BIOS

Ariel Vasquez

Ariel Vasquez is a 9th grader from Sachem North. She is very glad to be able to attend the Teeny Awards this year! Ariel loves to sing, dance, and act. Her previous shows were Anastasia (Frenchman/ensemble), Peter Pan (Several 2/ensemble), and Matilda Jr (Big kid/Ensemble). She would like to thank her family, music teachers, and friends for supporting her all the way out through her acting career.

Ash Stalker

Ash is a junior at Rocky Point High School. Past roles include Frenchy (Grease), Lefou (Beauty and the Beast) and Sharpay (High School Musical). Ash is so excited to be on the Teeny Award Student Council for the second year!! “Shout out to Theatrics Performing Arts, I owe my life to y'all. <3”

Ashlyn Manion

Ashlyn is a junior at William Floyd High School. She has been in multiple productions, most recently Pippin, playing the sassy grandmother Berthe. Another notable role Ashlyn has played is that of Ms. Trunchbull in Matilda. Ashlyn is very involved in the music program at William Floyd, being a member of the Concert Choir and the Acabellas, the female acapella group, as well as the musical theater class that has been on GMA! Ashlyn volunteers her time to assist the school's music honor society program. Ashlyn is very grateful for the opportunity to be on the TASC this year!

Audrey Smith

Audrey Smith’s love for theater ignited in early middle school and continued through eighth grade. Entering high school for the first two years she was hesitant to join the play; however, this past year she thoroughly enjoyed the process of developing such a fun and witty play with her castmates in Anything Goes. The play itself as well as being involved with the Teeny Awards Student Council is a jumpstart into theater again after several years of being away from the stage and she is excited to continue into her senior year with next year's show and perhaps even through college. 

Ava Polizzi

Ava Polizzi is a junior at Sachem North High School, and is super excited to once again be a part of this amazing student council! She was most recently in her school’s production of Anastasia as a member of the amazing ensemble. She can’t wait to help be a part of such a fun event full of talent and creativity from both the actors, crew, and other members of the student council!

Bea Fino Moforgen

Bea is a junior at Southampton High School. Bea is Girl Delegate for the United Nations and founder of 'Virus is Our Enemy.' She is an avid member of the varsity tennis team and the Mock Trial team. She is co-president of Girls Learn International and Voices of Southampton. She serves as alto section leader in her high school’s choir. She participates in choirs such as NYSCAME, SCMEA, and HMEA.

Breanna Prezeau

Breanna Prezeau is a Senior at Longwood High School. She plays tennis, is very active within her school theater community, has danced for 4 years and performs outside of school at CM Performing Arts Center (CMPAC). She has recently played Dr. Bennett in Big Fish at CMPAC. She's a part of the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra, sings in the Suffolk Symphonic Choir, and placed 3rd out of hundreds in MYO's Vocal and Concerto Competition. She is very passionate about performing arts and music and is majoring in Musical Theater at ESU! She is extremely excited to attend the Teeny Awards once more and loves working with Kasia and the rest of the Teeny Awards Student Council. 

Brian Brigandi

Brian is a junior at William Floyd High School and  is a very interesting small person who loves to do all the Sound & Light things as one of their chief officers. He loves getting to play his clarinet for the Wind Ensemble, Concert Band and the Pep Band along with helping out with musical stuffs. Brian loves working backstage and having dance parties backstage with his fellow crew members. He is also a big fan of animals and has two cats, a dog and a guinea pig living inside of his home that all constantly ask for foods.

Caitlyn Fioto

Caitlyn Fioto is currently a junior at William Floyd High School. She is the Vice President of The William Floyd Sound & Light Event Crew as well as her school's student stage manager. Caitlyn has a love for theater and stage managing as well as a love for music. She participates in many of her school's ensembles. She plays the Bass Clarinet for the Wind Ensemble as well as the Bb Clarinet for the Concert Band, Jazz band and the pep band. Along with playing her instruments she also sings in both her school’s Girls Treble Choir and the Concert Choir.

Charlotte Summar

Charlotte Summar is a freshman at Hampton Bays high school and is excited to be a part of the Teeny Awards Student Council this year!  She is a very dedicated performer and has been performing for about 10 years and has been in various productions at WHBPAC since 2014 and played roles such as “Hodel” in Fiddler on the Roof, “Fiona” in Shrek the Musical, and most recently “Marcy Park” in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. She has been most recently seen in the HBHS production of Grease as “Jan.”

Edgar Castenada

Edgar Castaneda is thrilled to be joining the Teeny Awards Student Council. He has participated in past musicals and plays at Mattituck High school, as well as at other theater companies like NFCT. Edgar recently began acting and doing musicals in 11th grade and is grateful for the opportunity to experience being on stage. 

Hannah Acero-Grant

Hannah is currently a junior at William Floyd High School who has participated in theater for many years and sure isn’t a one trick pony when it comes to theater. She has done stage managing for many shows, stage crew, lights, pit, and even performed with the cast for WFHS recent musical Pippin! Not only does she love theater but she loves music as well playing multiple instruments. She is ecstatic to be a part of this year's TASC!

Hannah Stumpf

Hannah Stumpf is a freshman at Mount Sinai High School. She has most recently been in Almost, Maine as Shelly at Mount Sinai, which has been one of her favorite roles so far along with Lucas in The Addams Family. Acting is an incredibly important part of her life and she is so grateful to have this opportunity! 

Isabel Fino Morfogen

Isabel Fino Morfogen is a sophomore at Southampton High School. She is an avid member of her school’s theatre department as she is a Co-Social Media Manager and started the Mariner Theatre Tiktok account. Her most recent role on the Southampton stage was as Miss Trunchbull in Matilda the Musical. In Southampton, Isabel also sings alto in her school’s mixed choir, as well as in SCMEA and HMEA festival choirs. This is her second year on the Teeny Award Student Council and she’s excited to return this year!

Jack Murphy

Jack is a high school freshman who is an avid fan of musical theatre. He has participated in many shows over the years including Once Upon a Mattress, The Curious Savage, Fame, Finding Nemo, etc. He loves to help out his community in any way he can and tries to help with anything he can.

Jaden Smith

With a huge personality and love for performing on stage, Jaden Smith is honored to be a member of the Teeny Awards Student Council! Having already been in three shows, his love for performing arts shines bright as well as his future ahead of him. When he is not performing, you may see him playing sports, practicing his flute, or attending many club meetings. 

Jayna Cuevas

Jayna is a senior at William Floyd high school and has been heavily involved in the theater program at her school. Jayna has been in multiple productions throughout the years with her most recent role being Fastrada in Pippin. Offstage, Jayna has helped with costuming and in the fall took on the role of assistant director for the one-act festival. On top of that, Jayna runs her school’s theater instagram page and is an STO chairperson for NYS. Jayna plans to continue to be a part of the theater program at SUNY Potsdam and she is grateful for the opportunity to be on the TASC this year.

Joshua Crespo

Joshua Crespo is currently an 11th grader at William Floyd High School, and is the President of the William Floyd Sound & Light's Club. He has been involved with many HS and MS productions working as stage crew and as a lighting

designer. Joshua is a humble young man with a very passionate attitude. He takes part in many activities inside and outside of school, most of which are heavily involved in music. He plays Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone Saxophones; Flute; Clarinet; Percussion; and many more band instruments. He plays in the Concert Band, Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble as well. He is also a member of the Concert Choir, singing Tenor 1. He has participated in NYSSMA scoring outstanding ratings across multiple instruments each year, attended the New York State Band Directors Association honor band (NYSBDA) 4 times, Suffolk County Music Educators Association honor band (SCMEA) 5 times, and attended New York State Council of Administrator of Music Educators honor band (NYSCAME). Joshua is also a member of the William Floyd Tri-M Music Honor Society. Along with his extensive music background, Joshua is a soccer referee on the weekends. He loves to work with young children and teens to provide a better quality soccer game for them. He was named "New York State Young Referee of the Year" award in 2022, and was named "Rookie of the Year" for the Long Island Soccer Referee Association (LISRA) in 2022 as well. Joshua has been referee for youth and semi pro men and women's games in the northeast region. He continues to work very hard to achieve his goals whether it's in the band room, in the sound and light booth, or on the soccer field!

Kaitlynn Mazurkiewicz

Kaitlynn Mazurkiewicz is a junior at Westhampton Beach High School, and very excited to be on the Teeny Awards Student Council!! She has been in six productions at Westhampton, her favorite being this year's production of Beauty and the Beast. Her favorite role she has ever played is Olive Ostrovsky in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. She loves dancing, choreographing, singing, and everything that makes up the arts! She hopes to grow to have a career in both theater and mathematics, and is VERY thrilled to be a part of the 22nd Annual Teeny Awards!

Lila Ruddy

Lila is currently a junior at East Hampton High School. She has been performing on the stage since the age of 2! She has done numerous dance recitals and competitions with dancehampton, and has even started teaching her own class this year. She was in the production of Anything Goes at her high school this year as a dancer and is very excited to join the Teeny Awards Student Council this year!

Meghan Pomroy

Meghan Pomroy is a junior at Westhampton Beach High School. She recently participated in  The Man Who Came to Dinner (Adolf Metz/Beverly Carlton), Mamma Mia (Lisa), Peter and the Starcatcher (Molly Aster), and Beauty and the Beast (Lefou) in the high school, and 42nd Street (Lorraine) and Cinderella (Gabrielle) at the WHBPAC. Meghan would like to thank her parents, siblings, friends, Ms. Speed, Mr. Andrew, Ms. Pawluk, Mr. Seifert, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Justin (PAC), Ms. Kristen (PAC), and everyone else who has helped and inspired her. She is so excited to be part of TASC again this year!

Mikayla Zeldin

Mikayla has been involved in theater since she was nine and she has been in numerous productions, some favorites include Newsies, Matilda, and Pippin. Mikayla is very excited to have the opportunity to be on the TASC this year.

Morgan DeVerna

Morgan DeVerna is a sophomore at Westhampton Beach High school. She has been performing since 4th grade and has performed with the WHBPAC in many shows including Cinderella, 42nd street, Once Upon a Mattress, Shrek, and many more. Morgan also loves performing at her high school most recently playing Prentiss in Peter and the Starcatcher and the Enchantress in Beauty and the Beast. Outside of theater Morgan loves to hangout with friends and sing in her school’s chamber singers. Morgan is very excited to be a part of this group and to watch the show come to life!

Rajana Heron

Rajana Heron is an artist, writer and aspiring actor. Going to William floyd High School as a upcoming junior where they've played roles in their most recent shows Pippin as an ensemble member and the one act of “Our Place” where in which she played Beth a mother of one and soon to be gramma who takes her father with dementia to their dock, a place full of so many memories that can no longer fully be experienced the way they used to but living with that change is something we all have to go through. While he did play a mild singing role as Mother Gothel in Paca a few years prior, the one acts was their first real show and he was so grateful to have worked with such talented people on that stage and of course the same goes for the wonderful people that were in the cast of Pippin. She hopes she can work on more of these fantastic pieces in their upcoming years.

Rameesha Chaudhry

Rameesha is a freshman at Longwood High School. This is her third year of doing stage crew at Longwood. She has done lights for "Once on this Island" and "Addams family" in junior high. Her recent involvement was running crew in "Guys and Dolls" at the High School. She is thrilled to be a part of this year's ceremony, and looks forward to this exciting night!

Ryan Darrell

Ryan is a Junior at East Hampton High School. Ryan is also a captain of the Varsity bowling team and a starting player for the Varsity football team. This is his first ever High School production, and he is openly excited to be able to play such a character despite never acting before. Ryan will be spending this summer interning with a neurologist at NYU, to study Alzheimer’s. Ryan thanks his family for supporting his endeavor in the show, as well as outside the show.

Samantha O’Neal

Samantha is a freshman at Hampton Bays High School and is thrilled to be a part of the Teeny Awards Student Council this year! Samantha developed a love of acting, dancing, and singing from a very early age. Samantha’s previous acting roles were Mrs. Pots from Beauty and the Beast, Hodel from Fiddler on the Roof, and this year she got to play the role of Patty Simcox in Grease.

Scarlett Ficco

Scarlett Ficco is a Patchogue Medford High School student. She is very excited to be a part of the Teeny Award Student Council. She loves working with so many different talented students and sharing ideas to plan an amazing future event for everyone! 
 

Skylar Bachar

Skylar is a freshman at Rocky Point High School. She has participated in quite a few shows and was recently in Harvey and The Addams Family. She was understudy for Wilson and an ancestor. Her favorite show is Phantom of the Opera and she is extremely excited for the ceremony in June!

Stefania Conte

Stefania is overjoyed to serve as a member of the TASC! Past regional credits include: Pippin (Player), Tracks (Homeless Girl). Credits at Gateway Playhouse include: Holiday Spectacular ON ICE! Starring Nancy Kerrigan (Youth Singer, u/s Elf), Finding Nemo Jr. (Coral/Nigel), Matilda Jr. (Adult Ensemble, u/s Mrs. Phelps), Legally Blonde Jr. (Ensemble.) Stefania has been in theatre since the age of four and believes she couldn’t have started off high school on a better note than with Pippin. Aside from theatre, Stefania loves drawing, listening to Queen, and watching just about anything with David Tennant’s name on it.

Zoe Klingman

Zoe is a sophomore at William Floyd and was most recently part of the Pippin cast. She has been involved in theatre since fourth grade. She can’t wait to be a part of this ceremony!