15th Annual
New Hampshire
THEATRE AWARDS
Winners and Finalists

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Francis Grover Cleveland Award for Lifetime Achievement
Rob Koch

The 'Matty' Award for Vision and Tenacity
Andrew Pinard
Hatbox Theatre

Recognition of Playwriting Excellence
Carolyn Kirsch
The Waltz

Best Production

Best Community Production of a Musical
The Musical of Musicals, the Musical!
Little Church Theater

Best Community Production of a Drama/Comedy
Equus
M&D Productions

Best Professional Production of a Musical
Cabaret
The Winnipesaukee Playhouse

Best Professional Production of a Drama/Comedy
The Waltz
The Winnipesaukee Playhouse

Best Youth Production
Disney's The Little Mermaid
Peacock Players

Best Director of a Community Musical Production
Keith Weirich
Disney's The Little Mermaid
Peacock Players

Best Director of a Community Drama/Comedy Production
Dennis O'Neil
Equus
M&D Productions

Best Director of a Professional Musical Production
Clayton Phillips
Cabaret
The Winnipesaukee Playhouse

Best Director of a Professional Drama/Comedy Production
Neil Pankhurst
The Waltz
The Winnipesaukee Playhouse

Best Supporting Actress in a Community Musical Production
Jenn Langhus
Lily Craven
The Secret Garden
North Country Community Theatre

Best Supporting Actress in a Community Drama/Comedy Production
Mary Bastoni-Rebmann
Dora Strang
Equus
M&D Productions

Best Supporting Actress in a Professional Musical Production
Hanna Rose Guillory
The Dragon
Shrek
New London Barn Playhouse

Best Supporting Actress in a Professional Drama/Comedy Production
Kelley Davies
Young Camille
The Waltz
The Winnipesaukee Playhouse

Best Supporting Actress in a Youth Production
Gabriella Silva
Ursula
Disney's The Little Mermaid
Peacock Players

Best Supporting Actor in a Community Musical Production
Eric Skoglund
Lord Farquaad
Shrek
Amherst PTA

Best Supporting Actor in a Community Drama/Comedy Production
Ray Dudley
Big Daddy
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Winnipesaukee Playhouse

Best Supporting Actor in a Professional Musical Production
Dwayne Washington
Lun Tha
The King and I
Weaathervane Theatre Players

Best Supporting Actor in a Professional Drama/Comedy Production
David Breitbarth
Etienne
The Ladies Man
Peterborough Players

Best Supporting Actor in a Youth Production
Alexander Nick
Scuttle
Disney's The Little Mermaid
Peacock Players

Best Actress in a Community Musical Production
Seraphim D'Andrea
Audrey
Little Shop of Horrors
Genesys Theater

Best Actress in a Community Drama/Comedy Production
Barbara Webb
Multiple Roles
The Dining Room
Jean's Playhouse

Best Actress in a Professional Musical Production
Georgia Kate Haege
Anna
The King and I
Weathervane Theatre Players

Best Actress in a Professional Drama/Comedy Production
Carolyn Kirsch
Old Camille
The Waltz
The Winnipesaukee Playhouse

Best Actress in a Youth Production
Lillie Ellars
Ariel
Disney's The Little Mermaid
Peacock Players

Best Actor in a Community Musical Production
Peter Gair
Mr. Boddy
Clue, the Musical
Colonel Town Players

Best Actor in a Community Drama/Comedy Production
Eric Berry-Sandelin
Alan Strang
Equus
M&D Productions

Best Actor in a Professional Musical Production
Clyde Voce
The King
The King and I
Weathervane Theatre Players

Best Actor in a Professional Drama/Comedy Production
Anderson Matthews
Dr. Hercule Molineaux
The Ladies Man
Peterborough Players

Best Actor in a Youth Production
Jack Harding
Romeo
Romeo and Juliet
The Winnipesaukee Playhouse

Best Choreography in a Community Production
Valerie Psoinos Nelson
Disney's The Little Mermaid
Peacock Players

Best Choreography in a Professional Production
Bryan Knowlton
Cabaret
The Winnipesaukee Playhouse

Best Musical Direction in a Community Production
Henry Kopczynskie III
Disney's The Little Mermaid
Peacock Players

Best Musical Direction in a Professional Production
Danny Bernstein
Brigadoon
New London Barn Playhouse

Best Sound Design in a Community Production
Rich Loomer
Disney's The Little Mermaid
Peacock Players

Best Sound Design in a Professional Production
Neil Pankhurst
The Waltz
The Winnipesaukee Playhouse

Best Lighting Design in a Community Production
Norm St. Germain & Keith Weirich
Disney's The Little Mermaid
Peacock Players

Best Lighting Design in a Professional Production
Thom Beaulieu
The Waltz
The Winnipeasukee Playhouse

Best Scenic Design in a Community Production
Matt Cahoon
Raining Aluminum
theatre KAPOW

Best Scenic Design in a Professional Production
James Morgan
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Peterborough Players

Best Costume Design in a Community Production
Alex Homola & Maggie Mahony
Disney's The Little Mermaid
Peacock Players

Best Costume Design in a Professional Production
Lori McGinley
The Waltz
The Winnipesaukee Playhouse

Listed in the order as presented

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - PROFESSIONAL - DRAMA
Dale Hodges, Outside Mullingar, Peterborough Players.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - PROFESSIONAL - MUSICAL
Kera Halbersleben as Muriel Eubanks, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, New London Barn Playhouse.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS- YOUTH
Oliva Dube, as Paulette Buonofuonte, Legally Blonde, Majestic Theater.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - COMMUNITY - DRAMA
Barbara Webb as Madame Arcati, Blithe Spirit, Jean's Playhouse.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - COMMUNITY - MUSICAL
Candace Gatzoulis as Anita, West Side Story, Majestic Theatre.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - PROFESSIONAL -DRAMA
Steven Walters as Jack, Charley's Aunt, Peterborough Players.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - PROFESSIONAL - MUSICAL
Remi Sandri as Lawrence Jameson, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, New London Barn Playhouse.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - YOUTH
Dawson Ellis as Leaf Coneybear and Carl Grubenierre, Spelling Bee, The Winnipesaukee Playhouse.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - COMMUNITY - DRAMA
J. Mark Morrison as Lucien P. Smith, The Boys Next Door, Bedford Off-Broadway.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - COMMUNITY - MUSICAL
Elliot Owens as Dennis, All Shook Up, Stagecoach Productions.

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN - PROFESSIONAL
Porsche McGovern, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, New London Barn Playhouse.

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN - COMMUNITY
Tayva Young, Time Stands Still, theatre KAPOW.

BEST SOUND DESIGN - PROFESSIONAL
Timothy M Bailey, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, New London Barn Playhouse.

BEST SOUND DESIGN - COMMUNITY
Rich Loomer for Chicago, Peacock Players.

BEST SCENIC DESIGN - PROFESSIONAL
Charles Morgan, Outside Mullingar, Peterborough Players.

BEST SCENIC DESIGN - COMMUNITY
Jim Webber, Time Stands Still, theater KAPOW.

BEST COSTUME DESIGN - PROFESSIONAL
Allison Crutchfield, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, New London Barn Playhouse.

BEST COSTUME DESIGN - COMMUNITY
Alex Homola, Chicago, Peacock Players.

BEST DIRECTOR - PROFESSIONAL - DRAMA
Gus Kaikkonen, Outside Mullingar, Peterborough Players

BEST DIRECTOR - COMMUNITY - DRAMA
Dennis O'Neil, Death of a Salesman, M&D productions.

BEST PRODUCTION - PROFESSIONAL - DRAMA
Outside Mullingar, Peterborough Players.

BEST PRODUCTION - COMMUNITY - DRAMA
Time Stands Still, theater KAPOW.

BEST ACTOR - PROFESSIONAL - DRAMA
Kraig Swartz as Fancourt Babberley, Charley's Aunt, Peterborough Players.

BEST ACTOR - PROFESSIONAL - MUSICAL
Chris Collins-Pisano as Freddy Benson, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, New London Barn Playhouse.

BEST ACTOR - YOUTH
Rowan Ferrier as J. Pierrepont Finch, How to Succed at business without really trying, RB Productions.

BEST ACTOR - COMMUNITY - DRAMA
Kevin O'Neil as Willy Loman, Death of a Salesman, M & D Productions.

BEST ACTOR - COMMUNITY - MUSICAL
Matt McGonagle, Sweeney Todd, Community Players of Concord.

BEST ACTRESS - PROFESSIONAL - DRAMA
Bridget Beirne as Rosemary Muldoon, Outside Mullingar, Peterborough Players.

BEST ACTRESS - PROFESSIONAL - MUSICAL
Sara Schoch, Princess Puffer and Angela Prysock, The Mystery of Edwin Drood for the New London Barn Playhouse.

BEST ACTRESS - YOUTH
Gracie Kontak, Velma Kelly, Chicago, Peacock Players.

BEST ACTRESS - COMMUNITY - DRAMA
Julianne Brosnan as Linda Loman, Death of a Salesman, M&D Productions.

BEST ACTRESS - COMMUNITY - MUSICAL
Mia Berardi, Batalie, All Shook Up, StageCoach Productions.

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER - PROFESSIONAL
Keith Andrews and Keith Coughlin, from the New London Barn Playhouse.

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER - COMMUNITY
Valerie Psoinos  Nelson, Chicago, The Peacock Players

BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR - PROFESSIONAL
Robbie Cowan, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, the New London Barn Playhouse.

BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR - COMMUNITY
Henry Kopczynski, Chicago, Peacock Players.

BEST DIRECTOR - PROFESSIONAL - MUSICAL
Keith Andrews, for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, New London Barn Playhouse.

BEST DIRECTOR - COMMUNITY - MUSIC
Keith Weirich for Chicago, Peacock Players.

BEST PRODUCTION - PROFESSIONAL - MUSIC
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, New London Barn Playhouse.

BEST PRODUCTION - COMMUNITY - MUSIC
Crazy for You, Actorsingers

If you are a finalist, congratulations! Please e-mail RSVP@nhtheatreawards.org as soon as possible with the following information:

• If you will be present at the Awards on January 23rd or not (if not, you may include a short acceptance speech to be read for you in case you are a winner).
• Please confirm the spelling of your name (as well as your show name and character name if necessary) as the information we have was entered by your liaisons and we have found in the past isn't always correct.
• If you'd like, please include a note on how to pronounce your name. We want to get it right!

We will be asking liaisons to provide pictures of finalists via another communication.

See you at the awards show, saturday, January 23rd 7 p.m. at the capitol center for the arts in concord, n.h.

FOR TICKETS, CALL THE CCANH Box Office: (603) 225-1111 or visit them at http://ccanh.com/event/14th-annual-new-hampshire-theatre-awards

New Public Documents page

There is a new Public Documents page, under POLICIES, which has the form you need to use to submit something for the Awards show. For now, it's the only thing on the page.  Please let us know if there is any issue in getting at the document.

Lifetime Achievement Award 2014

The Players' Ring is well known for its distinctive approach to showcasing theatre and performing arts. It's an approach born of the remarkable achievements and spirit of founding member and director of the Players’ Ring, Barbara Newton. Barbara has been involved in virtually every aspect of running the theatre since 1992. 

She is responsible for the finance and administration operations of the venue, including grant writing, fundraising, and strategic planning.  Elected president by the board of directors in 2000 (replacing the late founder F. Gary Newton) Barbara oversees the day-to-day operations at the Players' Ring and has guided major renovations and repair projects to their historic theatre building from adding new lighting to installing a new roof and new seating.

Barbara has been the driving force, establishing the Players’ Ring as a truly remarkable small theatre receiving many kudos in the creatively competitive Seacoast arts community.

"Matty" Award for Vision & Tenacity

Carol Bagan was a New York teacher when she first appeared onstage as Fire for “Fire and Ice,” dancing in red-dyed cheesecloth. Since that experience, her theatrical flame has never gone out.  Carol moved to Concord in 1970 not knowing a soul and soon found a second home on Prince Street at the Concord City Auditorium.

The beginning of a long volunteer relationship with Community Players of Concord introduced her to Concord’s many community-based arts organizations. As Carol produced, painted, promoted (even performed) she became aware of the looming threat to the Auditorium’s existence and met the challenge head-on. In 1991 when the city manager announced the intention to close the city-owned Auditorium and turn it into three floors of office space, Carol, with the late Harriet Ward, a trustee of the Walker Lecture Fund, shared a vision to work in partnership with the city “to preserve and maintain the historic municipal theatre and foster its affordable and accessible use for the benefit of everyone in the community.”  

Supported by Concord’s arts groups, this partnership prevailed. In the last 24 years the Friends of The Audi have raised and invested more than $1.5 million in upgrades to the theater. Every year hundreds of people volunteer time, talent and help sustain a treasured community inspired in no small part by the vision and tenacity of Carol Bagan.

While some of us view the NHTA Adjudication Training and Public Flogging a great way to get together with friends, others view the training as, well, tedious. Well, here's your chance to get out of attending training next fall.

"How?" you may be asking! "How can I avoid this?!"

Calm down, I'll tell you: WRITE GREAT BALLOTS.

Simple.

"How do I know if I have written a great ballot?" you may ask.

Get 5 stars! What could be easier?

This season, we have introduced ballot proctoring. We'll score your ballots and if you have at least three ballots with an average score of 4 or better, no training for you. You could come any way, of course. After all, there are free doughnuts.

So, get out there and see your shows and write some great ballots because ballots are the backbone of the NHTA!

Have a great season!

(See the Proctoring description on the policies page)