The Broadway Education Alliance has announced that Bonnie Milligan, will host the 2023-24 Roger Rees Awards for Excellence in Student Performance on Sun May 19 at The Gerald W Lynch at John Jay College. Co-sponsored by Disney Theatrical Group and the Broadway production of Back to the Future, this year's awards event will feature over 100 high school student performers, singers and musicians representing 74 area schools who will be recognized in several performance categories including Outstanding Performer, Outstanding Choral Performance, Outstanding Solo Performance and Outstanding Student Reporter. Additionally, the New York City Center will be introducing an Outstanding Scenic and Costume Design Award and selecting a student orchestra to perform at the event. To be eligible to participate in The Roger Rees Awards Outstanding Performer category a student must have performed a qualifying role in an officially licensed high school production of an eligible show during the 2023-2024 academic year. Following an extensive adjudication process, 50 student nominees will be selected to compete for the award at the event. The panel of judges for this years' Outstanding Performer award includes Erich Bergen (actor/singer); Kiara Brown Clark (teaching artist, Disney Theatrical Group); Jenny Gersten (director and producer, New York City Center); Baayork Lee, (actress, director/choreographer), Merri Sugarman (casting director, Tara Rubin Casting) & Tom Viertel (Tony Award-winning producer; Producer of Back to the Future). The Roger Rees Awards is the Greater New York Regional Award for The Broadway League Foundation's National High School Musical Theatre Awards aka The Jimmy Awards. Visit rogerreesawards.com for more information. Press contact: Scott Klein/Keith Sherman & Associates (scott@ksa-pr.com)...