Seven Angels Theatre

Our Tenth Anniversary!

May 28 and 29
At the Waterbury Palace Theater

We are proud to announce the tenth Anniversary of The Halo Awards. This year they will be bigger and better than ever with TWO nights of awards! For 2013 we will have up to 50 schools participating in Connecticut’s premiere High School Theatre awards.

Seven Angels Theatre pioneered these awards back in 1994 and have been growing ever since. Many of our award winners have gone on to professional theatre careers, but all have left with a fantastic and fun experience that they will remember for a long, long time.

The Halo Awards are given not only to actors, but those students who are behind the scenes. The purpose of Halo Awards is to acknowledge and congratulate all of the young adults who participate in high school theatre.

This year we will have more schools than ever participating from all over Connecticut. It is going to a fun night for all. Come back in few months for a detailed list of nominees.

Listed below are the nominations
for the 2012 Halo Awards (updated)

MUSICALS

Best Classic Musical (Pre-1965)
• Stonington- The Sound of Music
• Housatonic Valley- South Pacific
• Wamogo- Anything Goes
• The Gunnery- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
• New Fairfield- Once Upon a Mattress
• WAMS- Singin’ in the Rain
• Cheshire- The Music Man
• Shepaug- Pajama Game

Best Contemporary Musical (Post-1965):
• Taft- Beauty & the Beast
• Litchfield- You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
• Guilford- Evita
• Watertown- Seussical
• Immaculate- Miss Saigon
• Bristol Central- High School Musical
• Woodland Regional- Once on this Island
• Nonnewaug- Grease

Best Actor in a Musical:
• WAMS- Jack Saleeby as Don Lockwood in Singin’ in the Rain
• Litchfield- Kenny Lautz as Charlie Brown in You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
• Shepaug- Billy Heyne as Sid Sorokin in Pajama Game
• Housatonic Valley- Myles Clohessy as Emile DeBecque in South Pacific
• Bristol Central- Jerry Albino as Troy Bolton in High School Musical
• Guilford- Michael Sullivan as Che in Evita
• Watertown- Christopher Varanko as Horton in Seussical
• Immaculate- Michael Hudak as Engineer in Miss Saigon

Best Actress in a Musical:
• Taft- Jillian Wipfler as Belle in Beauty & The Beast
• Litchfield- Rachel Rubin as Lucy Van Pelt in You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
• Shepaug- Grace Kellogg as Babe Williams in Pajama Game
• Housatonic Valley- Jill Cannon as Nellie Forbush in South Pacific
• Cheshire- Emma Gannon-Salomon as Marian Paroo in The Music Man
• Wamogo- Clare Burke as Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes
• Guilford- Devin Patton as Eva the Saint in Evita
• Immaculate- Deanna Lasco as Kim in Miss Saigon

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical:
• Litchfield- Kramer Kwalick as Linus Van Pelt You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
• Shepaug- Nate Steers as Vernon Hines in Pajama Game
• Woodland Regional- Robert Wiener as Papa Ge in Once on this Island
• Housatonic Valley- RJ Thomson as Lt. Joe Cable in South Pacific
• WAMS- Louis Cubille as Cosmo Brown in Singin’ in the Rain
• Guilford- Kyle Bejnerowicz as Juan Peron in Evita
• Bristol Central- Derek Cole as Ryan Evans in High School Musical
• Crosby- Justin Scott as Tinman in The Wiz

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical:
• Taft- Caitlin Kennedy as Mrs.Potts in Beauty & The Beast
• Stonington- Libby Hall as Elsa Schrader in The Sound of Music
• Litchfield- Kate LaGattuta as Sally Brown in You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
• Shepaug- Adrienne Dembeck as Gladys Hotchkiss in Pajama Game
• Wamogo- Sarah Paisley as Hope Harcourt in Anything Goes
• Guilford- Caroline Shelton as Peron’s Mistress in Evita
• Immaculate- Laura McKee as Ellen in Miss Saigon
• Bristol Central- Samantha Putko as Sharpay Evans in High School Musical

Best Featured Actor in a Musical:
• Taft- Chris Browner as Lumiere in Beauty & The Beast
• Oxford- Matt Weisgable as Nicely Nicely Johnson in Guys & Dolls
• Litchfield- Jimmy Pavlick as “Snoopy in You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
• Shepaug- Brendan Welsh as Myron Hasler in Pajama Game
• Housatonic Valley- Efraim Hermes as Luther Billis in South Pacific
• Wamogo- Nick Santovasi as Moonface Martin in Anything Goes
• Guilford- Alex Rosa as Magaldi in Evita
• Bristol Central- Nate Owens as Chad Danforth in High School Musical

Best Featured Actress in a Musical:
• Stonington- Haley Barravecchia as Liesl in The Sound of Music
• Stonington- Dana Shroyer as Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music
• Litchfield- Kate LaGattuta as Sally Brown in You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
• The Gunnery- Sarah Shulman as Philia in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
• Nonnewaug- Alexa Constantini as Betty Rizzo in Grease
• Shepaug- Heather Snow as Mabel in Pajama Game
• Bristol Central- Morganne Gilbert as Ms. Darbus in High School Musical

Best Couple in a Musical- 2nd performer:
• Taft- Jillian Wipfler and Jacob Goldstein as Belle & the Beast in Beauty & The Beast
• Stonington- Haley Barravecchia and Cory Candelet as Liesl & Rolf in The Sound of Music
• New Fairfield- Marcus Schenck & Regan Mulrooney as Dauntless and Winifred in Once Upon A Mattress
• Shepaug- Grace Kellogg and Billy Heyne as Babe & Sid in Pajama Game
• Housatonic Valley- Jill Cannon & Myles Clohessy as Nellie & Emile in South Pacific
• Wamogo- Sarah Paisley & Billy Grambo as Hope and Billy in Anything Goes
• Woodland Regional- Katherine Steinbacher & Daniel Lyons as Ti Moune & Daniel in Once on this Island
• Nonnewaug- Erin Brick & Robert Peterson as Sandy & Danny in Grease

Best Comic Male Performance in a Musical:
• Taft- Max Flath as Gaston in Beauty & The Beast
• The Gunnery- Jack Douglas as Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
• Litchfield- Jimmy Pavlick as “Snoopy You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
• Shepaug- Nate Steers as Vernon Hines Pajama Game
• Wolcott- Michaelangelo Mancini as Hugo Peabody in Bye Bye Birdie
• Bristol Central- Graham Washburn as Jack Scott in High School Musical
• Torrington- Alex Polzun as The Lion in The Wiz
• Nonnewaug- Jake Vollmer as Kinicke in Grease

Best Comic Female Performance in a Musical:
• Watertown- Jen Bavone as Mayzie LaBird in Seussical
• Cheshire- Nathalya Diosa as Mrs. Paroo in The Music Man
• Wamogo- Stephanie Davis as Bonnie LaTour in Anything Goes
• Taft- Emily Nelson as Babette in Beauty & the Beast
• Litchfield- Rachel Rubin as Lucy Van Pelt in You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
• Wolcott- Aislyn Fredsal at Mae Peterson in Bye Bye Birdie
• Shepaug- Adrienne Dembeck as Gladys Hotchkiss in Pajama Game
• New Fairfield- Sarah Gelb as The Jester in Once Upon A Mattress

Best Acting by an Ensemble Cast in a Musical:
• Litchfield – You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
• Kennedy- 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
• Woodland Regional- Once On This Island
• Watertown- Seussical

Best Specialty Ensemble in a Musical:
• Oxford- The Hot Box Girls in Guys and Dolls
• Stonington- The Nuns Chorus in The Sound of Music
• Housatonic Valley- The Seabees: “There Is Nothing Like a Dame” in South Pacific
• Cheshire- The Barbershop Quartet in The Music Man
• Woodland Regional- The Four Gods in Once on This Island
• Guilford- Soldiers & Aristocrats Ensemble in Evita
• WAMS- The Beautiful Girls in Singin’ in the Rain
• Watertown- The Bird Girls in Seussical

Best Dancing:
• WAMS- Singin’ in the Rain
• Litchfield- You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
• Guilford- Evita
• Bristol Central-High School Musical
• Wamogo-Anything Goes
• Cheshire- The Music Man
• Torrington- The Wiz

Best Featured Dancer(s):

• Taft- Natasha Batten, Anna Farrell, Mackenzie Erdman, Jenna Longo, Matt LaBrie, Ballet dancers in Beauty & the Beast
• Shepaug- Adrienne Dembeck, Ellery Rourk and Ray Cook in “Steam Heat”, Pajama Game
• Cheshire- Michael Parisi as Salesman in The Music Man
• Crosby- Juston Scott as Tinman in The Wiz
• Wolcott- Alexa Farrell as Ursula in Bye Bye Birdie
• Torrington- Alex Polsun as the Tornado in The Wiz
• Guilford- Alex Rosa & Alex Shay as the Tango Dancers in Evita

Best Orchestra: (Students only or predominantly students)
• Taft- Beauty & The Beast
• Litchfield- You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
• New Fairfield- Once Upon A Mattress
• Woodland Regional- Once on this Island
• Guilford- Evita
• Watertown- Seussical
• Torrington- The Wiz
• Nonnewaug- Grease

Best Student Choreographer
• Nonnewaug- Shanara Bauer, Choreographer & Nicole Drost, Tumbling & Stunts for Grease
• Litchfield- Christina Zaharevich for You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
• Bristol Central- Samantha Putko, Kayla Ziozas, Jenna Melnick, Paige McCarthy for High School Musical
• WAMS- Jack Saleeby for Singin’ in the Rain

Best Ensemble Chorus in a Musical: GYPSY ROBE CATEGORY
• Taft- Beauty and the Beast
• Stonington- The Sound of Music
• Woodland Regional- Once On This Island
• Wolcott- Bye Bye Birdie
• Guilford- Evita
• Bristol Central- High School Musical
• Torrington- The Wiz
• New Fairfield- Once Upon A Mattress

Honored Gypsies:
• Bristol Central, Mitch Gagnon
• Chase Collegiate, Emily Kish
• Cheshire, Michaela Quinlan
• Guilford, Jackie Searles
• The Gunnery, Rita Han
• Holy Cross, Joanna Flaminio
• Housatonic Valley, Sheri Rybczyk
• Immaculate High School, Emily Fredette
• Litchfield, Christina Zaharevich
• New Fairfield, Emmet Forester
• Oxford, James Kostka
• Shepaug, Margaux Maxwell
• Stonington, Ian Capozzoli
• Torrington, Katrina Spriggs
• Wamogo, Jake Finch
• Watertown, Amber White
• Wolcott, Janine Sirois
• Woodland Regional, Catherine Pelkey

Fearless Award (Musical)- Language, subject
• Chase- The Scarlet Pimpernel
• Immaculate- Miss Saigon

PLAYS
Best Classic Play: (Pre-1965)
• Cheshire- Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Bristol Central- Romeo & Juliet
• Torrington- The Crucible
• Holy Cross- Richard III
• Chase- Our Town
• Naugatuck- And Then There Were None
• Bethel- Blithe Spirit

Best Contemporary Play: (Post 1965)
• Woodhall-Lord of the Flies
• Stonington- Lend Me a Tenor
• Pomperaug- Cassandra
• Chase- New York
• Chase- Frankenstein
• Taft- Roomies
• WAMS- Esperanza Rising

Best Actor in a Play:
• Pomperaug- Dan Dressel as Helenus in Cassandra
• Cheshire- Ryan Hannon as Oberon in Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Stonington- Austin Almeida as Max in Lend Me a Tenor
• Shepaug Valley- Billy Heyne as Henry Drummond in Inherit the Wind
• Chase- Tom Aviles as Victor Frankenstein in Frankenstein
• Pomperaug- Tristan Mayes as Thurlow Bleekman in Life on the Bowery or The Liar’s Doom
• Bristol Central- Joey Betancourt as Romeo in Romeo & Juliet
• WAMS- Jon Denski as Scrooge in A Christmas Carol

Best Actress in a Play:
• The Gunnery- Sarah Shulman as Germaine in Picasso At the Lapin Agile
• Taft- Vienna Kaylan as Veta Louise Simmons in Harvey
• Pomperaug- Angelica Aconfora as Cassandra in Cassandra
• Shepaug Valley- Shaelyn Rourk as Rachel Brown in Inherit the Wind
• Pomperaug- Magghie Werner as Mrs. Drayton in Life on the Bowery or The Liar’s Doom
• Bristol Central- Shannon Ciralli as Juliet in Romeo & Juliet
• Wolcott- Gabrielle Chabot as Abby Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace

Best Supporting Actor in a Play:
• Pomperaug- Kevin Campoverde as The Trojan Guard in Cassandra
• Shepaug- Ellery Rourk as E. K. Hornbeck in Inherit the Wind
• Torrington- Adam Evertz as Rev. Samuel Paris in The Crucible
• WAMS- Devin Braziel as Hops in Air Guitar High
• Chase- Jim Lazor as The Creature in Frankenstein
• The Gunnery- Joseph S. Stevens as Albert Einstein in Picasso At the Lapin Agile
• Woodhall- Danny Kopnick as Piggy in Lord of the Flies
• Holy Cross- Paul Doboszcak as Duke of Buckingham in Richard III

Best Supporting Actress in a Play:
• Holy Cross- Marika DiCarlo as Margaret of Anjou in Richard III
• Pomperaug- Jessica Carpenter as Amaltheia in Cassandra
• Cheshire- Emma Gannon-Salomon as Hermia in Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Woodland Regional- Catharine Pelkey as Mrs. Orcutt in Stage Door
• Chase- Emily Kish as Emily Webb in Our Town
• WAMS- Mykaela Milonas as Skin in Air Guitar High
• WAMS- Emily Hazelton as Marley / Ghost of Christmas Future in A Christmas Carol

Best Featured Actor in a Play:
• Bristol Central- Graham Washburn as Benvolio in Romeo & Juliet
• The Gunnery- Graham Pough as Charles Dabernow Schmendiman in Picasso At the Lapin Agile
• Holy Cross- Alex Lopez as George Duke of Clarence in Richard III
• Taft- Will O’Meara as Judge Omar Gaffney in Harvey
• Woodhall- Julian Willett as Simon in Lord of the Flies
• WAMS- Jordan Paradise as Rev in Air Guitar High

Best Featured Actress in a Play:
• WAMS- Jasmin Plaza as Hortensia in Esperanza Rising
• Stonington- Haley Barravecchia as Maggie in Lend Me a Tenor
• WAMS- Hannah Meier as Mrs. Cratchit in A Christmas Carol
• Wolcott- Leah Ciccone as Elaine Harper in Arsenic and Old Lace
• Chase- Audrey Hickcox as Mrs. Webb in Our Town
• Chase- Niki Haghpanah as Mrs. Gibbs in Our Town
• Cheshire- Kayleigh Torck as Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Best Comic Performer in a Play (male):
• The Gunnery- Jack Douglas as Gaston in Picasso At the Lapin Agile
• Cheshire- Daniel D’Albis as Nick Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Wolcott- Charles Bergamo as Teddy Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace
• Stonington- Austin Almeida as Max in Lend Me a Tenor
• Woodhall- Kevin Esteshame as Sam in Lord of the Flies
• WAMS- Brian Jaffer as Manuel in Air Guitar High
• WAMS- Zachary Carter as Mr. Fezziwig / Old Joe in A Christmas Carol

Best Comic Performer in a Play (female):
• Bethel- Lucy Shea as Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit
• Stonington- Libby Hall as Maria in Lend Me A Tenor
• Taft- Vienna Kaylan as Veta in Harvey
• WAMS- Emily Hazelton as Marley / Ghost of Christmas Future in A Christmas Carol

Best Acting by an Ensemble Cast (Play):
• Chase- New York
• Woodhall- Lord of the Flies
• WAMS-Air Guitar High
• Naugatuck- And Then There Were None
• Woodhall- A Christmas Carol… Sort of
• Thomaston- Urban Legends
• Taft- Roomies

Best Standout Performance by an Male Actor in an Ensemble Production
• Woodhall- George Sutherland-Howard as Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol…Sort of
• Thomaston- Caleb Zenobia as Bernard Sap in Urban Legends
• Kennedy- Dante Cyr as Leaf Coneybear in 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
• Taft- Chris Hylwa as Julian in Roomies

Best Standout Performance by a Female Actor in an Ensemble
• Naugatuck- Bryce Burroughs as William Blore in And Then There Were None
• Kennedy- Jackie Torres as Olive Ostrovsky in 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
• Watertown- Christine Manalo as Jojo in Seussical

Best Incidental Music (Play)
• Chase- Nico de Groot (composer); with Rosemary Minkler & Alyssa Longo- New York

Fearless Award (Play)- Language and subject
• Chase- New York
• Pomperaug- Cassandra
• Chase- Frankenstein
• Taft- Roomies
• Woodhall- Lord of the Flies
• Woodhall- A Christmas Carol…Sort of

Theatre for Social Awareness Award
• Chase- New York
• Torrington- EAT
• WAMS- Esperanza Rising
• Taft- Roomies
• WAMS- Air Guitar High

TECHNICAL/ADMIN CATEGORIES
Student Lighting Design and/or Execution:
• Chase- Matthew Szczygiel for New York, Frankenstein & Our Town
• Stonington- Lindsey Gimple, Chris Chevalier & Zac Goldberg for The Sound of Music
• The Gunnery: Beatrice Rubin, Jee Woo Chung, Jaewon Lee for Picasso At the Lapin Agile
• WAMS- Andrew Albert for Air Guitar High
• Woodland Regional- Kim Edwon for Once on this Island
• Torrington- Genevieve Shepard for The WIz

Student Costume Design and/or Execution:
• Stonington- Melanie Coffey for Lend Me A Tenor
• WAMS- K’Ehlyar Smith, Melody Desmond for Esperanza Rising
• Pomperaug- Alyssa Rhodes / Natalia Riedel for Life on the Bowery or The Liar’s Doom
• Woodhall- The entire cast for A Christmas Carol… Sort of

Student Scenic Design and/or Execution:
• Bristol Central- Derek Cote for Romeo & Juliet
• Chase- Tom Aviles for Our Town
• WAMS- Peter Rodrigues, Tesslyn Bergin, Melody Desmond, Jon Kutrolli,Sunny Matharu, Jonathan Christofano, Aaron Matthews, Erin Hotchkiss for Esperanza Rising

Student Stage Management & Running Crew:
• Holy Cross- Jeff Lawton, Jenna Parrella & James Silva for Richard III
• Stonington- Mackenzie Angus-SM; Kimberly Armstrong and Hannah Lyon-ASMs for The Sound of Music
• Shepaug- Amanda Taylor, SM; Kelby Lawson, ASM for Pajama Game
• WAMS- Marissa Trinkley and Claire Gaudette for Air Guitar High
• Guilford- Jake Hill for Evita
• Woodhall- Jared Asher for A Christmas Carol… Sort Of
• New Fairfield- Lindsay Ogden, SM; Samantha Pace ASM for Once Upon A Mattress
• Immaculate- Sean Brown- SM and Crew for Miss Saigon

Student Sound Design
• Woodhall- Alex Crawford for The Lord of the Flies
• WAMS- Colin Murray for Air Guitar High
• Guilford- Liz Barnes, Alex Miranker, San Edgerton, Claire Gosteli, Sam Patinella for Evita
• Chase- Emmett White for The Scarlet Pimpernel
• Litchfield- Lexi Macciaroli for You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown

Best Special Effects by a Student
• Guilford- Connor McGinley & Marisa Mormile for the revolving platform in Evita
• Chase- Matthew Szczygiel, Brian Smail III, Millind Faunce, for the birth of the Creature in Frankenstein
• Litchfield- Tommy Spierto for the video/projection in You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown

Best Props Design and or Management:
• Pomperaug- Ashlyn Tuller for Cassandra
• Shepaug- Tiffany Arias & Sarah Cava for Pajama Game
• Bethel- The Arts Honors Class for Jack & the Beanstalk
• WAMS- Gabrielle Fernandes, Alexus Johnson, Rebecca DuPre for Esperanza Rising
• The Gunnery- Sara Kozlu for Picasso At the Lapin Agile

Best Original Program Cover Design
• Bristol- Emily Perron for Romeo & Juliet
• Stonington- Sarah Downie for Lend Me A Tenor
• Stonington- Sarah Downie for The Sound of Music
• Shepaug- Nate Steers for Pajama Game
• Wamogo- Brooke Bittel for Anything Goes
• WAMS- Josh Arcangelli for Esperanza Rising