About
Sara Bareilles Awards
The Sara Bareilles High School Musical Awards
is an new annual event that celebrates the talent hard work of high school students in the San Francisco Area. With a on excellence in musical theater, the awards showcase the best performances, productions and technical achievements of the year. ​
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What are Sara Bareilles High School Musical Awards?
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A regional awards program that recognizes outstanding achievement in high school musical theatre. As part of The National High School Musical Theatre Awards® (NHSMTA®) program—otherwise known as The Jimmy Awards®—the Sara Bareilles High School Musical Theatre Awards joins Broadway San Jose’s Rita Moreno Awards in celebrating high schools throughout Northern California. Winners of best Actor and Actress at this level move on to compete in New York.
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Beginning with the 2024–25 school year, the Sara Bareilles High School Musical Theatre Awards will be accessible to students from San Francisco and Alameda Counties, extending all the way to the northernmost regions of the state.
Our Involvement
The BroadwaySF Sara Bareilles awards are a new location zoned in Northern California that leads into the Jimmy's starting this year! Last year our county was zoned for San Jose Rita Moreno Awards, but with this new edition of the San Francisco Awards are counties high schools will now be applying for the Sara Bareilles Awards.
Last year we were given the honor to compete in San Jose's Rita Moreno High School Musical Awards. We received the following nominations:
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- Best Overall Production: Legally Blonde the Musical
- Best Lead Actress: Kaleigha Sioson as Elle Woods
- Best Supporting Actress: Ashleigh Stone as Brooke Wynhdam​​​
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2024-2025
This year we were given the opportunity to compete on the Orpheum stage with two nominations for our Spring show, on May 18th. Our involvements include:
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- Nomination for Best Overall Production: Shrek the Musical
- Best Supporting Performer Jordin La Russaas Sugar Plum Fairy/ Gingy