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2019 Recipients as presented at the 24th Annual Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards on Tuesday, June 4th, 2019 2019 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award Outstanding Overall Production Madison High School BRIGHT STAR 2019 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role Kassi McMillan as “Alice Murphy” St. Joseph Regional High School BRIGHT STAR 2019 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role Jaron Cole as “Jimmy Ray Dobbs” Madison High School BRIGHT STAR 2019 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role Alex Mroczko as “Margo Crawford” Madison High School BRIGHT STAR 2019 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role Sara Bartoszek as “Peron’s Mistress” High Tech High School EVITA
2019 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award Outstanding Featured Ensemble Member Abigail Montesino as “Grace Clements” Fair Lawn High School WORKING 2019 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award Outstanding Featured Ensemble Group Dance Hall Girls Westfield High School SWEET CHARITY 2019 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award Outstanding Chorus Summit High School PIPPIN 2019 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award Outstanding Direction Blake Spence Madison High School BRIGHT STAR 2019 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award Outstanding Choreography / Musical Staging Kelly Mott-Sacks Summit High School PIPPIN 2019 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award Outstanding Music Direction Daniel King, Steve Rapp Summit High School PIPPIN 2019 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award Outstanding Orchestra Summit High School PIPPIN 2019 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award Outstanding Scenic Achievement Anthony Freitas Madison High School BRIGHT STAR
2019 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award Outstanding Lighting Achievement Colin Shields Harrison High School JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH 2019 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award Outstanding Costuming Achievement Mary Pat Shields Harrison High School JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH 2019 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award Outstanding Hair and Make-up Achievement Colin Shields Harrison High School JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH 2019 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award Educational Impact Award Perth Amboy High School 9 TO 5 2019 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award "Theatre for Everyone" Inclusion & Access Award Carteret High School FOOTLOOSE 2019 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award Student Achievement Award Patricia Vitug Student Assistant Music Director Carteret High School FOOTLOOSE 2019 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award Student Achievement Award Erin Quinn Assistant to the Directors Madison High School BRIGHT STAR
2019 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award Student Achievement Award Erin Cramer Stage Manager Moorestown High School 9 TO 5 2019 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award Student Achievement Award Deanna Swanson Graphic Designer Morristown High School THE ADDAMS FAMILY 2019 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award Student Achievement Award Brandon Rivera Stage Manager Perth Amboy High School 9 TO 5 2019 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award Student Achievement Award McKenna Moore Stage Manager Ridge High School DISNEY’S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2019 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award Student Achievement Award Sarah Gorman Pit Orchestra Keyboardist / Rehearsal Accompanist Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School MAMMA MIA! 2019 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award Student Achievement Award Sophie Li Stage Manager Summit High School PIPPIN
2019 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award Student Achievement Award Francesca Morella Costuming Voorhees High School BIG FISH 2019 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award Student Achievement Award Matthew Nowell Lighting Voorhees High School BIG FISH The Investors Foundation Rising Star Awards Scholarship Matthew Green Millburn High School The Jane Grey Burgio Memorial Scholarship for the Rising Star Awards Vicky Fleisch Howell High School Janet Sovey Scholarship for the Rising Star Awards Moses Hyman Cicely L. Tyson School of Performing and Fine Arts The Douglas Michael Krueger Scholarship for the Rising Star Awards Emery Myers Rahway High School The Mickey McNany Theater Education Scholarship for the Rising Star Awards Lauren Mennen Morristown-Beard School