(WEST HUDSON, NJ) -- The West Hudson Arts & Theater Company (WHATCo) announced it has received 35 nominations across 15 categories for its productions, performers and creators in the BroadwayWorld New Jersey Awards for 2024 honoring regional productions, touring shows and more. And fans, friends and family can once again help decide who will win!

The theatre company was nominated for:

Best Costume Design of a Play or Musical - Samantha Egge (And Then There Were None) Roman Koster (Puffs), Julia Sharp (Disaster!)

Best Direction of a Musical - Jessa Blackthorne (Disaster!)

Best Direction of a Play - Allyssa Hynes (Puffs), Francesca Stokes (The Best Christmas Pageant Ever), Cindy Ross (And Then There Were None)

Best Ensemble – Puffs, Disaster!

Best Lighting Design of a Play or Musical - Rayyan ElDana (And Then There Were None), Luis Andrade & Keith Raulerson (Puffs), Keith Raulerson (The Best Christmas Pageant Ever)

Best Music Direction & Orchestra Performance - Scott Burzynski (Disaster!)

Best Musical - Disaster!

Best Performer in a Musical - Dylan Myers (Disaster!), Samantha Egge (Disaster!), Maria Ruppert (Disaster!), Frankie Perez (Disaster!)

Best Performer in a Play - Dylan Myers (Puffs), John Jesse Jeffords (Puffs), Christopher Tully (And Then There Were None), Arthur Carlson (The Best Christmas Pageant Ever)

Best Play – And Then There Were None

Best Scenic Design of a Play or Musical - Brian Sullivan (And Then There Were None)

Best Sound Design of a Play or Musical - Jim Miller (Puffs), Jim Miller (Disaster!)

Best Supporting Performer in a Musical - Robert Strauch (Disaster!), Melissa Broder (Disaster!), Lily Mayo (Disaster!), Maisie Kelly (Disaster!)

Best Supporting Performer in a Play - Chloe Kiefer (Puffs), Joseph Jones (Puffs), Erica Vieira (And Then There Were None), Dylan Myers (Deadly Dessert Championship)

And of course, the West Hudson Arts & Theater is nominated for Your Favorite Local Theater!

Click here to vote. Winners will be announced in January 2025.

West Hudson Arts & Theater Company received 19 nominations in the 2023 BroadwayWorld New Jersey Awards and won for Favorite Local Theater, Best Ensemble and Best Musical (You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown) and Best Director of a Musical (Amanda Castro-Conroy, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown). 

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