Tuesday, May 27, 2025 Halo Award Nominations

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Tuesday, May 27, 2025 Nominations

1. BEST PERFORMANCE IN A FEATURED MALE ROLE IN A PLAY:
● Stamford High School: Sebastian Colfer as Banquo in Macbeth
● Bethel High School: Pedro DaSilva as Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
● Greenwich Country Day School: Declan O'Keefe as Mr. Kirby in You Can’t Take It
With You
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Michael Scholl as George Wickham in Pride and
Prejudice
● Darien High School: Brendan McDonnell as Deputy-Governor Danforth in The
Crucible
● King School: Adam Flynn as Tom Buchanan in The Great Gatsby
● Joel Barlow High School: Simone Lupo as Malvolio in Twelfth Night
● Wilton High School: Nick Somma as Sorting Hat/Snape in Harry Potter and the
Cursed Child
● Stratford High School: Edwards Griest as Dr. Einstein in Arsenic and Old Lace

2. BEST PERFORMANCE IN A FEATURED FEMALE ROLE IN A PLAY:
● Bethel High School: Fabiana Lima as Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Sophie Pennock Collins as Jane Bennet in Pride
and Prejudice
● Joel Barlow High School: Hannah Gourad as Feste the Jester in Twelfth Night
● Stratford High School: Emma Swansan as Elaine Harper in Arsenic and Old Lace
● Greenwich Country Day School: Riya Sharma as Rheba in You Can’t Take It
With You

3. BEST PERFORMANCE IN A FEATURED MALE ROLE IN A MUSICAL:
● Greens Farms Academy: Isla David as Judah/Benjamin Calypso Soloist in
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
● Westbrook High School: Jackson Baxter as Twig in Bring it On
● St. Luke's School: Hugh Demark as Harry in Mamma Mia!
● Darien High School: CJ Schorr in Les Miserables
● Trumbull High School: Britton McGrath as Zebulun in Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Alec Bossio as Karl in Big Fish
● New Canaan High School: Thomas Pisant as Marius in Les Miserables
● Brien McMahon High School: Sebastian Reinoso as Crutchie in Disney’s
Newsies
● King School: Steven Blanco as Marius in Les Miserables

● Fairfield College Preparatory School: Peter Moreno as Malvolio in Shaina Taub’s
Twelfth Night

4. BEST PERFORMANCE IN A FEATURED FEMALE ROLE IN A MUSICAL:
● Westbrook High School: Natalia Fineza as Nautica in Bring it On
● Ridgefield High School: Charlotte Gray as Glinda, the Good Witch of the North in
The Wizard of Oz
● Darien High School: Cece Cummins as Eponine in Les Miserables
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Sophie Pennock Collins as The Witch in Big Fish
● New Canaan High School: Isa Temple as Eponine in Les Miserables
● New Fairfield High School: Lexi Vavolizza as Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors
● King School: Hathaway Liparidis as Eponine in Les Miserables
● Bethel High School: Nyah Rodriguez as Little Sally in Urinetown
● Westover School: Makayla Lewis as Beth March in Little Women
● Bunnell High School: Leila Thompson as Taylor McKessie in Disney’s High
School Musical

5. BEST PERFORMANCE IN A COMIC MALE ROLE IN A PLAY:
● Ridgefield High School: Casey Fischer as Black Stache in Peter and the
Starcatcher
● New Canaan High School: Jack Dooley as Sir Charles Warren in Jack the
Ripper: Monster of Whitechapel
● New Fairfield High School: Andrew Nittolo Nivotny in The Dining Room
● Westover School: Molly Ge as Smee in Peter and the Starcatcher

6. BEST PERFORMANCE IN A COMIC FEMALE ROLE IN A PLAY:
● Wooster School: Marley Dixon as Bessie in Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the
Sea
● Greenwich Country Day School: Lyla Sheedy as Gay Wellington in You Can’t
Take It With You
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Amanda Petri as Lydia Bennet in Pride and
Prejudice
● New Fairfield High School: Lilah Bender in The Dining Room
● Fairfield College Preparatory School: Catherine Kelly as Louison in The
Imaginary Invalid
● Wilton High School: Sophia DeVito as Moaning Myrtle in Harry Potter and the
Cursed Child
● Weston High School: Lily Moskoff as Rosaline/Gertrude in Unexpected
Developments

7. BEST PERFORMANCE IN A COMIC MALE ROLE IN A MUSICAL:
● Bunnell High School: Scott Ezarik as Santa in Elf the Musical
● Ridgefield High School: Casey Fischer as Zeke/Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of
Oz
● Newtown High School: Warner Bacon as Barnaby in Hello, Dolly!
● Bethel High School: Fabiana Lima as Officer Lockstock in Urinetown
● Weston High School: Lily Moskoff as William Barfee in The 25th Annual Putnam
County Spelling Bee
● Fairfield College Preparatory School: Joshua Salazar as Toby Belch in Shaina
Taub’s Twelfth Nigth
● Westhill High School: Paul Ferris as Charles in Pippin
● New Fairfield High School: Andrew Nittolo-Novotny as Mr. Mushnik in Little Shop
of Horrors
● Fairfield Warde High School: Stephen Petrosino as King in Rodgers &
Hammerstein’s Cinderella

8. BEST PERFORMANCE IN A COMIC FEMALE ROLE IN A MUSICAL:
● St. Luke's School: Alex Sheinkin as Rosie in Mamma Mia!
● Westover School: Lily Pan as Aunt March in Little Women
● Stamford High School: Sabina Farley as Maggie Jones in 42nd Street
● Westhill High School: Lilah Gordon as Berthe in Pippin
● Greenwich Country Day School: Charlotte Best as Summer in School of Rock
● Bunnell High School: Aislynn Small as Deb in Elf the Musical

9. BEST COSTUME DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
● Brien McMahon High School: Trinity Cannon & Jemima Frantz for Romeo and
Juliet
● Stamford High School: Zoe Guaman for Macbeth & 42nd Street
● New Canaan High School: Radea Raleva for Jack the Ripper: Monster of
Whitechapel
● Joel Barlow High School: Grey Krois & Abigail L. Supon for Twelfth Night
● Westover School: Gazal Desai, Deanna Gallant, Louisa Fredlund, Milah White,
Dora Xu, Hina Xu & Joy Zhang for Peter and the Starcatcher
● Wooster School: Ellie Brower for Urinetown
● Westbrook High School: Neave Hinckley, Selina Erekson & Emily Bonner for
Puffs
● Darien High School: Savannah Buys, Inara Chickles & Samantha Riley for Les
Miserables
● Stratford High School: Orchid Tejada for Disney’s Newsies

● Wilton High School: Talullah Adler, Emily Durkee, Meira Flavin & Odin Spencer
for Big Fish

10. BEST HAIR AND/OR MAKEUP DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
● Westhill High School: Ava Sanchez for 12 Angry Jurors
● Wilton High School: Meira Flavin & Amy Turcios for Harry Potter and the Cursed
Child
● Stratford High School: Lilah Bausher, Mina Fernandes, Ashley Garcia, Talia
Leonetti, Lena Nguyen & Ariana Poche for Arsenic and Old Lace
● Trumbull High School: Rachel Dizney & Giada Licursi for Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
● Darien High School: Godfrey Gelineau for Les Miserables
● Joel Barlow High School: Grey Krois & Addison McCarthy for Urinetown

11. BEST LIGHTING DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
● New Fairfield High School: Evelyn Zegley & Brennan Lombard for The Dining
Room
● Darien High School: Anna Kays for The Crucible
● Greens Farms Academy: Aiden Bruce for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat
● Westbrook High School: Matthew Izzo & B.B. Bachinski for Bring it On
● Joel Barlow High School: Angela Humphrey, Randy Rivera, Abby Becker & Iris
LaMastro-Angela for Twelfth Night
● St. Luke's School: Gavin Kirsher & Dean Kelly for Mamma Mia!
● Weston High School: Zain Chaudhry, Eli Schlecter, Delia McQuown & Reese
Axelrod for Unexpected Developments & The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee
● Greenwich Country Day School: Nate Smith for School of Rock
● Arts at the Capitol Theater Performing Arts Magnet High School: Andrew
Grzywacz, Adrian Hernandez, Ayesha Cook, Giselle De Paz, Alex Figueroa
Torres, Shane Gilluly, Kay Healy, Jacob Holder, Jesenia Manley, Anthony Ramos,
Mia Rivera-Strate, Savannah Smith, Willow Solomon, Tadhg Somerset & Noah
Wilson for Hadestown
● Fairfield Warde High School: Ryan Kurjiaka for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s
Cinderella

12. BEST SOUND DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
● Stamford High School: Will DeSantis & Basil Lintern for Macbeth
● Trumbull High School: Nicholas Ivanovich for A Simpler Time

● New Fairfield High School: Erik Muhlenberg & Ainsley Flower for The Dining
Room & Little Shop of Horrors
● Greens Farms Academy: Julia Broder for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat
● Westbrook High School: Karl Schilling, Jack McKeith, Jacob Bennett & Junkyu
Ham for Puffs
● Newtown High School: Meghan Bailey & Emily Anderson for Hello, Dolly!
● Weston High School: Caroline Bautista & Ray Lim for Unexpected Developments
● Arts at the Capitol Theater Performing Arts Magnet High School: Mia
Rivera-Strate for Hadestown

13. BEST SCENIC DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
● Ridgefield High School: Lloyd Mills & Helen Fitelson for Peter and the
Starcatcher
● Westhill High School: Kimberly Aragon, Jadyn Pettway, Guillermo Jaquez
Palacios, Basil Rivera, Cristian Retana Portillo & Diego Bentiez Ospina for 12
Angry Jurors
● Arts at the Capitol Theater Magnet High School: Joshua Cooper, Andrew
Grzywacz, Ofelia Ochoa, Tadhg Somerset, Jesenia Manley, Ayesha Cook,
Savannah Smith, Stephen Caldwell & Andrew Anderson for A Christmas Carol
● New Canaan High School: Bennett Gropper, Henry Tate & Andrew Meli for Jack
the Ripper: Monster of Whitechapel & Les Miserables
● Darien High School: Marianne Tsocanos, Cooper Anderson & Jackie Thomas for
The Crucible & Les Miserables
● Stratford High School: Riley Buyskes, Graydon Kirkham, Maggie LaReau, Billy
McKay, Orchid Tejada, Juana Vicens, Zoe Baird, Jayla Ely, Shabaz Henry, Ace
Mellen, Lena Nguyen & Ben Zafe for Arsenic and Old Lace
● St. Luke's School: Lara Kusche, Sophia Roddy & Moxie Cooper for Mamma Mia!
● Wooster School: Christos Chiotis, Jack Weinberg & Hannah Rogell for Urinetown
● Newtown High School: Cormac Elliot, Lucia St. Lorenzo, Mary Guion & Parker
Mauri for Hello, Dolly!
● Joel Barlow High School: Ezra Nemore for Urinetown
● Westover School: Soleil Asano, Keela Walsh, Andra West, Memphis Ramirez,
Chloe Hallock, Nicole Etchie, Catherine Kaitibie, Katherine Mongeau, Talon
Schultz, Alison Smart, Liliian Chavez, Evan Zhao, Jayrette Villavicenzio & Dora
Xu for Little Women
● Bunnell High School: Briana Siksay & Corey Paternoster for Disney’s High
School Musical

14. BEST PROPS DESIGN:
● Ridgefield High School: Full Cast for Peter and the Starcatcher

● Wooster School: Todd Muralles & Jack Weinberg for Sometimes the Rain,
Sometimes the Sea
● Greenwich Country Day School: Nate Smith for You Can’t Take It With You
● Westbrook High School: Lily Creeron, Ayla Czenthe & Sophie Furcolo for Puffs
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Ava Eldredge for Big Fish
● Joel Barlow High School: Felecia Van Malderghem, Jade Collins & Lessandro
Cruz for Urinetown
● Brien McMahon High School: Anita Alcoser & Meghan Patel for Disney’s
Newsies
● Westover School: Keela Walsh & Alison Smart for Little Women
● Westhill High School: Paul Ferris, Niko Rinaldi & Brian Brown for Pippin
● Stamford High School: Miranda Rotstein for 42nd Street

15. BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS:
● Wooster School: Rudy Kiernan for Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea &
Urinetown
● St. Luke’s School: Gavin Kirshner for Almost, Maine
● Westover School: Soleil Asano, Memphis Ramirez, Andra West & Angela Zhou
for Peter and the Starcatcher
● New Fairfield High School: Blu Arbesman for Little Shop of Horrors
● Wilton High School: Will DeBernardis for Big Fish

16. BEST RUNNING CREW:
● Bunnell High School: Run Crew for Elf the Musical
● Bethel High School: Run Crew for A Midsummer Night’s Dream
● Westbrook High School: Run Crew for Bring it On
● Ridgefield High School: Run Crew for The Wizard of Oz
● King School: Run Crew for Les Miserables
● Greenwich Country Day School: Run Crew for School of Rock
● Greens Farms Academy: Run Crew for Clue
● Wilton High School: Run Crew for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

17. BEST STAGE MANAGEMENT:
● Bunnell High School: Brianna Siksay (PSM), Corey Paternoster, Matilda Tote
(ASMs) for Elf the Musical
● Arts at the Capitol Theater Magnet High School: Jesenia Manley (SM), Adrian
Hernandez (ASM) for A Christmas Carol
● Darien High School: Marianne Tsocanos (PSM), Oyinade Akinrinade, Charlie
Wichman (ASMs) for The Crucible

● Greens Farms Academy: Jayden Berry (SM), Cameron Zapanta (ASM) for
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat & Clue
● Westbrook High School: Reagan Zambrello (SM) for Bring it On & Puffs
● Joel Barlow High School: Alison Espejo (SM) for Twelfth Night
● Wilton High School: Kendra Ward (PSM), Shae Farago (SM), Julia Richards,
Hayden Zapotosky (ASMs) for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
● St. Luke’s School: Aviva Moss (SM) for Almost, Maine & Mamma Mia!
● King School: Teagan Robinson (SM) for Les Miserables
● Fairfield Warde High School: Rebecca Curtis (SM) for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s
Cinderella

18. BEST INCIDENTAL OR ORIGINAL MUSIC IN A PLAY:
● Brien McMahon High School: Sabrina Arastu for Romeo and Juliet
● Bethel High School: Jordan Caprio, Ethan Nguten & Kara Rondano for A
Midsummer Night’s Dream
● Darien High School: David Lui for The Crucible
● King School: King School for The Great Gatsby
● Fairfield College Preparatory School: Erick Pacheco for The Imaginary Invalid
● Westbrook High School: Karl Schilling for Puffs
● Weston High School: Patrick Sullivan for Unexpected Developments

19. BEST PROGRAM ART:
● Greenwich Country Day School: Mika Dunne for You Can’t Take It With You
● Joel Barlow High School: Angela Humphrey for Twelfth Night
● Ridgefield High School: Mackenzie Klugman for The Wizard of Oz
● Wooster School: Hannah Rogell for Urinetown
● Trumbull High School: Linh Tran & Dexter Ferguson for Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Katelyn O’Connell for Big Fish
● Weston High School: Emily Arais for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling
Bee
● Westover High School: Chau Nguyen for LIttle Women

20. BEST ORCHESTRA:
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Orchestra of Pride and Prejudice
● Darien High School: Orchestra of Les Miserables
● New Fairfield High School: Orchestra of Little Shop of Horrors
● Bethel High School: Orchestra of Urinetown
● Weston High School: Orchestra of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
● Fairfield Warde High School: Orchestra of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella

● Fairfield College Preparatory School: Orchestra of Shaina Taub’s Twelfth Night
● Wilton High School: Orchestra of Big Fish
21. BEST DANCING:
● Westbrook High School: Bring It On
● Trumbull High School: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
● Brien McMahon High School: Disney’s Newsies
● Stamford High School: 42nd Street
● Bunnell High School: Disney’s High School Musical
22. BEST FEATURED DANCER(S):
● Westhill High School: Sunia Gadtaula in Pippin
● Stamford High School: Kaylee Deenihan in 42nd Street
● Wooster School: Jack Rand in Urinetown

23. BEST SPECIALTY ENSEMBLE:
● Stamford High School: Adele Samsonas, Zoe Guaman & Krystal Manalo as The
Witches in Macbeth
● St. Luke's School: Ali DeFillipo, Juliet Geraci, & Alex Sheinkin in Mamma Mia!
● Ridgefield High School: Jaden Delong, Grace Pepin & Gabby Tuttle as The Trio
in The Wizard of Oz
● Wooster School: Marley Dixon, Kayla Feder, Natalie Mettler, Arthur Jaccard,
Aubrey Benmosche, Damercy Artau, Elena Kraus & Avery Gingold for Cop Song
in Urinetown
● Trumbull High School: Claudia Cleri, Isabella Corica & Juliana Hemond as The
Narrators in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

24. BEST CHORUS:
● Darien High School: Les Miserables
● Trumbull High School: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Big Fish
● Joel Barlow High School: Urinetown
● New Canaan High School: Les Miserables
● Brien McMahon High School: Disney’s Newsies
● Stratford High School: Disney’s Newsies
● Westhill High School: Pippin
● Stamford High School: 42nd Street
● Fairfield College Preparatory School: Shaina Taub’s Twelfth Night
● Wilton High School: Chorus of Big Fish

25. BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING MALE ROLE IN A PLAY:
● Stamford High School: Mateo Daniels as Macduff in Macbeth
● Bethel High School: Jeremy Finn as Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
● Greenwich Country Day School: Zach Bostock as Tony Kirby in You Can’t Take It
With You
● King School: Bruno Reinhofer Riberio as Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby
● Wilton High School: Finnegan Ryder as Harry Potter in Harry Potter and the
Cursed Child

26. BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING FEMALE ROLE IN A PLAY:
● Brien McMahon High School: Liza Powell as Juliet’s Nurse in Romeo and Juliet
● Bethel High School: Francesca DelGardo as Helena in A Midsummer Night’s
Dream
● Joel Barlow High School: Alexis Sanchez as Olivia in Twelfth Night
● Greenwich Country Day School: Charlotte Best as Alice in You Can’t Take It With
You
● Darien High School: Milana Melnick as Abigail Williams for The Crucible
● King School: Avery Murphy as Jordan Baker in The Great Gatsby
● Wilton High School: Daisy Beach as Ginny Weasley-Potter in Harry Potter and
the Cursed Child
● Stratford High School: Riley Buyskes as Martha Brester in Arsenic and Old Lace

27. BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING MALE ROLE IN A MUSICAL:
● Greens Farms Academy: Ben Grimm as Pharaoh in Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat
● Newtown High School: Ashton Almeter as Cornelius in Hello, Dolly!
● Darien High School: Hugh Winegar as Javert in Les Miserables
● Trumbull High School: Isabella Cabral as Pharaoh in Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Luke Silence as Will Bloom in Big Fish
● New Canaan High School: Nicholas Mohamad as Javert in Les Miserables
● Brien McMahon High School: Paul Chemysh as Davey in Disney’s Newsies
● Stratford High School: Brennan Kelly as Davey in Disney’s Newsies
● Westover School: Logan Montalvo as Prof. Bhaer in Little Women
● Bunnell High School: Stephan Calzone as Ryan Evans in Disney’s High School
Musical

28. BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING FEMALE ROLE IN A MUSICAL:
● Ridgefield High School: Mackenzie Klugman as The Wicked Witch of the West in
The Wizard of Oz

● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Audrey Compare as Josephine Bloom in Big Fish
● Joel Barlow High School: Kate Krug as Penelope Pennywise in Urinetown
● King School: Maria Sharavarnyk as Fantine in Les Miserables
● Bethel High School: Ava Santoianni as Penelope Pennywise in Urinetown
● Westover School: Mia McConnon as Amy March in Little Women
● Greenwich Country Day School: Willa Ball as Patty Di Marco in School of Rock
● Stamford High School: Lola Duhov as Dorothy Brock in 42nd Street
● Fairfield College Preparatory School: Grace Stern as Olivia in Shaina Taub’s
Twelfth Night
● Bunnell High School: Lydia Bhowmik as Sharpay Evans in Disney’s High School
Musical

29. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A COUPLE OR DYNAMIC DUO IN A PLAY:
● Ridgefield High School: Anahit Abernathy & Grace Pepin as Ted & Prentiss in
Peter and the Starcatcher
● Wooster School: Jack Rand & Carly Rae as Edvard & Ina in Sometimes the Rain,
Sometimes the Sea
● Brien McMahon High School: Zachary Young & Kyla McGovern as Romeo &
Juliet in Romeo and Juliet
● Fairfield College Preparatory School: Clara Connolly & Logan Thidemann as
Toinette & Baralde in The Imaginary Invalid
● Wilton High School: Gavin Rafferty & Evan Johnson as Albus Potter & Scorpius
Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
● Westover School: Logan Altenburger & Makayla Lewis as Prentiss & Ted in Peter
and the Starcatcher

30. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A COUPLE OR DYNAMIC DUO IN A MUSICAL:
● Wooster School: Marley Dixon & Kayla Feder as Officers Lockstock & Barrel in
Urinetown
● New Canaan High School: Andrew Meli & Radea Raleva as Thenardier & Mme.
Thenardier in Les Miserables
● Weston High School: Sofia Abreu & Bill Austin as Rona Lisa Peretti & Douglas
Panch in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
● Stratford High School: Owen Pirozzoli & Brennan Kelly as Jack & Davey in
Disney’s Newsies
● Westhill High School: Niko Rinaldi & Grace Gerard as Pippin & Catherine in
Pippin
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Ainsley Dahlstrom & Olivia Farrell as Stepsisters
in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella

● Joel Barlow High School: Hannah Gourad & Therese Unfried as Officer
Lockstock & Little Sally in Urinetown

31. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN AN ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION:
● Ridgefield High School: Peter and the Starcatcher
● Wooster School: Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea
● Westhill High School: 12 Angry Jurors
● Arts in the Capitol Theater Magnet High School: A Christmas Carol
● New Fairfield High School: The Dining Room
● St. Luke’s School: Almost, Maine
● Westover School: Peter and the Starcatcher
● Westbrook High School: Puffs
● Weston High School: Unexpected Developments
● Weston High School: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
32. BEST STANDOUT PERFORMANCE IN A MALE ROLE IN AN ENSEMBLE
PRODUCTION:
● Ridgefield High School: Lloyd Mills as Boy/Peter in Peter and the Starcatcher
● Westhill High School: Tristan Kozlowski as Juror #8 in 12 Angry Jurors
● Arts in the Capitol Theater Magnet High School: Antony Ramos Pagan as
Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol
● Trumbull High School: Luke Hatzis as Fendrel/Alex/Dad in A Simpler Time
● New Canaan High School: Jack Dooley as Sir Charles Warren in Jack the
Ripper: Monster of Whitechapel
● Fairfield College Preparatory School: Logan Thidemann as Beralde in The
Imaginary Invalid
● St. Luke’s School: Cole McQuaid as Jimmy/Lendall/Dave in Almost, Maine
● Westover School: Kendra Graf as Boy/Peter in Peter and the Starcatcher
● Weston High School: Bill Austin as Douglas Panch in The 25th Annual Putnam
County Spelling Bee
● Greens Farms Academy: James Schumacher as Colonel Mustard in Clue

33. BEST STANDOUT PERFORMANCE IN A FEMALE ROLE IN AN ENSEMBLE
PRODUCTION:
● Ridgefield High School: Abigail Black as Molly Astor in Peter and the Starcatcher
● Wooster School: Amelie Simard as Rain Cloud in Sometimes the Rain,
Sometimes the Sea
● Westhill High School: Sophia Chu as Juror #4 in 12 Angry Jurors
● Arts in the Capitol Theater Magnet High School: Jehieli Blanco as Mrs.
Cratchit/Miss Fezziwig/Topper Topson/Mrs. Dilber in A Christmas Carol

● Trumbull High School: Linh Tran as Marley in A Simpler Time
● New Fairfield High School: Alexa Vavolizza in The Dining Room
● Fairfield College Preparatory School: Clara Connolly as Toinette in The
Imaginary Invalid
● Westover School: Gabby Feaggins as Molly Aster in Peter and the Starcatcher
● Weston High School: Lulu Mann as Olive Ostrovsky in The 25th Annual Putnam
County Spelling Bee
● Greens Farms Academy: Alexis Campbell as Mrs. Peacock in Clue

34. BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING MALE ROLE IN A PLAY:
● Brien McMahon High School: Zachary Young as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet
● Stamford High School: Jane McNamara as Macbeth in Macbeth
● Bethel High School: Willa Zalaznick as Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
● Greenwich Country Day School: Shep O'Keefe as Martin Vanderhof in You Can’t
Take It With You
● Darien High School: Kellan Leonard as John Proctor in The Crucible
● Joel Barlow High School: Skylar Giblin as Orsino in Twelfth Night
● Stratford High School: Orchid Tejada as Mortimer Brewster in Arsenic and Old
Lace
● King School: Zach Louzios as Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby

35. BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING FEMALE ROLE IN A PLAY:
● Brien McMahon High School: Kyla McGovern as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet
● Greenwich Country Day School: Daphne Hentsch-Cowles as Penelope
Sycamore in You Can’t Take It With You
● Joel Barlow High School: Kristina Stranik as Viola in Twelfth Night
● Stratford High School: Katherine Miller as Abby Brewster in Arsenic and Old
Lace
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Audrey Compare as Lizzy Bennet in Pride and
Prejudice
● Wilton High School: Nicole Allers as Delphi Diggory in Harry Potter and the
Cursed Child

36. BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING MALE ROLE IN A CLASSICAL
MUSICAL:
● Greens Farms Academy: Brian Twitchell as Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat
● Ridgefield High School: Lloyd Mills as Hunk/Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz
● Newtown High School: Theo Anderson as Horace Vandergelder in Hello, Dolly!
● Darien High School: Darragh Hallinan as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables

● Trumbull High School: Luke Hatzis as Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat
● New Canaan High School: Henry Tate as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables
● New Fairfield High School: Shane Dwy as Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors
● King School: Zach Louizos as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables
● Westhill High School: Niko Rinaldi as Pippin in Pippin

37. BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING FEMALE ROLE IN A CLASSICAL
MUSICAL:
● Greens Farms Academy: Alexis Campbell as The Narrator in Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
● Ridgefield High School: Abigail Black as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz
● Newtown High School: Gabriella Corona as Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly!
● New Canaan High School: Serena Peterson as Cosette in Les Miserables
● New Fairfield High School: Chloe Petzold as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors
● King School: Isabella Kolenberg as Cosette in Les Miserables
● Westhill High School: Isla Cruz as Leading Player in Pippin
● Stamford High School: Kate Morton as Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street

38. BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING MALE ROLE IN A CONTEMPORARY
MUSICAL:
● Bunnell High School: Stephen Calzone as Buddy the Elf in Elf the Musical
● Wooster School: Grayson Aspen as Bobby Strong in Urinetown
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Michael Scholl as Edward Bloom in Big Fish
● Joel Barlow High School: Skylar Giblin as Bobby Strong in Urinetown
● Brien McMahon High School: Zach Young as Jack Kelly in Disney’s Newsies
● Bethel High School: Jeremy Finn as Bobby Strong in Urinetown
● Greenwich Country Day School: Sawyer Young as Dewey Finn in School of Rock
● Arts at the Capitol Theater Performing Arts Magnet High School: Alec Soto as
Orpheus in Hadestown
● Fairfield College Preparatory School: Cam Paisley as Orsino in Shaina Taub’s
Twelfth Night
● Wilton High School: Finnegan Ryder as Edward Bloom in Big Fish

39. BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING FEMALE ROLE IN A CONTEMPORARY
MUSICAL:
● Westbrook High School: Ana Dias Heringer as Campbell in Bring it On
● St. Luke's School: Ali DeFillipo as Donna in Mamma Mia!
● Wooster School: Amelie Simard as Hope Cladwell in Urinetown
● Joel Barlow High School: Annie Peters as Hope Cladwell in Urinetown

● Brien McMahon High School: Liza Powell as Katherine Plummer in Disney’s
Newsies
● Westover School: Logan Altenburger as Jo March in Little Women
● Arts at the Capitol Theater Performing Arts Magnet High School: Aliyah Rosaro
as Eurydice in Hadestown
● Fairfield Warde High School: Sadie Smith as Cinderella in Rodgers &
Hammerstein’s Cinderella
● Fairfield College Preparatory School: Clara Connolly as Viola in Shaina Taub’s
Twelfth Night
● Bunnell High School: Mandy Siman as Gabriella Montez in Disney’s High School
Musical
● Wilton High School: Daisy Beach as Sandra Bloom in Big Fish

40. BEST CLASSICAL PLAY:
● Westhill High School: 12 Angry Jurors
● Stamford High School: Macbeth
● Bethel High School: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
● Greenwich Country Day School: You Can’t Take It With You
● New Canaan High School: Jack the Ripper: Monster of Whitechapel
● New Fairfield High School: The Dining Room
● Darien High School: The Crucible
● Stratford High School: Arsenic and Old Lace

41. BEST CONTEMPORARY PLAY:
● Ridgefield High School: Peter and the Starcatcher
● Wooster School: Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Pride and Prejudice
● King School: The Great Gatsby
● Wilton High School: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
● St. Luke’s School: Almost, Maine
● Westbrook High School: Puffs
● Weston High School: Unexpected Developments

42. BEST CLASSICAL MUSICAL:
● Greens Farms Academy: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
● Ridgefield High School: The Wizard of Oz
● Darien High School: Les Miserables
● Trumbull High School: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
● New Canaan High School: Les Miserables
● New Fairfield High School: Little Shop of Horrors

● King School: Les Miserables
● Westhill High School: Pippin
● Stamford High School: 42nd Street

43. BEST CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL:
● Westbrook High School: Bring it On
● Wooster School: Urinetown
● Fairfield Ludlowe High School: Big Fish
● Joel Barlow High School: Urinetown
● Weston High School: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
● Westover School: Little Women
● Arts at the Capitol Theater Performing Arts Magnet High School: Hadestown
● Fairfield College Preparatory School: Shaina Taub’s Twelfth Night
● Bunnell High School: Disney’s High School Musical
● Wilton High School: Big Fish