Nominations announced for 2018 Syracuse High School Theatre Awards
Nominations for the fourth annual Syracuse High School Theatre Awards have been announced.
The awards event, sponsored by the Syracuse Area Honda Dealers, will take place 6 p.m. June 3 at the Landmark Theatre in Syracuse.
The evening will feature students from 23 Central New York schools and will recognize exceptional accomplishments in the production and performance of theater.
The awards program is a Tony Awards-inspired production featuring hundreds of high school performers – the casts, crews, and orchestra members – from our local schools and community.
The event was established by Advance Media New York (Syracuse.com, The Post-Standard, NYUP) to celebrate and recognize students’ achievements in the arts.
And the nominees are:
Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical, Small School
(Enrollment less than 250)
- “Catch Me If You Can,” Moravia High School
- “Fiddler on the Roof,” Faith Heritage School
- “The Addams Family,” Weedsport High School
Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical, Medium School
(Enrollment 250-500)
- “Footloose,” Oneida High School
- “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” Cazenovia High School
- “Young Frankenstein,” Jordan-Elbridge High School
Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical, Large School
(Enrollment of greater than 500)
- “Cinderella,” Fayetteville-Manlius High School
- “Oklahoma,” Cicero-North Syracuse High School
- “Sweeney Todd,” Oswego High School
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role
- Peyton Anderson as Golde in “Fiddler in the Roof,” Faith Heritage School
- Madelynn Maiolo as Aida in “Aida,” Rome Free Academy
- Leah Mullen as Mrs. Lovett in “Sweeney Todd,” Oswego High School
- Sarah Paul as Ariel Moore in “Footloose,” Oneida High School
- Livie Pilewski & Mika Sajnog as Cinderella in “Cinderella,” Fayetteville-Manlius High School
- Megan Schwartz as Billie Bendix in “Nice Work If You Can Get it,” Cazenovia High School
- Hannah Williams as Laurie Williams in “Oklahoma,” Cicero-North Syracuse
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role
- Noah Barnell as Curly McClain in “Oklahoma,” Cicero-North Syracuse High School
- Nolan Callahan as Sweeney Todd in “Sweeney Todd,” Oswego High School
- Marco Giacona & Sean Egan as Prince Topher in “Cinderella,” Fayetteville-Manlius High School
- Zak Kristan as Ren McCormack in “Footloose,” Oneida High School
- Nate Morse as Frank Abagnale Jr. in “Catch Me If You Can,” Moravia High School
- Edward Nanno as Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof,” Solvay High School
- Tyler Piper as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein in “Young Frankenstein,” Jordan-Elbridge High School
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
- Nia Bellamy as Asaka in “Once on This Island,” Nottingham High School
- Kayla Bush as Amneris in “Aida,” Rome Free Academy
- Maya Foos as Paulette Bonafonte in “Legally Blonde,” Auburn High School
- Mackenzie Jackson as Frau Blucher in “Young Frankenstein,” Jordan-Elbridge High School
- Alexis Martin as Aunt Eller in “Oklahoma,” Cicero-North Syracuse High School
- Lindsey Puc & Miriam Brown as Crazy Marie in “Cinderella,” Fayetteville-Manlius High School
- Sophia Sanchez as Rusty in “Footloose,” Oneida High School
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
- Tim Burr as Cookie McGee in “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” Cazenovia High School
- Jeremiah Brunje as Fester Addams in “The Addams Family,” Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School
- Jared Dunn & Zach Taber as Jean-Michel in “Cinderella,” Fayetteville-Manlius High School
- Emmanuel Esparza as Willard Hewitt in “Footloose,” Oneida High School
- Alex Everett as Igor in “Young Frankenstein,” Jordan-Elbridge High School
- Carson Ferris as Carl Hanratty in “Catch Me If You Can,” Moravia High School
- Tobias Martin as Jud Frye in “Oklahoma,” Cicero-North Syracuse High School
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble/Chorus
- “Aida,” Rome Free Academy
- “Cinderella,” Fayetteville-Manlius High School
- “Footloose,” Oneida High School
- “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” Cazenovia High School
- “Oklahoma,” Cicero-North Syracuse High School
- “Sweeney Todd,” Oswego High School
- “Young Frankenstein,” Jordan-Elbridge High School
Outstanding Performance by a Student Orchestra
- “Aida,” Rome Free Academy
- “Beauty and The Beast,” Marcellus High School
- “Bye Bye Birdie,” Paul V. Moore High School
- “Cinderella,” Fayetteville-Manlius High School
- “Little Shop of Horrors,” Manlius Pebble Hill School
- “Oklahoma,” Cicero-North Syracuse High School
- “The Addams Family,” Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School
Outstanding Production Number
- Don’t Break the Rules, Moravia High School, “Catch Me If You Can”
- Fascinating Rhythm, Cazenovia High School, “Nice Work If You Can Get It”
- God That’s Good, Oswego High School, “Sweeney Todd”
- Let’s Hear It For The Boys, Oneida High School, “Footloose”
- Ten Minutes Ago, Fayetteville-Manlius High School, “Cinderella”
- Transylvania Mania, Jordan-Elbridge High School, “Young Frankenstein
Outstanding Stage Crew
- “Catch Me If You Can,” Moravia High School
- “Cinderella,” Fayetteville-Manlius High School
- “Footloose,” Oneida High School
- “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” Cazenovia High School
- “Sweeney Todd,” Oswego High School
- “The Addams Family,” Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School
- “Young Frankenstein,” Jordan-Elbridge High School
Outstanding Direction
- Brett Bogardus, Oneida High School, “Footloose”
- Maureen Carroll & Maggie Dougherty, Cazenovia High School, “Nice Work If You Can Get It”
- Denise Deapo, Jordan-Elbridge High School, “Young Frankenstein”
- Shawn Hebert, Fayetteville-Manlius High School, “Cinderella”
- Garrett Heater, Oswego High School, “Sweeney Todd”
- Jake Meiss, Rome Free Academy, “Aida”
- Kimberly Panek-Edwards, Cicero-North Syracuse High School, “Oklahoma”
Outstanding Music Direction
- Michael Cirmo & Brian Ackles, Marcellus High School, “Beauty and The Beast”
- Maggie Dougherty, Cazenovia High School, “Nice Work If You Can Get It”
- Robert Dumas, Oswego High School, “Sweeney Todd”
- Shawn Hebert, Fayetteville-Manlius High School, “Cinderella”
- Joanna Kufs & Rachel Benjamin, Moravia High School, “Catch Me If You Can”
- Heather O’Connell, Oneida High School, “Footloose”
- Caryn Patterson, Cicero-North Syracuse High School, “Oklahoma”
Outstanding Choreography Execution
- Rome Free Academy, “Aida”
- Fayetteville-Manlius High School, “Cinderella”
- Solvay High School, “Fiddler on the Roof”
- Oneida High School, “Footloose”
- Cazenovia High School, “Nice Work If You Can Get It”
- Cicero-North Syracuse High School, “Oklahoma”
- Jordan-Elbridge High School, “Young Frankenstein”
Rising Star Male
- Matt Caraccioli as Anthony in “Sweeney Todd,” Oswego High School
- Greg Hartman-Souder as Armand/Storyteller in “Once on This Island,” Nottingham High School
- Mico Hayden as Perchik in “Fiddler on the Roof,” Solvay High School
- Ryan Hinshaw as Mr. Mushnik in “Little Shop of Horrors,” Manlius Pebble Hill School
- Jack McAuliff as Lumiere in “Beauty and the Beast,” Marcellus High School
- Joshua Merchant as Ali Hakim in “Oklahoma,” Cicero-North Syracuse High School
- Nick Webster as Herald/Victor Frankenstein in “Young Frankenstein,” Jordan-Elbridge High School
Rising Star Female
- Genevieve Cioci as Enid Hoopes in “Legally Blonde,” Auburn High School
- Emilee Edick as Sheila in “A Chorus Line,” Christian Brothers Academy
- Ava Hartley as Duchess Estonia Wood in “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” Cazenovia High School
- Kindl Leja as Marty in “Grease,” Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Jr/Sr High School
- Summer Lewis as Chava in “Fiddler on the Roof,” Solvay High School
- Hannah Sywulski as Mae Peterson in “Bye Bye Birdie,” Paul V. Moore High School
- Allie Vargo as Hodel in “Fiddler on the Roof,” Faith Heritage School
Special Achievement Award
Nottingham High School, “Once on This Island,” for including charitable efforts that benefited Hope for Haiti.
Participating schools include:
- Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Jr/Sr High School – “Grease”
- Auburn High School – “Legally Blonde”
- Bishop Ludden Jr/Sr High – “Guys & Dolls”
- Paul V. Moore High School Central Square – “Bye Bye Birdie”
- Cato-Meridian High School – “The Addams Family”
- Cazenovia High School – “Nice Work If You Can Get It”
- Christian Brothers Academy – “A Chorus Line”
- Cicero-North Syracuse High School – “Oklahoma”
- Faith Heritage – “Fiddler on The Roof”
- Fayetteville-Manlius High School – “Cinderella” (Broadway version)
- G. Ray Bodley High School Fulton – “Annie”
- Jordan-Elbridge High School – “Young Frankenstein”
- Manlius Pebble Hill School – “Little Shop of Horrors”
- Marcellus High School – “Beauty and the Beast”
- Moravia High School – “Catch Me If You Can”
- Nottingham High School – “Once on This Island”
- Oneida High School – “Footloose”
- Oswego High School – “Sweeney Todd”
- Rome Free Academy – “Aida”
- Solvay High School – “Fiddler on The Roof”
- Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School – “The Addams Family”
- Waterville Jr/Sr High School – “The Wiz”
- Weedsport High School – “The Addams Family”
All Central New York Schools (within a 40-mile radius of the city of Syracuse) are welcome to participate in the Syracuse High School Theatre Awards. If your school is interested in participating in 2019, please visit the Syracuse High School Theatre Awards website.
Companies are invited to get involved with the Syracuse High School Theatre Awards by becoming an award sponsor. To learn more about award sponsorships please contact Katie Wegerski at kwegerski@advancemediany.com
To purchase tickets to the 2018 Syracuse High School Theatre Awards presented by the Syracuse Area Honda Dealers please visit the event website. Tickets are also available through the Landmark Theatre’s website.