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Wooster School participated in the 19th Annual HALO Awards, which is like the Tony Awards for Connecticut High School theatre. Wooster School was recognized with 22 nominations. This year the awards are returning live to the Palace Theatre in Waterbury, CT on May 31, June 1, and June 2!

Tickets to the event will go on sale soon. More information will be available on the 2022 Halo High School Theatre Awards site. The Wooster School scheduled award date is Wednesday June 1, 2022.

Wooster School's Nominations

8 Nominations for Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Comic Male Performance In A Play:

• Ben Greco as Smee in Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Comic Female Performance In A Play:

• Alli Byrne as Black Stache in Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Props Design And/Or Management:

• Todd Muralles for Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Stage Management:

• Jackson Connelly (PSM), Viola Minor (SM), and Jesmari Perdicho (ASM) for Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Performance By A Couple or Dynamic Duo In A Play:

• Ben Greco and Alli Byrne as Smee and Black Stache in Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Performance By A Cast In An Ensemble Production:

• Wooster School: Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Male Standout Performance In A Ensemble Production:

• Will Thaler as Peter in Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Play:

• Wooster School: Peter and the Starcatcher

14 Nominations for The Addams Family

Best Performance By A Featured Actor In A Musical:

• Cole Breen as Mal Beineke in The Addams Family

Best Performance By A Featured Actress In A Musical:

• Sadie Drahzal as Alice Beineke The Addams Family

Best Comic Male Performance In A Musical:

• Ben Greco as Grandma Addams in The Addams Family

Best Comic Female Performance In A Musical:

• Sadie Drahzal as Alice Beineke The Addams Family

Best Costume Design And/Or Execution:

• Kayla Falconer, Lila Poston, and Leon Sharma The Addams Family

Best Hair and/or Makeup Design And/Or Execution:

• Skyler Marcus The Addams Family

Best Sound Design And/Or Execution:

• Christos Chiotis, Skyler Marcus, and Sabir Sakir for The Addams Family

Best Scenic Design And/Or Execution:

• Set Crew for The Addams Family

Best Special Effects:

• Tina Zhang for The Addams Family

Best Running Crew:

• Run Crew for The Addams Family

Best Chorus:

• Wooster School: The Addams Family

Best Performance By A Supporting Actor In A Musical:

• Charlie Aspillaga as Uncle Fester in The Addams Family

Best Performance By A Couple or Dynamic Duo In A Musical:

• Cole Breen and Sadie Drahzal as Mal and Alice in The Addams Family

Best Performance By A Leading Actor In A Musical:

• Will Thaler as Gomez Addams in The Addams Family

More information about the Halo Awards

Seven Angels Theatre, Greater Waterbury's only Equity Professional Theatre, is preparing for our 18th Annual High School HALO Awards! The HALOS is the biggest High School Theatre Award Program in Connecticut, honoring student participation in all areas of high school theatre throughout the state.

The HALOS recognizes the contributions of students, and ONLY students, to their high school theatre programs. It is also the only program to recognize ALL aspects of theatre: not just musicals but plays, technical theatre, design and more.

In 2003, Seven Angels Theatre, a non-profit Equity regional theatre in Waterbury, joined with 12 high schools in the Greater Waterbury area to establish this program. Last season, the program included 62 schools divided into two divisions, primarily along geographical lines. Once you register the program, the HALO Awards Committee will send a theatre representative to each production your school registers. That adjudicator submits an evaluation. Teachers/Directors are asked to submit a Production Detail Form that allows you to share pertinent information that might not be visible to the naked eye. Lastly, we request a simple DVD of each production as a reference only so that other judges can view the show and compare their own observations to the primary evaluation. At the end of the school year, the volunteer judges meet to share their observations and produce a slate of nominees in each category. These professional volunteers are committed to unbiased recognition of the many aspects that go into a production. They work hard to make sure that all talent is recognized and all schools are acknowledged and honored.

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