The Roger Rees Award for Outstanding Performer in a Musical
The Outstanding Performer Award is presented 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®.
Congratulations 2026 Outstanding Performer Award Winners:
Emersyn Hunt, Professional Performing Arts School
Jacob Solomon, Hauppauge High School
Congratulations 2026 Emerging Artist Winners:
Gloria Manning, Professional Performing Arts School
William Herbert, Farmingdale High School
2026 Nominees:
Dominique Alvarez, Rye Country Day School
Cherish Amoako, Hunter College High School
Jack Chambers, Manhasset High School
Zachary Claro, Monsignor Farrell High School
Miles Cohen, Herricks High School
Siena Cottone, The Knox School
Joel Crump, Lèman Manhattan Preparatory School
Marcello DiMarzio, Monsignor Farrell High School
Winter Donnelly, Archbishop Stepinac High School
Jonah Sebastian Espinosa, Beacon High School
Diana Fogel, Long Island High School for the Arts
Lily Giese, Frank Sinatra School of the Arts
Katelyn Gomes, Susan E Wagner High School
Julia Gordon, Commack High School
William Herbert, Farmingdale High School
Emersyn Hunt, Professional Performing Arts School
Oliver Ipri, Pleasantville High School
Ava Johnson, York Prep School
Jian Kawai, Rye Neck High School
Leo Kettells, Frank Sinatra School of the Arts
Tatianna Krummenacker, Bay Shore Senior High School
Molly Lyons, Beacon High School
Gloria Manning, Professional Performing Arts School
Matthew Manzo, Mount Sinai High School
Anthony Mastrangelo, West Babylon Senior High School
Julia McAlpine, John Jay High School
Jeronnie McDougald, Bay Shore Senior High School
Aidan McNeil, Plainedge High School
Austin Miller, Arlington High School
Haley Millowitz, Rye Country Day School
Eleni Misetic, Manhasset High School
Olivia Potorti, Brooklyn High School of the Arts
Madeline Power, Garden City High School
Patrick Ruhle, Chaminade High School
Donovan Russell, Woodlands Middle High School
Dylan Sakaria, Roslyn High School
Tosia Sliwski, Commack High School
Mary Claire Smyth, The Scholars’ Academy
Jacob Solomon, Hauppauge High School
Madisyn Spagna, Roy C. Ketcham High School
Jack Spruiell, Regis High School
Dominick Stern, Dobbs Ferry High School
Ivette Taveras, Brooklyn High School of the Arts
Alissa Tayeh, Susan E Wagner High School
Leonidas Tirella, St Francis Preparatory High School
Michael Troy, Suffern High School
Charlie Turner, Floral Park Memorial High School
Audrey Varley, York Prep School
Maxwell Vegliando, Newburgh Free Academy
Devin Williams, Farmingdale High School