110 Student Nominees Announced for 16th Annual Jimmy Awards

The Broadway League Foundation has announced the 110 nominees who will be participating in New York City at the 16th annual Jimmy Awards ceremony as they compete for Best Performance by an Actor and Actress as well as other top honors and scholarships. Acclaimed TONY, EMMY, and five-time GRAMMY Award-nominated singer, songwriter, actor, and philanthropist Josh Groban will host the ceremony taking place on Monday, June 23, 2025, at the Minskoff Theatre. 

The Jimmy Awards congratulates the recipients of the 2025 INSPIRING TEACHER AWARD,  which honors educators for providing valuable guidance and encouragement to their students and school communities. The honorees were nominated for this recognition last spring by 2024 Jimmy Awards nominees and subsequently selected by a committee of Broadway League members. Presented in memory of Luigi Caiola, this year's recipients are Elena Ferrante-Martin, Bishop Gorman High School (Las Vegas, NV) and KoKo M. Thornton, Enloe High School (Durham, NC).

The 2025 Jimmy Awards Student Reporter Initiative with support from Broadway News will welcome two student reporters to NYC. Jayden Hope Fernando from the Rita Moreno Awards (San Jose, CA) and Jose Antonio Morales from The Majestic Empire Foundation's Joci Awards (San Antonio, TX) are aspiring journalists who were selected following a nationwide submissions process and will cover The Jimmy Awards on social media from The Minskoff Theatre on June 23rd, providing fans an inside look at the final preparations for the evening performance. Jayden and Jose will also conduct exclusive interviews with the 2025 Best Actor and Best Actress winners following the awards ceremony. As part of the experience, they will be granted a special visit to the WABC studios to observe the behind-the-scenes production of an upcoming news segment. 

The creative team of the 16th annual Jimmy Awards includes Director Van Kaplan, Music Supervisor Geoffrey Ko, Opening and Closing Numbers Director/Choreographer Dan Knechtges, Feature Number Director/Choreographer Luis Salgado, Character Medleys Choreographer Theo Lencicki, Lighting Designer Karen Spahn, Sound Designer Nick Borisjuk, Projection Designer Brad Peterson, Costume Coordinator Rebecca Ming, and Writer Jill Twiss.

The 2025 Jimmy Awards will stream for free online beginning at 7:30pm (Eastern) on Monday, June 23rd. Streaming links and information will be available at jimmyawards.com prior to the ceremony. The ceremony will remain available online for three days afterwards, through Thursday evening, June 26th.

2025 Jimmy Awards nominees:

Kaydence Arora
Jazhel Arostegui
Meera Ayyar
Jackson A. Baker
Sascha Bass
Nico Bennett
Alex Board
Bradley Bolden
Adam Bouchachia
Tyler Bugg
Elliot Burns
Mira Cahalane
Sabina Camblor
Fabiola Caraballo Quijada
Braedon Carlton
Collin Jones Carlton
Benjamin Cavallo-SmithJack Ceglie
Carson Chesnut
Haley Rose Ciaramella
Angelo Cipolla
Jason Thomas Clyde
Mekenzie Joe Combs
Isabel Coviello
Kamryn J. Dansby
Sophia DaSilva
Lynn M Dauterman
Bruno Domínguez Martí­nez
Alyssa Dorsey
Carmen Sophia Dubon
Riley Eichberg
Gavin Evanson
Alex Farnsworth
Danica Feig
Eliza Fors
Tony Fritzgerald
Dawson Fullingim
Indigo Gabriel
Carlos Garza
Macy Gerkin
Levana Geshuri
Raegan Gonzales
Grayson Graham
Griffin Greear
Rebecca Gutierrez
Meadow Hall
Myles Hardt
Chloe Harris
Chris Hayes
Jonah Higgins
Reese Hollingsworth
Jamaur Houston
Jonathan Jacknow
Josiah D. Jennings
Kennedy Shae Julian
Annika Kallstrom
Reagan Kern
Natalie Kersten
JJ Korkin
Naomi Lawley
Sophia Lesia Leverett
Aidan Liston
Amelie Lock
Roman Mangino
Mariana Mangual
Gloria Manning
Zayda Martin
JJ McDonough
Eamonn McElfresh
Bella McKivigan
Alyssa McNinch
Isaiah Medina
Tessa Meyers
RC Moore
Basye Mummert
Marie Muñoz
Lucy Natale
James Hart Nelson
Greta Nolte
Lauren Norrix
Suliette Iris Ortiz
Seger Ott-Rudolph
Lianelys Oviedo-Roman
Hayden Poe
Jacob Carl Price
Kayla Rae
Audrey Redwine
Jakob Bauer Robinson
Ian Royse
Ethan Savage
Hannah Schnorr
Isaac Schultz
Trip Shirah
Natalie Sierk
Eli Solomon
Kinsley Stephens
Kash Stevenson
Cardon Sullivan
Nolan Travis
Sophie Utley
Laila Christine Varner
Jayden Vega
Walker Wallace
Hadley Wilson
Kevin Wilson
Jackson Wright
Zach Young
Addie Zamora Nayback
Jade Aria Zeno-Neal