Halo Award Winners Announced for Wednesday, May 29

Wednesday May 29, 2019 WINNERS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY:

Fairfield College Preparatory School: Thomas Rudden as Malvolio in Twelfth Night

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY:
Darien High School: Evelyn Sload as Myrtle Webb in Our Town

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL:
Suffield Academy: Max Santopietro as Michael in Billy Elliot

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL: TIE
Stamford High School: Katie Priscott as Pugsley Addams in The Addams Family
Avon High School: Hae Young Yi as Catherine in Pippin

BEST COMIC MALE PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY:
Hopkins School: Jamie Donovan as Jacques in As You Like It

BEST COMIC FEMALE PEFORMANCE IN A PLAY:
New Milford High School: Emily Hrostek as Smeagol in Game Of Tiaras

BEST COMIC MALE PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL:
New Milford High School: Tyler Holm as Willard Hewitt in Footloose

BEST COMIC FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL:
New Fairfield High School: Emma Duffy as Grace in Cinderella (2013 Edition)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Fairfield College Preparatory School: Brenden Martinez for Twelfth Night/Urinetown

BEST HAIR AND/OR MAKEUP DESIGN:
Avon High School: Cameron McCarty, Aidyn Panczner, Cat Hyers & Rachel Allen for Pippin

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
Suffield Academy: Oak Chaisathaporn for Clue/Billy Elliot

BEST SOUND DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
The Hotchkiss School: Jailyn Mallard for 1984

BEST SCENIC DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
Shepaug Valley School: Tegan Anderson for Picasso At The Lapin Agile

BEST PROPS DESIGN AND/OR MANAGEMENT:
Crosby High School/Waterbury Career Academy: Kelvin Mizhquiri for It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
The Hotchkiss School: Dylan Kaladjian, Dominic Bellido & Luke Gardiner for 1984

BEST RUNNING CREW:
Sacred Heart Academy: Run Crew for Leader Of The Pack

BEST STAGE MANAGMENT:
Weston High School: Hope Goodrich (PSM), Jessica Dionian (SM), Alana Giordano (ASM) for The Addams Family/Almost, Maine

BEST ORIGINAL PROGRAM COVER DESIGN OR ARTWORK:
Woodland Regional High School: Robert Hansen forMan Of La Mancha

BEST ORCHESTRA:
Avon High School: Pippin

BEST INCIDENTAL OR ORIGINAL MUSIC IN A PLAY:
Sacred Heart Academy: Christina Casper & Miranda Buckheit for The Penelopiad

BEST DANCING:
New Canaan High School: Anything Goes (Beaumont Version)

BEST FEATURED DANCER
Suffield Academy: Tommaso Calderan in Billy Elliot

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER:
Crosby High School: Nicole Thomas for RENT

BEST SPECIALTY ENSEMBLE: TIE
Sacred Heart Academy: Jenna Basile, Megan Harkins, Talia Bellucci, Kelsey Rice & Genesis Brito as The Jivettes in Leader Of The Pack
New Milford High School: Madeline de la Parra, Lily Boisvert & Madison LaFontan as Rusty, Wendy Jo & Urleen in Footloose

BEST CHORUS:
Darien High School: Chicago

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY:
Seymour High School: Sukhuman Singh as Pirate in How To Kiss A Girl

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY:
New Canaan High School: Kate Murphy as Ala Gertner in Letters To Sala

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL:
Westover School: Ben Dressel as Aldolpho in The Drowsy Chaperone

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL:
Westover School: Larissa Davidowitz as Janet Van De Graaff in The Drowsy Chaperone

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A COUPLE OR DYNAMIC DUO IN A PLAY:
Oxford High School: Joe Hines & Madeline Haefele as Steve & Marvalyn in Almost, Maine

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A COUPLE OR DYNAMIC DUO IN A MUSICAL:
Old Saybrook High School: Olivia Gaidry & John Gabelmann as Clare & Ozzie in On The Town

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN AN ENSEMBLE PLAY:
Stamford High School: Noises Off

BEST MALE STANDOUT PERFORMANCE IN AN ENSEMBLE PLAY:
King School: Derek Hassan in The Laramie Project

BEST FEMALE STANDOUT PERFORMANCE IN AN ENSEMBLE PLAY:
Waterbury Arts Magnet School: Juliana Nasciemento as Diana Morales in A Chorus Line

FEARLESS AWARD:
New Canaan High School: Letters To Sala

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A CLASSICAL PLAY:
Old Saybrook High School: Liam Welsh as Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A CLASSICAL PLAY:
Crosby High School/Waterbury Career Academy: Marissa White as Mary Hatch in It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A CONTEMPORARY PLAY:
The Hotchkiss School: Rock Zhu as Winston in 1984

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A CONTEMPORARY PLAY:
Shepaug Valley School: Bridget Snyder as Alberta Einstein in Picasso At The Lapin Agile

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A CLASSICAL MUSICAL:
Darien High School: Grady Allen as Billy Flynn in Chicago

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A CLASSICAL MUSICAL:
Old Saybrook High School: Maggie Maselli as Ivy Smith in On The Town

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL:
Mark T. Sheehan as Terrence Bogan as Topher in Cinderella (2013 Edition)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL:
New Canaan High School: Sadie Seelert as Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes (Beaumont Version)

BEST CLASSICAL PLAY:
Fairfield College Preparatory School: Twelfth Night

BEST CONTEMPORARY PLAY:
Suffield Academy: Clue

BEST CLASSICAL MUSICAL:
Sacred Heart Academy: Leader Of The Pack

BEST CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL:
Stamford High School: The Addams Family

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