If your school is interested in participating in the Butler Arts Awards, please send a staff representative from your theatre/music department to one of the information sessions in January 2026. Additional information about participation will be made public on this website after the information sessions.

Public, private, and charter high schools across Indiana are invited to apply for participation in the 2027 Butler Arts Awards program.

The 2027 Butler Arts Awards registration form will go live February 1, 2026 and will be available on this webpage. Each school interested in applying must designate one educator staff member to act as their school’s representative. This educator is responsible for applying for the Butler Arts Awards.

The Butler Arts Awards follow the guidelines set by the Jimmy Awards to determine which productions qualify. Those can be found on the Jimmy’s website.

The 2027 Butler Arts Awards will take place at Clowes Memorial Hall on May 20, 2027. There will be tickets available to purchase for the public early 2027.

Over the course of a participating high school’s performances, 3-4 adjudicators will attend their production. Adjudicators will evaluate the production through a set of rubrics and provide written feedback. All feedback will be compiled by The Butler Arts Awards into one report, which will be sent to the school after the last production of the season closes.