Coral Springs High School Drama Presents ‘In the Heights’ {courtesy}
By Sharon Aron Baron
On Tuesday evening, Broward Center for the Performing Arts held the 21st annual Critics’ Awards Program, or Cappies, celebrating outstanding achievement in high school theater.
Nominees from 21 schools in Broward and Palm Beach competed for the awards in 47 categories, recognizing performers, designers, technicians, publicists, and critics. Modeled after Broadway’s Tony Awards, the Cappies Awards featured songs and scenes from the top-nominated shows.
Coral Springs High School’s production of In the Heights took home seven Cappies for props, lighting, sets, vocalist in a male role, lead actor in a female role in a musical, song, and musical.
Although in the lead for the most nominations at 21, Marjory Stoneman Douglas won in two categories, including creativity and lead actor in a male role in a musical.
J.P. Taravella won Featured Actor in a Female Role in a Play for its production of Radium Girls.
Cappies Winners Are:
Choreography
Essence Fowler and Trey-lon Salley
Carrie the Musical
Dillard Center for the Arts
Comic Actor in a Female Role in a Musical
Isabella Leon
Cinderella
Calvary Christian Academy
Comic Actor in a Female Role in a Play
Isabella Ruiz
The Game’s Afoot
Archbishop McCarthy High School
Comic Actor in a Male Role in a Musical
Isaac Lynne
Catch Me if You Can
West Boca Raton High
Comic Actor in a Male Role in a Play
Ryan Culen
The Game’s Afoot
Archbishop McCarthy High School
Costumes in a Musical
Tyler Hess, Nicole Scalise
Catch Me if You Can
West Boca Raton High
Costumes in a Play
Julia Mosher, Amaiah Baez, Trinity Pierre
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
South Plantation High School
Creativity
Adriana Peña, Music Director
Head Over Heels
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Critic Team
NSU University School
Dancer in a Female Role
Rubi Katz
Head Over Heels
NSU University School
Dancer in a Male Role
Trey’lon Salley
Carrie the Musical
Dillard Center for the Arts
Ensemble in a Musical
Step Family Cinderella
Calvary Christian Academy
Ensemble in a Play
Rude Mechanicals A Midsummer Night’s Dream
South Plantation High School
Featured Actor in a Female Role in a Musical
Marni Gass
Catch Me if You Can
West Boca Raton High
Featured Actor in a Female Role in a Play
Ava Chen
Radium Girls
J.P. Taravella High School
Featured Actor in a Male Role in a Musical
Sam Dyer
Head Over Heels
NSU University School
Featured Actor in a Male Role in a Play
Jareb Goldston
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
South Plantation High School
Freshman Critic
Kenny Gervais
Cooper City High School
Hair and Make-up in a Musical
Haleigh Mish, Farah O’Halloran, Shayna Soffer
Head Over Heels
NSU University School
Hair and Make-up in a Play
Brianny Frias
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
South Plantation High School
Junior Critic
Avery Redlich
NSU University School
Lead Actor in a Female Role in a Musical
Angelina Nazario
In the Heights
Coral Springs High School
Lead Actor in a Female Role in a Play
Katherine Rodgers
Distracted
The Benjamin School
Lead Actor in a Male Role in a Musical
Logan LaPierre
Head Over Heels
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Lead Actor in a Male Role in a Play
Achillea Befeld
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
South Plantation High School
Lighting in a Musical
Maya Rowe
In the Heights
Coral Springs High School
Lighting in a Play
Avery Garfinkel
Puffs
Cooper City High School
Marketing and Publicity
Jack Steinman, Ellie Esquenazi, Emma Rodriguez
Head Over Heels
NSU University School
Musical
In the Heights
Coral Springs High School
Play
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
South Plantation High School
Props in a Musical
Mel Kahan
In the Heights
Coral Springs High School
Props in a Play
Rebecca Weltmann
Blithe Spirit
American Heritage School
Senior Critic
Zoe Tibbs
Calvary Christian Academy
Sets in a Musical
Mikayla Blue and Melanie Escalante
In the Heights
Coral Springs High School
Sets in a Play
Melina Lugo and Kaylee Mastrangelo
Puffs
Cooper City High School
Song
Blackout
In the Heights
Coral Springs High School
Sophomore Critic
Jack Steinman
NSU University School
Sound in a Play
Damien Ellowitz
Blithe Spirit
American Heritage School
Special Effects and or Technology
Nico Wellons, Sam Dyer, and Crew
Head Over Heels
NSU University School
Stage Management and Crew in a Musical
Jasmine Klein
Catch Me if You Can
West Boca Raton High
Stage Management and Crew in a Play
Peyton Barnett
Blithe Spirit
American Heritage School
Supporting Actor in a Female Role in a Musical
Malia Bryan
Carrie the Musical
Dillard Center for the Arts
Supporting Actor in a Female Role in a Play
Jessi Kaplan
Blithe Spirit
American Heritage School
Supporting Actor in a Male Role in a Musical
Adrian Graff
Legally Blonde
Cypress Bay High School
Supporting Actor in a Male Role in a Play
Anthony DeLeo
Puffs
Cooper City High School
Vocalist in a Female Role
Julia Romero
Chicago: Teen Edition
North Broward Preparatory School
Vocalist in a Male Role
Lemari Hills
In the Heights
Coral Springs High School
Votes from students determined the Cappies winners through a weighted peer-review voting process. Student critics make nominations from participating schools who attend productions at rival schools and write reviews, which are then edited by theater educators and published on FloridaTheaterOnStage.com.
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