CHS RAGTIME RECOGNITION AMONG SCHOOL BOARD ITEMS TONIGHT

Among the notices of achievement at tonight's school board meeting will be recognition of the CHS production of Ragtime and its recent Paper Mill award nominations.

See below:

Columbia High School’s acclaimed Ragtime: School Edition has been nominated for 14 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Stars Awards – the most nominations ever received for a CHS production!

Individual student finalists include: 

•        Ali Pease as “Mother” for Leading Role 

•        Hannah Nye as “Evelyn Nesbit” 

•        Carolyne Leys as “Emma Goldman” for Featured Roles

•        Isaiah Thomas received an Honorable Mention for Leading Role as “Coalhouse Walker Jr.”

•        Ethan Gill, Assistant Technical Director, was nominated for a Student Achievement Award.

           

The show was nominated in the following categories:   

•        Outstanding Overall Musical 

•        Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role

•        Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical

•        Outstanding Performance by a Chorus

•        Outstanding Achievement by a Teacher or Outside Director - Tricia Benn and Bethany Pettigrew

•        Outstanding Achievement in Musical Direction - Jamie Bunce-Arraial and Peter F. Bauer

•        Outstanding Achievement in Choreography and Staging – Tricia Benn and Bethany Pettigrew

•        Outstanding Lighting Achievement - Tara Marie Abbondante

•        Outstanding Costuming Achievement - Barbara Canace, Carol Rutledge and Kathy Nye

•        Outstanding Hair & Make-Up Achievement – Tricia Benn, Bethany Pettigrew and Kathy Nye

The meeting is set for 7:30 p.m. tonight. See the agenda HERE.