LOCAL PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR - PLAY
25TH ANNUAL LOCAL AWARDS
March 2017 at the Bluestone, a crowd of over 300 local theatre lovers gathered to celebrate Jeb's Quarter Century Awards!
Over the course of 2016, Jeb had attended 82 local shows, picking his favorites and putting them back in the spotlight for a night.
AWARD PRESENTATIONS
PERFORMANCES
RED CARPET
Presentation, performance and red carpet photos by Jerri Shafer 2017
LOCAL PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR
The Full Monty - (Short North Stage) Directed by Edward Carignan
Cats - (Columbus Children's Theatre) Directed by Ryan Scarlata
Mothers and Sons - (CATCO is Theatre) Directed by Steven C. Anderson
Heathers - (Imagine Productions) Directed by David Bahgat
Othello - (Actors' Theatre of Columbus) Directed by Matt Hermes
You Can't Take It With You - (Curtain Players) Directed by Katie Tull
LOCAL ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
David Bahgat - Mary Poppins - Heathers - West Side Story - The Importance of Being Earnest
Kaitlin Descutner - Cats - Psycho Beach Party - Make Me a Song - Mama Mia!
William Macke - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - Cats - Seussical - Until He Wasn't
Kasey Meininger - Come Back to the FIve and DIme - Jimmy Dean - The Skin of Our Teeth - The Countess of Monte Cristo - Until He Wasn't
Benjamin Turner - The Constant Wife - A View from the Bridge - Picasso at the Lapin Agile
David Vargo - Mothers and Sons - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - Evolution Theatre Play Festival - Gross Indecency: The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Jenn Feather Youngblood - The Shadow Box - The Countess of Monte Cristo - The Winter's Tale - Until He Wasn't
Susan Wismar - Wanda - Daisy & the Great Rapture - Othello - The Importance of Being Earnest -
LOCAL BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Matthew Sierra - Poz - Gross Indecency
Camille Bullock - Feels Like (The Body Project) - An Ideal Husband
Sara Tuohy - Cats - Once on this Island Jr.
Dan Hildebrand - Mary Poppins - Seussical
Scott Douglas Wilson - The Shadow Box - NSA's Guide to Sex and Love - Dracula
LEAD FEMALE - PLAY
Jacqueline Bates - Mothers and Sons (CATCO is Theatre)
Lori Cannon - Abraham Lincoln was a F*gg*t (Evolution Theatre)
Nakia Deon - Going to St. Ives (Eclipse Theatre Company)
Josie Merkle - Becoming Dr. Ruth (Gallery Players)
Vicky Welsh Bragg - Looped (Evolution Theatre)
LEAD FEMALE - MUSICAL
Elizabeth Blanquera - West Side Story (Columbus Children's Theatre)
Melissa Hall - Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party (Imagine Productions)
Susan Bunsold Wilson - Sweeney Todd (SRO Theatre Company)
Cherish Myers - Disney's The Little Mermaid (Westerville Parks and Recreation Civic Theatre)
Amy Silver Judd - Guys and Dolls (Gallery Players)
LEAD MALE - PLAY
Christoper Austin - Othello (Actors' Theatre of Columbus)
Jordan Fehr - Thom Pain (based on nothing) (Available Light Theatre)
Doug Joseph - Die, Mommie, Die! (Short North Stage)
Jonathan Putnam - Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (CATCO is Theatre)
David Vargo - Mothers and Sons (CATCO is Theatre)
LEAD MALE - MUSICAL
Sean Felder - Urinetown (Hilliard Arts Council)
Bill Hafner - Sweeney Todd (SRO Theatre Company)
Christopher Johnson - Seussical (Worthington Community Theatre)
Scott Hunt - Kiss of the Spider Woman (Short North Stage)
Christopher Storer - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Little Theatre Off Broadway)
LOCAL TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Derryck Menard - Lighting Design -Heathers (Imagine Productions)
Brendan Michna - Lighting Design - Cats - (Columbus Children's Theatre)
Michael Brewer - Set Design - Goodnight Moon (Columbus Children's Theatre)
Nicolette Montana - Choreography - West Side Story (Columbus Children's Theatre)
Allen DeCarlo - Costume Design - Heathers (Imagine Productions)
Click on the image on the right to see video interviews about Technical Achievement
SUPPORTING FEMALE - PLAY
Beth Josephsen - An Ideal Husband (Actors' Theatre of Columbus)
Kasey Meininger - Until He Wasn't (MadLab)
Kirsten Peninger - You Can't Take it With You (Curtain Players)
Audrey Rush - The Shadow Box (Adrenaline Theatre Group)
Robyn Rae Stype - An Ideal Husband (Actors' Theatre of Columbus)
SUPPORTING FEMALE - MUSICAL
Eli Brickey - The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Weathervane Playhouse)
Molly Domanski - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Gahanna Community Theatre)
Kelsey Hopkins - Heathers (Imagine Productions)
Kendra Lucas - CATS (Columbus Children's Theatre)
Linda Kinnison Roth - The Full Monty (Short North Stage)
SUPPORTING MALE - PLAY
Steve Emerson - Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love (Red Herring Productions)
Nick Lingnofski - Die, Mommie, Die! (Short North Stage)
Jon Osbeck - Looped (Evolution Theatre)
JT Walker III - Abraham Lincoln was a F*gg*t (Evolution Theatre Company)
Scott Douglas Wilson - The Shadow Box (Adrenaline Theatre Group)
SUPPORTING MALE - MUSICAL
Stewart R. Bender - Goodnight Moon (Columbus Children's Theatre)
David Hammond - Disney's The Little Mermaid (Westerville Parks and Recreation Civic Theatre)
Brian Horne - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Gahanna Community Theatre)
Justin King - Into the Woods (Warehouse Theatre Columbus)
Layne Roate - Sweeney Todd (SRO Theatre Company)