Tuesday Evening Halo Award Winners Announced at Waterbury's Palace Theater

Pictured: Students from Immaculate High School perform "Tradition" from their 2017 production of 'Fiddler on the Roof.' Immaculate won the Halo for BEST CLASSICAL MUSICAL and Logan Monaco as Tevye (far right) won for BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A CLASSICAL MUSICAL. Photo by Nancy Sasso Janis

Waterbury, CT - The Tuesday evening Halo Award winners were announced at the Palace Theater in Waterbury. The Halo Awards are presented annually by Seven Angels Theatre. This year Johnny Tammaro (Peter in 'A Room of My Own' at Seven Angels) filled in as the host of the awards show with the always wonderful Jimmy Donohue as his co-host.

TUESDAY MAY 30th, 2017 HALOS WINNERS:

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play:
• Newington High School: Eddie Cruz as Deputy Governor Danforth in The Crucible
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play:
• Watertown High School: Madison McNulty as Tina-Louise in Snow Angel
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical:
• Notre Dame Catholic High School: Tony Addorisio as Thenardier in Les Miserables
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical:
• Pomperaug High School: Lauren Stango as Alice Beineke in The Addams Family
Best Comic Male Performance in a Play:
• The Woodhall School: Alexander Neuschotz as Nagg in Endgame
Best Comic Female Performance in a Play:
• E.O. Smith High School: Meagan Thomas as Autolycus in The Winter’s Tale
Best Comic Male Performance in a Musical:
• Torrington High School: Justin Torres as Willard Hewitt in Footloose
Best Comic Female Performance in a Musical:
• Newington High School: Isabella Boutin as Grandma Addams in The Addams Family
• The Taft School: Kaedi Dalley as Donkey in Shrek the Musical
Best Costume Design:
• Westbrook High School: Kate Wallace, Christine Banks, Tirzah Blomquist, Kelsey Xenelis, Victoria Koplas for Footloose
Best Hair and/or Makeup Design:
• Lauralton Hall: Rory Woods for Shrek the Musical
Best Lighting Design:
• Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Charlotte Heuschkel for Les Miserables/The Taming of the Shrew
Best Sound Design:
• Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Jack Rogerson, Joe Leach for Dystopia! The Hungry Maze Game of Divergent Death
Best Scenic Design:
• Nonnewaug High School: Eric Mockovak for Bye Bye Birdie
Best Props Design and/or Management:
• Nonnewaug High School: Isabella Cenatiempo, Sydney Pennell for Bye Bye Birdie
Best Running Crew:
• Avon High School: Run Crew for Seussical the Musical
Best Stage Management:
• Wamogo High School: Zoie Rinaldi for Sister Act
• Stonington High School: Joey Hinckley, Lily Careb for Anything Goes
Best Original Program Cover Design or Artwork:
• Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Hannah Denette for Into The Woods
Best Orchestra:
• Avon High School: Seussical the Musical
Best Incidental or Original Music in a Play:
• Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Willow Stewart for The Taming of the Shrew
Best Dancing:
• Immaculate High School: Fiddler on the Roof
Best Featured Dancer:
• Nonnewaug High School: Kate Rupar for Bye Bye Birdie
Best Choreographer:
• Southington High School: Kate Falco, Samantha Greenslate for Seussical the Musical
Best Specialty Ensemble:
• Kinsella Magnet School: Emily Gonzales, Sean Svalestad, Aurora Boe, Chardae Guy, Briana Mack, Ali Nitowski, Sofia Rosato, Donovan Shaw, Jasmine Fedele & Daynah Richburg for Raise Me Up in Violet
Best Chorus:
• Stonington High School: Anything Goes
Gypsy of the Year:
• Stonington High School: Lauren DeCarlo
Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Play:
• W.F. Kaynor Techinical High School: Chris Pilitowski as Reverend Samuel Parris in The Crucible
Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Play:
• Stonington High School: Grace Gilbert as Kathryn Schaub in Radium Girls
Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Musical:
• Stonington High School: Will Cavaliere as Moonface Martin in Anything Goes
Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Musical:
• Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Karissa Cooper as Cosette in Les Miserables
Best Performance by a Couple or Dynamic Duo in a Play:
• Farmington High School: Matt Plona & Noor Taweh as George & Mary Bailey in It’s A Wonderful Life
Best Performance by a Couple or Dynamic Duo in a Musical:
• St. Luke’s School: Charlie Hobbs & Dylan Antonioli as Angel Schunard & Tom Collins at Rent
Best Performance by a Cast in an Ensemble Production:
• Classical Magnet School: The Women
Best Male Standout Performance in an Ensemble Play or Musical:
• Classical Magnet School: Neo Valentin as William Barfeè in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Best Female Standout Performance in an Ensemble Play or Musical:
• Classical Magnet School: Clare DiMaiolo as Edith Potter in The Women
Fearless Award:
• The Taft School: Dog Sees God
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Classical Play:
• St. Luke’s School: Peter Leventhal as Joe Keller in All My Sons
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Classical Play:
• St. Luke’s School: Grace Cashman as Kate Keller in All My Sons
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Contemporary Play:
• Holy Cross High School: Michael Perkins as John (Joseph) Merrick in The Elephant Man
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Contemporary Play:
• Holy Cross High School: Meghan Booth as Mrs. Madge Kendal in The Elephant Man
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Classical Musical:
• Immaculate High School: Logan Monaco as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Classical Musical:
• Watertown High School: Jennifer Beveridge as Princess Winifred in Once Upon A Mattress
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Contemporary Musical:
• Avon High School: Parker Smith as Horton the Elephant in Seussical the Musical
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Contemporary Musical:
• Salisbury School: Isabella Pinto as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors
Best Classical Play:
• St. Luke’s School: All My Sons
Best Contemporary Play:
• Greens Farms Academy: The Laramie Project
Best Classical Musical:
• Immaculate High School: Fiddler on the Roof
Best Contemporary Musical:
• Shepaug Valley High School: The Theory of Relativity