2021-2022 National Youth Arts Awards
The National Youth Arts Awards recognized Spotlight’s 2021-2022 season with 57 total nominations. Performers and artists won 30 NYA Awards for their work in Spotlight productions.
Outstanding Production
- Won: Fun Home
- Nominated: Charlotte’s Web
- Nominated: Hair
- Nominated: The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
Artist of the Year
Awarded for outstanding performances of principle roles in multiple productions:
- Olivia Pratt for Fun Home (in addition to roles in State of the Art Productions and Arizona School for the Arts)
- Lauren Youngstedt for The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical
- Won: Owen Donsker for The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
- Won: Zoie Moller for The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
- Won: Patrick Mullen for Hair
- Nominated: Emma Gass for Hair
Outstanding Lead Performance (Junior Division)
- Nominated: William Richardson for Charlotte’s Web
Outstanding Lead Performance (College Division)
Outstanding Supporting Performance (College Division)
- Won: Landon Kalin for The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
- Won: Anand Khalsa for Fun Home
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Musical
- Won: Lyda Armistead for Fun Home
- Won: Jaely Damasco for Hair
- Won: Emma Gass for Fun Home
- Won: Braiden Lee for Hair
- Nominated: Corban Adams in Charlotte’s Web
- Nominated: Paola Castellanos in Hair
- Nominated: Paolina Duran in Hair
- Nominated: Andrei Igdanes in The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
- Nominated: Braiden Lee in The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
- Nominated: Isabella Menzel in Hair
- Nominated: Ryan Parker in Hair
- Nominated: Josh Pike in Fun Home
- Nominated: Zoey Waller in The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Play
- Nominated: TJ Brumbaugh in Playfest 2021-’22
- Nominated: Sabina Dart in Playfest 2021-’22
- Nominated: Mia Hurley in Playfest 2021-’22
- Nominated: Josh Pike in Playfest 2021-’22
Outstanding Supporting Performance (Junior Division)
- Won: Ava Newton for Fun Home
- Nominated: Valerie Winch in Charlotte’s Web
Outstanding Featured Performance (Junior Division)
- Won: Jaxyn Damasco for Fun Home
Outstanding Featured Performance (College Division)
- Won: Alec Pursell for Charlotte’s Web
Outstanding Ensemble
Outstanding Costume Design
- Won: Heather Riddle for Hair
- Nominated: Samantha Utpadel for The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
Outstanding Lighting Design
- Won: Josh Hontz for Hair
- Nominated: Anthony Rozzen for The Addams Family
Outstanding Set Design
- Won: Bobby Sample & Kenny Grossman for Fun Home
- Nominated: Bobby Sample for The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
Outstanding Choreography
- Won: Carly Grossman for Hair
- Won: Falin Ossipinsky for The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
Outstanding Fight Choreography
- Won: Jack Taylor for The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
Outstanding Sound Design / Original Music
- Won: Josh Hontz for Hair
- Nominated: Jack Taylor & Anthony Rozzen for The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
Outstanding Musical Direction
- Won: Adam Bei for Hair
- Won: Elisa W. Kurbat for The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
Outstanding Direction
- Won: Kenny Grossman for Fun Home
- Won: Bobby Sample for The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
- Nominated: Chanel Bragg for Hair
- Nominated: Kenny Grossman for Charlotte’s Web
- Alec Pursell & Dean Kelldorf for Playfest: The Pickpocket’s Lament
Outstanding New Works
- Won: Katie Kloberdanz for Playfest: The Pickpocket’s Lament
- Nominated: Rebecca Bain for Playfest: Not Driving Ever Summer
- Nominated: Zoey Waller for Playfest: Lost N’ Sound