HSMTA Participating Schools

Posted by Jessica Sims

Each year, the Collaborative School of the Arts High School Musical Theatre Awards (HSMTA) celebrates the incredible talent, dedication, and creativity of high school students from across the Capital Region. These schools bring their passion for musical theatre to life on stage, showcasing performances that inspire and captivate.

Below is the list of participating schools for the 2026 HSMTA:

Albany Academy  
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella”
7 p.m. Feb. 27
2 and 7 p.m. Feb. 28
2 p.m. March 1

Albany High School 
“Mean Girls: High School Version” 
6: 30 p.m. March 12-13
2 and 6:30 p.m. March 14-15 

Amsterdam High School  
“Mean Girls: High School Version”
7 p.m. March 20-21
2 p.m. March 22  

Averill Park High School  
“Mamma Mia!” 
7 p.m. Feb. 26-28 (snow date 2 p.m. March 1) 

Ballston Spa High School  
“Addams Family The Musical: High School Edition”
7 p.m. March 26-27
1 and 7 p.m. March 28   

Bolton Central School   
“Mean Girls: High School Version”
7 p.m. March 27
1 and 7 p.m. March 28 

Catskill High School  
“Disney’s Descendants”
7 p.m. March 13-14
2 p.m. March 15  

Cohoes High School  
“Big Fish”
7 p.m. March 26-29  

Colonie Central High School  
“Mamma Mia”
7 p.m. March 12-13
1 and 7 p.m. March 14

Glens Falls High School  
“Once Upon a Mattress”
7 p.m. March 28
1:30 p.m. March 29  

Hadley-Luzerne High School  
“Footloose”
7 p.m. March 27-28
2 p.m. March 29  

Mohonasen High School  
“Newsies”
7 p.m. March 20-21
2 p.m. March 22 

Peru High School 
“Footloose”
7 p.m. March 19-20
2 and 7 p.m. March 21  

Queensbury High School   
“Addams Family The Musical: High School Edition”
7 p.m. March 13-14
2 p.m. March 15  

Saratoga Springs High School  
“Newsies”
7 p.m. March 12
7:30 p.m. March 13
1 and 7:30 p.m. March 14  

Schalmont High School  
“Mamma Mia!”
7 p.m. April 16-17
2 and 7 p.m. April 18  

Schenectady High School  
“Once Upon a Mattress”
7 p.m. March 26-28  

Shenendehowa High School  
“Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812”
7 p.m. March 5-6
1 p.m. March 7
7 p.m. March 8  

South Glens Falls High School  
“Mamma Mia!”
7 p.m. March 26-27
1 and 7 p.m. March 28 

Tamarac Middle & High School  
“The SpongeBob Musical”
7:30 p.m. March 13
2:30 p.m. March 14  

Ticonderoga High School  
“Little Shop of Horrors”
7 p.m. March 27-28  
2 p.m. March 29

Voorheesville High School  
“Hadestown: Teen Edition”
7 p.m. March 20-21
2 p.m. March 22  

Warrensburg Jr. Sr. High School  
“Hadestown: Teen Edition”
7 p.m. March 27
2 and 7 p.m. March 28  

Whitehall Central School  
“42nd Steet”
7 p.m. March 20
2 and 7 p.m. March 21