"Modeled after Broadway’s Tony Awards, the Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards was created in 1996 to encourage and reward exceptional accomplishments in the production of New Jersey high school musicals. The Rising Star Awards is a statewide high school recognition program and has been replicated in several regions nationwide with Paper Mill Playhouse’s assistance..."
In 2019, Veronica choreographed for a high school production of Tuck Everlasting, which was adjudicated by three anonymous judges for the Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards. Below are the judges' comments and scores, allowing her to advance for a recommendation for the Outstanding Choreography award that year.