Halo Awards for Thursday Evening Announced

Thursday May 30, 2024 Wins

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

• Conard High School: Benjamin Dollar as Mr. Kirby in You Can’t Take It With You

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

• Watertown High School: Ella Kijak as Diane Roeder in Radium Girls TIE
• Waterford High School: Kla Key as Amy March in Little Women TIE

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

• Housatonic Valley Regional High School: Aron Ladanyl as Gaston in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

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

• Wamogo Regional High School: Lilah Pape as Regina George in Mean Girls TIE
• Shepaug Valley School: Mollie Leonard as Miss Trunchbull in Matilda TIE

5. BEST COMIC MALE PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY:

• The Woodhall School: Walter Montgomery as Yvette in Clue

6. BEST COMIC FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY:

• Canterbury School: Ruari Bamrick as Magda in Anti-Social

7. BEST COMIC MALE PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL:

• Rocky Hill High School: Benjamin Massicotte as Pepper in Mamma Mia!

8. BEST COMIC FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL:

• Rockville High School: Dianaris Alvarez as Tanya in Mamma Mia!

9. BEST COSTUME DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:

• Lewis Mills High School: Lena Hogan for Radium Girls

10. BEST HAIR AND/OR MAKEUP DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
New Milford High School: Clove Mullen, Cassie Smith & Ciara Youngman for A Midsummer Night’s Dream

11. BEST LIGHTING DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:

• Litchfield High School: Luke Gordon for Chicago

12. BEST SOUND DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:

• Bridgeport International Academy: Alyssa Roberson for Clue

13. BEST SCENIC DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:

• Conard High School: Rachel Deka for You Can’t Take It With You

14. BEST PROPS DESIGN:

• Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Reason Kristhoffer for Clue & Mary Poppins

15. BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS:

• Suffield High School: Riley Walton, Sarah Swenson & Ryleigh Craig for Into The Woods

16. BEST RUNNING CREW:

• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Run Crew for Game of Tiaras

17. BEST STAGE MANAGEMENT:

• Granby Memorial High School: Riley Kuester, Allison Dobbert, Mikayla Munson (SMs) for A Christmas Carol

18. BEST INCIDENTAL OR ORIGINAL MUSIC IN A PLAY:

• The Frederick Gunn School: Katherine Aguirre-Felipe for Silent Sky

19 BEST PROGRAM ART:

• Wamogo Regional High School: Sarah Storm for Mean Girls

20. BEST DANCING:

• Glastonbury High School: Anything Goes

21. BEST FEATURED DANCER(S):

• Glastonbury High School: Alyssa Martire, Stephanie Miller, Leslie Borsotti & Anika Pinto as Reno’s Angels in Anything Goes

22. BEST CHOREOGRAPHER:

• Classical Magnet School: Nayeli Rockwell & Samyah Hamblin for In The Heights

23. BEST SPECIALTY ENSEMBLE:

• Kingswood Oxford: Diya Mistri, Audrey Karasik & Lily Temkin as Sheila, Maggie & Bebe in At The Ballet in A Chorus Line

24. BEST CHORUS:

• Fairfield College Preparatory School: Alice by Heart

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

• Fairfield College Preparatory School: Logan Thidemann as Davey/Peter Pan in The Lost Boy

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

• Hall High School: Katherine Devlin as Bunny Flingus in The House of Blue Leaves TIE

• Hall High School: Ell Zirolli as Algernon Moncrieff in The Importance of Being Earnest TIE

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

• Granby Memorial High School: Luke Ranicar as Rev. Shaw Moore in Footloose

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

• The Taft School: Sabrina Moffa as Miss Honey in Matilda CONTEMPORARY
• Torrington High School: Abbey Young as Meg Brockie in Brigadoon CLASSICAL

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

• New Milford High School: Sadie Winsely & Sebastian Berisha as Hippolyta/Titania & Nick Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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

• Cromwell High School: Lori McClain & Emily Kowalski as Ellie & Katherine in Freaky Friday

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

• Canterbury School: Anti-Social

32. BEST MALE STANDOUT PERFORMANCE IN AN ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION:

• Conard High School: James Thibault as Christopher Boone in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

33. BEST FEMALE STANDOUT PERFORMANCE IN AN ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION:

• Simsbury High School: Amanda Kelly as Black Stache in Peter and the Starcatcher

34. FEARLESS AWARD:

• Classical Magnet School: 1984

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

• Glastonbury High School: Zack Lopez as George Gibbs in Our Town

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

• Hall High School: Reilly Shagensky as Bananas Shaughnessy in The House of Blue Leaves

37. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A CONTEMPORARY PLAY:

• Fairfield College Preparatory School: Tomas Galloza as James M. Barrie in The Lost Boy

38. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A CONTEMPORARY PLAY:

• Lewis Mills High School: Isis Benoit as Grace Fryer in Radium Girls

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

• Watertown High School: Caleb McGaffey-Schipul & Billy Flynn in Chicago TIE
• Northwest Catholic High School: Brayden Bak as Albert Peterson in Bye Bye Birdie TIE

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

• Suffield High School: Natasha Matos-Luna as The Witch in Into The Woods

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

• King School: Matthew Graham Brown as Man in Chair in The Drowsy Chaperone

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

• Rockville High School: Lorelei Hutchings as Donna Sheridan in Mamma Mia!

43. BEST CLASSICAL PLAY:

• Northwest Catholic High School: 12 Angry Jurors

44. BEST CONTEMPORARY PLAY:

• Simsbury High School: Peter and the Starcatcher

45. BEST CLASSICAL MUSICAL:

• Kingswood Oxford: A Chorus Line

46. BEST CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL:

• Cromwell High School: Freaky Friday

SPECIAL AWARDS:

Student Directors:

• Watertown High School: Giovanna Rapacioli & Molly Mohyde for Radium Girls
• Torrington High School: Elizabeth Campas-Hathaway & Freyja Harrel for A Year With Frog And Toad

Outstanding Orchestra in a Production:

• New Milford High School: Orchestra for Disney’s The Little Mermaid
• Fairfield College Preparatory School: Orchestra for Alice by Heart

Up & Coming:

• Litchfield High School: Cecilia Tiul as Mona in Chicago
• Canterbury School: Chase Sukow as Austin in Anti-Social
• Kingswood Oxford: Matthew Habeeb as Bobby in A Chorus Line

No Small Parts:

• Suffield High School: TJ Roberts as Milky White in Into the Woods

Last Minute Hero:

• The Woodhall School: Isaac Dinges for 12 Angry Men

Courageous Performance in a Production:

• Wamogo Regional High School: Viktor Weiss as Karen Smith in Mean Girls

Artistic Director:

• Waterford High School: Will Lathrop

Dance Molinari:

• Kingswood Oxford: Zaire Ramiz Full Scholarship
• Kingswood Oxford: Leo Kollen Full Scholarship
• Housatonic Valley Regional High School: Andy Delgado Partial Scholarship
• Kingswood Oxford: Matthew Habeeb Partial Scholarship
• Kingswood Oxford: Molly Palmer Partial Scholarship