(ENGLEWOOD, NJ) -- Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC) is excited to announce its third annual High School Musical Awards to celebrate outstanding student performances and productions from across the region. The ceremony will be held at bergenPAC on June 2, 2025 and feature live performances from some of the nominees.
“The stars of tomorrow will shine brightly on our stage today,” bergenPAC Executive Director Alexander Diaz said.
The categories include leads, supporting roles, ensembles, set, lighting, and sound design, choreography, orchestra, music direction, lobby display, costume, hair & makeup, creative direction, and of course, Outstanding Overall Musical.
The review period begins now through the Spring with nominations announced in May 2025.
Schools or individual students can register to participate and have bergenPAC’s professional faculty attend their performances at www.bergenpac.org/hsma.
The bergenPAC Performing Arts School offers its own annual summer musical, which draws teens from across the region to fill the acting and production roles. Alumni have gone on to attend top musical theater programs, including NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and Montclair State University, while also appearing in films and TV shows. Its 2017 production of West Side Story featured Clifton native Rachel Zegler, who later reprised her role of Maria in Steven Spielberg’s film remake and currently stars on Broadway in Romeo + Juliet.
Founded in 2003, the 1,367-seat Bergen Performing Arts Center, or bergenPAC, is the area’s cultural mecca. Housed in a historic Art Deco-style theater boasting one of the finest acoustic halls in the United States, bergenPAC attracts a stellar roster of world-class entertainment. The jewel in our crown is The Performing Arts School at bergenPAC – the innovative, educational performing arts initiative that, through programs, classes, outreach, school shows, and main theater presented shows, reach more than 30,000 students and community youth annually. The Performing Arts School provides community youth, age 2 months to 21 years, with unique, “hands-on” training in music, dance and theater by industry professionals. It is through the ongoing generosity of sponsors, donors, members, and patrons that the not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) corporation bergenPAC and The Performing Arts School are able to thrive and enrich our community.
