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2009 Teeny Awards Winners!
The East End Arts Council, founder of
the groundbreaking high school theatre recognition program
fondly known as the Teeny Awards© (modeled after
the Tony Awards) has announced its 2009 winners.
All participating East End high school
theatre productions have been attended by a select panel
of judges, who evaluated students based on specific dramatic
skills criteria, which the schools were provided with
in early Fall.
A formal awards ceremony took place on
Sunday, June 7th at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts
Center. With support from the East End business community,
award winners were recognized for their hard work and
dedication to theatre arts.
And the winners (designed with an
*)and
nominees were:
Lead Actress in a Comedy
Marie Sweet, Shoreham Wading River, Arsenic and Old
Lace
Alice Shanklin, Shoreham Wading
River, Arsenic and Old Lace *
Taylor Sorice, Eastport/South Manor,
Noises Off
Lead Actor in a Comedy
Joseph Cataldo, McGann Mercy,
Oh, Promise Me
Brian Stanco, Eastport/South Manor,
Noises Off *
Kyle Kollegger, Eastport/South
Manor, Noises Off
Supporting Actress in a Comedy
Hope Andrejack, McGann Mercy,
Oh, Promise Me
Maria Tavella, Eastport/South Manor,
Noises Off *
Paula Roby, Eastport/South Manor,
Noises Off
Supporting Actor in a Comedy
Nick Casaula, Eastport/South
Manor, Noises Off
Joseph Sergio, Eastport/South Manor,
Noises Off *
George Welge, Eastport/South Manor,
Noises Off
Lead Actor in a Drama
Dan Bruno, Mattituck, Jane
Eyre
Rob Tureski, Westhampton Beach,
Lost in Yonkers *
Vincent Cinque, Westhampton Beach,
Lost in Yonkers
Lead Actress in a Drama
Casey Sheren, Westhampton Beach,
Lost in Yonkers *
Francesca Carter, Westhampton Beach,
Lost in Yonkers
Kayla Mattola, Mattituck, Jane
Eyre
Supporting Actor in a Drama
Luke Sisson, Mattituck, Jane
Eyre
Christian Thienel, Westhampton
Beach, Lost inYonkers *
Luke Nilsson,Westhampton Beach,
Lost in Yonkers
Supporting Actress in a Drama
Bea Markovaite, Mattituck,
Jane Eyre
Meghan "Moggy" Vinciguerra,
Mattituck, Jane Eyre *
Alexa Keegan, Westhampton Beach,
Lost in Yonkers
Lead Actor in a Musical
Nicolas Casaula, Eastport/South
Manor, Les Miserables
Chris Murphy, Center Moriches,
Footloose
Colin Palmer, Riverhead, Les Miserables
*
Lead Actress in a Musical
Alexa Keegan, Westhampton Beach,
Jane Eyre
Nicolette Clark, Shelter Island,
Bye Bye Birdie
Michele Card, Shelter Island, Bye
Bye Birdie
Kaitlin Farrel, Riverhead, Les
Miserables *
Beth Richter, Greenport, Peter
Pan
Supporting Actor in a Musical
Stephen DAmico, Southold,
Beauty and the Beast
David Graham, Center Moriches,
Footloose *
Brian Niggles, East Hampton, Annie
Get Your Gun
Supporting Actress in a Musical
Mia Mulvey, Westhampton Beach,
Jane Eyre
Jessica Benitez, Riverhead, Pippin
*
Liz Oldak, Pierson, The Mystery
of Edwin Drood
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
This category was created to recognize
a student who shines brightly in a role that
is not eligible for adjudication in the leading or supporting
categories.
Outstanding Performance in a Drama
Megan Ross, Mattituck, Jane
Eyre
Outstanding Performance in a Musical
Laura Lynn Duffy, McGann Mercy,
The Boyfriend *
Shelby Willumsen, Shelter Island,
Bye Bye Birdie
JUDGES CHOICE AWARD
The judges choose a particular scene,
musical number, dance number, ensemble effort, or group
that they feel stands out enough to warrant special merit.
This year, the recipient of the Judges Choice Award
is the ensemble work of the enchanteds from
Southolds Beauty and the Beast: Jake Boergesson,
Sam Kortchmar, Christina Stankewicz, Gayle Gammon, Ivy
Croteau, and Jackie Solo. *
STAGE MANAGER
Jeanette Traslavina, East Hampton High
School *
Rachel Dickhoff, McGann-Mercy High School *
Hannah Cook and Laura Rinaldi, Pierson High School *
Gabriel Galifianakis, Riverhead High School *
CHOREOGRAPHY
Maddie Virga, East Hampton, Big
Jessica Benitez, Riverhead, Pippin
*
SET DESIGN
Brian Niggles, East Hampton, Big *
LIGHTING DESIGN
Andrew Kestler, Pierson, The Mystery
of Edwin Drood *
Brian Niggles, East Hampton, Big
Rachel Lucas & Shelby
Hearn,Westhampton Beach, Lost in Yonkers
PLAYBILL COVER/POSTER ART
Kristen Racaniello, Riverhead, Pippin
Nicole Keane, Pierson, The Mystery
of Edwin Drood *
Kristian Einstman, Westhampton
Beach, Lost in Yonkers
For more information on the Teeny Awards©,
please contact the East End Arts Council at 631-727-0900.
To find out more about sponsorship opportunities, contact
EEAC Development Director Catherine Gerardi at 631-727-0900.
EEAC: 2009 Year of the Game
On Friday, February 27, 2009 from 5:00
- 8:00pm, the juried, mixed-media art exhibit Games
People Play will open at the EEAC gallery, which kicks
off their Year of the Game!
Artists are invited to interpret the
Games People Play theme in any way using the medium
of their choice. The show will be juried by artist Jen
Benton and artist/ mayor of Greenport David Nyce and will
run through April 10, 2009. All those who attend the EEAC
opening on February 27th will have a chance to win prizes
by collecting special game-piece buttons.
The Riverhead Business Improvement District
(BID) is sponsoring a collaboration among downtown restaurants
to extend the fun and games on the 27th, and the North
Fork Trolley will shuttle folks from the EEAC gallerys
Games People Play to the Suffolk County Historical
Societys exhibit, Luck, Strategy and Diplomacy:
Playing Games and to the Long Island Science Centers
Science of Games exhibit. Restaurants in Riverhead
will play along by offering specials for diners.
Wed like to thank the Riverhead
BID for their support, said Pat Snyder, EEAC Executive
Director. Were looking forward to seeing lots
of people downtown for the exhibits and hope they check
out Riverheads great restaurants for dinner.
EEAC Community School of the Arts Expands
Offerings
The East End Arts Council is pleased
to announce that it has expanded and enhanced its programming.
In addition to offering new weekend classes and workshops
for those who are unable to attend classes on weekdays,
the council is offering an array of one-day sampler classes.
Registration is now underway for the
East End Arts Councils 2009 winter-spring programs,
including new weekend classes and workshops which opens
the doors for those who are unable to attend classes during
the work week. Classes will be offered in the long-awaited
and fully stocked photography darkroom, offering insights
into traditional, or purist, photography in
this age of technologynot to worry, though; there
are also classes available in digital photography. The
darkroom is available in three-hour increments to local
photographers chemicals included!
The new Carriage House artist studio
will also be in full swing, offering an array of visual
arts classes from drawing basics to life drawing, beginner
watercolor to oils, and multi-media abstract painting,
and is also available to on a bi-hourly basis for rehearsals
and meetings.
2008 Teeny Awards Winners
The 2008 winners of the Teeny Awards,
the ground-breaking student theatre arts recognition program
of the East End Arts Council (EEAC) in collaboration with
the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, were awarded
at the sixth annual Teeny Awards on Sunday, June 8.
For a list of the 2008 nominees and winners,
click here.
Schools under the jurisdiction of the
East End Arts Council are eligible. Those participating
this year include Center Moriches, East Hampton, Eastport-South
Manor, Greenport, Hampton Bays, Mattituck, Pierson in
Sag Harbor, Riverhead and Mercy-McGann in Riverhead, Ross
School in East Hampton, Shelter Island, Shoreham-Wading
River, Southampton, Southold, and Westhampton Beach.
Much like the countywide athletic
awards, the Teeny Awards celebrate the dedication, concentration
and teamwork required to put on a production and focus
on individual and group achievement irrespective of the
size of the school or the amount of money allotted to
the production, said Patricia Snyder, East End Arts
Council Executive Director and Teeny Awards Founder.
2007 Gala and Winners
At a gala awards ceremony on Sunday,
June 3, 2007 each of the winners of the 2007 Teeny Awards
were awarded a glass trophy and a $200 scholarship by
the East End Arts Council at the Westhampton Beach Performing
Arts Center.
For the complete listing of the 2007
nominees and winners, click here.
Music & Art Lessons for Parents?
Did you ever tell someone, "I used
to play piano," or flute, or cello, maybe the trumpet,
saxophone or violin? Or maybe you used to sing? Have you
always enjoyed art and wanted to do more? Some of us have
always wanted to learn, but never had the opportunity
as a child.
In addition to the children enrolled
in group and private music & art classes, the Community
School of the Arts has lots of adult students, from beginner
to advanced. Music and art instruction isn't just for
kids! Currently there are daytime openings for voice,
guitar, piano and violin during the week and openings
on all woodwind instruments, cello, percussion and piano
on Saturdays. For complete offerings, visit the School
of the Arts website or call 369-2171.
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