This year marked the 21st year of Brimmer’s Academy Awards, an annual celebration of our students’ contributions to the performing and visual arts programs throughout the year! Following a festive reception and an outstanding fashion show featuring designs from our Upper School students in
Kathryn Lee's Fashion Design I and II, Academy Award hosts
Haripriya Mallidi ‘23 and
Alison Rimas ‘23 took the stage, delighting the audience with their energy, humor, and charisma. The Upper School Instrumental Ensemble, led by Middle and Upper School Instrumental Music Teacher
Alex Ostergard, provided upbeat and lively interludes as student, faculty, and alumni presenters handed out awards.
Awards were given to Middle and Upper School artists for their outstanding contributions onstage and behind-the-scenes in our plays and musicals, for their vocal and instrumental efforts in our ensembles, and for their commitment and developing talent in our visual arts classes. Creative Arts Department Chair
Bill Jacob also acknowledged this year’s Alumni Creative Arts Hall of Fame inductee, the cast of the 2003 production of
Anything Goes, which was formally honored at this year’s Alumni Day Celebration. Mr. Jacob reminded our students that we very well could be honoring the magic they create in the arts at Brimmer today twenty years from now!
Breakout Performance by a Technician - Sari Cooper as Sound Board in Matilda, Jr., Charlie Young as Light Board in Captain Fantastic!
Outstanding Performance by a Technician - Ada Knox as Asst. Stage Manager in Captain Fantastic!
Breakout Performance in a Play - Jacob Chou as Bradford/Ink Blot in Captain Fantastic!
Outstanding Ensemble Performance in a Play - Cole Esrick as Ensemble in Captain Fantastic!
Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role in a Play - Marguerite Bourgeois as Mrs. Mayberry in Captain Fantastic!, Austin Hsiao as Conroy/Buckethead in Captain Fantastic!
Breakout Performance in a Musical - Joshua S. as Rudolpho in Matilda, Jr.
Outstanding Ensemble Performance in a Musical - Veronica Castro as Older Student #2 in Matilda, Jr.
Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical - Skylar Bernon as Mrs. Wormwood in Matilda, Jr., Lucien Ratiner-Schultz as Mr. Wormwood in Matilda, Jr.
Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role in a Play - Charlie Burket as Waldo PuppyBreath/Captain Fantastic in Captain Fantastic!, Mia Heyman as Penelope Mayberry in Captain Fantastic!
Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role in a Musical - Ruby Bearak as Matilda Wormwood in Matilda, Jr.
Poster Awards
Outstanding Production Poster - Matilda, Jr. by Keira Aslam
Outstanding Event Poster - Spring Concert by Stephanie Altschul
Upper School Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Technician - Liesel Gartner as Stage Manager in Peter and the Starcatcher
Outstanding Performance by a Technician - Ady Jaeckel as Stage Manager in Something Rotten!
Breakout Performance in a Play - Meera Gandhi as Ensemble in Peter and the Starcatcher Breakout Performance in a Musical - Mary Wang as Tom in Something Rotten!
Outstanding Ensemble Performance in a Play - Daniel Murray as Capt. Robert Falcon Scott in Peter and the Starcatcher
Outstanding Ensemble Performance in a Musical - Chloe Scolnick as Miranda/Puritan in Something Rotten!
Departmental Awards: Art, Choral, Instrumental, & Digital Cinema
Emerging Talent Award - Shyla Fernandes
Discovery Award - Mimie Manigat
Total Immersion Award - Caleb Meranus & Stephanie Altschul
The Renaissance Award - Ady Jaeckel
Most Improved - Ruby Cohen-Weinberg
Choral Excellence - Effie Chen
Middle School Band Spirit - Leo Karnes
Middle School Instrumental Excellence - Fischer Biederman & Zahin Kapoor
Upper School Band Spirit - Kyle Terino
Upper School Instrumental Excellence - Kieran Cross
Best Editing - Adi Houndegla
Upper School Awards (cont.)
Broadway Café - Daniel Murray & Haripriya Mallidi
Hall of Fame Induction - 2003 Cast and Crew of Anything Goes
Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role in a Play - Nikka Souza as Prentice in Peter and
the Starcatcher, Maya Lownie as Teacher/Ensemble in Peter and the Starcatcher
Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical - Jerry Dong as Jeremiah in Something Rotten!
Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role in a Play - Priya Mallidi as Molly Aster in Peter and the
Starcatcher, Ady Jaeckel as Black Stache in Peter and the Starcatcher
Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role in a Musical - Huck Jennings as Nick Bottom in Something
Rotten!, Kyle Terino as Nigel Bottom in Something Rotten!
Lifetime Achievement - Marlie Kass
CONGRATULATIONS to all of the students who received Academy Awards!