiera Crouch as Logainne Schwartzandgrubenniere in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Starlight Community Theater)  NYA Certificate
Denver Dickenson as Aldolpho in The Drowsy Chaperone (Casteel High School)  NYA Certificate
Vincent Farley as Buck in Bonnie & Clyde (Limelight Performing Arts)  NYA Certificate
Emma Fox as Kitty in The Drowsy Chaperone (Casteel High School)  NYA Certificate
Lucas Keller as Robert Martin in The Drowsy Chaperone (Casteel High School)  NYA Certificate
Jadyn Momeyer as Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland (Musical Theatre of Anthem)  NYA Certificate
Paige Shanks as Blanche Barrow in Bonnie & Clyde (Limelight Performing Arts)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Play:
Alexis Archer as Titania/Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Nathan Cowans as Chuck in She Kills Monsters (Hamilton High School)  NYA Certificate
Adia Gleave as Juror #4 in 12 Angry Jurors (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
Noah Hatton as Stache in Peter and the Starcatcher (Chaparral High School)  NYA Certificate
Alli Irwin as Brenda in Monologue Show from Hell (Chaparral High School)  NYA Certificate
Katelyn Karcher as Elizabeth in The Soul of Frankenstein (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Josh Newton as Ghost of Christmas Present, Old Joe, etc. in A Christmas Carol: A Radio Play (Chandler High School)  NYA Certificate
Bethany Novotny as #7 in The Wolves (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Nora Palermo as Mrs. Gibbs in Our Town (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
Nora Palermo as Nurse in Romeo and Juliet (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
Alec Pursell as Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Zachary Snyders as Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Emma Sucato as Ensemble in The TomKat Project (Scottsdale Community Players)  NYA Certificate
Allison Watson as #8 in The Wolves (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Josie Wright as #14 in The Wolves (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Supporting Performance (Junior Division):
Quinn Folan as Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Arizona School for the Arts)  NYA Certificate
Sawyer Hauk as Kendall in A Strange Kind of Spring (Limelight Performing Arts)  NYA Certificate
Hailey Laidig as Lucy in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Desert Stages Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Colleen Sasser as Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland (Musical Theatre of Anthem)  NYA Certificate
Sophie Swingler as Lucy Dunn in 13 (Musical Theatre of Anthem)  NYA Certificate
Evan Vance as Templeton in Charlotte’s Web (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
Jeremy Wood as Caterpillar/Dodo Bird in Alice in Wonderland (Musical Theatre of Anthem)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Featured Performance (College Division):
RJ Gray as Hot Blades Harry in Urinetown (Mesa Community College)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical:
Rayla Everson as Medda in Newsies (Queen Creek High School)  NYA Certificate
Rylee Hoil as Rylee in Theory of Relativity (Arizona School for the Arts)  NYA Certificate
Raegan Parker as Raegan in Theory of Relativity (Arizona School for the Arts)  NYA Certificate
Olivia Pratt as Olivia in Theory of Relativity (Arizona School for the Arts)  NYA Certificate
Kylie Tollefson as Trix in The Drowsy Chaperone (Casteel High School)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play:
Jordan Tyler as Marci in Almost, Maine (Queen Creek High School)  NYA Certificate
Jasmyn Gade as Gayle in Almost, Maine (Queen Creek High School)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Featured Performance (Junior Division):
Sienna Stoll as Gretel in Fairy Tale Courtroom (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Concert Soloist:
Zoie Elizabeth for My Man from Funny Girl (NYA Showcase)  NYA Certificate
Makenna Jacobs for I’m Not Afraid of Anything in VYT Spring Concert 2021 (Valley Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Lily Nelson for World Burn from Mean Girls (NYA Showcase)  NYA Certificate
Christopher Poulios for Leave from Once (NYA Showcase)  NYA Certificate
Cammie Roberts for Once Upon a December in VYT Spring Concert 2021 (Valley Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Erin Schumacher for All Falls Down in VYT Spring Concert 2021 (Valley Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Olivia Woodward-Shaw for The Life I Never Led from Sister Act (NYA Showcase)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Concert Soloist (College Division):
Ellie Barrett for Sweet Little Sister from Lizzie (NYA Showcase)  NYA Certificate
Aubrey Cole for Gretchen am Spinnrade (NYA Showcase)  NYA Certificate
Micah J. Lawrence for Make Them Hear You from Ragtime (NYA Showcase)  NYA Certificate
Drew MacCallum for Summer in Ohio (NYA Showcase)  NYA Certificate
Bethany Novotny for I Want to Go to Hollywood (NYA Showcase)  NYA Certificate
Emma Nowicki for History of Wrong Guys from Kinky Boots (NYA Showcase)  NYA Certificate
Sarah Pansing for Privilege to Pee from Urinetown (NYA Showcase)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Concert Soloist (Junior Division):
Katerina Anderson for Almost There in VYT Spring Concert 2021 (Valley Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Jamie Greaves for Heart of Stone from Six (NYA Showcase)  NYA Certificate
Lilah Guglielmo for Honeysuckle Rose (NYA Showcase)  NYA Certificate
Reagan Little for Pulled from The Addams Family (NYA Showcase)  NYA Certificate
Sienna Stoll for Born to Entertain from Ruthless (NYA Showcase)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Lead Performance (TV/Film – College Division):
Samuel Zachary Primack as Clay in I Got You  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Supporting Performance (TV/Film – College Division):
Andrew Barth Feldman as Ben in Thespians  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Supporting Performance (TV/Film):
Sydney Lucas as Sarah in Thespians  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Student Film:
Casey Likes for Thespians  NYA Certificate

Outstanding New Song (College Division):
Logan Alexandra for You’ve Already Won  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Ensemble:
Bonnie & Clyde (Limelight Performing Arts)  NYA Certificate
The Drowsy Chaperone (Casteel High School)  NYA Certificate
Freaky Friday (Chaparral High School)  NYA Certificate
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
The Little Mermaid (Chandler High School)  NYA Certificate
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
She Kills Monsters (Hamilton High School)  NYA Certificate
VYT Spring Concert 2021 (Valley Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
The Wolves (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Ensemble (Junior Division):
13 (Desert Foothills Theater)  NYA Certificate
13 (Musical Theatre of Anthem)  NYA Certificate
Fairy Tale Courtroom (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding College Ensemble:
Thespians (ThePmvproductions)  NYA Certificate
[title of show] (ASU)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Costume Design:
Diana Likes for The Little Mermaid (Chandler High School)  NYA Certificate
Samantha Utpadel for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Lighting Design:
Josh Hontz for The Soul of Frankenstein (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Set Design:
Bobby Sample for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Choreography:
Janice Schweizer for Newsies (Queen Creek High School)  NYA Certificate
Nathalie Velasquez for 13 (Desert Foothills Theater)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Fight Choreography:
Chase Zeiner for She Kills Monsters (Hamilton High School)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Sound Design/Original Music:
Josh Hontz for The Soul of Frankenstein (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Hair/Makeup Design:
Charlie Rabago for The Soul of Frankenstein (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Youth Orchestra:
13 (Musical Theatre of Anthem)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Musical Direction:
Mark 4man for Tick, Tick...Boom! (Desert Stages Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Mark Fearey for VYT Spring Concert 2021 (Valley Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Direction:
Lynzee 4man and Mark 4man for Tick, Tick...Boom! (Desert Stages Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Pete Bish for The TomKat Project (Scottsdale Community Players)  NYA Certificate
Kenny Grossman and Bobby Sample for The Soul of Frankenstein (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Kyle Spitler for Newsies (Queen Creek High School)  NYA Certificate
Christina Vail for She Kills Monsters (Hamilton High School)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding New Works:
Bobby Sample for The Soul of Frankenstein (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate

 * ...And the additional Nominees are ... *

Outstanding Production:
Bonnie & Clyde (Limelight Performing Arts)  NYA Certificate
The Drowsy Chaperone (Casteel High School)  NYA Certificate
The Little Mermaid (Chandler High School)  NYA Certificate
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
She Kills Monsters (Hamilton High School)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical:
Gerald Bakke as Man in Chair in The Drowsy Chaperone (Casteel High School)  NYA Certificate
Olivia Dostal as Cinderella in Into the Woods (Actor’s Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Savannah Foy as Moana in Moana Jr. (Musical Theatre of Anthem)  NYA Certificate
Jasmyn Gade as Katherine Plummer in Newsies (Queen Creek High School)  NYA Certificate
Nadia Jocson as The Witch in Into the Woods (Actor’s Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Maddie Jones as Patrice Parker in 13 (Musical Theatre of Anthem)  NYA Certificate
Sadie Krotonsky as Susan in Tick, Tick...Boom! (Desert Stages Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Meredith Woodward as Rona Lisa Perretti in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Limelight Performing Arts)  NYA Certificate
Olivia La Porte as Jo March in Little Women (Notre Dame Prep)  NYA Certificate
Patrick Mullen as Michael in Tick, Tick...Boom! (Desert Stages Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Bo O’Brasky as Ellie Blake in Freaky Friday (Chaparral High School)  NYA Certificate
Jesse Reed as Olive Ostrovsky in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Starlight Community Theater)  NYA Certificate
Savannah Swiatkowski as Ellie Blake in Freaky Friday (Actor’s Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play:
Sarah Astrowsky as Molly in Peter and the Starcatcher (Chaparral High School)  NYA Certificate
Ashley Bragg as Emily Webb in Our Town (Musical Theatre of Anthem)  NYA Certificate
Reese Cantu as The Poet in The Poet and the Rent (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
Jasper Dillon as Dave/Han in A Long Time Ago (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
Kyler Glazier as Boy/Peter in Peter and the Starcatcher (Chaparral High School)  NYA Certificate
Ryelie Kaye as Emily Webb in Our Town (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
Anna Koth as Lady Macbeth in Desperate Housewives of Shakespeare (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Patrick Mullen as Emmett in Emmett’s Art Project (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Ava Silvernail as Wendy in Peter/Wendy (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
Sydney Vance as Witch in Fairy Tale Courtroom (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
Andy Wissink as Mr. Jenks in The Gifted (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
Mary Zimmerman as Katrina in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Lead Performance (Junior Division):
Petra Danek as Wilbur in Charlotte’s Web (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
Koren Dvorak as Sydney in The Social Diva Game (Limelight Performing Arts)  NYA Certificate
Hailey Laidig as Olive Ostrovsky in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Limelight Performing Arts)  NYA Certificate
Justine Wattay as Ariel Moore in Footloose (Actor’s Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Lead Performance (College Division):
Christian Bader as Danny in Whatever, Just Wash Your Hands (A Potty Party) (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Wesley Bradstreet as Hunter in [title of show] (ASU)  NYA Certificate
Alec Merrill as William Barfee/Olive’s Dad in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Starlight Community Theater)  NYA Certificate
Hayden Schnepf as Hope in Urinetown (Mesa Community College)  NYA Certificate
Thomas Steward as Brandon Ogborn in The TomKat Project (Scottsdale Community Players)  NYA Certificate
Austin Stuart as Rochester in Jane Eyre (Mesa Community College)  NYA Certificate
Cade Trotter as Jeff in [title of show] (ASU)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Supporting Performance (College Division):
Savannah Foy as Lindsay in Godspell (Musical Theatre of Anthem)  NYA Certificate
Alixandra Giordano as Alixandra in Godspell (Desert Foothills Theater)  NYA Certificate
Dean Kelldorf as Oberon/Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Max Mendoza as Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Suzy Olson as Little Sally in Urinetown (Mesa Community College)  NYA Certificate
Kyler Tunnell as Ensemble in The TomKat Project (Scottsdale Community Players)  NYA Certificate
Jack Walton as Ensemble in The TomKat Project (Scottsdale Community Players)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical:
Grace Allen as Leisl in The Sound of Music (Desert Foothills Theater)  NYA Certificate
Emily Anton as Lucille in Junie B. Jones (Musical Theatre of Anthem)  NYA Certificate
Emily Anton as Sally Brown in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Desert Stages Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Jaely Damasco as Mrs. Square in Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Kyler Glazier as Adam in Freaky Friday (Chaparral High School)  NYA Certificate
Nadia Jocson as Eponine in Les Misérables (Actor’s Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Landon Kalin as Adam in Freaky Friday (Actor’s Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Annie Kopp as Annie in Godspell (Desert Foothills Theater)  NYA Certificate
Noelle Krugman as Lucy in 13 (Desert Foothills Theater)  NYA Certificate
Garrett Lindsey as Adam in Freaky Friday (Hamilton High School)  NYA Certificate
Andrew Matcuk as Scuttle in The Little Mermaid (Chandler High School)  NYA Certificate
Kate Mills as White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland (Musical Theatre of Anthem)  NYA Certificate
Hewitt Peterson as Mike in Freaky Friday (Hamilton High School)  NYA Certificate
Bella Quinn as Bella in Godspell (Desert Foothills Theater)  NYA Certificate
Logan Swope as Leaf Coneybear/Carl Dad in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Starlight Community Theater)  NYA Certificate
Morgan Vasiliauskas as Morgan in Godspell (Desert Foothills Theater)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Play:
Lyda Armistead as #11 in The Wolves (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Donovan Bowling as Orcus in She Kills Monsters (Hamilton High School)  NYA Certificate
Carly Cairns as #25 in The Wolves (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Reese Cantu as James in The Gifted (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
Abby Caplan as Clara/Inkeeper/Rebel Spy in A Long Time Ago (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
Dominic Cardenas as Clarence/Maître d’/Fairy Godparent in Whatever, Just Wash Your Hands (A Potty Party) (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
McKenna Carlson as Mrs. Webb in Our Town (Musical Theatre of Anthem)  NYA Certificate
Libby Carr as Jess in A Strange Kind of Spring (Limelight Performing Arts)  NYA Certificate
Vish Chaurasia as Hulu, Orren, Jenny in The Internet is Distract--OH LOOK A KITTEN! (Chaparral High School)  NYA Certificate
Jazlynn Damasco as #13 in The Wolves (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Olivia Defillippis as Lilith in She Kills Monsters (Hamilton High School)  NYA Certificate
Sophia Ferazani as Jessi in Monologue Show from Hell (Chaparral High School)  NYA Certificate
Kendra Goodenberger as Katherine in Desperate Housewives of Shakespeare (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Noah Hatton as Google in The Internet is Distract--OH LOOK A KITTEN! (Chaparral High School)  NYA Certificate
Rylee Hoil as Bottom in  in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Arizona School for the Arts)  NYA Certificate
Rylee Hoil as #00 in The Wolves (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Kate Irwin as Brianna in Monologue Show from Hell (Chaparral High School)  NYA Certificate
Evan Kaushesh as Captain Hook in Peter/Wendy (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
Selma Krantz as Alyssah in Monologue Show from Hell (Chaparral High School)  NYA Certificate
Aundrea Lester as Kaliope in She Kills Monsters (Hamilton High School)  NYA Certificate
Garrett Lindsey as Miles in She Kills Monsters (Hamilton High School)  NYA Certificate
Gemma Morro as Juror #7 in 12 Angry Jurors (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
Julia Murphy as #46 in The Wolves (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
George Nassar as Brom Bones in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
Raegan Parker as Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Arizona School for the Arts)  NYA Certificate
Raegan Parker as #2 in The Wolves (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Ryan Parker as Maggie in The Gifted (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
Catalina Qualantone as Lise in Dark Road (Notre Dame Prep)  NYA Certificate
Elsa Reid as Mrs. Darling/Smee in Peter/Wendy (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
Drew Sedgley as Marley, Fred, etc. in A Christmas Carol: A Radio Play (Chandler High School)  NYA Certificate
Zachary Snyders as Ted/Guy in A Long Time Ago (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
Bella Swope as Cleopatra in Desperate Housewives of Shakespeare (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Lily Urban as Lola in Monologue Show from Hell (Chaparral High School)  NYA Certificate
Alisha Waheed as Emma in A Strange Kind of Spring (Limelight Performing Arts)  NYA Certificate
Callista Walker as Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Emma Woolstenhulme as Puck/Egeus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Supporting Performance (Junior Division):
Katerina Anderson as Doris Panch in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Starlight Community Theater)  NYA Certificate
Raphaelle Capozzi as Peter Quinn in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Arizona School for the Arts)  NYA Certificate
Wyatt Chamoff as Archie in 13 (Desert Foothills Theater)  NYA Certificate
Madison Fulmer as Kendra in 13 (Desert Foothills Theater)  NYA Certificate
Kelly Garner as Rusty in Footloose (Actor’s Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Jordan Gourley as March Hare in Alice in Wonderland (Musical Theatre of Anthem)  NYA Certificate
Hayden Hall as May in Junie B. Jones (Musical Theatre of Anthem)  NYA Certificate
Lennon Hammond as Archie Walker in 13 (Musical Theatre of Anthem)  NYA Certificate
Lennon Hammond as Maui in Moana Jr. (Musical Theatre of Anthem)  NYA Certificate
Chase Harris as Homer/Avery in Charlotte’s Web (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
Jayden Hawley as Caterpillar/Dodo Bird in Alice in Wonderland (Musical Theatre of Anthem)  NYA Certificate
Sawyer Hauk as Marcy Park in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Limelight Performing Arts)  NYA Certificate
Sawyer Hauk as Faye in The Social Diva Game (Limelight Performing Arts)  NYA Certificate
Sawyer Hauk as Hunk/Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz (Limelight Performing Arts)  NYA Certificate
McKenna Henry as Ashton in The Social Diva Game (Limelight Performing Arts)  NYA Certificate
Izzy Herndon as Snoopy in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Desert Stages Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Baylee Horvath as Marcy Park in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Starlight Community Theater)  NYA Certificate
Mia Hurley as Rosalind in Desperate Housewives of Shakespeare (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Hannah Lopez as Timon in The Lion King Jr. (Desert Foothills Theater)  NYA Certificate
Payton McCarthy as Genie in Aladdin Jr. (Musical Theatre of Anthem)  NYA Certificate
Ava Newton as Juliet in Desperate Housewives of Shakespeare (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
William Richardson as Sky Square in Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Ashlynn Taylor as Zeke/Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz (Limelight Performing Arts)  NYA Certificate
Kayla Treviño as Salem in Emmett’s Art Project (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical:
Grace Allen as Rafiki in The Lion King Jr. (Desert Foothills Theater)  NYA Certificate
Isabella Barone as Savannah in Freaky Friday (Chaparral High School)  NYA Certificate
Ruby Dessaules as Ruby in Theory of Relativity (Arizona School for the Arts)  NYA Certificate
Kendra Goodenberger as Mitch Mahoney in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Starlight Community Theater)  NYA Certificate
Hugh Hocknull as Race in Newsies (Queen Creek High School)  NYA Certificate
Charles Moore as Charles in Theory of Relativity (Arizona School for the Arts)  NYA Certificate
Noah McNeil as Noah in Theory of Relativity (Arizona School for the Arts)  NYA Certificate
Trinity Murphy as Mrs. Tottendale in The Drowsy Chaperone (Casteel High School)  NYA Certificate
Alyse Negroni as Savannah in Freaky Friday (Hamilton High School)  NYA Certificate
Alina Pierzga as Torrey in Freaky Friday (Hamilton High School)  NYA Certificate
Drew Sedgley as King Triton in The Little Mermaid (Chandler High School)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play:
Alyssa Fabio as Evil Tina in She Kills Monsters (Hamilton High School)  NYA Certificate
Matilda Green as Marvalyn in Almost, Maine (Queen Creek High School)  NYA Certificate
Sabrina Harding as Rhonda in Almost, Maine (Queen Creek High School)  NYA Certificate
Hugh Hocknull as Phil in Almost, Maine (Queen Creek High School)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Featured Performance (Junior Division):
Max Casale as Eddie in 13 (Desert Foothills Theater)  NYA Certificate
Savannah Farr as Rebecca Gibbs in Our Town (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
Shayla Forero as Young Clyde in Bonnie & Clyde (Limelight Performing Arts)  NYA Certificate
Rileigh McDonough as Charlotte in 13 (Musical Theatre of Anthem)  NYA Certificate
Isaac Ternes as Eddie in 13 (Musical Theatre of Anthem)  NYA Certificate
Evan Vance as Hansel in Fairy Tale Courtroom (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Guest Performance:
Savannah Thompson as Ensemble in The TomKat Project (Scottsdale Community Players)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Concert Soloist:
Erin Garner for When He Sees Me from Waitress (NYA Showcase)  NYA Certificate
Lexi Archer for Wondering from High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (NYA Showcase)  NYA Certificate
Shaylee Flanagan for I’m Here from The Color Purple in VYT Spring Concert 2021 (Valley Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Nicole Greaves for Killer Instinct from Bring It On (NYA Showcase)  NYA Certificate
Mia McFarland for Disneyland from Smile (NYA Showcase)  NYA Certificate
Kylie Merrill for I Couldn’t Know Someone Less in VYT Spring Concert 2021 (Valley Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Ava Saba for Burn (NYA Showcase)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Concert Soloist (Junior Division):
Olivia Fearey for She Used to be Mine from Waitress in VYT Spring Concert 2021 (Valley Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Kelly Garner for Come to Your Senses from Tick, Tick...Boom! (NYA Showcase)  NYA Certificate
Noelle Hammond for Dead Mom from Beetlejuice (NYA Showcase)  NYA Certificate
Baylee Horvath for Live Out Loud from A Little Princess (NYA Showcase)  NYA Certificate
McKenzie Lopezlira for My New Philosophy from You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (NYA Showcase)  NYA Certificate
Maddie Sue Miller for The Climb in VYT Spring Concert 2021 (Valley Youth Theatre)   NYA Certificate
Maddie Sue Miller for Everlasting from Tuck Everlasting (NYA Showcase)  NYA Certificate
William Richardson for On the Way to Home in VYT Spring Concert 2021 (Valley Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Abby Springer for Lamest Place in the World from 13 in VYT Spring Concert 2021 (Valley Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Sienna Stoll for Loyal Brave True from Mulan in VYT Spring Concert 2021 (Valley Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Kayla Treviño for We’re All Made of Stars from Neverland (NYA Showcase)  NYA Certificate
Brynn VanNewkirk for Georgia (NYA Showcase)  NYA Certificate
Kate Williams for Shy from Once Upon a Mattress in VYT Spring Concert 2021 (Valley Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Valerie Winch for Love Will Come and Find Me Again from Bandstand in VYT Spring Concert 2021 (Valley Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Samantha Zell for What It Means to be a Friend from 13 in VYT Spring Concert 2021 (Valley Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Lead Performance (TV/Film – College Division):
Johnna Dias-Watson as Bella in I Got You  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Supporting Performance (TV/Film – College Division):
Antonio Cipriano as Jordan in Thespians  NYA Certificate
Samuel Zachary Primack as Will in Thespians  NYA Certificate
Analise Scarpaci as Ashley in Thespians  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Guest Performance in a Student Film:
Gabrielle Carrubba as Lyla in Thespians  NYA Certificate
Kaitlyn Santa Juana as Aidy in Thespians  NYA Certificate
Samantha Williams as Mya in Thespians  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Student Film:
Casey Likes for I Got You  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Ensemble:
12 Angry Jurors (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Limelight Performing Arts)  NYA Certificate
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Starlight Community Theater)  NYA Certificate
Charlotte’s Web (Greasepaint Youtheatre)   NYA Certificate
Desperate Housewives of Shakespeare (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Emmett’s Art Project (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Freaky Friday (Actor’s Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Freaky Friday (Hamilton High School)  NYA Certificate
The Gifted (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
Newsies (Queen Creek High School)  NYA Certificate
Our Town (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
Peter/Wendy (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
The Poet and the Rent (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
Romeo and Juliet (Greasepaint Youtheatre)  NYA Certificate
The Soul of Frankenstein (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Theory of Relativity (Arizona School for the Arts)  NYA Certificate
Tick, Tick...Boom! (Desert Stages Theatre)  NYA Certificate
Whatever, Just Wash Your Hands (A Potty Party) (Spotlight Youth Theatre)  NYA Certificate
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Desert Stages Theatre)  NYA Certificate

Outstanding Ensemble (Junior Division):
Footloose (Actor’s Youth Theatre)
Junie B. Jones (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Moana Jr. (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical (Spotlight Youth Theatre)

Outstanding College Ensemble:
Godspell (Desert Foothills Theater)
Jane Eyre (Mesa Community College)
The TomKat Project (Scottsdale Community Players)
Urinetown (Mesa Community College)

Outstanding Costume Design:
Emma England for Bonnie & Clyde (Limelight Performing Arts) [not credited!]
Arabella Hammerich for She Kills Monsters (Hamilton High School)
Naomi Jordon & Andi Marie Jordon for The Soul of Frankenstein (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Audrey Wawro for Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical (Spotlight Youth Theatre)

Outstanding Lighting Design:
Kara Jenkins for She Kills Monsters (Hamilton High School)
Bill Lorentz for The Little Mermaid (Chandler High School)
Bret Reese for Tick, Tick...Boom! (Desert Stages Theatre)
Dark Road (Notre Dame Prep)

Outstanding Set Design:
Bobby Sample for Desperate Housewives of Shakespeare (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Beth Sobotka for The Little Mermaid (Chandler High School)

Outstanding Choreography:
Lyndsie Clymer for 13 (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Marley DeGroodt-Bei for Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Shawna Weitekamp for Junie B. Jones (Musical Theatre of Anthem)

Outstanding Fight Choreography:
Bobby Sample, Kenny Grossman, Christian Bader, Dominic Cardenas for The Soul of Frankenstein (Spotlight Youth Theatre)

Outstanding Sound Design/Original Music:
Josh Hontz for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Kara Jenkins for She Kills Monsters (Hamilton High School)

Outstanding Hair/Makeup Design:
Alixandra Giordano for Whatever, Just Wash Your Hands (A Potty Party) (Spotlight Youth Theatre)

Outstanding Student Direction:
Dominique White for Waiting for Now (Arizona School for the Arts)

Outstanding Music Direction:
Kent Campbell for 13 (Desert Foothills Theater)
Tracie Jones for Les Misérables (Actor’s Youth Theatre)

Outstanding Direction:
Adam Bei and Marley DeGroodt-Bei for Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Sandi Carll for 13 (Desert Foothills Theater)
Johnna Dias-Watson for Romeo and Juliet (Greasepaint Youtheatre)
Emma England & Van Rockwell for Bonnie & Clyde (Limelight Performing Arts)
Noa Gauthier and Maureen Dias for Our Town (Greasepaint Youtheatre)
Kenny Grossman for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Sherry Henderson and Lyndsie Clymer for Moana Jr. (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Joycelin Jacobs for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Greasepaint Youtheatre)
Stephanie Likes for The Little Mermaid (Chandler High School)
Sierra Litman for 13 (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Alyssa Pitner for The Drowsy Chaperone (Casteel High School)
Tregoney Shepherd for Jane Eyre (Mesa Community College)

Outstanding New Works:
Kenny Grossman for Whatever, Just Wash Your Hands (A Potty Party) (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Colleen Porter for A Strange Kind of Spring (Limelight Performing Arts)