Thank you, 10 — Take a beat and catch up on the 2023 HAYA Nominees
We kicked things off on March 5 with a Virtual Nominations Ceremony, but in case you missed it, you can watch the recording below 👇 Be warned; this video may inspire spontaneous song and dance.
THE 2023 haya NOMINEES ARE…
Best Choreography
Mamma Mia! | Leander High School
Pippin | McCallum Fine Arts Academy
Chicago (High School Edition) | Cedar Ridge High School
Big Fish | Cedar Park High School
The Drowsy Chaperone | Vista Ridge High School
SpongeBob SquarePants | Westwood High School
Mamma Mia! | Weiss High School
The Addams Family (School Edition) | Jack C. Hays High School
Best Musical Direction
Kiss Me, Kate | Georgetown High School
The Wizard of Oz| Marble Falls High School
Big Fish | Cedar Park High School
Anastasia | Rouse High School
Into the Woods | Liberal Arts and Science Academy
The Addams Family (School Edition) | Jack C. Hays High School
Chicago (High School Edition) | Cedar Ridge High School
The Drowsy Chaperone | Vista Ridge High School
Best Orchestra
Chicago (High School Edition) | Tom Glenn High School
Kiss Me, Kate | Georgetown High School
The Little Mermaid| San Marcos High School
Urinetown | Hendrickson High School
Pippin | McCallum Fine Arts Academy
Into the Woods | Liberal Arts and Science Academy
SpongeBob SquarePants | Westwood High School
The Drowsy Chaperone | Vista Ridge High School
Best Lighting Design
The Drowsy Chaperone | Vista Ridge High School
Mamma Mia! | Leander High School
Pippin | McCallum Fine Arts Academy
SpongeBob SquarePants | Pflugerville High School
Urinetown | Hendrickson High School
Anastasia | Round Rock High School
Mamma Mia! | Weiss High School
Little Shop of Horrors | East View High School
Best Costume Design
Urinetown | Hendrickson High School
The Addams Family (School Edition) | Jack C. Hays High School
The Drowsy Chaperone | Vista Ridge High School
The Phantom of the Opera | Dripping Springs High School
Anastasia | Rouse High School
Chicago (High School Edition) | Cedar Ridge High School
Little Shop of Horrors | Hutto High School
The Little Mermaid| San Marcos High School
Best Scenic Design
Urinetown | Hendrickson High School
SpongeBob SquarePants | Westwood High School
Pippin | McCallum Fine Arts Academy
The Drowsy Chaperone | Vista Ridge High School
Mamma Mia! | Weiss High School
Chicago (High School Edition) | Cedar Ridge High School
Little Shop of Horrors | Hutto High School
Mamma Mia! | Leander High School
Best Technical Execution
The Little Mermaid| San Marcos High School
Mamma Mia! | Leander High School
Chicago (High School Edition) | Cedar Ridge High School
Pippin | McCallum Fine Arts Academy
Anastasia | Rouse High School
The Drowsy Chaperone | Vista Ridge High School
Little Shop of Horrors | East View High School
Urinetown | Hendrickson High School
Best Ensemble
Urinetown | Hendrickson High School
Pippin | McCallum Fine Arts Academy
The Addams Family (School Edition) | Jack C. Hays High School
The Drowsy Chaperone | Vista Ridge High School
Anastasia | Round Rock High School
Kiss Me, Kate | Georgetown High School
SpongeBob SquarePants | Pflugerville High School
Chicago (High School Edition) | Cedar Ridge High School
Best Featured Performer | Individual Category
Vitor Larson-Parachini | Fred Casely | Chicago (High School Edition) | Bastrop High School
Jordan Williams | Pepper | Mamma Mia! | Weiss High School
Kendra Vaz | Granny, Giant | Into the Woods | Liberal Arts and Science Academy
Erica Ortuno | Nikko | The Wizard of Oz| Del Valle High School
Micah Freeman | Mitch Mahoney | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee| Manor Senior High School
Valeria Trujillo | Chef Louis | The Little Mermaid| Jarrell High School
Maddie Robbe | Mona | Chicago (High School Edition) | Cedar Ridge High School
Crystal Sin | Trix the Aviatrix | The Drowsy Chaperone | Vista Ridge High School
Ella Duncan | The Mayor of Bikini Bottom | SpongeBob SquarePants | Westwood High School
Best Featured Performer | Ensemble Category
Kaely Smith | Featured Dancer | Chicago (High School Edition) | Tom Glenn High School
Zada McElroy | Aquata | The Little Mermaid| San Marcos High School
David Luna | Featured Dancer | Mamma Mia! | Leander High School
Acacia Thompson | Skid Row Soloist | Little Shop of Horrors | Hutto High School
Nelson Stevenson | Featured Dancer | Chicago (High School Edition) | Cedar Ridge High School
Kira Griffin | Alabama Lamb | Big Fish | Cedar Park High School
Logan Russey | French Narrator | SpongeBob SquarePants | Pflugerville High School
Ian Vizcarra | Hot Blades Harry | Urinetown | Hendrickson High School
Presley Muirhead | Swan Lake Dancer | Anastasia | Round Rock High School
Student Achievement | Marketing
Ava Deviney | McCallum Fine Arts Academy
Andrea Diaz | East View High School
Livy Korioth | Leander High School
Khai Pormprasong | Bastrop High School
Emily Marchal | Weiss High School
Mollie Walters | Brentwood Christian School
Claire Poulter | Cedar Park High School
Emma Ludwig | Tom Glenn High School
Owen Ramirez | Rouse High School
Nicolas Pacelli | Vista Ridge High School
Mariana Rojo | Jarrell High School
Harper Claes | Jack C. Hays High School
Margaret Baker | Dripping Springs High School
Rebekah Page | NYOS Charter School
Student Achievement | Design
Anna Fox | McCallum Fine Arts Academy
Eric Taylor | East View High School
Gabe Healey | Leander High School
Samantha Mason | Liberal Arts and Science Academy
Yeva Tcharikova | Westwood High School
Vanessa DeLeon | Bastrop High School
Sean Avalos | Weiss High School
Christian Young | San Marcos High School
Maeryn McCormick | Brentwood Christian School
Mikayla Mitchell | Del Valle High School
Jocelyn Adair | Cedar Park High School
Eleanor Peters | Tom Glenn High School
Cassandra Lovell | John B. Connally High School
Evvan Turner | Rouse High School
Rachel Cooke | Vista Ridge High School
Ana Siqueira | Lehman High School
Leo Chavez | Jarrell High School
Austin Duke | Jack C. Hays High School
Natalie Kernick | Dripping Springs High School
Maeve McElwee | NYOS Charter School
Student Achievement | Stage Management
Ava George | Pflugerville High School
Zoe Gravois | McCallum Fine Arts Academy
Julian Garcia | Northeast Early College High School
Andrea Diaz | East View High School
Briana Keaster | Leander High School
Douglas Brito | Liberal Arts and Science Academy
Wednesday Kollodge | Westwood High School
Lizzie Brock | Weiss High School
Fog Alder | San Marcos High School
Keira McCormick | Brentwood Christian School
Charlotte Adair | Cedar Park High School
Kendall Shuck | Tom Glenn High School
Cassandra Lovell | John B. Connally High School
Sarah Apple | Rouse High School
Kiera Aston | Vista Ridge High School
Lilly Gonzales | Lehman High School
Jakob Voigt | Jarrell High School
Keira Cousins | Jack C. Hays High School
Audrey Lorenz | Dripping Springs High School
Piper Silvey | NYOS Charter School
Best Supporting Performer | Male Category
Chance Solis | Gangster One | The Drowsy Chaperone | Vista Ridge High School
Gabe Paredes | Squidward Q. Tentacles | SpongeBob SquarePants | Westwood High School
Hector Perez | Orin | Little Shop of Horrors | East View High School
Nick Bohle | Charlemagne | Pippin | McCallum Fine Arts Academy
Jack Stratton | Underling | The Drowsy Chaperone | Vista Ridge High School
Isaac Vega | Mushnik | Little Shop of Horrors | East View High School
Carver Ulrich | Harry | Mamma Mia! | Leander High School
Hudson Stauffer | Vlad Popov | Anastasia | Rouse High School
Jude Jecker | Adolpho | The Drowsy Chaperone | Vista Ridge High School
Best Supporting Performer | Female Category
Addi Villegas | Little Sally | Urinetown | Hendrickson High School
Savannah Chavarria | Catherine | Pippin | McCallum Fine Arts Academy
Tiara McRee | Little Red | Into the Woods | NYOS Charter School
Kyra Carr | Officer Lockstock | Urinetown | Hendrickson High School
Ellie Loudermilk | Fastrada | Pippin | McCallum Fine Arts Academy
Presley Copeland | Penelope Pennywise | Urinetown | Hendrickson High School
Ashley Mondru | Pugsley Addams | Addams Family, The | Brentwood Christian School
Maya Krauss | Oscar Shapiro | Curtains | Lehman High School
Charlotte Blackmon | Berthe | Pippin | McCallum Fine Arts Academy
Best Lead Performer | Male Category
Hosea Downing | Gomez Addams | The Addams Family (School Edition) | Jack C. Hays High School
Jaxon Larson | The Scarecrow | The Wizard of Oz| Elgin High School
Jonas Taylor | Lieutenant Frank Cioffi | Curtains | Lehman High School
Ramero Vargas | The Cowardly Lion | The Wizard of Oz| Cedar Creek High School
Aidan Cox | Edward Bloom | Big Fish | Cedar Park High School
Walker Wallace | Dmitry | Anastasia | Round Rock High School
Langston Lee | Dmitry | Anastasia | Rouse High School
Chavin Medina | Billy Flynn | Chicago (High School Edition) | Bastrop High School
Brady Allen | Will Bloom | Big Fish | Cedar Park High School
Best Lead Performer | Female Category
Allie Meredith | Morticia Addams | The Addams Family (School Edition) | Jack C. Hays High School
Tori Ybarra | Hope Cladwell | Urinetown | Hendrickson High School
Emma Boerm | Dorothy Gale | The Wizard of Oz| Marble Falls High School
Julia Almendra | Velma Kelly | Chicago (High School Edition) | Cedar Ridge High School
Peyton Nisbett | Anastasia | Anastasia | Round Rock High School
Arianna Pierce | Witch | Into the Woods | NYOS Charter School
Anabelle Crawford | Man In Chair | The Drowsy Chaperone | Vista Ridge High School
Lauren Ryan-Holt | Leading Player | Pippin | McCallum Fine Arts Academy
Starlyn Rivera | Natalie Heller | All Shook Up | Northeast Early College High School
Best Direction
Anastasia | Round Rock High School
Chicago (High School Edition) | Cedar Ridge High School
The Drowsy Chaperone | Vista Ridge High School
Anastasia | Rouse High School
The Addams Family (School Edition) | Jack C. Hays High School
SpongeBob SquarePants | Westwood High School
Urinetown | Hendrickson High School
SpongeBob SquarePants | Pflugerville High School
Best Production
Urinetown | Hendrickson High School
Anastasia | Round Rock High School
The Addams Family (School Edition) | Jack C. Hays High School
Chicago (High School Edition) | Cedar Ridge High School
Anastasia | Rouse High School
Pippin | McCallum Fine Arts Academy
SpongeBob SquarePants | Westwood High School
The Drowsy Chaperone | Vista Ridge High School
Congratulations to all the performers, crews, educators, schools, and families who participated! We’ll see y’all in Dell Hall real soon; April 19 to be exact. Until then, be sure to follow @hellerawardsatx on the social media platform of your choice for school shout outs and behind-the-scenes goodies.
