Thursday June 2, 2022 Halo Nominations Announced

WATERBURY - Seven Angels Theatre has announced the Halo Award nominations for the evening of Thursday June 2, 2022.

1.BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY:
• Canterbury School: Beckett Reynolds as Edward Markley/Dr. Von Sochocky in
Radium Girls
• Granby Memorial High School: Pearce Boit as Raymond Berry in Radium Girls
• Torrington High School: Jozsef Herczeg as Finch in Puffs
• New Milford High School: Joseph Sturino as Orcus in She Kills Monsters
• Conard High School: Cameron Hoskins as Count Gregor in Fools

2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY:
• Conard High School: Afaf Albur as Yenchna in Fools
• Canterbury School: Irene Chen as Raymond Berry in Radium Girls
• Torrington High School: Alexa Maniccia as Narrator in Puffs
• New Milford High School: Leah Lawson as Lilith in She Kills Monsters
• The Williams School: Rachel Harris as Aunt March in Little Women
• Granby Memorial High School: Abby Caruso as Anna Fryer in Radium Girls

3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL:
• The Taft School: Coleman Grustas as Lucas Beineke in The Addams Family
• Kingswood Oxford: Justin Rios as Joe in 9 to 5
• Cromwell High School: Thomas Pier as George in The Wedding Singer
• Glastonbury High School: Colin Wechsler as Adolpho in The Drowsy
Chaperone
• Conard High School: Cameron Hoskins as Willard Hewitt in Footloose
• Granby Memorial High School: Trevor Thompson as Van Buren in Damn
Yankees
• Watertown High School: Garth Betts as Harry in Mamma Mia!
• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Bennett Pancoast as Ryan Evans in High School
Musical
• Torrington High School: James Butler as Orin Scrivello in Little Shop of
Horrors

4. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL:
• The Taft School: Kyla O’Byrne as Pugsley Addams in The Addams Family
• Kingswood Oxford: Faith Potter as Roz in 9 to 5
• Cromwell High School: Laiba Khan as Rosie in The Wedding Singer
• Conard High School: Nina McIntyre as Rusty in Footloose
• Lewis Mills High School: Jadyn Ubides as Snoopy in You’re A Good Man,
Charlie Brown
• Granby Memorial High School: Sidney Henry as Gloria Thorpe in Damn
Yankees
• Watertown High School: Amarta Marku as Tanya in Mamma Mia!
• New Milford High School: Rebekah Newman as Mama Morton in Chicago
• New Fairfield High School: Sarah Bollacke as Sour Kangaroo in Seussical

5. BEST COMIC MALE PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY:
• Conard High School: James Thibault as Magistrate in Fools
• Cromwell High School: Cole Hills as The Devil in The Brothers Grimm
Spectacularthon
• Watertown High School: Mason Gowell as Mr. Green in Clue
• Salisbury School: Niko Valcin as Leo Bloom in Comedic Scenes
• The Woodhall School: Judah Rosner in All in the Timing

6. BEST COMIC FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY:
• Conard High School: Afaf Albur as Yenchna in Fools
• Cromwell High School: Soleil La Fontaine as Dwarf 1/Wicked Stepsister in
The Brothers Grimm Spectacularthon
• New Milford High School: Jack Maloney as Farrah the Faerie in She Kills
Monsters
• Torrington High School: Caroline Sienkiewicz as Myrtle/Fat Friar/Ghosts/
Professors/Mr. Nick in Puffs
• Suffield Academy: Nailah Estrada as Annie Twilloil in The Play That Goes
Wrong

7. BEST COMIC MALE PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL:
• The Frederick Gunn School: Alder Curry as Leaf Coneybear in The 25th Annual
Putnam County Spelling Bee
• New Milford High School: Gavin Pullen as Amos Hart in Chicago
• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Bryce Tindall as Zeke Baylor in High School
Musical
• Canterbury School: Qixiu “Neil” Yao as Jean Paul in Cyrano de Burger Shack
• Cromwell High School: Cole Hills as Loser Guy/David Fonda/Billy Idol in The
Wedding Singer
• Glastonbury High School: Jason Korman as Underling in The Drowsy
Chaperone

8. BEST COMIC FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL:
• The Taft School: Audrey D’Autorio as Alice Beineke in The Addams Family
• Watertown High School: Erica Gugliotti as Rosie in Mamma Mia!
• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Mia Pugliares as Mrs. Darbus in High School
Musical
• Shepaug Valley School: Mollie Leonard as Lion in The Wizard of Oz
• Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Alexa Carroll as Portia in Cinderella
(Enchanted Edition)
• The Williams School: Maria Carseli as Paulette in Legally Blonde
• Lewis Mills High School: Savannah Duursema as Linus in You’re A Good Man,
Charlie Brown

9. BEST COSTUME DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
• Conard High School: Hannah Mallinson & Ella Rozsa for Fools
• Canterbury School: Ren Kim & Fiona Mulheren for Radium Girls
• Hall High School: Julianna Hagwood, Ell Zirolli & Sydney Martin for Almost,
Maine
• The Frederick Gunn School: Katherine Johnson, Emily Nussbaumer & Bunny
Borzilleli for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
• Glastonbury High School: Grace Combs, Grace Clark, Julia Poliner, Toula
Rumery & Neeyor Debtalea for The Drowsy Chaperone
• New Britain High School: Dallas Bastek for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
• New Milford High School: Cole Bartmon, Katie Devine & Lila Jelenffy for
Chicago
• Shepaug Valley School: Bucky Nunes, Caroline Kibbe & Julianna Fontanilla for
The Wizard of Oz
• Torrington High School: Sophia Lestrud, Alexa Maniccia & Freja Harrel for
Little Shop of Horrors

10. BEST HAIR AND/OR MAKEUP DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
• Glastonbury High School: Julia Poliner, Gaurisha Singh, Allison Campbell,
Anna McCluskey, Grace Clark, Sabrina Pers, Shania Fields, Emma Boyce &
Anaya Collins for The Drowsy Chaperone
• The Taft School: Elle Smiley for The Addams Family
• Canterbury School: Marjan Faqiri & Emerson Lilly for Cyrano de Burger Shack
• The Frederick Gunn School: Natalie Perkins, Siena Taylor & Aryel Sealey for
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
• Watertown High School: Erica Gugliotti for Clue

11. BEST LIGHTING DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
• Conard High School: Allie Santana for Fools
• Canterbury School: Katherine Datlow & Cate Bonnell for Radium Girls
• Granby Memorial High School: Elliott Hosack for Radium Girls
• Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Tobin Deshazo for The Night Witches
• Shepaug Valley School: Jack Buchholz for The Thugs
• New Fairfield High School: Courtney Weir for Almost, Maine
• The Frederick Gunn School: Joshua Ly & Logan Bell for The 25th Annual
Putnam County Spelling Bee
• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Ashlyn Liedke, Kassandra Howe, Peyton Cirillo,
Anastasia Gyorog & Kauren Howe for High School Musical
• Torrington High School: Rowan Villar, Sam Hass, Leah Fosbrook & Natalie
Knox for Little Shop of Horrors
• Hall High School: Kiersten Holley & Jacob Herzog for Medea

12. BEST SOUND DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
• Canterbury School: Ella Caraluzzi & Madison Lang for Radium Girls
• Glastonbury High School: Danny Silvester for Tom Jones
• Shepaug Valley School: James Wise for The Thugs & The Wizard of Oz
• Granby Memorial High School: Elliot Hosack & Kevin Harnois for Damn
Yankees
• The Williams School: Jack Suprenant, Nova Fink, Campbell Gray & Daniel
Genevese for Little Women

13. BEST SCENIC DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
• The Frederick Gunn School: Natalie Perkins, Siena Taylor & Aryel Sealey for
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
• Shepaug Valley School: Grey Pomeroy & Jack Buchholz for The Thugs
• Hall High School: Nona Ferney for Almost, Maine
• Kinsella Magnet School: Isaac Torres, Keely Segui, Ciara Gonzalez, Tariq
Compton, Ethan Negron, Moise Zebie & Stephanie Grant for Miss You Like Hell
• Glastonbury High School: Andrew Taylor, Heather Bronzi, Julia Parkin, Toula
Rumery, Sophia Gibilisco , Cal Fucci, Angela Gould, Elizabeth Galjan & Lynn
Boyaji for The Drowsy Chaperone
• Granby Memorial High School: Caelum Janski & Bree Wallace for Damn
Yankees
• Watertown High School: Dilan Mathews, Megan Mordarski, Olivia Eshoo, Erin
Pienczkowski, Abby Gallagher & Set Crew for Mamma Mia!
• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Aja Jelks, Madison Blanks, Bridget Higgins, Lucy
Zajack, Giovanna Judge, Caitlyn Reilly, Destiny Romans, Lukas Simko, Kathryn
Frutchey & Megan Whalen for High School Musical
• Canterbury School: Andrew Martin, Beckett Reynolds, Andrew Ji, Fiona
Mulheren & Marjan Faqiri for Cyrano de Burger Shack
• Shepaug Valley School: Grey Pomeroy & Thomas Day for The Wizard of Oz
• Torrington High School: Samantha Warren, Jillian Gombos, Sabrina Toimil,
Jucas Whalen, Max Vibert & Emma Hardee for Little Shop of Horrors

14. BEST PROPS DESIGN AND/OR MANAGEMENT:
• The Frederick Gunn School: Natalie Perkins & Aryel Sealey for The Miraculous
Journey of Edward Tulane
• Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Reason Kristoffer for The Night
Witches
• Watertown High School: Megan Mordarski & Evan Elliott for Mamma Mia!
• Canterbury School: Laurie Etienne, Colleen Gallagher & Ren Kim for Cyrano
de Burger Shack
• The Williams School: Maria Carseli, Palmer Connelly, Campbell Gray, Carrie
Greco, Nova Frink, Anna Milne, Fiona Morrison & Max Savin for Legally
Blonde
• Torrington High School: Sophia Lestrud & Ella Campas-Hathaway for Puffs
• Torrington High School: Ella Campas-Hathaway for Little Shop of Horrors

15. BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
• Granby Memorial High School: Bre Wallace & Brendon Wallace for Radium
Girls
• Kinsella Magnet School: Isaac Torres for Miss You Like Hell
• New Milford High School: Annabelle Colonna, Roman Fuller, Nat Brown,
Trinity Mink & Wreden Wandeloski for She Kills Monsters
• Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Sam Kaszas for Cinderella (Enchanted
Edition)
• New Fairfield High School: Sarah Bollacke, Frankie Colao-Pineyro & Ben
McKiernan for Seussical

16. BEST RUNNING CREW:
• The Taft School: Run Crew for The Addams Family
• Lewis Mills High School: Run Crew for Middletown
• Kinsella Magnet School: Run Crew for Miss You Like Hell
• Cromwell High School: Run Crew for The Wedding Singer
• Granby Memorial High School: Run Crew for Damn Yankees
• Watertown High School: Run Crew for Mamma Mia!
• New Fairfield High School: Run Crew for Seussical
• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Run Crew for High School Musical
• Canterbury School: Run Crew for Cyrano de Burger Shack
• Suffield Academy: Run Crew for The Play That Goes Wrong

17. BEST STAGE MANAGMENT:
• Canterbury School: Fiona Mulheren (SM), Mia McFadden, Owen Wang (ASMs)
for Radium Girls
• Lewis Mills High School: Paige Zimmerman (SM), Kiana Bollyer, Emma Fallon
(ASMs) for Middletown
• The Frederick Gunn School: Quinn Heddon (PSM) for The Miraculous Journey
of Edward Tulane
• Suffield Academy: Luna Kwon (PSM) for Young Frankenstein & The Play That
Goes Wrong
• Glastonbury High School: Rachel Mondschein (PSM), Kaitlyn Shaffner, Neeyor
Devtale, Astrin Krane (SMs) for The Drowsy Chaperone
• Watertown High School: Megan Mardarski (PSM), Erin Pienczykowski,
Melanie Martinelli, Olvia Eshoo (ASMs) for Mamma Mia!
• New Fairfield High School: Frankie Colao-Pineyro, Grace Kersting (PSMs) for
Seussical & Almost, Maine
• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Lucy Zajack (PSM), Bridget Higgins, Kaelin
DaSilva, Mairan Hall, Thomas Lemieux, Nate Lowry, Jakob Pytel & Lukas
Simko (ASMs) for High School Musical
• The Williams School: Anna Milne (SM) for Little Women & Legally Blonde
• Hall High School: Ava Major (SM), Styx Hatch, Julianna Hagwood (ASMs) for
Medea

18. BEST INCIDENTAL OR ORIGINAL MUSIC IN A PLAY:
• Granby Memorial High School: Hannah Council for Radium Girls
• The Frederick Gunn School: Will Dyer for The Miraculous Journey of Edward
Tulane
• Shepaug Valley School: James Wise for The Thugs
• The Williams School: Emma Tanabe for Little Women
• Hall High School: Josh Murphy for Medea

19 BEST PROGRAM ART:
• New Fairfield High School: Amelia McPartlin for Seussical
• Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Cecily Eyre for The Night Witches
• Shepaug Valley School: Katelyn McGuire for The Wizard of Oz
• Torrington High School: Samantha Warren for Little Shop of Horrors

20. BEST ORCHESTRA:
• Glastonbury High School: Orchestra of The Drowsy Chaperone
• Conard High School: Orchestra of Footloose
• New Milford High School: Orchestra of Chicago

21. BEST DANCING:
• The Taft School: The Addams Family
• Suffield Academy: Young Frankenstein
• Kingswood Oxford: 9 to 5
• Glastonbury High School: The Drowsy Chaperone
• Conard High School: Footloose
• Watertown High School: Mamma Mia!
• New Milford High School: Chicago
• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: High School Musical

22. BEST FEATURED DANCER(S):
• Conard High School: Isabela Robertson in Footloose
• Lewis Mills High School: Jadyn Ubides as Snoopy in You’re A Good Man,
Charlie Brown
• Kingswood Oxford: Frank Pu in 9 to 5

23. BEST SPECIALTY ENSEMBLE:
• The Taft School: Diana Braghis, Grace Deng, Grace Kenney, Jasmine Pun, Carm
Sievers, Elle Smiley, Marina Tanaka, Chance Terry & Catherine Zhao as The
Ancestors in The Addams Family
• Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Lillian Cutler, Calleigh Franklin,
Amanda Geiger, Teagan Wright, Jayden Dawson, Laurel Denver, Maya
Gorski, & Madison Marshall for The Night Witches
• Kingswood Oxford: McKenzie Campbell, Avery Schiff & Serafina Squatrito as
Violet, Judy & Doralee in 9 to 5
• Conard High School: Nina McIntyre, Marlena Pegolo & Sophia Pegolo as Rusty,
Wendy Jo & Urleen in Footloose
• Watertown High School: Clara Pizzolorusso, Amarta Marku & Erica Gugliotti
as Donna, Tanya & Rosie in Mamma Mia!
• New Milford High School: Emma Moore, Abby Staib, Diya Sukumaran, Isabella
Bergman & Emma Henderson for Cell Block Tango in Chicago
• Shepaug Valley School: Mailyn Santana, Mia Francesca Melatti & Mollie
Leonard as Scarecrow, Tin Man & Lion in The Wizard of Oz
• The Woodhall School: Sean Finnegan, Judah Rosner & Teddy Lykouretzos as
Charlie, Joe & Frank in Mere Mortals in All in the Timing

24. BEST CHORUS:
• Suffield Academy: Young Frankenstein
• The Frederick Gunn School: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
• Kingswood Oxford: 9 to 5
• Cromwell High School: The Wedding Singer
• Glastonbury High School: The Drowsy Chaperone
• Conard High School: Footloose
• Watertown High School: Mamma Mia!
• New Milford: Chicago
• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: High School Musical

25. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY:
• Canterbury School: Andrew Martin as Tom Kreider in Radium Girls
• Granby Memorial High School: Prior Waskan as Tom Kreider in Radium Girls
• Torrington High School: Ehtan MacRae as Oliver Rivers in Puffs
• New Milford High School: Gavin Pullen as Chuck in She Kills Monsters
• The Williams School: Michael Galla as Professor Bhaer in Little Women
• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Joseph Lallier as David Benjamin in God’s
Favorite

26. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY:
• Canterbury School: Ruari Bamrick as Kathryn Schaub in Radium Girls
• Granby Memorial High School: Molly Laird as Kathryn Schaub in Radium Girls
• New Milford High School: Isabelle Bergman as Tilly in She Kills Monsters
• The Williams School: Marissa Slocumb as Amy March in Little Women
• Hall High School: Lauren Shilansky as Kreon in Medea
• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Chelsea Valli as Sara Benjamin in God’s Favorite
• Torrington High School: Freyja Harrel as Sally Perks in Puffs

27. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL:
• The Taft School: Benjamin White as Uncle Fester in The Addams Family
• Suffield Academy: Tyler Cooper as Igor in Young Frankenstein
• Cromwell High School: Ian McMillan as Sammy in The Wedding Singer
• Conard High School: Elijah Rivera as Rev. Shaw Moore in Footloose
• New Britain High School: Miguel Pagan as Freddy Benson in Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels
• Watertown High School: Christian Welcome as Bill in Mamma Mia!
• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Dominic Liquori as Chad Danforth in High
School Musical
• Canterbury School: Bryce Stone as Christian in Cyrano de Burger Shack
• Torrington High School: Ethan Macrae as Mr. Mushnik in Little Shop of
Horrors

28. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL:
• The Taft School: Claire Roberts as Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family
• Kinsella Magnet School: Abigail Delgado as Olivia in Miss You Like Hell
• Kingswood Oxford: Serafina Squatrito as Doralee in 9 to 5
• Cromwell High School: Emily Sullivan as Holly in The Wedding Singer
• Glastonbury High School: Toula Rumery as The Drowsy Chaperone in The
Drowsy Chaperone
• New Britain High School: Andrea Sims as Muriel Eubanks in Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels
• Watertown High School: Ruth Fomo as Sophie in Mamma Mia!
• New Milford High School: Cassandra Williams as Velma Kelly in Chicago
• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Mattingly Veilleux as Sharpay Evans in High
School Musical
• Shepaug Valley School: Harlequin Sullivan as The Wicked Witch in The
Wizard of Oz

29. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A COUPLE OR DYNAMIC DUO IN A PLAY:
• Cromwell High School: Kyla Burgess & Emily Sullivan as Narrator 1 &
Narrator 2 in The Brothers Grimm Spectacularthon
• Hall High School: August Kittleson & Lauren Shilansky as Dave & Rhonda in
Almost, Maine
• New Milford High School: Diya Sukumaran & Julia Gearing as Evil Tina & Evil
Gabbi in She Kills Monsters
• Salisbury School: Niko Valcin & Dom Valcin as Leo Bloom & Max Bialystock in
Comedic Scenes
• The Williams School: Cameron Liberty & Michael Galla as Jo March &
Professor Bhaer in Little Women
• The Woodhall School: Judah Rosner & Hayes Talbot as Gunther & Bill in Sure
Thing in All in the Timing
• Granby Memorial High School: Prior Waskan & Sydney Henry as Reporter &
Sob Sister in Radium Girls

30. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A COUPLE OR DYNAMIC DUO IN A MUSICAL:
• The Taft School: Leo Kaplan & Mina Xiao as Gomez & Morticia in The Addams
Family
• Suffield Academy: Paige August & Trent Hieber as Elizabeth and The Monster
in Young Frankenstein
• Cromwell High School: Julia Sciucco & Jack Midgley as Julia & Robbie in The
Wedding Singer
• Conard High School: Nina McIntyre & Cameron Hoskins as Rusty & Willard in
Footloose
• Watertown High School: Garth Betts & Christian Welcome as Harry & Bill in
Mamma Mia!
• New Fairfield High School: Nicky Eklund & Claire Kuntze as Horton &
Gertrude in Seussical
• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Mattingly Veilleux & Bennett Pancoast as
Sharpay & Ryan in High School Musical
• Canterbury School: Andrew Martin & Bryce Stone as Cyrano & Christian in
Cyrano de Burger Shack
• Torrington High School: Patrick Minnerly & Maya Murray as Seymour &
Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors

31. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN AN ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION:
• Cromwell High School: The Brothers Grimm Spectacularthon
• Lewis Mills High School: Middletown
• Shepaug Valley School: The Thugs
• Hall High School: Almost, Maine
• The Frederick Gunn School: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
• The Woodhall School: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
• Suffield Academy: The Play That Goes Wrong

32. BEST MALE STANDOUT PERFORMANCE IN AN ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION:
• Cromwell High School: Cole Hills as The Devil in The Brothers Grimm
Spectacularthon
• Lewis Mills High School: Jackson Chase as John Dodge in Middletown
• The Frederick Gunn School: Alder Curry as Edward Tulane in The Miraculous
Journey of Edward Tulane
• Glastonbury High School: Tom Fahey as Partridge in Tom Jones
• Hall High School: August Kittleson as Dave in Almost, Maine
• Salisbury School: Dom Valcin as Oscar Madison/Max Bialystock in Comedic
Scenes
• The Frederick Gunn School: Liam Koval as Chip in The 25th Annual Putnam
County Spelling Bee
• Suffield Academy: Robert Grove as Trent Hieber in The Play That Goes Wrong
• The Woodhall School: Sean Finnegan in All in the Timing
• The Woodhall School: Noah Greenfield as Soothsayer/King John/Gertrude in
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

33. BEST FEMALE STANDOUT PERFORMANCE IN AN ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION:
• Cromwell High School: Emily Sullivan as Narrator 2 in The Brothers Grimm
Spectacularthon
• Lewis Mills High School: Savannah Duursema as Mary Swanson in
Middletown
• The Frederick Gunn School: Audrey Richards as Pellegrina/Martin/Margory/
Jack/Crow Pellegrina/Lydia Clarke for The Miraculous Journey of Edward
Tulane
• Hall High School: Lauren Shilansky as Rhonda in Almost, Maine
• Watertown High School: Clara Pizzolorusso as Miss Scarlet in Clue

34. FEARLESS AWARD:
• Northwestern Regional 7 High School: The Night Witches
• Shepaug Valley School: The Thugs
• Hall High School: Medea

35. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A CLASSICAL PLAY:
• Conard High School: Declan Smith as Leon Tolchinsky in Fools
• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Dominic Liquori as Joe Benjamin in God’s
Favorite
• Hall High School: August Kittleson as Jason in Medea

36. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A CLASSICAL PLAY:
• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Paula Opeña as Sidney Lipton in God’s Favorite
• Hall High School: Jenny Brown as Medea in Medea
• Conard High School: Elizabeth Thibault as Sophia Zubritsky in Fools

37. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A CONTEMPORARY PLAY:
• Canterbury School: Qixiu (Neil) Yao as Arthur Roeder in Radium Girls
• Torrington High School: James Butler as Wayne Hopkins in Puffs
• Granby Memorial High School: Kevin Davis as Arthur Roeder in Radium Girls

38. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A CONTEMPORARY PLAY:
• Canterbury School: Bella Carioscia as Grace Fryer in Radium Girls
• Granby Memorial High School: Hayden Mueller as Grace Fryer in Radium Girls
• New Milford High School: Annabelle Colonna as Agnes in She Kills Monsters
• The Williams School: Cameron Liberty as Jo March in Little Women
• Torrington High School: Melissa Sestito as Megan Jones in Puffs

39. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A CLASSICAL MUSICAL:
• Lewis Mills High School: Jason Warner as Charlie Brown in You’re A Good
Man, Charlie Brown
• New Milford High School: Joseph Sturino as Billy Flynn in Chicago
• Torrington High School: Patrick Minnerly as Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors
• Granby Memorial High School: Jacob Scotto as Joe in Damn Yankees

40. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A CLASSICAL MUSICAL:
• Granby Memorial High School: Haley Kaczka as Meg Boyd in Damn Yankees
• New Milford High School: Leah Lawson as Roxy Hart in Chicago
• Lewis Mills High School: Jillian Grustas as Lucy in You’re A Good Man, Charlie
Brown
• Torrington High School: Maya Murray as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors

41. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL:
• Suffield Academy: Eli Wiener as Frederic Frankenstein in Young Frankenstein
• Kinsella Magnet School: Dakarai Ferris as Manuel in Miss You Like Hell
• Kingswood Oxford: Ricardo Croes-Ball as Franklin Hart in 9 to 5
• Cromwell High School: Jack Midgley as Robbie Hart in The Wedding Singer
• Glastonbury High School: Garrett Molinari as Man in Chair in The Drowsy
Chaperone
• Conard High School: Declan Smith as Ren McCormack in Footloose
• New Britain High School: Ethan Roy as Lawrence Jameson in Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels
• Watertown High School: Keith Acuna as Sam in Mamma Mia!
• New Fairfield High School: Nicky Eklund as Horton in Seussical
• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Liam Sheeley as Troy Bolton in High School
Musical

42. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL:
• Kingswood Oxford: McKenzie Campbell as Violet in 9 to 5
• Glastonbury High School: Lynnbut Boyaji as Janet van de Graaff in The Drowsy
Chaperone
• Conard High School: Elizabeth Thibault as Ariel Moore in Footloose
• Watertown High School: Clara Pizzolorusso as Donna in Mamma Mia!
• New Fairfield High School: Maura Davis as JoJo in Seussical
• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Harper Carlson as Gabriella Montez in High
School Musical
• Canterbury School: Ava Faruol as Roxanne in Cyrano de Burger Shack
• Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Lindsay Dyndiuk as Cinderella in
Cinderella (Enchanted Edition)
• The Williams School: Cameron Liberty as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde

43. BEST PLAY:
• Hall High School: Medea
• Cromwell High School: The Brothers Grimm Spectacularthon
• Canterbury School: Radium Girls
• Granby Memorial High School: Radium Girls
• Lewis Mills High School: Middletown
• Northwestern Regional 7 High School: The Night Witches
• New Milford High School: She Kills Monsters
• The Williams School: Little Women
• Suffield Academy: The Play That Goes Wrong
• The Woodhall School: All in the Timing

44. BEST MUSICAL:
• New Milford High School: Chicago
• The Taft School: The Addams Family
• Suffield Academy: Young Frankenstein
• The Frederick Gunn School: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
• Kingswood Oxford: 9 to 5
• Cromwell High School: The Wedding Singer
• Glastonbury High School: The Drowsy Chaperone
• Conard High School: Footloose
• New Britain High School: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
• Watertown High School: Mamma Mia!
• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: High School Musical
• Canterbury School: Cyrano de Burger Shack