TANYS Theatre Association of New York State

Meritorious Achievement in Technical Design and Execution to Cindy Bichler, Mark Levine, Monica Kwiatkowski Carly Santangelo, Breckham Hunt, Danner Shaffer and Lucas Keiser

Fabius-Pompey High School

All Shook Up

Adjudicator: Paul Nelson

Meritorious Achievement in Ensemble Performance to the Cast

Meritorious Achievement in Performance to Owen Lee for his portrayal of Chad

Meritorious Achievement in Acting to Blake Masters for his portrayal of Jim Haller

Meritorious Achievement in Acting to Grace Swanson for her portrayal of Natalie Haller

Meritorious Achievement in Acting to Mia Trail for her portrayal of Sylvia

Excellence in Costume Design and Management to Cathleen Swanson, Lori Britschge, Amy Trail, Kristin Palazzoli

Meritorious Achievement in Choreography to Lauren Puente

Excellence in Musical Performance to Dan Williams and the Orchestra

Meritorious Achievement in Direction to Susan Schoonmaker and her Production Team

Fabius-Pompey Middle School

Shrek The Musical JR.

Adjudicator: Paul Nelson

Outstanding Musical Performance to the Pit Orchestra

Meritorious Achievement in Direction to Mia Trail

Meritorious Achievement in Choreography to Susan Hebert

Meritorious Achievement in Costuming to Kristin Palazzoli

Meritorious Achievement in Performance to the Cast and Crew

Finger Lakes Community College

The Ragged Middle: Twisted Tales of Infinity and Powdered Donuts

Adjudicator: Paul Nelson

Excellence in Direction to James Perri

Excellence in Ensemble Acting to the Company

Excellence in Technical Design and Execution to Kathryn Snyder, Jeff Kidd, Brandon Wyand and Jim Perri

Harlequin Productions of Cayuga Community College

Odd Jobs

Adjudicator: Joan Luther

Meritorious Achievement in Acting to Tessa Higgins as Newbie in Every Seven Minutes

Meritorious Achievement in Ensemble Acting to Rephayah Israel and Adam Birtwell in Taking Sum Lumps

Meritorious Achievement in Ensemble Acting to Tessa Higgins, Kadrian Rossbach, Kyleigh Walton and Dylan Bianco in Plumber’s Butt

Meritorious Achievement in Production Design and Concept to Navroz Dabu, Terri Fox and Bob Frame

Indian River Drama Troupe

Punk Rock Girl!

Adjudicator: Paul Nelson

Excellence in Musical Performance to the Orchestra

Excellence in Direction to Kristie Farr

Excellence in Vocal Direction to Caleb Reid

Excellence in Ensemble Performance to the Cast

Excellence in Lighting Design to Josh Wilson

Excellence in Choreography to Tricia Moore

Excellence in Costume Design and Execution to Patricia Young and Kristie Farr

Neighborhood Acting Company

The SpongeBob Musical

Adjudicator: Paul Nelson

Outstanding Performance to Dylan DeGeorge for his portrayal of SpongeBob Squarepants

Excellence in Performance to Dominic Vassallo for his portrayal of Patrick Starr

Excellence in Performance to Hayley Briner for her portrayal of Sandy Jennifer Cheeks

Excellence in Performance to Ben Reiner for his portrayal of Squidward Q. Tentacles

Excellence in Musical Performance to Andy Kittleson and the Orchestra

Excellence in Vocal Direction to Charles Palella

Excellence in Costume Design and Execution to Laurie Krenzer

Excellence in Production Design, Concept and Execution to Jeremy Cummings, Kendra Hacker, Jeff Beach, Sarah Aman, Chris Aman, Lauren Ackerly and Jamie Ackerly

Excellence in Ensemble Performance to the Cast

Meritorious Achievement in Performance to Enoch Martin for his portrayal of Sheldon J. Plankton

Meritorious Achievement in Performance to Nicole Simone for her portrayal of Karen the Computer

Meritorious Achievement in Vocal Performance to Kylie Sullivan for her portrayal of Pearl Krabs

Olean Community Theatre

The Addams Family

Adjudicator: Paul Nelson

Excellence in Performance to Jake Riggs for his portrayal of Uncle Fester

Excellence in Performance to Janet Nolan for her portrayal of Alice Beineke

Excellence in Musical Performance to Ruth Fuller and the Orchestra

Excellence in Technical Direction to Kelly Vaccaro

Excellence in Costume Design and Execution to William J. Steffen

Excellence in Make Up Design to Shelley Greene and her Team

Meritorious Achievement in Sound Operation to Landon Wyant

Meritorious Achievement in Production Design, Concept and Execution to Tim Hollamby, Dan Donner and Bob Sherburne

Meritorious Achievement in Performance to Christian Hall for his portrayal of Pugsley Addams

Meritorious Achievement in Performance to Caroline Bremner for her portrayal of Morticia Addams

Meritorious Achievement in Performance to Nicholas Gunning for his portrayal of Mal Beineke

Meritorious Achievement in Vocal Performance to Mike Staley for his portrayal of Gomez Addams

Meritorious Achievement in Ensemble Performance to the Cast

Olean Community Theatre

The Sound of Music

Adjudicator: Paul Nelson

Outstanding Performance to the Orchestra

Excellence in Performance to Jake Riggs for the portrayal of Max Detweiller

Excellence in Performance to Caroline Bremner for the portrayal of Elsa Schraeder

Meritorious Achievement in Vocal Performance to Jessica Chastain

Meritorious Achievement in Acting to Nicolas Gunning for the portrayal of Captain Georg von Trapp

Meritorious Achievement in Acting to Jim Chastain for the portrayal of Friedrich

Meritorious Achievement in Ensemble Work to the Cast and Stage Crew

Oswego Players

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Adjudicator: Joan Luther

Excellence in Direction to Matthew Fleming

Excellence in Acting to Kevin Colvin for the portrayal of Christopher

Meritorious Achievement in Acting to Stephanie Johnson for the portrayal of Judy

Meritorious Achievement in Choreography and Scenic Shifts to the Cast and Stage Crew

The Palmer Opera House

The Last Five Years

Adjudicator: Joan Luther

Outstanding Ensemble Performance to Amanda Kristin Cox and Skyler Daniel Schapp

Outstanding Direction to Paul Nelson

Outstanding Vocal and Pit Direction to Eric L. Van Duff

Excellence in Vocal Performance to Amanda Kristin Cox

Excellence in Vocal Performance to Skyler Daniel Schapp

Excellence in Lighting Design to Diane Willard

Excellence in Sound Design to Eric Morehouse

Rome Community Theater

Amadeus

Adjudicator: Paul Nelson

Outstanding Acting to Richard Stoodley for his portrayal of Antonio Salieri

Excellence in Costume Design and Execution to Kirstin Walker

Meritorious Achievement in Direction and Production Concept and Execution to Eric Almleaf, John Frank and Mike Sharp

Meritorious Achievement in Ensemble Acting to the Cast

Rome Community Theater

Drinking Habits

Adjudicator: Joan Luther

Meritorious Achievement in Ensemble Performance to the Cast

Meritorious Achievement in Scenic Design to Deborah Martin

Meritorious Achievement in Set Construction to John Frank, John Doiron and Christopher Stepanick

Meritorious Achievement in Acting to Daryn Boulerice for his portrayal of Paul

Seneca Community Players

Rumors

Adjudicator: Paul Nelson

Outstanding Performance to Pat Fegley for the portrayal of Lenny Ganz

Excellence in Direction to Eric Jansen

Excellence in Ensemble Acting to the Cast

Excellence in Performance to Kevin Collins for the portrayal of Officer Welch

Excellence in Scenic Design and Execution to Seth Kennedy

The South Seneca Falcons Players

Letters to Daddy

Adjudicator: Paul Nelson

Meritorious Achievement in Direction to Tina Bauder

Meritorious Achievement in Choreography to Chad Eastman

Meritorious Achievement in Ensemble Acting to the Cast

Spartan Stage at East Syracuse-Minoa Central High School

The Addams Family

Adjudicator: Arnie Galin

Excellence in Acting to Aiden O’Brien for his portrayal of Gomez Addams

Excellence in Acting to Hyacinth Labatos for her portrayal of Morticia Addams

Excellence in Acting to Ryan Sullivan for his portrayal of Uncle Fester

Excellence in Acting to Emma deBerjeois for her portrayal of Wednesday Addams

Excellence in Direction to Aimee deBerjeois

Meritorious Achievement in Performance to the Cast and Crew

Spartan Stage at East Syracuse-Minoa Central High School

High School Musical

Adjudicator: Paul Nelson

Meritorious Achievement in Ensemble Performance to the Cast

Meritorious Achievement in Performance to Aiden O’Brien for his portrayal of Ryan Evans

Meritorious Achievement in Costume Design and Management to Teirrah Bauer, Amelia Costello and Emily Murnane

Meritorious Achievement in Choreography to Elizabeth Collins

Excellence in Lighting Design to Todd Durantini

Excellence in Lighting Execution to Julian Randall

Excellence in Musical Performance to Charles Penfield and the Orchestra

Excellence in Direction to Aimee deBerjeois

Spoonie Theater

All Out of Spoons

Adjudicator: Paul Nelson

Excellence in Direction to Destiny Whitaker

Excellence in Playwriting to Dana Hall

Excellence in Ensemble Performance to the Cast

Spoonie Theater

Evening of One Acts

Adjudicator: Paul Nelson

Outstanding Work for the Production of Virtual Theatre that is both inclusive and amplifies marginalized voices

Spoonie Theater

Freedom II

Adjudicator: Paul Nelson

Meritorious Achievement in Ensemble Performance to the Cast

Spoonie Theater

G' Oy Vey!

Adjudicator: Paul Nelson

Meritorious Achievement in Direction to Anna Eskenazi Bush

Excellence in Playwriting to David Lipschutz

Meritorious Achievement in Ensemble Performance to the Cast

Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop

Simply Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland and Fool

Adjudicator: Paul Nelson

Excellence in the Development of Youth Theatre in Partnership with Local Schools

Outstanding Production Development and Performance to Ellie J. for Fool

Syosset High School Theatre Department

Puffs, Or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic

Adjudicator: Frances Ruoff

Excellence in Acting to Raia Honig for her portrayal of the Narrator

Excellence in Acting to Sarah Ghafar for her portrayal of Leanne

Meritorious Achievement in Direction to Gene Connor

Meritorious Achievement in Ensemble Performance to the Cast

Meritorious Achievement in Set Design to Craig Mooers, Tiffany Holtje and the Crew

Meritorious Achievement in Acting to Jess Bond for her portrayal of Megan

Meritorious Achievement in Acting to Jason Wu for his portrayal of Wayne

The Two of Us Productions/RARE

The Lady and the Clarinet

Adjudicator: Paul Nelson

Excellence in Ensemble Performance to the Cast

Excellence in Performance to Constance Lopez for her portrayal of Luba

Wellsville Secondary School Theatre

Cinderella

Adjudicator: Bob Frame

Meritorious Achievement in Projection Design and Execution to Diane Willard

Meritorious Achievement in Acting to Ashden Hyslip for her portrayal of the Fairy Godmother

Meritorious Achievement in Acting to Katelynn M. Roulo for her portrayal of the Queen

Meritorious Achievement in Musical Direction to Eric VanDruff

Meritorious Achievement in Scenic Design and Execution to Miranda Carman

These awards are based on three separate designations:

Meritorious Achievement, Excellence and Outstanding Achievement

Meritorious Achievement = Some advanced theatrical skill noted

Excellence = Theatrical skill base not routinely noted in non-professional theatre

Outstanding Achievement = Theatrical skill base rarely seen in non-professional theatre

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