Halo Award Winners for Tuesday May 30, 2023

Tuesday May 30, 2023 Halo Wins

1. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY:

Waterford High School: Oliver Smith as J Finch/Uncle Dave/Sal in Puffs

2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY:

New Canaan High School: Catherine Meli as Mr. Hibbetts in Take Her, She’s
Mine

3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL:

North Haven High School: Nate Montesclaros as Joseph Pulitzer in Newsies

4. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL:

Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Audrey Compare as Joanne in Rent

5. BEST COMIC MALE PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY:

Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Luke Silence as Black Stache in Peter and the
Starcatcher

6. BEST COMIC FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY:

Westover School: Sofia Nembhard as Randy in Almost, Maine

7. BEST COMIC MALE PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL:

Wilbur Cross High School: Noah Brown as Snoopy in You’re A Good Man,
Charlie Brown

8. BEST COMIC FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL:

Jonathan Law High School: Sofia Mazzella as Ms. Darbus in High School
Musical

9. BEST COSTUME DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:

Weston High School: Shea Frimmer, June Skodis & Avery MacRae for A
Midsummer Night’s Dream & Once Upon A Mattress

10. BEST HAIR AND/OR MAKEUP DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
Westover School: Kendra Graf, Mata Qin & Bridget Morris for Matilda

11. BEST LIGHTING DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:

Lyme-Old Lyme High School: Konrad Kissling for Mamma Mia!

12. BEST SOUND DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:

Montville High School: Gabriel Vogt for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the
Night-Time

13. BEST SCENIC DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:

Westbrook High School: Lisa Litevich & Myan Nguyen for High School Musical
& How To Survive Being In A Shakespeare Play

14. BEST PROPS DESIGN AND/OR MANAGEMENT:

Sacred Heart Academy: Haylie Cieslewski & Haley Davis for Disney’s
Descendants

15. BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS:

The Frederick Gunn School: Joshua Ly & Katherine Aguirre-Felipe for Men On
Boats

16. BEST RUNNING CREW:

Wilton High School: Run Crew for The Play That Goes Wrong

17. BEST STAGE MANAGEMENT:

Berlin High School: Julia Wanke (PSM), Ashley Rusch, Nora Ritchie (ASMs)
for The Little Mermaid

18. BEST ORIGINAL PROGRAM COVER DESIGN OR ARTWORK

Weston High School: Matthew Gladstone for A Midsummer Night’s Dream &
Once Upon A Mattress

19. BEST INCIDENTAL OR ORIGINAL MUSIC IN A PLAY:

Westover School: Vivian Lin, Theo Mays & Krya Rook for Almost, Maine
20. BEST ORCHESTRA:

East Lyme High School: Orchestra of The Little Mermaid

21. BEST DANCING:

Immaculate High School: Newsies

22. BEST FEATURED DANCER(S):

New Canaan High School: Sebastian Frank in The Music Man

23. BEST SPECIALTY ENSEMBLE IN A PLAY:

St. Luke’s School: Jackie Cecil, Dakota DeFrancesco, Hannah Johnson, Izzy

24. BEST SPECIALTY ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL:

James Hillhouse High School: Finn Crumlish, Laila Wooten & Mikaila Matta as
Seymour, Chiffon & Crystal in Little Shop of Horrors

25. BEST CHORUS:

Darien High School: Newsies

26. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY:

Darien High School: Aidan Kennedy as Caliban in The Tempest

27. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY:

Hopkins School: Charlotte Cocozza as Lady Macduff/Porter in Macbeth

28. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL:

Wilton High School: Henry Purcell as George Banks in Mary Poppins

29. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL:

Sacred Heart Academy: Lorelai Natale as Evie in Disney’s Descendants
CONTEMPORARY

Weston High School: June Skodis as Queen Aggravain in Once Upon A
Mattress CLASSICAL

30. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A COUPLE OR DYNAMIC DUO IN A PLAY:

Academy of the Holy Family: Alanna Tracey & Jastlyn Gonzales as Simon &
Darkness in Girl of LaMancha

31. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A COUPLE OR DYNAMIC DUO IN A MUSICAL:

West Haven High School: Devonte Campbell & Elizabeth Shea as Roger & Jan
in Grease CLASSICAL

Fairfield College Preparatory School: Richard Herrera & Sophia Papp as Nigel
Bottom & Portia in Something Rotten CONTEMPORARY

32. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN AN ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION:

Berlin High School: The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong

33. BEST MALE STANDOUT PERFORMANCE IN AN ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION:

New London High School: Alastor Swan as Tom in One Stoplight Town PLAY

Notre Dame Catholic High School: Michael Dos Santos as Jesus in Godspell
MUSICAL

34. BEST FEMALE STANDOUT PERFORMANCE IN AN ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION:

Lauralton Hall: Catherine Bosse as Reverend Mother in Nunsense MUSICAL

The Williams School: Anika Garg as Moises Kaufman/Alison Mears/Zubaida
Ula/Email Writer/Rob Debree in The Laramie Project PLAY

35. FEARLESS AWARD:

Stamford High School: The Prom

36. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY:

Hopkins School: Silas Webb as Macbeth in Macbeth

37. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY:

Stonington High School: Bobbie Doherty as Anne Shirley in Anne of Green
Gables

38. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A CLASSICAL MUSICAL:

New Canaan High School: Andy Dooley as Harold Hill in The Music Man

39. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A CLASSICAL MUSICAL:

Notre Dame High School West Haven: Carlie Mathews-Ramos as Princess
Winifred in Once Upon A Mattress

40. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL:

Stamford High School: Max Guttman as Barry Glickman in The Prom

41. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL:

Wilton High School: Ella DeLuca as Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins

42. BEST CLASSICAL PLAY:

Hopkins School: Macbeth

43. BEST CONTEMPORARY PLAY:

The Frederick Gunn School: Men On Boats

44. BEST CLASSICAL MUSICAL

New Canaan High School: The Music Man

45. BEST CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL:

Wilton High School: Mary Poppins

SPECIAL AWARDS

Student Directors:
• Westbrook High School: Caroline Benzi, Sofia Ferrucci, Maggie Izzo & Hever
Gomez for High School Musical & How To Survive Being in a Shakespeare Play
• Trumbull High School: Camryn Blank, Isabella Cabral, Skylar Cuminotto-Reis,
Aidan Demshak, Isabella Mercado & Isabel O’Neil for Almost, Maine
• Lauralton Hall: Holly Thorndike for Little Women
• St. Luke’s School: Myles Sead for The Space Between Us

Outstanding Choreography in a Production:
• Lauralton Hall: Taylor Mann for Nunsense

Outstanding Music Direction:
• Weston High School: Shea Frimmer for A Midsummer Night’s Dream & Once
Upon A Mattress

Up & Coming:
• Wilbur Cross High School: Daniel Cardenas as Schroeder in You’re A Good
Man, Charlie Brown
• Immaculate High School: Sarah Caruso in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

No Small Parts:
• Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Gillian Applebaum as Teacher in Peter and the
Starcatcher

Last Minute Hero:
• Stonington High School: Maddie Oliverio in Mamma Mia!

Above & Beyond:
• Jonathan Law High School: Sarah Gutierrez in High School Musical

Artistic Director Award:
• St. Luke’s School: Myles Sead