Breaking News: 2024/25 Bobby G Nominees Announced
Nominations have been announced for the eleventh annual Bobby G High School Musical Theatre Awards by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA). The event will be held at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House on May 16, 2025. Tickets are open to the public and on sale now at denvercenter.org.
The Bobby G Awards are a state-wide high school musical theatre program that recognizes Colorado students and educators in the areas of performance, design, direction, choreography, stage management, musical direction, orchestration, technical production, and overall production excellence. The awards ceremony serves as an opportunity for the DCPA to honor Colorado musical theatre programs and for students to celebrate and support each other.
The winners of the Bobby G Outstanding Lead Performer awards will represent Colorado in a week-long series of intensive workshops with industry professionals in preparation for the highly anticipated Jimmy Awards on Broadway. The national ceremony will take place on June 23 at the Minskoff Theatre.
For this year’s Bobby G Awards, adjudicators evaluated 53 participating productions in 18 different counties in Colorado. Over 4,000 students were adjudicated, 866 of which participated in workshops held by DCPA Teaching Artists. Out of those 53 participating schools, 26 received nominations.
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Participating Schools:
Alexander Dawson School RENT: High School Edition
Arvada West High School Sweeney Todd
Brighton High School Tarzan
Broomfield High School Disney’s The Little Mermaid
Castle View High School Anything Goes
Central High School Anastasia
Chaparral High School Hadestown: Teen Edition
Cherokee Trail High School Mamma Mia!
Cherry Creek High School Hadestown: Teen Edition
CIVA Charter High School Between the Lines
Denver North High School Shrek the Musical
Denver School of the Arts Sister Act
Durango High School Hadestown: Teen Edition
Eagle Ridge Academy Hadestown: Teen Edition
Eaglecrest High School 9 to 5: The Musical
Elizabeth High School Disney’s Descendants the Musical
Erie High School Into the Woods
Forge Christian High School Matilda the Musical
Fort Collins High School Amelie: Teen Edition
Fossil Ridge High School Carrie: The Musical
Glenwood Springs High School Anastasia
Grandview High School The Addams Family
Greeley Central High School Legally Blonde
Greeley West High School Hadestown: Teen Edition
Holy Family High School The Wizard of Oz
Lakewood High School Nice Work If You Can Get It
Liberty High School Anything Goes
Littleton High School Rodger’s & Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Enchanted Edition)
Longmont High School Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
Loveland High School Mamma Mia!
Lutheran High School Newsies
Montezuma-Cortez High School Beauty & the Beast
Mountain View High School Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Mullen High School The Sound of Music
Northfield High School Hadestown: Teen Edition
Overland High School Disney’s The Little Mermaid
Palisade High School Little Shop of Horrors
Palmer Ridge High School Pippin
Ponderosa High School Urinetown
Prairie View High School The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
The Arts Academy at Pueblo County High School Hadestown: Teen Edition
Ralston Valley High School Legally Blonde
Regis Jesuit High School Disney’s The Little Mermaid
Renaissance Secondary School Urinetown
Rifle High School Guys & Dolls
Riverdale Ridge High School Beauty & the Beast
SkyView Academy High School Chicago: Teen Edition
ThunderRidge High School Rodger’s & Hammerstein’s Cinderella
The Vanguard School Hadestown: Teen Edition
Vista Ridge High School Newsies
Westminster High School The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
Windsor High School Mamma Mia!
Woodland Park High School Curtains
Two schools are tied with 12 nominations for their respective productions: Durango High School’s production of Hadestown: Teen Edition and Fossil Ridge High School’s production of Carrie: The Musical. The schools were both nominated in scenic design, lighting design, costume design, hair & makeup design, orchestra, chorus, and musical direction. Additionally, both schools have two nominees in the Leading Role category and were nominated for Outstanding Overall Production. Individually, Durango High School was nominated in choreography and direction; Fossil Ridge High School has a nominee in both the Rising Star category and the Supporting Role category.
The Arts Academy at Pueblo County High School and its production of Hadestown: Teen Edition received ten nominations; Lutheran High School and its production of Newsies received nine nominations. Both schools join Durango and Fossil Ridge with nominations for Outstanding Overall Production, followed by Vista Ridge High School’s production of Newsies.
There are eight new participating schools this year: The Vanguard School, Rifle High School, Longmont High School, Renaissance Secondary School, Northfield High School, Forge Christian High School, Holy Family High School, and Greeley West High School.
This year, the DCPA is also proud to introduce a new award: The Spirit of the Bobby G’s Award. This award will be presented to a high school program whose student-centered initiatives and community engagement efforts have gone above and beyond any of the Bobby G nominated categories. This year, that recipient is Denver North High School.
A big congratulations to all participating schools and this year’s nominees! And to Colorado theatre teachers – thank you so much for your dedication to arts education in Colorado.