2007-2008 Perry Award Winners
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OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY THEATRE
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Over the Rainbow Productions (Winner) |
NJACT REVIEWER OF THE YEAR
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Carol Magee (Winner) |
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN/PLAY
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Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Nick Barter/Richard Stenken |
It’s a Wonderful Life |
Leonia |
M. Kitty Getlik |
Driving Miss Daisy |
Maurer Productions Onstage |
Donna Glasser/Nick Montesano (Winners) |
Suddenly Last Summer |
Nena |
Kevin Gunther |
Of Mice & Men |
Sayreville |
Richard Hennessy |
Crimes of the Heart |
Chatham |
Bob Murray |
Born Yesterday |
Westfield |
Mark Reilly |
To Kill A Mockingbird |
CDC |
Allan Steward |
Cuckoos Nest |
Bergen County Pl |
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN/MUSICAL
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Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Julia Denison |
High School Musical |
SKIT |
Deanna M Ford |
Peter Pan |
Strand |
Ellen Fraker Glasscock |
1776 |
Chester |
Ellen Fraker Glasscock (Winner) |
The Baker’s Wife |
Chester |
Richard Hennessy |
Little Women |
Chatham |
Nick Montesano |
Into the Woods |
NENA |
Mark Reilly |
Sumer of ’42 |
CDC |
Tony Siniscalco |
Suessical |
Hexagon Players |
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Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Matt Burns |
Little Women |
Chatham |
Bill Bourke |
Peter Pan |
Strand |
Bill Chamis |
Summer of ’42 |
CDC |
Liz Kulig/John Calabrese/
Steve Clem |
The Odd Couple |
Corpus Christi |
Mark Lamhut/Mary Beth Wilson |
Children of a Lesser God |
Center Players |
Dan Maurer (Winner) |
Driving Miss Daisy |
Maurer Productions OnStage |
Nick Montesano/Arnold Texeira |
Cabaret |
NENA |
Joseph Schreck, Jr |
Falsettos |
Blue State Productions |
OUTSTANDING COSTUMING/PLAY
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Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Pat Bain/Bunny Mateosian/Joanne Misha |
Lend Me A Tenor |
Bergen County Players |
Kathy Bien/Colleen DeFelice |
Children of a Lesser God |
Center Players |
David Clarke |
Of Mice & Men |
Sayreville |
Diana Gilman Maurer |
Driving Miss Daisy |
Maurer Productions OnStage |
Jim Parks Jr (Winner) |
King Lear |
Circle |
Kathy Ruskin/Beverly Wand |
Crimes of the Heart |
Chatham |
Debby Schwartz/Nancy Nuccio |
Stage Door |
Perf. With Passion Players |
Francesca Stokes/Bob Shindle/Lilly Rivera Kathy Wallace |
The Odd Couple |
Corpus Christie |
Barbara Vansavage |
12 Angry Jurors |
ACT IV |
Annette Winter |
The Good Doctor |
Enchanted Players |
OUTSTANDING COSTUMING/MUSICAL
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Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Cathy Cohane/Liz Howard/Patricia Pineda |
Oklahoma |
CDC |
Marilyn Dickholtz (Winner) |
Beauty & the Beast |
Marlboro |
Fran Harrison |
Little Women |
Chatham |
Penny Hoadley |
The Baker’s Wife |
Chester |
Joanne Livelli/Mark Montalbano/Julia Heaney/Pat Phillips/Carol Fisher-Gertner |
You're a Good Man Charlie Brown |
Leonia |
Peter Mussared |
Into the Woods |
NENA |
Jacquie Revier |
Scrooge |
Strand |
Ruth Rittman |
3 Penny Opera |
Pierrot Productions |
Ruth Rittman |
Clue |
Yardley |
Cathy Sobeck |
Carousel |
Studio 13 |
Lois Steeves |
High School Musical |
SKIT |
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Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Robin Adams |
High School Musical |
SKIT |
Alycia Bauch-Cantor |
Driving Miss Daisy |
Maurer Productions OnStage |
Geri Berhain/Framcesca Stokes/Robin Clem/Rich Ruymen |
The Odd Couple |
Corpus Christie |
Kathy Bein/Colleen DeFelice (Winners) |
Visiting Mr. Green |
Center Players |
Donna Glasser/Nick Montesano |
Cabaret |
NENA |
Donna Glasser |
Suddenly Last Summer |
NENA |
Cheryl Orson |
Lost in Yonkers |
Circle |
BJ Smith |
Moon Over Buffalo |
Sketch |
Roxanna Wagner |
1776 |
Chester |
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Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Jane Coult |
Singin' in the Rain |
Maurer Productions OnStage |
Hilary Goldman |
Thoroughly Modern Millie |
Spotlight |
Maria Mantak (Winner) |
High School Musical |
SKIT |
Jessica Minor |
Oklahoma Jr |
Enchanted Players |
Nick Montesano |
Cabaret |
NENA |
Fausto Pineda |
Oklahoma |
CDC |
Cindy Santore |
Suessical |
Hexagon Players |
Patrick Starega |
Joseph/Dreamcoat |
Livingston |
OUTSTANDING STAGE MANAGEMENT
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Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Barbara Greco Brady |
American Rapture |
MVP |
Debby Hennessy (Winner) |
Little Women |
Chatham |
Donna Glasser |
Cabaret |
NENA |
Peg Hill/Geraldine Baillod |
The Baker’s Wife |
Chester |
Tina Lee |
Moonchildren |
Circle |
Diane Lehnet |
High School Musical |
SKIT |
Linda Macchio |
Lend Me a Tenor |
BCP |
Mac McCormick |
Falsettos |
Blue State |
Harriet Trainer |
Twlight of the Golds |
SVP |
Lizette Zuccalmaaglia |
Oklahoma Jr. |
Enchanted Players |
OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGN/PLAY
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Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Bernice Garfield-Szita/Kathy Bien/Coleen DeFelice (Winners) |
Visiting Mr Green |
Center Players |
Deryk Harrison/Roy Pancirov/Patty McWhorter/Susan Halford |
Ah Wilderness |
Chatham |
John Maurer/Amy Foris |
Driving Miss Daisy |
Maurer Productions OnStage |
Neil Prince |
The Real Inspector Hound |
OCC |
Nick Montesano |
Suddenly Last Summer |
NENA |
Michael Smith/Ellyn Essig |
Angel Street |
Bergan County Players |
Gordon Wiener/Randall McCann |
Lost in Yonkers |
Circle |
Dennis Wise |
Over the river…. |
ACT IV |
OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGN/MUSICAL
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Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Laurie Hall |
Oklahoma Jr |
Enchanted Players |
Scott Hart |
The Baker’s Wife |
Chester |
Malachy Kronberg/Jerry Moses/Patrick Starega/Hugh Mahon |
Joseph/Dreamcoat |
Livingston |
John Maurer |
Singin' in the Rain |
Maurer Productions OnStage |
Nick Montesano |
Cabaret |
NENA |
Juan Peneda |
Oklahoma |
CDC |
Jan Topoleski |
Scrooge |
Strand |
Barry De Versterre (Winner) |
High School Musical |
SKIT |
OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION
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Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Paul Budd |
Suessical |
Hexagon |
Christynn Cardino/Sean Morris |
Into the Woods |
NENA |
Christynn Cardino/Sean Morris |
Summer Summer Too |
Starving Artists |
Christynn Cardino/Sean Morris |
Cabaret |
NENA |
Sue Chandler |
Falsettos |
Blue State |
Tony Greco/Khy Garner/Michael Lamparello |
American Rapture |
MVP |
Clifford Parrish (Winner) |
1776 |
Chester |
Clifford Parrish |
The Baker’s Wife |
Chester |
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION/PLAY
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Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Bob Cline |
Crimes of the Heart |
Chatham |
Alyson Cohn |
Cuckoo’s Nest |
BCP |
Peter Colletto |
Lend Me a Tenor |
BCP |
MaryLynn Dobson |
The Pillowman |
Circle |
Charlie Fraser/Louis Palermo |
Children of a Lesser God |
Center Players |
Dan Maurer (Winner) |
Driving Miss Daisy |
Maurer Productions OnStage |
Rob Pherson |
A Christmas Carol |
Circle |
Jonathan Wierzbicki |
Brighton Beach Memoirs |
Villagers |
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION/MUSICAL
|
Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Jeffrey Fiorello |
Summer of ’42 |
CDC |
Scott Hart |
The Baker’s Wife |
Chester |
Debbie Kirsch |
Suessical |
Hexagon |
John M Maurer |
Singin' in the Rain |
Maurer Productions OnStage |
John Menter |
Little Women |
Chatham |
Nick Montesano |
Into the Woods |
NENA |
Clifford Parrish/Mark Happel (Winners) |
1776 |
Chester |
Joseph Schreck, Jr |
Falsettos |
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Patrick Starega |
Joseph..Dreamcoat |
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OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION/PLAY
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Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Ethan Addes/Michele Roth |
Cuckoos Nest |
BCP |
Stephanie Bazzanella/Joanne Bell |
Lend Me a Tenor |
BCP |
Angela Cozzi/Dori Persson |
It’s a Wonderful Life |
Leonia |
Chris Furlong |
Crimes of the Heart |
Chatham |
Mark Lamhut |
Children of a Lesser God |
Center Players |
John M. & Diana Maurer/Dan Maurer (Winners) |
Driving Miss Daisy |
Maurer Productions OnStage |
Joyce Porter |
The Pillowman |
Circle |
Bernice Woldman |
Lost in Yonkers |
Circle |
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION/MUSICAL
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Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Lois Dyer/Phyllis Meranus |
Joseph/Dreamcoat |
Livingston |
Ellen Fraker Glasscock (Winner) |
The Baker’s Wife |
Chester |
Donna Glasser/Nick Montonesano/Arnold Teixeira |
Into the Woods |
NENA |
Elizabeth Howard |
Summer of ’42 |
CDC |
Mara Lindstrom |
Little Women |
Chatham |
John & Diana Maurer/Dan Maurer |
Singin' in the Rain |
Maurer Productions OnStage |
Carolyn B Newman |
High School Musical |
SKIT |
Joseph Schreck, Jr |
Falsettos |
Blue State Prod |
Jan Topoleski |
Peter Pan |
Strand |
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL PRODUCTION/PLAY
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Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Kyrus Westcott |
NKD Sex. Lies. Life. |
K2 Entertainment |
Roz Wroblewski (Winner) |
Favor |
Villagers |
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL PRODUCTION/MUSICAL
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Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Kenneth G. Craddox |
Lover of my Soul |
Bishop Kids |
Joseph Conklin/John Fiorenza/Patrick R. Noble |
A Night at Tonys |
Park Players |
Ricky FrancoGonzalu Valencia |
A Night with Jason Robert Brown |
Cherry Blossom |
Tony Greco/Barbara Greco Brady |
American Rapture |
MVP |
Rosemarie Lynch |
Curtain Up |
Boonton |
Nick Montesano/Arnold Teixeira (Winners) |
Summer Summer Too |
Starving Artists |
Bryan Ramirez |
Say Yes to Life |
Trinity Theatrical |
Khy Garner/Letitia D. Townes |
Twisted Broadway |
Holman Theater Co |
Carmela & Kenneth Wolosz |
Rumpelstiltskin |
Smiling Rhino |
OUTSTANDING PLAY LEAD ACTOR
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Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Allwyn L Baskin (Winner) |
Driving Miss Daisy |
Maurer Productions OnStage |
Christopher Chadonnet |
Children of a Lesser God |
Center Players |
Gian Carlo Durland |
Of Mice and Men |
Sayreville |
Phillip Emeott |
The Foreigner |
Hudson Theater Ens |
Michael Gallagher |
A Christmas Carol |
Circle |
Rich Kaz |
Bang Bang Your Dead |
OCC |
Art Murray |
Whos Afraid of Virginia Wolf |
Radburn |
Jack Pignatello |
Odd Couple |
Corpus Christie |
Joe Riley |
Lend me a Tenor |
BCP |
OUTSTANDING PLAY LEAD ACTRESS
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Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Eve Connolly (Winner) |
Driving Miss Daisy |
Maurer Productions OnStage |
Donna Jeanne |
The Gin Game |
1st Ave |
Julie Jin |
Alls Well that Ends Well |
Nutley |
Lynn Lagnone |
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
Summit |
Camille L. Lorello |
Children of a Lesser God |
Center Players |
Blaire O’Leary |
Suddenly Last Summer |
NENA |
Natalie Lynn Markevich |
Stage Door |
Perf with Passion Players |
Sammantha McClaughlin |
Molly Sweeney |
OCC |
Cathy Zouves Wrobel |
Lost in Yonkers |
Circle |
OUTSTANDING PLAY FEATURED ACTOR
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Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Leon Acosta |
Lost in Yonkers |
Circle |
John Boucher (Winner) |
Over the River..Woods |
Act IV |
Thom Korner |
To Kill a Mockingbird |
CDC |
James Lesko |
It’s a Wonderful Life |
Leonia |
Frank Magnasco |
The Foreigner |
Hudson Theatre Ens |
David Nea |
The Pillowman |
Circle |
Rich Ruymen |
Odd Couple |
Corpus Christie |
David Spangler |
Molly Sweeney |
OCC |
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
|
Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Helen Boyadjian |
Lend me a Tenor |
BCP |
Tina Kaye |
Noises Off |
Strand |
Natalie Lynn Markevich |
The Real Inspector Hound |
OCC |
Donna Petito (Winner) |
Playboy of the Western World |
Circle |
Mary Quinn |
The Uninvited |
Westfield |
Catherine Rowe |
A Christmas Carol |
Circle |
Lois Sharrott |
A Clean House |
Chester |
Terry Sturtevant |
Arsenic & Old Lace |
Villagers |
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE ACTOR IN A PLAY (A Tie)
|
Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
John Bertrand |
You Can’t Take it with you |
TLC |
Ron Ceglia |
Moon over Buffalo |
Smiling Rhino |
Hunter Lerma |
Lend me a Tenor |
Teaneck |
Tony Milillo (Winner) |
Stage Door |
Perf with Passion Players |
Dale Monrie Jr |
The Glass Menagerie |
Dover Little Theater |
Matt Murphy |
MacBeth |
ATC |
Eric O’Connell |
Heidi Chronicles |
Leonia |
Brandon Zoppi (Winner) |
Stage Door |
Perf with Passion Players |
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE ACTRESS IN A PLAY
|
Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Lori Dahlberg |
Peter Pan |
Villagers |
Sara Farley |
Moon Over Buffalo |
Sketch |
Jean Marie Garver |
Lend me a Tenor |
BCP |
Kristen Hariton |
You Can’t take it With you |
TLC |
Robin Mandalakis (Winner) |
Lost in Yonkers |
Circle |
Beatriz Esteban Messina |
Moon Over Buffalo |
Teaneck |
Morgan Nichols |
MacBeth |
ATC |
Melissa Stelzenmueller |
Moon Over Buffalo |
Smiling Rhino |
OUTSTANDING YOUTH IN A PLAY/MALE
|
Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Steven Bunin |
Lost in Yonkers |
Circle |
Matt Dubrow (Winner) |
Children of a Lesser God |
Center |
Tommy Kahg |
Antigone |
EVP |
Joseph McKiernan |
Don’t Drink the Water |
Sayreville |
Keith Needham |
Ah Wilderness |
Chatham |
Sam Ogilvie |
Lost in Yonkers |
Circle |
Jack Tomy |
A Christmas Carol |
Circle |
Matt Weinstein |
Brighton beach Mem |
Villagers |
OUTSTANDING YOUTH IN A PLAY/FEMALE
|
Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Danielle Demaio |
Ten Little Indians |
Cherry Blossom |
Rachel Hamptom |
Midsummer Nights Dream |
Teaneck |
Lucy McGrath |
Anne Frank & Me |
Perf by Passion Players |
Donna Missal |
Brighton Beach Memoirs |
Villagers |
Messalina Morley |
The Women |
BCP |
Givanna Robbins (Winner) |
Anne Frank & Me |
Perf with Passion Players |
Sarita Rosenstock |
Wait Until Dark |
Sayreville |
Nicole Sigur |
Peter Pan |
Villagers |
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
|
Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Kevin M. Brady, Jr (Winner) |
Falsettos |
Blue State Prod |
Joe Caruso |
Cabaret |
NENA |
Ronnie Coco |
Fame |
St. Genesius |
Robert Jacobson |
1776 |
Chester |
Greg Moran |
The Baker’s Wife |
Chester |
Jim Petro |
Singin' in the Rain |
Maurer Productions OnStage |
Matthew Sullivan |
Suessical |
Hexagon Players |
Kenneth Wasser |
Secret Garden |
JCC Deal |
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
|
Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Tara Beams |
Into the Woods |
NENA |
Jessica Berger |
Annie Get Your Gun |
Villagers |
Marguerite Durant |
The Baker’s Wife |
Chester |
Kaye Gonzales (Winner) |
Joseph…Dreamcoat |
Livingston |
Nicole Farina-Machin |
Singing in the Rain |
Maurer |
E. Nicole Spadafino |
Throroughly Modern Millie |
Spotlight |
Julie Waldman-Stiel |
Little Women |
Chatham |
Wanda Toro |
Summer of ’42 |
CDC |
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
|
Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
John DeLos Reyes |
Fame |
St. Genesius |
Bill Gaudelli |
Tom Follery |
Nutley |
Steve Leshchanka |
American Rapture |
MVP |
Ryan Mulholland |
Mame |
Our Gang |
Jeffrey Norman |
Falsettos |
Blue State |
Jeff Price |
Into the Woods |
NENA |
David Romankow |
Lucky Stiff |
Villagers |
Brad Sims |
Little Shop… |
Smiling Rhino |
Dante Maurice Sterling |
La Cage Aux Folles |
Strand |
Matthew A. Walsh (Winner) |
Falsettos |
Blue State |
Matthew A. Walsh |
Into the Woods |
NENA |
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
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Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Andrea Brooks |
Bare |
Edison Valley Playhouse |
Joan Curcio |
Cabaret |
NENA |
Vicky Czarnik |
Singin' in the Rain |
Maurer Productions OnStage |
Tracey Fama |
Lucky Stiff |
Villagers |
Lynn Hart |
The Baker’s Wife |
Chester |
Eileen Hladky |
Falsettos |
Blue State |
Amy Levine (Winner) |
Falsettos |
Blue State |
Jodi Freeman Maloy |
Tom Foolery |
Nutley |
Melissa Rittmann |
3 Penny Opera |
Pierrot |
Amy Toporek |
Falsettos |
Blue State |
Letitia Townes |
Smokey Joe’s Café |
Marlboro |
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
|
Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Angelo Cerrone |
A night at Tonys |
Park Players |
Jack Curley |
Oklahoma |
St. Anne’s Stages |
Don Gehan |
1776 |
Chester |
Ryan Goodale |
Bare |
Edison Valley Players |
Eric Knitel (Winner) |
Smokey Joe’s Café |
St Anne’s Stages |
Ray Murphy |
Singin' in the Rain |
Maurer Productions OnStage |
Sean Openshaw |
Cabaret |
NENA |
Arnoldo Ortiz |
Smokey Joe’s Café |
Marlboro |
Matthew Rea |
Summer Summer Too |
Starving Artists |
Gonzalo Vaencia |
TV Theme Concert |
Cherry Blossom |
Nick Zarra |
Say Yes to Life |
Trinity |
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
|
Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Daria Chasse |
Say Yes to Life |
Trinity |
Ali Gleason |
Smokey Joe’s Café |
Marlboro |
Ali Gleason |
Summer Summer Too |
Starving Artist |
Fallon King |
Little Shop of Horrors |
Smiling Rhino |
Katie Pedrini |
Jekyl & Hyde |
Dreamspinners |
Jessica Pfeiffer |
Lucky Stiff |
Villagers |
Evelyn Rue |
A night at Tonys |
Park Players |
Rachel Wasser (Winner) |
Cabaret |
NENA |
Tanya Willis |
Summer Summer Too |
Starving Artist |
Annette Winter |
Rumpelstiltskin |
Smiling Rhino |
OUTSTANDING YOUTH IN A MUSICAL/MALE
|
Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Louis Baglio |
Godspell |
Our Gang |
Philip Corso |
Fiddler on the Roof |
Center Players Bayonne |
Andrew DeMuro |
Les Mis |
Flemington |
Zachary Infante |
The Music Man |
CAST |
Thomas Kiely |
Suessical |
BCP |
Joe LaVarco (Winner) |
Falsettos |
Blue State |
Joe LaVarco |
Suessical |
Hexagon Players |
Joseph McKiernan |
Twisted Broadway |
Holmdel Theater Co |
Sam Ogilvie |
Summer of ’42 |
CDC |
Will Swanwick |
Hign School Musical |
SKIT |
Andrew Wright |
Oklahoma Jr |
Enchanted Players |
OUTSTANDING YOUTH IN A MUSICAL/FEMALE
|
Nominee |
Show |
Theatre |
Lauren Antiles |
Les Mis |
Flemington |
Annalisa DeFlorio |
Say Yes to Life |
Trinity |
Joey Greenberg (Winner) |
The Secret Garden |
JCC Deal |
Alyssa Kelly |
A night at tonys |
Park Players |
Julia Knitel |
Smokey Joe’s Café |
St Annes Stages |
Alyssa LaMedica |
Say Yes to Life |
Trinity |
Taylor Lockwood |
Suessical |
Hexagon Players |
Mia Pafumi |
The Music Man |
CAST |
Michelle Wilson |
Little Women |
Chatham |
Liane Zielinski |
High School Musical |
SKIT |
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