Charlotte Perry Performance Awards

Mary Bolt as Dolly Levi and Nicole Dovolis as Horace Vandergelder in Hello, Dolly!

Elle O'Brien as Minnie Fay and Ali Ruhnke as Barnaby Tucker in Hello, Dolly!

The Theatre Arts Department announced the winners of the Charlotte Perry Awards at this year's Evening of the Arts. Voted on by faculty, staff, and students, the awards recognize the outstanding performances in the school's three theatre productions: fall musical, mid-winter play, and spring musical. The awards are named in honor of Charlotte Perry, instructor of drama at Santa Catalina from 1956 to 1982.

And the winners are:

Actor in a principal role (male)
Nicole Dovolis '10 as Horace Vandergelder in Hello, Dolly!

Actor in a principal role (female)
Mary Bolt '09 as Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly!

Actor in a supporting role (male)
Ali Ruhnke '10 as Barnaby Tucker in Hello, Dolly!

Actor in a supporting role (female)
Sarah Bellingham '09 as Glinda the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz
Elle O'Brien '10 as Minnie Fay in Hello, Dolly!

Actor in a character role (male)
Devin Ryan '10 as Nikko, Commander of the Flying Monkeys, in The Wizard of Oz

Actor in a character role (female)
Angela Balestreri '09 as the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz

Congratulations to all the performers and the Theatre Arts faculty for another year of fantastic productions!