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CHANDLER, AZ \u2014 Chandler High School graduate Brayden Nesbitt was 14 when his interest in musical theatre began, something that has only grown over the years.<\/p>

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\u201cLiterally, it\u2019s every night it’s literally new people that haven’t seen the show or people who have seen the show once, two times, however many times, but it’s always authentic, and I think that’s what keeps me coming back,” Nesbitt said.<\/p>

But it wasn’t the big stage that brought him to Chandler High School.<\/p>

“I was coming here for football originally, yeah. I just did theatre on the side, like community theatres around the valley,” Nesbitt said.<\/p>

He tackled both through the years, but this past year, he made a decision to put the Friday night lights aside and take center stage.<\/p>

Last month, he won Best Lead Male at the ASU Gammage High School Musical Awards.<\/p>

“I am literally just sitting there like this, and I’m like, I cannot believe this is happening, it was crazy,” Nesbitt said.<\/p>\n

“It was definitely one of the most, happy moments of my life I have ever had,” Nesbitt said.<\/p>

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His theatre teacher says the moment was earned following years of dedication and recently locking into knowing what he wants.<\/p>

“He genuinely earned this recognition because he put the work in,\u201d said Stephanie Likes, the theatre teacher at Chandler High School.<\/p>

Now he heads to New York City to compete in the National High School Musical Theatre Awards Program, known as the Jimmy Awards.<\/p>

\u201cPerforming on a Broadway stage, I mean, not everyone gets to do that, so I am really going to take that in for sure,” Nesbitt said.<\/p>

The Jimmy Awards are on June 22. You can watch Brayden perform live at JimmyAwards.com or on YouTube.<\/p>

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