Ridgefield High School Productions productions Celebrated at CT Halo Awards

Ridgefield High School’s 2021-2022 theater productions were honored at this year’s 19th annual Halo Awards, presented on May 31 at the Palace Theater in Waterbury.

Of the 14 total nominations garnered by RHS’s productions, Ridgefield students received two awards. The fall play “All in the Timing” won Best Performance by a Cast in an Ensemble Production, while cast members Nate Cohen, Motria Holian, Audrey Huff and Henry Regnery earned the honor of Best Specialty Ensemble for their performance of the vignette “Phillip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread.” Earlier in the evening, the cast of RHS’s spring musical “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” performed the song “Woe is Me,” featuring Best Comic Female Performance nominee Emma Young.

The Halo Awards are given annually by Seven Angels Theater of Waterbury to celebrate the best of high school theater in Connecticut, with more than 80 schools from throughout the state competing each year.

Photo Caption: The cast of the RHS Fall Play “All in the Timing” earned Best Performance by a Cast in an Ensemble Production at the 2022 Halo Awards. L to R: Andie Kiernan, Grace Galasso, Motria Holian, Audrey Huff, Frankie Belden, Nate Cohen, Martha Huitron, Esther Goldstein, Evie Briody, Lloyd Mills, and Nick Davi.

Photo credit: Seven Angels Theater