Please join us for Honors Night on December 9th at 5:00pm between the matinee and evening performances of Newsies. This long-standing tradition at the Children’s Theater, Honors Night celebrates outstanding work by our Rising Stars and Mainstage performers, as well as the past year’s Gypsy Robe winners. We also honor the memories of five young men who, despite losing their lives far too soon, remain forever a part of CMT history. We are honored to recognize our newest generation of performers in their names:
Honors Night
The 2016 Joshua Grant Brawn Award
Zoe Ackermann
Matthew Beymer
Kynnedy Clay
Matthew Dean
Ginger Hurley*
Samara Yellin
An asterisk (*) denotes a 2016 winner
The Joshua Grant Brawn Award
The Joshua Grant Brawn Award recognizes those “rising stars” at CMTSJ. These nominees’ contributions, work ethics, talents, and positive attitudes provide a roadmap by which other Junior Talents and Rising Stars might find a path to success. Past recipients include Alicia Bosco, Emily Krolak, Chelsea Stock, Sarah Statler, Nick Spangler, Alex Brightman, Danielle Coleman, Tiffany Tanquary, Tristan Crisol, Ryan Vasquez, Joey Dippel, Michelle Martinelli, Myha’la Herrold, Ryan Ballard, Jaime Landrum, Trent Brunngraber, Maddie Ballard, Emily Murray, Fiona Pestana, Charlotta Lebedenko, Peyton Herzog, and Ginger Hurley.
The 2016 John Ignacio Award
Darius Antes
Alvin Castillo Bunales
Noah Jackman
Samantha Lunsford
Claire Nguyen*
Meaghan Schapelhouman
An asterisk (*) denotes a 2016 winner
The John Ignacio Award
The John Ignacio Award recognizes outstanding senior dancers. These athletes balance precision and energy, style and innovation, and their skills onstage are rivaled only by their winning attitudes offstage. The following nominees are among the finest dancers that CMTSJ has to offer. Past recipients include Whitney Stock, Chris Magovern, Aaron Albano, Leta Soza, Dennis O’Bannion, Jennifer Taylor, Lauren Ivie, Caitlin Jamello, Cynthia Pariente, Kelly Jamello, David Gromik, Patrick Ball, Elena Granadino, Kylie Brunngraber, Glenn delos Santos, Rudy Fuentes, Amanda McDonell, Alex Cortinas, Andrew Lucero, and Claire Nguyen.
The 2016 Frank Frye Award Nominees
Ande Burns
Tyler Harding
Mercedes Dawnte Long*
Steve Pitek
Emily Song
Karley Waters
An asterisk (*) denotes a 2016 winner
The Frank Frye Award
The Frank Frye Award recognizes a senior Children’s Musical Theater performer who has thrilled audiences with outstanding vocal performances; who has demonstrated an obvious passion for communicating with the gift of song; and who understands and rises to the challenges of performing in musical theater. Role models for our future performers, these nominees represent the finest singers that CMTSJ has to offer. Past recipients include Josh Dazel, Katrina Rodriguez, Katie Cole, David Sanchez, Colette Froehlich, Sarah Statler, Adam Campbell, Danelle Medeiros, Sarah Castro, Ashley Bawdon, Eric Krop, Julie Thomas, Brittany Ogle, Ryan Vasquez, Adrienne Eller, Kristen Hermosillo/Alia Hodge (a tie), Nina Feliciano, Jason Rehklau, Brent Miller, Katherine Hauge, Cristina Oeschger and Mercedes Dawnte Long.
The 2016 Brian Alfred King Award
Amelia Annen
Jack Bloome*
Jake Chen
Claire Mulcahy
Alyssa Teixeira
Kirsten Schmal
An asterisk (*) denotes a 2016 winner
The Brian Alfred King Award
The Brian Alfred King Award recognizes a senior CMT performer who has created powerful, detailed acting performances, demonstrated dedication and attention to his or her work, while remaining, throughout the process, a true team player. Role models for future performers, these nominees represent the finest actors that CMTSJ has to offer. Past recipients include Doug Santana, Tony Panighetti, Jacob Vega-Canote, Nick Ceglio, Josh Miyaji, Andrew Ceglio, Carter Skeath, Adam Barry, Nick Spangler, Matt Sobel, Alex Brightman, David Clift, Jordan Corey, Matt Hill, Joyah Spangler, Kyle Hauge, Adrienne Eller, Tyler Miclean, Rudy Fuentes/Joey Pisacane(a tie), Shawn Clifford, Katherine Hauge, and Jack Bloome.
The Andrew Strickland Gypsy Robe
The 2016 Andrew Strickland Gypsy Robe Recipients
Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat – London Guven
HONK! – Grace Hutton
Alice in Wonderland – Joley Karrer
Crazy for You – Carissa Nelson
101 Dalmatians – Annabel Vickery
Sister Act – Miranda Dawson
Grease – Devyn Dennis
Rent – Claire Mulcahy
Honors Night is a complimentary event hosted by our outstanding CMT Staff and Team CMT. It features a touching multimedia component, as well as presentations and performances by many of our favorite CMT personalities, old and new. We welcome all of our families to attend the event, to honor the memory of these five extraordinary gentlemen, and to celebrate the wonderful work of so many of our performers from last season. You won’t want to miss it!