Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards IHSMTA 2014

Best Actor Jonah Rawitz* Adeli E Stevenson High School Usnavi De La Vega, In The Heights

Best Actress Julia Whitcomb Belvidere North High School The Drowsy Chaperone, The Drowsy Chaperone

*Winner- The Jimmy® Award for Best Performance by an Actor

Best Actor Nominees Colin Bokowy Harry D. Jacobs High School Bobby Strong, Urinetown

 Sammy Ferber Deerfield High School Bobby, Company

 Christian Klepac Libertyville High School Tevye, Fiddler On The Roof

 Ben Love Byron High School The Baker, Into the Woods

 James Nash New Trier High School The Pirate King, The Pirates of Penzance

 Zachary Palmisano Glenbard West High School Bobby Strong, Urinetown

 Ryan Serfas Edwardsville High School Raoul, The Phantom of the Opera 

JT Snyder Barrington High School Rum Tum Tugger, Cats

 Alec Stadler William Fremd High School Chad, All Shook Up

Stephen Steinheiser Vernon Hills High School Albert Peterson, Bye Bye Birdie

Frank Zabilka Benet Academy Billy Lawler, 42^nd Street

Best Actress Nominees Samantha Bonzi Rockford Lutheran Jr/Sr High School Jo March, Little Women 

Dara Brown Chicago High School for the Arts The Drowsy Chaperone, The Drowsy Chaperone

 Sarah Edmonds Edwardsville High School Christine Daae, The Phantom of the Opera

 Kaitlin Feely Adlai E Stevenson High School Nina, In The Heights

 Katie Frye Delavan Community Unit School District Maria Rainer, The Sound of Music

Molly Hernandez Glenbard West High School Hope Cladwell, Urinetown

Jacquelin McCollough Coal City High School Fiona, Shrek the Musical

 Alexandra Oechsel Benet Academy Peggy Sawyer, 42^nd Street

 Cari Schuette New Trier High School Mabel, The Pirates of Penzance

 Stephanie Simon Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School Dolly Levi, Hello Dolly

 Marianna Veneri Maine East High School Ti Moune, Once On This Island

Best Scenic Design  Sponsored by Grosh Backdrop and Drapery Coal City High School, Shrek The Musical

Participating Schools Adlai E. Stevenson High School Alleman High School Barrington High School Belvidere North High School Benet Academy Bloom Trail High School Bolingbrook High School Byron High School Cary-Grove High School Coal City High School Crystal Lake Central High School Curie Metro High School Deerfield High School Delavan Community Unit School District Downers Grove North High School Dunlap High School Edwardsville High School Francis W. Parker School Galesburg High School Glenbard West High School Harry D. Jacobs High School Hinsdale Central High School Kaneland Senior High School Kankakee High School Libertyville High School Loyola Academy Maine East High School Minooka Community High School Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School New Trier Township High School Niles North High School Oak Park and River Forest High School Palatine High School Plainfield East High School Plainfield South High School Providence Catholic High School Proviso Math and Science Academy Rockford Lutheran Jr/Sr High School Rosary High School St. Charles East High School The Chicago High School for the Arts Vernon Hills High School Westville High School Wheaton North High School William Fremd High School William Howard Taft High School York Community High School