Updated June 1, 2026 to include other Columbia High School nominations.
The Columbia High School Parnassian Society’s The Children’s Hour won the Best Play overall award in a competition of 160 schools in New Jersey, on May 28 at the Montclair State Theater Night “Foxy” Awards. It was the last award presented for the evening.
CHS Senior Sadie Howell won Best Actress.
Other nominations included guidance counselor Kelly Murphy and teachers James Dyer, George Rem Johannsen, for Best Direction; Best Acting Ensemble; Lyric Smith, for Best Actress; Oliver Gold, for Best Supporting Actor; Alyssa Torre, for Best Supporting Actress; and Ayla Licht, for Best Featured Ensemble Actress; Ella Levy, for Best Scenic Designer; Parker Shubart, for Best Lighting Designer; Audrey Wade, for Best Stage Crew; and Murphy for Educational Impace and Community Outreach.
According to Montclair State’s Theater Night Awards website, “by sharing their work with peers throughout the state, students and teachers have the opportunity to observe and learn from the high standards, extraordinary creativity and risk-taking artistic choices made by outstanding theatre educators and their students.”
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Pictured Left to Right: Sadie Howell, Allysa Torres, Lyric Smith, Oliver Gold, and Ayla Licht
