Congratulations to the 2025 Heller Awards Winners!
THE 2025 haya WINNERS ARE…
Best Choreography
Catch Me If You Can | Cedar Ridge High School
Best Music Direction
Once Upon A Mattress | Vista Ridge High School
Best Orchestra
Sweeny Todd (School Edition) | Georgetown High School
Best Lighting Design
Bright Star | East View High School
Best Costume Design
Catch Me If You Can | Cedar Ridge High School
Best Scenic Design
Hadestown (Teen Edition) | Liberal Arts and Science Academy (LASA)
Best Technical Execution
Tuck Everlasting | McCallum Fine Arts Academy
Best Ensemble
Pippin | Weiss High School
Best Featured Performer | Individual Category
Writer Collis | Daddy Murphy | Bright Star | East View High School
Best Featured Performer | Ensemble Category
Elora Clarke | Ensemble | Tuck Everlasting | McCallum Fine Arts Academy
Company Impact Award
Anna Nelson | Round Rock High School
Annie Mawson | Hays High School
Natu Demeke | Westwood High School
Maya Vaughn | Leander High School
Sam Ferreira | Hutto High School
Sofia Rayas | McCallum Fine Arts Academy
Olden Lighting Grant Recipients
Moe and Gene Johnson High School
McNeil High School
Jack C. Hayes High School
Lehman High School
Elgin High School
Cedar Park High School
Training Scholarship Recipients
Adams Roberts Voice, The Macedo Unique Voice Scholarship
Joseph Martinez | Dripping Springs High School
Dylan Daniels | Dripping Springs High School
The Adderley School Musical Theatre Conservatory
Amalie Melendez | Lago Vista High School
Balance Dance Studios Summer Workshop
Rory Ruiz | Elgin High School
Impact Arts’ Texas Arts Project Summer Intensive
Brooklynn Nickel | Elgin High School
Christian Fendt | Cedar Ridge High School
Impact Arts’ College Audition Program
Savannah Owuor | Round Rock High School
Motley Crew Media and Trevor Scott/CBS Media Training
Walker Wallace | Round Rock High School
Raegan Gonzalez | Weiss High School
The Dance Spot Summer Workshop
Kaitlyn Kenney | McNeil High School
Savannah College Of Art and Design Summer Intensive
Clair Elam | Tom Glenn High School
Jack Stratton | Vista Ridge High School
Broadway Teaching Group Educator Workshop
Alexis Hargy | Weiss High School
Jessica Fleming | Moe and Gene Johnson High School
Student Achievement | Marketing
Natalie Berkaw | Westwood High School
Student Achievement | Design
Anastasia Benavides | Hendrickson High School
Student Achievement | Stage Management
Charlotte Adair | Cedar Park High School
Best Supporting Performer | Male Category
Ryan Crosby | Nigel Bottom | Something Rotten! | Round Rock High School
Best Supporting Performer | Female Category
Raegan Gonzales| Catherine | Pippin | Weiss High School
Best Lead Performer | Male Category
Walker Wallace | Nick Bottom | Something Rotten! | Round Rock High School
Best Lead Performer | Female Category
Avery Linden | Judy Bernly | 9 to 5 The Musical | Leander High School
Best Direction
Catch Me If You Can | Cedar Ridge High School
Best Production
For the first time in HAYAs history, IT’S A TIE!!
Catch Me If You Can | Cedar Ridge High School
Into the Woods | ZACH Performing Arts Academy
A special congratulations to Raegan Gonzales and Walker Wallace who are headed to the Jimmy Awards this summer! We’ll see y’all on Broadway 💖
We’re so honored to have hosted this incredible program for the past 12 years. As the Heller Awards head to its new home at Texas Performing Arts, we’re thrilled to have sent it off with a bang at last night’s show! Until then, be sure to follow @hellerawardsatx on your social media platform of choice for show recaps, photos, videos, and all things HAYAs.
