Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Susan Monts-Bologna, Driving Miss Daisy
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Runner-Up
Taylor Kearschner, The Drowsy Chaperone
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Doug Lunn, The Drowsy Chaperone
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Runner-Up
Robert Orr, Driving Miss Daisy
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Brooklyn Shepherd, Little Shop of Horrors
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Runner-Up
TIE
Eliza Blower, Little Shop of Horrors
Selanda Brown, Little Shop of Horrors
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Peter Ciancone, Driving Miss Daisy
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Runner-Up
Lester McGee, The Drowsy Chaperone
Best Set Design & Production
The Drowsy Chaperone
Best Technical Production
The Drowsy Chaperone
Best Production
Driving Miss Daisy
B.A.R.G. Award
Christopher Newton
Special Awards
Cast & Crew of Murder Room – Special Award for Extraordinary Dedication
A.J. Dinkel – Special Recognition and Appreciation Award
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Runner-Up
Tristan Crutchfield, Baskerville
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Runner-Up
Malynnda Johnson, Baskerville
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Runner-Up
(tie)
Doug Lunn, Mamma Mia
Jacob White, Mamma Mia
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Runner-Up
Heather Williams, Mamma Mia
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Charles Adams, Baskerville
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Teresa Stuckey, Mamma Mia
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Peter Ciancone, Rumors
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Halea Chubb, Mamma Mia
Cameo Award for Acting
Scott Kenworthy, Rumors
Cameo Award for Lighting Design
Mary Fisher & A.J. Dinkel, Mamma Mia
Best Set Design/Production
Rumors – George Pfister, Set Designer/Master Builder
Gary Greiner, Set Decorator
Best Technical Production
Baskerville
Best Production
Baskerville
BARG
George Pfister
Golden Service Award
Tom Pitts
Angel Award
Richard Ditteon
Best Performance by a Leading Actor
Jacob White, The Foreigner
Best Performance by a Leading Actress
Sara Solooki, 9 to 5
Best Performance by a Supporting Actor
Peter Ciancone, The Foreigner
Best Performance by a Supporting Actress
Elana Wayt, To Kill a Mockingbird
Best Performance by a Leading Actor Runner-Up
Dylan Sutherland, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Best Performance by a Leading Actress Runner-Up
Jeri Doty, The Foreigner
Best Performance by a Supporting Actor Runner-Up
Dylan Sutherland, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Best Performance by a Supporting Actress Runner-Up
Lisa Wood, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Best Set
The Foreigner
Best Technical Production
9 to 5
Best Production
The Foreigner
BARG Award
Gary Greiner
Order of the Mummy
Gary Greiner
Golden Service Award
Wayne Hutson
Best Production
A Murderer Among Us
Best Technical Production
A Murderer Among Us
Best Set
A Murderer Among Us
Best Performance by a Leading Actor
Jacob White, Ragtime
Best Performance by a Leading Actor Runner-Up
Peter Ciancone, Scrooge, A Christmas Carol
Best Performance by a Leading Actress
Megan Stevens, Ragtime
Best Performance by a Leading Actress Runner-Up
Kati Gaston, A Murderer Among Us
Best Performance by a Supporting Actor
Chuck Shutt, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
Best Performance by a Supporting Actor Runner-Up
Greg Otto, The Man from Earth
Best Performance by a Supporting Actress
Laura Reed, A Murderer Among Us
Best Performance by a Supporting Actress Runner-Up
Ali Hartnett, It’s Only a Play
Order of the Mummy
George Pfister
BARG (Best All ‘Round Guy) Award
A.J. Dinkel
Best Lead Actor Runner-up
Lester McGee (Ennis King), Broke-ology
Best Lead Actor
Jacob White (Robert), Don’t Dress for Dinner
Best Lead Actress Runner-up
Jessica Claycomb (Suzette), Don’t Dress for Dinner
Best Lead Actress
Jennifer Vela (Mary Bailey), It’s a Wonderful Life
Best Supporting Actor Runner-Up
Michael Malone (Malcolm King), Broke-ology
Best Supporting Actor
Mick Mack (Mr. Potter), It’s a Wonderful Life
Best Supporting Actress Runner-Up
Shannon Shouse-Hart (Sonia King), Broke-ology
Best Supporting Actress
Kit Gambill (Suzanne) Don’t Dress for Dinner
Best Set Design
Kelly Coy, Barnum
Best Technical Production
Don’t Dress for Dinner
Best Overall Production
Don’t Dress for Dinner, Anthony Carton, Director
Mummy Award
Sara Solooki
B.A.R.G. Award
Glenda Cordell
Best Lead Actor Runner-up
Charles Jackson (Kris Kringle), Miracle on 34th Street
Best Lead Actor
Josh Hoffman (Elwood P. Dowd), Harvey
Best Lead Actress Runner-up
Katie Graves (Julia Sullivan), The Wedding Singer
Best Lead Actress
Shannon Shouse-Hart (Rose Maxson), Fences
Best Supporting Actor Runner-Up
Mick Mack (Mr. Chumley), Harvey
Best Supporting Actor
Mick Mack (Judge Henry Harper), Miracle on 34th Street
Best Supporting Actress Runner-Up
Denise Keegan (Rosie), The Wedding Singer
Best Supporting Actress
Laura Reed (Mrs. Chumley), Harvey
Best Set Design
Fences, A.J. Dinkel (Designer/Builder)
Laura Reed (Decorator)
Best Technical Production
Fences
Bobbie DeBow (Costumes)
David Del Colletti (Lighting)
Doug Champion (Sound)
Marisa Lorick (Hair/Makeup)
Best Overall Production
Fences
Mummy Award
Sandra Groves
B.A.R.G. Award
Judy Price
Best Supporting Actress:
MARCIA LANE McGEE as Helen in Taking My Turn
Best Supporting Actress Runner-Up:
DENISE COLLINS as Dorothy in Taking My Turn
Best Supporting Actor:
GREG OTTO as Gaston in Picasso at the Lapin AgileBest
Supporting Actor Runner-up:
LESTER McGEE and SHAUN WOOLARD as Gonzorgo and Roderigo in Babes In Toyland
Best Actress:
JENNIFER VELA as Mary Contrary in Babes In Toyland
Best Actress Runner-Up:
MARCIA LANE McGEE as Nell in Ain’t Misbehavin
Best Actor:
PETER CIANCONE as Albert Einstein in Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Best Actor Runner-Up:
DOUGLAS LUNN as Barnaby in Babes In Toyland
Cameo Award:
AJ DINKEL for lighting on Taking My Turn
SHIRLEY KELLEY and EMILY RUNION for Props on Babes In Toyland
ARNICK SHOUSE for Ain’t Misbehavin
B.A.R.G. Award:
BILL CARPER
Best Set:
Picasso at the Lapin Agile, KELLY COY and JEFF JARRED, Designers and Decorators
Best Technical Production:
Picasso at the Lapin Agile,
SHERRIE HERNER-ELLINGER, Producer;
SANDRA GROVES, Director;
AMBER WIGINGTON, Assistant Director:
AJ DINKEL, Lighting;
COZETTE MILLER, hair and make-up,
TED COMPTON, Sound Design;
THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY COSTUMERS (JOSH HOFFMAN, LAURA REED, COZETTE MILLER and CATHY NATT), Costumes;
LARAINE FRANKS and JUDE CIANCONE. Props
Best Overall Production:
Picasso at the Lapin Agile,
SANDRA GROVES, Director;
SHERRIE HERNER-ELLINGER, Producer
Best Supporting Actress Runner-up
Amaya Jones, Meet Me in St. Louis
Best Supporting Actress
Alyssa Brooks, A Lesson Before Dying
Best Supporting Actor Runner-up
Greg Otto, The Odd Couple
Best Supporting Actor
Greg Henderson, A Lesson Before Dying
Best Lead Actress Runner-up
TIE…Kilie Hoffa, Meet Me in St. Louis; Sandra Groves, The Odd Couple
Best Lead Actress
Whitney Kos, Meet Me in St. Louis
Best Lead Actor Runner-up
Chuck Shutt, Meet Me in St. Louis
Best Lead Actor
Matthew Schludecker, A Christmas Story
Best Set Design/Set Decoration
Meet Me in St. Louis
Cameo
Jimmy Lentz and Sherry Denton, The Mousetrap; Miller Bough, A Christmas Story; and Denise Collins, Meet Me in St Louis
Technical Cameo
Costumes, Meet Me in St. Louis…Peggy Apgar, Marylee Hagan, and Tammy Lundborg
B.A.R.G. (Best All Round Guy)
Jeff Jarred
Best Technical Production
A Christmas Story
Best Production
A Christmas Story
Best Technical Production:
God’s Favorite
Best Overall Production:
God’s Favorite, Mark Frederick, Director
Best Actor:
Peter Ciancone God’s Favorite
Best Actress:
Jude Ciancone God’s Favorite
Best Actor Runner Up:
Brad Venable The 7 Year Itch
Best Actress Runner Up:
Stephanie Thompson The 7 Year Itch
Best Supporting Actor:
Ted Compton God’s Favorite
Best Supporting Actress:
Ashley Chase Grey Gardens
Best Supporting Actor Runner Up:
Tim Porter The Graduate
Best Supporting Actress Runner Up: (tie)
Kylie Hoffa God’s Favorite
Best Set Design/Set Decoration:
God’s Favorite, Josh Hoffman and Sandra Groves
B.A.R.G. (Best All Round Gal) Award:
Tina Hoopingarner Thomas
The Order of the Mummy
Laraine Franks
Best Supporting Actress:
Jeri Doty, Love, Sex, and the IRS
Supporting Actor Runner-up:
Cliffe Macke, Teddy Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace
Best Supporting Actor:
Doug Richard, Love, Sex, and the IRS
Best Actress Runner-up
Rebecca Taylor, Love, Sex, and the IRS
Best Actress:
TIE…Ashlee Vitz as Lucy Steward, Dracula AND Michelle Azar as Maggie Holmes in Working
Best Actor Runner-Up:
TIE…Mitchell Smith as John Tractman in Love, Sex, and the IRS AND Doug Short as Al Calinda, Working
Best Actor:
TIE…Jeffrey Ford as Leslie Arthur in Love, Sex, and the IRS AND Jason Shingleton in Working
B.A.R.G. Award:
Judith Higgins Price
Best Set:
Arsenic and Old Lace, David DelColletti, Designer and Kelly Lemons, Decorator
Best Technical Production:
Working
Best Overall Production:
Working, Chuck Shutt, Director and David Gibbs, Musical Director
Best Technical Production:
Little Women, Glenda Cordell, Producer
Best Overall Production:
Little Women, Judith Higgins Price, Director; Glenda Cordell and Sharon Russell,Assistants to the Director;
Best Actor:
Naaman Gambill as Bo Decker in Bus Stop
Best Actress:
Heather Jones as Jo in Little Women
Best Actor Runner Up:
Mike Mitchell as Lloyd in Noises Off
Best Actress Runner Up:
Julie Rust as Cherie in Bus Stop
Best Supporting Actor:
Chris Bibby as Gary/Roger in Noises Off
Best Supporting Actress:
Rachel Dillon as Belinda/Flavia in Noises Off
Best Supporting Actor Runner Up:
Jerry Burns as Dr. Lyman in Bus Stop
Best Supporting Actress Runner Up: (tie)
Pam Virgilio as Mrs. March in Little Women
Kit Gambill as Amy in Little Women
Best Set Design/Set Decoration:
Noises Off, Josh Hoffman, Set Designer; Tracy Pruitt, Set Builder
B.A.R.G. (Best All Round Gal) Award:
Pat Wheeler
Seasons of Love directed by Sandra Groves & written by Ed Browne featured singers/dancers Chris Bibby, Ed Browne, Doug Champion, Bob Cundiff, Jeri Doty, Blair Foxworthy, Sandra Groves, Denise Keegan, Josh Hoffman, Cozette Miller, Liz Porter, Tracy Pruitt, Dan Rodriguez, Doug Short, Whitney Short, Sara Solooki, and Ashley Wolfe accompanied by the musical stylings of Kurt Perry & Gershwin Marks. Presenting the awards were Talley Girls, Kit Gambill, Heather Jones, Emily Picklesimer, and Kathryn Taylor.
Best Technical Production:
Anne of Green Gables, Thomas J. Pitts, Producer
Best Overall Production:
The Boys Next Door, Doug Short, Director; Doug Champion,Assistant Director; Jeri Doty, Assistant Director
Best Actor:
Mark Frederick as Horace Vandergelder in Hello, Dolly!
Best Actress: (tie)
Elizabeth Porter as Fairy May in The Curious Savage
Kit Gambill as Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables
Best Actor Runner Up:
Tony Carton as Jack in The Boys Next Door
Best Actress Runner Up:
Jill Shutt as Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly!
Best Supporting Actor:
Jeff Lanter as Norman Bulansky in The Boys Next Door
Best Supporting Actress:
Angela Vitosky as Lily Belle in The Curious Savage
Best Supporting Actor Runner Up:(3-way tie)
Chris Bibby as Arnold Wiggins in The Boys Next Door
Tracy Pruitt as Lucien P. Smith in The Boys Next Door
Chuck Shutt as Matthew Cuthbert in Anne of Green Gables
Best Supporting Actress Runner Up:
Janice Dukes as Marilla Cuthbert in Anne of Green Gables
Best Set Design/Set Decoration:
The Curious Savage, David Erickson, Set Designer; DeDe Schindel, Set Decorator; John Apgar, Set Builder
Mummy Award:
Wally Burchfield
B.A.R.G. (Best All Round Gal) Award:
Peggy Apgar
Best Technical Production:
West Side Story
Best Overall Production:
West Side Story
Best Actor:
Kevin Hughes as Tony in West Side Story
Best Actress:
Elizabeth Porter as Maria in West Side Story
Best Actor Runner Up:
Brandon Wentz as Himself in The Complete History of America (abridged)
Best Actress Runner Up:
Emily Picklesimer as Anne in The Diary of Anne Frank
Best Supporting Actor:
Dan Rodriguez as Bernardo in West Side Story
Best Supporting Actress:
Michelle Azar as Anita in West Side Story
Best Supporting Actress Runner Up:
Carrie Price as Dina Small in The Knife Trick
Best Set: (Tie)
The Diary of Anne Frank Bob Cundiff, Set Designer/ Master Builder; Angela Vitosky & Annette Cottrell, Set Decorators
and West Side Story Linda Janosko, Set Designer; Bob Cundiff, Master Builder; Holly Babtiste, Set Decorator
Mummy Award
Glenda Cordell
Golden Service Award
Carolyn Toops
B.A.R.G (Best All Round Gal) Award
Barbara Potter
Best Technical Production:
Brighton Beach Memories
Best Overall Production:
Brighton Beach Memories Doug Short, Director
Best Actor:
Eric Jakowczyk as Eugene in Brighton Beach Memories
Best Actress: (Tie)
Rachel McClelleand as The Actress/Lizzie in Blood Relations
Jeri Doty as Aida in Over the River and Through the Woods
Best Actor Runner Up:
Doug Short as The Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance
Best Actress Runner Up:
Kathy Allen as Kate in Brighton Beach Memoirs
Best Supporting Actor:
John Seifert as Andrew Borden in Blood Relations
Best Supporting Actress:
Sherri Wright as Miss Lizzie Borden in Blood Relations
Best Supporting Actress Runner Up:
Kit Gambill as Laurie in Brighton Beach Memoirs
Best Supporting Actor Runner Up: (Tie)
Ed Browne as Jack in Brighton Beach Memoirs
Josh Jeffers as Stanley in Brighton Beach Memoirs
Best Set:
Blood Relations David Erickson, Set Designer, Bob Cundiff, Master Builder; and DeDe Schindel, Set Decorator
Mummy Award
Randy Allen
B.A.R.G (Best All Round Gal) Award
Judith Higgins Price
Best Production
The Sound of Music, Rachel Wedding McClelland, Director; Quincey DelColletti, Assistant Director and Choreographer; Kendra Kirby, Musical Director
Best Technical Production (Tie)
Anne of the Thousand Days, Sherri Wright, Producer; Sara Solooki, Stage Manager
The Sound of Music, Thomas J. Pitts, Producer; Cozette Miller, Stage Manager
Best Set Design/Decoration
Run for your Wife, Ann Warren, Set Designer; Kevin Carpenter, Master Builder; Karen and Megan Walker, Set Decoration
Best Actor
Brad Venable as John Smith in Run for your Wife
Best Actor Runner-Up
Tim Porter as Henry the Eight in Anne of the Thousand Days
Best Supporting Actor
Ed Browne as Stanley Gardner in Run for your Wife
Best Actress (Tie)
Ann Venable as Anne Boleyn in Anne of the Thousand Days Ann Venable as Maria in Sound of Music
Best Actress Runner-Up
Angela Vitosky as Lizzie Curry in The Rainmaker
Best Supporting Actress
Cate Walsh as Liesl in The Sound of Music
Best Supporting Actress Runner-Up
Cathy Sponsler as Mother Abbess in Sound of Music
Cameo Technical Award for Lighting Design
Matt BrewerAll I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
A Golden Evening–Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Awards Night
Best Production
Deathtrap, Rachel Wedding McClelland, Director; Jeri Doty, Assistant Director
Best Technical Production
Deathtrap, Barb Potter, Producer; Bill Adams, Stage Manager
Best Set Design/Decoration
Deathtrap, Jon Gibbons, Set Designer; Jon Gibbons, Master Builder; Gary Greiner, Set Decoration
Best Actor
Bryan Kirby as Sidney Bruhl in Deathtrap
Best Actor Runner-Up
Brad Venable as Gabe in Dinner With Friends
Best Supporting Actor
Gary Garrahan as Victor Velasco in Barefoot in the Park
Best Actress (Tie)
Sara Solooki as Beth in Dinner With Friends
and Ann Venable as Karen in Dinner With Friends
Best Actress Runner-Up
Clair Hummel as Sister Mary Amnesia in Nunsense
Best Supporting Actress
Linda Green as Ethel Banks in Barefoot in the Park
Best Supporting Actress Runner-Up
Sherri Wright as Myra Bruhl in Deathtrap
Cameo Award for Acting
Jeff Pemberton as The Telephone Man in Barefoot in the Park
B.A.R.G. (Best All Around Guy) Award
Joe Van Denburg
Angel Award
Wayne Hutson, Treasurer of the Board
Golden Service Award
Bruce and Lois Danner
Judging the 2002-2003 productions were Ted Hazledine, Liz Ciancone, Jean Kristeller, Bob Gray, Mary Jensen, Carolyn Toops, and Cary Laxer.
A Golden Tribute to all our volunteers who contributed to another successful season. Special thanks to Sara Solooki and cast for an entertaining Awards Night performance and to Marilyn Cloutier and the CT Boosters for a touching Time Capsule Ceremony. To our faithful patrons we give thanks and invite you to join us for another great season!
Best Production
Oklahoma!, Kyle Del Colletti, Director; Wally Burchfield, Assistant Director; Chuck Shutt, Musical Director
Best Technical Production
Oklahoma!, Glenda Cordell and Wally Burchfield, Producers
Best Set Design/Set Decoration
The Girl in the Freudian Slip, Ann Warren, Set Designer; Tim Shaw, Set Builder; Arinn Van Denburg, Set Decoration
Best Actor
Bryan Kirby as Dr. Dewey Maugham in The Girl in the Freudian Slip
Best Actor Runner–Up
Matt Cassaro as Curly in Oklahoma!
Best Supporting Actor
Garri Knezevich as Jud in Oklahoma!
Best Supporting Actor Runner–Up
Mick Mack as Leroy in Bad Seed
Best Actress
Sherrie Dailey as Lotte Schoen in Lettice and Lovage
Best Actress Runner-Up
Janice Dukes as Lettice Douffet in Lettice and Lovage
Best Supporting Actress
Jeri Doty as Monica Breedlove in Bad Seed
Best Supporting Actress Runner-Up
Michelle Azar as Ado Annie in Oklahoma!
B.A.R.G. (Best All Around Gal) Award
Marilyn Cloutier
Angel Award
Sherri Wright
Judging the 2001-2002 productions were Sharon Ammen, Susan Bologna, Arthur Feinsod, Cliff Lambert, Nancy Malloy, Tom Mason, and Gerri Varner.
The show “Best Regards” was created by Sherri Wright and Ann Venable.
Best Production
How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, Ann Venable (director), Kathy Dittmann (musical director)
Best Technical Production
How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, Arinn and Joe Van Denburg (producers)
Best Set
How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, Tim Shaw (designer)
Best Actor
Brad Venable in Moon Over Buffalo
Best Actor Runner-Up
Joe Rayes in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
Best Supporting Actor
Bryan Kirby in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
Best Supporting Actor Runner-Up
Chuck Shutt in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
Best Actress
Kathy Allen in Moon Over Buffalo
Best Actress Runner-Up
Erin Weaver in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
Best Supporting Actress (Tie)
Ruth Melloh in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
Sue Ellen Wojciechowski in Moon Over Buffalo
Best Supporting Actress Runner-Up
Jeri Doty in Agatha Christie Made Me Do It
Cameo
Peggy Apgar in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
B.A.R.G. (Best All Around Gals)
Marty Cornelius and Ruth Erickson
Golden Service Award
Betty Carter and Howard Waltersdorf
Judging the 2000-2001 productions were Phil Beaver, Dr. Rocco Gennaro, Marsha Gossom, Jennifer Hazelgrove, Melissa McVeigh, Carolyn Roberts and Jean Williams.
After the entertaining ” We’re Doin’ Fine” show (written by Rachel Wedding McClelland), everyone celebrated the season with a festive reception in the lobby.
