Outstanding Performer in a Musical
The Roger Rees Awards for Outstanding Performance in a Musical – awarded to two students who performed in qualifying roles in their high school’s musical. These two students go on to represent the Greater New York City area at The Broadway League Foundation’s National High School Musical Theatre Awards® (NHSMTA®), The Jimmy Awards®.
Outstanding Performer Judges
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Outstanding Performer Coaches
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Outstanding Performer Music Directors
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2024 Award Winners
Outstanding Performer Nominees
Bronx
| Andrew Adams | Fordham Preparatory School Something Rotten! in the role of Nick Bottom |
| Layla Capers | Cardinal Spellman High School In the Heights in the role of Abuela Claudia |
| Massimo D’Onofrio | Fordham Preparatory School Something Rotten! in the role of William Shakespeare |
| Celia Stafford | Horace Mann High School The Prom in the role of Dee Dee Allen |
Dutchess
| Ava Dvorak | John Jay Proscenium My Fair Lady in the role of Eliza Doolittle |
| Jonah Espinosa | Beacon High School Phantom of the Opera in the role of the Phantom |
Molly Lyons FINALIST | Beacon High School Phantom of the Opera in the role of Christine Daae |
Nassau
Jack Ceglie FINALIST | Lynbrook High School Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in the role Joseph |
Jack Chambers FINALIST | Manhasset High School Anastasia: The Musical in the role of Dmitri |
| Matthew Cruz | Sewanhaka High School Kiss Me Kate in the role of Fred Graham / Petruchio |
| Olivia DeMarco | General Douglas MacArthur High School Anything Goes in the role of Reno Sweeney |
| Sienna Feldman | Chaminade High School Guys and Dolls in the role of Adelaide |
| Lila Freifeld | Roslyn High School Anything Goes in the role of Reno Sweeney |
Ashlee Fucarino OUTSTANDING PERFORMER WINNER | Wantagh High School Jekyll and Hyde in the role of Lucy |
| Chris Fukuda | William A. Shine Great Neck South High School The Addams Family in the role of Gomez Addams |
| Theodore Gaeta | Syosset High School Chicago: Teen Edition in the role of Amos Hart |
William Herbert FINALIST | Farmingdale High School Footloose in the role of Ren McCormack |
Anthony Lerro EMERGING ARTIST WINNER | Wantagh High School Jekyll & Hyde in the role of Jekyll & Hyde |
| Helen Murphy | Manhasset High School Anastasia: The Musical in the role of Anya |
| Alyssa Wong | William A. Shine Great Neck South High School The Addams Family in the role of Wednesday Addams |
New York Manhattan
| Chelsea Dennis | Talent Unlimited High School Into the Woods in the role of Cinderella |
Hannah Evans FINALIST | Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School for Music and Art & Performing Arts The Addams Family in the role of Alice Beineke |
| Caelyn Osbern | Léman Manhattan Preparatory School Shrek in the role of Princess Fiona |
Elinor Ott FINALIST | Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School for Music and Art & Performing Arts The Addams Family in the role of Alice Beineke |
Rosabella Procario-Soler EMERGING ARTIST AWARD WINNER | Professional Performing Arts School TItanic in the role of Alice Beane |
| Chance Smith | Professional Performing Arts School Titanic in the role of Murdoch |
Orange
| Liz Prado | Newburgh Free Academy Hairspray in the role of Tracy |
Queens
| Ben Gluck | Frank Sinatra School of the Arts Titanic in the role of Thomas Andrews |
| Emmy Liu-Wang | Bayside High School Rent in the role of Mimi |
| Lily Resto-Solano | Frank Sinatra School of the Arts Titanic in the role of Alice Beane |
| Mikolas Taveras | Townsend Harris High School The Addams Family in the role of Gomez Addams |
Rockland
| Benjamin Mejia | Ramapo High School Urinetown in the role of Officer Lockstock |
Eliana Panoff FINALIST | Suffern High School Into the Woods in the role of The Baker’s Wife |
Suffolk
Isaiah Baston OUTSTANDING PERFORMER WINNER | Bay Shore Senior High School |
| Krista Flynn | Bay Shore Senior High School Children of Eden in the role of Eve |
| Skylar Greene | Islip High School You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown in the role of Sally Brown |
| Kirra Murphy | West Babylon Senior High School Mamma Mia! in the role of Donna Sheridan |
| Jordan Reilly | Hauppauge High School Peter Pan in the role of Peter Pan |
| Daniel Rubinson | Islip High School You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown in the role of Charlie Brown |
| Emma Suhr | Southampton High School Matilda in the role of Matilda |
Westchester
| Arianna Arocho | Archbishop Stepinac High School Catch Me If You Can in the role of Brenda |
| Sydnee Brown | Iona Preparatory Footloose in the role of Vi Moore |
| Keira Burgos | The Masters School Into the Wood in the role of Little Red Riding Hood |
| Jonathan DiMarco | Iona Preparatory Footloose in the role of Ren McCormack |
Liam Ginsburg FINALIST | Pelham Memorial High School Into the Woods in the role of Jack |
| Sebastian Goldstein | Lakeland High School Chicago: Teen Edition in the role of Billy Flynn |
| Jian Kawai | Rye Neck High School Beauty and the Beast in the role of Lumiere |
| Alex Kerr | Rye Neck High School Beauty and the Beast in the role of Beast |
| Calvin Lindo | Archbishop Stepinac High School Catch Me If You Can in the role of Frank Abagnale Jr. |
| Maddy Lyons | Pelham Memorial High School Into the Woods in the role of The Witch |