2022 TANYS FESTIVAL AWARDS





























Best Short Production
A Benevolent Alliance of Mourners
Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop (South Fallsburg, NY)

Best Alternate Short Production
The Voices Inside
Rome Community Theater (Rome, NY)

Best Long Production
Mass Appeal
The Palmer Opera House (Cuba, NY)


Adjudicators’ Performance Awards

Paul Nelson as Father Tim Farley
Mass Appeal
The Palmer Opera House (Cuba, NY)

Skyler Schapp as Mark Dolson
Mass Appeal
The Palmer Opera House (Cuba, NY)

Carmen Liberatore as Alec Hernandez and multiple roles
The Texas Tower Project: August 1, 1966
Harlequin Productions of Cayuga Community College (Auburn, NY)

Kadrian Rossbach as Houston McCoy
The Texas Tower Project: August 1, 1966
Harlequin Productions of Cayuga Community College (Auburn, NY)


Adjudicators’ Discretionary Awards

Ensemble Acting
The Texas Tower Project: August 1, 1966
Harlequin Productions of Cayuga Community College (Auburn, NY)

Costume and Set Design: Virginia Fennessy
The Texas Tower Project: August 1, 1966
Harlequin Productions of Cayuga Community College (Auburn, NY)

Ensemble Acting: Gabrial Pinciotti & Julia Kehrley
A Benevolent Alliance of Mourners
Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop (South Fallsburg, NY)

Acting: Chris Yeckel as Albert
The Deception of Kathryn Vask
Auburn Players Community Theatre (Auburn, NY)

Acting: Michele Chisholm as Leslie
The Deception of Kathryn Vask
Auburn Players Community Theatre (Auburn, NY)

Excellence In Overall Production: Joe Baer
Samuel Clemens: Tales of Mark Twain
Baerhands Theater and Television Inc. (Rhinecliff, NY)

Ensemble Acting: Paul Nelson & Skyler Schapp
Mass Appeal
The Palmer Opera House (Cuba, NY)

Lighting Design: Diane Willard
Mass Appeal
The Palmer Opera House (Cuba, NY)

Lighting Design: Nick Nealon
No Exit
Confetti Stage (Albany, NY)


Technical Director’s Award

The Deception of Kathryn Vask
Auburn Players Community Theatre (Auburn, NY)


People’s Choice Awards

BEST ACTORS

Paul Nelson as Father Tim Farley
Mass Appeal
The Palmer Opera House (Cuba, NY)

Skyler Schapp as Mark Dolson
Mass Appeal
The Palmer Opera House (Cuba, NY)

Joe Baer as Samuel Clemens
Samuel Clemens: Tales of Mark Twain
Baerhands Theater and Television Inc. (Rhinecliff, NY)

Jennifer Van Iderstyne as Inez
No Exit
Confetti Stage (Albany, NY)

BEST PRODUCTION

Mass Appeal
The Palmer Opera House (Cuba, NY)


BMI Supply Design Competition Awards

















Best Overall Design: Set Design
Steve Duprey
Women of a Certain Age
Geneva Theatre Guild (Geneva, NY)

















Best Prop/Design: The Séance Table
Terri Fox and Eden Gadsby
The Deception of Kathryn Vask
Auburn Players Community Theatre (Auburn, NY)


TANYS Awards

Ruth R. Legg Memorial Scholarship – Fiona Chisholm