DPAC Rising Stars

Durham, NC

Clay returns for his 7th year to host the North Carolina qualifiers for the National High School Musical Theatre Awards.

The event will feature twenty student finalists as they compete live for their chance to advance to the national level at the Jimmy Awards in New York City.  In addition to these Top 20 Student Finalists, student representatives from each participating high school will perform on DPAC’s stage as Ensemble members. Throughout the course of the evening, 12 awards will be presented recognizing excellence in a broad range of categories. You can look forward to special appearances from last year’s Best Actor Josiah Jennings, and Best Actress Carmen Sophia Dubon who will return to perform and to help announce the two students who will go on to compete nationally.