The 2012 Teeny Award winners were announced at ceremony at Eastport-South Manor High School Sunday.
McGann-Mercy’s Nick Motlenski won the award for lead actor in both the drama and comedy categories for his performances in The Glass Menagerie and Arsenic and Old Lace.
Moletski’s costar in Arsenic, Nicole Chiuchiolo, won the award for lead actress in a comedy.
McGann-Mercy High School received the 2012 Innovations in Theatre Education Award, in recognition of its addition of a third production during the school year devoted to serious drama by such playwrights as Tennessee Williams, Thornton Wilder, Edward Albee and Eugene O’Neill.
Riverhead High School’s Jonathan Troiano won the outstanding performance award for his role as “Action” in West Side Story.
The Teeny Awards, conceived from the idea of the Antoinette Perry Awards – The Tony Awards – for Broadway shows, has been celebrating excellence in high school theater across the East End of Long Island since 2002, and is presented and coordinated by East End Arts.
“The Teeny Awards have accomplished in the past 10 years exactly what was expected: calling attention to the value of theatre experience in developing well-rounded, confident young adults,” East End Arts executive director Pat Snyder said in a news release announcing the award winners. “East End Arts is proud to have introduced this very special program that recognizes and applauds our talented students of the East End.”
Each of the award winners was presented with a glass trophy at the awards ceremony, the 10th annual awards presentation.
Scenes from some outstanding performances from this year’s productions were performed by cast members: Westhampton Beach, A Chorus Line; Southold, Curtains; Riverhead, Working; and Eastport-South Manor, a collage from West Side Story. East End Arts’ 2012 Music Masters Fellowship high school vocal students also performed under the direction of Lauren Kinhan.
The 2012 Teeny Awards winners are:
DRAMA
Lead Actor in a Drama
Nick Motlenski, McGann-Mercy, The Glass Menagerie
Lead Actress in a Drama
Kathryn Ryan, East Hampton, It’s a Wonderful Life
Supporting Actor in a Drama
Yori Johnson, East Hampton, It’s a Wonderful Life
Supporting Actress in a Drama
Allison Charde, East Hampton, It’s a Wonderful Life
COMEDY
Lead Actor in a Comedy
Nick Motlenski, McGann-Mercy, Arsenic and Old Lace
Lead Actress in a Comedy
Nicole Chiuchiolo, McGann-Mercy, Arsenic and Old Lace
Supporting Actor in a Comedy
Beau Riva, Pierson, Pygmalion
Supporting Actress in a Comedy
Kristen Suarez, Shoreham-Wading River, Brighton Beach Memoirs
MUSICAL
Lead Actor in a Musical
Sam Kortchmar, Southold, Curtains
Lead Actress in a Musical – TIE
Emily Hinz, Pierson, Anything Goes
Veronica Reitz, Mattituck, Leader of the Pack
Supporting Actor in a Musical
Francesco Logozzo, Westhampton Beach, A Chorus Line
Supporting Actress in a Musical
Catherine Fioriello, East Hampton, Anything Goes
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
This category was created to recognize a student who “shines brightly” in a role that is not eligible for adjudication in the leading or supporting categories.
Jonathan Troiano Riverhead, “Action” in West Side Story
JUDGES’ CHOICE AWARD
This award is chosen by vote for a particular scene, musical number, dance number, or group that the judges feel stands out enough to warrant special recognition. This year, the recipient is the cast and crew of Mattituck High School’s Check, Please.
CHOREOGRAPHY
Marisa Fedele, Gayle Gammon, Winter Wilcenski, Southold, Curtains
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE *New Category This Year*
Westhampton Beach, A Chorus Line
STAGE MANAGER RECOGNITION
Center Moriches, Scott McVetty, Jessica Oswalt and Carolyn Turkington, All Shook Up
East Hampton, Nicole Miksinski and Ouutong Phooprasert, It’s a Wonderful Life and Anything Goes
Eastport-South Manor, Paige Moeller and Jessica Sauerwald, West Side Story
Greenport, Sean Walden, archy & mehitabel
Hampton Bays, Amy Stangasser and Babette Paul, Bye Bye Birdie
Mattituck, Kaylee Bergen and Kimberly Olsen, Leader of the Pack
Mattituck, Maria Peroni and Julia Gaines, One Acts: The Rehearsal and Check, Please!
McGann-Mercy, Stephanie Strippoli, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Glass Menagerie and Jekyll & Hyde
Pierson, Emily Verneuille, Pygmalion
Pierson, Emma Brannen, Shelly Matthers and Nick Dwoskin, Anything Goes
Riverhead, Abigail Beodeker, Working and West Side Story
Ross, Victoria Batista, One Acts
Shoreham-Wading River, Mariah Brengel, Beauty and the Beast and Brighton Beach Memoirs
Southampton, Skylar Borucke, West Side Story
Southold, Jaclyn Conway, Curtains
Westhampton Beach, Jenna Arcuri, Fools
SET DESIGN
Beau Riva, Pierson, Anything Goes
PLAYBILL/POSTER ART
Emily Gandalfo, Westhampton Beach, Fools
INNOVATIONS IN THEATRE EDUCATION
This award recognizes the efforts of a school that goes above and beyond to support exceptional theatre arts education. This year, McGann-Mercy High School is being recognized for its addition of a third production during the school year devoted to serious drama by such playwrights as Tennessee Williams, Thornton Wilder, Edward Albee and Eugene O’Neill.
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