Amanda Simmons awarded Outstanding Arts Mentor at inaugural KPA Bradley Awards
Inaugural KPA Bradley Awards Nominee in Seven Categories including 2025 Best Overall Musical Production, Behind The Scenes Excellence (Penny Ferguson), Outstanding Dance Execution, Best Actress in a Leading Role (Jenna Morrison), Outstanding Technical Execution, and Outstanding Arts Mentor (Amanda Simmons)
2024:
Inaugural Disney on Broadway School of Excellence Program Winner
Pilot production of Once Upon A One More Time: High School Edition
Featured performers at the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 International Thespian Festival
2022: First cohort of Premier Communities for Theatre Education through the Education Theatre Association
2022: Disney's Beauty and the Beast Pilot selected as an International Thespian Festival Main Stage Production
2021: Indiana State Gold Honor Troupe and Indiana State Distinguished Senior Award: Madeline Fisher
2020:
Pilot of My Fair Lady, Student Edition selected as an International Thespian Festival Main Stage Production
New York Times Feature Article
Outstanding High School Theatre Award from the Educational Theatre Association
2017, 2018, 2019: Broadway World Regional Award Winners
2015: Katie West selected as one of 20 students from across the nation to mount An Evening With...The Music of Alan Menken to open the 2015 International Thespian Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska
2007:
Pilot production of HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL
New Albany High School Theatre was the subject of a recent documentary shown on both SHOWTIME and THE MOVIE CHANNEL cable television networks that also featured Floyd Central and Jeffersonville High School Theatre Arts programs
2007: Alumnus Sara King won the Presidential Arts Scholar award and performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
2005: Featured in three full pages of the NEW YORK TIMES arts section highlighting high school theatres across the country
2004: Beauty and the Beast Pilot production. Outstanding High School Theatre Award from the Educational Theatre Association
2003: Former director David Longest and the school were awarded the National American History Award by the D.A.R. for the Signature Event production of LEWIS AND CLARK, an original musical written and produced by David Longest and James Stanton