(above) Ciaran Dougherty (Senior) – ‘Uncle Festor’
Kenilworth residents perform in “The Adams Family Musical”
Three Kenilworth residents who are students at the Academy for Performing Arts; part of the Union County Vocational and Technical Schools in Scotch Plains were featured performers in the schools production of ‘The Adams Family Musical’ the weekend of March 14-16, 2019 at the Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC) in Rahway.
The production has been entered in the Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards which are modeled after the Tony Awards, and is open to the entire state of New Jersey, with 100 entered productions from public, private and parochial high schools. Paper Mill Playhouse conceived and created the awards to give schools the opportunity to showcase their musical arts programs on a statewide level. The musicals are adjudicated by Paper Mill Playhouse throughout the spring by a group of 70 evaluators, with each school receiving four independent evaluations. The 2019 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards ceremony will take place at Paper Mill Playhouse on Tuesday, June 4th featuring presenters from Broadway and beyond. Schools nominated for Outstanding Overall Musical and Leading Actor/Actress nominees perform at the event, and award recipients are presented with an engraved crystal award from Tiffany & Co.
Submitted by Susan Dougherty
(above) Vincent Maributo (Junior) – ‘Gomez Adams’
(above) Lia Mirabella (Senior) – ‘Alice Beinicke’
