Halo Award Winners for Wednesday, May 31

Wednesday May 31, 2023 Halo WINNERS

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

Saint Bernard School: Ryan Brearley as Teddy Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace

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

Greenwich Country Day School: Jordyn Sesler as Diane Roeder in Radium Girls

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

Wilby High School: Joshua Isaacs as Jafar in Aladdin, Jr.

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

Pomperaug High School: Maddie Parrella as Amos Calloway in Big Fish

Woodland Regional High School: Alyssa Gillies as Mr. Krabs in SpongeBob the Musical

5. BEST COMIC MALE PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY:

Middletown High School: Matthew Curtiss as Matt Colleymore in The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong

6. BEST COMIC FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY:

Oxford High School: Hannah Brunie as Rhonda in Almost, Maine

7. BEST COMIC MALE PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL:

Greens Farms Academy: Ken Caron-Quinn as Mr. D in The Lightning Thief

8. BEST COMIC FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL:

Ridgefield High School: Abigail Black as Little Red in Into The Woods

9. BEST COSTUME DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:

Wilby High School: Leonai Jones, Connijah Simms & Chanelle Latty for Aladdin, Jr.

10. BEST HAIR AND/OR MAKEUP DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:

Crosby High School & Waterbury Career Academy: Dasinneya Brooks for Once On This Island

11. BEST LIGHTING DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION: TIE

Pomperaug High School: Eli Hornberger for Big Fish

Rockville High School: Clarissa Halpryn for The Wizard of Oz

12. BEST SOUND DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION: NOMINEES
• Wooster School: Christos Chiotis & Todd Muralles for Clue
• Pomperaug High School: Colton Lorenson & Rachel Anderson for Dancing at Lughnasa & Big Fish
• Southington High School: B Stroop & Egan Wallace for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
• Suffield Academy: Nick Warren for 9 to 5
• Ridgefield High School: Caroline DelGuidice, Lauren Ciuffetelli, Katie Estabrook, Kayla Jacobowitz, Lachlan Maloney & Angelina McCue for Into The Woods
• Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Michael Jordan, James Chemacki, Ziggy Matthews, Malachi Kearns & Drew MacNeil for Mamma Mia!
• Saint Bernard School: Ziyan Xu for The Addams Family
• Woodland Regional High School: Logan Johnson & Carissa Evon for SpongeBob the Musical
• Stratford High School: Kelsey Welch, Charlie Welch, Izzy Krushak & Oreoluwa Atoyebi for Once Upon A Mattress

13. BEST SCENIC DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:

Mark T. Sheehan High School: Victoria Loukides, Vianne Dominguez Mendoza & Jacey Young for Les Miserables

14. BEST PROPS DESIGN AND/OR MANAGEMENT:

Torrington High School: Ella Campas-Hathaway, Lucas Whalen & Reed Freiler for SpongeBob the Musical

15. BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS:

Stratford High School: El Youngquist, Kelsey Welch & Jalynn Gonzalez for Blithe Spirit

16. BEST RUNNING CREW:

Lewis Mills High School: Run Crew for Clue

17. BEST STAGE MANAGEMENT:

Southington High School: Tim Nivison (PSM) for Legally Blonde

18. BEST INCIDENTAL OR ORIGINAL MUSIC IN A PLAY:

Bethel High School: Maya Jackman, Chris Baker & Alex LaVelle for Tracks

19. BEST PROGRAM ART:

Crosby High School & Waterbury Career Academy: Tianna Campbell Williams for Once On This Island

20. BEST ORCHESTRA:

Middletown High School: Orchestra of Little Shop of Horrors

21. BEST FEATURED DANCER(S):

Holy Cross High School: Lila Prevalla, Lucy D’Avino, Rory Thompson, Danei Pittman & Maya Teator in Mean Girls

22. BEST CHOREOGRAPHY:

New Britain High School: Meylin Valdiviezo for Sister Act

23. BEST DANCING:

Waterbury Arts Magnet School: Anything Goes

24. BEST SPECIALTY ENSEMBLE:

Oxford High School: Stella Formato, Shay Neary & Robin Cote as Violet, Judy & Doralee in 9 to 5

25. BEST CHORUS:

Mark T. Sheehan High School: Les Miserables

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

Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Duncan Steward at Oliver in Puffs

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

Torrington High School: Maia Wood as Mary Warren in The Crucible

Stratford High School: Kate Miller as Elvira in Blithe Spirit

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

Mark T. Sheehan High School: Noah Batista as Javert in Les Miserables (contemporary)
Trumbull High School: Nicholas Ferreira as Billy Lawlor in 42nd Street (classic)

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

Bethel High School: Lara Crusado as Ursula in The Little Mermaid

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

The Woodhall School: Huck Novotny & Zach Manzano as Mr. & Mrs. Smith in The Bald Soprano and The Dumb Waiter

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

Greenwich Country Day School: Simon Grogan & Paige Setterberg as Bobby & Hope in Urinetown

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

Southington High School: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

33. BEST MALE STANDOUT PERFORMANCE IN AN ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION:

Pomperaug High School: Kyler Kumi for Jack in Dancing at Lughnasa
Wooster School: Will Thaler as Jesus in Godspell

34. BEST FEMALE STANDOUT PERFORMANCE IN AN ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION:
Kennedy High School: Samaya Penn as Elena Newman in Murder in the House of Horrors

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

Suffield Academy: Dominic Balise as Wayne in Puffs

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

Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Grace Anderson a Narrator in Puffs

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

Waterbury Arts Magnet School: Quinn Soulliere as Billy Crocker in Anything Goes

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

Trumbull High School: Nora Watson as Dorothy Brock in 42nd Street

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

Mark T. Sheehan High School: Sajag Timilsina as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables

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

Southington High School: Lilly Percival as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde

41. BEST PLAY:

Pomperaug High School: Dancing at Lughnasa

42. BEST CLASSICAL MUSICAL:

Trumbull High School: 42nd Street

43. BEST CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL:

Ridgefield High School: Into The Woods