Halo Nominations for May 29

Press release from Seven Angels Theatre

Wednesday May 29, 2024 Halo Nominations

1.BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY:
● Berlin High School: Ryan Markey as Cedric/Mr. Voldy/Goyle/Fat Friar in
Puffs
● Woodland Regional High School: Dylan Tyrrell as Mr. van Daan in The Diary
of Anne Frank
● New London Visual & Performing Arts Magnet School: Kenneth Willoughby
as Dr. Von Sochocky/Charlie Lee/Lovesick CowboyDrinker in Radium Girls
● Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Ethan Robinson as Bottom in A Midsummer
Night’s Dream
● Mark T. Sheehan High School: Austin Lago as Officer O’Hara in Arsenic and
Old Lace
● Pomperaug High School: Kyler Kumi as Narrator in Puffs
● Norwalk High School: Sean Tagariello as Dr. Von Sochocky in Radium Girls
● Wilby High School: Chris Adams as King of Hearts in Alice

2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY:
● Middletown High School: Yuki Aalgaard as Ruth in The Effects of Gamma Rays
on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
● East Catholic High School: Faith Moran as Lady Bracknell in The Importance
of Being Earnest
● Woodland Regional High School: Abigail Diamante as Mrs. van Daan in The
Diary of Anne Frank
● Westover School: Avery Nunez as Katherine Wiley in Radium Girls

● New London Visual & Performing Arts Magnet School: Stephanie Flores-
Aguilar as Irene Rudolph/Clerk/Judge in Radium Girls

● Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Eva Vanacore as Peter Quince in A Midsummer
Night’s Dream
● Norwich Free Academy: Sadiya Qsaib as Tituba in The Crucible
● Nonnewaug High School: Gianna Ruby-DaSilva as Tom in Radium Girls
● Norwalk High School: Gabrielle Tapper as Diane Roeder in Radium Girls

3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL:
● Waterbury Arts Magnet School: Jayden Greenlaw as Jim Conley in Parade
● Mark T. Sheehan High School: Mason Hemstock as Crutchie in Disney’s
Newsies
● Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Ethan Robinson as Uncle Henry/Ozians in The
Wizard of Oz
● Berlin High School: Jacob Miller as Lucas Beineke in The Addams Family
● New Fairfield High School: Shane Dwy as Escapologist in Matilda
● Brien McMahon High School: Paul Chernysh as Willard in Footloose
● Waterbury Arts Magnet School: Jaheim Moaze as Joseph Pulitzer in Disney’s
Newsies
● Norwich Free Academy: Joseph Coombs as Harry Bright in Mamma Mia!

● Avon High School: Tyler Colman as Gaston in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
● Crosby High School: Jonathan Butler as Stepmother in Cinderella

4. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL:
● Southington High School: Lauren Mellitt as Fairy Godmother in Disney’s
Descendants
● Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Zero Floyd as Ms. Gulch/Wicked Witch in The
Wizard of Oz
● Berlin High School: Cameron Malcarne as Grandma Addams in The Addams
Family
● Ridgefield High School: Martha Huitron as Marmee in Little Women
● Middletown High School: Amya Gibbs as Queen Constantina in Cinderella
(Enchanted Edition)
● Waterbury Arts Magnet School: Billie Labriola as Finch in Disney’s Newsies
● Norwich Free Academy: Morgan Allen as Tanya in Mamma Mia!
● Oxford High School: Thamar Alcindor as Sebastian in Disney’s The Little
Mermaid
● Norwalk High School: Katie Romano as Kitty in The Drowsy Chaperone
● Avon High School: Julia Gordon as LeFou in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
● Woodland Regional High School: Isabella Peralta as Nicely Nicely Johnson in
Guys and Dolls

5. BEST COMIC MALE PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY:
● Berlin High School: Calvin Delude as Ernie Mac/Uncle Dave/Potions
Teacher/Prof. Turban/Ghost History Teacher/Prof. Locky/Mr. Nick/Second
Headmaster/Real Mr. Moody/Zach Smith in Puffs
● Trumbull High School: Eli Clark as Grandpa in The Alibis
● Wooster School: Joey Cerulli as Trotsky in All in the Timing
● Mark T. Sheehan High School: Jesse Heinrich as Dr. Einstein in Arsenic and
Old Lace
● Oxford High School: Ryan Piechota as Rick Steadman in The Nerd
● Pomperaug High School: Kalman Zold as Cedric in Puffs

6. BEST COMIC FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY:
● Berlin High School: Ava Barbagallo as Susie/Harry/Ric Gryff/Hermeoone #2
in Puffs
● Ridgefield High School: Esther Goldstein as Denise Tyde/Perkins in The Play
That Goes Wrong
● Trumbull High School: Evan Doyle as Carlotta in The Alibis
● Westover School: Molly Ge as Harriet Roeder/Frederick Flynn PhD/Society
Woman in Radium Girls
● Wooster School: Marley Dixon as Kafka/Al in All in the Timing
● Wolcott High School: Liliana Emanuel as Queen of Hearts in Alice in
Wonderland

7. BEST COMIC MALE PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL:

● New Britain High School: Angel Gonzales as Captain Straw-hat Luffy in
Passing the ‘Buc’-caneer: An Elizabethan Madrigal Feaste
● Southington High School: Liam Duffy as Vinnie in Popstars! The 90s Musical
● Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Carter Robinson as Zeke/Lion in The Wizard of
Oz
● Pomperaug High School: Ari Levins as Augustus Gloop in Roald Dahl’s Willy
Wonka
● Kinsella Magnet High School of Performing Arts: Jose Laboy as Leaf
Coneybear in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
● The Williams School: Tobias Adler as Henry/The Old Actor in The Fantasticks
● Immaculate High School: Neil Sarkar as Sebastian in Disney’s The Little
Mermaid
● Oxford High School: Ryan Piechota as Scuttle in Disney’s The Little Mermaid
● Norwalk High School: Apolo Caguao-Tejada as Aldolpho in The Drowsy
Chaperone
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Luke Silence as Cosmo Brown in Singin’ in the
Rain

8. BEST COMIC FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL:
● New Britain High School: Jayla Spruill as Captain Henrietta Morgan in Passing
the ‘Buc’-caneer: An Elizabethan Madrigal Feaste
● Trumbull High School: Talia Cook as Karen Smith in Mean Girls
● The Williams School: Skye Nugent as Mortimer/The Man Who Dies in The
Fantasticks
● Norwich Free Academy: Sadia Qsaib as Rosie in Mamma Mia!
● Immaculate High School: Maddy Janik as Flounder in Disney’s The Little
Mermaid
● Oxford High School: Hannah Brunje as Flounder in Disney’s The Little
Mermaid
● Wilby High School: Jaysha Bryant in A Night With The Wildcats Spring
Cabaret
● Crosby High School: Pearl Sanchez as Herald/Sebastian in Cinderella
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Amanda Petri as Lina Lamont in Singin’ in the
Rain
● Nonnewaug High School: June Robinson as Queen Aggravain in Once Upon A
Mattress

9. BEST COSTUME DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
● Trumbull High School: Cynthia Qian for The Alibis
● Wooster School: Phoebe Sharma for All in the Timing & Guys and Dolls
● New London Visual & Performing Arts Magnet School: Nyomi Malloy &
Analiyah Howard for Radium Girls
● Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Ollie Doiron for A Midsummer Night’s Dream
● Nonnewaug High School: Kiya Flynn, Aubrey Fengler & Hannah Ringeisen for
Radium Girls
● Norwalk High School: Jadyn Martinez for Radium Girls

● Pomperaug High School: Mary Grace Styblo & Costume Crew for Roald Dahl’s
Willy Wonka
● Kinsella Magnet High School of Performing Arts: Costume Crew for The 25th
Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
● Westover School: Jet Morris, Melody Wang, Louisa Fredlund, Angela Moon &
Deanna Gallant for Fun Home
● Wolcott High School: Khloe Martin & Sydney Jason for Alice in Wonderland

10. BEST HAIR AND/OR MAKEUP DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
● Ridgefield High School: Elisabet Sigurdsson for The Play That Goes Wrong
● Trumbull High School: Rachel Dizney for The Alibis
● Westover School: Michelle Etchie, Maria Brazo Correa, Londyn Coggins, Gazal
Desai, Deanna Gallant, Natalia German, Sophia Kwak, Angela Moon, Imma
Seco Leon, Melody Wang & Angela Zhou for Radium Girls
● Mark T. Sheehan High School: Jayna Morehouse & Emily Huang for Arsenic
and Old Lace
● Avon High School: Audra Schilewen, Juneau Ball, Ava Blanchette, Amy
Gavilanes, Isabelle Nguyen, Petra Schliewen, Jane Szekeres & Mia Weber for
Triangle
● Kennedy High School: Lee DeLeon & Samaya Penn for Broadway Banquet
● New London Visual & Performing Arts Magnet School: Nyomi Malloy &
Analiyah Howard for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat &
Radium Girls
● Norwich Free Academy: Q Asberry, Jizele Joseph-Poinson & Samara Rivera
for Mamma Mia!
● Oxford High School: Katie Ames for Disney’s The Little Mermaid
● Crosby High School: Dasinney Brooks for Cinderella

11. BEST LIGHTING DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
● Berlin High School: Nathan DeJackome for Puffs
● Ridgefield High School: Annike Muursepp, Ivy Stein, Harshiv Gorakhiya &
Joshua Osteen for The Play That Goes Wrong
● Waterbury Arts Magnet School: Alexander Effes for Parade
● New London Visual & Performing Arts Magnet School: Adrian Rodriguez &
Jeriel Suriel for Radium Girls
● Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Chelsea Lyman, Ella Valli, Abby May & Laurel
Smith for A Midsummer Night’s Dream
● Norwich Free Academy: Ayla Cho & Liz Contreras for The Crucible
● Nonnewaug High School: Delia Coelho for Radium Girls
● Mark T. Sheehan High School: Sam Levesque for Disney’s Newsies
● Middletown High School: Mak Minor & Sage Barry for Cinderella (Enchanted
Edition)
● New Fairfield High School: Courtney Weir & Evelyn Zegley for Matilda
● Bethel High School: Claire Bray for Anything Goes

12. BEST SOUND DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:

● Kinsella Magnet High School of Performing Arts: Music Tech Class for And
Then There Were None
● Waterbury Arts Magnet School: George LaChance for Parade
● Wooster School: Christos Chiotis, Todd Muralles & Rudy Kiernan for All in the
Timing
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Reid Fitter for Romeo and Juliet & Singin’ in
the Rain
● New Fairfield High School: Erik Muhlenberg for Much Ado About Nothing
● Norwich Free Academy: Stephanie Herr & Liam Daley for The Crucible
● Oxford High School: Ben Pavlo, Tyler Rainho, and Jacob Gelineau for The Nerd
● Pomperaug High School: Rachel Anderson & Colton Lorensen for Puffs
● Middletown High School: Jordan Blaise for Cinderella (Enchanted Edition)
● New Fairfield High School: Ainsley Flower & Erik Muhlenberg for Matilda

13. BEST SCENIC DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
● Middletown High School: Michaela Altenburger, Asher Augustardt, Matthew
Bubie, Kam Cooper, Kalia Daniels, Jamie Fresher, Alyssa Guarino, Adrian
Guzman, Madison Holley, Aisling Kaskel, Jaeden Linkovich, Megan Ranno &
Brianna Wagner-Morella for The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon
Marigolds
● Woodland Regional High School: Claire Cummings for The Diary of Anne
Frank
● Mark T. Sheehan High School: Vianne Dominguez-Mendoza for Arsenic and
Old Lace & Disney’s Newsies
● Wooster School: Hannah Rogell & Leiana Cuartero for Guys and Dolls
● Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Susanna Zhang, Gianna Royer, Chelsea Lyman,
Alex Kushnir, Shaina Ang, Abby May, Meigan Joslyn, Rhath Tokarz, Aiden
Deckelman, Omar Lopez-Crespo, Kiera Mager, Declan Scully & Ziggy
Matthews for The Wizard of Oz
● Ridgefield High School: Shelby Lewis, Helen Fitelson, Clara Padilla, Frankie
Belden, Elisabet Sigurdsson, Charlotte Gray, Benjamin Olsen, Lloyd Mills, Jake
Levi, Georgia Anderson, Anahit Abernethy, Harper Gibbons, Gabby Tuttle,
Martha Huitron, Emma Hill, Millie Altopp, Abigail Black & Casey Fischer for
Little Women
● Pomperaug High School: Ben Goncalves, Amelia Eager, Madison Ferguson &
Liliana Lum for Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka
● New London Visual & Performing Arts Magnet School: Christian Jones, Elijah
Lopez & Alejandro Torres for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
● Westover School: Keela Walsh, Andra West, Soleil Asano, Alison Smart, Stella
Growski & Talon Schultz for Fun Home
● Avon High School: Oli Chan, Luna Harris, Nick Kelsey, Kristine Antonio,
Juneau Ball, Lailah Clark-Ganshlaw, Kate Cosgrove, Kit Davis, Callie
Fleishman, Amy Gavilanes, Owen Grossman, Shruthi Hanumanthu, Prisha
Jindal, Sean Kelley, Sawa Manchida, Isabelle Nguyen, Kevin Penaranda, Julia
Phillips, Maggie Ryan, Sophia Shimshidian, Krisha Sinha, Jahnavi Varma,
London Ward, Lourdes Ward, Luca Ward & Hannah Chiu for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

14. BEST PROPS DESIGN:

● Ridgefield High School: Shelby Lewis, Katherine Llanos & Sveva Hicks-
Pollock for The Play That Goes Wrong

● New London Visual & Performing Arts Magnet School: Alex Kexel for Radium
Girls
● Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Shaina Ang (SM) for A Midsummer Night’s
Dream
● The Williams School: Thomas Carpenter for Almost, Maine
● Norwalk High School: Bianca Alfisi for Radium Girls
● Wooster School: Todd Muralles for Guys and Dolls
● Middletown High School: Megan Ranno for Cinderella (Enchanted Edition)
● Westover School: Keela Walsh & Alison Smart for Fun Home
● Wolcott High School: Carter Effrece, Sydney Jason & Hailey Corbett for Alice
in Wonderland
● Oxford High School: Gabe Koosa & Izzy Marjanovic for Disney’s The Little
Mermaid
● Norwalk High School: Bianca Alfisi, Jack Zabar, Bridie Keeley & Kai Silva for
The Drowsy Chaperone

15. BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS:
● Ridgefield High School: Shelby Lewis, Katherine Llanos, Sveva Hicks-Pollock,
Helen Fitelson, Benjamin Olsen & Joseph Capone for The Play That Goes
Wrong
● Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Ziggy Matthews & James Chemacki for The
Wizard of Oz
● East Catholic High School: Layne Gordon, Emmiline Davis, Grace Keiser,
Isabella Jablonecki, Anya Avis, Eleni Despotopolous, Raymond Martin &
Parker Vaillette for High Spirits
● New Fairfield High School: Lee Mikita, Sarah Bollacke & Ainsley Flower for
Matilda
● Waterbury Arts Magnet School: PJ Lawlor & Omeogo Nwadukwe for Disney’s
Newsies

16. BEST RUNNING CREW:
● Ridgefield High School: Run Crew for The Play That Goes Wrong
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Run Crew for Romeo and Juliet
● Bunnell High School: Run Crew for Clue
● Wooster School: Run Crew for Guys and Dolls
● Mark T. Sheehan High School: Run Crew for Disney’s Newsies
● Pomperaug High School: Run Crew for Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka
● Middletown High School: Run Crew for Cinderella (Enchanted Edition)
● Brien McMahon High School: Run Crew for Footloose

● Avon High School: Run Crew for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

17. BEST STAGE MANAGEMENT:

● Ridgefield High School: Shelby Lewis (SM), Katherine Llanos, Sveva Hicks-
Polllock (ASMs) for The Play That Goes Wrong

● Bethel High School: Francesca DelGardo (SM) for The One-Act Play That Goes
Wrong
● Trumbull High School: Patrick McGovern (PSM), Lauren Ash, Hannah
Carranza, Ava Lyne (ASMs) for The Alibis
● The Williams School: Thomas Carpenter (SM) for Almost, Maine
● Norwich Free Academy: Veda Barber (SM), Kat Podziewski, Kaylee Woods
(ASMs) for The Crucible
● Nonnewaug High School: Kiya Flynn (PSM), Kelsey Santerre-Piaz, Isabelle
Longley (ASMs) for Radium Girls
● East Catholic High School: Maria Adeo-Marcucio (PSM), Grace Keiser (SM),
Anya Avis, Raymond Martins (ASMs) for High Spirits
● Middletown High School: Megan Ranno (PSM), Abby Johnson (SM) for
Cinderella (Enchanted Edition)
● New London Visual & Performing Arts Magnet School: Alexander Kexel (SM)
for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
● Wolcott High School: Carter Effrece (SM) for Alice in Wonderland
● Avon High School: Olivia Kim (SM), Oli Chan, Nick Kelsey, Adrian Harvey,
Hannah Chiu (ASMs) for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

18. BEST INCIDENTAL OR ORIGINAL MUSIC IN A PLAY:
● Middletown High School: Emma Kaskel. Evan Burgo, Michael Morafates &
Asher Augustardt for The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon
Marigolds
● Kinsella Magnet High School of Performing Arts: Music Tech Class for And
Then There Were None
● Bethel High School: Kate Riolo for The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Melanie Dreizen for Romeo and Juliet
● Norwich Free Academy: Vidal Rivadeneyera Serna for The Crucible
● Immaculate High School: Abigail Ransley for The Miraculous Journey of
Edward Tulane
● Pomperaug High School: Kyler Kumi & Katherine Mombo for Puffs

19. BEST PROGRAM ART:
● The Williams School: Emma Tanabe & Sebastian Knoop for Almost, Maine
● Norwich Free Academy: Angelina Napuri for The Crucible
● Kennedy High School: Lee DeLeon for Broadway Banquet
● Pomperaug High School: Hannah Sonido & Claire Yorns for Puffs
● Nonnewaug High School: Campbell Bologna for Once Upon A Mattress
● Wolcott High School: Liliana Emanuel for Alice in Wonderland
● Middletown High School: Maleena Berdecia & Heidi Mallett for The Effects of
Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

● Woodland Regional High School: Carter Davis for Guys and Dolls
● Crosby High School: Tianna Campbell-Williams for Cinderella

20. BEST ORCHESTRA:
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Orchestra of Romeo and Juliet
● New Britain High School: Orchestra of Passing the ‘Buc’-caneer: An
Elizabethan Madrigal Feaste
● Southington High School: Orchestra of Popstars! The 90s Musical
● Pomperaug High School: Orchestra of Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka
● East Catholic High School: Orchestra of High Spirits
● Bethel High School: Orchestra of Anything Goes
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Orchestra of Singin’ in the Rain
● Norwalk High School: Orchestra of The Drowsy Chaperone
● Avon High School: Orchestra of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

21. BEST FEATURED DANCER(S):
● Wooster School: Carly Rae Stern & Joshua Wood in Guys and Dolls
● Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Rhath Tokarz in The Wizard of Oz
● New London Visual & Performing Arts Magnet School: Leilani Robinson in
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
● Trumbull High School: Nicholas Ferreria & Luke Hatzis in Mean Girls
● Nonnewaug High School: Campbell Bologna in Once Upon A Mattress
● Norwich Free Academy: Alyssa Ortiz, Lucia Perez, Trudy Rogers, Amelia
Sujecki & Grace Turner in Mamma Mia!
● Woodland Regional High School: Abigail Diamante in Guys and Dolls

22. BEST CHOREOGRAPHY:
● Waterbury Arts Magnet School: Megan Pelletier & Grace Henderson for
Parade
● Pomperaug High School: Addison Batoon & Ada Llabani for Roald Dahl’s Willy
Wonka
● Crosby High School: Tianna Campbell-Williams for Cinderella
● New London Visual & Performing Arts Magnet School: Nasayak Sharp,
Chiwendu Nwachuku, Aiyanna Mitchell, Cheadlen Petit-Frere, Leilani
Robinson, Tatiana Pemberton & Makayla Almond for Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat

23. BEST DANCING:
● Mark T. Sheehan High School: Disney’s Newsies
● Trumbull High School: Mean Girls
● Waterbury Arts Magnet School: Disney’s Newsies
● Immaculate High School: Disney’s The Little Mermaid
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Singin’ in the Rain
● Oxford High School: Disney’s The Little Mermaid
● Norwalk High School: The Drowsy Chaperone
● Woodland Regional High School: Guys and Dolls

● Crosby High School: Cinderella

24. BEST SPECIALTY ENSEMBLE:
● Southington High School: Griffin O’Neill, Liam Duffy, Matt Murdy & Riley
Harriot-Marks as The Boys of Y2K in Popstars! The 90s Musical
● Pomperaug High School: Jules Hakim-Santiago, Brinley Powell, Riley Powell
& Kalman Zold as Grandma Josephine, Grandma Georgina, Grandpa Joe &
Grandpa George in Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka
● Middletown High School: Eva Quijada, Maya Shapiro-Rosado, Olivia Salvatore
& Julia Reynolds as Charles the Cat, Dove & White Mice in Cinderella
(Enchanted Edition)
● New Fairfield High School: Andrew Nittolo-Novotny, Lilah Bender, Ishiera
Ellington & Skye Rodriguez as Sergei and the Henchmen in Matilda
● Trumbull High School: Nora Watson, Talia Cook & Isabel O’Neil as The
Plastics in Mean Girls
● Brien McMahon High School: Skai Harmon, Liza Powell & Kyla McGovern as
Rusty, Wendy Jo & Urleen in Footloose
● Norwich Free Academy: Madison Hurley, Morgan Allen & Sadia Qsaib as
Donna, Tanya & Rosie in Mamma Mia!
● Bunnell High School: Nicole Barrantes, Stephanie Lupo & Mandy Siman as
Violet, Judy & Doralee in 9 to 5

25. BEST CHORUS:
● Waterbury Arts Magnet School: Parade
● New Britain High School: Passing the ‘Buc’-caneer: An Elizabethan Madrigal
Feaste
● Southington High School: Popstars! The 90s Musical
● New Fairfield High School: Matilda
● Trumbull High School: Mean Girls
● Immaculate High School: Disney’s The Little Mermaid
● Norwalk High School: The Drowsy Chaperone
● Avon High School: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
● Crosby High School: Cinderella

26. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY:
● East Catholic High School: Luke Spurling as Algernon Moncrieff in The
Importance of Being Earnest
● Berlin High School: Drew Bassett as Oliver Rivers in Puffs
● Woodland Regional High School: Evan Moore as Peter van Daan in The Diary
of Anne Frank
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Ashton Della Porta as Mercutio in Romeo and
Juliet
● New Fairfield High School: Nicholas Eklund as Claudio in Much Ado About
Nothing
● Norwalk High School: Roddy Jimenez as Tom Kreider in Radium Girls

27. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY:
● Middletown High School: Maya Shapiro-Rosado as Matilda in The Effects of
Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
● East Catholic High School: Lex Roach as Cecily in The Importance of Being
Earnest
● Berlin High School: Cameron Malcarne as
Leanne/Ginny/Helga/Frenchy/Myrtle in Puffs
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Libby Meehan as Nurse in Romeo and Juliet
● New London Visual & Performing Arts Magnet School: Maria Serrano as
Kathryn Schaub in Radium Girls
● New Fairfield High School: Chloe Petzold as Hero in Much Ado About Nothing
● Nonnewaug High School: June Robinson as Kathryn Schaub in Radium Girls
● Pomperaug High School: Stevie Bennett as Oliver in Puffs
● Norwalk High School: Somaya Stevenson as Kathryn Schaub in Radium Girls
● Wilby High School: A’jhani Reeves as Duchess in Alice

28. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL:
● Southington High School: Andrew Percival as Jay in Disney’s Descendants
● Wooster School: Will Thaler as Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls
● Mark T. Sheehan High School: Ronan Liu as Davey in Disney’s Newsies
● Berlin High School: Connor Lindsay as Uncle Fester in The Addams Family
● Middletown High School: Owen King as Lionel in Cinderella (Enchanted
Edition)
● Bethel High School: Jeremy Finn as Moonface Martin in Anything Goes
● New Britain High School: Jovan Torres as Vinnie Di Ruzzio in Lucky Stiff
● Waterbury Arts Magnet School: PJ Lawlor as Davey in Disney’s Newsies
● Norwalk High School: Sean Tagariello as Robert Martin in The Drowsy
Chaperone
● Woodland Regional High School: Evan Moore as Nathan Detroit in Guys and
Dolls

29. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL:
● Ridgefield High School: Abigail Black as Amy March in Little Women
● New London Visual & Performing Arts Magnet School: Crystal Christie as
Narrator 2 in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
● Brien McMahon High School: Nyelle Gogarty as Vi Moore in Footloose
● New Britain High School: Sanaya Echevarria as Rita La Porta in Lucky Stiff
● Westover School: Logan Altenburger as Medium Alison in Fun Home
● Norwich Free Academy: Grace Bouley as Sophie Sheridan in Mamma Mia!
● Immaculate High School: Olivia Scherer as Ursula in Disney’s The Little
Mermaid
● Oxford High School: Daia Jade Johnson as Ursula in Disney’s The Little
Mermaid
● Avon High School: Brie Beard as Mrs. Potts in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

● Woodland Regional High School: Hannah Semrow as Miss Adelaide in Guys
and Dolls

30. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A COUPLE OR DYNAMIC DUO IN A PLAY:
● Kinsella Magnet School of Performing Arts: Grace Riera & Ace Mirabello as
Very Elizabeth Claythorne & Philip Lombard in And Then There Were None
● Ridgefield High School: Abigail Black & Lloyd Mills as Rachel Grove/Mary
Colleymore & Max Bennett/Cecil Haversham in The Play That Goes Wrong
● Westover School: Vivian Lin & Camryn Abel as Jack Youngwood & Nancy Jane
Harlan in Radium Girls
● Wooster School: Will Thaler & Brianna Straiton as Don & Dawn in All in the
Timing
● New London Visual & Performing Arts Magnet School: Forest Gayles & Maia
Johnson as SOB Sister & Reporter in Radium Girls
● Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Danny Rottino & Arlow Mousseau as Oberon &
Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
● Mark T. Sheehan High School: Shannon Arnold & Megan Conners as Martha &
Abby Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace
● The Williams School: Sadie Susskind & Sydney Caplan as Deena & Shelly in
Almost, Maine
● Norwich Free Academy: Harold Trafford & Veda Barber as John & Elizabeth
Proctor in The Crucible
● Norwalk High School: Ian Mills & Sydney Boland as Jack Youngwood & Nancy
Jane Harlan in Radium Girls

31. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A COUPLE OR DYNAMIC DUO IN A MUSICAL:
● Waterbury Arts Magnet School: Erica Dessalines & Karleigh Santos as Angela
& Riley in Parade
● Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Chelsea Lyman & Sophia Sangillo as Trees in
The Wizard of Oz
● Pomperaug High School: Ari Levins & Julia Vela as Augustus & Mrs. Gloop in
Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka
● Middletown High School: Aisling Kaskel & Abby Klein as Grace & Joy in
Cinderella (Enchanted Edition)
● Kinsella Magnet High School of Performing Arts: Dakota Medina & Liam
James as Dad Carl & Dad Dan in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
● New Fairfield High School: April Smith & Sedona Taylor as Mrs. Wormwood
& Rudolpho in Matilda
● Brien McMahon High School: Paul Chernysh & Skai Harmon as Willard &
Rusty in Footloose
● The Williams School: Zara Asim & Maria Carseli as Hucklebee/The Boy’s
Father & Bellomy/The Girl’s Father in The Fantasticks
● Avon High School: Elias Andre & Lillian Peng as Cogsworth & Madame de la
Grande Bouche in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
● Crosby High School: Josanny Guzman-Lopez & Jeila-Luz Norales as Joy &
Portia in Cinderella

32. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN AN ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION:
● Kinsella Magnet High School of Performing Arts: And Then There Were None
● Ridgefield High School: The Play That Goes Wrong
● Bethel High School: The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong
● Wooster School: All in the Timing
● Brien McMahon High School: 12 Angry Jurors
● Avon High School: Triangle
● New Britain High School: Passing the ‘Buc’-caneer: An Elizabethan Madrigal
Feaste
● Immaculate High School: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
● Oxford High School: The Nerd
● Kinsella Magnet High School of Performing Arts: The 25th Annual Putnam
County Spelling Bee

33. BEST MALE STANDOUT PERFORMANCE IN AN ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION:
● Kinsella Magnet High School of Performing Arts: North Ackley as Justice
Lawrence Wargrave in And Then There Were None
● Trumbull High School: Brayden Rogers as Sam in The Alibis
● Wooster School: Will Thaler as Don in All in the Timing
● The Williams School: Tobias Adler as Phil in Almost, Maine
● Bunnell High School: Scott Ezarik as Mr. Boddy in Clue
● Avon High School: Shaun Ostheimer as Max in Triangle
● New Britain High School: Daniel Senior as Sir Daniel Bingham in Passing the
‘Buc’-caneer: An Elizabethan Madrigal Feaste
● Immaculate High School: Spencer O’Rourke as Edward Tulane in The
Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
● Wolcott High School: Carter Effrece as Victor in Aesop’s Greatest Hits/Victor
● Wolcott High School: Colin Croce as Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland
● Wilby High School: Julien Rosario in A Night With The Wildcats Spring
Cabaret

34. BEST FEMALE STANDOUT PERFORMANCE IN AN ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION:
● Kinsella Magnet High School of Performing Arts: Laisha Mayorga as Emily
Caroline Brent in And Then There Were None
● Ridgefield High School: Eva Holleran as Sandra Wilkinson/Florence
Colleymore in The Play That Goes Wrong
● Bethel High School: Willa Zalaznick as Sandra Wilkinson/Florence
Colleymore in The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong
● Wooster School: Violet Restivo as Betty in All in the Timing
● Bunnell High School: Stephanie Lupo as Mrs. Peacock in Clue
● Brien McMahon High School: Kyla McGovern as Juror #8 in 12 Angry Jurors
● Avon High School: Brie Beard as Sophie in Triangle
● Kennedy High School: Lori Barnett in Broadway Banquet
● Oxford High School: Emmeline Forsberg as Tansy McGinnis in The Nerd
● Oxford High School: Giaben Patel as Ashley Hammond in The Nerd

● Kinsella Magnet High School of Performing Arts: Denaijah Evans as Marcy
Park in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
● Wilby High School: Janelix Tirado in A Night With The Wildcats Spring
Cabaret

35. FEARLESS AWARD:
● Middletown High School: The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon
Marigolds
● Waterbury Arts Magnet School: Parade
● Kennedy High School: Broadway Banquet
● New Britain High School: Passing the ‘Buc’-caneer: An Elizabethan Madrigal
Feaste
● Westover School: Fun Home
● Wilby High School: A Night With The Wildcats Spring Cabaret

36. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A CLASSICAL PLAY:
● Middletown High School: Owen King as Beatrice in The Effects of Gamma Rays
on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Luke Silence as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet
● Mark T. Sheehan High School: Sajag Timilsina as Mortimer Brewster in
Arsenic and Old Lace
● New Fairfield High School: Shane Dwy as Benedick in Much Ado About
Nothing
● Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Carter Robinson as Puck in A Midsummer
Night’s Dream

37. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A CLASSICAL PLAY:
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Audrey Compare as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet
● Mark T. Sheehan High School: Shannon Arnold as Martha Brewster in Arsenic
and Old Lace
● New Fairfield High School: Sarah Bollacke as Beatrice in Much Ado About
Nothing
● East Catholic High School: Eleni Despotopoulos as Gwendolen Fairfax in The
Importance of Being Earnest

38. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A CONTEMPORARY PLAY:
● Berlin High School: Thomas Morisse-Corsetti as Wayne Hopkins in Puffs
● Woodland Regional High School: Connor Doughney as Otto Frank in The
Diary of Anne Frank
● New London Visual & Performing Arts Magnet School: Alexander Proulx as
Arthur Roeder in Radium Girls
● Nonnewaug High School: Enzo Pamplona as Arthur Roeder in Radium Girls
● Pomperaug High School: Riley Powell as Wayne in Puffs
● Norwalk High School: Sean Byrne as Arthur Roeder in Radium Girls

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

● Berlin High School: Maddie Carlson as Megan Jones in Puffs
● Woodland Regional High School: Hannah Mudry as Anne Frank in The Diary
of Anne Frank
● Westover School: Logan Altenburger as Grace Fryer in Radium Girls
● New London Visual & Performing Arts Magnet School: Miliangely Ramos as
Grace Fryer in Radium Girls
● Nonnewaug High School: Rubie Lin as Grace Fryer in Radium Girls
● Pomperaug High School: Alice Sugden as Megan in Puffs
● Norwalk High School: Kathryn Romano as Grace Fryer in Radium Girls
● Wilby High School: Natalie Vargas as Alice in Alice

40. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A CLASSICAL MUSICAL:
● New London Visual & Performing Arts Magnet School: Gabriel Serrano as
Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
● New Britain High School: Daniel Senior as Harry Witherspoon in Lucky Stiff
● The Williams School: Sebastian Knoop as El Gallo/The Narrator in The
Fantasticks
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Michael Scholl as Don Lockwood in Singin’ in
the Rain
● Woodland Regional High School: Connor Doughney as Sky Masterson in Guys
and Dolls

41. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A CLASSICAL MUSICAL:
● Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Kayla Haentjens as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard
of Oz
● East Catholic High School: Katherine “Keeks” Wearne as Elvira Condomine in
High Spirits
● Bethel High School: Georgia O’Connor as Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes
● Nonnewaug High School: Gianna Ruby-DaSilva as Princess Winnifred in Once
Upon A Mattress
● The Williams School: Nova Frink as Luisa/The Girl in The Fantasticks
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Sophie Pennock Collins as Kathy Selden in
Singin’ in the Rain
● Woodland Regional High School: Casey Mulvihill as Sarah Brown in Guys and
Dolls

42. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL:
● Waterbury Arts Magnet School: Quinn Soulliere as Leo Frank in Parade
● Southington High School: Liam Duffy as Ben in Disney’s Descendants
● Mark T. Sheehan High School: Sajag Timilsina as Jack Kelly in Disney’s
Newsies
● Berlin High School: Calvin Delude as Gomez Addams in The Addams Family
● New Fairfield High School: Nicholas Eklund as Mr. Wormwood in Matilda
● Brien McMahon High School: Zachary Young as Ren in Footloose
● Norwich Free Academy: Vidal Rivadeneyra Serna as Sam Carmichael in
Mamma Mia!
● Immaculate High School: Maximilian Fleming as Prince Eric in Disney’s The Little Mermaid

● Oxford High School: Isaac Motes as Prince Eric in Disney’s The Little Mermaid
● Avon High School: Shaun Ostheimer as Beast in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
● Crosby High School: Brennan Rolon as Prince Christopher in Cinderella

43. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL:
● Southington High School: Gracie Percival as Mal in Disney’s Descendants
● Ridgefield High School: Millie Altopp as Jo March in Little Women
● New Fairfield High School: Sarah Bollacke as Matilda in Matilda
● Trumbull High School: Irene Yezersky as Cady Heron in Mean Girls
● Brien McMahon High School: Aliana Aspesi as Ariel in Footloose
● Waterbury Arts Magnet School: Karleigh Santos as Katherine Plumber in
Disney’s Newsies
● Norwich Free Academy: Madison Hurley as Donna Sheridan in Mamma Mia!
● Immaculate High School: Olivia Chila as Ariel in Disney’s The Little Mermaid
● Oxford High School: Jenna Piechota as Ariel in Disney’s The Little Mermaid
● Avon High School: Drea Cusano as Belle in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
● Crosby High School: Mercy Allen as Cinderella in Cinderella
● Bunnell High School: Nicole Barrantes as Violet in 9 to 5

44. BEST CLASSICAL PLAY:
● Middletown High School: The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon
Marigolds
● Kinsella Magnet High School of Performing Arts: And Then There Were None
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Romeo and Juliet
● Brien McMahon High School: 12 Angry Jurors
● Nathan Hale-Ray High School: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
● Mark T. Sheehan High School: Arsenic and Old Lace
● New Fairfield High School: Much Ado About Nothing

45. BEST CONTEMPORARY PLAY:
● Berlin High School: Puffs
● Ridgefield High School: The Play That Goes Wrong
● Woodland Regional High School: The Diary of Anne Frank
● Bethel High School: The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong
● Wooster School: All in the Timing
● New London Visual & Performing Arts Magnet School: Radium Girls
● Immaculate High School: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
● Nonnewaug High School: Radium Girls
● Norwalk High School: Radium Girls

46. BEST CLASSICAL MUSICAL:
● Nathan Hale-Ray High School: The Wizard of Oz
● Bethel High School: Anything Goes
● The Williams School: The Fantasticks

● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Singin’ in the Rain
● Woodland Regional High School: Guys and Dolls
● New Britain High School: Lucky Stiff

47. BEST CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL:
● Waterbury Arts Magnet School: Parade
● Southington High School: Popstars! The 90s Musical
● Mark T. Sheehan High School: Disney’s Newsies
● New Fairfield High School: Matilda
● Trumbull High School: Mean Girls
● Immaculate High School: Disney’s The Little Mermaid
● Oxford High School: Disney’s The Little Mermaid
● Norwalk High School: The Drowsy Chaperone
● Avon High School: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
● Crosby High School: Cinderella