Halo Award Winners Announced for Monday, June 3, 2019

Monday June 3, 2019 WINNERS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY:
W.F. Kaynor Technical High School: Logan Molinari in The Tempest

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY:
Pomperaug High School: Isabella Watson as Katherine Wiley in Radium Girls

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL:
Branford High School: Dylan Campos as Pugsley Addams in The Addams Family

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL:
Nonnewaug High School: Rebecca Reimold as Cinderella in Into The Woods

BEST COMIC MALE PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY:
Classical Magnet School: Jarred Griffin as Narrator 2 in The Brothers Grimm Spectacularthon!

BEST COMIC FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY:
Ridgefield High School: Caroline Malley as Rhonda in Almost, Maine

BEST COMIC MALE PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL:
Branford High School: Brandon Hernandez as Lurch in The Addams Family

BEST COMIC FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL:
Ellington High School: Claire Palmer as Calliope in Xanadu

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Bridgeport International Academy: Cindy Yoo, Ji Hyeon Pak, Hanae Hirayama, Ah-mee Bessell & Elysia Couvetier for Finding Mulan

BEST HAIR AND/OR MAKEUP DESIGN:
Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Madison Torrance for 10 Ways To Survive The Zombie Apocalypse

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
Holy Cross High School: Ben Bowler & Nate Donofrio for It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play

BEST SOUND DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
W.F. Kaynor Technical High School: Richard Barrett for The Theory Of Relativity

BEST SCENIC DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
Berlin High School: Jenny Lin, Joey Julinski & Ishanee Patel for Up The Down Staircase

BEST PROPS DESIGN AND/OR MANAGEMENT:
Ellington High School: Hunter Harrell, Alex Audet, Mollie Fitzgerald & Claire McMenamin for Xanadu

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS:
Holy Cross High School: Meghan Diorio, Colleen Pelletier & Lexi Diorio for It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play

BEST RUNNING CREW:
Classical Magnet School: Run Crew for The Brothers Grimm Spectacularthon!

BEST STAGE MANAGEMENT:
Ridgefield High School: Shane Jaeger (PSM) for The Addams Family/Almost, Maine

BEST ORIGINAL PROGRAM COVER DESIGN OR ARTWORK:
W.F. Kaynor Technical High School: Samantha Braker for The Theory Of Relativity

BEST ORCHESTRA:
Nonnewaug High School: Into The Woods

BEST INCIDENTAL OR ORIGINAL MUSIC IN A PLAY:
Wilby High School: Anahi Cruz-Liz & Jayna Brown for Romeo & Juliet (No Fear)

BEST DANCING:
Kingswood Oxford: Chicago

BEST FEATURED DANCER(S):
Kingswood Oxford: Remy McCoy & Katie Brough in Chicago

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER:
Kinsella Magnet School For Performing Arts: Adrianna Fangman for All Shook Up

BEST SPECIALTY ENSEMBLE:
Middletown High School: The Poor Ensemble in Urinetown

BEST CHORUS:
Norwich Free Academy: Urinetown

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY:
Ellington High School: Trevor Burch as Jonathan Brewster in Arsenic And Old Lace

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY:
Pomperaug High School: Ella Storey as Kathyrn Schaub in Radium Girls

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL:
Berlin High School: Dawson Trotman as Donkey in Shrek

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL:
Wilbur Cross High School: Melissa Cisija as Mother Superior in Sister Act

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A COUPLE OR DYNAMIC DUO IN A PLAY:
The Williams School: Keren Doherty & Dasha Klein as Narrator 1 & Narrator 2 in Game Of Tiaras

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A COUPLE OR DYNAMIC DUO IN A MUSICAL:
Wolcott High School: Reagan Smith & Kelsey Guinipero as Wednesday & Pugsley in The Addams Family
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN AN ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION:
Wilton High School: Witness For The Prosecution

BEST MALE STANDOUT PERFORMANCE IN AN ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION:
Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Sebby Fazino as Mr. Zyclo in Anon(ymous)

BEST FEMALE STANDOUT PERFORMANCE IN AN ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION:
Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Madison Torrance in10 Ways To Survive The Zombie Apocalypse

FEARLESS AWARD:
Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Anon(ymous)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY:
Ellington High School: Cole Angell as Mortimer Brewster in Arsenic And Old Lace

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY:
The Williams School: Chloe Folts as Cinderella in Game Of Tiaras

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL:
New Britain High School: Manny Benitez as Usnavi de la Vega in In The Heights

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL:
Wilbur Cross High School: Brianna Chance as Deloris Van Cartier in Sister Act

BEST CLASSICAL PLAY:
Holy Cross High School: It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play

BEST CONTEMPORARY PLAY:
Ridgefield High School: Almost, Maine

BEST MUSICAL:
Wilton High School: Newsies

Nancy Sasso Janis has been writing theatre reviews since 2012 as a way to support local theatre venues. She posts reviews of well over 100 productions each year. In 2016, she became a member of the Connecticut Critics Circle. She continues to contribute theatre news, previews, and audition notices to local Patch sites. Reviews of all levels of theatrical productions are posted on Naugatuck Patch and the Patch sites closest to the venue. Follow the reviewer on her Facebook pages Nancy Sasso Janis: Theatre Reviewer and on Twitter @nancysjanis417