Rocky Point HS Students Take Home 2 1st Place At Teeny Awards

ROCKY POINT, NY — Rocky Point High School students took home two first-place honors at the East End Arts Council’s annual Teeny Awards at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center on Sunday.

Brenna Kiernan won Outstanding Performer in a Play, Musical/Mini-Musical or Musical Revue in high school for “Musical Revue: A Broadway Revue.” Kiernan, along with Tessa Cunningham and Samantha Leversen, also took first-place honors for Best Duet/Trio Performance in a Musical Revue for “Webber Love Trio” in the same stage performance.

The high school was well-represented at the event, having a total of nine nominees altogether, including, Grace Benedetto, Chris Carley, Jillian Carley, Adam Olszewski, Renee Ortiz, and Jacey Ruisi.

The students, who worked along with Mary Donovan and Jaimie Mancini, were lauded at the ceremony for the obstacles they overcame to perform “creatively” during the pandemic, school district officials said.

“The Teeny Awards were such an exciting event,” Mancini stated in a news release, adding, “It was a wonderful way to honor our students for all of their tremendous talent and efforts throughout this year.”