LOCAL PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR - PLAY
24TH ANNUAL LOCAL AWARDS
March 2016, a full house at the Bluestone gathered to laud another year in Theatre and friendship. Jeb's show count for the year surpassed 80, and he made the night a celebration of all the great performances he witnessed. From a one man show to a huge area premier of
Les Mis, there were successes to drink to all around!
AWARD PRESENTATIONS
PERFORMANCES
RED CARPET
Presentation, performance and red carpet photos by Jerri Shafer 2016
LOCAL PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR
Buyer & Cellar - (CATCO is Theatre) Directed by Steven C. Anderson
Don Quixote - (Available Light Theatre) Written by Jen Schlueter, directed by Matt Slaybaugh
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde - (SRO Theatre Company) Directed by Patrick McGregor II
Les Miserables - (Gallery Players) Directed by David Bahgat
Talley's Folly - (Columbus Civic Theater) Directed by Richard Albert
Xanadu - (Imagine Productions) Directed by Corey Notman
WHO WAS YOUR LOCAL PERFORMER OF THE YEAR???
LOCAL ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Andy Batt - MadLab's Theatre Roulette - Clowntime is Over - Skillet Tag - Today's the Day Podcast
Eli Brickey - Disney's Beauty and the Beast - The Last Night of Disco - A Little Night Music
Edward Carignan - Psycho Beach Party - Fancy Nancy the Musical - A Chorus Line - A Little Night Music - Lost Lake - Krampus
Jonathan Collura - The Great American Trailer Park Musical - Xanadu - Seussical Jr. - [title of show] - Peter and the Starcatcher - Devotion
James Harper (Healers in the Forest, Captain Blood, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Devotion)
Andrew Levitt - Buyer & Cellar - Peter and the Starcatcher - Nina West performances
Mary Elizabeth Sink - Les Miserables - MadLab's Theatre Roulette - Sondheim in Concert - Clowntime is Over
Vicky Welsh-Bragg - Suddenly - Last Summer - Richard III - Sordid Lives
LOCAL BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Maria Dalanno - Disney's Beauty and the Beast - Seussical Jr. - A Little Night Music
Brandon Fox - Willy Wonka - Disney's Beauty and the Beast - The Music Man - Mr. Scrooge
Chad Hewitt - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - MadLab's Theatre Roulette - Skillet Tag - Quiet Peninsula
Will Macke - Brigadoon - HONK! - Yank! The Musical - Bat Boy - Sweeney Todd - Zanna Don't!
Dakota Thorn - Xanadu - Dedalus
LEAD FEMALE - PLAY
Lori Cannon - Sordid Lives (Evolution Theatre Company)
Acacia Leigh Duncan - Don Quixote (Available Light Theatre)
Britt Kline - Talley's Folly (Columbus Civic Theatre)
Kasey Meininger - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Curtain Players)
Sonda Staley - The Goat or, Who is Sylvia (Red Herring Productions)
LEAD FEMALE - MUSICAL
Shelby Butz - Xanadu (Imagine Productions)
Sharon Kibe - The Fantasticks (SRO Theatre Company)
Karla Kruse - Seussical (Westerville Parks and Recreation Civic Theatre)
Jesika Lehner - Sweeney Todd (Imagine Productions)
Tahrea Maynard - The Great American Trailer Park Musical (Little Theatre Off Broadway)
LEAD MALE - PLAY
Nick Hardin - Psycho Beach Party (Short North Stage)
Stefan Langer - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Adrenaline Theatre)
Andrew Levitt - Buyer & Cellar (CATCO is Theatre)
Dave Morgan - The Outgoing Tide (Curtain Players)
RJ Shuman - Talley's Folly (Columbus Civic Theatre)
LEAD MALE - MUSICAL
George Bailey - Willy Wonka (Pleasure Guild of Nationwide Children's Hospital)
Bill Hafner - Les Miserables (Gallery Players)
Nick Hardin - YANK! The Musical (Evolution Theatre)
Keith Robinson - Sweeney Todd (Imagine Productions)
Mark Schuliger - Seussical (Westerville Parks and Recreation Civic Theatre)
LOCAL TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Michael S. Brewer - Set Design - Seussical (Columbus Children's Theatre)
Brian Horne - Music Direction - Les Miserables (Gallery Players)
Lisa Napier-Garcia/Kat Wexler - Set Design - The Great American Trailer Park Musical (Little Theatre Off Broadway)
Dionysia Williams - Choreography - Healers in the Forest (Columbus Children's Theatre)
Dayton Willison - Costumer Design - Seussical Jr. (Columbus Children's Theatre)
SUPPORTING FEMALE - PLAY
Sarah Dandridge - The Elephant Man (CATCO is Theatre)
Jennifer Geiger - Brighton Beach Memoirs (Gallery Players)
Elena M. Perantoni - Don Quixote (Available Light Theatre)
Betsy Poling - Sordid Lives (Evolution Theatre)
Vicky Welsh Bragg - Sordid Lives (Evolution Theatre)
SUPPORTING FEMALE - MUSICAL
Kelly Hogan - Grease (Columbus Children's Theatre)
Kate Lingnofski - A Little Night Music (Short North Stage)
Amy Rittberger - Les Miserables (Gallery Players)
Julie Russell - HONK! (CATCO is Kids)
Mary Sink - Les Miserables (Gallery Players)
SUPPORTING MALE - PLAY
Drew Eberly - Don Quixote (Available Light Theatre)
Doug Joseph - Psycho Beach Party (Short North Stage)
Jon Putnam - The Final Table (CATCO is Theatre)
Ben Turner - A Midsummer Night's Dream (Columbus Civic Theatre)
David Allen Vargo - The Temperamentals (Evolution Theatre)
SUPPORTING MALE - MUSICAL
Dayton Duvall - Mr. Scrooge (Columbus Children's Theatre)
William Macke - YANK! The Musical (Evolution Theatre)
Andrew Protopapas - HONK! (CATCO is Kids)
Kyle Snyder - Disney's Beauty and the Beast (Columbus Children's Theatre)
Kent Stucky - Sweeney Todd (Imagine Productions)