Metro Awards: St. Joe's 'Les Miserables' tops nominees with 13; read the full list

TARRYTOWN - If they were feeling miserable before, they're feeling much less miserable now.

St. Joseph Regional High School's production of "Les Miserables" on Tuesday garnered 13 nominations for the 2024 Metro Awards, including for outstanding overall production, the top honor for the high school equivalent of the Tony Awards across Westchester, Rockland, Putnam and Bergen counties.

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The Metro Awards, produced by Nyack's Helen Hayes Youth Theater, will be presented at a ceremony at Purchase PAC on June 10. Hosting will be Broadway actors JJ Niemann ("Back to the Future") and Amber Ardolino ("A Beautiful Noise").

An all-boys Catholic high school in Montvale, New Jersey, St. Joseph draws students from Bergen and nearby Rockland County.

Its production of the Victor Hugo musical — about Jean Valjean, a man jailed for years for stealing a loaf of bread — was nominated for overall production, leading male-identified role, supporting male-identified role and female-identified role, chorus, director, music-director, scenic design, lighting design, hair and makeup design, lobby display, vocal performance by a female-identifying performer, and child performer.

Who's nominated for outstanding overall production Metro Award?

Of the seven schools nominated for outstanding overall production, three are single-sex Catholic high schools that draw all-star talent from the surrounding area to fill out their casts. A fourth is a magnet school that brings talented students from all over Bergen County to its Hackensack campus. The remaining three are public schools, one in Bergen, one in Putnam and one in Westchester.

In addition to "Les Miserables," other schools in the running for overall production are:

• Academy of the Holy Angels, all-girls Catholic school in Demarest, New Jersey, which staged “Urinetown”;

• Archbishop Stepinac all-boys Catholic high school in White Plains, which presented “Catch Me If You Can”;

• Bergen County Academies public magnet school in Hackensack, New Jersey, which staged “Something Rotten!”;

• Brewster High School in Putnam County, for “Anything Goes”;

• Harrison High School in Westchester, which staged “Mean Girls”; and

• Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan, which presented “Cats.”

All seven productions will be invited to perform at the Metro Awards ceremony June 10 at Purchase PAC on the campus of Purchase College, as will those nominees for leading female-identified role and leading male-identified role.

Nominations in 36 categories, for 63 schools

The nominations were announced in a live webcast from the site of last year's ceremony, Tarrytown Music Hall, by producers Blake Spence and Jordan Singer, joined by lohud.com reporter Peter D. Kramer. The Journal News/lohud.com is the exclusive media partner of the Metro Awards and will also livestream the June 10 ceremony, along with a pre-show blue-carpet interview program.

Metros Night is a chance for theater kids to dress up and scream their lungs out whenever their school is mentioned. They cheer and clap and sing showtunes while waiting for breathless winners to make their way to the stage, sometimes from the balcony. It's deafening and delirious.

Spence and Singer are in their second year helming the contest, which is the brainchild of Danielle Rudess, owner of Nyack's Helen Hayes Youth Theater. While the Metros returned last year after a three-year pandemic pause, this is the 25th anniversary of the first time the awards were handed out, when they were called the Helen Hayes Awards.

The Metros, the loudest, proudest night on the high school musical calendar across the Lower Hudson Valley, had 63 schools participating this year. That meant they paid the entrance fee and had judges attend their productions. They also produced video recordings for judges to watch for further evaluations.

Students in the technical achievement, lobby display and graphic design categories, nominated by teachers, submitted portfolios for review.

Hosts from Broadway (and TikTok)

Hosts JJ Niemann and Amber Ardolino are fixtures on TikTok (he has a million followers; she has 577k) and are Broadway double-duty veterans, often appearing in two productions at once.

Niemann brought his viewers along as he did a pre-Broadway workshop of "Smash," and then an evening performance of "Back to the Future." His Broadway credits include "The Book of Mormon," where he was a swing for three years. He also appeared in the TikTok musicals "for you," "Paige" and "Ratatouille." (On TikTok: @jjniemann)

Ardolino plays Marcia Murphey in "A Beautiful Noise" on Broadway, having made her debut in "Hamilton." Before the Neil Diamond musical, she was in the original company of "Back to the Future," and in "Funny Girl," "Moulin Rouge" and "Head Over Heels." (On TikTok: @ambernicoleardolino)

By the numbers

Every school received at least one nomination and several schools racked up multiple nods. Among them:

• 13 nominations for St. Joseph's "Les Miserables."

• 12 nominations for Bergen County Academies' “Something Rotten!”

• 11 nominations for Harrison's "Mean Girls."

• 10 nominations for Archbishop Stepinac's “Catch Me If You Can.”

• 9 nominations for Academy of Holy Angels' “Urinetown,” Brewster's “Anything Goes,” Northern Valley/Old Tappan's “Cats,” and Pleasantville's “Footloose.”

• 8 nominations for Blind Brook's “Mamma Mia!”

• 7 nominations for Carmel's “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” Hastings' “Urinetown,” Mamaroneck's “Newsies,” Nyack's “Grease,” Pascack Valley's “High School Musical,” and Rutherford's “The Lightning Thief.”

Metro Award nominees in all categories

Here are the nominees in all 36 categories for the 2024 Metro Awards, to be handed out June 10 at a ceremony at Purchase PAC:

Overall production

Academy of Holy Angels, “Urinetown”; Archbishop Stepinac, “Catch Me If You Can”; Bergen County Academies, “Something Rotten!”; Brewster, “Anything Goes”; Harrison, “Mean Girls”; Northern Valley/Old Tappan, “Cats”; St. Joseph, “Les Misérables.”

Leading female-identified role

Brewster, Tessa Boissonnault as Reno Sweeney, “Anything Goes”; Dwight-Englewood, Sophia Vermés as Olive Ostrovsky, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”; Harrison, Jadyn Schwartz as Regina George, “Mean Girls”; Immaculate Heart Academy, Madeline Heinimann as Donna Sheridan, “Mamma Mia!”; Lyndhurst, Angelina Brennen as Elle Woods in “Legally Blonde”; Pelham, Maddy Lyons as The Witch, “Into the Woods”; Tappan Zee, Kiki Zervoudis as Sophie Sheridan, “Mamma Mia!”

Leading male-identified role

Archbishop Stepinac, Ryan Diaz as Carl Hanratty, “Catch Me If You Can”; Bergen County Academies, Christopher Bruno as Nick Bottom, “Something Rotten!”; Carmel, Sam Corry as J. Pierrepont Finch, “How to Succeed…”; Clarkstown North, Zach Degen as Gomez Addams, “The Addams Family”; Lakeland, Sebastian Goldstein as Billy Flynn, “Chicago: Teen Edition”; Ramsey, Nate Algor as Emmett Forrest, “Legally Blonde”; St. Joseph, Liam Fahey as Jean Valjean, “Les Misérables.”

Supporting female-identified role

Academy of Holy Angels, Eva Zazzali as Little Sally, “Urinetown”; Brewster, Emiko Dunn as Erma Latour, “Anything Goes”; Dobbs Ferry, Melanie Miadelets as Hodel, “Fiddler on the Roof”; Harrison, Tessa Marsico as Gretchen Weiners, “Mean Girls”; Nyack, Emma R. Van Dorpe as Rizzo, “Grease”; Rye, Sydnee Brown as Rosie Mulligan, “Mamma Mia!”; St. Joseph, Emily Kenny as Fantine, “Les Misérables.”

Supporting male-identified role

Academy of Holy Angels, Jack Laux as Caldwell B. Cladwell, “Urinetown”; Mamaroneck, Alexander Gross as Joseph Pulitzer, “Newsies”; Northern Valley/Old Tappan, Roman Gatti as Rum Tum Tugger, “Cats”; Nyack, Sawyer Ploski as Kenickie, “Grease”; Pelham, Liam Ginsburg as Jack, “Into the Woods”; Rye Neck, Riley Taylor as Gaston, “Beauty and the Beast”; St. Joseph, Derek Bedell as Marius, “Les Misérables.”

Featured role

Academy of Holy Angels, James Coleman as Hot Blades Harry, “Urinetown”; Bergen County Academies, Daniel Lukatsky as The Minstrel, “Something Rotten!”; Clarkstown North, Gianna Maltbie as Pugsley Addams, “The Addams Family”; Don Bosco Prep, Salvatore Noble as Nicely-Nicely Johnson, “Guys and Dolls”; Hendrick Hudson, Addison Valentino as Flounder, “The Little Mermaid”; Northern Valley/Old Tappan, Sophia Ashbahian as Jellylorum, “Cats”; Somers, Angelina Pineiro as Pugsley Addams, “The Addams Family.”

Cameo female-identified role

Archbishop Stepinac, Anna Fahy as Carol Strong, “Catch Me If You Can”; Dobbs Ferry, Sloane DiSimone as Fruma Sarah, “Fiddler on the Roof’; Glen Rock, Kellen Philp as Babette, “Beauty and the Beast”; Pascack Valley, Abby Campbell as Martha Cox “High School Musical”; Rutherford, Liz Dunlop as Clarisse La Rue, “The Lightning Thief”; Rye Neck, Myli Bruno as The Enchantress/Silly Girl, “Beauty and the Beast”; Saddle River Day, Sara Onik as Teen Fiona, “Shrek.”

Cameo male-identified role

Brewster, Zachary Simmons as Henry Dobson, “Anything Goes”; Harrison High, Luke Castellano as Mr. Duvall, “Mean Girls”; Mahwah, Daniel Fernandez as Gavroche, “Les Misérables”; Midland Park, Caleb Faber as Lurch, “The Addams Family”; Northern Valley/Old Tappan, Daniel Lee as Asparagus, “Cats”; Pelham, Andrew Scott as The Mysterious Man, “Into the Woods”; Rye, Sam Rodriguez as Eddie, “Mamma Mia!”

Ensemble group

Bergen County Academies, Skylar Herman, Addie Maddela, and Olivia Rain McCarthy as Nostradamus, “Something Rotten!”; Blind Brook, Chloe Beal and Cassandra Brunetti as Ali and Lisa, “Mamma Mia!”; Fair Lawn, Mariella Galdieri, Michal Semory Gertler, and Rebecca Rosen as Pilar, Margot and Serena, “Legally Blonde”; North Rockland, Arianna Aguliar, Anya Andriyevsky, Eryn Arador, Erin Bertolino, Jaylyn Castro, Precious (Judy) Damas, Megan Debus, Aylynn Hernandez, Sarina Neset, Olivia Toussaint, Gia (Sage) Vincety as The Merry Murderesses, “Chicago”; Nyack, Augie Davi-Fiendella, Ian Duff, Asher Glass, Sawyer Ploski, and Trey Schloss as The Burger Palace Boys, “Grease”; Rye Neck, Anaïs Brown, Donna Costanz, Abigail Flynn, Emily Gallin, Jian Kawai, Maho Murofushi as The Enchanted Objects, “Beauty and the Beast”; White Plains, Anissa Bagby, Hayley Brick, Alice Brodsky, Olivia Perretto, and Riley Westlund as Tevye’s daughters, “Fiddler on the Roof.”

Chorus

Academy of Holy Angels, “Urinetown”; Bergen County Academies, “Something Rotten!”; Brewster, “Anything Goes”; Clarkstown North, “The Addams Family”; Harrison, “Mean Girls”; Mamaroneck, “Newsies”; Northern Valley/Old Tappan, “Cats”; St. Joseph, “Les Misérables.”

Student orchestra

Bergen County Academies, “Something Rotten!”; Carmel, “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”; Lakeland, “Chicago”; Lodi, “Spamalot”; Mamaroneck, “Newsies”; Tuckahoe, “Annie”; Westwood, “Annie”; White Plains, “Fiddler on the Roof.”

Student pit musician

Hastings, Jasper Zimmerman on piano, “Urinetown”; Lakeland, Jesse Ehrenreich on tuba/bass, “Chicago”; Lyndhurst, Lily Anderson on reed 1, “Legally Blonde”; Mahwah, Jachin Choi on cello, “Les Misérables”; Pascack Valley, Tim Ngai on keyboard 1, “High School Musical”; Pleasantville, Alex Arbucci on bass guitar, “Footloose”; Rutherford, Evan Statile on guitar, “The Lightning Thief”; Tuckahoe, Nico Tortorella on violin, “Annie.”

Director

Academy of Holy Angels, Katie Collins, “Urinetown”;Archbishop Stepinac, Frank Portanova, “Catch Me If You Can”; Bergen County Academies, Victoria Pero, “Something Rotten!”; Clarkstown North, Ellen Condon Macy, “The Addams Family”; Pelham, Thomas Beck Jr. and Neil Schleifer, “Into the Woods”; Ramapo (NY), Rai Arsa Artha, “Urinetown”; Rutherford, Courtney McManus and Matthew Vaccaro, “The Lightning Thief”; St. Joseph, Marc David Wright, “Les Misérables.”

Music direction

Academy of Holy Angels, George Croom, “Urinetown”; Dobbs Ferry, Georgia DeFalco, “Fiddler on the Roof”; Harrison, Meg Test, “Mean Girls”; Midland Park, Ethan Smith, “The Addams Family”; Pelham, George Croom, “Into the Woods”; The Masters School, Katie Meadows, “Into the Woods”; Pleasantville, Jon Vercesi, “Footloose”; St. Joseph, Ed Ginter, “Les Misérables.”

Choreography

Archbishop Stepinac, Francesca DeAngelo, Halle Mastroberardino and Charlotte Newman, “Catch Me If You Can”; Bergen County Academies, Laurie Crochet-Hyslop, “Something Rotten!”; Brewster, Nikki Sanders Siriani, “Anything Goes”; Briarcliff, Davyd H. Suber Jr., “Chicago”; Fort Lee, Eldric Etra, “Mean Girls”; Harrison, Deborah Toteda, “Mean Girls”; Mamaroneck, Allison Parsley, “Newsies”; Northern Valley/Old Tappan, Caitlin Ort, “Cats.”

Scenic design

Blind Brook, Zach Dore, “Mamma Mia!”; Don Bosco, Darren Rosen, “Guys and Dolls”; Immaculate Heart Academy, Vincent Gunn, “Mamma Mia!”; Mahwah, Andrew Needham and Daniel Catizone, “Les Misérables”; New Milford, Dan Prete, Jim Africano, and Lauren Finizia, “Beauty and the Beast”; North Rockland, James Huppert, “Chicago”; Rye Country Day, Jac-que Robinson, “Into the Woods”; St. Joseph, Vincent Gunn, “Les Misérables.”

Lighting design

Archbishop Stepinac, Andrew Gmoser, “Catch Me If You Can”; Blind Brook, Zach Dore, “Mamma Mia!”; Briarcliff, Jim Britt, “Chicago”; Immaculate Heart Academy, Nikki Belenski, “Mamma Mia!”; Pascack Valley, Xochitl Musser, “High School Musical”; Rye Country Day, Jac-que Robinson, “Into the Woods”; St. Joseph, Asa Lipton, “Les Misérables”; Tuckahoe, Andrew Gmoser, “Annie.”

Costume design

Archbishop Stepinac, Annamarie Mastroberardino, “Catch Me If You Can”; Bergen County Academies, Terry Thiry, Janet Hughes, Christine Beidel, and Jack Nuciforo, “Something Rotten!”; Briarcliff, Susanna Kwong, “Chicago”; Midland Park, Rebecca Horner and Amy Walton, “The Addams Family”; Pascack Valley, Merielle Lupfer, “High School Musical”; Pleasantville, Jacqueline Cerrati, “Footloose”; Ramapo (NJ), Becca Corrado, “The Drowsy Chaperone”; Rye Neck, Chakira Doherty, “Beauty and the Beast.”

Hair and makeup design

Bergen County Academies, Eve Antonelli, Simoné Chariell, and Gabriela Iwuc, “Something Rotten!”; Eastchester, Jennifer Batz, Maddy Colette, Olivia D'Aversa-Herbert, Donna Seminara, “The Addams Family”; Immaculate Heart Academy, Derek Alfano, “Mamma Mia!”; Midland Park, Helene Rosso and Melissa Quinn, “The Addams Family”; Northern Valley/Old Tappan, Sam Cruz, Diya Damwani, Kareena Daswani, and Erica Young, “Cats”; Pleasantville, Lisa Cascardo, “Footloose”; St. Joseph, Derek Alfano and Chelsey Cavalcante, “Les Misérables”; Westlake, Sabrina Galletti, “Beauty and the Beast.”

Stage crew

Don Bosco, “Guys and Dolls”; Hastings, “Urinetown”; Midland Park, “The Addams Family”; North Rockland, “Chicago”; Port Chester, “Legally Blonde”; Rye Neck, “Beauty and the Beast”; The Leffell School, “Freaky Friday”; Valhalla, “Footloose.”

Graphic design (teacher-nominated)

Briarcliff, Allison Chu, “Chicago”; Glen Rock, Giulia Beaudoin, “Beauty and the Beast”; Hastings, Emma Gelman, “Urinetown”; Mahwah, Alexandra Lazar, “Les Misérables”; Ossining, June Salo, “Sister Act”; Rye Country Day, Ellen Chen, “Into the Woods”; Westlake, Eva Cangialosi, Jaiselle Medina, Kolby Moody, Adriana Pires, and Alyssa Yuan, “Beauty and the Beast”; Westwood, Joseph Fritz, “Annie.”

Lobby display (teacher-nominated)

Carmel High School, Raegan Sedlarcik, “How to Succeed…”; Clarkstown South, Michael Culver, Riley Schoales, and Hannah Sung, “Newsies”; Don Bosco, Sheri Dennehy, “Guys and Dolls”; Dumont, Brenda Arthur, Samantha Bautista, Denise Flaherty, Ana Lucia Guinto, Melanie Hammond, Kaitlyn Kwan, Angelina Job, Nicole McCabe, Khaled Nasr, John Pacana, Sophia Rosero, Reuben Thibault-Garnica, and Samia Tousif, “Mean Girls”; Hastings, Emma Gelman, “Urinetown”; New Rochelle, PAVE art students, “Young Kind of Love”; The Masters School, Jovelysa Molina and Lucy Vargas, “Into the Woods”; St. Joseph, Kim Buscher, “Les Misérables.”

Duet

Brewster, Tessa Boissonnault as “Reno Sweeney” and Ivelisse Arocho as “Moonface Martin” singing “Friendship,” “Anything Goes”; Carmel, Sam Corry as “J. Pierrepont Finch” and Jake Patino as “J.B. Biggley” singing “Grand Old Ivy, “How to Succeed…” Eastchester, Sofia Caballes as “Morticia Addams” and William Anderson as “Gomez Addams” singing “Tango de Amor,” “The Addams Family”; Immaculate Heart Academy, Maeve Murray as “Rosie Mulligan” and RJ Buscher as “Bill Austin” singing “Take a Chance on Me,” “Mamma Mia!”; New Milford, Isabel Alasio as “Belle” and Frankie Carbonaro as “Maurice” singing “No Matter What,” “Beauty and the Beast”; Nyack, Sienna Ryan as “Jan” and Trey Schloss as “Roger” singing “Mooning,” “Grease”; Putnam Valley, Reece Emery as “Joanne Jefferson” and Hayley Craane as “Maureen Johnson” singing “Take Me or Leave Me,” “Rent”; Saddle River Day, Teddy Basa as “Shrek” and Kate Peresvyetova as “Fiona” singing “I Think I Got You Beat,” “Shrek.”

Small group number

Dwight-Englewood, “The I Love You Song,” “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”; New Rochelle, “Caffeinated,” “Young Kind of Love”; North Salem, “Elegance,” “Hello, Dolly!”; Pascack Hills, “Stepsister’s Lament,” “Cinderella”; Pleasantville, “Mama Says,” “Footloose”; Rutherford, “Drive,” “The Lightning Thief”; Rye, “Dancing Queen,” “Mamma Mia!”; Valhalla, “Holding Out for a Hero,” “Footloose.”

Production number

Carmel High School, “Brotherhood of Man,” “How to Succeed…”; Clarkstown North, “When You’re an Addams,” The Addams Family”; Clarkstown South, “Seize the Day,” “Newsies”; Lyndhurst, “There! Right There!,” “Legally Blonde”; Mamaroneck, “Carrying the Banner,” “Newsies”; Nyack, “Greased Lightning,” “Grease”; Ramapo (NY), “The Cop Song,” “Urinetown”; Tuckahoe, “Hard Knock Life,” “Annie.”

Vocal performance by a female-identifying performer

Archbishop Stepinac, Arianna Arocho as Brenda Strong, “Catch Me If You Can”; Hendrick Hudson, Mia O'Malley as Ariel, “The Little Mermaid”; Immaculate Heart Academy, Katherine Ryan as Tanya Cresham-Leigh, “Mamma Mia!”; North Salem, Isabella Mosquera Velasquez as Dolly Gallagher Levi, “Hello, Dolly!”; Pascack Valley, Olivia Carpenter as Gabriella Montez, “High School Musical”; St. Joseph, Lily Yezdanian as Cosette, “Les Misérables”; The Masters School, Josie Leff as The Baker’s Wife, “Into the Woods”; Sleepy Hollow, Bella Perkins as Fairy Godmother, “Cinderella.”

Vocal performance by a male-identifying performer

Archbishop Stepinac, Calvin Lindo as Frank Abagnale Jr., “Catch Me If You Can”; Briarcliff, Gordon Beckler as Billy Flynn, “Chicago”; Harrison, Elvis Njuguna as Aaron Samuels, “Mean Girls”; New Rochelle, Alan Dimond singing “Me and Mr. Popularity,” “Young Kind of Love”; Putnam Valley, Massimo Cartategui as Mark Cohen, “Rent”; Sleepy Hollow, Chris Cesarano as Christopher, “Cinderella”; Tappan Zee, Daniel Lipari as Sky, “Mamma Mia!”; Tuckahoe, Henry Podoll as “Daddy” Warbucks, “Annie.”

Acting performance by a female-identifying performer

Academy of Holy Angels, Lilianna Garber as Hope Cladwell, “Urinetown”; Blind Brook, Cassidy Wohl as Sophie Sheridan, “Mamma Mia!”; Eastchester, Caitlyn Kops as Alice Beineke, “The Addams Family”; Horace Greeley, Sasha Murray as Wednesday Addams, “The Addams Family”; Midland Park, Teya Rosso as Morticia Addams, “The Addams Family”; Pascack Valley, Maya Teckwani as Taylor McKessie, “High School Musical”; Rye Country Day, Dominique Alvarez as Little Red, “Into the Woods”; The Leffell School, Bailey Goldberg as Catherine Blake, “Freaky Friday.”

Acting performance by a male-identifying performer

Academy of Holy Angels, Joe Lizzi as Officer Lockstock, “Urinetown”; Carmel, Jake Filangeri as Bud Frump, “How to Succeed…”; Don Bosco, Anthony Proia as Nathan Detroit, “Guys and Dolls”; Mamaroneck, Domenick Bierman as Jack Kelly, “Newsies”; Pleasantville, Colin Rubsamen as Reverend Shaw Moore, “Footloose”; Rutherford, Nick Scaglione as Grover Underwood, “The Lightning Thief”; Somers, Anthony Fusco as Gomez Addams, “The Addams Family”; White Plains, Rico Rivera as Tevye, “Fiddler on the Roof.”

Dance performance by a female-identifying performer

Bergenfield, Laila Little as TiMoune, “Once on This Island”; Eastchester, Sofia Caballes as Morticia Addams, “The Addams Family”; Lakeland, Lily Wallace as Liz, “Chicago”; New Rochelle, Keyera Gordon in “Boomerang,” “Young Kind of Love”; North Salem, Gabriella Nicoletti as Ermengarde, “Hello, Dolly!”; Nyack, Haylie Christiano as Cha Cha DiGregorio, “Grease”; Ramsey, Chloe Yi as Brooke Wyndham, “Legally Blonde”; Saddle River Day, Alessia Riera as Sugar Plum Fairy/Moon, “Shrek.”

Dance performance by a male-identifying performer

Brewster, Jacob Caraballo as Billy Crocker, “Anything Goes”; Eastchester, William Anderson as Gomez Addams, “The Addams Family”; Hendrick Hudson, Cameron Haynes as Scuttle, “The Little Mermaid”; Northern Highlands, Henry Robers as Pepper, “Mamma Mia!”; Northern Valley/Old Tappan, Tim Lee as Macavity, “Cats”; Pleasantville, Philip Dundie as Ren McCormack, “Footloose”; Ramapo (NJ), Samuel Ornstein as George, “The Drowsy Chaperone”; Rye Neck, Jian Kawai as Lumiere, “Beauty and the Beast.”

Comedic performance by a female-identifying performer

Blind Brook, Madilyn Klein as Rosie Mulligan, “Mamma Mia!”; Brewster, Ivelisse Arocho as Moonface Martin, “Anything Goes”; Fair Lawn, Lucy Bohossian as Paulette, “Legally Blonde”; Fort Lee, Sadhay Nunez as Karen Smith, “Mean Girls”; Hastings, Elianna Carvalho as Hope Cladwell, “Urinetown”; Ossining, Grace McGrath as Sister Mary Patrick, “Sister Act”; Pascack Valley, Mia Vazquez as Jack Scott, “High School Musical”; Ramapo (NJ), Gabriella Almanza as Kitty, “The Drowsy Chaperone.”

Comedic performance by a male-identifying performer

Dumont, Joseph Floro as Damian Hubbard, “Mean Girls”; Glen Rock, Henry Finkenstadt as Cogsworth, “Beauty and the Beast”; Harrison, Ulysses Bravo Brown as Kevin G., “Mean Girls”; Hendrick Hudson, Jordan Cobb as Chef Louis, “The Little Mermaid”; Horace Greeley, Matthew Weissman as Fester, “The Addams Family”; Lodi, Oscar Lopez as Herbert, “Spamalot”; Ramapo (NJ), Leonardo Fornasieri as Aldolpho, “The Drowsy Chaperone”; Ramapo (NY), Benjamin Mejia as Officer Lockstock, “Urinetown.”

Child performer

Bergenfield, Viola Eigenbrod and Riley Quirk as The Little Girl/Little TiMoune, “Once on This Island”; Blind Brook, Annie Dore as Little Sophie, “Mamma Mia!”; Clarkstown South, Gavin Cox and George Zacharopoulos as Les, “Newsies”; Kennedy Catholic, Sophia Amone as Matilda, “Matilda”; Mamaroneck, Jack Kohler and Caelin Wieber as Les, “Newsies”; Northern Highlands, K.C. Suchkova and Liliana Meizys as Young Donna and Young Sophie, “Mamma Mia!”; Rye Country Day, Jolie Robinson as Milky White, “Into the Woods”; Rye, Haley Kloepfer and Olivia King as Young Donna and Young Sophie, “Mamma Mia!”; Saddle River Day, Sam Miller as Young Shrek/Baby Bear/Farquaad’s Father, “Shrek”; St. Joseph, Alexander Suarez-Inclan as Gavroche, “Les Misérables”; Tuckahoe, Gabriella Berkman as Molly, “Annie”; Westlake, Abby Horan as Carpet, “Beauty and the Beast.”

Student critic

Bergen County Academies, Victoria Baturin; Bergenfield, Matthew Quintana; Blind Brook, Veronica Babiuk; Eastchester, Gianna Cassino; Harrison, Evan Gessner; Hastings, Erik Ghalib; Hendrick Hudson, Castalia Litos; Horace Greeley, Zoya Nabeel; Pleasantville, Maya Fortier; Putnam Valley, Payton Ferraguzzi; Rutherford, Jeannille Ettinoffe; and Westlake, Giuliana Malaj.

Student technical achievement (teacher nominated)

Archbishop Stepinac, Tyler Dobeck as production stage manager, “Catch Me If You Can”; Bergen County Academies, Eunice Hwang as production stage manager, “Something Rotten!”; Blind Brook, Veronica Babiuk as production stage manager, “Mamma Mia!”; Carmel, Guiliana Acierno as student lighting designer, “How to Succeed…”; Clarkstown South, Michael Culver as production stage manager, “Newsies”; Dumont, Maya Matlick as head photographer, publicity manager, projection collaborator, and webmaster, “Mean Girls”; Harrison, Stella O’Connell as student lighting designer, “Mean Girls”; Hastings, Liam Mulvihill as A1 sound engineer, “Urinetown”; Mahwah, Fiza Khan as head of costumes, “Les Misérables”; The Masters School, Ally Tarter as assistant stage manager, “Into the Woods”; New Rochelle, Gabrielle Barnett, Madeline Basch, Michelle Carrillo, Jake Solar, and Valentina Wallin as art and video designers, “Young Kind of Love”; North Salem, Matthew Graham as assistant to the lighting designer/light board operator, “Hello, Dolly!”; Northern Valley/Old Tappan, Matthew Mancinelli as student lighting designer and lighting programmer, “Cats”; Nyack, Lily Anton as production stage manager, “Grease”; Pascack Hills, Jocelyn Adereth as scenic designer and assistant technical director, “Cinderella”; Pleasantville, Katie Moore as production stage manager, “Footloose”; Ramapo (NY), Shawn Samuel as production stage manager, “Urinetown”; Rutherford, Rebecca Mathews as production stage manager, “The Lightning Thief”; Rye Country Day, Julia Kroin as production stage manager, “Into the Woods”; Valhalla, Devany Lynch as co-stage manager, “Footloose”; Westlake, Sean Gray as set designer, lighting designer, and technical director, “Beauty and the Beast”; Westwood, Rhianna Rivera and Erin Strauser as student costume designers and costume chiefs, “Annie.”

Reach Peter D. Kramer at pkramer@gannett.com

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