School musical productions are a far cry from when I went to high school! They are more complicated, more sophisticated, more technological! Paper Mill Playhouse has honored the following schools and students with their Rising Star Awards:
Paper Mill Playhouse 16th Annual Rising Star Awards presented by Investors Savings Bank Foundation
2011 Rising Star Award Winners
- Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical
Westfield High School
SWEENEY TODD, THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET - Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Lindsay Dunn as “Millie Dillmount”
Wallkill Valley Regional High School
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE - Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
John Caliendo as “Tevye”
Point Pleasant Borough High School
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF - Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Rebecca Skowron as “Beggar Woman”
Westfield High School
SWEENEY TODD, THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET - Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Drew Gardner as “Angel Schunard”
Ridge High School
RENT: SCHOOL EDITION - Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role
Peter Carmo as “Adolfo Pirelli”
Westfield High School
SWEENEY TODD, THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Member
Emily Grable as “Dream Laurey”
Cranford HIGH SCHOOL
OKLAHOMA! - Outstanding Performance by a Featured Ensemble Group
“The Stenographers”
Summit High School
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE - Outstanding Chorus
Westfield High School
SWEENEY TODD, THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET - Outstanding Direction
Daniel Devlin
Westfield High School
SWEENEY TODD, THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET - Outstanding Choreography & Musical Staging
Michelle Massa
Cranford High School
OKLAHOMA! - Outstanding Music Direction
Michael Cundari and Nicole Monte
Nutley High School
CANDIDE - Outstanding Orchestra
Howell High School
ANYTHING GOES - Outstanding Scenic Achievement
Roy Chambers
Westfield High School
SWEENEY TODD, THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET - Outstanding Lighting Achievement
Michael Kimmel and Lisa Weinshrott
Westfield High School
SWEENEY TODD, THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET - Outstanding Costuming Achievement
Paul H. Canada and Beth Holland
Gill St. Bernard's School
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC - Outstanding Hair & Make-up Achievement
Eastern Regional High School
CATS - Outstanding Lobby Display
Agnes Irizarry and Carol Kravette
Hillsborough High School
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - Outstanding Graphic Design
Paul Gaschler
Union High School
DISNEY’S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - Educational Impact Award
Rahway High School
WEST SIDE STORY - The Rising Star “Theatre for Everyone” Inclusion & Access Award
Passaic County Technical Institute
HAIRSPRAY
Student Achievement Awards
- Student Achievement Award
Jacob Schmitz, Stage Manager, Columbia High School
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE - Student Achievement Award
Stage Crew, Columbia High School
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE - Student Achievement Award
Esmeralda Fyhr, Costume Design and Costume Shop Head, Cranford High School
OKLAHOMA! - Student Achievement Award
Rachel Butensky, Wardrobe Crew , Morristown-Beard School
OKLAHOMA! - Student Achievement Award
Gioia Kelleher, Wardrobe Crew, Morristown-Beard School
OKLAHOMA! - Student Achievement Award
Ben Tolles, Stage Manager, Summit High School
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE - Student Achievement Award
Running Crew, Summit High School
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE - Student Achievement Award
Miguel Urbino, Graphic Arts, West Orange High School
HAIRSPRAY - Student Achievement Award
Jill Salisbury, Assistant Technical Director, Westfield High School
SWEENEY TODD, THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET - Student Achievement Award
Tzvetelina Garneva, Stage Manager, Westfield High School
SWEENEY TODD, THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
Rising Star Award Scholarships
- The Investors Savings Bank Foundation Rising Star Awards Scholarship
Christopher Morrissey, Westfield High School - Tiffany & Co. Rising Star Awards Scholarship
Benjamin Chavez, Bergen County Academies - The Jane Burgio Memorial Scholarship for the Rising Star Awards
Robyn Stein, Hillsborough High School - The Douglas M. Krueger Scholarship Fund for the Rising Star Awards
Katherine Scott, Red Bank Catholic High School - The Scaramouche Technical Theatre Scholarship for the Rising Star Awards
Jill Salisbury, Westfield High School
