NH Theatre Awards

 

6th Annual NH Theatre Award Top 10 Community Finalists

(listed alphabetically)

Best Lighting Design
Charles Dickens' Ghost Stories - Community Players of Concord (Wallace J. Pineault)
The Diary of Anne Frank - Music and Drama Company (Dan Mellilo & Alan D. Kaplan)
Glengarry Glen Ross - M & D Productions and Resort Players of Mount Washington Valley (Chris Chambers)
Jekyll & Hyde - The Streetcar Company (Jordan Tankard)
Metamorphoses - Community Players of Concord (Craig Walker)
Oklahoma! - Actorsingers (Craig Brennan)
Smokey Joe's Cafe - Peacock Players (Norman St. Germain)
The Sound of Music - RB Productions (Keith Chapman)
Thoroughly Modern Millie - Actorsingers (Craig Brennan & Dennis Schneider)
Wait Until Dark - Nashua Theatre Guild (Dennis Schneider & Mark J. Ferman)

Best Sound Design
The Diary of Anne Frank - Music and Drama Company (Rick Eliot)
Hamlet - Ghostlight Theater Company of NE (Laura Fedele, Anja Parrish & Nathaniel Ward)
Just So - Riverbend Youth Company (Aaron Duarte)
Metamorphoses - Community Players of Concord (Kevin Gardner & Scott Horner)
Oklahoma! - Actorsingers (Mike O'Keefe)
Pippin - Franklin Footlight Theater (Gary Hammond & Earl Lockwood)
Smokey Joe's Cafe - Peacock Players (Steve Devino)
The Sound of Music - RB Productions (Clint Klose)
Twelfth Night - Actor's Circle Theatre (Seven Times Salt)
Urinetown, the Musical - Peacock Players (Steve Devino)

Best Scenic Design
The Autumn Garden - Pittsfield Players (Meggin Dail & Jay Sydow)
Charles Dickens' Ghost Stories - Community Players of Concord (Jim Webber)
The Diary of Anne Frank - Music and Drama Company (Carey & Matt Cahoon)
Glengarry Glen Ross - M & D Productions and Resort Players of Mount Washington Valley (Mark Delancey)
Gypsy - Community Players of Concord (Jim Webber)
Macbeth - Ghostlight Theater Company of NE (Tom Morgan)
Noises Off - Franklin Footlight Theater (Galen Doscher)
The Sound of Music - RB Productions (Julie Tavares)
Thoroughly Modern Millie - Actorsingers (John McAllister, Dennis Schneider & Paul Metzger)
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown - New Thalian Players (Scott Severance)

Best Costume Design
Charles Dickens' Ghost Stories - Community Players of Concord (Mary Corsetti & Jane Dare)
Glengarry Glen Ross - M & D Productions and Resort Players of Mount Washington Valley (Karen O'Neil)
Jane Eyre - Stagecoach Productions (Kim Spaziani)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Manchester Community Theater Players (Mary Selvoski)
Macbeth - Ghostlight Theater Company of NE (Nickole Ricketson)
Oklahoma! - Actorsingers (Kathleen Goreham)
Pippin - Franklin Footlight Theater (Zeb Fontaine)
Smokey Joe's Cafe - Peacock Players (Val Verge)
Thoroughly Modern Millie - Actorsingers (Suzanne Cady & Susan Cassidy)
Urinetown, the Musical - Peacock Players (Allison Szklarz)

Best Choreographer
Lauren Cassidy (Urinetown, the Musical - Peacock Players)
Elaine Gatchel (Oliver! - The Leddy Center for Performing Arts)
Jule Finley (Pippin - Franklin Footlight Theatre)
Erin Lovett-Sherman (Nunsense - The Winni Players)
Theo Martinez (Smokey Joe's Cafe - Peacock Players)
Donna O'Bryant Metzger (Thoroughly Modern Millie - Actorsingers)
Donna O'Bryant Metzger (Urinetown, the Musical - Music and Drama Company)
Corey McShane (The Sound of Music - RB Productions)
Jessica Scalese (Oklahoma! - Actorsingers)
Betty Thomson (Gypsy - Community Players of Concord)
Bruce Williams (Just So - Riverbend Youth Company)

Best Music Director
Judy Hayward (Jane Eyre - Stagecoach Productions)
Judy Hayward (Parade - Stagecoach Productions)
Judy Hayward (Thoroughly Modern Millie - Actorsingers)
Judy Hayward (Urinetown, the Musical - Music and Drama Company)
Clint Klose (The Sound of Music - RB Productions)
Henry Kopczynskie & Peter Bonaccorsi (Oklahoma! - Actorsingers)
Henry Kopczynskie (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown - New Thalian Players)
Andrew Morrissey (Urinetown, the Musical - Peacock Players)
Joseph Rojek (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Manchester Community Theatre Players)
Donna Salviati (Smokey Joe's Cafe - Peacock Players)

Best Supporting Actor - Play
Joe Columbo (It's Only a Play - Bedford Off-Broadway)
Chris Courage (Metamorphoses - Community Players of Concord)
Chris Demers (Charles Dickens' Ghost Stories - Community Players of Concord)
Len Deming (Much Ado About Nothing - Nashua Theatre Guild)
David R. DuCharme (To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday - Milford Area Players)
Scott Katrycz (Glengarry Glen Ross - M & D Productions and Resort Players of Mount Washington Valley)
Tom O'Reilly (Glengarry Glen Ross - M & D Productions and Resort Players of Mount Washington Valley)
Peter Saati (Macbeth - Ghostlight Theater Company of NE)
Mark Schwartzberg (The Diary of Anne Frank - Music and Drama Company)
Zachary Shea (Charles Dickens' Ghost Stories - Community Players of Concord)

Best Supporting Actor - Musical
Tom Caron (Oklahoma! - Actorsingers)
Andrew Cass (Just So - Riverbend Youth Company)
David Cote (Thoroughly Modern Millie - Actorsingers)
Dylan Gamblin (Urinetown, the Musical - Music and Drama Company)
Steven Koch (Oliver! - The Leddy Center for Performing Arts)
Damian Raymond (Charlotte's Web - The Leddy Center for Performing Arts)
Kevin Roberge (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown - New Thalian Players)
Greg Tucker (Urinetown, the Musical - Peacock Players)
Gary Vago (Oklahoma! - Actorsingers)
Joe Vago (Urinetown, the Musical - Music and Drama Company)

Best Supporting Actress - Play
VJ Antonelli (To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday - Milford Area Players)
Jan Belmont (The Servant of Two Masters - The Winni Players)
Gina Carballo (To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday - Milford Area Players)
Nancy Davis (Metamorphoses - Community Players of Concord)
Lisa Lovett (Rumors - Little Church Theater)
Sheila Melanson (It's Only a Play - Bedford Off-Broadway)
Kimberly Miller (Arsenic and Old Lace - Actor's Circle Theatre)
Anna Paratore (Much Ado About Nothing - Nashua Theatre Guild)
Keri Racicot (Charles Dickens' Ghost Stories - Community Players of Concord)
Barbara Webb (The Servant of Two Masters - The Winni Players)

Best Supporting Actress - Musical
Cheri Birch (Urinetown, the Musical - Music and Drama Company)
Ursula Boutwell (Nunsense - The Winni Players)
Lauren Cassidy (Thoroughly Modern Millie - Actorsingers)
Suellen Devito (Thoroughly Modern Millie - Actorsingers)
Victoria Hogan (Gypsy - Community Players of Concord)
Erin Kelly (Grease - Rising Star Productions)
Judi Mitchell (Oklahoma! - Actorsingers)
Shawna O'Brien (Urinetown, the Musical - Music and Drama Company)
Anne Orio (The Sound of Music - RB Productions)
Joan Storey (Jane Eyre - Stagecoach Productions)

Best Actor - Play
Chris Connell (Wait Until Dark - Nashua Theatre Guild)
Alan Dary (It's Only a Play - Bedford Off-Broadway)
Peter Eisenstadter (Twelfth Night - Actor's Circle Theatre)
Bryan Halperin (The Servant of Two Masters - The Winni Players)
Kevin Hodges (Metamorphoses - Community Players of Concord)
Ken Martin (Glengarry Glen Ross - M & D Productions and Resort Players of Mount Washington Valley)
Will McGregor (Much Ado About Nothing - Nashua Theatre Guild)
Alan McPherson (The Diary of Anne Frank - Music and Drama Company)
Kevin O'Neil (Glengarry Glen Ross - M & D Productions and Resort Players of Mount Washington Valley)
John Piquado (The Diary of Anne Frank - The Winni Players)
Kevin Roberge (Role Play - Manchester Community Theater Players)

Best Actor - Musical
Zach Bencal (Smokey Joe's Cafe - Peacock Players)
Jeff Bowden (Parade - Stagecoach Productions)
Michael Coppola (Gypsy - Community Players of Concord)
Michael Coppola (Oklahoma! - Actorsingers)
Erik Peter Hodges (The Sound of Music - RB Productions)
Alan McPherson (Urinetown, the Musical - Music and Drama Company)
Marc Murai (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Manchester Community Theater Players)
A.J. Pratt (Oliver! - Leddy Center for the Performing Arts)
Julien Smith (Thoroughly Modern Millie - Actorsingers)
Jake R. Sussman (Urinetown, the Musical - Peacock Players)

Best Actress - Play
Gail Angellis (Macbeth - Ghostlight Theater Company of NE)
Sarah Bailey (The Road to Mecca - Garrison Players)
Meredith Borgioli (Macbeth - Ghostlight Theater Company of NE)
Carrie Kidd (Arsenic and Old Lace - Actor's Circle Theatre)
Renee MacNeil (Much Ado About Nothing - Nashua Theatre Guild)
Peggi McCarthy (The Road to Mecca - Garrison Players)
Judi Mitchell (To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday - Milford Area Players)
Rachel Scott (Wait Until Dark - Nashua Theatre Guild)
Joyce Webber (Charles Dickens' Ghost Stories - Community Players of Concord)
Melinda Wolfe (Charles Dickens' Ghost Stories - Community Players of Concord)

Best Actress - Musical
Chelsea de Lacy (Urinetown, the Musical - Peacock Players)
Sarah Dickerson (Oliver! - The Leddy Center for the Performing Arts)
Lisa Lovett (Nunsense - The Winni Players)
Jennifer Mallard (Parade - Stagecoach Productions)
Tamara McGonagle (Nunsense - The Winni Players)
Mary Reilly (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Manchester Community Theater Players)
Mary Reilly (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown - New Thalian Players)
Lanea Ritrovato (Smokey Joe's Cafe - Peacock Players)
Marisa Roberge (Thoroughly Modern Millie - Actorsingers)
Katelyn Ward (Urinetown, the Musical - Music and Drama Company)

Best Director - Play
Dan Barth (Wait Until Dark - Nashua Theatre Guild)
Bob Foster (Much Ado About Nothing - Nashua Theatre Guild)
Kevin Gardner (Metamorphoses - Community Players of Concord)
Bryan Halperin (The Diary of Anne Frank - The Winni Players)
Alan D. Kaplan (The Diary of Anne Frank - Music and Drama Company)
Mary Ruth Lynn (The Road to Mecca - Garrison Players)
Dennis O'Neil (Glengarry Glen Ross - M & D Productions and Resort Players of Mount Washington Valley)
Neil Pankhurst (The Servant of Two Masters - The Winni Players)
Wallace J. Pinneault (Charles Dickens' Ghost Stories - Community Players of Concord)
John Sefel (Macbeth - Ghostlight Theater Company of NE)

Best Director - Musical
Dan Barth (Oklahoma! - Actorsingers)
Alan D. Kaplan (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Manchester Community Theater Players)
Tim L'Ecuyer (Jane Eyre - Stagecoach Productions)
Tim L'Ecuyer (Urinetown, the Musical - Peacock Players)
Brett Mallard (Parade - Stagecoach Productions)
Paul Metzger (Thoroughly Modern Millie - Actorsingers)
Rick Morten (Nunsense - The Winni Players)
Scott Severance (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown - New Thalian Players)
Jim Speigel (The Sound of Music - RB Productions)
Tim Stanley (Smokey Joe's Cafe - Peacock Players)

Best Original Play
Charles Dickens' Ghost Stories by David Preece - Community Players of Concord
CUFFED by Sherman M. Morrison - Branch River Theater
Destiny of Love by Alisha Buyck - Best Foot Forward Productions
Hamlet by John Sefel - Ghostlight Theater Company of NE
Role Play by Tom Anastasi - Manchester Community Theater Players
The Servant of Two Masters by Neil Pankhurst - The Winni Players
A Story of Christmas by Ellen M. Gregg - The Leddy Center for the Performing Arts

Best Play
Charles Dickens' Ghost Stories - Community Players of Concord
The Diary of Anne Frank - Music and Drama Company
Glengarry Glen Ross - M & D Productions and Resort Players of Mount Washington Valley
Macbeth - Ghostlight Theater Company of NE
Metamorphoses - Community Players of Concord
Much Ado About Nothing - Nashua Theatre Guild
The Road to Mecca - Garrison Players
The Servant of Two Masters - The Winni Players
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday - Milford Area Players
Wait Until Dark - Nashua Theatre Guild

Best Musical
Jane Eyre - Stagecoach Productions
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Manchester Community Theater Players
Nunsense - The Winni Players
Oklahoma! - Actorsingers
Smokey Joe's Cafe - Peacock Players
The Sound of Music - RB Productions
Thoroughly Modern Millie - Actorsingers
Urinetown, the Musical - Music and Drama Company
Urinetown, the Musical - Peacock Players
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown - New Thalian Players

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