Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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The Betty Lynn Buckley Awards are named after Fort Worth’s own Tony Award-winning Best Actress, FWISD and Casa Mañana alumna, Betty Lynn Buckley. This scholarship awards program has celebrated the best in high school performing arts since 2000.

In 2025, we celebrated the 25th Anniversary of the Betty Lynn Buckley Awards with a ceremony hosted by Jay Armstrong Johnson, current star of the North American Tour of Moulin Rouge! Our nominees for Excellence in a Musical were Keller High School, Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy, Waxahachie High School, V.R. Eaton High School, Guyer High School, and Grapevine High School.

Learn more about The Betty Lynn Buckley Awards and see our full archive of winners here: casamanana.org/buckleys