Theatre Banquet Award Recipients 2023

Freshman Technician of the Year, Max Lugo
Freshman Performer of the Year, Luci Pa
Sophomore Technician of the Year, Atharva Patil
Sophomore Performer of the Year, Sofia Chaves
Junior Technicians of the Year, Sophia Schneider
Junior Performer of the Year, Tara Vatandoust
Senior Technician of the Year, Tessalynn Trieu
Senior Performer of the Year, Seif Abaskhairon
Thespian of the Year, Val Estrada

Honor Thespians: Seif Abaskhairon, Val Estrada, Ama Loukili, Marco Macado, Jia Narielwala, Nicholas Nieto, Kori Martinez, Clarissa Roman, Daniel Stankovich, Tessalynn Trieu

Bulldog Award of Excellence: David Sloan and Maitri Allani
Top Dog for VAPA: Kate Abalos
Senior Awards: Clarissa Roman and Marco Machado
Senior VAPA Medal: Aiza Khalil

CETA Festival Certificates of Merit
Niki Abbaszadeh, Maitri Allani, Ethan Chan, Vivian Chang, Deniz Ertan, Anthony Garozzo, Rhiannon Hawkings, Ky Thang (Thomas) Lam, Jewelia Libejas-Suarez, Kody Lin, Sanika Nihalani, Mourya Nunna, Andrea Morales-Concepcion, Evelyn Pak, Atharva Patil, David Sloan, Amy Shok, Tara Vatandoust for Play On!

P.R.I.D.E. Awards throughout the year:
Alessandra De La Rosa
Amicus Carrasco
Deniz Ertan
Golsa Khamsehnia
Kori Martinez
Tessalynn Trieu
Addisyn Wilcox
Jason Wu Chen

Theatre Banquet Award Recipients 2022

Freshman Technician of the Year, Ky Thang (Thomas) Lam
Freshman Performer of the Year, Golsa Khamsehnia
Sophomore Technician of the Year, Anthony Garozzo
Sophomore Performer of the Year, Deniz Ertan
Junior Technicians of the Year, Kori Martinez
Junior Performer of the Year, Clarissa Roman
Senior Technician of the Year, Arun Malani
Senior Performer of the Year, Jamaal Walker
Thespian of the Year, Clara Ferreira Lopes

Honor Thespians: Kate Brooks, Quinn Costas, Clara Ferreira Lopes, Karen Han, Aiza Khalil, Zara Shirwany, Paris Suttle, Jamaal Walker

Bulldog Award of Excellence: Seif Abaskhairon and Spencer Rydman
Top Dog for VAPA: Aiza Khalil
Senior Awards: Grace Lee and Zara Shirwany

CETA Festival Certificates of Merit
Seif Abaskhairon, Hannan Al-N-Dee Al Apache, Yahya Idriss, Kiara Knight, Ama Loukili, Jia Narielwala, Sissy Nguyen, Clarissa Roman, Spencer Rydmand, SJ, Paris Suttle, Tessalynn Trieu, for Murder on the Menu
Zara Shirwany and Kristen Fong, for 3rd Place in Recorded SceneWorks

P.R.I.D.E. Awards throughout the year:
Liz De Maria
Clara Ferreira Lopes
Liam Fricker
Yahya Idriss
Aiza Khalil
Evelyn Pak
Justin Pham
Spencer Rydman
Yen Shirwany
Zara Shirwany
Paris Suttle

Theatre Banquet Award Recipients 2021

Freshman Technician of the Year, Sarah Liu
Freshman Performer of the Year, Daniel Stankovich
Sophomore Technician of the Year, Tessalynn Trieu
Sophomore Performer of the Year, Jia Narielwala
Junior Technicians of the Year, Isabelle Hung
Junior Performer of the Year, Zara Shirwany
Senior Technician of the Year, Woojin (Ryan) Lee
Senior Performer of the Year, Sohrob Shahmirzadi
Thespian of the Year, Mahum Khan

Honor Thespians: Raksha Rajeshmohan and Mahum Khan

Bulldog Award of Excellence: Aiza Khalil and Clara Ferreira Lopes
Top Dog for VAPA: Jamaal Walker
Senior Awards: Samir Behera and Kathryn Mann

CETA Festival Certificates of Merit
Clara Ferreira Lopes and Nicholas Nieto, for One Stoplight Town
Sohrob Shahmirzadi and Maria Pantoja, for Original Scene
Zara Shirwany and Arnav Sharma, for Bad Girl Scouts

P.R.I.D.E. Awards throughout the year:
Katherine Brooks
Ian Bunsirisert
Lena Cho
Dylan Chhum
Siya Desai
Nour ElBahrawi
Deniz Ertran
Clara Ferreira Lopes
Aiza Khalil
Kiara Knight
Belan Ngo
Kailyn Pham
Madison Rashidian
Jamaal Walker

Theatre Banquet Award Recipients 2020

Sophomore Technician of the Year, Seogyung (Karen) Han
Sophomore Performer of the Year, Kate Brooks
Junior Technicians of the Year, Kathryn Mann
Junior Performer of the Year, Maria Pantoja
Senior Technician of the Year, Yi-Yu (Arisha) Liao
Senior Performer of the Year, Anar Bhatt
Honor Thespians: Raksha Rajeshmohan and Rachel Abalos

Bulldog Award of Excellence: Maria Pantoja and Mason Blank
Senior Awards: Ashley Pagador and Logan Dang

CETA Festival Certificates of Merit for The Iliad…
Ian Aros, Samir Behera, Anar Bhatt, Kate Brooks, McCoy Cariaso, Val Estrada, Ainsley Johnston, Maria Pantoja, Ashley Jane Pagador, Raksha Rajeshmohan, Nicholas Sanchez, Sohrob Shahmirzadi, Aidan Stringer, Paris Suttle and Jamaal Walker for performance!
Stage Crew, Set Design, Set Build Leads, Prop Design, Prop Crew, Mic Crew, Lighting Design, House Crew, Costume Design, and Costume Crew.

Orange County Cappies
Critics Published: Kristen Fong (for Newsies at San Juan Hills), Raksha Rajeshmohan (for In the Heights at Anaheim and Macbeth at Fountain Valley), Clara Ferreira Lopes (for Puffs at Corona del Mar)
Honorees: Aliyah Davis, Yasmine Ibrahim, Kathryn Mann and Stella Park
Comendees: Arisha Liao, McCoy Cariaso, Clara Ferreira Lopes and Jamaal Walker
Cameo Actor Nomination: Aidan Stringer, for Iliad…
Junior Critic Nomination: Raksha Rajeshmohan

Macy Awards for Cinderella
Bright Spot: Tabitha Bradley, Nora Nyquist, Maria Pantoja, Joshua Sloan and Jamaal Walker
Special Recognition: Kate Dang
Achievement: McCoy Cariaso, Aliyah Davis, Nishad Francis and Hannah Siekmann
Outstanding Achievement: Rachel Abalos, Ian Pham Aros, Stella Park, Raksha Rajeshmohan and Paris Suttle