Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards IHSMTA 2023

NOMINEES FOR BEST PERFORMER IN AN ACTRESS ROLE

• Jordan Fox as “Velma Kelly” in Bradley Bourbonnais Community High School’s

Chicago

Teagan Sharkey as “Cady Heron” in Cary-Grove High School’s Mean Girls

Isabelle Kostbade as “Countess Lily Malevsky Malevich” in Coal City High School’s Anastasia

Jillian VanderHeyden as “Ariel” in Hampshire High School’s The Little Mermaid

Nicole Jason as “Carrie White” in Hinsdale South High School’s Carrie: The Musical

Sophia Yen as “Sue Snell” in Hinsdale South High School’s Carrie the Musical

Jazmin Rhodes as “Mae Tuck” in Homewood-Flossmoor High School’s Tuck Everlasting

Emma Schuth as “Anya” in James B. Conant High School’s Anastasia

Payton Fraser as “Suzanne Prevot” in Joliet West High School’s The Hello Girls

Charlotte Weissman as “Miss Honey” in Lane Tech High School’s Matilda the Musical

Ava Barruffi as “Wednesday Addams” in Maine South High School’s The Addams Family

Finley Pullano as “Morticia Addams” in Maine South High School’s The Addams Family

NOMINEES FOR BEST PERFORMER IN AN ACTOR ROLE

• Stephen Byers Jr. as “Vlad Popov” in Coal City High School’s

Anastasia

Derek Carlson as “Dmitry” in Coal City High School’s Anastasia

Collin Dames as “Gleb Vaganov” in Coal City High School’s Anastasia

Wade Schacht as “Trunchbull” in Champaign Central High School’s Matilda the Musical

Luke Skorija as “George” in Crystal Lake South High School’s Sunday in the Park with George

Charlie Lettenberger as “Billy Flynn” in Glenbard West High School’s Chicago

Jubilee Kim as “Prince Eric” in Maine East High School’s The Little Mermaid

Kevin Paul as “Will Bloom” in Metea Valley High School’s Big Fish

William Gonzalez as “Usnavi” in Mundelein High School’s In The Heights

Timothy Gnorski as “Ren” in St. Francis High School’s Footloose

Joi Terrell as “Daniel” in Thornton Fractional North High School’s Once On This Island

Alex Weber as “Seymour” in The Chicago High School for the Arts’ Little Shop of Horrors

Addison Trail High School
Adlai E. Stevenson High School
Barrington High School
Benet Academy
Bolingbrook High School
Bradley Bourbonnais Community High School
Cary-Grove High School
Champaign Central High Schoool
Chicago Christian High School
The Chicago High School for the Arts
Coal City High School
Crystal Lake Central High School
Crystal Lake South High School
Deerfield High School
Dundee-Crown High School
Dunlap High School
Evergreen Park High School
Farmington Central High School
Fenwick High School
Geneva Community High School
Glenbard South High School
Glenbard West High School
Hampshire High School
Harry D. Jacobs High School
Hinsdale Central High School
Hinsdale South High School
Hoffman Estates High School
Homewood-Flossmoor High School
Huntley High School
James B. Conant High School
Joliet West High School
Jones College Prep
Kaneland High School
Lane Tech High School
Leyden High School
Lincoln-Way East High School
Lincoln-Way West High School
Maine East High School
Maine South High School
Maine West High School
Maroa-Forsyth High School
Metea Valley High School
Moline High School
Mother McAuley High School
Mundelein High School
Oak Lawn Community High School
Oak Park and River Forest High School
Palatine High School
Plainfield East High School
Plainfield South High School
Prairie Ridge High School
Providence Catholic High School
Reavis High School
Reed-Custer High School
Rochelle Zell Jewish High School
Romeoville High School
Rosary High School
Saint Ignatius College Prep
Schaumburg High School
South Elgin High School
St. Francis High School
Stagg High School
Taft High School
Thornton Fractional North High School
Trinity High School
Urbana High School
Vernon Hills High School
Warren Township High School
Washington Community High School
Wauconda High School
William Fremd High School