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2019 - 2020 National Youth Arts & University Arts Showcase
High School Junior Regional Honorees
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. If you're a current participant and haven't already, you can still email a headshot and brief program bio for the website (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 submissions deadline has passed for this season, but due to the response we will be holding another one for 2020-21:  

2020-21 Showcase Submission Form

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

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

Arizona



Lucia E. Campas

High School Junior - Arizona  Certificate
Marcos de Niza High School - Gimme Gimme from Thoroughly Modern Millie



Sabrina Kiepke

#8 National Finalist, 3rd Place Arizona Regional Honoree  Certificate
High School Junior - Arizona
Spotlight Youth Theatre - Funny from Dogfight


Kyra Klonoski
High School Junior - Arizona  Certificate
Greasepaint Youtheatre - Can You Find It in Your Heart from Footloose


Jessica Kupillas
High School Junior - Arizona  Certificate
ACAA - Hold On from The Secret Garden



Anthony Mejia

High School Junior - Arizona  Certificate
Heaven's Light from The Hunchback of Notre Dame



Charles Moore

High School Junior - Arizona  Certificate
Out There from The Hunchback of Notre Dame



Ryenne Morgan

National Finalist, 4th Place Arizona Regional Honoree  Certificate
High School Junior - Arizona
I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables



Rachel Nathan

High School Junior - Arizona  Certificate
Astonishing from Little Women



Cole Newburg

#7 National Finalist, 2nd Place Arizona Regional Honoree  Certificate
High School Junior - Arizona
I Got Rhythm by George Gershwin



Bethany Novotny

3rd Place National Finalist, Arizona Regional Champion  Certificate
High School Junior - Arizona
Millennium High School - Only in New York from Thoroughly Modern Millie



Ainsley Orozco

National Finalist  Certificate
High School Junior - Arizona
Caught in the Storm from Smash



Elizabeth Schaible as Gertrude (High School Junior), Suzy Olson as Mayzie (High School Senior)

National Finalist  Certificate
High School Junior - Arizona
East Valley Children's Theatre - One Feather Tail/Amazing Mayzie from Seussical

Tyler Velarde
High School Junior - Arizona  Certificate
Saguaro High School - Pulled from The Addams Family


Jessica Wastchak

High School Junior - Arizona  Certificate
Bio: Jessica Wastchak is 17 years old and goes to Hamilton High School. She has been doing theatre since she was 8 and she has been singing since she could talk. Some of her favorite roles have been Molly in Ghost (AYT), Mae Tuck in Tuck Everlasting (VYT), Elsa in Frozen Jr (Hamilton), and a Kit Kat Girl in Cabaret (SYT). She also works as a princess at Mrs. Potts Tea Party and she likes to use her free time to hang out with her friends and family.
Monster from Frozen


Allison Watson (Junior) & Noah Lanouette (Senior)

National Finalist, 5th Place Arizona Regional Honoree  Certificate
High School Junior - Arizona
Bio: Allison is 17 years old. You may have seen her as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors at Spotlight (2019 NYA winner), Grace Farrell in Annie (Spotlight), Rapunzel in Into the Woods Jr (Spotlight), and Allana in The Little Mermaid (Theater Works), along with many other shows around Phoenix. Allison would like to thank her friends and family for all their constant love and support.
Spotlight Youth Theatre - Suddenly Seymour from Little Shop of Horrors


Andy Wissink
High School Junior - Arizona  Certificate
Where Are All the People? from Chaplin

California - Los Angeles



Bridget Barrera

5th Place Los Angeles Regional Honoree  Certificate
High School Junior - Los Angeles
Bio: Bridget Barrera has had a passion for singing and songwriting her whole life. She is a 16 year old junior and Honor student at John Burroughs High School where she is a featured vocalist in “Powerhouse”, one of the top choirs in the nation. She is also a featured vocalist in “Vocal Ensemble,” the elite a cappella choir at Burroughs. At age 14, Bridget won The Burbank Singing Star competition where part of her prize was the opportunity to write and record her own song and have it professionally produced. Her debut single “He’s a Dream" can be heard on Spotify, iTunes and all music platforms. Bridget has starred in dozens of musicals with Showboat Youth Theatre, playing Laurey in Oklahoma!, Ariel in The Little Mermaid, Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Wendy in Peter Pan, and Elphaba in Wicked. Other musical credits include Grease, and recently, West Side Story and Chicago with the Burroughs drama program. Her Television credits include Wizards of Waverly Place for Disney Chanel and ABC’s comedy, Cristela. You can follow Bridget (A.K.A. "Bridge") on instagram @bridgebarrera.
Satisfied from Hamilton

Bridget Barrera Satisfied from David Barrera on Vimeo.



Lauren Duncanson

#6 National Finalist, 3rd Place Los Angeles Regional Honoree  Certificate
High School Junior - Los Angeles
John Burroughs High School - Burroughs on Broadway - Lysistrata Jones: The Musical - Where Am I Now?



Jillian Flynn

3rd Place National Finalist, 2nd Place Los Angeles Regional Honoree  Certificate
High School Junior - Los Angeles
John Burroughs High School - Burroughs on Broadway - Catch Me If You Can - Fly, Fly Away



Amazing Oakes

National Finalist, 4th Place Los Angeles Regional Honoree  Certificate
High School Junior - Los Angeles
Oaks Christian School - The Life I Never Led from Sister Act



Allison Marie Santogrossi

High School Junior - Los Angeles  Certificate
Don't Rain On My Parade from Funny Girl



Ayanna Thomas

* National Champion *  Certificate
High School Junior - Los Angeles
Hamilton Academy - Hairspray - I Know Where I've Been

California - Orange County



Patrick McCormick as Phantom (Junior), Allison Bossart as Christine & Sean McCrimmon as Raoul (Seniors)

Top 10 (#9) National Finalist, 1st Place Orange County Regional Honoree  Certificate
High School Junior - Orange County
APA - Phantom of the Opera - Medley

San Diego


Maddy Considine
High School Junior - San Diego  Certificate
Francis Parker High School - Once Upon a Time from Brooklyn



Ethan Isaac Cruz

High School Junior - San Diego  Certificate
The Devil You Know from Side Show



Audrey Deubig

5th Place National Finalist, 2nd Place San Diego Regional Honoree  Certificate
High School Junior - San Diego
My House from Matilda



Zoe Goldstein

4th Place San Diego Regional Honoree  Certificate
High School Junior - San Diego
San Diego Junior Theatre - The Last Midnight from Into the Woods


Sydney Olson
High School Junior - San Diego  Certificate
It's An Art from Working


Sophia Rideout
High School Junior - San Diego  Certificate
Classical Academy High School - Can You Find It in Your Heart? from Footloose



Ella Louise Ryan

National Finalist, 3rd Place San Diego Regional Honoree  Certificate
High School Junior - San Diego
Everything I Know from In the Heights



Carissa Shelton

High School Junior - San Diego  Certificate
The Beauty Is from The Light in the Piazza


Aquila Sol

5th Place San Diego Regional Honoree  Certificate
High School Junior - San Diego
Parents Lie from Freaky Friday

Eleni Stavros
High School Junior - San Diego  Certificate
The Witch from Big Fish


Mia Sydney

* National Runner-Up * / San Diego Regional Champion  Certificate
High School Junior - San Diego
Dance: Ten, Looks: Three from A Chorus Line

Eastern Regional



Gabrielle Gore

Top 10 (#10) National Finalist, 1st Place Eastern Regional Honoree  Certificate
High School Junior - Oklahoma
She Used to be Mine from Waitress



Cammie Jackson

2nd Place Eastern Regional Honoree  Certificate
High School Junior - Virginia
Riverside High School - The Winner Takes It All from Mamma Mia


Madeleine Newman
4th Place Eastern Regional Honoree  Certificate
High School Junior - Arkansas
Northside High School - Part of the Human Heart from Once On This Island



Ella Stevens

3rd Place Eastern Regional Honoree  Certificate
High School Junior - New York
I Could Have Danced All Night from My Fair Lady