LOCAL PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR - PLAY
31st ANNUAL LOCAL AWARDS
April 22, 2023
AWARD PRESENTATIONS
PERFORMANCES
RED CARPET
LOCAL PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR - PLAY
Indecent - CATCO (directed by Leda Hoffmann)
Into the Breeches! - The Tipping Point Theatre Company (directed by Kate Tull)
The Legend of Georgia McBride - Red Herring Theater Company (directed by David Allen Vargo)
School Girls: Or, The African Mean Girls Play - CATCO (directed by Shanelle Marie)
W;t - eMBer Women's Theatre (directed by Michelle Batt)
LOCAL PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR - MUSICAL
Bonnie & Clyde - Little Theatre Off Broadway (directed by J Damon Barnett Jr)
Guys and Dolls - Pickerington Community Theatre (directed by Chris Gallaugher)
Rent - Short North Stage (directed by Chari Arespacochaga)
Rock of Ages - Short North Stage (directed by Edward Carignan & Dionysia Williams)
Spring Awakening - Short North Stage (directed by Edward Carignan)
LOCAL ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
J Damon Barnett (The Laramie Project, Bare: A Pop Opera, Bonnie & Clyde, Rock of Ages, Rent, Godspell)
Luke Bovenizer (Head Over Heels, Prima Donna, Rock of Ages, Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Irving Berlin's White Christmas)
Alexa Clint (Sondheim on Sondheim, The Tale of Two Cities, Newsies)
Lisa Glover (School Girls: Or, The African Mean Girls Play, Little Shop of Horrors, Rock of Ages, Rent)
Brian C. Gray (Head Over Heels, Prima Donna, The Happy Elf)
Dan Hildebrand (Cinderella, Bonnie & Clyde, Guys and Dolls, Little Shop of Horrors, The Secret Garden)
Phil Wells (Present Laughter, The Sound of Music, Murder on the Orient Express, Indecent)
Ollie Worden (Catspaw, Queen Margaret, Boy)
LOCAL BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Michael Broadbent (Bonnie & Clyde, Newsies, The Secret Garden)
Sarina Hyland (Grease, Cabaret, Murder on the Orient Express, Assassins)
Nick Martin (The Schedule, The Legend of Georgia McBride, Airness)
Brandon Newbright (Bare: A Pop Opera, Bonnie & Clyde, Godspell)
Cindy Tran Nguyen (First Date, The Sound of Music, Rent)
LEAD FEMALE - PLAY
Acacia Leigh Duncan - Prima Donna (CATCO)
Jaymi Horn - Althea & Angela (JB3 Entertainment)
Michelle Schroeder-Lowrey - Witch (Available Light Theatre)
Summit J. Starr - Prima Donna (CATCO)
Susan Wismar - W;t (eMBer Women's Theatre)
LEAD FEMALE - MUSICAL
Lisa Glover - Rent (Short North Stage)
Nadia Marshall - The Secret Garden (Gallery Players)
Cassie Rea - The Sound of Music (Westerville Parks and Recreation Civic Theatre)
Nora West - Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical (Worthington Community Theatre)
Dionysia Williams - Irving Berlin's White Christmas (Short North Stage)
LEAD MALE - PLAY
Larry Cole - Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express (Little Theatre Off Broadway)
Doug Joseph - The Legend of Georgia McBride (Red Herring Theater Company)
Aaron Natarelli - The Legend of Georgia McBride (Red Herring Theater Company)
Scott Douglas Wilson - Dancing Lessons (Red Herring Theater Company)
Benny Zelkowicz - Indecent (CATCO)
LEAD MALE - MUSICAL
Shane Davis - Bare: A Pop Opera (Worthington Community Theatre)
Hunter Minor - Newsies (Columbus Children's Theatre)
Matthew Phillips - Cabaret (Imagine Productions)
Michael Ruehrmund - The Secret Garden (Gallery Players)
Thom Christopher Warren - Irving Berlin's White Christmas (Short North Stage)
LOCAL TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Darin Keesing (Lighting Design), School Girls: Or, The African Mean Girls Play (CATCO)
Gabrielle Stefura (Choreography), The Legend of Georgia McBride (Red Herring Theater Company)
TonyaMarie (Costume Design), Queen Margaret (Actors' Theatre of Columbus)
Laurel Waller (Sound Design/Mix), Rent (Short North Stage)
Kat Wexler (Set Design), Godspell (Little Theatre Off Broadway)
SUPPORTING FEMALE - PLAY
Colleen Cunningham - Into the Breeches! (The Tipping Point Theatre Company)
Shauna Marie - School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play (CATCO)
Taylor Nelson - School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play (CATCO)
Shelly Riggs - Eleemosynary (Curtain Players)
Leslie Robinson - Into the Breeches! (The Tipping Point Theatre Company)
SUPPORTING FEMALE - MUSICAL
Dana Bauman - Grease (Little Theatre Off Broadway)
Rachel Hertenstein - Rock of Ages (Short North Stage)
Jennifer Myers - The Secret Garden (Gallery Players)
Jo Michelle Shafer - Head Over Heels (CATCO)
Chrissy Stridsberg - Rock of Ages (Short North Stage)
SUPPORTING MALE - PLAY
David R. Bahgat - The Legend of Georgia McBride (Red Herring Theater Company)
Jacob Erney - Airness (Red Herring Theater Company)
Stephen R. Hanna - Into the Breeches! (The Tipping Point Theatre Company)
William Hafner - The Legend of Georgia McBride (Red Herring Theater Company)
Jacob V. Uhlman - Witch (Available Light Theatre)
SUPPORTING MALE - MUSICAL
Brian C. Gray - Head Over Heels (CATCO)
Ethan Mauger - Shrek The Musical (Millersport Community Theatre)
Keith Robinson - Assassins (Imagine Productions)
Kyle Roby - Guys and Dolls (Pickerington Community Theatre)
Nick van Atta - The Secret Garden (Gallery Players)