Theatre Charleston Announces 2014 Award Nominations

CHARLESTON, SC – Theatre Charleston is thrilled to announce the nominees for the second annual Theatre Charleston Awards!  The first of their kind, these Awards were created to recognize excellence in theatrical performance, production, and design and strive to promote live theatre and increase awareness of the richness of the local performing arts community in the Charleston area.  Award winners will be announced at the Theatre Charleston Awards Gala, Sunday, August 31st at the Charleston Music Hall.

Throughout the 2013-2014 theatre season, carefully selected voters from the Charleston area evaluated performance, production, and design. The nominees below, listed alphabetically, have received the top 5 scores in their category.

New to the Awards this season are 5 added “People’s Choice” categories.  These fun categories are Theatre Charleston Individual Member nominated (Theatre Charleston has over 200 artist members!).  All Awards Gala attendees will have an opportunity to vote on the People’s Choice Awards.

Tickets to attend the Awards Gala are currently on sale at www.theatrecharleston.com.  This formal event will feature a red carpet, silent auction, People’s Choice voting, heavy hors d’oeuvres, open bar with our specialty cocktail, live entertainment from some of Charleston’s favorite actors, and much more.  A chance to celebrate the excellent theatre produced in the Lowcountry, the Theatre Charleston Awards Gala will certainly be a night to remember.

 

Outstanding Scenic Designer

Allen Lyndrup, Other Desert Cities (PURE Theatre)

Allen Lyndrup, The Birds (PURE Theatre)

Kayla Stephenson, The Sugar Bean Sisters (Footlight Players)

Keely Enright & Dave Reinwald, Fallen Angels (The Village Repertory Co.)

Richard Heffner, Russian Transport (PURE Theatre)

 

Outstanding Sound Designer

Don Brandenburg, The Sugar Bean Sisters (Footlight Players)

John O’Neill, Shirley Valentine (Midtown Productions)

Mark Landis, The Birds (PURE Theatre)

Mark Landis, Russian Transport (PURE Theatre)

Robbie Thomas, The Woman in Black (The Village Repertory Co.)

 

Outstanding Lighting Designer

Kayla Stephenson, Deathtrap (Footlight Players)

Kayla Stephenson, The Sugar Bean Sisters (Footlight Players)

Keely Enright & Price Long, Monty Python’s Spamalot (The Village Repertory Co.)

Rachel Brewer, The 3 Musketeers (The Flowertown Players)

Robbie Thomas & Price Long, The Woman in Black (The Village Repertory Co.)

 

Outstanding Costume Designer

Julie Ziff, Monty Python’s Spamalot (The Village Repertory Co.)

Julie Ziff, The Girl Singer- Unforgettable Sirens of Song (The Village Repertory Co.)

Julie Ziff, Arcadia (The Village Repertory Co.)

Kristen Bushey, Pippin (Midtown Productions)

Tippy Brickman, Camelot (Footlight Players)

 

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical

Derek Pickens, Monty Python’s Spamalot (The Village Repertory Co.)

Manny Houston, The Girl Singer- Unforgettable Sirens of Song (The Village Repertory Co.)

Noah Smith, Monty Python’s Spamalot (The Village Repertory Co.)

Randy Risher, Monty Python’s Spamalot (The Village Repertory Co.)

Robbie Thomas, Monty Python’s Spamalot (The Village Repertory Co.)

 

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical

Andrea Studley, The Humbug Holiday Hour (Deuce Theatre)

Christina Leidel, Pippin (Midtown Productions)

Christina Leidel, Beauty & the Beast (Creative Spark Center for the Arts)

Hadyn Haring, Beauty & the Beast (Creative Spark Center for the Arts)

Kathy Summer, Pippin (Midtown Productions)

 

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical

Fredric DeJaco, Camelot (Footlight Players)

Josh Wilhoit, Monty Python’s Spamalot (The Village Repertory Co.)

Manny Houston, Pippin (Midtown Productions)

Stan Gill, Fiddler on the Roof (Threshold Repertory Theatre)

William Lewis, The Piano Man and the Diva (South of Broadway Theatre Company)

 

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical

Becca Anderson, Monty Python’s Spamalot (The Village Repertory Co.)

Christina Leidel, Camelot (Footlight Players)

Mary Fishburne, The Girl Singer- Unforgettable Sirens of Song (The Village Repertory Co.)

Mary Fishburne, Pippin (Midtown Productions)

Sarah Callahan, Goldilocks & the Three Bears (Creative Spark Center for the Arts)

 

Outstanding Ensemble of a Musical

Beauty & the Beast (Creative Spark Center for the Arts)

Fiddler on the Roof (Threshold Repertory Theatre)

The Humbug Holiday Hour (Deuce Theatre)

Monty Python’s Spamalot (The Village Repertory Co.)

Pippin (Midtown Productions)

 

Outstanding Choreographer

Andrea Studley, The Humbug Holiday Hour (Deuce Theatre)

Lara Allred, Monty Python’s Spamalot (The Village Repertory Co.)

Manny Houston & Mary Fishburne, The Girl Singer- Unforgettable Sirens of Song (The Village Repertory Co.)

Sarah Callahan, Pippin (Midtown Productions)

Steph Kelsall, RENT (The Flowertown Players)

 

Outstanding Music Director

David McLaughlin, RENT (The Flowertown Players)

Laura Ball, Monty Python’s Spamalot (The Village Repertory Co.)

Leah Megli, Pippin (Midtown Productions)

Manny Houston, The Girl Singer- Unforgettable Sirens of Song (The Village Repertory Co.)

William Lewis, The Piano Man and the Diva (South of Broadway Theatre Company)

 

Outstanding Director of a Musical

Keely Enright, The Girl Singer- Unforgettable Sirens of Song (The Village Repertory Co.)

Keely Enright, Monty Python’s Spamalot (The Village Repertory Co.)

Sheri Grace Wenger, Pippin (Midtown Productions)

Stan Gill, Fiddler on the Roof (Threshold Repertory Theatre)

Thomas Keating, A Christmas Carol: A New Musical Adaptation! (Footlight Players)

 

Outstanding Musical

Beauty & the Beast (Creative Spark Center for the Arts)

Fiddler on the Roof (Threshold Repertory Theatre)

The Girl Singer- Unforgettable Sirens of Song (The Village Repertory Co.)

Monty Python’s Spamalot (The Village Repertory Co.)

Pippin (Midtown Productions)

 

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play

Brad Leon, A Christmas Carol  (The Village Repertory Co.)

Brannen Daugherty, Other Desert Cities (PURE Theatre)

Jimmy Flannery, The Birds (PURE Theatre)

Kenneth Graham, Sylvia (South of Broadway Theatre Company)

Mark Gorman, 1963 (Threshold Repertory Theatre)

 

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play

Haydn Haring, The Other Place (The Village Repertory Co.)

Kathy Summer, Fallen Angels (The Village Repertory Co.)

Lara Allred, Perfectly Normel People (Threshold Repertory Theatre)

Linda Esposito, Deathtrap (Footlight Players)

Susie Hallatt, See How They Run (Footlight Players)

 

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play

Craig Trow, Betrayal (South of Broadway Theatre Company & Flowertown Players)

David Mandel, Russian Transport (PURE Theatre)

Evan Parry, The Woman in Black (The Village Repertory Co.)

Robin Burke, Breaking the Code (Footlight Players)

Young Stowe, The Woman in Black (The Village Repertory Co.)

 

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play

Cynthia Barnett, Other Desert Cities (PURE Theatre)

Kristen Kos, Betrayal (South of Broadway Theatre Company & Flowertown Players)

Lynda Harvey, The Other Place (The Village Repertory Co.)

Sam Andrews, Sylvia (South of Broadway Theatre Company)

Teralyn Tanner, Shirley Valentine (Midtown Productions)

 

Outstanding Director of a Play

Cristy Landis, Tribes (PURE Theatre)

JC Conway, Betrayal (South of Broadway Theatre Company & Flowertown Players)

Keely Enright, The Other Place (The Village Repertory Co.)

Robbie Thomas, The Woman in Black (The Village Repertory Co.)

Robin Burke, Shirley Valentine (Midtown Productions)

 

Outstanding Ensemble of a Play

1963 (Threshold Repertory Theatre)

 A Christmas Carol (The Village Repertory Co.)

The Other Place (The Village Repertory Co.)

Russian Transport (PURE Theatre)

Tribes (PURE Theatre)

 

Outstanding Play

The Other Place (The Village Repertory Co.)

Russian Transport (PURE Theatre)

Shirley Valentine (Midtown Productions)

Tribes (PURE Theatre)

The Woman in Black (The Village Repertory Co.)

 

 

PEOPLE’S CHOICE NOMINEES

 

Outstanding Onstage Thespian

Becca Anderson

Christina Leidel

David Mandel

Lynda Harvey

Manny Houston

Nat Jones

Robbie Thomas

Robin Burke

Teralyn Tanner

 

Outstanding Backstage Thespian

Alex Skipper

Carly Ridgeway

Dave Reinwald

Jenny Brady

Julie Ziff

Keely Enright

Kristen Bushey

Richard Heffner

 

Most Memorable Onstage Conflict

• The sword fight featuring JC Conway as Rochefort and Zack Smith as D’artagnan in The 3 Musketeers
• Joy Vandervort-Cobb as Diane killing Haydn Haring as Julia in The Birds
• “Far From the Home I Love” featuring Andrea Krider as Hodel and Stan Gill as Tevya in Fiddler on the Roof
• The fight between Josh Wilhoit as King Arthur and Noah Smith as the Black Knight in Monty Python’s Spamalot
• Lancelot vs. his sexuality featuring Robbie Thomas in Monty Python’s Spamalot
• The climactic family reveal featuring Cynthia Barnett as Polly Wyeth, David Loar as Lyman Wyeth, and Cristy Landis as Brooke Wyeth inOther Desert Cities
• The Glory War scene in Pippin
• The truth reveal moment between David Mandel as Boris and Bronson Taylor as Alex in Russian Transport

 

Most Memorable Onstage Chemistry

• Craig Trow as Jerry and Kristen Kos as Emma in Betrayal
• John Black as The Prince and Sarah Callahan as Cinderella in Cinderella
• Nat Jones as Norman Thaylor and Samille Basler as Ethel Thaylor in On Golden Pond
• Sam Andrews as Sylvia and Daniel Kuhn as Greg in Sylvia
• Evan Parry as Actor #1 and Young Stowe as Actor #2 in The Woman in Black

 

Most Memorable Moment On Stage

• The final scene in 1963
• “Sabbath Prayer” scene in Fiddler on the Roof
• Norman’s heart attack in On Golden Pond featuring Nat Jones and Samille Basler
• The final scene of The Other Place featuring Lynda Harvey as Juliana
• The Speedos of Penelope
• “Magic To Do” in Pippin
• Christina Cummings as Videllia Sparks spontaneously combusting in an outhouse in The Sugar Bean Sisters
• The Woman in Black appearing amidst a terrified audience in The Woman in Black

 

 

The League of Charleston Theatres (dba Theatre Charleston) is an alliance of theatre organizations created to support, advocate and promote Charleston’s theatre industry both locally and nationally. The mission of the League is to promote awareness and visibility for live theatre in the Charleston area, and provide services that strengthen the operations of both the member theatres and performing arts organizations in general. The League will serve as a forum for its members to address common concerns and as a vehicle for collective action.

 

Theatre Charleston Awards Mission Statement

Theatre Charleston Awards are the Lowcountry’s comprehensive theatre awards created by The League of Charleston Theatres to recognize excellence in theatrical performance, production and design. The Theatre Charleston Awards strive to promote live theatre and increase awareness of the richness of the local performing arts community in the Charleston area.