2022 Halo Awards Nominations for Wednesday, June 1

WATERBURY - Seven Angels Theatre has announced the Halo Nominations for Wednesday June 1, 2022.

1.BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY:
• Bethel High School: Jeremy Finn as Charles Dickens/Fezziwig in A Christmas
Carol
• Pomperaug High School: Aidan Kelly as Sir Charles Baskerville in The Hound
of the Baskervilles: A Comedy Starring Jennie Watson and Shirley Holmes
• Fairfield College Preparatory School: Evan Jang as Cedric/Mr. Voldy in Puffs
• Southington High School: Elijah Hammond as Troy Paradis-Pulcifer in Last
Gas
• Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Carter Robinson as Fred/Young Scrooge/
Thomas in A Christmas Carol

2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY:
• Southington High School: Angelina Paulus as Diane Paradis in Last Gas
• Bethel High School: Lara Cruzado as Belle/Ghost 3/Sarah in A Christmas
Carol
• Fairfield College Preparatory School: Samantha Hoffman as Hannah Abbott/
First Headmaster/Prof Mcg in Puffs
• Pomperaug High School: Aisling Gowen as Dorothea Stapleton in The Hound
of the Baskervilles: A Comedy Starring Jennie Watson and Shirley Holmes
• Nathan-Hale Ray High School: Taryn Beisel as Belle/Martha Cratchit in A
Christmas Carol

3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL:
• Waterbury Arts Magnet School: Quinn Soulliere as Dennis in All Shook Up
• Wooster School: Cole Breen as Mal Beineke in The Addams Family
• Southington High School: Andrew Bruno as Flounder in The Little Mermaid
• Berlin High School: Noah Miller as The Mysterious Man in Into The Woods
• Bethel High School: Gabe Barboza as Mr. Feldzieg in The Drowsy Chaperone
• Woodland Regional High School: Evan Moore as Martin in Emma: A Pop
Musical
4. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL:
• Waterbury Arts Magnet School: Mireya Trelles as Sondra in All Shook Up
• Wooster School: Sadie Drahzal as Alice Beineke in The Addams Family
• Southington High School: Lily Eaccarino as Grimsby in The Little Mermaid
• Berlin High School: Laura Sarrazin as Cinderella in Into The Woods
• Bethel High School: Lara Cruzado as Trix the Aviatrix in The Drowsy
Chaperone
• Wolcott High School: Ashley Greaney as Sour Kangaroo in Seussical
• The Hotchkiss School: Kiki Henry as Rosie in Mamma Mia!
• Holy Cross High School: Reese Becker as Pugsley Addams in The Addams
Family
• Fairfield College Preparatory School: Sophia Papp as Catherine in Pippin

5. BEST COMIC MALE PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY:
• Norwich Free Academy: Christopher Turner as Colonel Mustard in Clue
• Stratford High School: Elijah Figueroa as Mr. Paravicini in The Mousetrap
• Wooster School: Ben Greco as Smee in Peter and the Starcatcher
• Pomperaug High School: Aidan Kelly as Sir Charles Baskerville in The Hound
of the Baskervilles: A Comedy Starring Jennie Watson and Shirley Holmes
• Woodland Regional High School: Connor Doughney as Robert/Thomas in The
One-Act Play That Goes Wrong

6. BEST COMIC FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY:
• Wooster School: Alli Byrne as Black Stache in Peter and the Starcatcher
• Holy Cross High School: Grace Persaud as Juliette in The Complete Works of
William Shakespeare (Abridged)
• Pomperaug High School: Maille Kimble as Maid/Dancer in The Hound of the
Baskervilles: A Comedy Starring Jennie Watson and Shirley Holmes
• Woodland Regional High School: Hannah Mudry as Annie/Company Manager
in The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong
• Fairfield College Preparatory School: Eileen O’Connor as Susie Bones/Harry/
Colin/Myrtle in Puffs
• Middletown High School: Sofia Hurlbut as Health Inspector Intern in
Employees Must Wash Hands Before Murder…And Covid

7. BEST COMIC MALE PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL:
• Southington High School: Griffin O’Neill as Scuttle in The Little Mermaid
• Wooster School: Ben Greco as Grandma Addams in The Addams Family
• Berlin High School: Thomas Morisse-Corsetti as Rapunzel’s Prince in Into The
Woods
• Mark T. Sheehan High School: Sajag Timilsina as Zeke Baylor in High School
Musical
• The Hotchkiss School: Harry Morelli as Bill in Mamma Mia!
• Oxford High School: Jeffrey Potter as Kyle in Legally Blonde
• Pomperaug High School: Jimmy Hunter as Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz
• Stratford High School: Tyler Tripodi as William Barfee in The 25th Annual
Putnam County Spelling Bee

8. BEST COMIC FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL:
• Waterbury Arts Magnet School: Abby Pearson as Mayor Matilda Hyde in All
Shook Up
• Wooster School: Sadie Drahzal as Alice Beineke in The Addams Family
• Bethel High School: Lana Botex as Adolpho in The Drowsy Chaperone
• Norwich Free Academy: Olivia Henry as Miss Hannigan in Annie
• Holy Cross High School: Emily Lacava as Grandma Addams in The Addams
Family
• Fairfield College Preparatory School: Samantha Hoffman as Bertha in Pippin

9. BEST COSTUME DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
• Waterbury Arts Magnet School: Liani Diaz & Marie Syla for All Shook Up
• Wooster School: Kayla Falconer, Lila Poston & Leon Sharma for The Addams
Family
• Pomperaug High School: Julia Groves & Caelin Walsh for The Wizard of Oz
• Stratford High School: Mackenzie Snyder for The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee
• The Hotchkiss School: Raven Hong for Mamma Mia!
• Fairfield College Preparatory School: Della Jackson for Pippin

10. BEST HAIR AND/OR MAKEUP DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
• Wooster School: Skyler Marcus for The Addams Family
• Pomperaug High School: Hanna Ali for The Wizard of Oz
• Wilby High School: Lisbeth Adames-Estevez, Angelica Garcia & Janessa
Figueroa for Fractured Fairy Tales
• Norwich Free Academy: Ava Gauthier, Kyla McKinney & Autumn Ricketts for
Clue
• Middletown High School: Chloe LaCroix for Employees Must Wash Hands
Before Murder…And Covid
• Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Eliza Anderson for A Christmas Carol

11. BEST LIGHTING DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
• Middletown High School: Ezgi Mus & Nethra Sundaram for Employees Must
Wash Hands Before Murder…And Covid
• Norwich Free Academy: Aidan O’Farrell & Emily Topalis for Clue
• Berlin High School: Tyler Chamberland & Michael Vignone for A Voice in the
Dark: A Salem Story
• Mark T. Sheehan High School: Lauren Stellato for All Together Now! & High
School Musical
• Southington High School: Tim Nivison for The Little Mermaid
• Bethel High School: Tashid Syed, Owen Detwiler, Adam Bresmon, Christopher
Baker & Sophia Goncalves for The Drowsy Chaperone
• Stratford High School: Rebecca DePietro, Chloe Leimgruber, Kelsey Welch,
Hayley Ivanko & Lucas Jenkins for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling
Bee
• Wolcott High School: Kasey Normand for Seussical

12. BEST SOUND DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
• Middletown High School: Trever Farrington, Jordan Blaise & Natalie
Ciarleglio for Employees Must Wash Hands Before Murder…And Covid
• Norwich Free Academy: Ella Lawson & Ayla Cho for Clue
• Stratford High School: Rebecca DePietro, Lucas Jenkins, Kelsey Welch, Elena
Clark & Oreo Atoyebi for The Mousetrap
• Wooster School: Christos Chiotis, Skyler Marcus & Sabir Sakir for The Addams
Family
• Berlin High School: Ethan Rusch for Into The Woods
• Wolcott High School: Gian Samuel for Seussical
• The Hotchkiss School: Sierra Atkins, Driseth Anderson, Danille Attoh, Elliott
Hu, Kris Lambert & Rosie Oberto for Mamma Mia!
• Woodland Regional High School: Alex Grant & Aydan Colon for Emma: A Pop
Musical

13. BEST SCENIC DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
• Stratford High School: Sabrina Tripodi & Set Crew for The Mousetrap
• Nonnewaug High School: Karissa Spencer, Ryan Kostenko, Shelby Rushin &
Elizabeth Scalzo for The Laramie Project
• Pomperaug High School: Katana Ferguson-Smith, Isaac Eastwood, Sydney
Booth, Allen Sager, & Ava Amendola for The Wizard of Oz
• Woodland Regional High School: Set Crew for The One-Act Play That Goes
Wrong
• Wooster School: Set Crew for The Addams Family
• Berlin High School: Tyler Chamberland & Michael Vignone for Into The Woods
• Mark T. Sheehan High School: Shannon McKenna for High School Musical
• The Hotchkiss School: Raven Hong, Reka Ladanyi, Nathan Araujo, Aster
Lufkin, Sierra Atkins, Huntyr Ammons, Drisheth Anderson, Danielle Attoh,
Elliott Hu, Kris Lambert, Rosie Oberto, Sonia Rashid & Wyatt Wahl for
Mamma Mia!
• Woodland Regional High School: Set Crew for Emma: A Pop Musical

14. BEST PROPS DESIGN AND/OR MANAGEMENT:
• Middletown High School: Nicholas Scirpo, Megan Ranno, Zoey Ranno, Simona
Young & Eva Quijada for Employees Must Wash Hands Before Murder…And
Covid
• Wooster School: Jackson Connelly for Peter and the Starcatcher
• Nonnewaug High School: Nicole Dionne, Polina Mylus, Shelby Rushin & Ryan
Kostenko for The Laramie Project
• Pomperaug High School: Kayleigh Ecsedy, Avalynn Husk, Sophia Ltaif, Tesu
Beavers, Sophia Merkulov, Lydia Temple & Lydia Eastwood for The Hound of
the Baskervilles: A Comedy Starring Jennie Watson and Shirley Holmes
• Berlin High School: Julia Wanke for Into The Woods
• Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Ziggy Matthews for Cinderella (Enchanted
Edition)
• Stratford High School: Sabrina Tripodi for The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee

15. BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
• Wooster School: Tina Zhang for The Addams Family
• Pomperaug High School: Emily Aldo for The Wizard of Oz
• Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Drew MacNeil, Sally Riley, Aiden Bonilla, Ziggy
Matthews, Michael Jordan, Evan Steflik, James Chemacki & Chelsea Valli for
Cinderella (Enchanted Edition)
• Middletown High School: Sage Barry & Sofia Hurlbut for Employees Must
Wash Hands Before Murder…And Covid

16. BEST RUNNING CREW:
• Norwich Free Academy: Run Crew for Clue
• Pomperaug High School: Run Crew for The Hound of the Baskervilles: A
Comedy Starring Jennie Watson and Shirley Holmes
• Wooster School: Run Crew for The Addams Family
• Berlin High School: Run Crew for Into The Woods
• Mark T. Sheehan High School: Run Crew for High School Musical
• Bethel High School: Run Crew for The Drowsy Chaperone
• Stratford High School: Run Crew for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling
Bee
• Wolcott High School: Run Crew for Seussical
• Wilby High School: Run Crew for Fractured Fairy Tales

17. BEST STAGE MANAGEMENT:
• Wooster School: Jackson Connelly (PSM), Viola Minor (SM), Jesmari Perdicho
(ASM) for Peter and the Starcatcher
• Nonnewaug High School: Karissa Spencer (PSM), Emily Lungarini (ASM) for
The Laramie Project
• Pomperaug High School: Kat Ferguson-Smith (PSM), Kayleigh Escedy (ASM)
for The Hound of the Baskervilles: A Comedy Starring Jennie Watson and
Shirley Holmes
• Southington High School: Tim Nivison (SM) for The Little Mermaid
• Berlin High School: Eryn Riggott (PSM), Julia Wanke (ASM) for Into The
Woods
• Mark T. Sheehan High School: Shannon McKenna (PSM), Matthew Lynch
(SM), Victoria Loukides, Austin Kaplan (ASMs) for High School Musical
• Bethel High School: Cassidy Smullen, Fran Sallusto, Lexi Gonzalez (SMs) for
The Drowsy Chaperone
• Stratford High School: Rebecca DePietro (PSM), Sabrina Tripodi (SM) for The
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
• Wolcott High School: Alex Martin (PSM) for Seussical
• Woodland Regional High School: Hannah Mudry, Julianna Fernandez (PSMs),
Mia Swabski (ASM) for Emma: A Pop Musical

18. BEST INCIDENTAL OR ORIGINAL MUSIC IN A PLAY:
• Middeletown High School: Natalie Ciarleglio for Employees Must Wash Hands
Before Murder…And Covid
• Bethel High School: Claire Baranovic, Mikayla Caprio, Eva Burroughs & AJ
Savitsky for A Christmas Carol
• Pomperaug High School: Aliza Creel for The Hound of the Baskervilles: A
Comedy Starring Jennie Watson and Shirley Holmes
• Wilby High School: Jourdelyn Vargas, Janelix Tirado & Marianne Correa for
Fractured Fairy Tales

19. BEST PROGRAM ART:
• Holy Cross High School: Grace Graziano for The Addams Family
• Nonnewaug High School: Karissa Spencer for The Laramie Project
• Woodland Regional High School: Robert Shaffer for The One-Act Play That
Goes Wrong
• Wilby High School: Jorge Perez-Niefa for Fractured Fairy Tales

20. BEST ORCHESTRA:
• Pomperaug High School: Orchestra of The Wizard of Oz
• Bethel High School: Orchestra of The Drowsy Chaperone
• Stratford High School: Orchestra of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling
Bee

21. BEST FEATURED DANCER(S):
• Mark T. Sheehan High School: Julie Rochniak in All Together Now!
• Bethel High School: Hannah McGuire in The Drowsy Chaperone
• Oxford High School: Ainsely Novin in Legally Blonde

22. BEST DANCING:
• Southington High School: The Little Mermaid
• Mark T. Sheehan High School: High School Musical
• Bethel High School: The Drowsy Chaperone
• The Hotchkiss School: Mamma Mia!
• Berlin High School: Into The Woods
• Waterbury Arts Magnet School: All Shook Up
• Wolcott High School: Seussical
• Fairfield College Preparatory School: Pippin

23. BEST SPECIALTY ENSEMBLE:
• Waterbury Arts Magnet School: Brady Mckenna, Quinn Soulliere, Grace
Henderson & Mireya Trelles as Chad, Dennis, Natalie & Sondra for Hound
Dog/Teddy Bear in All Shook Up
• Southington High School: Lilly Percival, Angelina Paulus, Emily Heath, Gwen
Silva, Sophia LeBlanc & Lauren Melitt as The Mersisters in The Little Mermaid
• Berlin High School: Lucy Morisse-Corsetti, Brynn Nogiec & Laura Munch as
The Stepmother & Stepsisters in Into The Woods
• Pomperaug High School: Faith Teresina Bova, Lauren Sanchez & Isabella Ruiz
as The Crows in The Wizard of Oz
• Bethel High School: Allison Mele, Hannah McGuire, Francesca DelGardo &
Juliana Herzog as Janet, The Lead Monkey & Backup Dancers in The Drowsy
Chaperone
• Stratford High School: Matt Coutinho, Lauren Eyeman & Olivia Orris as Olive’s
Dad, Olive’s Mom & Olive in The I Love You Song in The 25th Annual Putnam
County Spelling Bee
• Wolcott High School: Nathan McNeil, Megan Hlavna, Carter Effrece, & Bennett
D’Amato as The Wickersham Brothers in Seussical
• The Hotchkiss School: Stella del mazza Rocha, Parth Jain & Aiden Wang as
Taverna House Singers in Mamma Mia!
• Oxford High School: Gabriella Franchi, Ainsley Novin & Robin Cote as Margot,
Pilar & Serena in Legally Blonde
• Norwich Free Academy: Lily O’Neil, Kaydance Arpin, Sasha Berdan,
Mackenzie Crouch, Emily Cubanski, Pailin Dietz & Bonnie Mentz as The
Orphans in Annie

24. BEST CHORUS:
• Waterbury Arts Magnet School: All Shook Up
• Southington High School: The Little Mermaid
• Wooster School: The Addams Family
• Mark T. Sheehan High School: High School Musical
• Bethel High School: The Drowsy Chaperone
• Stratford High School: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
• Wolcott High School: Seussical
• Fairfield College Preparatory School: Pippin
• Woodland Regional High School: Emma: A Pop Musical

25. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY:
• Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Aiden Bonilla as Bob Cratchit/Mr. Fezziwig in A
Christmas Carol
• Bethel High School: Dylan Ellis as Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol
• Pomperaug High School: Jimmy Hunter as John Stapleton in The Hound of the
Baskervilles: A Comedy Starring Jennie Watson and Shirley Holmes
• Southington High School: Ashton Maynard as Guy Gagnon in Last Gas

26. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY:
• Southington High School: Asia Aloma as Cherry-Tracy Pulcifer in Last Gas
• Pomperaug High School: Lauren SanFanAndre as Shirley Holmes in The
Hound of the Baskervilles: A Comedy Starring Jennie Watson and Shirley
Holmes
• Fairfield College Preparatory School: Flor Huerta as Sally Perks in Puffs

27. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL:
• Wooster School: Charlie Aspillaga as Uncle Fester in The Addams Family
• Berlin High School: David Wadstrup as Jack in Into The Woods
• Mark T. Sheehan High School: Vincent Atienza as Chad Danforth in High
School Musical
• Bethel High School: Riley Finn as Robert in The Drowsy Chaperone
• Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Tyler Warren as Lionel in Cinderella
(Enchanted Edition)
• The Hotchkiss School: Zach Scrima as Harry in Mamma Mia!
• Fairfield College Preparatory School: Will Quincy as Charles in Pippin
• Woodland Regional High School: Connor Doughney as Phillip Eaton in Emma:
A Pop Musical

28. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL:
• Waterbury Arts Magnet School: Blessett Anderson as Sylvia in All Shook Up
• Southington High School: Asia Aloma as Ursula in The Little Mermaid
• Berlin High School: Emily Kobus as The Baker’s Wife in Into The Woods
• Pomperaug High School: Maddie Parrella as Almira Gulch/The Wicked Witch
in The Wizard of Oz
• Wolcott High School: Angelina Emanuel as JoJo in Seussical
• Oxford High School: Ashley Carpp as Paulette in Legally Blonde
• Holy Cross High School: Grace Graziano as Wednesday Addams in The
Addams Family
• Norwich Free Academy: Olivia Henry as Miss Hannigan in Annie
• Woodland Regional High School: Morgan Marchant as Harriet in Emma: A Pop
Musical

29. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A COUPLE OR DYNAMIC DUO IN A PLAY:
• Wooster School: Ben Greco & Alli Byrne as Smee & Black Stache in Peter and
the Starcatcher
• Woodland Regional High School: Cayleigh Cummings & Alyssa Gillies as
Sandra/Florence & Max/Cecil in The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong
• Pomperaug High School: Robert Lee & Isabella Ruiz as Barrymore & Mrs.
Barrymore in The Hound of the Baskervilles: A Comedy Starring Jennie Watson
and Shirley Holmes
• Fairfield College Preparatory School: Jenny Silence & Preston Lyons as Megan
& Oliver in Puffs

30. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A COUPLE OR DYNAMIC DUO IN A MUSICAL:
• Waterbury Arts Magnet School: Tamika Dessalines & Ethan Wollman as
Lorraine & Dean in All Shook Up
• Wooster School: Cole Breen & Sadie Drahzal as Mal & Alice in The Addams
Family
• Southington High School: Sam Storm & Gracie Percival as Flotsam & Jetsam in
The Little Mermaid
• Berlin High School: Calvin Delude & Thomas Morisse-Corsetti as Cinderella’s
Prince & Rapunzel’s Prince in Into The Woods
• Bethel High School: Georgia O’Connor & Angel Batista as Gangsters 1 & 2 in
The Drowsy Chaperone
• Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Hanna Robinson & Ella Rogerson as Grace &
Joy in Cinderella (Enchanted Edition)
• Wolcott High School: Julia Thies & Angelina Emanuel as Cat in the Hat & JoJo
in Seussical
• The Hotchkiss School: Tori Murray & Kate Moran as Donna & Sophie in
Mamma Mia!
• Oxford High School: Shay Neary & Isaac Motes as Elle & Emmett in Legally
Blonde
• Holy Cross High School: Jillian Guerette & Jaela Rivera as Mal & Alice Beineke
in The Addams Family
• Norwich Free Academy: Alex Zeppieri & Lily O’Neil as Daddy Warbucks &
Annie in Annie
• Fairfield College Preparatory School: Evan Jang & Sophia Papp as Pippin &
Catherine in Pippin

31. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN AN ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION:
• Norwich Free Academy: Clue
• Stratford High School: The Mousetrap
• Wooster School: Peter and the Starcatcher
• Holy Cross High School: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
(Abridged)
• Nonnewaug High School: The Laramie Project
• Woodland Regional High School: The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong
• Wilby High School: Fractured Fairy Tales
• Mark T. Sheehan High School: All Together Now!
• Stratford High School: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

32. BEST MALE STANDOUT PERFORMANCE IN AN ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION:
• Norwich Free Academy: Reilly Rutherford as Wadsworth in Clue
• Berlin High School: Noah Miller as Francis Nurse in A Voice in the Dark: A
Salem Story
• Stratford High School: Tyler Tripodi as Trotter in The Mousetrap
• Wooster School: Will Thaler as Peter in Peter in the Starcatcher
• Woodland Regional High School: Evan Moore as Chris/Inspector Carter in
The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong
• Wilby High School: Gianni Bonval as Hades in Fractured Fairy Tales
• Middletown High School: Symion Walden as Frymaster/Steve in Employees
Must Wash Hands Before Murder…And Covid
• Mark T. Sheehan High School: Sajag Timilsina in All Together Now!
• Stratford High School: Nick Ferrari as Leaf Coneybear in The 25th Annual
Putnam County Spelling Bee

33. BEST FEMALE STANDOUT PERFORMANCE IN AN ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION:
• Norwich Free Academy: Lily O’Neil as Mrs. Peacock in Clue
• Berlin High School: Ruth Brown as Witch/Beggar Woman in A Voice in the
Dark: A Salem Story
• Stratford High School: Nialah McCalla as Mollie Ralston in The Mousetrap
• Holy Cross High School: Cecelia Moisan as Hamlet in The Complete Works of
William Shakespeare (Abridged)
• Nonnewaug High School: Elizabeth Scalzo as Dennis Shepard in The Laramie
Project
• Woodland Regional High School: Cayleigh Cummings as Sandra/Florence in
The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong
• Wilby High School: Angelica Garcia as Snow White in Fractured Fairy Tales
• Mark T. Sheehan High School: Marissa Capozzo in All Together Now!
• Stratford High School: Olivia Orris as Olive in The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee

34. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY:
• Bethel High School: Jack Boucher as Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol
• Pomperaug High School: Benjamin Dressel as Sir Henry Baskerville in The
Hound of the Baskervilles: A Comedy Starring Jennie Watson and Shirley
Holmes
• Southington High School: Eric Orsini as Nat Paradis in Last Gas
• Fairfield College Preparatory School: Will Quincy as Wayne Hopkins in Puffs
• Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Tyler Warren as Ebenezer Scrooge in A
Christmas Carol

35. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY:
• Pomperaug High School: Kate Goncalves as Jennie Watson in The Hound of the
Baskervilles: A Comedy Starring Jennie Watson and Shirley Holmes
• Fairfield College Preparatory School: Jenny Silence as Megan Jones in Puffs
• Southington High School: Eva Bilodeau as Lurene in Last Gas

36. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL:
• Wooster School: Will Thaler as Gomez Addams in The Addams Family
• Berlin High School: Paul Kendrick as The Baker in Into The Woods
• Mark T. Sheehan High School: Jacob Shook as Troy Bolton in High School
Musical
• Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Carter Robinson as Christopher in Cinderella
(Enchanted Edition)
• Wolcott High School: Dalmir Tupkusic as Horton in Seussical
• The Hotchkiss School: Emiliano Leal as Sam in Mamma Mia!
• Oxford High School: Isaac Motes as Emmett Forrest in Legally Blonde
• Norwich Free Academy: Alex Zeppieri as Daddy Warbucks in Annie
• Fairfield College Preparatory School: Evan Jang as Pippin in Pippin
• Woodland Regional High School: Nathan Trumbley as Jeff in Emma: A Pop
Musical

37. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL:
• Southington High School: Eva Bilodeau as Ariel in The Little Mermaid
• Berlin High School: Emily Roche as The Witch in Into The Woods
• Mark T. Sheehan High School: Marissa Capozzo as Gabriella Montez in High
School Musical
• Bethel High School: Allison Mele as Janet in The Drowsy Chaperone
• Wolcott High School: Julia Thies as Cat in the Hat in Seussical
• The Hotchkiss School: Tori Murray as Donna in Mamma Mia!
• Holy Cross High School: Sofia Koury as Morticia Addams in The Addams
Family
• Norwich Free Academy: Lily O’Neil as Annie in Annie
• Fairfield College Preparatory School: Jenny Silence as Leading Player in
Pippin
• Woodland Regional High School: Ella Bernegger as Emma in Emma: A Pop
Musical
• Waterbury Career Academy: Sofia Giusti as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors

38. BEST PLAY:
• Norwich Free Academy: Clue
• Wooster School: Peter and the Starcatcher
• Nonnewaug High School: The Laramie Project
• Pomperaug High School: The Hound of the Baskervilles: A Comedy Starring
Jennie Watson and Shirley Holmes
• Woodland Regional High School: The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong
• Fairfield College Preparatory School: Puffs
• Wilby High School: Fractured Fairy Tales
• Stratford High School: The Mousetrap

39. BEST MUSICAL:
• Waterbury Arts Magnet School: All Shook Up
• Southington High School: The Little Mermaid
• Berlin High School: Into The Woods
• Mark T. Sheehan High School: High School Musical
• Bethel High School: The Drowsy Chaperone
• Stratford High School: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
• Wolcott High School: Seussical
• The Hotchkiss School: Mamma Mia!
• Fairfield College Preparatory School: Pippin
• Woodland Regional High School: Emma: A Pop Musical