Presenting the Class of 2025! We are so immensely proud of the high school and college graduates on achieving such a significant accomplishment in their lives. Balancing school and a professional acting career is no easy task, so we commend these graduates on reaching this milestone.

Check out this list of this year’s high school and college graduates, who also have happened to make their Broadway, Off-Broadway, or live telecast debuts before the age of 18.

High School Graduates

John Allyn (Peter Pan Live, School of Rock) – Syracuse University
Hayden Bercy (Radio City Christmas Spectacular) – Indiana University
Sway Bhatia (Really Rosie, A Little Princess, Disney’s “Zombies 4”) – NYU
Jadaya Bivins (“Annie Live”) – Rowan University
Adriana Braganza (The King and I) – Fordham University
Dylan Brod (Dream Street) – Temple University
Ava Briglia (School of Rock, Matilda) – NYU
Mikee Castillo (The Lion King) – Ohio University
Artyon Celestine (A Christmas Story Live)
Olivia Chun (School of Rock, The King and I)
Jordan Cole (School of Rock) – Belmont University
William Coombs (The Ferryman, A Bronx Tale) – Pace University
Grace DeAmicis (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) – Pepperdine University
Sammy Dell (Trevor) – Berklee College of Music
Ian Dolley (Stranger Things: The First Shadow)
Jake Ryan Flynn (Mrs. Doubtfire, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
Jete Gladding (Number the Stars) – NYU
Monte Greene (All My Sons, Camelot) – University of Michigan
Angelica Hale (Boop! The Musical)
Madison Lagares (School of Rock, On Your Feet) – Chapman University
Landon Maas (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Kinky Boots)
Mehret Marsh (The Lion King, Tina) – Northwestern University
Alyssa Emily Marvin (Grey House, Appropriate, Trevor, Number the Stars) – Yale University
Isabel Medina (Trevor) – Muhlenberg College
Jacob Morrell (Shadowlands) – Boston Conservatory
Luke Naphat (Trevor) – UCLA
Riki Nishikawa (The Lion King) – Princeton University
Finn O’Hara (The Last Boy) – Point Park University
Madeleine Pace (Once, The Hard Problem) – NYU Tisch
Nirvaan Pal (School of Rock) – Columbia University
Chinua Baraka Payne (The Lion King, Caroline or Change) – Howard University
Echo Picone (Trevor) – NYU
Tanner Quirk (The Music Man) – Harvard University
Kitana Rojanatavorn (The King and I) – UNCSA
Riley Schwab (Is My Microphone On?) – Ithaca College
Ayla Schwartz (Frozen) – University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Theodora Silverman (School of Rock) – Southern Methodist University
Demi Singleton (School of Rock, The Lion King) – Yale University
Walden Sullivan (School of Rock) – Boston Conservatory
Jurnee Swan (The Piano Lesson) – College of Mount Saint Vincent
Simone Vysnovsky (Dream Street) – University of Miami
Avery Watson (Radio City Christmas Spectacular) – University of Arkansas
Aviva Winick (Matilda) – Columbia University
Timothy Yang (The King and I) – Harvard University
Zachary Zwelling (School of Rock) – Vanderbilt University

College Graduates

Isa Antonetti (Evita, Buena Vista Social Club) – Carnegie Mellon University
Eloise Celine (Before Your Very Eyes) – Lynn University
Anna Kate Cibrian (A Little Princess) – American University
Marcus D’Angelo (Matilda, Les Miserables) – UC Berkeley
Alex Dreier (Finding Neverland) – University of Pennsylvania
Cole Edelstein (Matilda) – Northwestern University
Sophia Gennusa (Matilda) – Emerson College
Ethan Halford Holder (The King and I) – USC
Meliki Hurd (Matilda) – Sarah Lawrence College
Tre Jones (The Lion King) – Winthrop University
Darius Kaleb (Motown) – Howard University
Annabelle Kempf (Billy Elliot) – Montclair State University
Oona Laurence (Matilda) – Purchase College
Joy Kate Lawson (A Little Princess) – Lipscomb University
Julia Lipsztein (Dream Street) – NYU
Kayla Mak (Radio City Christmas Spectacular) – Julliard
Jamie Mann (Camp Rolling Hills) – University of Michigan
Grace Matwijec (Mary Poppins) – University of Pennsylvania
Robert Montano (Radio City Christmas Spectacular) – Belmont University
Casey Nadzam (Peace, Love, and Cupcakes) – Fairfield University
Jasper Newell (Samara, Before Your Very Eyes) – Rutgers University
Brandon Niederauer (School of Rock) – Yale University
Gabriella Pizzolo (Matilda, Fun Home) – Purchase College
Ella Rescigno (Dream Street) – Harvard University
Taylor Richardson (Annie) – Columbia University
Jack Richman (Peace, Love, and Cupcakes) – Berklee College of Music
David Rosenthal (Matilda) – Boston Conservatory
Phinn Sayegh (A Little Princess) – UCLA
Mavis Simpson-Ernst (Evita, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown) – Columbia University
Maya Slaughter (Dream Street) – Northwestern University
Jeremy T. Villas (Kinky Boots, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown) – Julliard
Raquel Wallace (Dream Street) – Florida Atlantic University
Rachel Arianna Weintraub (Number the Stars) – Northwestern University
Nikki Wildy (Really Rosie) – Belmont University
Oscar Williams (Fun Home) – Pace University
Ted Wilson (Matilda) – Northeastern University
Aidan Winn (A Little Princess) – Carnegie-Mellon University
Ashton Woerz (Pippin, Priscilla: Queen of the Desert) – Berklee College of Music

Note: If you’re a young Broadway/Off-Broadway/live telecast alum who’s graduating this year and are not currently on this last, please email us at hello@youngbway.org.