Tuesday Night Halo Award Winners Announced

Pictured above: The cast of the WAMS production of 'Memphis' gave the final performance on Tuesday evening Photo by Nancy Sasso Janis

Tuesday May 29th Halo Award WINNERS

1.BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY:
• Westbrook High School: Ben Schrek as Edward Markley in Radium Girls

2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY:
• Immaculate High School: Nicole Kolitsas as Feste in Twelfth Night

3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL:
• Notre Dame High School: Antonio Mantero as The Mysterious Man in Into The Woods

4. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL: TIE
• St. Luke’s School: Amelia Wyckoff as Little Sally in Urinetown
• Stonington High School: Ivy Allik as Marmee in Little Women

5. BEST COMIC MALE PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY:
• Holy Cross High School: Nick Pietrarazio as Camille Chandebise in A Flea In Her Ear

6. BEST COMIC FEMALE PEFORMANCE IN A PLAY:
• Pomperaug High School: Zakeeyah Johnson as Dixie in A Most Curious Phenomenon

7. BEST COMIC MALE PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL:
• Waterbury Arts Magnet School: Dior Barnes as Bobby in Memphis
• Lauralton Hall: Antonio Mantero as Prince Herbert in Spamalot

8. BEST COMIC FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL:
• Westbrook High School: Emma Parkhurst as Enid Hoopes in Legally Blonde

9. BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
• St. Luke’s School: Chloe Kekedjian for Boeing-Boeing/Urinetown

10. BEST HAIR AND/OR MAKEUP DESIGN:
• Farmington High School: Rebekah Moses for The Crucible

11. BEST LIGHTING DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
• Ellington High School: Will Daigle, Spencer Leach, Sophia Reale & Sydney Avtges for The Endless Arc

12. BEST SOUND DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
• Shepaug Valley High School: Maxwell Krantz for The Stranger/The 1940s Radio Hour

13. BEST SCENIC DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
• The Gunnery: Charles DeVos, Hailey Lovallo, Ross O’Connor for Rent

14. BEST PROPS DESIGN AND/OR MANAGEMENT:
• Westbrook High School: Elnora Amenta for Radium Girls

15. BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
• Nathan Hale-Ray High School: Cameron Jirowetz & Jack Rogerson for It’s A Wonderful Life

16. BEST RUNNING CREW:
• Watertown High School: Run Crew for Cinderella (Enchanted Edition)

17. BEST STAGE MANAGEMENT:
• Holy Cross High School: William Guglielmo, Caitlin Dreyer & Omofolade Olusanya for A Flea In Her Ear

18. BEST ORIGINAL PROGRAM COVER DESIGN OR ARTWORK
• Nonnewaug High School: Dean Jones for Footloose

19. BEST ORCHESTRA:
• Bristol Eastern High School: All Shook Up

20. BEST INCIDENTAL OR ORIGINAL MUSIC IN A PLAY:
• Guilford High School: William Breeze for Metamorphoses

21. BEST DANCING:
• Newington High School: Beauty And The Beast

22. BEST FEATURED DANCER(S)
• Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts: Madeline Duval in A Chorus Line

23. BEST CHOREOGRAPHER:
• Torrington High School: Aubrie Dell’Agnese for In The Heights

24. BEST SPECIALTY ENSEMBLE IN A PLAY:
• The Taft School: Milan Moudry, Tania Tsunik, Gerry Calles, Will de Melo, Louise Gagnon & Mihir Nayar as The Six Hamlets in The Tragedy of Hamlet

25. BEST SPECIALTY ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL:
• Chase Collegiate School: Kathleen Green & Kennedy Morris as Louise & June in Gypsy

26. BEST CHORUS:
• Waterbury Arts Magnet School: Memphis
GYPSY OF THE YEAR - Tyler Nizzardo of WAMS

27. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY:
• Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Benjamin Black as Burgomaster in The Visit

28. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY:
• Classical Magnet School: Vanessa Rayne as Julia Gibbs in Our Town

29. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL:
• Newington High School: Matthew Plourd as Lumiere in Beauty And The Beast

30. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL:
• Torrington High School: Alexia Fox as Abuela Claudia in In The Heights

31. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A COUPLE OR DYNAMIC DUO IN A PLAY:
• Classical Magnet School: Linda Shewokis & Neo Valentin as Emily & George in Our Town

32. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A COUPLE OR DYNAMIC DUO OR MORE IN A MUSICAL: TIE
• Stonington High School: Grace Gilbert, Ivy Allik & Lauren DeCarlo as Violet, Judy & Doralee in 9 To 5
•Notre Dame Catholic High School: Paul Keegan & Mary Keden as Shaw & Vi in Footloose

33. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN AN ENSEMBLE PLAY:
• Cromwell High School: Almost, Maine

34: BEST PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN AN ENSEMBLE MUSICAL:
• Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts: A Chorus Line

35. BEST MALE STANDOUT PERFORMANCE IN AN ENSEMBLE PLAY:
• W.F. Kaynor Technical High School: Tyler Rivera as Sir Lawrence Wargrave in And Then There Were None

36. BEST FEMALE STANDOUT PERFORMANCE IN AN ENSEMBLE PLAY:
• Watertown High School: Madison McNulty as Television Announcer in The Great All-American Musical Disaster

37. BEST STANDOUT PERFORMANCE IN AN ENSEMBLE MUSICAL:
• Kinsella Magnet School: Dean Martin as Mike Dillard in Working

38.FEARLESS AWARD:
• Northwestern Regional 7 High School: The Visit

39. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A CLASSICAL PLAY:
• Farmington High School: Matt Plona as John Proctor in The Crucible

40. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A CLASSICAL PLAY:
• Classical Magnet School: Gabby Kunzika as Stage Manager in Our Town

41. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A CONTEMPORARY PLAY:
• Ellington High School: Trevor Burch as Nikola Tesla in The Endless Arc

42. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A CONTEMPORARY PLAY:
• Westbrook High School: Christine Banks as Grace Fryer in Radium Girls

43. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A CLASSICAL MUSICAL:
• Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Jacob Taylor as Tevye in Fiddler On The Roof

44. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A CLASSICAL MUSICAL:
• Holy Cross High School: Christina Finkenzeller as Maria in West Side Story

45. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL:
• Torrington High School: Justin Torres as Usnavi in In The Heights

46. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL:
• Waterbury Arts Magnet School: Zani Scott as Felicia in Memphis

47. BEST CLASSICAL PLAY:
• The Taft School: The Tragedy Of Hamlet

48. BEST CONTEMPORARY PLAY:
• Pomperaug High School: A Most Curious Phenomenon

49. BEST CLASSICAL MUSICAL:
• Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts: A Chorus Line

50. BEST CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL:
• Guilford High School: School Of Rock