Hugh Jackman and Judith Light Want You to Nominate Your Teacher for the Excellence in Theatre Education Award

The Tony Awards and Carnegie Mellon University recently announced a new partnership presenting the inaugural "Excellence in Theatre Education Award." The annual award will recognize a theater educator in the United States who has demonstrated impact on the lives of students and who embodies the highest standards of the profession.

Nominations are currently being accepted online for theater educators, grades kindergarten through high school. Anyone can submit a worthy teacher for consideration, and the award's ambassadors Hugh Jackman and Carnegie Mellon University alumnus Judith Light hope you'll do so. In fact they want to raise awareness about the new award so much they each created a video speaking directly to fans about the importance of arts education.

Check out the videos below and then nominate a teacher, or use #NominateMyTeacher to let others know about this new era in Tony history.