Halo Nominations for May 30

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Thursday May 30, 2024 Nominations

1.BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY:
● Classical Magnet School: Felix Everett as Martin in 1984
● Fairfield College Preparatory School: Sam Alvarez as Deacon/Old Crow in The
Lost Boy
● Granby Memorial High School: Lex Kerr as The Second Spirit in A Christmas
Carol
● Watertown High School: Mark DeLorenzo as Dr. Von Sochocky in Radium
Girls
● Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Max Caplan as Narrator 1 in Game of Tiaras
● Lewis Mills High School: Logan Bell as Lee/Bailey/Court in Radium Girls
● 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:
● The Frederick Gunn School: Taylor Sall as Margaret Leavitt in Silent Sky
● Granby Memorial High School: Caroline Hall as The First Spirit in A Christmas
Carol
● Watertown High School: Ella Kijak as Diane Roeder in Radium Girls
● Waterford High School: Kla Key as Amy March in Little Women
● Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Chris Caruso as Blood Packet Person in Game of
Tiaras
● New Milford High School: Meadow Hall as Helena in A Midsummer Night’s
Dream
● Lewis Mills High School: Abigail Roe as Irene/Miss Wiley in Radium Girls
● Conard High School: Shannon Dalton as Essie Carmichael in You Can’t Take It
With You
● Hall High School: Kinsey Wilson as Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being
Earnest

3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL:
● The Taft School: Isaac Obeng as Bruce in Matilda
● Wamogo Regional High School: Viktor Weiss as Karen Smith in Mean Girls
● Rockville High School: Dean Gonzalez as Harry Bright in Mamma Mia!
● The Frederick Gunn School: Ezekiel Hatcher as Old Man Strong/Hot Blades
Harry in Urinetown
● Suffield High School: Milo Graham as Cinderella’s Prince in Into The Woods
● King School: Spencer Neckritz as Feldzeig in The Drowsy Chaperone
● Cromwell High School: Joshua Styga as Mike in Freaky Friday
● Rocky Hill High School: Will Perry as Harry Bright in Mamma Mia!
● Housatonic Valley Regional High School: Aron Ladanyl as Gaston in Disney’s
Beauty and the Beast
● New Milford High School: Scott Spinner as King Triton in Disney’s The Little
Mermaid

● Northwest Catholic High School: Colin Molly as Conrad Birdie in Bye Bye
Birdie

4. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL:
● The Taft School: Kyla O’Byrne as Mrs. Wormwood in Matilda
● Lewis Mills High School: Lena Hogan as Elsa Schraeder in The Sound of Music
● Wamogo Regional High School: Lilah Pape as Regina George in Mean Girl
● Suffield High School: Olivia Perez as Cinderella in Into The Woods
● Rocky Hill High School: Lily (Andy) Drapeau as Tanya in Mamma Mia!
● Litchfield High School: Alyssa Dileone as Mama Morton in Chicago
● Housatonic Valley Regional High School: Tara Djeladin as Babette in Disney’s
Beauty and the Beast
● Classical Magnet School: Adrianna Jimenez as Camilla Rosario in In The
Heights
● Shepaug Valley School: Mollie Leonard as Miss Trunchbull in Matilda
● Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Maribelle Roach as Miss Andrew in
Mary Poppins

5. BEST COMIC MALE PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY:
● Fairfield College Preparatory School: Peter Moreno as Sean
O’Rourke/Ned/Smee in The Lost Boy
● Canterbury School: Chase Sukow as Austin in Anti-Social
● Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Grayson Milanese as Colonel Mustard
in Clue
● Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Luke Milite as Smeagol in Game of Tiaras
● Conard High School: Joshua Peak as Mr. Da Pinna in You Can’t Take It With
You
● 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
● King School: Isabella Kolenberg as Mr. Jingle in A Pickwick Christmas
● Conard High School: Lilah Krajc as Gay Wellington in You Can’t Take It With
You

7. BEST COMIC MALE PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL:
● Kingswood Oxford: Matthew Habeeb as Bobby in A Chorus Line
● Rockville High School: Maxwell Dawkins as Pepper in Mamma Mia!
● Glastonbury High School: Ethan Vasquez as Moonface Martin in Anything
Goes
● Suffield High School: TJ Roberts as Milky White in Into The Woods
● Granby Memorial High School: Lucas Scotto as Willard Hewitt in Footloose
● Rocky Hill High School: Benjamin Massicotte as Pepper in Mamma Mia!
● Simsbury High School: Noah Antidormi as Benny Southstreet in Guys and
Dolls

● Housatonic Valley Regional High School: Alex Wilbur as Cogsworth in
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

8. BEST COMIC FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL:
● The Taft School: Maddie Gabriele as Miss Trunchbull in Matilda
● Kingswood Oxford: Lucy Ybarra as Val in A Chorus Line
● Rockville High School: Dianaris Alvarez as Tanya in Mamma Mia!
● Glastonbury High School: Phoebe Russotto as Erma Latour in Anything Goes
● Suffield High School: Claire Halasi-Kun as Little Red in Into The Woods
● Housatonic Valley Regional High School: Victoria Brooks as LeFou in Disney’s
Beauty and the Beast
● Northwest Catholic High School: Athena Croal as Mae Peterson in Bye Bye
Birdie
● Shepaug Valley School: Peyton Ongley as Mrs. Wormwood in Matilda
● Waterford High School: Phoebe Brown as Karen Smith in Mean Girls
● King School: Lexi Murphy as Mrs. Tottendale in The Drowsy Chaperone

9. BEST COSTUME DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
● Hall High School: Amani Snellings, Mary Curley & Gabby Goldfarb for The
House of Blue Leaves
● Northwest Catholic High School: Sophia Lillis for 12 Angry Jurors
● Canterbury School: Ella-Hayes Earnest for Anti-Social
● Granby Memorial High School: Delilah Bolduc & Melia Farrer for A Christmas
Carol
● Shepaug Valley School: Bucky Nunez, Amanda Phillip, & Helena Nelson for
The Canterville Ghost & Matilda
● The Frederick Gunn School: Chensu Wang & Joanna Jin for Urinetown
● Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Madelyn Brazeal, Belinda Higgins-Saunders,
Francesca Ciociola & Katherine Grelotti for The Sound of Music
● Lewis Mills High School: Lena Hogan for Radium Girls
● Bridgeport International Academy: Tis-Hannah Moore, Joelis Padilla, Jessica
Robinson & Sherlyn Zhunio for Clue
● The Woodhall School: Aidan McKee for Clue

10. BEST HAIR AND/OR MAKEUP DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
● Watertown High School: Molly Mohyde for Radium Girls
● New Milford High School: Clove Mullen, Cassie Smith & Ciara Youngman for A
Midsummer Night’s Dream
● Northwest Catholic High School: Full Cast for 12 Angry Jurors
● The Frederick Gunn School: Willa Regan for Silent Sky

11. BEST LIGHTING DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
● Classical Magnet School: Rena Johnson for 1984
● Glastonbury High School: Andres Hernandez for Our Town
● The Frederick Gunn School: Katherine Aguirre-Felipe for Silent Sky

● Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Kauren Howe, Natalie Jones, Emma DeMatteo &
Tracy Nguyen for Game of Tiaras
● Torrington High School: Leah Fosbrook & Jane Riley for A Year With Frog And
Toad
● Granby Memorial High School: Alexis DiMeo & Caitlin Connolly for Footloose
● Litchfield High School: Luke Gordon for Chicago
● The Woodhall School: Chip Cowin for Clue

12. BEST SOUND DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
● The Frederick Gunn School: Katherine Aguirre-Felipe & Jade Vu for Silent Sky
● Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Russell Miller for Clue
● Waterford High School: William Lathrop & Alex Seltzer for Little Women
● Shepaug Valley School: Isabelle Easley for The Canterville Ghost
● Wamogo Regional High School: Kory Bernards & Addie Foss for Mean Girls
● Granby Memorial High School: Noah Collen for Footloose
● New Milford High School: Matthew Giancaspro, Ace Bensema, Aine
McInerney, Vivian O’Neil, Jada Platzer & Aarya Shah for Disney’s The Little
Mermaid
● Watertown High School: Gabrielle Esposito & Laysha Abikarram for Chicago
● Bridgeport International Academy: Alyssa Roberson for Clue

13. BEST SCENIC DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
● Hall High School: Kinsey Wilson, Kaitlyn Soler, Eli Ziroli & Sam Walsh for The
House of Blue Leaves
● The Frederick Gunn School: Aryel Sealey, Drew McKessey, Aniah Sam &
Oliver Severino for Silent Sky
● Granby Memorial High School: Margaret Curtin, Anayah Bazile, Caitlin
Henebry, Lauren De Los Reyes, Leah Silverman, Eryn Dobbert, Mikayla
Munson, Alexis DiMeo, Alison Dobbert, Riley Kuester, Luciana Hernandez,
Jeal Hernandez & Maharet Gerstbrein for A Christmas Carol
● New Milford High School: Conner Ring, Cole Bartmon & Shayleigh O’Brian for
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
● Torrington High School: Natalie Cox, Ethan Vibert & Tristan Thompson for A
Year With Frog And Toad
● Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Lanay Leryer, Irene Milite, Nathaniel Kerr,
Katherine Boyle, Natalia Clark, Megan DuFault, Elena Gawecki, Evelyn
Hladky, Mariah Jimenez-Ruiz, Erin Lefebvre, Emberly Marquez, Lena Olbrys,
Caitlyn Reilly & Autumn Russell for The Sound of Music
● Classical Magnet School: Chayla Torres, Layla Torres & Set Crew for In The
Heights
● Bridgeport International Academy: Naely’s Gonzalez, Tis-Hannah Moore,
Joelis Padilla, Jessica Robinson, Samuel Rodriguez, Shikha Sabuwala, Kenaya
Shay, Sherlyn Zhunio, Joshua Robinson & Alyssa Roberson for Clue
● Canterbury School: Technical Theater Class for Seussical
● Conard High School: Rachel Deka for You Can’t Take It With You

● The Woodhall School: Luke Fischer, Theo Graff, Allan Soshnik & Charles
Thomas for Clue

14. BEST PROPS DESIGN:
● Hall High School: Amithi Nair & Katilyn Soler for The House of Blue Leaves
● Northwest Catholic High School: Skyler Bacon for 12 Angry Jurors & Bye Bye
Birdie
● Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Reason Kristhoffer for Clue & Mary
Poppins
● Waterford High School: Anabel Bueno, Analys Bueno & Fern Hill for Little
Women
● Torrington High School: Elizabeth Campas-Hathaway, Lucas Whalen, Reed
Freiler & Jane Riley for A Year With Frog And Toad
● The Frederick Gunn School: Giovanna Liu, Katherine Aguirre-Felipe & Jade
Vu for Urinetown
● Cromwell High School: Annamarie Mueller & McKenna Semeraro for Freaky
Friday
● The Woodhall School: Luke Fischer, Evan Myrhe & Britton Thomas for 12
Angry Men
● Simsbury High School: Scottlyn Albrycht & Isabel Idema for Guys and Dolls
● Canterbury School: Technical Theater Class for Seussical

15. BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS:
● Hall High School: Ben Krischner for The House of Blue Leaves
● Suffield High School: Riley Walton, Sarah Swenson & Ryleigh Craig for Into
The Woods
● Northwest Catholic High School: Aaron Butler for Bye Bye Birdie

16. BEST RUNNING CREW:
● Glastonbury High School: Run Crew for Our Town
● Canterbury School: Run Crew for Anti-Social
● Granby Memorial High School: Run Crew for A Christmas Carol
● Lewis Mills High School: Run Crew for The Sound of Music
● Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Run Crew for Game of Tiaras
● King School: Run Crew for A Pickwick Christmas
● Suffield High School: Run Crew for Into The Woods
● Simsbury High School: Run Crew for Guys and Dolls
● Shepaug Valley School: Run Crew for Matilda
● Bridgeport International Academy: Run Crew for Clue
● Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Run Crew for Mary Poppins

17. BEST STAGE MANAGEMENT:
● Hall High School: Styx Hatch (SM), Kaitlyn Soler, Sienna James (ASMs) for The
House of Blue Leaves
● Granby Memorial High School: Riley Kuester, Allison Dobbert, Mikayla
Munson (SMs) for A Christmas Carol

● Shepaug Valley School: Grey Pomeroy (SM), Talon Profetta (ASM)& Marco
LeClerc (ASM) for The Canterville Ghost
● King School: Ava Frascarelli (SM) for A Pickwick Christmas & The Drowsy
Chaperone
● Lewis Mills High School: Charlotte Schlain (SM) for Radium Girls
● Litchfield High School: Ian Hahn (SM) for Chicago
● Watertown High School: Christina Mattei, Sebastian Creter (PSMs), Gabrielle
Esposito (ASM) for Chicago
● Northwest Catholic High School: Micaela Medina (PSM), Mackenzie Farrelly
(SM) for Bye Bye Birdie
● Bridgeport International Academy: Alyssa Roberson (SM) for Clue
● Conard High School: Amalia Seedman (PSM), Delaney Towey (SM), Lena Tran
(ASM) for You Can’t Take It With You
● The Woodhall School: Jay Medeiros (SM) for Clue

18. BEST INCIDENTAL OR ORIGINAL MUSIC IN A PLAY:
● Hall High School: Arden Netter & Ben Ursillo for The House of Blue Leaves
● The Frederick Gunn School: Katherine Aguirre-Felipe for Silent Sky
● Waterford High School: William Lathrop for Little Women
● The Woodhall School: Isaac Dinges for 12 Angry Men
● Simsbury High School: Nora Carroll & Arlo Groeschner for Peter and the
Starcatcher

19 BEST PROGRAM ART:
● Canterbury School: Alisa Cui for Anti-Social
● Wamogo Regional High School: Sarah Storm for Mean Girls
● King School: Isabella Kolenberg for A Pickwick Christmas
● Torrington High School: Abbey Young & Elizabeth Campas-Hathaway for A
Year With Frog And Toad
● Cromwell High School: Connor Szrejna for Freaky Friday
● Rocky Hill High School: Nicholas Jokl for Mamma Mia!
● Litchfield High School: Mary Williams for Chicago
● Housatonic Valley Regional High School: Lydia Fleming for Disney’s Beauty
and the Beast
● Watertown High School: Ella Russell for Chicago
● Fairfield College Preparatory School: Peter Moreno for Alice by Heart
20. BEST DANCING:
● Kingswood Oxford: A Chorus Line
● Rockville High School: Mamma Mia!
● Glastonbury High School: Anything Goes
● Granby Memorial High School: Footloose
● Cromwell High School: Freaky Friday
● New Milford High School: Disney’s The Little Mermaid
● Watertown High School: Chicago

21. BEST FEATURED DANCER(S):
● Kingswood Oxford: Molly Palmer as Cassie in A Chorus Line
● Glastonbury High School: Alyssa Martire, Stephanie Miller, Leslie Borsotti &
Anika Pinto as Reno’s Angels in Anything Goes
● King School: Zach Louizos & Steven Blanco in Cold Feets in The Drowsy
Chaperone
● Litchfield High School: Cecilia Tiul as Mona in Chicago
● Housatonic Valley Regional High School: Richie Crane & Sydney Howe in
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

22. BEST CHOREOGRAPHER:
● Cromwell High School: Aubrey Zimmerman & Brooklyn Martin for Freaky
Friday
● Classical Magnet School: Nayeli Rockwell & Samyah Hamblin for In The
Heights
● Torrington High School: Leah Fosbrook & Ace VonRichthofin for A Year With
Frog And Toad

23. BEST SPECIALTY ENSEMBLE:
● Hall High School: Chenchen Ouyang, Gisselle Santa & Hailey Walsh as The
Three Nuns in The House of Blue Leaves
● Canterbury School: Chase Sukow, Amelia Welsh & Patryk Plata in Anti-Social
● New Milford High School: Peytynn Chhay, Roman Fuller, Josep Diguiseppi,
Jazonni Reid, Sky Schappach, Molly Coffey, Carly Geier, Katherine Devine,
Amber Pedersen, & Charlie McQueen as The Fairies in A Midsummer Night’s
Dream
● Wamogo Regional High School: Lilah Pape, Viktor Weiss & Sophia Poirier as
The Plastics in Mean Girls
● King School: Amy Powell, Antonia Kolb & Nick Butler (Samuel Pickwick,
Nathaniel Winkle & Tracy Tupman in A Pickwick Christmas
● Kingswood Oxford: Diya Mistri, Audrey Karasaik & Lily Temkin as Sheila,
Maggie & Bebe in At The Ballet in A Chorus Line
● Rockville High School: Lorelei Hutchings, Dianaris Alvarez & Broghan Moren
as Donna, Tanya & Rosie in Mamma Mia!
● Litchfield High School: Quinn Stickney, Avery Foss, Saige Gabelmann, Anna
Zarras, Cecilia Tiul & Ailyn Tiul in Cell Block Tango in Chicago
● Watertown High School: Chloe Desmatais, Reagan Dolan, Isabel Helayel, Ella
Kijak & Giovanna Rapacioli as The Merry Murderesses in Chicago
● Waterford High School: Maddie Seifert, Phoebe Brown & Ava Rivera as The
Plastics in Mean Girls

24. BEST CHORUS:
● Kingswood Oxford: A Chorus Line
● Rockville High School: Mamma Mia!

● Granby Memorial High School: Footloose
● King School: The Drowsy Chaperone
● Cromwell High School: Freaky Friday
● Rocky Hill High School: Mamma Mia!
● New Milford High School: Disney’s The Little Mermaid
● Fairfield College Preparatory School: Alice by Heart

25. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY:
● Hall High School: Griffin Keating as Ronnie Shaughnessy in The House of Blue
Leaves
● Classical Magnet School: Eli Aspen as O’Brien in 1984
● Fairfield College Preparatory School: Logan Thidemann as Davey/Peter Pan
in The Lost Boy
● Glastonbury High School: Hudson Case as Charles Webb in Our Town
● Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Joshua Reichard as King in Game of Tiaras
● Conard High School: Severino Carbone as Tony Kirby in You Can’t Take It
With You

26. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY:
● Hall High School: Katherine Devlin as Bunny Flingus in The House of Blue
Leaves
● Glastonbury High School: Riley Buck as Emily Webb in Our Town
● The Frederick Gunn School: Shannon McCormack as Willamina Fleming in
Silent Sky
● New Milford High School: Jack Maloney as Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s
Dream
● Lewis Mills High School: Amelia Eggleston as Arthur Roeder in Radium Girls
● Conard High School: Delia Canarie as Alice Sycamore in You Can’t Take It
With You
● Hall High School: Eli Zirolli as Algernon Moncrieff in The Importance of Being
Earnest

27. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL:
● Wamogo Regional High School: Parker Allan Yarish as Aaron Samuels in
Mean Girls
● Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Thomas Collison as Max in The Sound of Music
● Suffield High School: Nayan Tummalapallay as Jack in Into The Woods
● Granby Memorial High School: Luke Ranicar as Rev. Shaw Moore in Footloose
● Cromwell High School: Kaeden Falcigno as Adam in Freaky Friday
● Housatonic Valley Regional High School: Andy Delgado as Lumiere in Disney’s
Beauty and the Beast
● New Milford High School: Sebastian Brown as Sebastian in Disney’s The Little
Mermaid
● Waterford High School: William Lathrop as Aaron Samuels in Mean Girls

● Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Grayson Milanese as George Banks in
Mary Poppins
● Torrington High School: Tristan Thompson as Jeff Douglas in Brigadoon

28. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL:
● The Taft School: Sabrina Moffa as Miss Honey in Matilda
● Rockville High School: Abigail Brown as Sophie Sheridan in Mamma Mia!
● The Frederick Gunn School: Taylor Sall as Hope Cladwell in Urinetown
● Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Abigail Gomes as The Mother Abbess in The
Sound of Music
● King School: Grace Eagleton as The Drowsy Chaperone in The Drowsy
Chaperone
● Rocky Hill High School: Brooke Dube as Sophie Sheridan in Mamma Mia!
● Litchfield High School: Ailyn Tiul as Velma Kelly in Chicago
● Shepaug Valley School: Tilly Skiles as Miss Honey in Matilda
● Torrington High School: Abbey Young as Meg Brockie in Brigadoon

29. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A COUPLE OR DYNAMIC DUO IN A PLAY:
● Fairfield College Preparatory School: Tomas Galloza & Carla Connolly as
James M. Barrie & Maureen O’Rourke/Wendy in The Lost Boy
● Glastonbury High School: Zack Lopez & Riley Buck as George & Emily in Our
Town
● New Milford High School: Sadie Winsely & Sebastian Berisha as
Hippolyta/Titania & Nick Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
● Simsbury High School: Sophia Luzietti & Jonah Church as Molly & Peter in
Peter and the Starcatcher

30. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A COUPLE OR DYNAMIC DUO IN A MUSICAL:
● The Frederick Gunn School: Colin Hall & Siena Castonguay as Officer
Lockstock & Little Sally in Urinetown
● Glastonbury High School: Elise Duncan & Camille Weiss as Spit & Dippy in
Anything Goes
● Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Catherine Lomuntad & Nathaniel Kerr as Liesl
& Rolf in The Sound of Music
● King School: Kate Persily & Bruno Reinhoefer Ribeiro as The Gangsters in
The Drowsy Chaperone
● Rocky Hill High School: Ava Coco & Christian Olak as Rosie & Bill in Mamma
Mia!
● Simsbury High School: Lucas Gifford & Paris Albrecht as Nathan & Adelaide
in Guys and Dolls
● Cromwell High School: Lori McClain & Emily Kowalski as Ellie & Katherine in
Freaky Friday
● New Milford High School: Molly Toffey & Abigail Staib as Flotsam & Jetsam in
Disney’s The Little Mermaid
● Northwest Catholic High School: Patrick Hydeck & Ella Pass as Harry & Doris
MacAfee in Bye Bye Birdie

● Waterford High School: Sofia Fioravanti & Tighe Burridge as Janis & Damian
in Mean Girls

31. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN AN ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION:
● Conard High School: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
● Northwest Catholic High School: 12 Angry Jurors
● Canterbury School: Anti-Social
● Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Clue
● Shepaug Valley School: The Canterville Ghost
● King School: A Pickwick Christmas
● Kingswood Oxford: A Chorus Line
● Simsbury High School: Peter and the Starcatcher
● Fairfield College Preparatory School: Alice by Heart

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
● Northwest Catholic High School: Colin Molloy as Juror #3 in 12 Angry Jurors
● Canterbury School: Patryk Plata as Brent/Janitor in Anti-Social
● Shepaug Valley School: Maddox Wodjenski as Lord Canterville in The
Canterville Ghost
● King School: Matthew Graham Brown as Dr. Slammer/Dodson/Bob
Cratchitt/Ghost of Christmas Present in A Pickwick Christmas
● Torrington High School: Reed Freiler as Toad in A Year With Frog And Toad
● Kingswood Oxford: Zaire Ramiz as Richie in A Chorus Line
● Simsbury High School: Jonah Church as Boy/Peter in Peter and the
Starcatcher
● The Woodhall School: Judah Rosner as Wadsworth in Clue

33. BEST FEMALE STANDOUT PERFORMANCE IN AN ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION:
● Conard High School: Grace Dube as Siobhan in The Curious Incident of the Dog
in the Night-Time
● Northwest Catholic High School: Mia Tonon as Juror #8 in 12 Angry Jurors
● Canterbury School: Sylvia Pinheiro as Kerry/Shannon in Anti-Social
● Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Madison Thibault as Wadsworth in
Clue
● Kingswood Oxford: Diya Mistri as Sheila in A Chorus Line
● Bridgeport International Academy: Ashley Clementine as Wadsworth in Clue
● Simsbury High School: Amanda Kelly as Black Stache in Peter and the
Starcatcher
● Fairfield College Preparatory School: Carla Connolly as Alice Spencer in Alice
by Heart

34. FEARLESS AWARD:
● Classical Magnet School: 1984
● King School: A Pickwick Christmas

● Fairfield College Preparatory School: Alice by Heart

35. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A CLASSICAL PLAY:
● Hall High School: Ian Bernstein as Artie Shaughnessy in The House of Blue
Leaves
● Classical Magnet School: Cormac Ordonez as Winston Smith in 1984
● Glastonbury High School: Zack Lopez as George Gibbs in Our Town
● New Milford High School: Scott Spinner as Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s
Dream
● Conard High School: James Thibault as Martin Vanderhof in You Can’t Take It
With You

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
● Classical Magnet School: Susan Haberlandt as Julia in 1984
● Granby Memorial High School: Mackenzi Janski as Ebenezer Scrooge in A
Christmas Carol
● Conard High School: Grace Dube as Penelope Sycamore in You Can’t Take It
With You
● Hall High School: Katherine Devlin as Gwendolyn Fairfax in The Importance
of Being Earnest

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
● Watertown High School: Harrison Dominic Gowell as Arthur Roeder in
Radium Girls
● Waterford High School: Oliver Smith as Laurie in Little Women

38. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A CONTEMPORARY PLAY:
● The Frederick Gunn School: Sonia Romananko as Peter Shaw in Silent Sky
● Watertown High School: Mailyn Lizette Santana as Grace Fryer in Radium
Girls
● Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Hannah Veenhuis as Cinderella in Game of
Tiaras
● Lewis Mills High School: Isis Benoit as Grace Fryer in Radium Girls
39. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A CLASSICAL MUSICAL:
● Glastonbury High School: Ian Duncan as Billy Crocker in Anything Goes
● Suffield High School: Jack Tautic as The Baker in Into The Woods
● Watertown High School: Caleb McGaffey-Schipul & Billy Flynn in Chicago
● Northwest Catholic High School: Brayden Bak as Albert Peterson in Bye Bye
Birdie
● Torrington High School: Nate Pepler as Tommy Albright in Brigadoon

40. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A CLASSICAL MUSICAL:
● Lewis Mills High School: Megan Tucker as Maria in The Sound of Music
● Glastonbury High School: Lynn Boyaji as Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes
● Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Laina Goodison as Maria in The Sound of Music
● Suffield High School: Natasha Matos-Luna as The Witch in Into The Woods
● Litchfield High School: Lilah Pape as Roxie Hart in Chicago
● Watertown High School: Jimiyah Brunette as Roxie Hart in Chicago
● Northwest Catholic High School: Lindsey Truong as Rosie Alvarez in Bye Bye
Birdie
● Torrington High School: Abby Foulds as Fiona MacLaren in Brigadoon

41. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL:
● The Taft School: Daniel Kaminju as Mr. Wormwood in Matilda
● Wamogo Regional High School: Kayleb Chapman as Damian Hubbard in Mean
Girls
● The Frederick Gunn School: Henry Abbate as Caldwell B. Cladwell in
Urinetown
● Granby Memorial High School: Camden Bouley as Ren McCormack in
Footloose
● King School: Matthew Graham Brown as Man in Chair in The Drowsy
Chaperone
● Rocky Hill High School: Nicholas Jokl as Sam Carmichael in Mamma Mia!
● New Milford High School: Lurinz Serrano-Santiago as Prince Eric in Disney’s
The Little Mermaid
● Shepaug Valley School: Isaia Kohn as Mr. Wormwood in Matilda
● Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Leif Johnson as Bert in Mary Poppins

42. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL:
● The Taft School: Elle Smiley as Matilda in Matilda
● Wamogo Regional High School: Mary Williams as Cady Heron in Mean Girls
● Rockville High School: Lorelei Hutchings as Donna Sheridan in Mamma Mia!
● The Frederick Gunn School: Poppy Mand as Bobby Strong in Urinetown
● Granby Memorial High School: Sierra Ashe as Ariel Moore in Footloose
● King School: Isabella Kolenberg as Janet Van de Graaf in The Drowsy
Chaperone
● Canterbury School: Ruari Bamrick as Cat in the Hat in Seussical
● Rocky Hill High School: Maleena Muzio as Donna Sheridan in Mamma Mia!
● New Milford High School: Meadow Hall as Ariel in Disney’s The Little Mermaid
● Shepaug Valley School: Mia Francesca Melatti as Matilda in Matilda

43. BEST CLASSICAL PLAY:
● Hall High School: The House of Blue Leaves
● Northwest Catholic High School: 12 Angry Jurors
● Glastonbury High School: Our Town

● New Milford High School: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
● Conard High School: You Can’t Take It With You
● Hall High School: The Importance of Being Earnest

44. BEST CONTEMPORARY PLAY:
● Conard High School: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
● Fairfield College Preparatory School: The Lost Boy
● The Frederick Gunn School: Silent Sky
● Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Clue
● King School: A Pickwick Christmas
● Simsbury High School: Peter and the Starcatcher

45. BEST CLASSICAL MUSICAL:
● Kingswood Oxford: A Chorus Line
● Glastonbury High School: Anything Goes
● Mercy & Xavier High Schools: The Sound of Music
● Watertown High School: Chicago
● Northwest Catholic High School: Bye Bye Birdie

46. BEST CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL:
● Wamogo Regional High School: Mean Girls
● Rockville High School: Mamma Mia!
● Granby Memorial High School: Footloose
● King School: The Drowsy Chaperone
● Cromwell High School: Freaky Friday
● Rocky Hill High School: Mamma Mia!
● New Milford High School: Disney’s The Little Mermaid
● Shepaug Valley School: Matilda
● Waterford High School: Mean Girls
● Fairfield College Preparatory School: Alice by Heart