Here are the nominees for the
17th Annual JRAY Awards Show!
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Mariah Berger
Into the Woods
Ramón C. Cortines VAPA
Zoe Campbell
The Music Man
San Juan Hills High School
Kasey Chu
The Addams Family
Los Alamitos High School
DBHS Production Design Crew
Beetlejuice: High School Version
Diamond Bar High School
Malina Huen & Isabella Liu
Lucky Stiff
La Salle College Preparatory
Alexis Ramirez, Jennifer Tye, and COHS Stagecraft
Holiday Inn
Charter Oak High School
Michaela Rosen & CVHS Costume Crew
Six: Teen Edition
Capistrano Valley High School
Sierra Sanchez & Jessica Bell
Something Rotten!
Redondo Union High School
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP DESIGN
DBHS Production Design Crew
Beetlejuice: High School Version
Diamond Bar High School
EDHS Hair and Makeup Team
Once Upon A Mattress
El Dorado High School
Kaylee Garcia & Nikki Martin
The Addams Family
Los Alamitos High School
Maddalena Grossnickle & Rasienna Willars
All Shook Up
John Burroughs High School
Abigail Reynoso, Makayla Orozco, and COHS Stagecraft
Holiday Inn
Charter Oak High School
Sally Shubin & CVHS Hair and Makeup Crew
Six: Teen Edition
Capistrano Valley HS
Kara Voisey
Something Rotten!
Redondo Union High School
Nathan Andreas
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts
BEST PROP DESIGN
Synnove Alarcon-Toven & Amma Stanton
Into the Woods
Ramón C. Cortines VAPA
Nina Arnold & CVHS Prop Crew
Six: Teen Edition
Capistrano Valley High School
Amelia Blanchi
Anything Goes
Laguna Hills High School
DBHS Production Design Crew
Beetlejuice: High School Version
Diamond Bar High School
El Dorado Prop Design Team
Once Upon A Mattress
El Dorado High School
Thomas Mejia, Kaylee Arroyo & COHS Stagecraft
Holiday Inn
Charter Oak High School
Dominic Poole
Something Rotten!
CSArts - San Gabriel Valley
Cat Russell
The Addams Family
Los Alamitos High School
BEST SET DESIGN
La Salle Stagecraft Class
Lucky Stiff
La Salle College Preparatory
Kristine Dominguez & Stage Design Students
Six: Teen Edition
Beverly Hills High School
El Dorado Set Design Team
Once Upon A Mattress
El Dorado High School
Nicholas Harms, Joel Lavapie & COHS Stagecraft
Holiday Inn
Charter Oak High School
Giovanni Roman
The Music Man
San Juan Hills High School
Maya Parikh Roman & Daphne Walker
All Shook Up
John Burroughs High School
Roxanna Salgado Gutierrez
Mamma Mia!
Chaffey High School
Myah Sturgell & Emily Gritchen
The Addams Family
Los Alamitos High School
BEST SET CONSTRUCTION AND PAINTING
Chaffey Stagecraft
Mamma Mia!
Chaffey High School
Lydia Benavides, Tatum Cook & COHS Stagecraft
Holiday Inn
Charter Oak
Grand Arts Tech Crew
Into The Woods
Ramón C. Cortines VAPA
Los Alamitos Technical Theater
The Addams Family
Los Alamitos High School
Lyric Nestel & Georgia Hughes
Something Rotten!
Redondo Union High School
SJHHS Stagecraft
The Music Man
San Juan Hills High School
Stage Design Students
Six: Teen Edition
Beverly Hills High School
Avery Thiel & Jackson Li
Mamma Mia!
Glendora High School
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
Izzy Bassett
The Music Man
San Juan Hills High School
Kristine Dominguez
Six: Teen Edition
Beverly Hills High School
Chloe Donovan
Something Rotten!
Redondo Union High School
Alice Farnstrom
The Addams Family
Los Alamitos High School
Nathaniel Harms, Aidan Viyar & COHS Stagecraft
Holiday Inn
Charter Oak High School
Soren Khitikian
All Shook Up
John Burroughs High School
Yurudia Sigala
Mamma Mia!
Chaffey High School
Grady Van Buren
Lucky Stiff
La Salle College Preparatory
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Synnove Alarcon-Toven & Analilia Hernandez
Into The Woods
Ramón C. Cortines VAPA
Kalkidan Asseged & Sanja Chanumalla
Mamma Mia!
Glendora High School
Leorence Austria
Mamma Mia!
Chaffey High School
Mariah Baquedano
The Addams Family
Los Alamitos High School
Nicolas Byszewski
Lucky Stiff
La Salle College Preparatory
Meghan Morrow
Anything Goes
Laguna Hills High School
Kenya Rosales, Nikki Nejati & CVHS Audio Crew
Six: Teen Edition
Capistrano Valley High School
Noah Villa, Nevia Heflin & COHS Stagecraft
Holiday Inn
Charter Oak High School
BEST CREW EXECUTION
BHHS Stage Crew
Six: Teen Edition
Beverly Hills High School
Chaffey Stage Crew
Mamma Mia!
Chaffey High School
COHS Stage Crew
Holiday Inn
Charter Oak High School
JBHS Stagecraft
All Shook Up
John Burroughs High School
Los Alamitos Stage Crew
The Addams Family
Los Alamitos High School
Orange Lutheran HS Tech Crew
Catch Me If You Can
Orange Lutheran High School
SJHHS Technical Crew
Disney’s Mary Poppins
Trinitas Arts Conservatory
BEST GRAPHIC DESIGN
Zoe Austin
Something Rotten!
CSArts – San Gabriel Valley
Izzy Bassett & Parker Bittner
The Music Man
San Juan Hills High School
Mariah Berger
Into the Woods
Ramón C. Cortines VAPA
AJ Buechler & Claire Marano
The Addams Family
Los Alamitos High School
Anabelle Buenrostro
Footloose
Martin Luther King High School
Nicolas Byszewski & Emma Salazar
Lucky Stiff
La Salle College Preparatory
Aden Masresha & Kylee Benavidez
Holiday Inn
Charter Oak High School
Tessa Moore & Ty Nguyen
Once Upon A Mattress
El Dorado High School
BEST SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN
Synnove Alarcon-Toven & Amma Stanton
Into the Woods
Ramón C. Cortines VAPA
DBHS Theatre Officers
Beetlejuice: High School Version
Diamond Bar High School
Emerson Ellis
Mean Girls
Mira Costa High School
Aden Masresha & Kylee Benavidez
Holiday Inn
Charter Oak High School
Edwin Peredo & Karina Montiel-Cruz
Disney’s Mary Poppins
Fullerton Union High School
Benny Spangler & Kai Batovsky
Something Rotten!
Redondo Union High School
Elliot Watson
Anything Goes
Laguna Hills High School
SJHHS Publicity & Marketing
The Music Man
San Juan Hills High School
BEST STUDENT STAGE MANAGER
Synnove Alarcon-Toven
Into the Woods
Ramón C. Cortines VAPA
Nicolas Byszewski
Lucky Stiff
La Salle College Preparatory
Quinn Cohen
The Addams Family
Los Alamitos High School
Connor Ebreo
Holiday Inn
Charter Oak High School
Mason Haydon
The Music Man
San Juan Hills High School
Connor Pelonis
Disney’s Mary Poppins
Trinitas Arts Conservatory
Zara Shippee
The Drowsy Chaperone
Palos Verdes High School
Maizy Van Solkema
Six: Teen Edition
Beverly Hills High School
OUTSTANDING VOCALIST
Ryan Backstrom
Nigel Bottom, Something Rotten!
CSArts – San Gabriel Valley
Ryan Bohmholdt
Curley, Oklahoma!
Notre Dame High School
Lucie Conlan
The Witch, Into The Woods
Ramón C. Cortines VAPA
Georgia Dadekian
Sylvia, All Shook Up
John Burroughs High School
Lola De La Torre
Trix, The Drowsy Chaperone
Palos Verdes High School
Lily Elliott
Paula Abignale, Catch Me If You Can
Orange Lutheran High School
Baz Felber
The Baker, Into The Woods
Ramón C. Cortines VAPA
Antonio Lopez
Joseph, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts
Zoe McLaughlin
Mary Poppins, Disney's Mary Poppins
Fullerton Union High School
Christian Valles
Cinderella’s Prince, Into The Woods
Ramón C. Cortines VAPA
OUTSTANDING DANCER
Rhiannon Carlson
Courtisan, The Addams Family
Los Alamitos High School
Nicholas Collins
Ensemble/Bard Boy, Something Rotten!
Redondo Union High School
Rio Gomez
Featured Dancer/Tapper, Mary Poppins
Fullerton Union High School
Haelo Kennedy
Danielle, Bring it On: The Musical
HArts Academy
Joel Lavapie
Ted Hanover, Holiday Inn
Charter Oak High School
Jessi Martin
Ensemble/Bard Boy, Something Rotten!
Redondo Union High School
Molly McCabe
Ensemble, The Music Man
San Juan Hills High School
Iry Schneider
Ensemble, Holiday Inn
Charter Oak High School
Mark Spearman
Cameron, Bring it On: The Musical
HArts Academy
Darla Stoler
Featured Dancer, The Drowsy Chaperone
Palos Verdes High School
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE MEMBER
Kamya Blair
Ensemble, Lucky Stiff
La Salle College Preparatory
Ella Collins
Apache Dancer, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat
Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts
Nicholas Collins
Ensemble/Bard Boy, Something Rotten!
Redondo Union High School
Adrian Domkus
Texan/Ensemble, Lucky Stiff
La Salle College Preparatory
Grayson Kay
Francis Flute, Something Rotten!
CSArts - San Gabriel Valley
Tommy Mejia
Ensemble, Holiday Inn
Charter Oak High School
Faith Novak
Cindy/Stewardess/Ensemble, Catch Me If You Can
Orange Lutheran High School
Arisa Sesto
Ensemble/Troupe, Something Rotten!
Redondo Union High School
Peyton Simon
Tailor/Dr. Wanamaker/Ensemble, Catch Me If You Can
Orange Lutheran High School
Nash Tanner
Ensemble, The Music Man
San Juan Hills High School
OUTSTANDING COMIC
Sophia Aguilar
Louise, Holiday Inn
Charter Oak High School
Nathan Andreas
Pharaoh, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat
Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts
Caroline Connrad
Kitty, The Drowsy Chaperone
Palos Verdes High School
Jasper Jemison
Dennis, All Shook Up
John Burroughs High School
Aiden Mathewson
King Seximus The Silent, Once Upon A Mattress
El Dorado High School
Wyatt Mills
Father Alexandrios, Mamma Mia!
Glendora High School
Makela Moore
Princess #12, Once Upon a Mattress
El Dorado High School
Sonny Perez
Harry Bright, Mamma Mia!
Chaffey High School
Dagny Shaw
Karen Smith, Mean Girls
Mira Costa High School
Angelo Watson
Charles Deetz, Beetlejuice: High School Version
Diamond Bar High School
BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MALE ROLE
Nathan Andreas
Pharaoh, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts
Cody Dulmage
Brother Jeremiah, Something Rotten!
Redondo Union High School
Magnus FrenchCampbell
Lurch Addams, The Addams Family
Los Alamitos High School
Frankie Fontana
Robin, Something Rotten!
CSArts - San Gabriel Valley
Joseph Ha
Underling, The Drowsy Chaperone
Palos Verdes High School
Bladen Logue
Charlie Cowell, The Music Man
San Juan Hills High School
Wyatt Mills
Father Alexandrios, Mamma Mia!
Glendora High School
Bryce Patterson
The Body of Uncle Anthony, Lucky Stiff
La Salle College Preparatory
BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A FEMALE ROLE
Pauline Contois
Mrs. Brill, Disney's Mary Poppins
Trinitas Arts Conservatory
Talia Doyle
Gracie Shinn, The Music Man
San Juan Hills High School
Shylan Fernandez
Alma, The Music Man
San Juan Hills High School
Dionnah Garcia
Juno, Beetlejuice: High School Version
Diamond Bar High School
Lola De La Torre
Trix, The Drowsy Chaperone
Palos Verdes High School
Giselle Gomez
Miss Andrew, Mary Poppins
Trinitas Arts Conservatory
Makela Moore
Princess #12/Lady Beatrice, Once Upon a Mattress
El Dorado High School
Matilda Simmons
Mrs. Corry, Mary Poppins
Trinitas Arts Conservatory
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MALE ROLE
Ryan Backstrom
Nigel Bottom, Something Rotten!
CSArts - San Gabriel Valley
Meilee Condron
Nostradamus, Something Rotten!
CSArts - San Gabriel Valley
Ryan Derambakhsh
Aldolpho, The Drowsy Chaperone
Palos Verdes High School
Jack Guest
Jim Haller, All Shook Up
John Burroughs High School
Jasper Jemison
Dennis, All Shook Up
John Burroughs High School
Sai Kaiwaidu
Willard Hewett, Footloose
Martin Luther King High School
Taylor Padilla
Mayor Shinn, The Music Man
San Juan High Hills High School
Jude Quintanilla
Jud Fry, Oklahoma!
Notre Dame High School
Benny Spangler
William Shakespeare, Something Rotten!
Redondo Union High School
Angelo Watson
Charles Deetz, Beetlejuice: High School Version
Diamond Bar High School
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A FEMALE ROLE
Brook Briones
Vi Moore, Footloose
Martin Luther King High School
Rowan Clarke
Aunt Eller, Oklahoma!
Notre Dame High School
Caroline Connrad
Kitty, The Drowsy Chaperone
Palos Verdes High School
Emma Hanson
Deila Schlimmer, Beetlejuice: High School Version
Diamond Bar High School
Quinn Duval
Rita La Porta, Lucky Stiff
La Salle College Preparatory
Lily Elliott
Paula Abignale, Catch Me If You Can
Orange Lutheran High School
Miss Sandra
Rose Hemingway, All Shook Up
John Burroughs High School
Ella Klug
Portia, Something Rotten!
Redondo Union High School
Maya Liebetrau
Mrs. Tottendale, The Drowsy Chaperone
Palos Verdes High School
Lila Strobl
Lorraine, All Shook Up
John Burroughs High School
BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A MALE ROLE
Evan Baker
Chad, All Shook Up
John Burroughs High School
Antonia Camara
Harry Witherspoon, Lucky Stiff
La Salle College Preparatory
Baz Felber
The Baker, Into The Woods
Ramón C. Cortines VAPA
Jaz Haider
Reverend Shaw Moore, Footloose
Martin Luther King High School
Joel Lavapie
Ted Hanover, Holiday Inn
Charter Oak High School
Kyle Monson
Frank Abignale, Catch Me If You Can
Orange Lutheran High School
Joseph Mulrooney
Billy Crocker, Anything Goes
Laguna Hills High School
Corey Navarro
Carl Hanratty, Catch Me If You Can
Orange Lutheran High School
Norman Nolan
Man in Chair, The Drowsy Chaperone
Palos Verdes High School
Lucas Rinear
Sam Carmichael, Mamma Mia!
Glendora High School
Holden Saling
Nick Bottom, Something Rotten!
CSArts - San Gabriel Valley
Rowan Thomas
Ren McCormick, Footloose
Martin Luther King High School
BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A FEMALE ROLE
Hailey Baerenklau
Ariel Moore, Footloose
Martin Luther King High School
Lucie Conlan
The Witch, Into The Woods
Ramón C. Cortines VAPA
Samantha DiCrisi
Mary Poppins, Disney's Mary Poppins
Trinitas Arts Conservatory
Sophia Galletti
Janet Van De Graaf, The Drowsy Chaperone
Palos Verdes High School
Rae Martinez
Barbara Maitland, Beetlejuice: High School Version
Diamond Bar High School
Zoe McLaughlin
Mary Poppins, Disney's Mary Poppins
Fullerton Union High School
Tris Ortiz
Little Red Riding Hood, Into The Woods
Ramón C. Cortines VAPA
Samantha Pressey
The Drowsy Chaperone, The Drowsy Chaperone
Palos Verdes High School
Kaitlyn Shuffer
Lydia Deetz, Beetlejuice: High School Version
Diamond Bar High School
Emma Somers
Marian Paroo, The Music Man
San Juan Hills High School
Lauren Swan
Jane Seymour, Six: Teen Edition
Capistrano Valley High School
Itxmara Zepeda
Cinderella, Into The Woods
Ramón C. Cortines VAPA
BEST ENSEMBLE
Charter Oak High School
Holiday Inn
Directed by: Nicole Pedroche
CSArts - San Gabriel Valley
Something Rotten!
Directed by: Jud Williford
Diamond Bar High School
Beetlejuice: High School Version
Directed by: Jared Kaitz
John Burroughs High School
All Shook Up
Directed by: Elizabeth Meberg
La Salle College Preparatory
Lucky Stiff
Directed by: Brian Drummy
Mira Costa High School
Mean Girls
Directed by: Jonathan Westerberg
Palos Verdes High School
The Drowsy Chaperone
Directed by: Nicole Thompson & Andrew Miller
San Juan Hills High School
The Music Man
Directed by: Cambria Graff
BEST MINI ENSEMBLE
San Juan Hills High School
The Music Man
Barbershop Quartet
Redondo Union High School
Something Rotten!
Bard Boys & Girls
Palos Verdes High School
The Drowsy Chaperone
Gangsters One and Two
Trinitas Arts Conservatory
Disney's Mary Poppins
Jane and Michael Banks
Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Narrators 1, 2, 3 & 4
Redondo Union High School
Something Rotten!
Omelet Trio
Mira Costa High School
Mean Girls
The Plastics
Capistrano Valley High School
Six: Teen Edition
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
BEST STUDENT ORCHESTRA
Beverly Hills High School
Six: Teen Edition
Conducted by: Justin Klotzle
CSArts - San Gabriel Valley
Something Rotten!
Conducted by: Graham Jackson
Diamond Bar High School
Beetlejuice: High School Version
Conducted by: Steve Acciani
John Burroughs High School
All Shook Up
Conducted by: David España
La Salle College Preparatory
Lucky Stiff
Conducted by: Greg Ziomek
Mira Costa High School
Mean Girls
Conducted by: Mark McCormick
Palos Verdes High School
The Drowsy Chaperone
Conducted by: Shellie Parkinson
Ramón C. Cortines VAPA
Into The Woods
Conducted by: Eric Cañas
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Capistrano Valley High School
Six: Teen Edition
Choreographed by: Cris Stuart
Charter Oak High School
Holiday Inn
Choreographed by: Kylie Molnar
John Burroughs High School
All Shook Up
Choreographed by: Katie Powers Faulk & Jen Stanley
Los Alamitos High School
The Addams Family
Choreographed by: Rhiannon Carlson
Mira Costa High School
Mean Girls
Choreographed by: Christopher Albrecht
San Juan Hills High School
The Music Man
Choreographed by: Cris Stuart
Trinitas Arts Conservatory
Disney's Mary Poppins
Choreographed by: Lexi Cross
BEST VOCAL DIRECTION
Capistrano Valley High School
Six: Teen Edition
Vocal Direction by: Lynn Semelsberger
CSArts - San Gabriel Valley
Something Rotten!
Vocal Direction by: Graham Jackson
Diamond Bar High School
Beetlejuice: High School Version
Vocal Direction by: Anthony Stevens
John Burroughs High School
All Shook Up
Vocal Direction by: Brendan Jennings
Palos Verdes High School
The Drowsy Chaperone
Vocal Direction by: Susan Secrist
Ramón C. Cortines VAPA
Into The Woods
Vocal Direction by: Drew Lewis
San Juan Hills High School
The Music Man
Vocal Direction by: Christina Crerar
Trinitas Arts Conservatory
Disney's Mary Poppins
Vocal Direction by: Jordan Killion
BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Trinitas Arts Conservatory
Disney's Mary Poppins
Directed by: Michael Betts
La Salle College Preparatory
Lucky Stiff
Directed by: Brian Drummy
San Juan Hills High School
The Music Man
Directed by: Cambria Graff
Diamond Bar High School
Beetlejuice: High School Version
Directed by: Jared Kaitz
John Burroughs High School
All Shook Up
Directed by: Elizabeth Meberg
Charter Oak High School
Holiday Inn
Directed by: Nicole Pedroche
Ramón C. Cortines VAPA
Into The Woods
Directed by: Martin Rodriguez
Palos Verdes High School
The Drowsy Chaperone
Directed by: Nicole Thompson & Andrew Miller
BEST MUSICAL PRODUCTION
Capistrano Valley High School
Six: Teen Edition
Directed by: Emily Tucker
Charter Oak High School
Holiday Inn
Directed by: Nicole Pedroche
CSArts - San Gabriel Valley
Something Rotten!
Directed by: Jud Williford
Diamond Bar High School
Beetlejuice: High School Version
Directed by: Jared Kaitz
John Burroughs High School
All Shook Up
Directed by: Elizabeth Meberg
La Salle College Preparatory
Lucky Stiff
Directed by: Brian Drummy
Palos Verdes High School
The Drowsy Chaperone
Directed by: Nicole Thompson & Andrew Miller
Ramón C. Cortines VAPA
Into The Woods
Directed by: Martin Rodriguez
Redondo Union High School
Something Rotten!
Directed by: Melissa Staab
San Juan Hills High School
The Music Man
Directed by: Cambria Graff
Trinitas Arts Conservatory
Disney's Mary Poppins
Directed by: Michael Betts