PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES:

 

Overall Production of a Musical

WINNER :

Rye Neck High School - Anastasia

Archbishop Stepinac High School - Jersey Boys

Blind Brook High School - Something Rotten!

Immaculate Heart Academy - Xanadu

Nyack High School - Little Shop of Horrors

Pleasantville High School - Bye, Bye Birdie

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Outstanding Performance in Leading Female-Identified Role

WINNER :

Nyack High School - Tatum Hopkins (Audrey : Little Shop of Horrors)

Immaculate Heart Academy - Kate Ryan (Kira/Clio : Xanadu)

North Salem High School - Gigi LeClair (Velma Kelly : Chicago: Teen Edition)

Pleasantville High School - Alice Cabral (Rosie Alvarez : Bye, Bye Birdie)

Rye Neck High School - Lulu Tagger (Anya : Anastasia)

St. Joseph’s Regional High School - Hannah Shinder (The Baker’s Wife : Into the Woods)

 

Outstanding Performance in a Leading Male-Identified Role

WINNER :

Rye Neck High School - Nathaniel Findlay (Dmitry : Anastasia)

Archbishop Stepinac High School - Ryan Diaz (Tommy DeVito : Jersey Boys)

Northern Valley High School Old Tappan - Roman Gatti (Freddie Benson : Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)

Nyack High School - Angus McLary (Seymour Krelborn : Little Shop of Horrors)

Ossining High School - Frank Carl Marrero (J. Pierrepont Finch : How to Succeed….)

Ramapo High School (NJ) - Bryan Fortunato (Bobby Strong - Urinetown)

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Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Female-Identified Role

WINNERS :

Blind Brook High School - Chloe Beal (Portia : Something Rotten!)

Lyndhurst High School - Cecelia Valdez (Ursula : Disney’s The Little Mermaid)

Harrison High School - Jadyn Schwartz (Little Red : Into the Woods)

Mamaroneck High School - Sofia Martinez (Vi Moore : Footloose)

Putnam Valley High School - Hayley Craane (Portia : Something Rotten!)

Rye Neck High School - Talia Martelli (Countess Lily Malevsky-Malevitch : Anastasia)

 

Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Male-Identified Role

WINNER :

Pleasantville High School - Alejandro Martinez (Conrad Birdie : Bye, Bye Birdie)

Academy of the Holy Angels - Thomas Snyder (Sir Toby Belch : Twelfth Night)

Clarkstown South High School - Patrick O'Shea (Kenickie : Grease)

Hastings High School - Sander Sheehy Markley (William Shakespeare : Something Rotten!)

Ossining High School - Derek Rudley (Bud Frump :: How to Succeed….)

Pascack Hills High School - Jacob Levin (Harry Bright : Mamma Mia)

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Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role

WINNER : 

Rye Neck High School - Carolina Doherty (Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna : Anastasia)

Archbishop Stepinac High School - Ava Pursel (Mary : Jersey Boys)

Blind Brook High School - Abby Meron (The Minstrel : Something Rotten!)

Eastchester High School - Caitlyn Kops (Patsy : Spamalot)

Kennedy Catholic High School - Penelope Parker (Pearl Crabs : Spongebob: The Musical)

Tuckahoe High School - Olivia Nealis (Cogsworth : Disney’s Beauty and the Beast)

 

Outstanding Performance in a Cameo Role

WINNER :

Ramapo High School (NJ) - Alexis Ulmer (Little Becky Two Shoes : Urinetown)

Archbishop Stepinac High School - Jonathan Guzman (Bob Crewe : Jersey Boys)

New Rochelle High School - Andrew Cohen (Moth : Love’s Labours Lost)

North Rockland High School - Vincent Verzi (Piragua Guy : In the Heights)

Putnam Valley High School - Reece Emery (Lady Clapham : Something Rotten!)

Westlake High School - Alejandro Gomez (Lurch : The Addams Family)

 

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Group

WINNER :

Brewster High School - Tessa Boissonnault, Autumn Takacs

(Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge : James and the Giant Peach)

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Fair Lawn High School

Jacey Angerson, Katie Bazela, Allison Castillo, Madison Haug, Giana Ingrati, Amber Mouzone, Rebecca Rosen

(The Urchins : Little Shop of Horrors)

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Immaculate Heart Academy

Kate Ryan, Maddie Heinimann, Maeve Murray, Tara McCarthy, Kara Ignacio, Mary Hahn, Isabella Falletta

(The Muses : Xanadu)

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Nyack High School

Molly Brown, Tela Kopacz, Lyra Fontanilla

(The Urchins : Little Shop of Horrors)

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Pascack Valley High School

Olivia Carpenter, Kayla Klas, Wendy Muska, Maya Teckwani, Alexandra Wells

(The Merry Murderesses : Chicago: Teen Edition)

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Rye High School

Sydnee Brown, Karis Repetto, Zoe Loizeaux

(Rusty, Wendy Jo, Urleen : Footloose)

 

Outstanding Performance by a Chorus

WINNER :

Bergen County Academies - Fiddler on the Roof

Academy of the Holy Angels - Twelfth Night

Blind Brook High School - Something Rotten!

Northern Valley High School Old Tappan - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

North Rockland High School - In the Heights

Rye Neck High School - Anastasia

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Outstanding Performance by a Student Orchestra

WINNERS :

Lakeland High School - Into the Woods

White Plains High School - Mamma Mia

Bergen County Academies - Fiddler on the Roof

Mamaroneck High School - Footloose

North Rockland High School - In the Heights

Tuckahoe High School - Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

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Outstanding Performance by a Student Pit Musician

WINNER :

New Rochelle High School - Leah Shefferman (Love’s Labours Lost)
Bergen County Academies - Chloe Cho (Fiddler on the Roof)

Don Bosco Prep - Liam Nye (Shrek)

The Leffell School - Ethan Stein (Legally Blonde)

Mahwah High School - Mia Salzman (Shrek)

White Plains High School - Kei Wantanabe (Mamma Mia)

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Outstanding Achievement in Direction

WINNER :

Blind Brook High School - Christina Colangelo (Something Rotten!)

Archbishop Stepinac High School - Frank Portanova (Jersey Boys)

Fair Lawn High School - John Giresi (Little Shop of Horrors)

Immaculate Heart Academy - Jodi Capeless (Xanadu)

Nyack High School - August Abatecola (Little Shop of Horrors)

Rye Neck High School - Cyndi Feinman - (Anastasia)

 

Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction

WINNER :

Fair Lawn High School - Charles Santoro (Little Shop of Horrors)

Academy of the Holy Angels - George Croom (Twelfth Night)

Blind Brook High School - Jessica Cerasoli and Stephen Ferri (Something Rotten!)

New Rochelle High School - Regina Talbot, Sarah Mae Lagasca, Kirk Ehrenrich

(Love’s Labours Lost)

Pleasantville High School - Jon Vercesi and Nadia Rizzo (Bye, Bye Birdie)

Rye Neck High School - Kathryn Krull (Anastasia)

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Outstanding Achievement in Choreography

WINNER :

Northern Valley High School Old Tappan - Caitlin Ort (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)

Blind Brook High School - Lauren Guivas (Something Rotten!)

Eastchester High School - Mara Davi (Spamalot)

Mamaroneck High School - Allison Parsley (Footloose)

New Rochelle High School - Julie McGough (Love’s Labours Lost)

Ramapo High School (NY) - Natalie Nova (Footloose)

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Outstanding Achievement in Scenic Design

WINNER :

Blind Brook High School - Zach Dore (Something Rotten!)

Briarcliff High School - Jim Britt (The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical)

Fair Lawn High School - John Giresi (Little Shop of Horrors)

Nyack High School - Kevin Gleeson (Little Shop of Horrors)

Ossining High School - Steve Loftus (How to Succeed….)

Rye Country Day School - Jac-que Robinson, Steve Loftus (The Addams Family)

 

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Design

WINNER :

Immaculate Heart Academy - Nikki Belenski (Xanadu)

Blind Brook High School - Zach Dore (Something Rotten!)

Nyack High School - Andrew Gmoser (Little Shop of Horrors)

Ramapo High School (NJ) - Adam Nemeth (Urinetown)

Rye Country Day School - Jac-que Robinson (The Addams Family)

Tuckahoe High School - Andrew Gmoser (Disney’s Beauty and the Beast)

 

Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design

WINNER :

Westlake High School -Evelyn Varga (The Addams Family)

Brewster High School - Rose Bisogno (James and the Giant Peach)

Glen Rock High School - Anna Lilikas, Olivia Childs, Sage Collopy, and Lila Storey (Little Shop of Horrors)

Kennedy Catholic High School - Annette DiGrandi (Spongebob: The Musical)

Pascack Valley High School - Merielle Lupfer (Chicago: Teen Edition)

Pleasantville High School - Eileen Cerrati (Bye, Bye Birdie)

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Outstanding Achievement in Hair and Makeup Design

WINNER :

Pascack Valley High School - Merielle Lupfer (Chicago: Teen Edition)

Bergen County Academies -James Huelbig (Fiddler on the Roof)

Immaculate Heart Academy - Katelyn Coughlan (Xanadu)

Pleasantville High School - Fiona Brennan, Jane Murphy (Bye, Bye Birdie)

Rye Country Day School - Casey Hallen (The Addams Family)

Westlake High School - Sabrina Galletti (The Addams Family)

 

Outstanding Performance by a Stage Crew

WINNER :

Pleasantville High School - Bye, Bye Birdie

Briarcliff High School - The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical

Putnam Valley High School - Something Rotten!

Rye High School - Footloose

Valhalla High School - Roald Dahl’s Matilda

Westwood High School - Into the Woods

 

Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design

WINNER :

Hastings High School - Emma Gelman (Something Rotten!)

Bergen County Academies - Daniel Lukatsky (Fiddler on the Roof)

Glen Rock High School - Anthony Zapotosky (Little Shop of Horrors)

Mahwah High School - Mia Salzman, Melissa Ficarro, Eddie Shortway (Shrek)

Saddle Brook Middle/High School - Anna Heireth (Oliver!)

Tappan Zee High School - Ava Bourne, Maryn McCracken (Spamalot)

 

Outstanding Achievement in Lobby Display

WINNER :

Carmel High School - Raegan Sedlarcik (Disney’s High School Musical)

Clarkstown South High School - Payton Horan, Julia Halpert, and Ella Bonvissuto (Grease)

Dobbs Ferry High School - Lauren Baird (Chicago: Teen Edition)

Don Bosco Prep - Sheri Dennehy (Shrek)

Northern Highlands Regional High School - Jen Winkler, Krista Carpino, Sarah Franchi, Lana Hoffert (Bright Star)

Sleepy Hollow High School - Ann Neilsen, Christina Papadopoulos (Bye, Bye Birdie)

St. Joseph’s Regional High School - Kim Buscher (Into the Woods)

 

Outstanding Performance of a Duet

WINNER :

Tappan Zee High School

Daniel Lipari as "Sir Galahad" and Kiki Zervoudis as "The Lady of the Lake"

“The Song That Goes Like This”

Spamalot

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Academy of the Holy Angels

Eva Zazzali as "Viola" and Valentina Gonzalez as "Olivia"

“I Am She”

Twelfth Night

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Archbishop Stepinac High School

Calvin Lindo as "Frankie Valli" and Ava Pursel as "Mary Delgado"

“My Eyes Adored You”

Jersey Boys

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Carmel High School

Maureen Henshaw as “Gabriella” and Sam Corry as “Troy”

“When There Was Me and You”

Disney’s High School Musical

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Ramapo High School (NJ)

Marissa Colangelo as "Hope Cladwell" and Bryan Fortunato as "Bobby Strong”

“Follow Your Heart”

Urinetown

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Rye Neck High School

Lulu Tagger as "Anya/Anastasia" and Nathaniel Findlay as "Dmitry"

“Crowd of Thousands”

Anastasia

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Outstanding Performance of a Small Group Number

WINNER :

Kennedy Catholic High School

“I’m Not A Loser”

Spongebob: The Musical

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Brewster High School

“Everywhere That You Are”

James and the Giant Peach

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Clarkstown South High School

“Greased Lightning”

Grease

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Glen Rock High School

“Git It”

Little Shop of Horrors

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Hackensack High School

“Cell Block Tango”

Chicago: Teen Edition

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Harrison High School

“Hello, Little Girl”

Into the Woods

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Pleasantville High School

“Hymn for a Sunday Evening”

Bye, Bye Birdie

 

Outstanding Performance of a Production Number

WINNER :

Rye Country Day School

“When You’re an Addams”

The Addams Family

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Hastings High School

“We See the Light”

Something Rotten!

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Midland Park High School

“Land of Yesterday”

Anastasia

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Northern Valley High School Old Tappan

“The More We Dance”

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

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Putnam Valley High School

“Will Power”

Something Rotten!

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Ramsey High School

“I’ve Got Rhythm”

Crazy for You

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Outstanding Vocal Performance by a Female-Identifying Performer

WINNER :

Academy of the Holy Angels - Nora Giannantonio (Feste : Twelfth Night)

Dobbs Ferry High School - Mika Wurf (Velma Kelly :Chicago: Teen Edition)

Fair Lawn High School - Ariel Alania (Audrey : Little Shop of Horrors)

Ramsey High School - Madison Sovak (Polly Baker : Crazy for You)

Tappan Zee High School - Kiki Zervoudis (Lady of the Lake :Spamalot)

White Plains High School - Zoe Gopoian (Sophie Sheridan : Mamma Mia)

 

Outstanding Vocal Performance by a Male-Identifying Performer

WINNER :

Carmel High School - Sam Corry (Troy Bolton : Disney’s High School Musical)

Archbishop Stepinac High School - Calvin Lindo (Franki Valli : Jersey Boys)

Briarcliff High School -Zach Hoyer (Percy Jackson :The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical)

akeland High School - Philip Santini (The Baker : Into the Woods)

Mamaroneck High School - Domenick Bierman (Ren McCormack : Footloose)

Westwood High School - Matthew Ryan (The Baker : Into the Woods)

 

Outstanding Acting Performance by a Female-Identifying Performer

WINNER :

Rutherford High School - Amelia Perlmutter (Cady Heron : Mean Girls: High School Edition)

Academy of the Holy Angels - Eva Zazzali (Viola : Twelfth Night)

Brewster High School - Ivelisse Arocho (Ladhalord : James and the Giant Peach)

Fair Lawn High School - Juliana Foster (Mr. Mushnik : Little Shop of Horrors)

New Milford High School - McKenzie Forte (Pugsley Addams : The Addams Family)

Northern Highlands Regional High School - Stephanie Contreras (Alice Murphy : Bright Star)

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Outstanding Acting Performance by a Male-Identifying Performer

WINNER :

Harrison High School - Jack Eiff (The Baker : Into the Woods)

Academy of the Holy Angels - Jack Laux (Malvolio : Twelfth Night)

Immaculate Heart Academy - Liam Fahey (Sonny Malone : Xanadu)

North Rockland High School - Jordan Baez (Usnavi : In The Heights)

Rye Country Day School - Adé Larsen (Gomez Addams : The Addams Family)

Rye Neck High School - Riley Taylor (Gleb Vaganov : Anastasia)

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Outstanding Dance Performance by a Female-Identifying Performer

WINNER :

Saddle River Day School - Nicolette Riera (The Moon : The Addams Family)

Bergen County Academies - Emily Levitis (Fiddler : Fiddler on the Roof)

Blind Brook High School - Cassidy Wohl (Snug : Something Rotten!)

Mahwah High School - Riley Coplin (Ensemble : Shrek)

Northern Valley High School Old Tappan - Kyra Baily (Ensemble : Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)

Tappan Zee High School - Meline Kalishian (Not-Dead-Fred : Spamalot)

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Outstanding Dance Performance by a Male-Identifying Performer

WINNER :

Ramsey High School - Nate Algor (Bobby Child : Crazy for You)

Immaculate Heart Academy - Hayden Bernstein (Young Danny : Xanadu)

Lyndhurst High School - Joseph Brennan (Scuttle : Disney’s The Little Mermaid)

Port Chester High School - Demetrius Haddock (Troy Bolton : Disney’s High School Musical)

Ramapo High School (NY) - Benjamin Mejia (Ren McCormack : Footloose)

White Plains High School - Lance Anthony (Sky : Mamma Mia)

 

Outstanding Comedic Performance by a Female-Identifying Performer

WINNER :

Hastings High School - Elianna Carvalho (Portia : Something Rotten!)

Edgemont High School - Elena Korman (Karen : Mean Girls: High School Edition)

The Leffell School - Abby Farca (Paulette : Legally Blonde)

Pleasantville High School - Elsie Sabol (Ursula Merkle : Bye, Bye Birdie)

Ramapo High School (NY) - Destiny Schoenleber (Rusty : Footloose)

Westwood High School - Samantha Arturo (Little Red : Into the Woods)

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Outstanding Comedic Performance by a Male-Identifying Performer

WINNER :

Mamaroneck High School - Ian Morris (Willard Hewitt : Footloose)

Lakeland High School - Lionis Mani (The Mysterious Man : Into the Woods)

Lodi High School - Michael Schirrmacher (Lord Farquaad :Shrek)

Nyack High School - Matt Petricone (Audrey II : Little Shop of Horrors)

Putnam Valley High School - Jonah Shields (Thomas Nostradamus : Something Rotten!)

Tuckahoe High School - Justin DiFucci (LeFou : Disney’s Beauty and the Beast)

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Outstanding Performance by a Child Performer

WINNER :

Pleasantville High School - Julian Dundie (Randolph MacAfee : Bye, Bye Birdie)

Don Bosco Prep - Lyla Sosa (Young Fiona : Shrek)

Glen Rock High School - Pemma Krumholtz (Little Audrey : Little Shop of Horrors)

Lodi High School - Jalani Clark (Young Fiona/Angel : Shrek)

Saddle Brook Middle/High School - Christopher Cantarella (Oliver : Oliver!)

Sleepy Hollow High School - Kieran Raghavan (Harvey Johnson : Bye, Bye Birdie)

Tuckahoe High School - Gabriella Berkman (Chip : Disney’s Beauty and the Beast)

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Outstanding Performance by a Student Critic

WINNER :

Dobbs Ferry High School - Maeve Gorham

Blind Brook High School - Thomas Wemm

Harrison High School - Simona Forgione

North Salem High School - Kara Paulsen

Westlake High School - Henry Sliss

 

Outstanding Student Technical Achievement

WINNERS :

Blind Brook High School

Julian Silva

Assistant Technical Director and Sound Console Operator

Something Rotten!

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Pascack Valley High School

Kayden Caleca, Abby DiSalvo, and Evelyn Jansen

Stage Management Team

Chicago: Teen Edition

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Ramapo High School (NY)

Joel Joseph

Head of Publicity

Footloose

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Westwood High School

Christian Vincenty

Stage Manager and Set Construction Chief

Into the Woods

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Bergen County Academies

Sisley Carretas, Daniel Lukatsky, Hannah Shinder, and Daniel Simpson

Marketing Team

Fiddler on the Roof

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Don Bosco Prep

Lauren Gray and Bruno Snyder

Costume Design Assistants

Shrek

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Harrison High School

Alondra Nolasco Rojas

Sound Designer

Into the Woods

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Hastings High School

Vivian Smith

Costume Head

Something Rotten!

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Lakeland High School

Jack Curran

Sound Designer

Into the Woods

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Northern Valley High School Old Tappan

Sophia Ashbahian and Ella Perez

Student Music Directors

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

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Nyack High School

Daniel Anton

Production Stage Manager

Little Shop of Horrors

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Pleasantville High School

Elizabeth Hoadley

Technical Director

Bye, Bye Birdie

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Rye High School

Cameron Slocumb

Production Stage Manager

Footloose

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Rye Country Day School

Olivia Craig, Tati Leonard, and Sydney Merrill

Stage Management Team

The Addams Family

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Rye Neck High School

Mia Cooper

Production Stage Manager

Anastasia

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Saddle Brook Middle/High School

Natalia Chahine

Student Director

Oliver!

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Westlake High School

Sean Gray

Student Technical Director

The Addams Family