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| Cast List: Light in the Piazza |
Margaret Johnson: |
Emily English Clark |
Clara Johnson: |
Paige Lucas |
Fabrizio Naccarelli: |
Chad DeKatch |
Guiseppe Naccarelli: |
Dale Edward Powell |
Franca Naccarelli: |
Betsy Bledsoe |
Signor Naccarelli: |
Doak Bloss |
Signora Naccarelli: |
Laura Davis Stebbins |
Roy Johnson: |
Gordon L. Clark |
Florentines: |
Barbara Stauffer, Jeff Massey, Rachel Dalton, Simon Tower, Eric Chatfield, Gretchen Baker, Mark Gouba, Bill Henson |
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| 2008-2009 Barney Awards |
| Lead Actor in a Musical: Ethan Link |
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Nominated: Tony Sump, Joe Quick, Doak Bloss |
| Lead Actor in a Play: Kevin Burnham |
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Nominated: Doak Bloss [2], Brad Rutledge |
| Lead Actor in a Children's Show: Edric Haleen |
| Lead Actress in a Musical: Colleen Bethea |
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Nominated: Kelly Stuible, Kerry Waters, Patricia Smyka |
| Lead Actress in a Play: Gini Larson |
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Nominated: Carolyn Thornton, Emily Himebaugh, Tanya Burnham, Kelly Gmazel |
| Lead Actress in a Children's Show: Laura Johnson |
| Supporting Actor in a Musical: Joseph Bauman |
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Nominated: Joe Quick, Jeff English, Sineh Wurie, Jace McCloy, Chad Dekatch, Mark Zussman |
| Supporting Actor in a Play: Terry Jones |
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Nominated: Efiok Nwa, Joseph Bauman, Michael Erwine, Alec Nagy |
| Supporting Actress in a Musical: Amanda Himebaugh |
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Nominated: Kat Cooper, Sarah Sonnenberg |
| Supporting Actress in a Play: Elizabeth Cahimba |
| Supporting Actress in a Children's Show: Marilyn Steegstra |
| Featured Actor in a Musical: Ryan Fuller |
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Nominated: Keith Wing, Mike Zamora |
| Featured Actor in a Play: Phillip Himebaugh |
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Nominated: Gary Mitchell, James Houska, Joe Dickson, Eric D. Dawe |
| Featured Actress in a Musical: Shantel Hamilton |
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Nominated: Mandy Dallaire, Kelly Stuible, Candace Steinfield |
| Featured Actress in a Play: Barbara Stauffer |
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Nominated: Tiffani Ferguson, Eve Davidson |
| Featured Actress in a Children's Show: Shannon Bonney |
| Ensemble Award: Scott Larson, Simon Tower, Logan Emlet, Danny Bethea |
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Nominated: Bob Murrell, Charlotte Ruppert, Sarah Sonnenberg/Minstrels |
| Director of a Musical: Veronica Wing Quick |
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Nominated: Stephanie Banghart, Jane Fallion |
| Director of a Play: Susan Chmurynsky |
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Nominated: Addiann Hinds, Mary Job, Eric Dawe |
| Director of a Children's Show: Lee Helder |
| Musical Direction: Meredith Bowen and David Wiseman |
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Nominated: Scott Stearns, Doug Austin, Bill Henson, James Geer |
| Choreographer: Amanda Himebaugh |
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Nominated: Kat Cooper and Amanda Himebaugh, Roberta Otten |
| Set Design: Craig Mitchell Smith |
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Nominated: Jeff Boerger & Mark Mandenberg, Jay McCusker, Paul Marisch, Craig Mitchell Smith, Mary Job, Jane Fallion |
| Lighting Design: Ben Hancock |
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Nominated: Tom Ferris, Jack Hetherington [2], Aaron Herrbach [2], Tim Fox |
| Costume Design: Mary K. Hodges-Nees |
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Nominated: Mandy Dallaire, Emily English, Marge Hetherington, Lee Helder, Mary K. Hodges-Nees. Lark Burger, Terri Lehman Carrow |
| Sound Design: Patrick Monroe |
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Nominated: Ben Hancock, Jeff Sand, Doug Austin |
| Properties Design: Melody Teodoro-Kurtis and Ray Kurtis |
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Nominated: Leslie Arnell, Evon Anderson, Merialice Jenson, Carol Ferris, Celia Ainslie, Sharon Straubel, Carol Ferris, Lindsay Palinsky |
| Scenographer: Craig Mitchell Smith |
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Nominated: Mark Mandenberg [2], Mary K. Hodges-Nees & Bob Nees, Diana Rochowiak |
| Set Dressing: Melody Teodoro-Kurtis and Ray Kurtis |
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Nominated: Diane Gracia Wing, Evon Anderson and Wanda Gilkey, Carol Ferris, Lindsay Palinsky |
| Backstage Awards |
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Full Monty: Amanda Himebaugh
Rasin in the Sun: Robin Duke and Pat Hoskins
Little Shop of Horrors: Veronica Wing-Quick
Born Yesterday: Mike Pohnl
Jack and the Beadstalk: Merialice Jensen
Sherlock Holmes: James Houska
The Dead: Ray Kurtis
Macbeth: Mark Bethea
The Rothschilds: Val Lea |
| President's Award: Mike Pohnl |
| Howard Lancour Award: Patricia Smyka |
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| RWT Wins 27 Awards |
| RWT did very well this year, winning 13 Pulsar and 14 Thespie awards. |
| Pulsar Awards |
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Best Play (Community) “Under Milk Wood” Riverwalk Theatre |
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Best Musical “The Dead” Riverwalk Theatre |
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Best Director - Play (Community) Bob Gras & Judy Barber "Under Milk Wood" Riverwalk Theatre |
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Best Director - Musical Mary Job “The Dead” Riverwalk Theatre |
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Best Ensemble - Play “Under Milk Wood” Riverwalk Theatre |
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Best Ensemble – Musical “The Dead” Riverwalk Theatre |
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Best Lead Actor – Play Bob Gras “The Substance of Fire” Riverwalk Theatre |
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Best Lead Actress – Musical Patricia Smyka “Little Shop of Horrors” Riverwalk Theatre |
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Best Supporting Actor – Play Ian Griffin “The Substance of Fire” Riverwalk Theatre |
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Best Supporting Actress - Musical Candance Stanfield “Little Shop of Horrors” Riverwalk Theatre |
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Best Featured Actor - Musical Chad Dekatch “Little Shop of Horrors” Riverwalk Theatre |
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Best Costumes Lark Burger “The Dead” Riverwalk Theatre |
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Best Sound (Community) Joe Dickson “Under Milk Wood” Riverwalk Theatre |
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| Thespie Awards |
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Best show (non-professional): "The Substance of Fire," Riverwalk Theatre (in its intimate, "black box" setting at Creole Gallery). |
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Best Director Play (non-professional): Bill Helder, "The Substance of Fire," Riverwalk. |
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Actor (non-professional): Bob Gras, "The Substance of Fire," Riverwalk. |
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Supporting actor (non- professional): Mark Zussman, "Sherlock Holmes, the Final Adventure," Riverwalk. |
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Best Actor in a Musical: Tie: Doak Bloss, Riverwalk's "Rothschilds," and Rusty Broughton, MSU's "Cabaret." |
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Supporting actor: Joseph Baumann, "The Rothschilds," Riverwalk. (Tom Klunzinger came close, also in "Rothschilds.") |
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Featured actor: Chad DeKatch, "Little Shop of Horrors," Riverwalk. |
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Costumes: Mary K. Hodges-Nees, "The Rothschilds," Riverwalk. |
9. |
Musical direction: Bill Henson, "The Dead," Riverwalk. |
10. |
Hair styling and wig construction: Dan Moore, "Rothschilds," Riverwalk. |
11. |
Several extraordinary ensembles, in a year filled with neatly blended groups. They include "Flyover" (Williamston), "Forbidden Broadway" (BoarsHead), "Under Milkwood" (Riverwalk), "The Clean House" (Peppermint Creek) and "Greater Tuna" (Ledges Playhouse). |
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Two awards for exceptional child actors - one for Emilio Pido of MSU's "Tommy," the other for the ensemble in Riverwalk's "Rothschilds" - Joel Reynolds, Dominic Redman and siblings Nic and Lexie Roberts. |
13. |
Melody Stratton, for the killer plant in Riverwalk's "Little Shop of Horrors." |
14. |
Connie Curran Oesterle, for molding the Irish dialects in Riverwalk's "The Dead." |
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| Cast List: Into the Woods |
Narrator/Mysterious Man: |
Doak Bloss |
Baker: |
Evan Pinsonnault |
Baker's Wife: |
Veronica Gracia-Wing |
Cinderella: |
Abigail English |
Jack: |
Ben English |
Jack's Mother: |
Stephanie Banghart-Linn |
Witch: |
LeAnn Dethlefsen |
Rapunzel: |
Amanda Himebaugh |
Cinderella's Prince: |
Joseph Baumann |
Rapunzel's Prince: |
Jeff Kennedy |
Little Red Riding Hood: |
Melanie Walker |
Wolf: |
Chad DeKatch |
Cinderella's Mother: |
Nancy Bieber |
Stepmother: |
Charlotte Ruppert |
Lucinda: |
Geneva Ruppert |
Florinda: |
Carin McEvoy |
Steward: |
Joseph Dickson |
Cinderella's Father: |
Michael Erwine |
Giant's Voice: |
Merilyn Steegstra |
Snow White: |
Crystal Carlson |
Sleeping Beauty: |
Kat Cooper |
Granny: |
Sue Chmurynsky |
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