Two Kentucky high school students will head to New York City later this month for the National High School Musical Theater Awards.

The prestigious Jimmy Awards showcase the best in high school musical theater. And for too long, Kentucky and Southern Indiana theater programs have been underrepresented on the national stage, said Nick Covault, vice president of education and community at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts.

KPA sent a team of adjudicators to high schools across the state to view musical theater performances. Students from 16 high schools celebrated an array of accomplishments at the inaugural Bradley Awards in Louisville on Sunday.

The awards honored students for acting, dance, ensemble performance, technical execution and behind the scenes work.

“We really saw a

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