Winners of the 2010 Seven Angels Theatre Halo Awards were presented on March 24 at Naugatuck Valley Community College. Seven Angels Theatre would like to congratulate all of the students and schools that participated in this year’s Halos.

MUSICALS
Best Musical:
Cheshire- Les Miserables

Best Actor in a Musical:
Holy Cross- Chris Brown as Billy Crocker in “Anything Goes”

Best Actress in a Musical:
Wolcott – Alyssa Testa as Esther Sherman in “Fame”

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical:
Woodland Regional- Ryan Frechette as Cinderella’s Prince in “Into the Woods”

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical:
Chase Collegiate- Hayley Paret as Anita in “West Side Story”

Best Featured Actor in a Musical:
Wolcott- Zachary Cipriano as Nick Piazza in “Fame””

Best Featured Actress in a Musical:
Bristol Central- Alyssa Hurley as Rusty in “Footloose”

Best Couple in a Musical:
WAMS- Rachel Armour & Jack Saleeby as Winifred & Dauntless in “Once Upon a Mattress”

Best Comic Male Performance in a Musical:
Shepaug- Dalton Silvernail as William Barfee in “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”

Best Comic Female Performance in a Musical:
WAMS- Devena Smith as Queen Agravain in “Once Upon a Mattress”

Best Specialty Ensemble in a Musical:
Litchfield- Carter Brown & Tim Crampton as the Plant in “Little Shop of Horrors”

Best Dancing:
Oxford- “Grease”

Best Featured Dancer(s):
Bristol- Michael Stringer in “Footloose”

Best Student Choreographer(s)
WAMS- Ashley Caldeira, Alexandra Rhault & Jack Saleeby for “Once Upon a Mattress”

Best Ensemble Chorus in a Musical: (Gypsy Robe Category)
Wolcott- “Fame”
Gypsy of the Year- Jackie Byrne

Best Ensemble Cast in a Musical:
Shepaug- The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Best Orchestra: (Comprised all or mostly of students)
Watertown- “All Shook Up”

Best Incidental Music in a Play (New Category)
Guilford- Jacob Stern for “On the Verge, or the Geography of Yearning”

Fearless Award (Musical)
Kennedy- “Bring In the Morning”

PLAYS
Best Play:
Shepaug- “Romeo & Juliet”

Best Actor in a Play:
Woodhall- Robert Rappaport as Vladimir in “Waiting for Godot”

Best Actress in a Play:
Shepaug- Grace Kellogg as Juliet in “Romeo and Juliet”

Best Supporting Actor in a Play:
Torrington- Griffin Rapsilber as the Gentleman Caller, Jim O’Connor, in “The Glass Menagerie”

Best Supporting Actress in a Play:
Chase Collegiate- Emily Tannenbaum as Frida in “Snow Angel”

Best Featured Actor in a Play:
Kaynor Tech- Ryan Smith as ‘Shut-Up’ Ronnie in “Becoming Juliet

Best Featured Actress in a Play:
Pomperaug- Sarah McVerry as Susan Walker in “Once In A Lifetime”

Best Comic Actor in a Play:
Nonnewaug- Robert Peterson as Roy Hubley in “Plaza Suite”

Best Comic Actress in a Play:
Pomperaug- Lindsey Tuttle as Miss Leighton in “Once In a Lifetime”

Best Curtain Raiser or Interlude:
Thomaston- Ben Smith for “America’s Funniest Dancing Idol”

Best Ensemble Cast in a Play:
Guilford- “On the Verge, or the Geography of Yearning”

Fearless Award (Play)
Naugatuck- “No Exit”

TECHNICAL/ADMIN CATEGORIES
Student Lighting Design and/or Execution:
Woodhall- Edmund de Mattos for “Waiting For Godot”

Student Costume Design and/or Execution
Guilford- Demi Chen for “On the Verge, or the Geography of Yearning”

Student Scenic Design and/or Execution:
Shepaug- Blaze Silvernail for “Romeo and Juliet”

Student Stage Management & Running Crew:
Wamogo- Jake Ayres for “Once Upon a Mattress”

Student Sound Design and/or Execution
Litchfield- Alexis Macchiaroli for “Arsenic & Old Lace”

Special Effects by a Student:
Guilford- Hannah Cascio for “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog”

Best Props Design and/or Management:
Litchfield- Sarah Carpenter for “Arsenic & Old Lace”

SPECIAL AWARDS
In addition to the winners in the standard categories, the following students received special recognition certificates:

Above and Beyond (or “The Mickey Rooney Award”)
Litchfield High School’s Marcus Doyle, Jolene Gibb and Haley DiDomizio who produced and directed “Arsenic & Old Lace”

Also, special presentations were made to:
Chase Collegiate – Jason Ross, Victoria Kallsen and Kristen Baclawski for Achievement in the Areas of Playwriting and Directing.
Naugatuck High School- Jacklyn Scott and Peter Corbett directed, produced, and designed the set, lights and costumes for “No Exit”.
Watertown High School- Matt Terzigni took on the direction of “Who’s Dying to Be A Millionaire”, designed the set, the sound, and the lights.
Torrington High School- Rachel Pelchat, took on the direction of a Tennessee Williams classic, “The Glass Menagerie”.

Awards will be held at Naugatuck Valley Community College Monday, May 24.
(updated 5/18)
The nominations are as follows:

MUSICALS
Best Musical:
• Guilford- Cinderella
• Litchfield- Little Shop of Horrors
• Cheshire- Les Miserables
• Wamogo- Once Upon a Mattress
• Wolcott- Fame

Best Actor in a Musical:
• Guilford- Michael Sullivan as Prince Charming in “Cinderella”
• Litchfield- Marcus Doyle as Seymour in “Little Shop of Horrors”
• Cheshire- Jeffrey Stevens as Jean Valjean in “Les Miserables”
• Wolcott- Tyler Prigionieri as Tyrone Jackson in “Fame”
• Holy Cross- Chris Brown as Billy Crocker in “Anything Goes”
• Nonnewaug- Alex Gooseman as Ren McCormack in “Footloose”
• Chase- Matt Carlson as Tony in “West Side Story”

Best Actress in a Musical:
• Guilford- Emily Breeze as Cinderella in “Cinderella”
• Litchfield- Katelyn Lewis as Audrey in “Little Shop of Horrors”
• Wamogo- Morgan Grambo as Princess Winifred in “Once Upon a Mattress”
• Holy Cross- Samela Mariano as Reno Sweeney in “Anything Goes”
• Wolcott – Alyssa Testa as Esther Sherman in “Fame”
• Watertown- Joanna Shields as Natalie Haller in “All Shook Up”
• Torrington- Rachel Pelchat as Belle in “Beauty & the Beast”

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical:
• Guilford- Will Graziano as the King in “Cinderella
• Cheshire- R. J. Anderson as Javert in “Les Miserables”
• Woodland Regional- Ryan Frechette as Cinderella’s Prince in “Into the Woods”
• Wolcott- Adam Swatt as Schlomo Metzenbaum in “Fame
• Holy Cross-John Killian as Sir Evelyn Oakleigh in “Anything Goes”
• Nonnewaug- Kurt Piel as Rev. Shaw Moore in “Footloose”
• Chase Collegiate- Tom Aviles as Bernardo in West Side Story”

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical:
• Bristol- Christina Albino as Vi Moore in “Footloose”
• Guilford- Jenna Lex as the Queen in “Cinderella”
• Wamogo- Shannon Gunnip as Lady Larkin in “Once Upon a Mattress”
• Cheshire- Deanna Giulieth as Eponine in “Les Miserables”
• Wolcott- Hilary Brown as Grace Lamb in “Fame”
• Chase Collegiate- Hayley Paret as Anita in “West Side Story”
• Oxford- Emily Seibert as Rizzo in “Grease”

Best Featured Actor in a Musical:
• WAMS- Taurel Richardson as the Minstrel in “Once Upon a Mattress”
• Guilford- Alex Rosa as the Herald in “Cinderella”
• Cheshire- Daniel Byrd as Marius in “Les Miserables”
• Wolcott- Zachary Cipriano as Nick Piazza in “Fame””
• Holy Cross- Nick Ciasullo as Moonface Martin in “Anything Goes
• Nonnewaug- Gunnar Wrinn as Willard Hewitt in “Footloose”

Best Featured Actress in a Musical:
• Guilford- Sara Trenner as the Fairy Godmother in “Cinderella”
• Bristol- Alyssa Hurley as Rusty in “Footloose”
• Watertown- Aylin Destan as Sylvia in “All Shook Up”
• Wamogo- Paige LaBonne as Minstral in “Once Upon a Mattress”
• Torrington- Maura Magistrali as Babette in “Beauty & the Beast
• Wolcott- Jamille Rancourt as Carmen Diaz in “Fame”

Best Couple in a Musical:
• Guilford- Emily Breeze & Michael Sullivan as Cinderella & Prince Charming in “Cinderella”
• Litchfield- Marcus Doyle & Katelyn Lewis as Seymour & Audrey in “Little Shop of Horrors”
• Watertown- Brianna Petrillo & Tom Woermer as Lorraine & Dean in “All Shook Up”
• Cheshire- Daniel Byrd & Angela Pearsall as Marius & Cossette in “Les Miserables”
• Wamogo- Shannon Gunnip & Billy Grambo as Lady Larkin & Prince Harry in “Once Upon a Mattress”
• WAMS- Rachel Armour & Jack Saleeby as Winifred & Dauntless in “Once Upon a Mattress”

Best Comic Male Performance in a Musical:
• WAMS- Timothy Floyd as Jester in “Once Upon a Mattress”
• Bristol- Nick Nicastro as Willard Hewitt in “Footloose”
• Watertown- Matt Terzigni as Dennis in “All Shook Up”
• Cheshire- Nick Lamoreaux as Gavroche in “Les Miserables”
• Shepaug- Dalton Silvernail as William Barfee in “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”
• Wolcott- Jake Shaker as Joe Vegas in “Fame”

Best Comic Female Performance in a Musical:
• WAMS- Devena Smith as Queen Agravain in “Once Upon a Mattress”
• Watertown- Liz Sowinski as Mayor Matilde Hyde in “All Shook Up”
• Wolcott- Lori Hernandez as Mabel Washington in “Fame”
• Shepaug- Jamie Davenport as Olive Ostrovsky in “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”
• Torrington- Kelly Brennan as Madame D’Arque in “Beauty & the Beast”
• Wamogo- Emma Burke as “Queen Agravain” in “Once Upon a Mattress”

Best Specialty Ensemble in a Musical:
• Guilford- Jackie & Jamie Desrosier as the Stepsisters in “Cinderella”
• Bristol- Alyssa Hurley, Karina Stanecki & Kate Tavera as Rusty, Urleen & Wendy Jo in “Footloose”
• Litchfield- Carter Brown & Tim Crampton as the Plant in “Little Shop of Horrors”
• Holy Cross- Chris Brown, Samela Mariano & Nick Ciasullo in “Friendship”, “Anything Goes”

Best Dancing:
• Holy Cross- “Anything Goes”
• Nonnewaug- “Footloose”
• Oxford- “Grease”
• Bristol- “Footloose”

Best Featured Dancer(s):
• WAMS- Ashley Caldeira & Alexandra Rhault in “Once Upon a Mattress”
• Bristol- Michael Stringer in “Footloose”
• Wamogo- Tabitha St. Germain and Alex Siladi in “Once Upon a Mattress”
• Wolcott- Alexa Farrell in “Fame”

Best Student Choreographer(s)
• WAMS- Ashley Caldeira, Alexandra Rhault & Jack Saleeby for “Once Upon a Mattress”
• Torrington- Vanessa Miles, Choreographer; Destiny Lopez, Asst. for “Beauty & the Beast”

Best Ensemble Chorus in a Musical: (Gypsy Robe Category)
• Holy Cross- “Anything Goes”
• Watertown- “All Shook Up”
• Guilford- “Cinderella”
• WAMS- “Once Upon a Mattress”
• Bristol- “Footloose”
• Wamogo- “Once Upon A Mattress”
• Wolcott- “Fame”

Best Ensemble Cast in a Musical:
• Shepaug- The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
• Woodland Regional- Into the Woods
• Kennedy- Bring In the Morning

Best Orchestra: (Comprised all or mostly of students)
• Guilford- “Cinderella”
• WAMS- “Once Upon a Mattress”
• Watertown- “All Shook Up”
• Cheshire- Les Miserables”
• Wamogo- “Once Upon a Mattress”
• Torrington- “Beauty & the Beast”
• Holy Cross- “Anything Goes”

Best Incidental Music in a Play (New Category)
• Litchfield- Aaron Monteil & Lydia Brown for “Arsenic & Old Lace”
• Guilford- Jacob Stern for “On the Verge, or the Geography of Yearning

Fearless Award (Musical)
• Cheshire- “Les Miserables”
• Guilford- “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog”
• Kennedy- “Bring In the Morning”
• Woodland- “Into the Woods”
• Naugatuck- “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog”

PLAYS
Best Play:
• Torrington- It’s a Wonderful Life”
• Cheshire- “Pride’s Crossing”
• Shepaug- “Romeo & Juliet”
• Woodhall- “Waiting For Godot”
• Guilford- “On the Verge, or the Geography of Yearning
• Litchfield- “Arsenic & Old Lace”
• Nonnewaug- Plaza Suite

Best Actor in a Play:
• Torrington- Kevin Kocis as George Bailey in “It’s a Wonderful Life”
• Pomperaug- Adam Heavens as George Spelvin in ‘Four by Four’: “The Actor’s Nightmare”
• Shepaug- Greg Harris as Romeo in “Romeo and Juliet”
• Woodhall- Robert Rappaport as Vladimir in “Waiting for Godot”
• Kaynor Tech- Carlos Aguayo as Dylan Elliot in “Becoming Juliet”
• Nonnewaug- Alex Gooseman as Jesse Kiplinger in “Plaza Suite”

Best Actress in a Play:
• Naugatuck- Jean-Marie McGrath as Estelle in “No Exit””
• Torrington- Nicole Currier as Mary Hatch in “It’s a Wonderful Life””
• Cheshire- Deanna Giluietti as Mabel Tidings (present day) in “Pride’s Crossing”
• Torrington- Alexandra Munson as Amanda Wingfield in “The Glass Menagerie”
• Shepaug- Grace Kellogg as Juliet in “Romeo and Juliet”
• Pomperaug- Nina Paganucci as May Daniels in “Once In a Lifetime”

Best Supporting Actor in a Play:
• Torrington- Zachary Carpenter as Clarence Odbody in “It’s a Wonderful Life”
• Pomperaug- Joe Stango as Tony in ‘Four by Four’: “Impromptu”
• Torrington- Griffin Rapsilber as the Gentleman Caller in “The Glass Menagerie”
• Thomaston- Doug Green as Pops Dweizel in “America’s Funniest Dancing Idol”
• Kaynor Tech- Adrian Caban as Jack McCoy in “Becoming Juliet”

Best Supporting Actress in a Play:
• Torrington- Sarah Carpenter as Violet Peterson in “It’s a Wonderful Life”
• Pomperaug- Angelica Aconfora as Lora in ‘Four by Four’: “Impromptu”
• Pomperaug- Katherine Cavanaugh in ‘Four by Four’: “The Actor’s Nightmare”
• Shepaug- Emma Cava as Nurse in “Romeo and Juliet”
• Chase Collegiate- Emily Tannenbaum as Frida in “Snow Angel”
• Kaynor Tech- Samantha Satterfield as Cindy Andrews in “Becoming Juliet”

Best Featured Actor in a Play:
• Torrington- Kyle Hogan as F. Potter in “It’s a Wonderful Life”
• Watertown- Ryan Cooke as Sam Dithers in “Who’s Dying to be a Millionaire”
• Kaynor Tech- Ryan Smith as ‘Shut-Up’ Ronnie in “Becoming Juliet
• Pomperaug- Dean Torrey as Rudolf Kammerling in “Once In a Lifetime”
• Chase Collegiate- Nate D’Amico as Benny in “Snow Angel”

Best Featured Actress in a Play:
• Litchfield- Christine Simaitis as Elaine Harper in “Arsenic & Old Lace”
• Kaynor Tech- Yanci Rodriguez as Madison Engers in “Becoming Juliet”
• Watertown- Zandrea Mitchell as Freida Soames in “Who’s Dying to be a Millionaire”
• Bristol- Kate Tavera in “The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon”
• Chase Collegiate- Hayley Paret as Eva in “Snow Angel”
• Pomperaug- Sarah McVerry as Susan Walker in “Once In A Lifetime”

Best Comic Actor in a Play:
• Guilford- David Galante as Schuppanzigh, the electrician in “Black Comedy”
• Nonnewaug- Robert Peterson as Roy Hubley in “Plaza Suite”
• Shepaug- Everett O’Reilly Narciso as Mercutio in “Romeo and Juliet”
• Woodhall- Jake Tompkins as Pozzo in “Waiting For Godot”
• Chass Collegiate- Nat Fixx as Clifford in “Snow Angel”
• Litchfield- Spencer Poulin as Teddy Brewster in “Arsenic & Old Lace”

Best Comic Actress in a Play:
• Nonnewaug- Molly Decker as Karen Nash in “Plaza Suite”
• Pomperaug- Kristen Valera as Edna in ‘Four by Four’: “Goodbye Howard”
• Pomperaug- Lindsey Tuttle as Miss Leighton in “Once In a Lifetime”
• Litchfield- Tamara Almai as Abby Brewster in “Arsenic & Old Lace”
• Litchfield- Katie Bofen as Dr. Einstein in “Arsenic & Old Lace”
• Nonnewaug- Rachel Rodriguez as Norma Hubley in “Plaza Suite”

Best Curtain Raiser or Interlude:
• Thomaston- Ben Smith for “America’s Funniest Dancing Idol”
• Wolcott- Connor Evelich for “Fame

Best Ensemble Cast in a Play:
• Holy Cross- “12 Angry Jurors”
• Guilford- “Black Comedy”
• Bristol- “The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon”
• Naugatuck- “12 Angry Jurors”
• Guilford- “On the Verge, or the Geography of Yearning”
• Chase Collegiate- “Snow Angel”

Fearless Award (Play)
• Guilford- “On the Verge, or the Geography of Yearning”
• Kennedy- “Idiot’s Guide to High School”
• Naugatuck- “No Exit”

TECHNICAL/ADMIN CATEGORIES
Student Lighting Design and/or Execution:
• Torrington- Donald Fantozzi for “It’s a Wonderful Life”
• Cheshire- Cameron Breen & Brieana Martini for “Pride’s Crossing”
• Shepaug- Dalton Silvernail & Dan Knowlton for “Romeo and Juliet”
• Woodhall- Edmund de Mattos for “Waiting For Godot”
• Litchfield- Andrew Lautz, Staci Shuhi & Kirby Bunnell for “Arsenic & Old Lace”
• Torrington- Donald Fantozzi & Angela Capolupo fpr “Beauty & the Beast”
• Guilford- Alyssa Eilbott for “On the Verge, or the Geography of Yearning”

Student Costume Design and/or Execution
• WAMS- Hannah Zabarsky, Amanda Perrault, Suzette Lopez, Samantha Dillon for “Once Upon a Mattress:
• Bristol- Gina Gallo, Emily Lewis, Heather Mellon for “Footloose:
• Litchfield- Emma Hauer for “Arsenic & Old Lace”
• Guilford- Demi Chen for “On the Verge, or the Geography of Yearning”
• Shepaug- Lindsay Walsh for “Romeo and Juliet”

Student Scenic Design and/or Execution:
• Litchfield- Anne LaGuttuta and Jenn Pavlick for “Little Shop of Horrors”
• WAMS- Lislee Goss, Ashley Pleasant, Mike Dotolo, Candice Davis, Tyler Smith, Nick Sergi, Jessica Rogers, Seth Brault, Oran Vernasoni, Louis Silvestre, Henry Okakpu for “Once Upon a Mattress”
• Shepaug- Blaze Silvernail for “Romeo and Juliet”
• Litchfield- Luke Fredsall for “Arsenic & Old Lace”
• Wolcott- Kristina Bystrak, Claire Cosgrove, Steve Fournier, Adam Jones, Sarah Lefrancois, Michael Mancini, Dillon Sherman, Harbey Somra, Joe Sukatski, Kristen Yeager for “Fame”
• Nonnewaug- Emma Welty, Erik Fisher for “Footloose”

Student Stage Management & Running Crew:
• Pomperaug- Greg Fuscaldo, Molly O’Lena and Crew for “Four by Four”
• Bristol- Ashley Cudney, Brittney Venturo & Frank Kopp for “Footloose”
• Guilford- Kelly Scroggins & Emma Lucille McCabe for “On the Verge, or the Geography of Yearning”
• Wolcott- Josh Jones & Tech crew for “Fame”
• Watertown- Laura O’Donoghue for “All Shook Up”
• Wamogo- Jake Ayres for “Once Upon a Mattress”
• Guilford- Ross Arriens, Erica Redente and Crew for “Cinderella

Student Sound Design and/or Execution
• Guilford- William Greco & Eva Weber for “Black Comedy”
• Cheshire- Brieana Martini for “Pride’s Crossing”
• WAMS- Simone Matusevice & Kelly Clark for “Once Upon a Mattress”
• Woodhall- Gabe Michaels for “Waiting For Godot”
• Litchfield- Alexis Macchiaroli for “Arsenic & Old Lace”
• Oxford- Tess Cersonsky & Taryn Venable for “Grease”

Special Effects by a Student:
• Guilford- Hannah Cascio for “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog”

Best Props Design and/or Management:
• Litchfield- Sarah Carpenter for “Arsenic & Old Lace”
• Pomperaug- Kacie Baldwin for “Four by Four” and “Once In a Lifetime”
• Naugatuck- Jake Davis for “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog”

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Seven Angels Theatre is proud to announce the winners of the Sixth Annual Halo Awards given to excellence in high school theatre. Awards were presented in numerous categories including; acting, lighting. dance and many in the technical and production area.

Awards were presented on May 27th at Naugatuck Valley Community College. This year because of the high quality of the plays and actors and actresses, there were ties in many of the categories.

Established in 2004 the Halos are modeled on the Broadway Tony Awards, recognizing high school productions in the region. Seven Angel’s artistic/production staff members attend all the high school productions, evaluate the productions and then nominate in twenty-six categories just like the Tonys. Only students can be nominated for an award. The Halo program is the only such program in Connecticut