Special Award Recipients


Francis Grover Cleveland
Lifetime Achievement Award


Barbara Newton

The Players' Ring Theater, Portsmouth NH

13th Annual NH Theatre Awards
Videos for Award Recipients

 

Lifetime Achievement Video

Lifetime Achievement Video (alt)



Video: Matty Award for Vision & Tenacity

Video: Matty Award for Vision & Tenacity (alt)

"Matty" Award for
Vision & Tenacity


Carol Bagan

"Friends of the Audi", City Auditorium, Concord NH


Winners and Top 3 Finalists

13th Annual NH Theatre Awards 

Best Production - Drama/Comedy - Community
Penelope - theatre KAPOW
  Finalist Macbeth - theatre KAPOW
  Finalist Of Mice and Men - Winni Players

Best Production - Musical - Community
Spring Awakening - Peacock Players and Company
  Finalist Young Frankenstein - Actorsingers
  Finalist Seussical The Musical - North Country Community Theatre

Best Production - Drama/Comedy - Professional
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Winnipesaukee Playhouse
  Finalist The Voysey Inheritance - Peterborough Players
  Finalist The 39 Steps - Jean's Playhouse

Best Production - Musical - Professional
Memphis - Weathervane Theatre Players
  Finalist A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline - Peterborough Players
  Finalist Kiss Me Kate - New London Barn Playhouse

Best Production - Youth
The Addams Family - Peacock Players
  Finalist Disney's Tarzan - Peacock Players
  Finalist Sweeney Todd: School Edition - Majestic Academy of Dramatic Arts

Best Director - Drama/Comedy - Community
Matt Cahoon - Penelope - theatre KAPOW
  Finalist Matt Cahoon - Macbeth - theatre KAPOW
  Finalist Katie Dunn - Of Mice and Men - Winni Players

Best Director - Musical - Community
Keith Weirich - The Addams Family - Peacock Players
  Finalist Keith Weirich - Spring Awakening - Peacock Players and Company
  Finalist Keith Weirich - Disney's Tarzan - Peacock Players

Best Director - Drama/Comedy - Professional
Bryan Halperin - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Winnipesaukee Playhouse
  Finalist Candace Clift - The Merry Wives of Windsor - Advice To The Players
  Finalist Gus Kaikkonen - The Voysey Inheritance - Peterborough Players

Best Director - Musical - Professional
Jacques Stewart - Memphis - Weathervane Theatre Players
  Finalist Tom Frey - A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline - Peterborough Players
  Finalist Keith Coughlin - Kiss Me Kate - New London Barn Playhouse

Best Original Playwright - Community
Wallace J. Pineault - Hotel La Putts - Community Players of Concord, NH
  Finalist William Donnelly - Homestead Crossing - M&D Productions

Best Original Playwright - Professional
George Brant - Any Other Name - Winnipesaukee Playhouse
  Finalist Charles Morey - The Granite State - Peterborough Players
  Finalist Will Ogmundson and Tom Dunn - Las Posadas - Alchemist's Workshop

Best Actor - Drama/Comedy - Community
Peter Josephson as Dunne in "Penelope" - theatre KAPOW
  Finalist Wayne Asbury as Quinn in "Penelope" - theatre KAPOW
  Finalist Peter Josephson as Macbeth and Various in "Macbeth" - theatre KAPOW

Best Actor - Musical - Community
Ross Patten as Cat in the Hat in "Seussical The Musical" - North Country Community Theatre
  Finalist Eric Skoglund as Emcee in "Cabaret" - Majestic Theatre
  Finalist Taylor Morrow as Melchior in "Spring Awakening" - Peacock Players and Company

Best Actor - Drama/Comedy - Professional
William Vaughn as Tom Sawyer in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" - Winnipesaukee Playhouse
  Finalist Chris Boldt as Sir John Falstaff in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" - Advice To The Players
  Finalist Kraig Swartz as Edward Voysey in "The Voysey Inheritance" - Peterborough Players

Best Actor - Musical - Professional
John Wilkening as Huey in "Memphis" - Weathervane Theatre Players
  Finalist David Bonanno as Fredrik Egerman in "A Little Night Music" - New London Barn Playhouse
  Finalist Kraig Swartz as Little Big Man in "A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline" - Peterborough Players

Best Actor - Youth
Brandon Feliciano as Gomez in "The Addams Family" - Peacock Players
  Finalist Nick Page as Tarzan in "Disney's Tarzan" - Peacock Players
  Finalist Eli Frydman as Robin Hood in "The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood" - Children's Theatre Project

Best Actress - Drama/Comedy - Community
Carey Cahoon as Lady Macbeth and Various in "Macbeth" - theatre KAPOW
  Finalist Mari Keegan as Veronica in "God of Carnage" - M & M Productions
  Finalist Judi Mitchell as Amanda Wingfield in "Glass Menagerie" - Bedford Off Broadway

Best Actress - Musical - Community
Sophie Carpenter Linkroum as Gertrude in "Seussical The Musical" - Amherst PTA
  Finalist Rachael Smith as Tracy Turnblad in "Hairspray" - RB Productions
  Finalist Sarah Murai as Kate/Lilli in "Kiss Me, Kate" - StageCoach Productions

Best Actress - Drama/Comedy - Professional
Karron Graves as Alice Maitland in "The Voysey Inheritance" - Peterborough Players
  Finalist Vivian Nesbitt as Mistress Alice Ford in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" - Advice To The Players
  Finalist Joyce Cohen as Anna in "The Granite State" - Peterborough Players

Best Actress - Musical - Professional
Breanna Bartley as Felicia in "Memphis" - Weathervane Theatre Players
  Finalist Carol Dunne as Desiree Armfeldt in "A Little Night Music" - New London Barn Playhouse
  Finalist Sarah Kleeman as Diana in "Next to Normal" - Weathervane Theatre Players

Best Actress - Youth
Christina Higginson as Morticia in "The Addams Family" - Peacock Players
  Finalist Rebecca Klein as Jane Porter in "Disney's Tarzan" - Peacock Players
  Finalist Susan Dudka as Elle Woods in "Legally Blonde The Musical" - Teen Actorsingers

Best Supporting Actor - Drama/Comedy - Community
Ray Dudley as Candy in "Of Mice and Men" - Winni Players
  Finalist Neal Blaiklock as Fitz in "Penelope" - theatre KAPOW
  Finalist Michael Coppola as Alan in "God of Carnage" - M & M Productions

Best Supporting Actor - Musical - Community
Alex Giggey as Moritz in "Spring Awakening" - Peacock Players and Company
  Finalist Eric Skoglund as Igor in "Young Frankenstein" - Actorsingers
  Finalist Stuart Harmon as The Monster in "Young Frankenstein" - Actorsingers

Best Supporting Actor - Drama/Comedy - Professional
A.J. Ditty as Huck Finn and Ensemble in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" - Winnipesaukee Playhouse
  Finalist Adam Kee as Injun Joe and Ensemble in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" - Winnipesaukee Playhouse
  Finalist Brandon Duncan as Clown #2 in "The 39 Steps" - Jean's Playhouse

Best Supporting Actor - Musical - Professional
Daniel Belnavis as Bobby in "Memphis" - Weathervane Theatre Players
  Finalist Robert H. Fowler as Delray in "Memphis" - Weathervane Theatre Players
  Finalist Colton Ryan as First Man(Gangster) in "Kiss Me Kate" - New London Barn Playhouse

Best Supporting Actor - Youth
Tyler Shore as Fester in "The Addams Family" - Peacock Players
  Finalist Brandon Feliciano as Kerchak in "Disney's Tarzan" - Peacock Players
  Finalist Ethan Kraus as Professor Porter in "Disney's Tarzan" - Peacock Players

Best Supporting Actress - Drama/Comedy - Community
Chelsea Pettibone as Mara Dingle in "Hotel La Putts" - Community Players of Concord, NH
  Finalist Melanie Rodrigue as Laura Wingfield in "Glass Menagerie" - Bedford Off Broadway
  Finalist Amy Agostino as Dr. Charlotte Wallace in "Beyond Therapy" - Milford Area Players

Best Supporting Actress - Musical - Community
Rachel Cerullo as Frau Blucher in "Young Frankenstein" - Actorsingers
  Finalist Juliet Greenwood as Penny Pingleton in "Hairspray" - RB Productions
  Finalist Mia Berardi as Inga in "Young Frankenstein" - Actorsingers

Best Supporting Actress - Drama/Comedy - Professional
Rebecca Tucker as Becky Thatcher in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" - Winnipesaukee Playhouse
  Finalist Bryn Austin as Aunt Polly and Ensemble in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" - Winnipesaukee Playhouse
  Finalist Valerie Adams Rigsbee as Mistress Quickly in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" - Advice To The Players

Best Supporting Actress - Musical - Professional
Mary Lee Marson as Gladys Calhoun in "Memphis" - Weathervane Theatre Players
  Finalist Laura Hall as Natalie in "Next to Normal" - Weathervane Theatre Players
  Finalist Kathryn Allison as Hattie in "Kiss Me Kate" - New London Barn Playhouse

Best Supporting Actress - Youth
Katherine Towle as Wednesday in "The Addams Family" - Peacock Players
  Finalist Lillie Ellars as Alice in "The Addams Family" - Peacock Players
  Finalist Julia Enos as Kala in "Disney's Tarzan" - Peacock Players

Best Music Director - Community
Henry Kopczynskie III - The Addams Family - Peacock Players
  Finalist Judy Hayward - Young Frankenstein - Actorsingers
  Finalist Henry Kopczynskie III - Spring Awakening - Peacock Players and Company

Best Music Director - Professional
Colin Keating - Memphis - Weathervane Theatre Players
  Finalist Ellen Mandel - A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline - Peterborough Players
  Finalist Colin Keating - Next to Normal - Weathervane Theatre Players

Best Choreographer - Community
Valerie Psoinos Nelson - Spring Awakening - Peacock Players and Company
  Finalist Valerie Psoinos Nelson - The Addams Family - Peacock Players
  Finalist Christina White - Hairspray - RB Productions

Best Choreographer - Professional
Jacques Stewart - Memphis - Weathervane Theatre Players
  Finalist Keith Coughlin - Kiss Me Kate - New London Barn Playhouse
  Finalist Jennifer Jancuska - A Little Night Music - New London Barn Playhouse

Best Costume Designer - Community
Maggie Mahony - The Addams Family - Peacock Players
  Finalist Allison Szklarz - Disney's Tarzan - Peacock Players
  Finalist Holly Levison - Seussical The Musical - North Country Community Theatre

Best Costume Designer - Professional
Lori McGinley - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Winnipesaukee Playhouse
  Finalist Rien Schlecht - Memphis - Weathervane Theatre Players
  Finalist Sam Fleming - The Voysey Inheritance - Peterborough Players

Best Scenic Designer - Community
Dan Koehler & Keith Weirich - Disney's Tarzan - Peacock Players
  Finalist Dan Bilodeau - Penelope - theatre KAPOW
  Finalist Jim Webber - Hotel La Putts - Community Players of Concord, NH

Best Scenic Designer - Professional
David Towlun - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Winnipesaukee Playhouse
  Finalist Charles Morgan - The Voysey Inheritance - Peterborough Players
  Finalist Jordan Janota - Kiss Me Kate - New London Barn Playhouse

Best Sound Designer - Community
Rich Loomer - The Addams Family - Peacock Players
  Finalist Michael D. O'Keefe - Young Frankenstein - Actorsingers
  Finalist Charles Fray - Of Mice and Men - Winni Players

Best Sound Designer - Professional
Chris Sutton - Memphis - Weathervane Theatre Players
  Finalist Joel Mercier - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Winnipesaukee Playhouse
  Finalist Kevin Frazier - A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline - Peterborough Players

Best Lighting Designer - Community
Norm St. Germain & Keith Weirich - Spring Awakening - Peacock Players and Company
  Finalist Norm St. Germain & Keith Weirich - The Addams Family - Peacock Players
  Finalist Tayva Young - Macbeth - theatre KAPOW

Best Lighting Designer - Professional
Matthew Guminski - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Winnipesaukee Playhouse
  Finalist Will Gibbons-Brown - Memphis - Weathervane Theatre Players
  Finalist Sarah Cogan - Kiss Me Kate - New London Barn Playhouse