⭐️ ACT ANNOUNCES 2024 ISAAC AWARD NOMINATIONS ⭐️
Altoona Community Theatre is pleased to announce the area high schools and individual students nominated for this season’s ISAAC AWARDS.
ACT’s 2024 ISAACS will be presented Saturday and Sunday, May 25 & 26 in the Historic Mishler Theatre. The Mission of the ISAAC AWARDS is to encourage & support excellence in high school musical theatre in our region through an annual awards and scholarship event that recognizes student achievement.
This is the 19th year for THE ISAACS, the popularity of which has grown so large that ACT has expanded the event to two nights to accommodate the number of schools wishing to participate. Each night has its independent winners, meaning there will be two equal winners announced for each category over the weekend.
Tickets to the event are sold to the participating schools for their entire group. Family and friends wishing to attend the ceremony should contact their school for a ticket. It is very unlikely that there will be tickets for sale to the public.
Each year THE ISAACS distributes more than $40,000 in college scholarships to students participating in their high school musicals, underwritten by Title Sponsor Reliance Bank and others, including Penn State Altoona, Mount Aloysius College, Juniata College and Saint Francis University. The Steven C. Helsel Legacy Scholarship will be awarded to a graduating senior who has been actively involved in some capacity with ACT. In addition, Bill and Ann Benzel (a long-time sponsor) presents each of the 20 schools in the ISAACS with $500 for their upcoming production budgets.
The 2024 ISAACS will feature 20 schools from a six-county area (Blair, Bedford, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Huntingdon). During the year, two panels of judges from ACT views the schools’ musicals and determines the nominations in a variety of production and individual categories, the winners of which will be announced onstage at the Mishler between musical numbers from each school’s entry.
More information at altoonacommunitytheatre.com/isaac-awards
The schools and individual students for this year’s ISAACS nominations are:
⭐️SATURDAY, MAY 25, ISAACS⭐️
🏆Lead Actor in a Male Role:
• Brenden Luongo – Jack Kelly – Newsies – Glendale Junior Senior High School
• Jack Peterson – Dmitry – Anastasia – Hollidaysburg Area High School
• Jacob Caracciolo – Albert Peterson – Bye, Bye Birdie – Bellwood Antis High School
• Ethan Eisenhart – Joseph – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – Altoona Area High School
• Noah Peck – Fabrizio Naccarelli – The Light in the Piazza – Tussey Mountain High School
🏆Lead Actor in a Female Role:
• Erin Ashe – Delilah McPhee – Between the Lines – Bellefonte Area High School
• Alice Haslam – Anya – Anastasia – Hollidaysburg Area High School
• Sarabeth Lloyd – Katherine Plumber – Newsies – Glendale Junior Senior High School
• Trinity Riva – Rosie – Bye, Bye Birdie – Bellwood Antis High School
• Natalya Cann – Donna – Mamma Mia – Cambria Heights High School
🏆Supporting Actor in a Male Role:
• Xavier Yuhas – Aldolpho – The Drowsy Chaperone – Forest Hills High School
• Christian “Chug” Jennings – Harry MacAfee – Bye, Bye Birdie – Bellwood Antis High School
• Benjamin Gervinski – Vlad – Anastasia – Hollidaysburg Area High School
• Eli Rushton – Frump – Between the Lines – Bellefonte Area High School
• Andrew Ostinowsky – Lumiere – Beauty and the Beast – Bishop Carroll Catholic High School
🏆Supporting Actor in a Female Role:
• Kate Harman – Grace McPhee – Between the Lines – Bellefonte Area High School
• Kendra Karabinos – Rosie – Mamma Mia – Cambria Heights High School
• Annie LeGrand – Kim MacAfee – Bye, Bye Birdie – Bellwood Antis High School
• Braylinne Shaw – Betty Rizzo – Grease – Tyrone Area High School
• Kirsten Morealli – Tanya – Mamma Mia – Cambria Heights High School
🏆Best Featured Actor:
• Owen Carmel – Dan – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – Altoona Area High School
• Ryan Longstreth – Reuben – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – Altoona Area High School
• John Isenberg – Kenickie – Grease – Tyrone Area High School
• Addison Kelly – Race – Newsies – Glendale Junior Senior High School
• Gianna Juart – Ursula – Bye, Bye Birdie – Bellwood Antis High School
🏆Best Dance/Dancer:
• Claire Piper & Emily Berkheimer – Those Canaan Days – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – Altoona Area High School
• Seize the Day – Newsies – Glendale Junior Senior High School
• Cold Feets – The Drowsy Chaperone – Forest Hills High School
• Shriner Ballet – Bye, Bye Birdie – Bellwood Antis High School
• Once Upon a December – Anastasia – Hollidaysburg Area High School
🏆Best Ensemble:
• The Brothers – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – Altoona Area High School
• Dance Ensemble – Newsies – Glendale Junior Senior High School
• Enchanted Objects – Beauty and the Beast – Bishop Carroll Catholic High School
• MacAfee Family – Bye, Bye Birdie – Bellwood Antis High School
• Sophie’s friends (Ali and Lisa) – Mamma Mia – Cambria Heights High School
🏆Best Musical or Production Number:
• Those Canaan Days – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – Altoona Area High School
• Watch What Happens – Newsies – Glendale Junior Senior High School
• Telephone Hour – Bye, Bye Birdie – Bellwood Antis High School
• You Can Learn to Do It – Anastasia – Hollidaysburg Area High School
• Take a Chance on Me – Mamma Mia – Cambria Heights High School
🏆Best Production:
• The Drowsy Chaperone – Forest Hills High School
• Newsies – Glendale Junior Senior High School
• Bye, Bye Birdie – Bellwood Antis Area High School
• Between the Lines – Bellefonte Area High School
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – Altoona Area High School
🏆Student Choreography:
• Cambria Heights High School – Mamma Mia – Natalya Cann, Cassidy Davis, Alaina Bearer, Brianna Bailey for Money, Money and I Do, I Do, I Do
• Hollidaysburg Area High School – Anastasia – Alaina Stump for Swan Lake segment
• Forest Hills High School – The Drowsy Chaperone – Julia Stombaugh – dance captain and choreographed An Accident Waiting to Happen, Wedding Bells, and parts of Fancy Dress and the Finale
• Altoona Area High School – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – Claire Piper and Emily Berkheimer (student choreographers)
• Bishop Carroll Catholic High School – Beauty and the Beast – Colleen Barnett and Mackenzie Rezk (student choreographers)
• Bellefonte Area High School – Between the Lines – Julia Huntsinger, Samantha Nedrow, Emma Gadsby and Marissa Yeager (student choreographers)
🏆Student Design:
• Cambria Heights High School – Mamma Mia – Reagan Conner – Light design
• Forest Hills High School – The Drowsy Chaperone – Sarah Bodenschatz and Jordan Scislowicz – designed and ran entire light plot
• Altoona Area High School – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – Alexandria Hamel – Costume design
• Bishop Carroll Catholic High School – Beauty and the Beast – Andrew Ostinowsky – set design and painting
• Bellefonte Area High School – Between the Lines – Cedric Bagwell and Jalyn Meckley – hair and make-up design
🏆Student Stage Crew:
• Cambria Heights High School – Mamma Mia – Student stage crew
• Hollidaysburg Area High School High School – Anastasia – Student stage crew
• Forest Hills High School – The Drowsy Chaperone – Student stage crew
• Altoona Area High School – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – Student stage crew
• Bishop Carroll Catholic High School – Beauty and the Beast – Student stage crew
• Bellefonte Area High School – Between the Lines – Student Sound crew
⭐️SUNDAY, MAY 28, ISAACS⭐️
🏆Lead Actor in a Male Role:
• Elias Powell – Harold Hill – The Music Man – Huntingdon Area High School
• Bianca Melgar – Jesse Tuck – Tuck Everlasting – Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School
• Spencer Hardyk – Frederick – The Pirates of Penzance – State College Area High School
• Luca Snyder – Pirate King – The Pirates of Penzance – State College Area High School
• Austin Garcia – Gomez Addams – The Addams Family – Philipsburg-Osceola High School
🏆Lead Actor in a Female Role:
• Hadley Milhomme – Mabel – The Pirates of Penzance – State College Area High School
• Gabriella Lawson – Dolly Levi – Hello Dolly – Great Commission High School
• Olivia Williams – Cinderella – Cinderella – Moshannan Valley High School
• Marah Goff – Rosie Alvarez – Bye, Bye Birdie – Central High School
• Sara Reed – Marian Paroo – The Music Man – Huntingdon Area High School
🏆Supporting Actor in a Male Role
• Hunter Hatch – Cornelius Hackl – Hello Dolly – Great Commission High School
• Brogan Little – Marcellus Washburn – The Music Man – Huntingdon Area High School
• Brianna Clossin – Man in Yellow Suit – Tuck Everlasting – Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School
• Alice Crane – The Cat in the Hat – Seussical – Bald Eagle Area High School
• Ethan Jacobs – Benny Perkins – Hands on a Hard Body – Northern Cambria High School
🏆Supporting Actor in Female Role
• Carlie Evock – Sour Kangaroo – Seussical – Bald Eagle Area High School
• Karleigh Sage – Godmother – Cinderella – Moshannon Valley High School
• Lily Hildebrand – Irene Molloy – Hello Dolly – Great Commission High School
• Leah Byrne – Mae Tuck – Tuck Everlasting – Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School
• Ashlyn Lucas – Gertrude McFuzz – Seussical – Bald Eagle Area High School
🏆Best Featured Actor
• Callie Smith – Ursula/Randolph McAfee – Bye, Bye Birdie – Central High School
• Chase Somers – Charlie Cowell – The Music Man – Huntingdon Area High School
• Benjamin Coudriet – Uncle Fester – The Addams Family – Philipsburg-Osceola High School
• Nicholas Rizzo – Uncle Fester – The Addams Family – Chestnut Ridge High School
• Aidan Kent – Hugo – Tuck Everlasting – Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School
🏆Best Dance/Dancer
• The Story of Winnie Foster – Tuck Everlasting – Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School
• The Entr’acte – Hello Dolly – Great Commission High School
• Marian the Librarian – The Music Man – Huntingdon Area High School
• With Cat-like Tread – The Pirates of Penzance – State College Area High School
• Shriner Ballet – Bye, Bye Birdie – Central High School
🏆Best Ensemble
• Barbershop Quartet – The Music Man – Huntingdon Area High School
• The Bird Girls – Seussical – Bald Eagle Area High School
• The Tuck Family – Tuck Everlasting – Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School
• The Contestants – Hands on a Hard Body – Northern Cambria High School
• The Ancestors – The Addams Family – Philipsburg-Osceola High School
🏆Best Musical/Production Number
• Rock Island – The Music Man – Huntingdon Area High School
• Opening Act I – Hello Dolly – Great Commission High School
• Honestly Sincere – Bye, Bye Birdie – Central High School
• Tango De Amor – The Addams Family – Philipsburg-Osceola High School
• In My Own Little Corner – Cinderella – Moshannon Valley High School
🏆Best Production
• The Music Man – Huntingdon Area High School
• Tuck Everlasting – Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School
• The Pirates of Penzance – State College Area High School
• Hello Dolly – Great Commission High School
• The Addams Family – Philipsburg-Osceola High School
🏆 Student Choreography:
• State College Area High School – The Pirates of Penzance – Audrey Shaner and Bri Dzyak for With Catlike Tread, Upon Our Prey We Steal
• Chestnut Ridge High School – The Addams Family – Olivia Dodson and Evelyn Fochtman (assisted in all choreography and solely responsible for Moon and Me)
• Moshannon Valley – Cinderella – Julie Kohute, Olivia Williams, Mady Kay and Abigail Caldwell for The Gavotte
• Great Commission High School – Hello Dolly – Mila Palazzi and Elijah Michael for Sunday Clothes, Dancing, Waiters Gallop, Elegance, and It Takes a Woman
• Philipsburg-Osceola High School – The Addams Family – Grace Henry and Lenora Levonick (all numbers)
🏆Student Design:
• State College Area High School – The Pirates of Penzance – Al Eburne for costume design
• Chestnut Ridge High School – The Addams Family – Lando Krause for design and building of set
• Moshannon Valley High School – Cinderella – Karleigh Sage for magical transformation of carriage and horses.
• Great Commission High School – Hello Dolly – Madeline Buck for set design for Molly’s Hat Shop
• Philipsburg-Osceola High School – The Addams Family – Nolan Hite for set design and construction.
• Huntingdon Area High School – The Music Man – Hope Stubbs, Liv Weidel, Kaitlynn Wise, Ada Stapleton for design and painting of proscenium
🏆Student Stage Crew:
• State College Area High School – The Pirates of Penzance – Anna Coupland and Cecelia Corro (student paint crew).
• Central High School – Bye, Bye Birdie – Student stage crew
• Chestnut Ridge High School – The Addams Family – Viktoria Anielewski & Thomas Kostenbauder for stage crew
• Great Commission High School – Hello Dolly – Jakson Moore and Aaron Kurty for stage managing
• Philipsburg-Osceola High School – The Addams Family – Student stage crew
• Huntingdon Area High School – The Music Man – Student stage crew
For complete information about the ISAAC AWARDS, visit ACT’s website at www.altoonacommunitytheatre.com/isaac-awards/
Businesses or individuals wishing to join ACT’s sponsorship roster for THE ISAACS may contact Tara Enedy, Executive Director, at
(814) 943-4357.