LOCAL PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR - PLAY
32nd ANNUAL LOCAL AWARDS
April 27, 2024
AWARD PRESENTATIONS
PERFORMANCES
RED CARPET
LOCAL PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR - PLAY
Good Grief - The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio (Directed by Shanelle Marie & Alan Tyson)
The Inheritance Part 1 - Evolution Theatre Company (directed by Joe Bishara)
Love's Labour's Lost - Actors' Theatre of Columbus (directed by Rowan Winterwood)
Machinal - The Sound Company (directed by Sean Ryan Naughton)
The Wolves - The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio (directed by Dr. Aviva Helena Neff)
LOCAL PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR - MUSICAL
The Drowsy Chaperone - Little Theatre Off Broadway (directed by Kathy Hyland)
Ghost Quartet - Available Light Theatre (directed by Drew Eberly)
Ragtime - Columbus Children's Theatre (directed by David Bahgat)
The SpongeBob Musical - Columbus Children's Theatre (directed by Greg Hellems)
The Wild Party - Short North Stage (directed by Dionysia Williams)
LOCAL ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Dayton Duvall (Oliver!, Bare: A Christmas Carol, 2023 Jebby Awards, tiaras)
Nadia Marshall (The Sound of Music, Sweeney Todd, The Mystery of Edwin Drood)
Arriah Ratanapan (Love's Labor's Lost, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, Which Way to the Stage, A Christmas Carol)
Jay Rittberger (The SpongeBob Musical, Sweeney Todd, Mr. Scrooge)
Patrick Schaefer (Oliver!, Sweeney Todd, Ghost Quartet, Mr. Scrooge)
Ryan Shreve (Into the Woods, The Wild Party, Beautiful; The Carole King Musical, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Fyrebird Media)
Alan Tyson (...but you could've held my hand, A Raisin in the Sun, Good Grief, A Christmas Carol)
Christina Yoho (Machinal, Love's Labour's Lost, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive)
LOCAL BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
John Michael Holmes (Love's Labour's Lost, What the Constitution Means to Me)
Aleksa Kaups (Something Rotten, DISASTER!, Sense and Sensibility, Sweeney Todd, Mr. Scrooge)
Madeleine McNamara (Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd)
Jered Shaffer (The SpongeBob Musical, DISASTER!, Sweeney Todd, The Mystery of Edwin Drood)
Samantha Woodill (Straight, 40 Acres)
LEAD FEMALE - PLAY
Cat McAlpine - Love's Labour's Lost (Actors' Theatre of Columbus)
Michelle Schroeder-Lowrey - What the Constitution Means to Me (Available Light Theatre)
Litifat Sulaimon - Good Grief (The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio)
Whitney Thomas Eads - Cry It Out (Available Light Theatre)
Dakota Thorn - Cry It Out (Available Light Theatre)
LEAD FEMALE - MUSICAL
Katie Giffin - Ghost Quartet (Available Light Theatre)
Cayla Kass - Dogfight (Worthington Community Theatre)
Amy Rittberger - Ghost Quartet (Available Light Theatre)
Jo Michelle Shafer - Ghost Quartet (Available Light Theatre)
Dionysia Williams - Into the Woods (Short North Stage)
LEAD MALE - PLAY
Niko Carter - The Inheritance Part 1 (Evolution Theatre Company)
Larry Cole - I'm Not Rappaport (Curtain Players)
Todd Covert - A Behanding in Spokane (New Herring Productions)
John Cuozzo - Love's Labour's Lost (Actors' Theatre of Columbus)
Matthew Moore - What I didn't Say: A Journey Through Parkinson's (Lamp & Light Productions)
LEAD MALE - MUSICAL
Scott Clay - The Drowsy Chaperone (Little Theatre Off Broadway)
David J. Glover - Ragtime (Columbus Children's Theatre)
Matthew Phillips - The SpongeBob Musical (Columbus Children's Theatre)
Eric Sand - Ragtime (Columbus Children's Theatre)
Benny Zelkowicz - Fiddler on the Roof (Gallery Players)
LOCAL TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Edward Carignan (Scenic Design), The Wild Party (Short North Stage)
Nikki Kendra Davis & Cassandra Gress (Writing), Women Who Know: A Witch Play (Abbey Theater of Dublin)
Patrick Schaefer (Music Direction), Ghost Quartet (Available Light Theatre)
Dionysia Williams (Choreography), The Wild Party (Short North Stage)
Rowan Winterwood (Lighting Design), Ghost Quartet (Available Light Theatre)
SUPPORTING FEMALE - PLAY
Colleen Cunningham - Anton in Show Business (The Tipping Point Theatre Company)
Kelsey Hopkins - POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive (The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio)
Eleni Papleonardos - The Wolves (The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio)
Sue Rapier - Rumors (Little Theatre Off Broadway)
Sue Wismar - Anton in Show Business (The Tipping Point Theatre Company)
SUPPORTING FEMALE - MUSICAL
Wendy Cave - DISASTER! (Imagine Productions)
Kasey Meininger - The Drowsy Chaperone (Little Theatre Off Broadway)
Taylor Oberschlake - Fiddler on the Roof (Gallery Players)
Laura Overby - Ragtime (Columbus Children's Theatre)
Melody Wojno - The SpongeBob Musical (Columbus Children's Theatre)
SUPPORTING MALE - PLAY
Drew Eberly - Love's Labour's Lost (Actors' Theatre of Columbus)
Jacob Erney - Intimate Apparel (Gallery Players)
Joe Lusher - A Behanding in Spokane (New Herring Productions)
Chase McCants - Good Grief (The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio)
Matthew Phillips - Robin Hood (Actors' Theatre of Columbus)
SUPPORTING MALE - MUSICAL
Tucker Barton - tick,tick...BOOM! (Curtain Players)
Luke Bovenizer - 9 to 5, The Musical (The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio)
Nick McInturff - Fiddler on the Roof (Gallery Players)
Tom Murdock - The SpongeBob Musical (Columbus Children's Theatre)
Brandon Newbright - The Wild Party (Short North Stage)