And the Jimmy goes to… THE 2025 JIMMY AWARD ® WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

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And the Jimmy goes to the 2025 Jimmy Award Registered winners
announced Best performance by anactress Fabiola Caraballo
Quijada presented by NederlanderProducing Company of America
Incorporated. Best performance by an actor
Chris Hayes presented by Nederlander Producing Company of

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America Incorporated. The winners of the 16th annual
Jimmy awards registered were determined and announced last
night in front of a sold out audience at the minskaf theatre
on Broadway. The coveted Jimmy Awards for
best performance by an actress and best performance by an actor
were presented to Fabiola Caraballo Quijada Broadway,

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Dallas High School Musical Theatre Awards, Dallas, TX and
Chris Hayes, Nevada High School Musical Theatre Awards Las Vegas
Envy. Each winner was presented with a
check in the amount of 25,000 tofurther their education.
Presented by Nederlander Producing Company of America
Incorporated, The ceremony, hosted by Josh Groban, was also

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live streamed and will remain available for viewing for the
next 72 hours through Thursday, June 26th, 2025 at
www.jimmyawards.com. An alternate stream that
includes ASL interpretation and closed captioning is also
available. Follow the Jimmy Awards on

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Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube The Jimmy Awards has
been the catalyst for more than 6 million in educational
scholarships to date. This year, a total of 16 awards
and scholarships were presented to participants. 6 finalists
each received a 5000 scholarshiptoward their future education

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presented by MJ Adam Bauchakia. Applause Awards, Orlando, FL.
Dawson Foolingham Discovery Awards, Tulsa, OK JJ Corkin
Kravis Center Dream Awards West Palm Beach, FL Seeger, OTT,
Rudolph, Brandon Victor Dixon Awards.

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Tulsa, OK. Kayla Ray, The Lucy Arnaz
Awards, Orlando, FL Kinsley Stevens, Georgia High School
Musical Theater Awards. Schuler Hensley Awards, Atlanta,
GA Additional award winners eachreceived a 2500 scholarship
Rising Star for impressive advancement during the Jimmy

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Awards program. Gavin Evanson The Monty Awards,
Tucson, AZ Best Dancer Presentedby the Schubert Organization for
excellence in dance and movement.
JAM or Houston Broadway in Chicago, IL High School Musical
Theater Awards, Chicago, IL Spirit of the Jimmies, presented

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by Aki Nishino of Chimney Town for embodying the spirit of this
musical theater celebration. Kevin Wilson, The Patty Duke
Awards, Boise, ID Outstanding Performance in an Ensemble Co
presented by BOOP the Musical, Hades Town, John Gore
Organization, No Guarantees and Thomas Schumacher for

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Outstanding Collaboration duringthe Jimmy Awards Program.
Myra Cahalene. Playhouse Square Dazzle Awards,
Cleveland, OH. Josiah D Jennings, The DPAC
Rising Star Awards, Durham, NC. JJ McDonough, Philadelphia
Independence Awards, Philadelphia, PA.

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Cash Stevenson, Henry Mancini Awards, Midland, PA Jaden Vega,
Broadway Star of the Future, Tampa, FL.
The recipients of the 2025 Inspiring Teacher Award were
Elena Ferrante, Martin Bishop, Gorman High School, Las Vegas
Envy, and K OK OM Thornton and Low High School, Durham, NC, who

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were honored for providing valuable guidance and
encouragement to their students and school communities.
Ferrante, Martin and Thornton were nominated for their
recognition last spring by 2024,Jimmy Award nominees Julian
Knightel and Jasmine Amy Rogers presented Keisha Lalama, Jimmy
Awards choreographer from 2009 to 2024, with an honorary Jimmy

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Award and introduced the Where are They Now video.
Earlier in the ceremony, Aki Nishino presented the Spirit of
the Jimmies Award and Apollo Lavina introduced the Week in
Review video. Lin Manuel Miranda introduced
the feature group number, which consisted of a medley of
Broadway songs in the theme of Coming of Age.
In honor of the Jimmy Award Sweet 16 anniversary, the

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recipients of the Inspiring Teacher Award, presented in
memory of Luigi Keila, were announced by Josh Groban.
Judges for the 2025 Jimmy Awardsincluded Tony Award registered
winning producers, award-winningcasting experts, and industry
leaders Montego Glover, LA Chance, Joe Machota, Alicia

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Parker, Mark Platt, Tara Rubin, Nick Scandalios, Bernard Kelsey
and Leah Volokh. Preliminary judges who
adjudicated and cast the nominees in the character and
feature groups included Christian Charbonia, Stephanie
Clapper, Sammy Lopez, Kevin Metzger, Timpson Dale A Mott,

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Cody Renard, Richard, and RachelSussman.
The annual talent showcase featured over 100 nominees from
55 cities across the country performing on a Broadway stage
following an amazing 10 days in New York City where rehearsals
and private coaching took place at the Juilliard School.
The industry coaches who mentored the nominees were Jenny

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Barber, Lisa Brescia, Janet Decal, Colin Hanlon, Lily
Kaufman, Adam Jay Levy, Julia Minnie, Desi Oakley, Eliseo
Roman, Q Smith, Steven Telsey and EJ Zimmerman.
Promotional partners for the 2025 Jimmy Awards included

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Applebee's Big Bus Tours, Broadway News and Hard Rock
Cafe.