Congratulations to our talented theater students at New Fairfield High School! Between the fall play "The Dining Room", and the spring musical "Little Shop of Horrors", our students received a total of 14 nominations for the Halo Awards! Our actors, musicians, and tech students were all recognized as part of the nominations.
The Halo awards are held every year and recognize the talents and efforts of theater students in Connecticut schools. Judges attended our productions, as well as over 180 productions across the state, and selected a variety of nominees. On Tuesday, May 27, Mr. Gadwah accompanied our students to the awards ceremony at the beautiful Palace Theater in Waterbury, where NFHS students Erik Muhlenberg and Ainsley Flower won the Halo for Best Sound Design/Execution
Below are all of the nominations we received for this year's productions:
NFHS Halo Nominations:
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A FEATURED FEMALE ROLE IN A MUSICAL: Alexa Vavolizza as Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A COMIC MALE ROLE IN A PLAY: Andrew Nittolo-Novotny in The Dining Room
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A COMIC FEMALE ROLE IN A PLAY: Lilah Bender in The Dining Room
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A COMIC MALE ROLE IN A MUSICAL: Andrew Nittolo-Novotny as Mr. Mushnik in Little Shop of Horrors
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION: Evelyn Zegley & Brennan Lombard for The Dining Room
BEST SOUND DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION: Erik Muhlenberg & Ainsley Flower for The Dining Room & Little Shop of Horrors
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS: Blu Arbesman for Little Shop of Horrors
BEST ORCHESTRA: Orchestra of Little Shop of Horrors
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN AN ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION: New Fairfield High School: The Dining Room
BEST STANDOUT PERFORMANCE IN A FEMALE ROLE IN AN ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION: Alexa Vavolizza in The Dining Room
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING MALE ROLE IN A CLASSICAL MUSICAL: Shane Dwy as Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING FEMALE ROLE IN A CLASSICAL MUSICAL: Chloe Petzold as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors
BEST CLASSICAL PLAY: New Fairfield High School: The Dining Room
BEST CLASSICAL MUSICAL: New Fairfield High School: Little Shop of Horrors