|
Year |
Show |
Beneficiary |
|
1950 |
Talent Time |
Charles Seller |
|
1951 |
Tell it to Your Senator |
Bill Hannah |
|
1952 |
Recipe in Rhthym |
The Charles Seller Foundation |
|
1953 |
Come September |
Lynn Cummings |
|
1954 |
Female Famine |
Maureen Lehmann |
|
1955 |
Holiday Hoax |
Joan Wilhelm |
|
1956 |
Rosalie Runs Riot |
The Charles Seller Foundation |
|
1957 |
Girl Crazy |
Crippled Children’s Hospital for Muscular Dystrophy Patients of Bloomfield |
|
1958 |
Guys and Dolls |
Chris Sellar |
|
1959 |
Pajama Game |
Handicrafters, Inc. |
|
1960 |
Bells are Ringing |
Lenny Roth |
|
1961 |
Seventeen |
No Record |
|
1962 |
Good News |
Steve Martino |
|
1963 |
Bye Bye Birdie |
Debbie LaBruzzo |
|
1964 |
Damn Yankees |
Steve Martino |
|
1965 |
Li’l Abner |
Bill Hobson Leon Maruniewicz |
|
1966 |
Finian’s Rainbow |
Bobby Ledwith |
|
1967 |
Superman |
Lenny Christoforo |
|
1968 |
Anything Goes |
Helen Grzybek |
|
1969 |
Oklahoma |
Terri Addio |
|
1970 |
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
Luke Thiemann |
|
1971 |
Fiorello |
Cherylann Voscia |
|
1972 |
The Music Man |
Susan Ozsahin |
|
1973 |
Mame |
“DJ” LaGruta |
|
1974 |
Hello Dolly |
Joey Huetz |
|
1975 |
Carnival |
Charles Greely |
|
1976 |
Carousel |
Joey Almedia |
|
1977 |
Bye Bye Birdie |
John Rodgers |
|
1978 |
Li’l Abner |
John Rodgers |
|
1979 |
Kiss Me, Kate |
Gail Fedele |
|
1980 |
Brigadoon |
Timmey Livelli |
|
1981 |
Pajama Game |
Timmey Livelli |
|
1982 |
Mame |
Vinnie Schubeck |
|
1983 |
Gypsy |
Jennifer Armento |
|
1984 |
Sweet Charity |
Fred Freeman |
|
1985 |
Anything Goes |
Sharon Bertonaschi |
|
1986 |
Bells are Ringing |
Peter Gerahty |
|
1987 |
Bye Bye Birdie |
Megan Mohrbutter |
|
1988 |
Sugar |
Megan Mohrbutter |
|
1989 |
The Wizard of Oz |
Peter Flannery |
|
1990 |
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
Louis Riccardi |
|
1991 |
Little Shop of Horrors |
Megan Jaret |
|
1992 |
Grease |
Louis Riccardi |
|
1993 |
The Music Man |
Kathy Williams |
|
1994 |
Godspell |
Stephanie Juliano |
|
1995 |
Guys and Dolls |
Nicole Frerichs Michael Frerichs |
|
1996 |
A Chorus Line |
Frankie Volante |
|
1997 |
Hair |
Jamie Conway |
|
1998 |
Annie |
Nicole Franco |
|
1999 |
Little Shop of Horrors |
Jamie Conway |
|
2000 |
Crazy for You |
Laurel King |
|
2001 |
Anything Goes |
Kevin Fay |
|
2002 |
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
Angelica Delgado |
|
2003 |
Grease |
Gionna Ferguson |
|
2004 |
Jesus Christ, Superstar |
David Coble |
|
2005 |
Guys and Dolls |
Isabella Schilare |
|
2006 |
Bye Bye Birdie |
Samantha Spagnuolo |
|
2007 |
The Wiz |
Lizzie Chern |
|
2008 |
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
Jayden Piacenza |
|
2009 |
Gypsy |
Christian Amagua |
|
2010 |
Pippin |
Kiran Fernando |
|
2011 |
Seussical |
Alyssa Andolino |
|
2012 |
The Wedding Singer |
Jessica Pastori |
|
2013 |
Urinetown |
Colin Michael Jones |
|
2014 |
All Shook Up |
|
|
2015 |
Legally Blonde |
|
|
2016 |
Footloose |
|
|
2017 |
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee |
|
|
2018 |
Shrek the Musical |
|
|
2019 |
James and the Giant Peach |
|
|
2020 |
#MovesForMegan #MelodiesForMegan “The Charles Seller Foundation: 70 Years of Service” Documentary |
|
|
2021 |
The Addams Family |
|
|
2022 |
Seussical |
The Charles Seller Foundation 
I am a former resident of Bloomfield having graduated from BHS in 1952. I worked on the stage crew for some of the productions of Talent Time. My sister, Joan Wilhelm, was the beneficiary of the show in 1955. I see that the beneficiary of past shows lists John Wilhelm as the 1955 beneficiary. This an error. It should be Joan Wilhelm not John Wilhelm
Thank you for bringing this to our attention, we are sorry for getting your sister’s name wrong and it has been corrected.
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Charlie Seller was a few years before me in the Christ Church choir on Bloomfield Ave., and I remember vividly our horror on hearing of his accident at the train station. However, Charlie never let it get him down, rebounding emotionally quickly and lifting other people’s spirits with his upbeat nature. I can still see him hurtling down the sidewalk, alternating his 2 arm crutches (new idea at the time) and his one leg. He could outrun most of us. A lovely person, and the benefit that the Bloomfield kids put on for him as he recuperated was inspirational. I’m very happy to see that the tradition has continued to this day.
I wish that I knew how the rest of his life went since graduating from BHS.