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This year's award winners were selected from nominations by a panel of more than 50 judges and reviewers. In addition to the youth who performed in schools and youth arts companies, anyone age 18 and under who performed at a show reviewed by a judge was also considered for the NYA awards, as well as the adults who participated in the youth productions backstage (directors, set designers, costume designers, etc.) and guest adult Performances in productions designed for youth. College artists are eligible for our University Arts (UniArts) Awards presented in conjunction with the National Youth Arts Awards. Thank you all for your incredible work and all the unforgettable entertainment over the past year!

The award winners will be formally presented with their awards on stage and nomination certificates will be available at the registration table for the nominees. The ceremonies honoring all of their accomplishments are held in different regions of the country including multiple ceremonies in Arizona, California, Colorado, New York, and Virginia. A few award-winning alumni include Tony Nominees Ashley Park [2009] (Broadway: Gretchen in Mean Girls, Tuptim in The King & I) and Emily Skeggs [2008] (Broadway: Medium Alison in Fun Home, TV: Young Roma in When We Rise), Asher Angel [2013, '14, '15] (Film: Billy Batson in Shazam!, TV: Jonah Beck in Andi Mack), Jackie Foster [2010, '12, '13, '14] (TV: The Voice Semifinalist), Brian Crum [2005] (TV: America's Got Talent finalist), Veronica Dunne [2011, '12, '13] (Broadway: Roxie in Chicago, TV: Marisa Clark in K.C. Undercover), Carolyn Braver [2007, '08] (Broadway: Pearl in The Iceman Cometh), Kyle Selig [2010] (Broadway: Aaron in Mean Girls), Emma Howard [2011, '16, '17] (Broadway: Hortensia in Matilda, Film: The Beguiled), Brennyn Lark [2011] (West End: Deena Jones in Dreamgirls, Broadway: Eponine in Les Mis), and multiple-Grammy Nominee Ariana Grande [2009].

If award winners can't make it to their ceremony, they might be able to attend one of the other ceremonies. Thank you all for your incredible work and all the unforgettable entertainment over the past year, and we hope you can join us!

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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Arizona - Peoria Ceremony
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NYA Awards | Nominees
Sunday, September 9
Registration begins @ 6:45 p.m.
Awards Presentation begins @ 7:30 p.m.
Peoria Center for the Performing Arts
Gyder Mainstage
8355 W. Peoria Avenue
Peoria, AZ 85345

Please click here for more details and ticket information

And the Winners are ...

Outstanding Production:
Cabaret (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Jesus Christ Superstar (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (TheaterWorks)

Outstanding Choral Production:
Pitches in Motion Concert (Spotlight Youth Theatre)

Artist of the Year:
Addison Bowman (Julia in The Wedding Singer @ O’Connor, Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet @ Spotlight, Princess Fiona in Shrek @ VYT)
Sarah Pansing (Fastrada in Pippin @ Spotlight, Beth in Little Women @ VYT, Soloist in Songs from My Closet)
Vincent Pugliese (Emcee in Cabaret, Simon Zealots in Jesus Christ Superstar @ Spotlight, Laurie in Little Women @ VYT)

Junior Artist of the Year:
Josh Pike (Aladdin in Aladdin @ Starlight, JoJo in Seussical, Zebulon in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Rooster in Annie, Tumnus in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe @ TheaterWorks)

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical:
Bryce Craig as Robbie Hart in The Wedding Singer (Sandra Day O’Connor High School)
Sophia Donnell as Sally Bowles in Cabaret (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Quincy Janisse as Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (TheaterWorks)
Rachel Nathan as Princess Fiona in Shrek the Musical (Desert Foothills Theater)
Sam Primack as Jesus of Nazareth in Jesus Christ Superstar (Spotlight Youth Theatre)

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play:
Nathan Gayan as George Bailey in It’s a Wonderful Life (Valley Vista High School)
Anson Romney as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Peyton Woolf as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (Spotlight Youth Theatre)

Outstanding Lead Performance (Junior Division):
Scarlett Abernathy as the Little Prince in The Little Prince (TheaterWorks)
Noelle Hammond as Mary Lennox in The Secret Garden (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Gracie Palmer as Vivian Mooster in Revenge of the Space Pandas (Starlight Community Theater)
Zoey Waller as Junie B. Jones in Junie B. Jones: The Musical (Spotlight Youth Theatre)

Outstanding Lead Performance (College Division):
Noah Clark as the Aviator in The Little Prince (TheaterWorks)
Trey DeGroodt as Leading Player in Pippin (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Grant Roberts as Shrek in Shrek the Musical (Desert Foothills Theater)

Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical:
Alyssa Armstrong as Catherine in Pippin (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Jasmine Bassham as Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Brooke Black as Linda in The Wedding Singer (Sandra Day O’Connor High School)
Samuel Brown as Sir Evelyn Oakleigh in Anything Goes (Valley Vista High School)
Lauren Coe as Ursula in The Little Mermaid Jr. (Sandra Day O’Connor High School)
Savannah Foy as Martha in The Secret Garden (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
One Griffin as George in The Wedding Singer (Sandra Day O’Connor High School)
Grace Napolitano as Alice Beineke in The Addams Family (Desert Foothills Theater)
Isaiah Salazar as Charles in Pippin (Spotlight Youth Theatre) 
Isaiah Salazar as Caiaphas in Jesus Christ Superstar (Spotlight Youth Theatre)

Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Play:
Aaron Brown as Capulet in Romeo and Juliet (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Camden Wawro as Nurse in Romeo and Juliet (Spotlight Youth Theatre)

Outstanding Supporting Performance (Junior Division):
Mary Davis as Skipper in Madagascar Jr. (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
J. Garrett Hale as King Julien in Madagascar Jr. (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Ellie Kunnari as Brinley in Decided (Musical Theatre of Anthem)

Outstanding Supporting Performance (College Division):
Joseph Cavazos as Herr Schultz in Cabaret (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Griffin LeBlanc as Pharaoh in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (TheaterWorks)

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical:
Jaren Lacke as Thing 1 in Seussical the Musical (Shadow Ridge High School)
Bryanna Martinez as Sour Kangaroo in Seussical the Musical (Shadow Ridge High School)
Jack Taylor as Ernst Ludwig in Cabaret (Spotlight Youth Theatre)

Outstanding Ensemble:
The Addams Family (Desert Foothills Theater)
Madagascar Jr. (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Pippin (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Romeo and Juliet (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Seussical the Musical (Shadow Ridge High School)
The Wedding Singer (Sandra Day O’Connor High School)

Outstanding Ensemble (Junior Division):
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (Musical Theatre of Anthem)

Outstanding Costume Design:
Makenna Cain and Madelyn Sperry for The Little Mermaid Jr. (Sandra Day O’Connor High School)
Mattaea Reeves for Shrek the Musical (Desert Foothills Theater)
Kim Sivey for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Starlight Community Theater)

Outstanding Lighting Design:
Jeff A. Davis for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (TheaterWorks)

Outstanding Choreography:
Lynzee 4man for Body of Work (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Tina Caspary-Cyphert for Cabaret (Spotlight Youth Theatre)

Outstanding Musical Direction:
Mark 4man for Jesus Christ Superstar (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Ken Goodenberger for Cabaret (Spotlight Youth Theatre)

Outstanding Direction:
Kenny Grossman for Romeo and Juliet (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Kenny Grossman for Cabaret (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Paul Pedersen for The Little Prince (TheaterWorks)
Bobby Sample for Pippin (Spotlight Youth Theatre)

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

Outstanding Production:
The Little Prince (TheaterWorks)
Madagascar Jr. (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Pippin (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Romeo and Juliet (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
The Wedding Singer (Sandra Day O’Connor High School)

Outstanding Guest Production:
The Secret Garden (Musical Theatre of Anthem)

Outstanding Choral Production:
Pitches & Tones Christmas Concert (Spotlight Youth Theatre)

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical:
Liberty Anglin as Jojo in Seussical the Musical (Shadow Ridge High School)
Aaron Brown as Clifford Bradshaw in Cabaret (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Chelsea Carll as Philia in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Starlight Community Theater)
Sam Chartier as Gomez Addams in The Addams Family (Desert Foothills Theater)
Grace Davis as Rosalie Mullins in School of Rock (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Kayla Dobbs as Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family (Desert Foothills Theater)
Claire Dolan as Elle in Legally Blonde (Starlight Community Theater)
Parker Gates as Dewey in School of Rock (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Olivia Hsu as Ariel in The Little Mermaid Jr. (Sandra Day O’Connor High School)
Isabelle Hunsaker as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz (Valley Vista High School)
Jack Maplethorpe as Alex in Madagascar Jr. (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Justin Moore as Donkey in Shrek the Musical (Desert Foothills Theater)
Devon Policci as Pippin in Pippin (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Abigail Prusinski as Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes (Valley Vista High School)
Alek Rahman as Morticia Addams in The Addams Family (Desert Foothills Theater)
Alexis Rosenbaum as Deja in Decided (Musical Theatre of Anthem)

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play:
Faith Blinn as White Witch in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (TheaterWorks)
Nathan Gayan as Hamlet in Hamlet (Valley Vista High School)
Harleigh Irizarry as Bob in Revenge of the Space Pandas (Starlight Community Theater)
Jalen Mitchell as Aslan in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (TheaterWorks)
Hannah Pohlmeyer as Lily #3 in In There Somewhere (Starlight Community Theater)

Outstanding Lead Performance (Junior Division):
Anora Biggs as Wilbur in Charlotte’s Web (Desert Foothills Theater)
Jazlynn Damasco as Mulan in Mulan Jr. (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Davin Kallevig as Ti Moune in Once On This Island Jr. (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Anna Koth as Carrie #3 in In There Somewhere (Starlight Community Theater)
Austin Kring as Mowgli in The Jungle Book KIDS (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Ellie Kunnari as Annie in Annie (TheaterWorks)
Christopher Poulios as Marty in Madagascar Jr. (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Christopher Poulios as Edward in The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (Musical Theatre of Anthem)

Outstanding Guest Performance:
Aaron Arsenault as Gaston in Beauty and the Beast (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Amanda Kei Glenn as Belle in Beauty and the Beast (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Amanda Glenn as Heather McNamara in Heathers (Brelby Theatre Company)
Thomas F. Graca as Baron Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Starlight Community Theater)
Stacey Kunnari as Lily Craven in The Secret Garden (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Jeremy Neiss as Elle’s Dad, Winthrop, Law Student, Guard, Nikos in Legally Blonde (Starlight Community Theater)
Jeremy Neiss as Edward Farpis in Revenge of the Space Pandas (Starlight Community Theater)
Matt Newhard as Dad in Decided (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Matt Newhard as Archibald Craven in The Secret Garden (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Kim Sivey as Baroness Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Starlight Community Theater)
Rick Tejera as Old Man/Father in A Christmas Story (Starlight Community Theater)

Outstanding Lead Performance (College Division):
Madison Cichon as Veronica Sawyer in Heathers (Brelby Theatre Company)
Ian Eller as Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (TheaterWorks)
Issie Ocampo as Nina in In the Heights (Desert Foothills Theater)
Jonny Ramirez as Usnavi in In the Heights (Desert Foothills Theater) 

Outstanding Supporting Performance (College Division):
Jeremy Bassham as Pontius Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Jeremy Bassham as Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Grant Roberts as Uncle Fester in The Addams Family (Desert Foothills Theater)

Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical:
Liberty Anglin as Sally Brown in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Shadow Ridge High School)
Jared Barbee as Levi in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (TheaterWorks)
Allison Belsan as Genie in Aladdin Jr. (Starlight Community Theater)
Michael Blalack as Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Ashley Bragg as Scared Deja in Decided (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Sam Brown as Hickory, Tinman in The Wizard of Oz (Valley Vista High School)
Lauren Coe as Grandma Rosie in The Wedding Singer (Sandra Day O’Connor High School)
Phoenix Cyphert as May in Junie B. Jones: The Musical (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Grace Davis as Grace Farrell in Annie Jr. (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Steven Enriquez as King Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Savannah Foy as Gloria in Madagascar Jr. (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Savannah Foy as Erzulie in Once On This Island Jr. (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Parker Gates as LeFou in Beauty and the Beast (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Parker Gates as Preston in Decided (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Morgan Goldberg as Sadie in Decided (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Morgan Goldberg as Miss Hannigan in Annie (TheaterWorks)
Savoy Graca as Berthe in Pippin (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Jack Maplethorpe as Dickon in The Secret Garden (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Serenity Mitchell as Holly in The Wedding Singer (Sandra Day O’Connor High School)
J.R. Momeyer as Oliver Warbucks in Annie (TheaterWorks)
Ruby Price as Gertrude McFuzz in Seussical the Musical (Shadow Ridge High School)
Terese Sanchez as Vivienne in Legally Blonde (Starlight Community Theater)
Hannah Shaffer as Scuttle in The Little Mermaid Jr. (Sandra Day O’Connor High School)
Zachary Snyders as Pugsley Addams in The Addams Family (Desert Foothills Theater)
Tatum Emily Sosnowski as Mad Deja in Decided (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Lily Swope as Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Jack Taylor as Lewis in Pippin (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Macie Thompson as Mayzie La Bird in Seussical the Musical (Shadow Ridge High School)
Tor Christian Tjorhom as Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Vanessa Vera as Lucy Van Pelt in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Shadow Ridge High School)

Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Play:
Lauren Coe as Miss Brunner in A Murder is Announced (Sandra Day O’Connor High School)
Bryce Craig as Mr. Craddock in A Murder is Announced (Sandra Day O’Connor High School)
Madison Harhay as Ophelia in Hamlet (Valley Vista High School)
Ava Mitchell as Older Abilene in The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Haiden Ruffino as Miss Marple in A Murder is Announced (Sandra Day O’Connor High School)
Nick Scaringelli as Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Maddie Sperry as Blacklock in A Murder is Announced (Sandra Day O’Connor High School)
Kenidy Stephenson as Julia in A Murder is Announced (Sandra Day O’Connor High School)
Jack Taylor as Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet (Spotlight Youth Theatre)

Outstanding Supporting Performance (Junior Division):
Gabby Astrowsky as Fern Arable in Charlotte’s Web (Desert Foothills Theater)
Lexirose Blanzy as Tomika in School of Rock (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Wyatt Chamoff as Templeton in Charlotte’s Web (Desert Foothills Theater)
Alivia Desmarteau as Flounder in The Little Mermaid Jr. (Sandra Day O’Connor High School)
Ian Gray as Dwarf in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (TheaterWorks)
J. Garrett Hale as Bull in The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Lennon Hammond as Colin Craven in The Secret Garden (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Noelle Hammond as Katie in School of Rock (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Noelle Hammond as Abilene in The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Jayden Hawley as King Louie in The Jungle Book KIDS (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Julia Hughes as Lucy, the Dog in The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Katelyn Karcher as Charlotte in Charlotte’s Web (Desert Foothills Theater)
Piper Keagle as Summer Hathaway in School of Rock (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Austin Kring as Freddy Hamilton in School of Rock (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Isabella Menzel as Retainer (“Hank”) in Revenge of the Space Pandas (Starlight Community Theater)
Ava Newton as Lucy in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (TheaterWorks)
Ava Newton as Theo in Pippin (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Marlee Trent as Gracelyn in Decided (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Callista Walker as Mushu in Mulan Jr. (Spotlight Youth Theatre)

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical:
Jasmine Bassham as Fraulein Kost in Cabaret (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Riley Clark as Jetsam in The Little Mermaid Jr. (Sandra Day O’Connor High School)
King Fanene as General Schmitz/Wickersham Brother in Seussical the Musical (Shadow Ridge High School)
Marco Geminiano Zanni as Wickersham Brother in Seussical the Musical (Shadow Ridge High School)
One Griffin as Flotsam in The Little Mermaid Jr. (Sandra Day O’Connor High School)
Noah Lanouette as Annas in Jesus Christ Superstar (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Sean McIntosh as Wickersham Brother in Seussical the Musical (Shadow Ridge High School)
Olivia Palmer as Grandma Addams in The Addams Family (Desert Foothills Theater)
Christian Perez as Wickersham Brother in Seussical the Musical (Shadow Ridge High School)
McKenna Roberts as Gingy/Sugarplum Fairy in Shrek the Musical (Desert Foothills Theater)
Alexis Rosenbaum as Rose Lennox in The Secret Garden (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Tya Rowitz as Thing 2 in Seussical the Musical (Shadow Ridge High School)

Outstanding Featured Performance (Junior Division):
Amy Fishencord as Grandmother Fa in Mulan Jr. (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Vanessa Hughes as Shanti in The Jungle Book KIDS (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Rachel Morgan as Executioner in Revenge of the Space Pandas (Starlight Community Theater)
Samantha Zell as Cricket in Mulan Jr. (Spotlight Youth Theatre)

Outstanding Ensemble:
Cabaret (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Decided (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Jesus Christ Superstar (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (TheaterWorks)
The Little Mermaid Jr. (Sandra Day O’Connor High School)
Legally Blonde (Starlight Community Theater)
Once On This Island Jr. (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
School of Rock (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Shrek the Musical (Desert Foothills Theater)

Outstanding Ensemble (College Division):
Heathers (Brelby Theatre Company)

Outstanding Costume Design:
Edie Chudnow for Charlotte’s Web (Desert Foothills Theater)
Naomi and Andi Jordon for Jesus Christ Superstar (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Carolyn McBurney for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (TheaterWorks)
Kathi Miller and Brenda Moulder for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (TheaterWorks)
Tamara Treat for The Addams Family (Desert Foothills Theater)
Samantha Essary Utpadel for Cabaret (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Audrey Wawro for Mulan Jr. (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Audrey Wawro for Romeo and Juliet (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Trixie Wilmott for The Jungle Book KIDS (Musical Theatre of Anthem)

Outstanding Lighting Design:
Jeff A. Davis for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (TheaterWorks)
Jeff Davis for The Little Prince (TheaterWorks)
Jeremy Grantham for Once On This Island Jr. (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Josh Hontz for Jesus Christ Superstar (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Josh Hontz for Cabaret (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Maxwell Plata for Seussical the Musical (Shadow Ridge High School)

Outstanding Set Design:
Michael Armstrong & Kenny Grossman for Cabaret (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Dori Brown for The Little Prince (TheaterWorks)
Dorann Matson for Shrek the Musical (Desert Foothills Theater)
Michelle Johnston and Mike Rippenkroeger for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Starlight Community Theater)
Bobby Sample for Junie B. Jones: The Musical (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Bobby Sample for Pippin (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Tiana Torrilhon for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (TheaterWorks)

Outstanding Choreography:
Kat Bailes for Shrek the Musical (Desert Foothills Theater)
Sarah Brayer for School of Rock (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Toni Fioramonti and Ryan Clark for The Wedding Singer (Sandra Day O’Connor High School)
Sherry Henderson for Madagascar Jr. (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Tina Khalil for Seussical the Musical (TheaterWorks)
Paul Pedersen for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (TheaterWorks)
Thomas Underdal for Seussical the Musical (Shadow Ridge High School)

Outstanding Fight Choreography:
Ally Baumlin for Romeo and Juliet (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Brian Maticic for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (TheaterWorks)

Outstanding Sound Design/Original Music:
Josh Hontz for Jesus Christ Superstar (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Josh Hontz for Romeo and Juliet (Spotlight Youth Theatre) 
Stacee A. Martinez for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (TheaterWorks)

Outstanding Hair/Makeup Design:
Trey DeGroodt for Cabaret (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Trey DeGroodt for Jesus Christ Superstar (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Angel DeMichael for Romeo and Juliet (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
DeAndrea Vaughn for The Little Prince (TheaterWorks)

Outstanding New Works:
Brian M. Kunnari for Decided (Musical Theatre of Anthem)

Outstanding Musical Direction:
Mark 4man for Pippin (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Ken Goodenberger for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (TheaterWorks)
James May for Seussical the Musical (TheaterWorks)
Hanna Shaffer and Bryce Craig for The Little Mermaid Jr. (Sandra Day O’Connor High School)
Cris Wo for The Secret Garden (Musical Theatre of Anthem)

Outstanding Direction:
Mark and Lynzee 4man for Jesus Christ Superstar (Spotlight Youth Theatre)
Brett Aiken for Seussical the Musical (TheaterWorks)
Ric Alpers for Revenge of the Space Pandas (Starlight Community Theater)
Sarah Brayer for School of Rock (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Toni Fioramonti for The Wedding Singer (Sandra Day O’Connor High School)
Toni Fioramonti for The Little Mermaid Jr. (Sandra Day O’Connor High School)
Chris Hamby & Paul Pedersen for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (TheaterWorks)
Sherry Henderson for Madagascar Jr. (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Laura O’Meara for The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (Musical Theatre of Anthem)
Kendra Schroeder for Seussical the Musical (Shadow Ridge High School)
Shawna Weitekamp for The Secret Garden (Musical Theatre of Anthem)