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Winners of the 2015 Teeny Awards. Richard and Joan Wozniak photo[/caption]
The nominations for the 14th annual Teeny Awards for theatrical productions presented by 16 participating East End high schools were unveiled on May 4 by East End Arts after a panel of volunteer judges attended and reviewed dozens of student performances.
Modeled after Broadway’s Antoinette Perry Awards — better known as the Tonys — the 2016 Teeny winners will be announced and handed out at an awards ceremony, complete with red carpet, to be hosted by radio personality Walker Vreeland at Shoreham-Wading River High School on Sunday, June 5.
Celebrating excellence in high school theatrical shows across the East End since 2002, the Teeny nominations this year provided a showcase for Pierson High School talent as students scored big with one play and one musical:
Nominated for their roles in the musical “Into the Woods” were Pierson students Brendan Powell, Matthew Schiavoni, Sirena Lee Carney, Michelle Rinaldi, Emily Hallock, Anna Schiavoni, Denis Hartnett, Olivia Auperlee, Reilly Rose Schombs, Christen Heine and Ella Knibb.
The Pierson students earning a nod for “Arsenic and Old Lace” were Meg Atkinson-Barnes, Matthew Schiavoni, Courtney Kinsella, Paul Anderson, Kerrie Vila, Reilly Rose Schombs, Denis Hartnett, Eve Bishop, Ella Parker and Shanti Escalante DeMattei.
Ross School students Sophia Beck, Katie Morgan, Bernardo Sa and Nadzia Kempski also won nominations.
