View more photos below - On June 20, 2025, New Canaan High School was honored with 13 nominations in the prestigious Halo Awards, presented by Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury. This year’s nominations recognize both the outstanding individual performances of NCHS student actors and key elements of their productions of Les Misérables and Jack the Ripper: Monster of Whitechapel.
Nominations for Les Misérables include:
Thomas Pisant as Marius — Best Performance in a Featured Male Role in a Musical
Isa Temple as Éponine — Best Performance in a Featured Female Role in a Musical
Henry Tate as Jean Valjean — Best Performance in a Leading Male Role in a Classical Musical
Serena Peterson as Cosette — Best Performance in a Leading Female Role in a Classical Musical
Nicholas Mohamad as Javert — Best Performance in a Supporting Male Role in a Musical
Andrew Meli & Radea Raleva as Thénardier & Madame Thénardier — Best Performance by a Couple or Dynamic Duo in a Musical
New Canaan High School — Best Chorus in a Musical
New Canaan High School — Best Classical Musical
Nominations for Jack the Ripper: Monster of Whitechapel include:
Jack Dooley as Sir Charles Warren — Best Standout Performance in a Male Role in an Ensemble Production
Jack Dooley as Sir Charles Warren — Best Performance in a Comic Male Role in a Play
Radea Raleva — Best Costume Design and/or Execution
Bennett Gropper, Henry Tate & Andrew Meli — Best Scenic Design and/or ExecutionNew Canaan High School — Best Classical Play
This year’s Halo Awards ceremony will take place May 27–30, 2025, at 7:00 p.m., when the winners will be announced. Doors open for will-call at 5:30 p.m. at the Palace Theater, 100 East Main Street, Waterbury, CT. For more information about the awards, please click here.
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