Thursday June 2, 2022 Halo Nominations Announced

Naugatuck CT

17 May, 2022

11:51 AM

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WATERBURY - Seven Angels Theatre has announced the Halo Award nominations for the evening of Thursday June 2, 2022. 1.BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY:• Canterbury School: Beckett Reynolds as Edward Markley/Dr. Von Sochocky in Radium Girls• Granby Memorial High School: Pearce Boit as Raymond Berry in Radium Girls• Torrington High School: Jozsef Herczeg as Finch in Puffs• New Milford High School: Joseph Sturino as Orcus in She Kills Monsters• Conard High School: Cameron Hoskins as Count Gregor in Fools 2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY:• Conard High School: Afaf Albur as Yenchna in Fools• Canterbury School: Irene Chen as Raymond Berry in Radium Girls• Torrington High School: Alexa Maniccia as Narrator in Puffs• New Milford High School: Leah Lawson as Lilith in She Kills Monsters• The Williams School: Rachel Harris as Aunt March in Little Women• Granby Memorial High School: Abby Caruso as Anna Fryer in Radium Girls 3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL:• The Taft School: Coleman Grustas as Lucas Beineke in The Addams Family• Kingswood Oxford: Justin Rios as Joe in 9 to 5• Cromwell High School: Thomas Pier as George in The Wedding Singer• Glastonbury High School: Colin Wechsler as Adolpho in The Drowsy Chaperone• Conard High School: Cameron Hoskins as Willard Hewitt in Footloose• Granby Memorial High School: Trevor Thompson as Van Buren in Damn Yankees• Watertown High School: Garth Betts as Harry in Mamma Mia!• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Bennett Pancoast as Ryan Evans in High School Musical• Torrington High School: James Butler as Orin Scrivello in Little Shop of Horrors 4. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL:• The Taft School: Kyla O'Byrne as Pugsley Addams in The Addams Family• Kingswood Oxford: Faith Potter as Roz in 9 to 5• Cromwell High School: Laiba Khan as Rosie in The Wedding Singer• Conard High School: Nina McIntyre as Rusty in Footloose• Lewis Mills High School: Jadyn Ubides as Snoopy in You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown• Granby Memorial High School: Sidney Henry as Gloria Thorpe in Damn Yankees• Watertown High School: Amarta Marku as Tanya in Mamma Mia!• New Milford High School: Rebekah Newman as Mama Morton in Chicago• New Fairfield High School: Sarah Bollacke as Sour Kangaroo in Seussical 5. BEST COMIC MALE PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY:• Conard High School: James Thibault as Magistrate in Fools• Cromwell High School: Cole Hills as The Devil in The Brothers Grimm Spectacularthon• Watertown High School: Mason Gowell as Mr. Green in Clue• Salisbury School: Niko Valcin as Leo Bloom in Comedic Scenes• The Woodhall School: Judah Rosner in All in the Timing 6. BEST COMIC FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY: • Conard High School: Afaf Albur as Yenchna in Fools• Cromwell High School: Soleil La Fontaine as Dwarf 1/Wicked Stepsister in The Brothers Grimm Spectacularthon• New Milford High School: Jack Maloney as Farrah the Faerie in She Kills Monsters• Torrington High School: Caroline Sienkiewicz as Myrtle/Fat Friar/Ghosts/Professors/Mr. Nick in Puffs• Suffield Academy: Nailah Estrada as Annie Twilloil in The Play That Goes Wrong 7. BEST COMIC MALE PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL:• The Frederick Gunn School: Alder Curry as Leaf Coneybear in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee• New Milford High School: Gavin Pullen as Amos Hart in Chicago• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Bryce Tindall as Zeke Baylor in High School Musical• Canterbury School: Qixiu "Neil" Yao as Jean Paul in Cyrano de Burger Shack• Cromwell High School: Cole Hills as Loser Guy/David Fonda/Billy Idol in The Wedding Singer• Glastonbury High School: Jason Korman as Underling in The Drowsy Chaperone 8. BEST COMIC FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL:• The Taft School: Audrey D'Autorio as Alice Beineke in The Addams Family• Watertown High School: Erica Gugliotti as Rosie in Mamma Mia!• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Mia Pugliares as Mrs. Darbus in High School Musical• Shepaug Valley School: Mollie Leonard as Lion in The Wizard of Oz• Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Alexa Carroll as Portia in Cinderella (Enchanted Edition)• The Williams School: Maria Carseli as Paulette in Legally Blonde• Lewis Mills High School: Savannah Duursema as Linus in You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown 9. BEST COSTUME DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:• Conard High School: Hannah Mallinson & Ella Rozsa for Fools• Canterbury School: Ren Kim & Fiona Mulheren for Radium Girls• Hall High School: Julianna Hagwood, Ell Zirolli & Sydney Martin for Almost, Maine• The Frederick Gunn School: Katherine Johnson, Emily Nussbaumer & Bunny Borzilleli for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee• Glastonbury High School: Grace Combs, Grace Clark, Julia Poliner, Toula Rumery & Neeyor Debtalea for The Drowsy Chaperone• New Britain High School: Dallas Bastek for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels• New Milford High School: Cole Bartmon, Katie Devine & Lila Jelenffy for Chicago• Shepaug Valley School: Bucky Nunes, Caroline Kibbe & Julianna Fontanilla for The Wizard of Oz• Torrington High School: Sophia Lestrud, Alexa Maniccia & Freja Harrel for Little Shop of Horrors 10. BEST HAIR AND/OR MAKEUP DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:• Glastonbury High School: Julia Poliner, Gaurisha Singh, Allison Campbell, Anna McCluskey, Grace Clark, Sabrina Pers, Shania Fields, Emma Boyce & Anaya Collins for The Drowsy Chaperone• The Taft School: Elle Smiley for The Addams Family• Canterbury School: Marjan Faqiri & Emerson Lilly for Cyrano de Burger Shack• The Frederick Gunn School: Natalie Perkins, Siena Taylor & Aryel Sealey for The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane• Watertown High School: Erica Gugliotti for Clue 11. BEST LIGHTING DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:• Conard High School: Allie Santana for Fools• Canterbury School: Katherine Datlow & Cate Bonnell for Radium Girls• Granby Memorial High School: Elliott Hosack for Radium Girls• Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Tobin Deshazo for The Night Witches• Shepaug Valley School: Jack Buchholz for The Thugs• New Fairfield High School: Courtney Weir for Almost, Maine• The Frederick Gunn School: Joshua Ly & Logan Bell for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Ashlyn Liedke, Kassandra Howe, Peyton Cirillo, Anastasia Gyorog & Kauren Howe for High School Musical• Torrington High School: Rowan Villar, Sam Hass, Leah Fosbrook & Natalie Knox for Little Shop of Horrors• Hall High School: Kiersten Holley & Jacob Herzog for Medea 12. BEST SOUND DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:• Canterbury School: Ella Caraluzzi & Madison Lang for Radium Girls• Glastonbury High School: Danny Silvester for Tom Jones• Shepaug Valley School: James Wise for The Thugs & The Wizard of Oz• Granby Memorial High School: Elliot Hosack & Kevin Harnois for Damn Yankees• The Williams School: Jack Suprenant, Nova Fink, Campbell Gray & Daniel Genevese for Little Women 13. BEST SCENIC DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:• The Frederick Gunn School: Natalie Perkins, Siena Taylor & Aryel Sealey for The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane• Shepaug Valley School: Grey Pomeroy & Jack Buchholz for The Thugs• Hall High School: Nona Ferney for Almost, Maine• Kinsella Magnet School: Isaac Torres, Keely Segui, Ciara Gonzalez, Tariq Compton, Ethan Negron, Moise Zebie & Stephanie Grant for Miss You Like Hell• Glastonbury High School: Andrew Taylor, Heather Bronzi, Julia Parkin, Toula Rumery, Sophia Gibilisco , Cal Fucci, Angela Gould, Elizabeth Galjan & Lynn Boyaji for The Drowsy Chaperone• Granby Memorial High School: Caelum Janski & Bree Wallace for Damn Yankees• Watertown High School: Dilan Mathews, Megan Mordarski, Olivia Eshoo, Erin Pienczkowski, Abby Gallagher & Set Crew for Mamma Mia!• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Aja Jelks, Madison Blanks, Bridget Higgins, Lucy Zajack, Giovanna Judge, Caitlyn Reilly, Destiny Romans, Lukas Simko, Kathryn Frutchey & Megan Whalen for High School Musical • Canterbury School: Andrew Martin, Beckett Reynolds, Andrew Ji, Fiona Mulheren & Marjan Faqiri for Cyrano de Burger Shack• Shepaug Valley School: Grey Pomeroy & Thomas Day for The Wizard of Oz• Torrington High School: Samantha Warren, Jillian Gombos, Sabrina Toimil, Jucas Whalen, Max Vibert & Emma Hardee for Little Shop of Horrors 14. BEST PROPS DESIGN AND/OR MANAGEMENT:• The Frederick Gunn School: Natalie Perkins & Aryel Sealey for The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane• Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Reason Kristoffer for The Night Witches• Watertown High School: Megan Mordarski & Evan Elliott for Mamma Mia!• Canterbury School: Laurie Etienne, Colleen Gallagher & Ren Kim for Cyrano de Burger Shack• The Williams School: Maria Carseli, Palmer Connelly, Campbell Gray, Carrie Greco, Nova Frink, Anna Milne, Fiona Morrison & Max Savin for Legally Blonde• Torrington High School: Sophia Lestrud & Ella Campas-Hathaway for Puffs• Torrington High School: Ella Campas-Hathaway for Little Shop of Horrors 15. BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS• Granby Memorial High School: Bre Wallace & Brendon Wallace for Radium Girls• Kinsella Magnet School: Isaac Torres for Miss You Like Hell• New Milford High School: Annabelle Colonna, Roman Fuller, Nat Brown, Trinity Mink & Wreden Wandeloski for She Kills Monsters• Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Sam Kaszas for Cinderella (Enchanted Edition)• New Fairfield High School: Sarah Bollacke, Frankie Colao-Pineyro & Ben McKiernan for Seussical 16. BEST RUNNING CREW:• The Taft School: Run Crew for The Addams Family• Lewis Mills High School: Run Crew for Middletown• Kinsella Magnet School: Run Crew for Miss You Like Hell• Cromwell High School: Run Crew for The Wedding Singer• Granby Memorial High School: Run Crew for Damn Yankees• Watertown High School: Run Crew for Mamma Mia!• New Fairfield High School: Run Crew for Seussical• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Run Crew for High School Musical• Canterbury School: Run Crew for Cyrano de Burger Shack• Suffield Academy: Run Crew for The Play That Goes Wrong 17. BEST STAGE MANAGMENT:• Canterbury School: Fiona Mulheren (SM), Mia McFadden, Owen Wang (ASMs) for Radium Girls• Lewis Mills High School: Paige Zimmerman (SM), Kiana Bollyer, Emma Fallon (ASMs) for Middletown• The Frederick Gunn School: Quinn Heddon (PSM) for The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane• Suffield Academy: Luna Kwon (PSM) for Young Frankenstein & The Play That Goes Wrong• Glastonbury High School: Rachel Mondschein (PSM), Kaitlyn Shaffner, Neeyor Devtale, Astrin Krane (SMs) for The Drowsy Chaperone• Watertown High School: Megan Mardarski (PSM), Erin Pienczykowski, Melanie Martinelli, Olvia Eshoo (ASMs) for Mamma Mia!• New Fairfield High School: Frankie Colao-Pineyro, Grace Kersting (PSMs) for Seussical & Almost, Maine• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Lucy Zajack (PSM), Bridget Higgins, Kaelin DaSilva, Mairan Hall, Thomas Lemieux, Nate Lowry, Jakob Pytel & Lukas Simko (ASMs) for High School Musical• The Williams School: Anna Milne (SM) for Little Women & Legally Blonde• Hall High School: Ava Major (SM), Styx Hatch, Julianna Hagwood (ASMs) for Medea 18. BEST INCIDENTAL OR ORIGINAL MUSIC IN A PLAY:• Granby Memorial High School: Hannah Council for Radium Girls• The Frederick Gunn School: Will Dyer for The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane• Shepaug Valley School: James Wise for The Thugs• The Williams School: Emma Tanabe for Little Women• Hall High School: Josh Murphy for Medea 19 BEST PROGRAM ART:• New Fairfield High School: Amelia McPartlin for Seussical• Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Cecily Eyre for The Night Witches• Shepaug Valley School: Katelyn McGuire for The Wizard of Oz• Torrington High School: Samantha Warren for Little Shop of Horrors 20. BEST ORCHESTRA:• Glastonbury High School: Orchestra of The Drowsy Chaperone• Conard High School: Orchestra of Footloose• New Milford High School: Orchestra of Chicago 21. BEST DANCING:• The Taft School: The Addams Family• Suffield Academy: Young Frankenstein• Kingswood Oxford: 9 to 5• Glastonbury High School: The Drowsy Chaperone• Conard High School: Footloose• Watertown High School: Mamma Mia!• New Milford High School: Chicago• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: High School Musical 22. BEST FEATURED DANCER(S):• Conard High School: Isabela Robertson in Footloose• Lewis Mills High School: Jadyn Ubides as Snoopy in You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown• Kingswood Oxford: Frank Pu in 9 to 5 23. BEST SPECIALTY ENSEMBLE:• The Taft School: Diana Braghis, Grace Deng, Grace Kenney, Jasmine Pun, Carm Sievers, Elle Smiley, Marina Tanaka, Chance Terry & Catherine Zhao as The Ancestors in The Addams Family• Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Lillian Cutler, Calleigh Franklin, Amanda Geiger, Teagan Wright, Jayden Dawson, Laurel Denver, Maya Gorski, & Madison Marshall for The Night Witches• Kingswood Oxford: McKenzie Campbell, Avery Schiff & Serafina Squatrito as Violet, Judy & Doralee in 9 to 5• Conard High School: Nina McIntyre, Marlena Pegolo & Sophia Pegolo as Rusty, Wendy Jo & Urleen in Footloose• Watertown High School: Clara Pizzolorusso, Amarta Marku & Erica Gugliotti as Donna, Tanya & Rosie in Mamma Mia!• New Milford High School: Emma Moore, Abby Staib, Diya Sukumaran, Isabella Bergman & Emma Henderson for Cell Block Tango in Chicago• Shepaug Valley School: Mailyn Santana, Mia Francesca Melatti & Mollie Leonard as Scarecrow, Tin Man & Lion in The Wizard of Oz• The Woodhall School: Sean Finnegan, Judah Rosner & Teddy Lykouretzos as Charlie, Joe & Frank in Mere Mortals in All in the Timing 24. BEST CHORUS:• Suffield Academy: Young Frankenstein• The Frederick Gunn School: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee• Kingswood Oxford: 9 to 5• Cromwell High School: The Wedding Singer• Glastonbury High School: The Drowsy Chaperone• Conard High School: Footloose• Watertown High School: Mamma Mia!• New Milford: Chicago• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: High School Musical 25. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY:• Canterbury School: Andrew Martin as Tom Kreider in Radium Girls• Granby Memorial High School: Prior Waskan as Tom Kreider in Radium Girls• Torrington High School: Ehtan MacRae as Oliver Rivers in Puffs• New Milford High School: Gavin Pullen as Chuck in She Kills Monsters• The Williams School: Michael Galla as Professor Bhaer in Little Women• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Joseph Lallier as David Benjamin in God's Favorite 26. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY:• Canterbury School: Ruari Bamrick as Kathryn Schaub in Radium Girls• Granby Memorial High School: Molly Laird as Kathryn Schaub in Radium Girls• New Milford High School: Isabelle Bergman as Tilly in She Kills Monsters• The Williams School: Marissa Slocumb as Amy March in Little Women• Hall High School: Lauren Shilansky as Kreon in Medea• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Chelsea Valli as Sara Benjamin in God's Favorite• Torrington High School: Freyja Harrel as Sally Perks in Puffs 27. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL:• The Taft School: Benjamin White as Uncle Fester in The Addams Family• Suffield Academy: Tyler Cooper as Igor in Young Frankenstein• Cromwell High School: Ian McMillan as Sammy in The Wedding Singer• Conard High School: Elijah Rivera as Rev. Shaw Moore in Footloose• New Britain High School: Miguel Pagan as Freddy Benson in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels• Watertown High School: Christian Welcome as Bill in Mamma Mia!• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Dominic Liquori as Chad Danforth in High School Musical• Canterbury School: Bryce Stone as Christian in Cyrano de Burger Shack• Torrington High School: Ethan Macrae as Mr. Mushnik in Little Shop of Horrors 28. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL:• The Taft School: Claire Roberts as Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family• Kinsella Magnet School: Abigail Delgado as Olivia in Miss You Like Hell• Kingswood Oxford: Serafina Squatrito as Doralee in 9 to 5• Cromwell High School: Emily Sullivan as Holly in The Wedding Singer• Glastonbury High School: Toula Rumery as The Drowsy Chaperone in The Drowsy Chaperone• New Britain High School: Andrea Sims as Muriel Eubanks in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels• Watertown High School: Ruth Fomo as Sophie in Mamma Mia!• New Milford High School: Cassandra Williams as Velma Kelly in Chicago• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Mattingly Veilleux as Sharpay Evans in High School Musical• Shepaug Valley School: Harlequin Sullivan as The Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz 29. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A COUPLE OR DYNAMIC DUO IN A PLAY:• Cromwell High School: Kyla Burgess & Emily Sullivan as Narrator 1 & Narrator 2 in The Brothers Grimm Spectacularthon• Hall High School: August Kittleson & Lauren Shilansky as Dave & Rhonda in Almost, Maine• New Milford High School: Diya Sukumaran & Julia Gearing as Evil Tina & Evil Gabbi in She Kills Monsters• Salisbury School: Niko Valcin & Dom Valcin as Leo Bloom & Max Bialystock in Comedic Scenes• The Williams School: Cameron Liberty & Michael Galla as Jo March & Professor Bhaer in Little Women• The Woodhall School: Judah Rosner & Hayes Talbot as Gunther & Bill in Sure Thing in All in the Timing• Granby Memorial High School: Prior Waskan & Sydney Henry as Reporter & Sob Sister in Radium Girls 30. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A COUPLE OR DYNAMIC DUO IN A MUSICAL:• The Taft School: Leo Kaplan & Mina Xiao as Gomez & Morticia in The Addams Family• Suffield Academy: Paige August & Trent Hieber as Elizabeth and The Monster in Young Frankenstein• Cromwell High School: Julia Sciucco & Jack Midgley as Julia & Robbie in The Wedding Singer• Conard High School: Nina McIntyre & Cameron Hoskins as Rusty & Willard in Footloose• Watertown High School: Garth Betts & Christian Welcome as Harry & Bill in Mamma Mia!• New Fairfield High School: Nicky Eklund & Claire Kuntze as Horton & Gertrude in Seussical• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Mattingly Veilleux & Bennett Pancoast as Sharpay & Ryan in High School Musical• Canterbury School: Andrew Martin & Bryce Stone as Cyrano & Christian in Cyrano de Burger Shack• Torrington High School: Patrick Minnerly & Maya Murray as Seymour & Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors 31. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN AN ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION:• Cromwell High School: The Brothers Grimm Spectacularthon• Lewis Mills High School: Middletown• Shepaug Valley School: The Thugs• Hall High School: Almost, Maine• The Frederick Gunn School: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee• The Woodhall School: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)• Suffield Academy: The Play That Goes Wrong 32. BEST MALE STANDOUT PERFORMANCE IN AN ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION:• Cromwell High School: Cole Hills as The Devil in The Brothers Grimm Spectacularthon• Lewis Mills High School: Jackson Chase as John Dodge in Middletown• The Frederick Gunn School: Alder Curry as Edward Tulane in The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane• Glastonbury High School: Tom Fahey as Partridge in Tom Jones• Hall High School: August Kittleson as Dave in Almost, Maine• Salisbury School: Dom Valcin as Oscar Madison/Max Bialystock in Comedic Scenes• The Frederick Gunn School: Liam Koval as Chip in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee• Suffield Academy: Robert Grove as Trent Hieber in The Play That Goes Wrong• The Woodhall School: Sean Finnegan in All in the Timing• The Woodhall School: Noah Greenfield as Soothsayer/King John/Gertrude in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) 33. BEST FEMALE STANDOUT PERFORMANCE IN AN ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION:• Cromwell High School: Emily Sullivan as Narrator 2 in The Brothers Grimm Spectacularthon• Lewis Mills High School: Savannah Duursema as Mary Swanson in Middletown• The Frederick Gunn School: Audrey Richards as Pellegrina/Martin/Margory/Jack/Crow Pellegrina/Lydia Clarke for The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane• Hall High School: Lauren Shilansky as Rhonda in Almost, Maine• Watertown High School: Clara Pizzolorusso as Miss Scarlet in Clue 34. FEARLESS AWARD:• Northwestern Regional 7 High School: The Night Witches• Shepaug Valley School: The Thugs• Hall High School: Medea 35. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A CLASSICAL PLAY:• Conard High School: Declan Smith as Leon Tolchinsky in Fools• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Dominic Liquori as Joe Benjamin in God's Favorite• Hall High School: August Kittleson as Jason in Medea 36. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A CLASSICAL PLAY:• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Paula Opeña as Sidney Lipton in God's Favorite• Hall High School: Jenny Brown as Medea in Medea• Conard High School: Elizabeth Thibault as Sophia Zubritsky in Fools 37. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A CONTEMPORARY PLAY:• Canterbury School: Qixiu (Neil) Yao as Arthur Roeder in Radium Girls• Torrington High School: James Butler as Wayne Hopkins in Puffs• Granby Memorial High School: Kevin Davis as Arthur Roeder in Radium Girls 38. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A CONTEMPORARY PLAY:• Canterbury School: Bella Carioscia as Grace Fryer in Radium Girls• Granby Memorial High School: Hayden Mueller as Grace Fryer in Radium Girls• New Milford High School: Annabelle Colonna as Agnes in She Kills Monsters• The Williams School: Cameron Liberty as Jo March in Little Women• Torrington High School: Melissa Sestito as Megan Jones in Puffs 39. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A CLASSICAL MUSICAL:• Lewis Mills High School: Jason Warner as Charlie Brown in You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown• New Milford High School: Joseph Sturino as Billy Flynn in Chicago• Torrington High School: Patrick Minnerly as Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors• Granby Memorial High School: Jacob Scotto as Joe in Damn Yankees 40. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A CLASSICAL MUSICAL:• Granby Memorial High School: Haley Kaczka as Meg Boyd in Damn Yankees• New Milford High School: Leah Lawson as Roxy Hart in Chicago• Lewis Mills High School: Jillian Grustas as Lucy in You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown• Torrington High School: Maya Murray as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors 41. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL:• Suffield Academy: Eli Wiener as Frederic Frankenstein in Young Frankenstein• Kinsella Magnet School: Dakarai Ferris as Manuel in Miss You Like Hell• Kingswood Oxford: Ricardo Croes-Ball as Franklin Hart in 9 to 5• Cromwell High School: Jack Midgley as Robbie Hart in The Wedding Singer• Glastonbury High School: Garrett Molinari as Man in Chair in The Drowsy Chaperone• Conard High School: Declan Smith as Ren McCormack in Footloose• New Britain High School: Ethan Roy as Lawrence Jameson in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels• Watertown High School: Keith Acuna as Sam in Mamma Mia!• New Fairfield High School: Nicky Eklund as Horton in Seussical• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Liam Sheeley as Troy Bolton in High School Musical 42. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL:• Kingswood Oxford: McKenzie Campbell as Violet in 9 to 5• Glastonbury High School: Lynnbut Boyaji as Janet van de Graaff in The Drowsy Chaperone• Conard High School: Elizabeth Thibault as Ariel Moore in Footloose• Watertown High School: Clara Pizzolorusso as Donna in Mamma Mia!• New Fairfield High School: Maura Davis as JoJo in Seussical• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: Harper Carlson as Gabriella Montez in High School Musical• Canterbury School: Ava Faruol as Roxanne in Cyrano de Burger Shack• Northwestern Regional 7 High School: Lindsay Dyndiuk as Cinderella in Cinderella (Enchanted Edition)• The Williams School: Cameron Liberty as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde 43. BEST PLAY:• Hall High School: Medea• Cromwell High School: The Brothers Grimm Spectacularthon• Canterbury School: Radium Girls• Granby Memorial High School: Radium Girls• Lewis Mills High School: Middletown• Northwestern Regional 7 High School: The Night Witches• New Milford High School: She Kills Monsters• The Williams School: Little Women• Suffield Academy: The Play That Goes Wrong• The Woodhall School: All in the Timing 44. BEST MUSICAL:• New Milford High School: Chicago• The Taft School: The Addams Family• Suffield Academy: Young Frankenstein• The Frederick Gunn School: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee• Kingswood Oxford: 9 to 5• Cromwell High School: The Wedding Singer• Glastonbury High School: The Drowsy Chaperone• Conard High School: Footloose• New Britain High School: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels • Watertown High School: Mamma Mia!• Mercy & Xavier High Schools: High School Musical• Canterbury School: Cyrano de Burger Shack