Nominees Announced For 2018 Broadway San Diego Awards

Broadway San Diego is excited to announce the top 20 nominees for Best Actress and Best Actor, and the top 3 nominees for Best Musical Production for the 2018 Broadway San Diego Awards, sponsored by San Diego County Credit Union and taking place on Sunday, May 27 at the Balboa Theatre.

This is the 5th annual San Diego high school musical theatre competition, in which the winning Best Actor and Best Actress performers each receive $1,000 and will be flown to New York on an all expenses paid week of intensive training before they compete in The Jimmy Awards, at Broadway's Minskoff Theatre (home of Disney's The Lion King) on Monday, June 25, 2018, for the opportunity to win $10,000 towards a college scholarship.

Leading up to the Broadway San Diego Awards, the Top 20 nominees will take part in a week-long intensive rehearsal consisting of dance, vocal and acting workshops, as well as master classes with Broadway performers and theatre professionals.

The Jimmy Awards are a national celebration of outstanding student achievement, recognizing individual artistry in vocal, dance, and acting performance and elevating the importance of theatre arts education in schools. The Jimmy Awards are presented by The Broadway League Foundation.

2018 Competition Categories Include:

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Musical Production

Best Local Theatre Teacher

And the Nominees Are (in alphabetical order)...

Best Musical

1. 42nd Street - Cathedral Catholic High School

2. American Idiot - Mission Hills High School

3. The Sound of Music - Steele Canyon High School

Best Actor Nominees

1. Keegan Bushouer - Mira Mesa High School

2. Steven Davis - Mira Mesa High School

3. Sky Frank - San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts

4. Nicholas Garcia - Cathedral Catholic High School

5. Dashiell Gregory - San Dieguito Academy

6. Chase Lowary - Mira Mesa High School

7. Spencer Lynn - Coronado School of the Arts

8. Jonas McMullen - Canyon Crest Academy

9. Rocco Polanco - La Costa Canyon High School

10. Jackson Shaffer - Steele Canyon High School

Best Actress Nominees

1. Felicity Bryant - Coronado School of the Arts

2. Avery Claire-Nugent - Canyon Crest Academy

3. Maddie Edwards - Classical Academy

4. Genevieve Flores - Scripps Ranch High School

5. Mikayla Kehler-Elliott - Rancho Buena Vista High School

6. Kira Lukasik - Academy of Our Lady of Peace

7. Leanna Neely - Steele Canyon High School

8. Jenna Steinberg - San Dieguito Academy

9. Mary Rose Vadeboncoeur - Steele Canyon High School

10. Jenna Viana - Cathedral Catholic High School

As part of the Broadway San Diego Awards, SDCCU is now accepting nominations for the Best Local Theatre Teacher Award and will send the winning teacher to the 2018 Jimmy Awards in New York. Students, parents, family members and friends can nominate and vote, visit facebook.com/sdccu, select the "Best Local Theatre Teacher" tab. Once a teacher is nominated and approved, the voting begins! Voters can return to the page daily through May 18, 2018.