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TICKET ALERT: Coral Springs High School Drama Presents 'In the Heights'

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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