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The Queen’s Court Company Nominated for 12 Basie Awards

Trinity Hall congratulates the members of the Queen’s Court Company and Crowning who were nominated for the 2025 Basie Awards for their outstanding performances in the fall drama "Little Women" and the spring musical "The Hello Girls." Every year, The Count Basie Center for the Arts hosts their annual Basie Awards, an award show based on the Tony Awards for local high school theater productions. For both dramatic and musical productions, Basie evaluators watch the show, review the performance as a whole as well as the actors and actresses, and then make their nominations. 

This year, members of QCC’s fall drama "Little Women" and the spring musical "The Hello Girls" have been nominated in the following categories: 

 

Drama Nominations for “Little Women”:

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Female Identified Role – Drama: Joy Ogunsakin ‘26

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Female Identified Role – Drama: Sophia LaTourette ‘25
Honorable Mention: Kasey Wilkens ‘25

Carole Malik Award for Outstanding Costume Design of a Play: Maggie Havens ‘26 and  Lucy Kennedy ‘25

Outstanding Stage + Tech Crew of a Play: Trinity Hall, Little Women

Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Male Identified Role – Drama: Henry Griffith

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Male Identified Role – Drama: George Geisert and Colin Purcell

Honorable Mention: Outstanding Company in a Drama: Trinity Hall, Little Women

 

Musical Nominations for “The Hello Girls”:

Outstanding Production of a Musical: Trinity Hall, The Hello Girls

Carole Malik Award for Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical: Maggie Havens ‘26 and  Lucy Kennedy ‘25

Outstanding All Student Orchestra: Trinity Hall

Outstanding Direction of a Musical: Ellen Phillips 

Amy Giinther Fredericks Award for Outstanding Musical Direction: Mike Kabash and Lauren Brancato

Honorable Mention: Outstanding Featured Performance in a Female Identified Role – Musical: Janin Szalkowski ‘27

 

Congratulations to the Queen’s Court Company on their Basie Award nominations! 
 
The Basie Awards are on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank. More information and tickets can be found here. 

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