Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards IHSMTA 2024
BEST PERFORMER IN AN ACTOR ROLE
GEORGE SPEIGEL Maine South High School Pippin, PIPPIN
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BEST PERFORMER IN AN ACTRESS ROLE
JAZMIN RHODES Homewood-Flossmoor High School Hope Cladwell, URINETOWN
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BEST PERFORMER IN AN ACTOR ROLE RUNNER-UP
ETHAN WANKEL Bartlett High School Gleb Vaganov, ANASTASIA
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BEST PERFORMER IN AN ACTRESS ROLE RUNNER-UP
MARY KATE SCHOESSLING St. Charles East High School Morticia Addams, THE ADDAMS FAMILY
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BEST PERFORMER IN AN ACTOR ROLE FINALIST
JACK WINKELHAKE Burlington Central High School Shrek, SHREK THE MUSICAL
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BEST PERFORMER IN AN ACTRESS ROLE FINALIST
KAYLA NORRIS Romeoville High School Emily Hobbs, ELF THE MUSICAL
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BEST PERFORMER IN AN ACTOR ROLE NOMINEES
Logan Arroyo
Lincoln Way-East High School
The Phantom, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Stephen Byers Jr.
Coal City High School
Bert, MARY POPPINS
Dylan Carlyon
James B. Conant High School
Schroeder, YOU’RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN
Tommy J. Grant
Loyola Academy
Cain/Japheth, CHILDREN OF EDEN
Imanol Morales Hernandez
Crystal Lake Central High School
Shrek, SHREK THE MUSICAL
Gabriel Mali McKinney
Homewood-Flossmoor High School
Caldwell B. Cladwell, URINETOWN
Arjun Shah
Hinsdale Central High School
The Baker, INTO THE WOODS
James Shamuel
Maine East High School
Nostradamus, SOMETHING ROTTEN
Bryce J. Stewart
Homewood-Flossmoor High School
Bobby Strong, URINETOWN
BEST PERFORMER IN AN ACTRESS ROLE NOMINEES
Juliana Marie Canastra
Deerfield High School
Janis Sarkisian, MEAN GIRLS (High School Version)
Olivia Daly-Short
The Chicago Academy for the Arts
Sally Bowles, CABARET
Payton Fraser
Joliet West High School
Cady Heron, MEAN GIRLS (High School Version)
Savannah Groh
Joliet West High School
Regina George, MEAN GIRLS (High School Version)
Stella Rose Hoyt
Homewood-Flossmoor High School
Little Sally, URINETOWN
Jillian VanderHeyden
Hampshire High School
Dee Dee Allen, THE PROM (School Edition)
Audrey Wagner
Hampshire High School
Emma Nolan, THE PROM (School Edition)
Caroline Walsh
Hinsdale Central High School
The Witch, INTO THE WOODS
Sophia Yen
Hinsdale South High School
Olive Ostrovsky, THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
BEST DIRECTION AWARD RECIPIENT & NOMINEES
Aileen O’Carroll, Nazareth Academy, FREAKY FRIDAY*
Rob Boncosky, Cary-Grove High School, THE ADDAMS FAMILY
Jack Micetich, Coal City High School, MARY POPPINS
Annie Calderón, Homewood-Flossmoor High School, URINETOWN
James Reinbacher, Reed-Custer High School, THE LIGHTNING THIEF
BEST ENSEMBLE AWARD RECIPIENT & NOMINEES
Bradley Bourbonnais Community High School, SWEENEY TODD*
Crystal Lake Central High School, SHREK THE MUSICAL
Hampshire High School, THE PROM (School Edition)
James B. Conant High School, YOU’RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN
Nazareth Academy, FREAKY FRIDAY
BEST PRODUCTION AWARD RECIPIENT & NOMINEES
Homewood-Flossmoor High School, URINETOWN*
Coal City High School, MARY POPPINS
Hinsdale South High School, THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
Lincoln-Way East High School, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Maine South High School, PIPPIN
* Denotes Award Recipient
2025 IHSMTA Student Reporters
Nicole Scimeca – Maine South High School*
Claire Venisnik– Warren Township High School
*Denotes The 2024 Jimmy Awards® Student Reporter
Participating Schools
Addison Trail High School
Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
Amundsen High School
Auburn High School
Barrington High School
Bartlett High School
Batavia High School
Benet Academy
Bolingbrook High School
Bradley Bourbonnais Community High School
Burlington Central High School
Byron High School
Cary-Grove High School
The Chicago Academy for the Arts
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
Evergreen Park High School
Farmington Central High School
Fenwick High School
Geneva Community High School
Glenbard South High School
Glenbard West High School
Grayslake Central 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
James B. Conant High School
Joliet West High School
Kaneland High School
Lake Forest High School
Lake Zurich High School
Lane Tech High School
Leyden High School
Libertyville High School
Lincoln-Way East High School
Lincoln-Way West
Loyola Academy
Lyons Township High School
Maine East High School
Maine South High School
Maine West High School
Maroa-Forsyth High School
Minooka Community High School
Mother McAuley High School
Nazareth Academy
Oak Park & River Forest High School
Plainfield Central High School
Plainfield East High School
Plainfield South High Schol
Prairie Ridge High School
Prospect High School
Providence Catholic High School
Reed-Custer High School
Romeoville High School
Rosary High School
Saint Ignatius College Prep
South Elgin High School
St. Francis High School
St. Charles East High School
St. Charles North High School
St. Joseph – Ogden High School
Stevenson High School
Sycamore High School
Taft High School
Thornton Fractional North High School
Thornton Fractional South High School
Trinity High School
United Township High School
Urbana High School
Vernon Hills High School
Warren Township High School
William Fremd High School
Woodstock High School