The Best of High School Musical Theater

Talent in our Region

The DPAC Rising Star Awards celebrates outstanding achievement in high school musical theater by focusing attention on the meaningful work being done both on and off stage by dedicated teachers and students.

As the regional qualifying event for The National High School Musical Theatre Awards™ (NHSMTA), also known as The Jimmy Awards®, the DPAC Rising Star Awards brings together high school musical theater students from Durham, the Triangle and the surrounding region to perform and compete for a chance to represent DPAC in the national finals in New York City.

To learn more about how to register your school’s theater program for the DPAC Rising Star Awards, please visit DPACnc.com.

In Spring 2023, DPAC named Lilly Pritchard (Heritage High School) and Noah Colvin (Enloe High School) DPAC’s Rising Star Awards’ Best Actress and Best Actor winners. Lilly and Noah then went on to compete nationally at The Jimmy Awards®.

This year, the national competition included a total of 96 nominees representing 48 Regional Awards Programs from across the country. Lilly and Noah worked with Broadway professionals and made their Broadway debuts on Nederlander’s Minskoff stage where Disney’s The Lion King performs to sold out audiences nightly. Both represented DPAC and Central North Carolina exceptionally, and we cannot wait to see their bright futures.

More information on NHSMTA™ and The Jimmy Awards® can be found at jimmyawards.com

DPAC’S RISING STAR AWARDS IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH CAROLINA

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND JUDGES

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