The 16th Annual Roger Rees Awards for Excellence in Student Performance will take place May 17 at 7 PM at Symphony Space.
Produced by BEA and Disney Theatrical Group, the ceremony awards an Outstanding Performer commendation, which recognizes two students who have performed a leading role in an officially licensed high school musical production in the Greater New York region. The two winning students selected by a panel of leading Broadway professionals will represent the region at the Jimmy Awards June 22.
A total of 103 high schools from across the Greater New York area will participate in this year's program. For a complete list of participating schools, click here.
The Roger Rees Awards portfolio of student recognitions is supported by leading industry organizations, including New York City Center Education & Community Engagement Department (Student Orchestra and Design Awards); Broadway Inbound and Theatrical Rights Worldwide (Outstanding Educator Award); BroadwayWorld (Student Journalism Award); Goren Family Foundation (Choral Ensemble Award); Playbill (Marketing and Program Publishing Awards); and the Stage Managers Association (Stage Management Award). Additionally, members of the Casting Society of America adjudicate students participating in New Faces, which recognizes solo performance across multiple disciplines beyond musical theatre.
To be eligible for the Roger Rees Awards, a high school must present an officially licensed high school musical production within the Greater New York region, which includes 14 counties: Bronx, Dutchess, Kings (Brooklyn), Nassau, New York (Manhattan), Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Rockland, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester.
Notable past Roger Rees Awards winners who won national honors at The Jimmy Awards include 2023 Best Actress winner Lauren Marchand; 2021 Best Actor finalist Mateo Lizcano; 2019 Best Actress winner Ekele Ukegbu, and scholarship recipient Jeremy Fuentes; 2018 Best Actor winner Andrew Barth Feldman; and 2015 Best Actress winner Marla Louissaint.
For more information, visit RogerReesAwards.com.
