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2019 - 2020 15th
Annual National Youth Arts Awards!
~ Arizona - Western Regional
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Order Page [Trophies/T-shirts/Yearbooks/Memberships/Artist Pages]: If you're an award winner and would like a trophy to go with the certificate, you can order one directly from our trophy provider or place the order with us. You may also order NYA Awards T-shirts, masks, a yearbook for your area, or have an artist page added to our website. Please email any headshots/production photos for this awards page, your artist page, and/or the yearbook to Rob Hopper at rob@nationalyouththeatre.com. There is some possibility that in late October/early November we may invite award winners to a limited outdoor event in Scottsdale for acceptance speeches and photos. This would depend on the status of the pandemic and, if it happens, may be done in shifts or on different nights to maintain a small gathering. If interested in attending such an event, award winners may check the appropriate box on the Order Form. 2020-21 NYA & University Arts Video Showcase: Award winners and nominees may submit a video of their performance of a musical number or monologue for the 2020-21 Video Showcase using this form: http://www.nationalyouththeatre.com/news/news_nya_showcase2021.asp. The 2020-21 showcase will wrap up either in the winter or spring of 2021. At that time the showcases will also be adjudicated for both regional and national showcase honors. NYA Alumni: During the 2019-20 season, former NYA award winners have been involved in more than a dozen Broadway shows (including Hadestown, Hamilton, Jagged Little Pill, Come From Away, The Prom, Dear Evan Hansen, The Book of Mormon, The Ferryman, Mean Girls, Grand Horizons, West Side Story) and principal performers on more than twenty current or scheduled TV shows (including Dynasty, Stranger Things, Nancy Drew, Queen Sugar, DuckTales, The L Word, The Twilight Zone, The Stand, The Undoing, High School Musical, Criminal Minds, Black-ish, Batwoman, Dispatches from Elsewhere, Arrow, The Prom, Mr. Iglesias, Atypical, Veronica Mars, The Gifted, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), as well as principals in films including Frozen 2, Eternals, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Doctor Sleep, Dinner in America, Kajillionaire, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. A few award-winning alumni include three Tony Nominees, Ashley Park [2009 Winner] (Gretchen in Mean Girls), Emily Skeggs [2008] (Medium Alison in Fun Home) & Madeleine Foster Bersin [2010] as producer of What the Constitution Means to Me, as well as Asher Angel [2013, '14, '15] (Film: Billy Batson in Shazam!, TV: Jonah Beck in Andi Mack), Lia McHugh [2018] (Film: Sprite in Marvel's Eternals), Jackie Foster [2010, '12, '13, '14] (TV: The Voice Semifinalist, Lollapalooza), Rachel Matthews [2011, '12] (Film: Honeymaren in Frozen 2, Danielle in Happy Death Day), Veronica Dunne [2011, '12, '13] (Broadway: Roxie in Chicago, TV: Marisa Clark in K.C. Undercover), Francesca Reale [2012] (TV: Heather in Stranger Things), Julia Lester [2017] (Ashlyn in Disney's High School Musical: The Musical), Rachel Redleaf [2011, '12, '13, '14] (Mama Cass in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Beth in Atypical), Kennedy McMann [2013, '14] (TV: Nancy Drew in The CW's Nancy Drew), Brennyn Lark [2011] (Broadway: Eponine in Les Mis, TV: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), and Grammy winner Ariana Grande [2009]. 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)
Rob Hopper Arizona - Western Regional Outstanding Production:  bare (Spotlight Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Dogfight (Spotlight Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate  James and the Giant Peach (TheaterWorks) NYA Certificate  Matilda the Musical (Valley Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Outstanding College Production: The Light in the Piazza (ASU) NYA Certificate Artist of the Year:  
Ryenne Morgan (Louise in Gypsy @ Spotlight Youth Theatre, Fantine in Les Misérables @ ACAA, Jill in Fairy Tale Ending @ ACAA, Wednesday in The Addams Family @ Starlight) NYA Certificate   Bethany Novotny (Ivy in bare @ Spotlight Youth Theatre, Paulette in Legally Blonde @ Millennium High School, Student Choreographer for Legally Blonde @ Millennium High School) NYA Certificate Jack Yampolsky (Jack Kelly in DST’s Newsies, Bernstein in Spotlight’s Dogfight, Seymour in DMHS’s Little Shop of Horrors) NYA Certificate Junior Artist of the Year:   Emily Anton (Baby June in Gypsy @ Spotlight Youth Theatre, Madame Maybug in Thumbelina @ Musical Theatre of Anthem, One Moment in Time - NYA Showcase 3rd Place National Finalist) NYA Certificate  Lachlan Henderson (Olaf in Frozen Jr. & Matilda Cobblestone in The Elves and the Shoemaker @ Fountain Hills Youth Theater, Edith Zuckerman in Charlotte’s Web @ TheaterWorks) NYA Certificate It is with great pleasure, gratitude, and humility that I receive this award. 8 years ago, I attended my first ever theatre workshop at Fountain Hills Theater. I had no idea what to expect and no idea what was to come. Ms. Paige Beckman lit a fire in me that has continued to burn ever since. By being a theater kid I have learned about friendship, responsibility, organization, memorization, team work, fun, and creativity. I learned to show up, know my lines, and be on time (aka early, otherwise, you’re late). Theater became my happy place, and my second home. This year alone, I got to enter the magic world of Arendelle as a sidekick snowman, maintain poor posture in order to portray an old woman (sorry, Mom, I know, “Stand up straight!”), spread love and goodness through magical footwear in Elves and the Shoemaker, and I got my Cowgirl on, and witnessed the magic of Charlotte's Web. Thanks to theater, I have made more friends, had more interesting experiences (and a few notable injuries), and grown more as a young person than I otherwise would have. I would like to sincerely thank Rob Hopper and the NYAs. Without you, the youth arts would not be where it is today. You are every youth performers’ biggest fan. I also would like to take the opportunity to thank all of the staff and crew members at Fountain Hills Theater and TheaterWorks for their hard work on the shows this season, and every season. Thank you for believing in me, and giving me a chance to further grow and develop myself as a human being, and as an artist. And as always, thank you Mom and Dad for supporting me, ever since little six year old Lachlan walked through the doors of a Cinderella camp, and entered the magical world of the theater! Also, a huge shoutout to all of the castmates and techies that I had the opportunity to work with. Making magic is a team sport, and I’ve been extremely lucky to work with and grow with such talented people! Like everyone, I can’t wait till the curtains rise again. I can only hope that these “unprecedented times” move along and come to an end as fast as closing night arrives! Thank you, and see you when the curtains rise, again! Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical:  Christian Bader as Jason in bare (Spotlight Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Autumn Best as Willow in Fly More Than You Fall (Utah Valley University) NYA Certificate Finnegan Clisham as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables (ACAA) NYA Certificate Grace Dimond as Jo March in Little Women (Xavier-Brophy Theatre) NYA Certificate  Dean Kelldorf as Eddie Birdlace in Dogfight (Spotlight Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate   Sabrina Kiepke as Rose Fenny in Dogfight (Spotlight Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate 
PC: Michele CelentanoJack Maplethorpe as Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid Jr. (Musical Theatre of Anthem) NYA Certificate   Jazmin Moehring as Rose in Gypsy (Spotlight Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate   Mackenzie Morgan as Ida in HONK! (Desert Foothills Theater) NYA Certificate "I would like to start by saying thank you to Mr. Hopper and his amazing Mother! This is such an honor and I am so grateful that our paths crossed, you two have made such an exponential impact on my life and I am forever grateful for that. Next I would like to extend a thank you to those who aided me in this opportunity, those who from the beginning taught me how to accept being put down and how to grow from that pain, or just giving me the opportunity to be someone else on a beautifully lit stage. Though most importantly I would like to say thank you to my mom and my brothers for always being there for me, I truly wouldn’t be here today without you, I love you three so dearly. This award means so much more to me than you will ever know, this is truly a display of my personal, and performance growth and the love I hold for something that is my escape from reality, my way of expressing myself as well as allowing what is going on in my life to disappear while I take on a new character on stage. I am forever grateful for the relationships I have made (especially my second family, the Flowers). Lastly, I would like to thank my two guardian angels who watch over me from up above. To my Grandma, (Nanny) thank you for always being my partner in crime, I love you forever and ever. Kenny Moss, thank you for inspiring me and for helping me see that people’s words mean nothing, that everyone is going to have something to say but they will never truly have the insight to know who you are unless they stay for a while. I know you and my Nanny have the best seats in the house to all my performances. I love you both so much."   Sarah Pansing as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz (TheaterWorks) NYA Certificate  Olivia Pratt as Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins (Arizona School for the Arts) NYA Certificate Sam Primack as Evan Hansen in Dear Evan Hansen (National Tour) NYA Certificate   Jayla Quartullo as Spiker in James and the Giant Peach (TheaterWorks) NYA Certificate Lexi Walker as Malia in Fly More Than You Fall (Utah Valley University) NYA Certificate Sara Watson as Marian Paroo in The Music Man (Xavier-Brophy Theatre) NYA Certificate Riley Youngs as Laura in Band Geeks (Shadow Ridge High School) NYA Certificate Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play:  Tatum Gray as Charlotte in Charlotte’s Web (TheaterWorks) NYA Certificate  Kiana Hindi as Antigone in Antigone (ACAA) NYA Certificate Maycen Young as Mrs. Veta Louise Simmons in Harvey (Valley Vista High School) NYA Certificate Outstanding Lead Performance (Junior Division):  
Madison Fulmer as Sponge in James and the Giant Peach (TheaterWorks) NYA Certificate I am so honored to receive this award for "Sponge" in James and the Giant Peach. I absolutely LOVED this role. Thank you Paul Peterson, Trisha Ditsworth, and Kelli James for all your support and faith in me. Thank you to my amazing family, especially my mother who saw every performance of James and the Giant Peach, she is my biggest fan! Thank to Theaterworks and other local theaters for continuing to provide me opportunities, I hope to continue to grow and perform for my amazing AZ community!   Liam Garrett as James in James and the Giant Peach (TheaterWorks) NYA Certificate 
PC: Michele CelentanoNoelle Hammond as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz (Musical Theatre of Anthem) NYA Certificate Thank you so much to Rob Hopper and the NYAs for this honor. Many thanks to all of the Production Staff at Musical Theatre of Anthem, and special thanks to the staff on Wizard of Oz: Ms. Laura, Ms. Jackie, Ms. Lyndsie, Ms. Coco, Ms. Sarah, Ms. Jessy, and Ms. Karin, as well as the amazing cast. Thank you to all of the volunteers and everyone that makes the magic happen at MTA! 
PC: Michele CelentanoEllie Kunnari as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz (Musical Theatre of Anthem) NYA Certificate   Zoie Moller as Anna in Frozen Jr. (Spotlight Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate   Vivian Paige Nichols as Matilda in Matilda the Musical (Valley Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Paige Schmella as Anna in Frozen Jr. (Starlight Community Theater) NYA Certificate  Kali Lev Shaham as Wilbur in Charlotte’s Web (TheaterWorks) NYA Certificate Outstanding Lead Performance (College Division): Dylan Cotter as Casey in The Legend of Georgia McBride (University of Arizona) NYA Certificate Naphtali Curry as Tracy/Bobby in The Legend of Georgia McBride (University of Arizona) NYA Certificate  
Alixandra Giordano as Carrie White in Carrie (Brelby Theatre Company) NYA Certificate Mary Ott as Margaret Johnson in The Light in the Piazza (ASU) NYA Certificate 
Kathlynn Rodin as Clara Johnson in The Light in the Piazza (ASU) NYA Certificate  Kyler Tunnell as Peter in bare (Spotlight Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Outstanding Supporting Performance (College Division):  Ian Eller as Hunk/Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz (TheaterWorks) NYA Certificate Gabriela Giusti as Sunny in The Last Night of Ballyhoo (University of Arizona) NYA Certificate 
Carly Natania Grossman as Lala in The Last Night of Ballyhoo (University of Arizona) NYA Certificate  Anand Khalsa as Herbie in Gypsy (Spotlight Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Stephanie Larson as Miss Honey in Matilda the Musical (Valley Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Jaime Pla as Joe in The Last Night of Ballyhoo (University of Arizona) NYA Certificate  Michael Schulz as Peachy in The Last Night of Ballyhoo (University of Arizona) NYA Certificate  Jack Taylor as Boland in Dogfight (Spotlight Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Liam Thibeault as Adolph in The Last Night of Ballyhoo (University of Arizona) NYA Certificate Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical: Liberty Anglin as Nicole in Band Geeks (Shadow Ridge High School) NYA Certificate Jared Barbee as Mr. Wormwood in Matilda the Musical (Valley Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate  Katie Brown as Winifred Banks in Mary Poppins (Arizona School for the Arts) NYA Certificate Logan Durham as Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast Jr. (Sandra Day O’Connor High School) NYA Certificate Sophie Evans as Elsa Schraeder in The Sound of Music (Northwest Christian School) NYA Certificate  Ronda Felton as Sister Chantelle in bare (Spotlight Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate   Jessica Fink as Mrs. Wormwood in Matilda the Musical (Valley Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Maya Greaves as Miss Hannigan in Annie Jr. (Phoenix Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Trevar Howell as Agatha Trunchbull in Matilda the Musical (Valley Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate  Sabrina Kiepke as Nadia in bare (Spotlight Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Kyra Klonoski as Marmee March in Little Women (Xavier-Brophy Theatre) NYA Certificate 
PC: Michele CelentanoJadyn Momeyer as Hunk/Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz (Musical Theatre of Anthem) NYA Certificate Andy Wissink as Laurie Laurence in Little Women (Xavier-Brophy Theatre) NYA Certificate Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Play: Raymond Cusick as David Bliss in Hay Fever (Arizona School for the Arts) NYA Certificate  Leonidas Karandreas as Templeton in Charlotte’s Web (TheaterWorks) NYA Certificate Ruben Sanchez as Richard Greatham in Hay Fever (Arizona School for the Arts) NYA Certificate Sophie Vaughan as Myra Arundel in Hay Fever (Arizona School for the Arts) NYA Certificate Outstanding Supporting Performance (Junior Division): Gwyneth Doebbeling as Old Queen Maude in The Princess and the Pea (Valley Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate  Brooklyn Martin as Olaf in Frozen Jr. (Spotlight Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Remi McKim as Mona Schlumpgarden in Flapper (Candeo Schools) NYA Certificate Outstanding Featured Performance (College Division):  Jesse Pike as Claire in bare (Spotlight Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical: Jordan Dallmeier as Madame in Beauty and the Beast Jr. (Sandra Day O’Connor High School) NYA Certificate Ronda Felton as Ms. Phelps in Matilda the Musical (Valley Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Terrell Stratton as Chad/Bailiff in Legally Blonde (Millennium Theater Company) NYA Certificate   Josie Wright as Marcy in Dogfight (Spotlight Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play:  Kate Brink as Kalypso in My Father, Odysseus (Brophy-Xavier Theatre) NYA Certificate Outstanding Featured Performance (Junior Division): MiMi Crossland as Little Girl in Once On This Island (National Tour) NYA Certificate 
PC: Michele CelentanoVanessa Hughes as Young Anna in Frozen Jr. (Musical Theatre of Anthem) NYA Certificate Nora Palermo as Princess Minerva in The Princess and the Pea (Valley Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Ellie Pompay as Esmeralda Smythe in The Princess and the Pea (Valley Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Outstanding Ensemble:  bare (Spotlight Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Dogfight (Spotlight Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Beauty and the Beast Jr. (Sandra Day O’Connor High School) NYA Certificate Gypsy (Spotlight Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Hay Fever (Arizona School for the Arts) NYA Certificate  James and the Giant Peach (TheaterWorks) NYA Certificate Legally Blonde (Millennium Theater Company) NYA Certificate Les Misérables (ACAA) NYA Certificate Little Women (Xavier-Brophy Theatre) NYA Certificate Matilda the Musical (Valley Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate They Chose Me (Valley Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Outstanding Ensemble (Junior Division): Flapper (Candeo Schools) NYA Certificate Outstanding College Ensemble: Fly More Than You Fall (Utah Valley University) NYA Certificate The Last Night of Ballyhoo (University of Arizona) NYA Certificate Outstanding Costume Design: Karol Cooper for Matilda the Musical (Valley Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate  Whitney Tres for James and the Giant Peach (TheaterWorks) NYA Certificate Outstanding Lighting Design: Brian Honsberger for Matilda the Musical (Valley Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Outstanding Set Design: Brett Aiken for Annie Jr. (Phoenix Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate  Dori Brown for James and the Giant Peach (TheaterWorks) NYA Certificate Bobby Sample for bare (Spotlight Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Outstanding Choreography: Tina Caspary for bare (Spotlight Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Marley DeGroodt for Dogfight (Spotlight Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Nathalie Velasquez for Matilda the Musical (Valley Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Outstanding Sound Design/Original Music: Josh Hontz for Dogfight (Spotlight Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Outstanding Hair/Makeup Design: Trey DeGroodt for Gypsy (Spotlight Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Outstanding Musical Direction: Adam Bei for bare (Spotlight Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Mark Fearey for Matilda the Musical (Valley Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Tristan Peterson-Steinert for Dogfight (Spotlight Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Outstanding Direction: Bobb Cooper for Matilda the Musical (Valley Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Kenny Grossman for bare (Spotlight Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate  Paul Pedersen for James and the Giant Peach (TheaterWorks) NYA Certificate Bobby Sample for Dogfight (Spotlight Youth Theatre) NYA Certificate Outstanding New Works: Nat Zegree and Eric Holmes for Fly More Than You Fall (Utah Valley University) NYA Certificate
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National
Youth Arts is excited to continue announcing the winners of our 15th Annual National Youth Arts Awards to honor outstanding work
by youth in the arts. 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!
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