THE DAZZLE AWARDS
Mayfield High School has been honored to participate in Playhouse Square's "Dazzle Awards" since 2018.
Students from Cleveland area high schools have the opportunity to showcase their musical production, have their show judged by Playhouse Square staff, and potentially win awards in many categories.
The winner of the Best Actor and Best Actress award move on to compete in NYC along with other winners nationwide. These students compete at the "Jimmy Awards" presented by the Broadway League Foundation.
We were thrilled to have our own Daniel Blum compete in the Summer 2022 Jimmy Awards in NYC and Savon Harris compete in the Summer 2023 Jimmy's!
Mayfield High School's Dazzle Award Nominations and Winners
2024 - "Rent - School Edition" received four nominations: Best Musical (Tier 1), Best Costumes, Best Technical Execution, and Best Actor (Savon Harris). Our cast performed the opening number from "Rent" and Savon performed "One Song Glory" on the Connor Palace stage on May 18th, 2024.
2023 - "Ragtime - School Edition" received eight nominations: Best Musical (Tier 2), Best Ensemble, Best Choreography, Best Technical Execution, Best Supporting Actress (Elizabeth Axelrod), Best Supporting Actor (Graham Wilde), Best Actor (Savon Harris), and Best Actress (Paris Bunch). At the Dazzle Awards on May 20th, 2023, we were thrilled to be awarded Best Musical, along with Graham and Savon taking home the award in their respective categories. Savon moved on to compete in NYC at the Jimmy Awards! Cidney Little took home the "Spirit of the Dazzle" award for her attitude and effort shown during rehearsals for the Dazzle Awards.
2022 - TJ Grzybowski was nominated for Best Supporting Actor as Old Man Strong/Hot Blades Harry and Paris Bunch was nominated for Best Supporting Actress as Little Becky Two Shoes in "Urinetown." Daniel Blum was nominated and WON the Dazzle Award for Best Actor as Bobby Strong in "Urinetown" and went on to compete at the National High School Musical Theater Awards in NYC, also called the "Jimmy Awards."
2021 - Daniel Blum was nominated for Best Actor for his role Princeton in "Avenue Q." This was a virtual performance.
2020 - Awards Cancelled due to Covid-19
2019 - Sydney Montique was nominated for Best Featured Performer for her role in Dragon/Humpty in "Shrek" and took home "The Spirit of the Dazzles" award. Also nominated were Sasha Borshev for her role as Pinocchio and Daniel Blum for his role as Donkey.
2018 - Brianna Mosley and Polina Yagusevich were nominated for Best Supporting Actress in "The Little Mermaid" and Brianna took home the Dazzle Award! "The Little Mermaid" was also nominated for Best Technical Execution.
Mayfield High School was presented with duplicate trophies to celebrate the students' achievements at last year's (2023) Dazzle Awards for "Ragtime."
Thank you to Mrs. Pat Chapman and
Mr. Daniel Hahn of Playhouse Square.
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