HDA Earns 21 HALO Nominations

Congratulations to the 2019-2020 Hopkins Drama Association for earning 21 HALO Award Nominations, including Best Musical (Spamalot) and Best Classical Play (Hamlet)!

The HALO Awards were founded in 2004 by the Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury. The program recognizes the contributions of students to their high school theater programs. Since its founding, the HALO Awards has become the largest such program in the state of Connecticut with over 80 private and public schools participating. Hopkins will participate in the Wednesday, June 24 virtual ceremony, where the Halos will also acknowledge all of the spring productions that were either cancelled or found a way to share their show online. For Hopkins, that means they will salute the podcast production of Execution of Justice.

Congratulations to the Nominees:

BEST CLASSICAL PLAY:
Hamlet

BEST MUSICAL:
Spamalot

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY:
Arthur Aiken as Horatio in Hamlet

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY:
Brooklynn Brockenberry as Polonius in Hamlet

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL:
Sam Brock as Lancelot in Spamalot

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL:
Elizabeth Roy as The Historian in Spamalot

BEST COMIC MALE PERFORMANCE IN A PRODUCTION:
Peter Graham as Dennis’ Mother/The French Taunter/Herbert’s Father in Spamalot

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN AND/OR EXECUTION:
Poppy Hansen for Spamalot

BEST RUNNING CREW:
Run Crew for Hamlet

BEST STAGE MANAGMENT
Corrine Evans (PSM), Zachary Williamson (SM), Yaqub Bajwa & Pearl Miller (ASMs) for Spamalot

BEST DANCING:
Spamalot

BEST CHORUS:
Spamalot

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY:
Griffin Congdon as Claudius in Hamlet

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY:
Ellie Doolittle as Gertrude in Hamlet

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL:
Felipe Perez as Patsy in Spamalot

BEST COMIC MALE PERFORMANCE IN A PRODUCTION:
Peter Graham as Dennis’ Mother/The French Taunter/Herbert’s Father in Spamalot

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A COUPLE OR DYNAMIC DUO IN A MUSICAL:
Ty Eveland & Sam Brock as Herbert & Lancelot in Spamalot

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY:
Peter Graham as Hamlet in Hamlet

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY:
Lexi Zyskowski as Ophelia in Hamlet

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL:
Griffin Congdon as King Arthur in Spamalot

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL:
Ranease Brown as The Lady of the Lake in Spamalot