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2019 - 2020 2nd Annual National Youth Arts & University Arts Showcase!
Showcase Menu

This year we are held our first online general showcase for all areas and all ages (college and younger), and we were so excited to post more than 300 showcases from around the country! So much talent, and so inspiring to see you all making art during the times when we need it the most.

The submissions deadline has passed for this season, but due to the response we will certainly try to hold another one next spring. If you're a current participant and haven't already, you can still email a headshot and brief program bio for the website and yearbook (and a resume if you'd like us to include it in a portfolio that we'll put together for the agents we're in contact with). There's a possibility that eventually, after it's considered safe to resume large group settings, we'll be able to have some of the honorees perform in a live showcase. The highest-ranked adjudicated NYA & University Arts showcases will also be eligible for both regional and national honors. We will hope to have the first regional and national honors announced after Memorial Day Weekend, after which there'll be another round of grueling judging to reveal each age group's top national honors!  

Email for headshots, resumes, etc.: rob@nationalyouththeatre.com

College Division - HS Seniors - HS Juniors - HS Sophomores - HS Freshmen - Junior Division

Junior Division



Katerina Anderson

Junior Division - Arizona
Good Girl Winnie Foster from Tuck Everlasting
https://vimeo.com/406021600/4d0c09f1ff

Emily Anton

Junior Division - Arizona
One Perfect Moment from Bring It On


Elizabeth Blair

Junior Division - Arizona
Disney Medley



Travis Burnett

Junior Division - Orange County
Musical Theatre West - Where is Love? from Oliver!



Callie Chae Pyken

Junior Division - Los Angeles
Academy for Children's Theatre - On My Own from Les Miserables
Bio: CALLIE CHAE PYKEN is a 12 year old actor and classically trained singer from Los Angeles. She has studied and performed with the Juilliard Summer Conservatory, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the Colburn School, Broadway Artists Alliance, Broadway Workshop, Broadway Dreams, A Class Act NY and A Noise Within. This summer she will be attending the Paper Mill Playhouse Conservatory and hopes to be back on stage soon!
INSTAGRAM: @chae.pyken
https://youtu.be/BG1OX2YWW_0


Sophie Charton

Junior Division - Los Angeles
Rosie with An English Teacher in Bye Bye Birdie

Lucy with Schroeder in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown


Luke Chester

Junior Division - Arizona
Where is Love? from Oliver!


She's in Love from The Little Mermaid


Milly Cocanig

Junior Division - San Diego
The Girl I Mean To Be from The Secret Garden



R. Sam Corry

Junior Division - New York
If I Were a Rich Man from Fiddler on the Roof



Jo Jo Eddington

Junior Division - San Diego
Quiet from Matilda

Jo Jo Eddington from Heather and Lori on Vimeo.



Sade Frame

Junior Division - San Diego
Whatever Happened to My Part from Spamalot


Neri Frank
Junior Division - New York
Riverdale Rising Stars - Letter from the Refuge from Newsies Jr.


Eryn Franklin
Junior Division - Colorado
Curtain Playhouse - Waiting for Life from Once On This Island



KayElah Gardner

Junior Division - San Diego
Pulled from The Addams Family



Katie Grgecic

Junior Division - New York
Let Me be Me from A Little Princess / Becky - Writers: Marc Folan and Carl Miller, Director: Laura Luc, Production Company: KOTA Productions



Marina Hall

Junior Division - San Diego
The Coolest Girl from A Very Potter Sequel

Coolest Girl - Marina Hall from Nina Hall on Vimeo.



Mylea Holmes

Junior Division - Arkansas
It's Possible from Seussical



Gracie Howard

Junior Division - San Diego
Killer Instinct from Bring It On
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dyw5Z_83klkflcclHqvZeZn48g4fih04/view


Quiet from Matilda


Jazlyn Ione

Junior Division - San Diego
Miss What's Her Name from Miss Spectacular

Jazlyn Ione Miss What's Her Name from Shanie Laflamme on Vimeo.


Sydney Kroonen
Junior Division - San Diego
Before It's Over from Dogfight


Noelle Krugman

Junior Division - Arizona
Part of Your World from The Little Mermaid

Part of Your World from KornyKrug on Vimeo.

For the First Time in Forever from Frozen Jr.

For The First Time In Forever from KornyKrug on Vimeo.


Hailey Laidig
Junior Division - Arizona
Top Secret Personal Beeswax from Limelight's Junie B. Jones



Morgan Marlow

Junior Division - San Diego
Quiet from Matilda



Brooklyn Martin

Junior Division - Arizona
Born to Entertain from Ruthless! The Musical!



Zoie Moller

Junior Division - Arizona
My Dreams from Anastasia

What It Means to be a Friend from Spotlight's 13


Gracie Moore
Junior Division - South Carolina
Lamest Place in the World from PPYT-South's 13


Jasmine Papazian
Junior Division - San Diego
Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen


Colors of the Wind from Pocahontas

Allison Paterno & Lillian Kopacz
Junior Division - New York
Naughty from Aspire PAC's Matilda


Gigi Rich & Emma Omura
Junior Division - New York
She Played Guitar from Broadway Training Center's Imaginary



Mia Rivera

Junior Division - San Diego
The Lamest Place in the World from 13



Bailey Rzeznik

Junior Division - New York
Far From the Home I Love from Fiddler on the Roof




John Paul Santoyo as Jack Kelly & Jordan Copeland as Katherine Plummer

Junior Division - Los Angeles
Royal Oak Middle School - Newsies


Anna Scales

Junior Division - Arizona
Do You Want to Build a Snowman? from Frozen Jr.



Caroline Schumann

Junior Division - Arizona
Mama Who Bore Me from Spring Awakening



Valerie Slocomb

Junior Division - San Diego
Why Not Me? from Carrie

VALERIE SLOCOMB as Carrie White singing Why Not Me? from Carrie the Musical in dress rehearsal from Malgorzata Wieteszka-Slocomb on Vimeo.



Willow Todd

Junior Division - Los Angeles
Snoopy from You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown



Evan Vance

Junior Division - Arizona
I've Got No Strings from My Son, Pinocchio



Dillan Vanzego as Motormouth & Sara Brown as Little Inez

Junior Division - Virginia
I Know Where I've Been from Hairspray



Stella Grace Wahl

Junior Division - San Diego
Disney Medley


Mattie Washburn
Junior Division - South Carolina
What It Means to be a Friend from PPYT-South's 13