Fall Play Earns 6 Prime Stage Drama Awards

Pine-Richland High School's production of The Holiday Channel Christmas Movie Wonderthon earned six awards and 13 nominations in the 5th Annual Prime Stage Theater High School Drama Awards presented on January 11 at the Hillman Center for the Performing Arts to recognize excellence in high school theater in western Pennsylvania.

Pine-Richland earned Best Overall Production, as well as: 

• Best Actress: Jillian Uzelac
• Best Supporting Actor: Jake Pazin
• Best Student Scenic Design and/or Fabrication: Wesley Wright
• Best Student Program/Poster Design and/or Fabrication: Nicole Short
• Best Student Stage Manager: Julia Kirkbride, Anjana Palathunkal, Wesley Wright

Congratulations to the following nominees:

• Best Actor: Brendan Plowey
• Best Supporting Actress: Loren Prisuta
• Best Student Director: Nicole Short
• Best Student Lighting Design and/or Operation: Alexis Verba
• Best Student Sound Design and/or Operation: Megan Black
• Best Student Prop Design and/or Fabrication: Kahler Salva
• Best Student Backstage Run Crew: Team

Full List of Nominees

(listed alphabetically by school in each category)

Best Actor

• Connor Hart—Randall Rodgers in Sorry Wrong Show, Carlynton High School
• Wesley Medge—Albus Potter in Harry Potter And The Cursed Child, Chartiers Valley High School
• Morgan Adams—Jim Stark in Rebel Without A Cause, Deer Lakes High School
• Brendan Plowey—Brett in The Holiday Channel Movie Wonderthon, Pine-Richland High School
• Milo Taylor-Martin—Steve in Almost, Maine, Quaker Valley High School

Best Actress

• Ella Ging—Juror #8 in 12 Angry Jurors, Avonworth High School
• Abby Horn—Jo March in Little Women, Baldwin High School
• Danielle Smith—Gail in Sorry Wrong Show, Carlynton High School
• Jillian Uzelac—Holly in The Holiday Channel Movie Wonderthon, Pine-Richland High School
• Emma Leghorn—Easton and Chad in Almost, Maine, Quaker Valley High School

Best Supporting Actor

• Jaycee Kohler—Sunny Day in Sorry Wrong Show, Carlynton High School
• Ryan Fox—Ron Wesley in Harry Potter And The Cursed Child, Chartiers Valley High School
• Peyton Moran—Buzz in Rebel Without A Cause, Deer Lakes High School
• Noah Miller—Lyman Sanderson in Harvey, Fox Chapel Area High School
• Jake Pazin—Blake in The Holiday Channel Movie Wonderthon, Pine-Richland High School

Best Supporting Actress

• Aislinn Myrah—Delphi Diggory in Harry Potter And The Cursed Child, Chartiers Valley High School
• Ashley Kimmell—Boris Kolenkhov in You Can’t Take It With You, Hampton High School
• Loren Prisuta—Carol in The Holiday Channel Movie Wonderthon, Pine-Richland High School
• Addyson McCarthy—Tasha in The Craving, Springdale Jr./Sr. High School
• Callie Dailey—Mr. Voldy and Cedric in Puffs, Thomas Jefferson High School

Best Student Director

• Alice Anderson and Bella Korn—You Can’t Take It With You, Hampton High School
• Leo Matthews—Steel Magnolias, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School
• Nicole Short—The Holiday Channel Movie Wonderthon, Pine-Richland High School
• Jack Miller—Almost, Maine, Quaker Valley High School
• Aaron Reed and Gavin Hart—Puffs, Thomas Jefferson High School

Best Student Stage Manager

• Jonathan Engle and Chloe Baum—Sorry Wrong Show, Carlynton High School
• Theo Kistler and Luca Kraft—Harry Potter And The Cursed Child, Chartiers Valley High School
• Team, The Holiday Channel Movie Wonderthon, Pine-Richland High School
• Jonathan Munn, Almost, Maine, Quaker Valley High School
• Alec Mahathey, Puffs, Thomas Jefferson High School

Best Student Scenic Design and/or Fabrication

• Emma Underwood—Little Women, Baldwin High School
• Jonathan Engle and Austin Gonze—Sorry Wrong Show, Carlynton High School
• Laura Wells—Murder Can Be Habit-Forming, North Allegheny Intermediate High School
• Wesley Wright—The Holiday Channel Movie Wonderthon, Pine-Richland High School
• Jack Miller and Emma Leghorn—Almost, Maine, Quaker Valley High School

Best Student Lighting Design and/or Operation

• Jameson Lageman and Avery Hill—Sorry Wrong Show, Carlynton High School
• Theo Walsh and Tyler Deski—Harry Potter And The Cursed Child, Chartiers Valley High School
• Alexis Verba—The Holiday Channel Movie Wonderthon, Pine-Richland High School
• Braiden Hoffman—Almost, Maine, Quaker Valley High School
• Tristan Smith—Puffs, Thomas Jefferson High School

Best Student Sound Design and/or Operation

• Austin Gonze and Braedy Hill—Sorry Wrong Show, Carlynton High School
• Team—Harry Potter And The Cursed Child, Chartiers Valley High School
• Megan Black—The Holiday Channel Movie Wonderthon, Pine-Richland High School
• Lily Toma—R.U.R., Shady Side Academy Senior School
• Jeremy Thompson—Puffs, Thomas Jefferson High School

Best Student Costume Design and/or Fabrication

• Lilith Bohin—Harvey, Fox Chapel Area High School
• Marina Miller and Team—Steel Magnolias, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School
• Isabella Pivirotto—Almost, Maine, Penn Hills High School
• Ana Luiza Bacchi and Evelyn Bertiaux—Almost, Maine, Quaker Valley High School
• Liberty Neeley—Puffs, Thomas Jefferson High School

Best Student Makeup Design and/or Application

• August Semen—Little Women, Baldwin High School
• Marrianna Vergerio—Rebel Without A Cause, Deer Lakes High School
• Team—Harvey, Fox Chapel Area High School
• Evelyn Bertiaux—Almost, Maine, Quaker Valley High School
• Brianna Zoller—Puffs, Thomas Jefferson High School

Best Student Prop Design and/or Fabrication

• Emma Underwood and Abby Horn—Little Women, Baldwin High School
• April Kanai—Sorry Wrong Show, Carlynton High School
• Kahler Salva—The Holiday Channel Movie Wonderthon, Pine-Richland High School
• Gabriel Bowers and Rain Lavelle—The Craving, Springdale Jr./Sr. High School
• Aaron Reed—Puffs, Thomas Jefferson High School

Best Student Use Of Creative Special Effects

• Xi Valcheff—Sorry Wrong Show, Carlynton High School
• Tyler Debski—Harry Potter And The Cursed Child, Chartiers Valley High School
• Michael Petrucci—You Can’t Take It With You, Hampton High School
• Team—The Craving, Springdale Jr./Sr. High School
• Tristan Smith—Puffs, Thomas Jefferson High School

Best Student Backstage Run Crew

• Team—Sorry Wrong Show, Carlynton High School
• Team—Harry Potter And The Cursed Child, Chartiers Valley High School
• Team—The Holiday Channel Movie Wonderthon, Pine-Richland High School
• Team—The Craving, Springdale Jr./Sr. High School
• Team—Puffs, Thomas Jefferson High School

Best Student Program/Poster Design And/Or Fabrication

• Abby Horn—Little Women, Baldwin High School
• TEAM—Harvey, Fox Chapel Area High School
• Sophia Muoio and Bridget Fagle—Steel Magnolias, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School
• Nicole Short—The Holiday Channel Movie Wonderthon, Pine-Richland High School
• Anna Luiza Bocchi—Almost, Maine, Quaker Valley High School

Best Overall Production

• Avonworth High School—12 Angry Jurors
• Carlynton High School—Sorry Wrong Show
• Chartiers Valley High School—Harry Potter And The Cursed Child
• Pine-Richland High School—The Holiday Channel Movie Wonderthon
• Quaker Valley High School—Almost, Maine