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

The high school students were awarded Halo Awards in 46 categories at the last (and louder) of the two evenings of the 14th annual Halo Awards.

WEDNESDAY MAY 31ST, 2017 HALO WINNERS:

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play:
• Woodland Regional High School: Matt LaPorta as Reverend Samuel Parris in The Crucible
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play:
• Woodland Regional High School: Jasmine Michie as Tituba in The Crucible
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical:
• Wolcott High School: Matthew Conroy as Nicely-Nicely Johnson in Guys and Dolls
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical:
• Waterbury Arts Magnet School: Brianna Crespo as Precious McGuire in Steel Pier
Best Comic Male Performance in a Play:
• Chase Collegiate School: Trey Atkins as Teddy Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace
Best Comic Female Performance in a Play:
• Westover School: Sarah Navias as Nick Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Best Comic Male Performance in a Musical:
• Sacred Heart Academy: Miguel Corzo as Chef Louis in The Little Mermaid
Best Comic Female Performance in a Musical:
• Bristol Central High School: Lauren Santiago as Grandma Addams in The Addams Family
Best Costume Design:
• New Britain High School: Jasmine Colapietro for The Little Mermaid
Best Hair and/or Makeup Design:
• Weston High School: Hope Goodrich, Cassandra Kelly, Eleanor English, Kelly Fenton-Samuels, Molly Morris, Kate Anderson for Little Shop of Horrors
Best Lighting Design:
• Suffield Academy: Oak Chaisathaporn for Sister Act/The Diary of Anne Frank
Best Sound Design:
• Seymour High School: Ejona Gjata for This Is A Test/Selfie
Best Scenic Design:
• Old Saybrook High School: Gabriel Castro & Megan Schulmeister for The Diary of Anne Frank
Best Props Design and/or Management:
• Oxford High School: Maya Torres for Grease
Best Running Crew:
• Crosby High School: Run Crew for West Side Story
Best Stage Management:
• Cromwell High School: Jenn Salce (PSM) for Rock of Ages
Best Original Program Cover Design or Artwork:
• Avery Gilloren from Woodland Regional High School for “The Crucible”
Best Orchestra:
• Ridgefield High School: Pippin
Best Incidental or Original Music in a Play:
• Darien High School: Evelyn Sload, Caeleigh O’Connor, Elizabeth Kelley, Isabelle Hole & Jack Savage for As You Like It
Best Dancing:
• New Canaan High School: The Will Rogers Follies
Best Featured Dancer:
• New Canaan High School: Maddie Friedland for The Will Rogers Follies
Best Choreographer:
• Woodland Regional High School: Laura Vitzoski, Eliana Cambra, Mary Pelkey for Guys and Dolls
Best Specialty Ensemble:
• Trinity Catholic High School: Domenica Lopez, Courtney Kollar & Grace McEvoy for Matchmaker in Fiddler on the Roof
Best Chorus:
• Valley Regional High School: Aida
Gypsy of the Year:
• Valley Regional High School: Lindsey Lent
Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Play:
• Hopkins School: Andrew Treat as Iago in Othello
Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Play:
• Woodland Regional High School: Cassandra Crowley as Mary Warren in The Crucible
Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Musical:
• Wolcott High School: Joseph Daddona as Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls
Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Musical:
• Northwest Catholic High School: Emily Driscoll as Ursula in The Little Mermaid
Best Performance by a Couple or Dynamic Duo in a Play:
• Chase Collegiate School: Jess Cocomazzi & Sydney Wyatt as Olive Madison & Florence Unger in The Odd Couple (Female Version)
Best Performance by a Couple or Dynamic Duo in a Musical:
• Mark T. Sheehan High School: Terrance Bogan & Johanna Croston as Lumiere & Babette in Beauty and the Beast
Best Performance by a Cast in an Ensemble Production:
• Hopkins School: Godspell
• Ellington High School: Romeo & Juliet & The Aliens
Best Standout Performance in an Ensemble Play:
• New Canaan High School: Ian McPeake as Rabbi Itzik in Feathers in the Wind
• Ridgefield High School: Sarah Thorn as Daria Chase in The Game’s Afoot
Best Standout Performance in an Ensemble Musical:
• Hopkins School: Tim Halvorsen as Jesus in Godspell
Fearless Award:
• Wilby High School: Rent
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Classical Play:
• Darien High School: Grady Allen as Orlando in As You Like It
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Classical Play:
• Westover School: Patricia Collins as Ivan Petrovich/Uncle Vanya in Uncle Vanya
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Contemporary Play:
• Trinity Catholic High School: Stephen Caponetti as Atticus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Contemporary Play:
• Bristol Central High School: Julia Nelson as Cinderella in Cinderella
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Classical Musical:
• Ridgefield High School: Tyler Carey as Pippin in Pippin
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Classical Musical:
• Ellington High School: Grace Hinckley as Maria Rainer in The Sound of Music
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Contemporary Musical:
• New Canaan High School: Joseph Turner as Will Rogers in The Will Rogers Follies
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Contemporary Musical:
• Suffield Academy: Katherine Kalill as Deloris Van Cartier in Sister Act
• Mark T. Sheehan: Samantha Spizzoucco as Belle in Beauty and the Beast
Best Classical Play:
• Westover School: Uncle Vanya
Best Contemporary Play:
• Seymour High School: This Is A Test/Selfie
Best Classical Musical:
• Hopkins School: Godspell
Best Contemporary Musical:
• Suffield Academy: Sister Act