Wooster School Theatre Receives 17 HALO Nominations!

Wooster School is participating in the Semina DeLaurentis Halo Awards, which are being held on May 26 - 29 at the Palace Theatre in Waterbury, CT.

Over 100 Connecticut high schools participated in this year’s Halo Awards, which recognize and celebrate student achievements in all aspects of theatre: acting, technical theatre, directing, and more. Wooster School was recognized with 17 nominations for its productions of Little Women and Into The Woods, including “Best Classical Musical.” This year the cast of Into The Woods will be performing “Children Will Listen” during the awards ceremony.

Tickets to the event are now on sale, and can be purchased online using the Halo Awards Ticket Site. The Wooster School scheduled award date is Tuesday, May 26, 2026.

Wooster School’s Nominations

• Best Performance In A Featured Female Role In A Play:
  • Destiny Morales as Amy March in Little Women
• Best Performance In A Featured Female Role In A Musical:
  • Amelie Simard as Cinderella in Into The Woods
• Best Performance In A Comic Female Role In A Musical:
  • Ebba Werring as Little Red in Into The Woods
• Best Costume Design And/Or Execution:
  • Hannah Rogell for Into The Woods
• Best Lighting Design And/Or Execution:
  • Logan Rao for Into The Woods
• Best Sound Design And/Or Execution:
  • Ava Ippoliti for Into The Woods
• Best Scenic Design And/Or Execution:
  • Gabe Thibodeau, Joel Murphy, Ellie Brower, Nika Stark Pettis, Caroline Gomes, Asher Ruby, Jacob Pressman, Leo Jaccard, Ozzy Parker, Neo Craine, Hannah Rogell, Leiana Cuartero, Kahlan Salcedo & Rudy Kiernan for Into The Woods
• Best Props Design:
  • Julia Loewengart for Little Women
• Best Special Effects:
  • Rudy Kiernan for Into The Woods
• Best Incidental Or Original Music In A Play:
  • Gabe Simard for Little Women
• Best Program Art:
  • Hannah Rogell, Rudy Kiernan & Ellie Brower for Into The Woods
• Best Performance By In A Supporting Female Role In A Play:
  • Amelie Simard as Meg March in Little Women
• Best Performance By A Couple Or Dynamic Duo In A Musical:
  • Jack Rand & Joshua Wood as Rapunzel’s Prince & Cinderella’s Prince in Into The Woods
• Best Performance In A Leading Female Role In A Contemporary Play:
  • Violet Restivo as Jo March in Little Women
• Best Performance In A Leading Male Role In A Classical Musical:
  • Grayson Aspen as The Baker in Into The Woods
• Best Performance In A Leading Female Role In A Classical Musical:
  • Carly Rae Stern as The Witch in Into The Woods
• Best Classical Musical:
  • Wooster School: Into The Woods

Little Women

Into The Woods