On the evening of May 26, NFHS theater students attended the Halo Awards at the beautiful Palace Theater in Waterbury. These awards recognize excellence in high school theater across the state of Connecticut. Halos Judges attended our productions of “Clue” in the fall, and “The Addams Family” in the spring, and our students received 13 nominations (including overall nominations for Best Play and Best Musical!
Andrew Nittolo-Novotny was awarded “Best Performance in a Comic Male Role in a Play” for his roles as Mr. Boddy/Chief Cop/McCarthy in “Clue”.
Taylor Proto received special recognition with a “Last Minute Hero Award” for going on to play the role of Uncle Fester for 3 out of 5 performances when that actor was out sick.
Chloe Adams received special recognition for being a Student Director for “Clue”.
Chloe Adams also received the prestigious Artistic Director award for her overall excellence, vision, and leadership for “Clue”.
Congratulations to these students, as well as all of our students who were nominated! Our full list of nominations is below:
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A COMIC MALE ROLE IN A PLAY: Andrew Nittolo-Novotny as Boddy/Chief Cop/McCarthy in “Clue"
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION: Brennan Lombard, Taylor Zegley & Kaylin Ewing for "The Addams Family"
BEST SCENIC DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION: Chloe Adams for “Clue"
BEST PROPS DESIGN: Kai Mucchetti, Lauren Madureira, Riley King, Nidhi Kanakagiri & Lily Carlucci for "The Addams Family"
BEST STAGE MANAGEMENT: Taylor Proto (PSM), Dennis Cascio, Olivia Abudayya, Grace DaSilva (ASMs) for "The Addams Family"
BEST PROGRAM ART: Lilah Bender for "The Addams Family"
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING MALE ROLE IN A MUSICAL: Shane Dwy as Uncle Fester in "The Addams Family"
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING FEMALE ROLE IN A MUSICAL: Madison Montelione as Wednesday Addams in "The Addams Family"
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN AN ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION: “Clue"
BEST STANDOUT PERFORMANCE IN A MALE ROLE IN AN ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION: Lilah Bender as Colonel Mustard in “Clue"
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING MALE ROLE IN A CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL: Christian Eklund as Gomez Addams in "The Addams Family"
BEST CONTEMPORARY PLAY: “Clue"
BEST CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL: "The Addams Family”
Congratulations to our students and Mr. Gadwah!