Eligible Roles
The shows list below is NOT a comprehensive list. It is a list of shows/roles that have been performed in the Independence Awards in the past. Each year new shows are added as schools produce them.
* - not eligible for Jimmy's nominations
* - not eligible for Jimmy's nominations
If combined roles (role1/role2/role3) are split in a production, they will not be eligible in their category OR for Jimmy's consideration.
| Show | Lead Roles | Supporting Roles | Featured Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | Chip Tolentino, Leaf Coneybear, Marcy Park, Olive Ostrovsky, Rona, Schwartzy, Vice Principal, William Barfee | ||
| 9 to 5 | Doralee Rhodes, Franklin Hart, Judy Bernly, Violet Newstead | Joe, Roz | |
| Alice By Heart | Alfred/White Rabbit/March Hare, Alice, Tabatha/Cheshire Cat | Dr. Butridge/Jabberwock/King of Hearts, Red Cross Nurse/Queen of Hearts, The Duchess/Dodgy | |
| All Shook Up | Chad, Natalie Haller | Dean Hyde, Dennis, Jim Haller, Lorraine, Sandra, Sylvia | |
| Amelie | Amelie | Nino, Young Amelie* | |
| Amelie: Teen Edition | Amelie | Nino, Young Amelie | |
| Anastasia | Anya/Anastasia, Dmitry | Countess Lily Malevsky-Malevitch, Dowager Empress Mara Feodorovna, Gelb Vaganov, Vlad Popov | |
| Annie | Annie, Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks | Grace Farrell, Miss Hannigan | |
| Anything Goes (2022) | Billy Crocker, Reno Sweeney | Evangeline Harcourt, Hope Harcourt, Lord Evelyn Oakleigh, Moonface | |
| Beauty & the Beast | Beast, Belle | Gaston, Lumiere, Mrs. Potts | Lefou |
| Big Fish | Edward Bloom, Will Bloom | Amos Calloway, Josephine Bloom, Karl, Sandra Bloom, Young Sandra Bloom | |
| Brigadoon | Fiona MacLaren, Tommy Albright | Charlie Dalrymple, Harry Beaqtaon*, Jean MacLaren*, Jeff Douglas*, Meg Brockie | |
| Carousel | Billy Bigelow, Julie Jordan | Carrie Pipperidge, Enoch Snow, Jigger Craigin | |
| Catch Me If You Can | Carl Hanratty, Frank Abagnale, Jr. | Brenda Strong, Frank Abignale, Sr., Paula Abagnale | |
| Chess | Anatoly Sergievsky, Florence Vassy, Freddie Trumper | Arbiter, Ivan Molokov, Svetlana | |
| Chicago | Roxie Hart, Velma Kelly | Amos Hart, Billy Flynn | |
| Chicago: School Edition | Roxie Hart, Velma Kelly | Amos Hart, Billy Flynn | Mama Morton |
| Cinderella (Broadway) | Ella, Topher | Charlotte, Gabrielle, Jean-Michel*, Marie | |
| Cinderella (Enchanted) | Christopher, Cinderella | Fairy Godmother | |
| Cinderella (Original) | Cinderella, Prince | Fairy Godmother, King, Queen, Stepmother, Stepsister Joy, Stepsister Portia | |
| Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | Freddy Benson, Lawrence Jameson | Andre Thibault, Christine Colgate, Muriel Eubanks | |
| Elf, The Musical | Buddy, Jovie | Emily, Michael, Walter | |
| Footloose | Ariel Moore, Ren McCormack, Rev. Shaw Moore | Rusty, Vi Moore, Willard | |
| Freaky Friday | Ellie, Katherine | Adam | |
| Godspell | Jesus, Judas | ||
| Grease | Danny**, Sandy** | Kenickie**, Rizzo** | |
| Guys and Dolls | Miss Adelaide, Nathan Detroit, Sarah Brown, Sky Masterson | Nicely-Nicely Johnson | |
| Hairspray | Tracy Turnblad | Amber Von Tussle, Edna Turnblad, Link Larkin, Motormouth Maybelle, Penny Pingleton, Seaweed J. Stubbs, Velma Von Tussle | |
| Head Over Heels | Musidorus, Pamela, Philoclea | Basilius, Dametas*, Gynecia*, Mopsa | Pythio |
| Heathers | JD, Veronica Sawyer | Heather Chandler, Heather Duke, Heather McNamara, Martha Dunnstock | |
| Hello, Dolly! | Dolly Gallagher Levi, Horace Vandergelder | Barnaby Tucker**, Cornelious Hackl, Irene Malloy, Minnie Faye** | |
| High School Musical | Gabriella Montez, Troy Bolton | Chad Danforth, Ryan Evans, Sharpay Evans, Taylor McKessie | |
| How to Succeed... | J. Pierrepont Finch, Rosemary Pilkington | Bud Frump*, JB Biggley*, Smitty | |
| Hunchback of Notre Dame | Dom Claude Frollo, Esmeralda, Quasimodo | Captain Phoebus de Martin | Clopin |
| In The Heights | Nina Rosario, Usnavi | Abuela, Benny, Vanessa | |
| Into the Woods | The Baker, The Baker's Wife | Cinderella, Jack, Little Red, The Witch | |
| James and the Giant Peach | James, Ladahlord | Grasshopper, Lady Bug, Spiker, Sponge | |
| Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Joseph, Narrator | Pharoah | |
| Legally Blonde | Elle Woods | Callahan, Emmett Forrest, Paulette Buonufonte, Warner Huntington III | Vivienne Kensington |
| Les Miserables | Javert, Jean Valjean | Cosette, Eponine, Fantine, Marius, Mrs. Thernardier, Thernardier | |
| Les Miserables, School Edition | Javert, Jean Valjean | Cosette, Eponine, Fantine, Marius, Mrs. Thernardier, Thernardier | |
| Lightning Thief the Percy Jackson musical | Annabeth, Percy | Grover, Mr. D. | |
| Little Shop of Horrors | Audrey, Seymour Krelborn | Audrey II**, Mr. Mushnik**, Orin Scrivello, DDS** | |
| Little Women | Jo March | Friedrich Bhaer, Laurie, Marmee | |
| Mamma Mia | Donna Sheridan, Sophie Sheridan | Bill Austin**, Harry Bright, Rosie Mulligan, Sam Carmichael, Tanya Cresham-Leigh | Sky Rymand |
| Mary Poppins | Bert, Mary Poppins | Jane Banks**, Michael Banks**, Mr. George Banks, Mrs. Winifred Banks | |
| Matilda | Matilda | Miss Honey, Mr. Wormwood, Mrs. Wormwood, Trunchbull | |
| Mean Girls, School Edition | Cady Heron, Regina George | Damian Hubbard, Gretchen Weiners, Janis Sarkisian, Karen Smith | |
| Monty Python's Spamalot | King Arthur, Lady of the Lake | Patsy, Sir Lancelot, Sir Robin | |
| My Fair Lady | Eliza Doolittle, Henry Higgins | Alfred Doolittle, Colonel Pickering | |
| Newsies | Jack Kelly, Katherine Plummer | Crutchie, Davey Jacobs, Joseph Pulitzer | |
| On The Town | Chip, Claire, Gabey, Hildy, Ozzie | Ivy Smith, Lucy Schmeeler, Madame Dilly, Pitkin W. Bridgework | |
| Once On This Island | Storyteller/Ti Moune | Agwe, Erzulie, Female Asaka, Male Storyteller / Daniel, Papa Ge | |
| Once Upon a Mattress | Prince Dauntless, Princess Winnifred, Queen Aggravain | Lady Larkin, Minstrel, Sir Harry, The Jester | |
| Pippin | Leading Player, Pippin | Berthe, Catherine, Fastrada | |
| Ranked | Lily Larsen** | Alexis Larsen**, John Carter**, Jordan Carter**, Ryan Summers**, Sydney Summers** | |
| Rent, School Edition | Mark Cohen, Roger Davis | Angel, Collins, Joanne, Maureen, Mimi Marquez | |
| Ride the Cyclone | Jane Doe, Mischa Bachinski, Ocean O'Connell Rosenberg | Cassandra*, Constance Blackwood, Karnak*, Noel Gruber, Ricky Potts | |
| Seussical | Gertrude McFuzz, Horton, JoJo, The Cat in the Hat | Mayzie | |
| She Loves Me | Amalia Balash, Georg Nowack, Ilona Ritter, Ladislav Sipos | Steven Kodaly | |
| Shrek the Musical | Fiona, Shrek | Donkey, Lord Farquaad | |
| Singin' in the Rain | Don Lockwood, Kathy Seldon | Cosmo Brown, Lina Lamont | |
| Sister Act | Deloris Van Cartier, Mother Superior, Sister Mary Robert | Curtis Jackson, Eddie Souther | |
| Something Rotten | Nick Bottom | Beatrice Bottom, Nigel Bottom, Portia, Thomas Nostradamus, William Shakespeare | |
| Songs for a New World | Man 1, Man 2, Man 3, Woman 1, Woman 2 | ||
| Sound of Music | Maria Rainer | Captain Georg von Trapp, Liesl Von Trapp*, Mother Abbess | |
| Sweeney Todd | Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd | Anthony Hope, Johanna, Judge Turpin, Tobias Ragg | |
| Sweeney Todd, School Edition | Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd | Anthony Hope, Johanna, Judge Turpin, Tobias Ragg | Beadle Bamford |
| The Addams Family | Gomez Addams, Morticia Addams, Wednesday Addams | Alice Beineke, Lucas Beineke, Mal Beineke, Pugsley Addams, Uncle Fester | |
| The Addams Family: High School Edition | Gomez Addams, Morticia Addams, Wednesday Addams | Alice Beineke, Lucas Beineke, Mal Beineke, Pugsley Addams, Uncle Fester | |
| The Drowsy Chaperone | Janet Van de Graaf, Man in Chair, Robert Martin | Adolpho, Mrs. Tottendale, The Drowsy Chaperone | |
| The Little Mermaid | Ariel | King Triton, Prince Eric, Sebastian, Ursula | |
| The Prom | Barry, Dee Dee, Emma | Alyssa, Angie, Mr. Hawkins, Trent | |
| The SpongeBob Musical | Patrick Star, Sandy Cheeks, Spongebob Squarepants | Patchy the Pirate, Sheldon J. Plankton, Squidward Q. Tentacles | |
| The Wiz | Dorothy | Lion, Scarecrow, The Wicked Witch, The Wiz, Tin Man | |
| The Wizard of Oz | Dorothy Gale | Glinda*, Lion, Scarecrow, Tin Man | |
| Theory of Relativity | Man 1, Man 2, Man 3, Woman 1, Woman 2, Woman 3 | ||
| Thoroughly Modern Millie | Jimmy Smith, Millie Dillmount | Miss Dorothy Brown, Mrs. Meers, Muzzy Van Hossmere, Trevor Graydon | |
| Urinetown | Bobby Strong, Hope Cladwell | Caldwell B. Cladwell, Little Sally, Officer Lockstock, Penelope Pennywise | |
| Young Frankenstein | Frederick Frankenstein, Igor, Inga | Elizabeth, Frau Blucher, Inspector Kemp*, The Monster* |