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June 28, 2023 · 7:19 pm

2022-2023 Orchid Awards for Fairfield Footlighters

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  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Kayla Swelbar
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Cathy Judge
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Chase Engel
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Jacob Campbell
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Jeff Carter
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Kevin Noll
  • Excellence in Costume Design – Debbie Johnson
  • Excellence in Direction – Kate Brauer-Bell
  • Excellence in Producing – Anna Brown & Dan Schindler
  • Excellence in Stage Management – Shelby Carter

GOOD PEOPLE

  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Alicia Friedman
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Gail Rudolph
  • Excellence in Direction – Darren Lee
  • Excellence in Ensemble – The Cast of ‘Good People’
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Neil Geoppinger

LOVE/SICK

  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Bree Paxton
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Maggie Winstead
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Sammy Haven
  • Excellence in Direction – Chase Engel
  • Excellence in Lobby Display – D&G Designs
  • Excellence in Properties – Marijo Farley

MAMA WON’T FLY

  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Darren Lee
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Lyndall Murray
  • Excellence in Costume Design – Debbie Johnson
  • Excellence in Lobby Display – D&G Designs
  • Excellence in Stage Management – Geoff Werbin
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Cathy Woodruff
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Denise Schnieders
  • Excellence in Ensemble – The Cast of ‘Mama Won’t Fly’
  • Excellence in Producing – Melissa Noll
  • Excellence in Properties – Dan Schindler & Jeanne Schindler

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June 28, 2023 · 7:12 pm

2022-2023 Orchid Awards for The Drama Workshop

TDW_VERTFRANCINE’S WILL

  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Micheal R. Kiser
  • Excellence in Set Décor – Victoria Covarrubias
  • Excellence in Set Design – C.J. Bossart & Becky Collins
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Nate Huitger
  • Excellence in Costume Design – Sophie Grant
  • Excellence in House – Elaine Volker, Tobie Braverman, and Karen Romero
  • Excellence in Lighting Design – Eric Bardes
  • Excellence in Lobby Display – George Hakim
  • Excellence in Program Art – George Hakim
  • Excellence in Set Construction – C.J. Bossart & Crew
  • Excellence in Sound Design – Jason Cox & Chris Eyers
  • Excellence in Stage Management – Rose Gibson

RADIUM GIRLS

  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Dane Rogers
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Micheal R. Kiser
  • Excellence in Program Art – George Hakim
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Izz Allison
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Jake Hart
  • Excellence in Costume Design – Amanda Borchers & Dennis Murphy
  • Excellence in Ensemble – The Cast of ‘Radium Girls’
  • Excellence in Producing – Dennis Murphy & Eric Thomas
  • Excellence in Program – Elaine Volker
  • Excellence in Properties – Adam Borchers
  • Excellence in Set Décor – Adam Borchers
  • Excellence in Set Design – Ray Persing
  • Excellence in Sound Design – Jason Cox

RING OF FIRE

  • Excellence in Costume Design – Amy Eyers
  • Excellence in Direction – Linda Abbott
  • Excellence in Lighting Design – Beth Boland
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Jennifer Day
  • Excellence in Orchestral Performance – Linda Abbott & The Ring of Fire Band
  • Excellence in Producing – Valeria Amburgey & Jason Cox
  • Excellence in Program Art – George Hakim
  • Excellence in Stage Management – Tobie Braverman & Janet Wisner
  • Excellence in Vocal Direction – Linda Abbott
  • Excellence in Ensemble – Linda Abbott & Cast
  • Excellence in Lobby Display – George Hakim
  • Excellence in Musical Direction – Linda Abbott
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Chris Eyers
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Clare Hingsbergen
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Megan Horton
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Mitch Ruth
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Nick Horton
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Robert Weidle
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Stefanie Adams
  • Excellence in Overall Performance Quality – Linda Abbott & Cast
  • Excellence in Set Construction – Seth Milhoan & Crew
  • Excellence in Set Design – Ray Persing
  • Excellence in Video Production Design – Jason Cox

SANDERS FAMILY CHRISTMAS 

  • Excellence in Costume Design – Sophie Grant
  • Excellence in House – Eric Thomas, Tobie Braverman, Karen Romero, Clint Bramkamp, and Elaine Volker
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Kathleen McDaniel
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Micheal R. Kiser
  • Excellence in Orchestral Performance – Dennis Betz, Brian Berwanger, Chris Eyers, and Kathleen McDaniel
  • Excellence in Producing – Elaine Volker
  • Excellence in Program – Elaine Volker
  • Excellence in Program Art – George Hakim
  • Excellence in Set Construction – Greg Schaper & Kent Smith
  • Excellence in Set Design – Greg Schaper
  • Excellence in Sound Execution – Jason Cox

STEPPING OUT

  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Mary Stone
  • Excellence in Choreography – Jerry Wiesenhahn & Genevieve Perrino
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Christy Carson
  • Excellence in Acting in a Play – Marypat Carletti
  • Excellence in Dance Execution – Mary Stone
  • Excellence in Dance Execution – The Mavis Turner Tappers
  • Excellence in Ensemble – The Cast of ‘Stepping Out’
  • Excellence in House – Tobie Braverman & Karen Romero
  • Excellence in Program Art – George Hakim
  • Excellence in Set Décor – Dennis Murphy

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June 28, 2023 · 7:11 pm

2022-2023 Orchid Awards for Cincinnati Music Theatre

CMT_logoKINKY BOOTS

  • Excellence in Musical Direction – Charles Wilhelm
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Garrett Klaas
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Jamie Sivrais
  • Excellence in Orchestral Performance – Charles Wilhelm and the Kinky Boots Orchestra
  • Excellence in Program – Kendra Struthers & Bullfish Graphics
  • Excellence in Choreography – Jules Breslin
  • Excellence in Costume Design – Elaine K. Michael
  • Excellence in Direction – Aubrey E. Wilson, assisted by Ariel Mary Ann
  • Excellence in Ensemble – The Cast of ‘Kinky Boots’
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Rebecca Wall
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Robert Breslin, IV
  • Excellence in Other – Julie Beelman – Master Painter
  • Excellence in Other – Richelle Rose – Specialty Painter
  • Excellence in Producing – Aubrey E. Wilson & Chelsey Ross
  • Excellence in Properties – Jennifer Flinchpaugh
  • Excellence in Set Construction – Eric Bardes & Crew
  • Excellence in Set Décor – Jennifer Flinchpaugh
  • Excellence in Set Design – Matt Santeler

WONDERFUL TOWN

  • Excellence in Costume Design – Dennis Murphy
  • Excellence in Musical Direction – Charles Wilhelm
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Jonathan Andrews
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Karen Galliers Hendershot
  • Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Sarah Gidley
  • Excellence in Choreography – Mike Fielder
  • Excellence in Direction – Mike Fielder
  • Excellence in Orchestral Performance – The Wonderful Town Orchestra
  • Excellence in Program – Jenni Sheets Parsons
  • Excellence in Vocal Direction – Linda Abbott

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June 28, 2023 · 7:10 pm

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Runs July 14-30

KRT_Million Dollar QuartetMILLION DOLLAR QUARTET
Kincaid Regional Theatre
July 14-30
[Falmouth, Ky.]

A Tuesday night, shortly before Christmas 1956, four legends, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley gathered at the Sun Record recording studio in Memphis, Tennessee, where they’d launched their careers. Word soon leaked out of an impromptu jam session. A newspaper man who was there wrote, ‘This quartet could sell a million.’ Soon, they were dubbed the Million Dollar Quartet. This was their only performance, a cultural flashpoint that caught rock ‘n’ roll at the moment of creation.

  • Fri-Sat, July 14-15 at 7pm
  • Sun, July 16 at 2:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, July 21-22 at 7pm
  • Sun, July 23 at 2:30pm
  • Fri-Sat, July 28-29 at 7pm
  • Sun, July 30 at 2:30pm

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June 28, 2023 · 7:09 pm

MEAN GIRLS: High School Edition Runs July 14-23

CAST_Mean GirlsMEAN GIRLS: High School Edition
Commonwealth Artists Student Theatre
July 14-23
Turpin High School [Forest Hills]

After years in the making, Mean Girls: The Musical hits the stage with the favorite characters from the movie, powerful music, and timely pop culture and news references. Janis Sarkisian and Damian Hubbard welcome the audience to their “Cautionary Tale”: Cady Heron is the new girl at North Shore High School in Chicago, desperate to fit in and find friends. Janis and Damian befriend the new girl, and when The Plastics set their sights on Cady, Janis convinces naive Cady to be their “friend” in order to bring down Queen Bee Regina George’s reign. Along the way, Cady loses herself, her friends, and her crush, all for the chance to be popular and loved. When dethroned Regina gets revenge by releasing the Burn Book, Cady is brought down and must mend her broken relationships with Janis, Aaron, and even Regina. With dynamic songs for young performers, Mean Girls is an anthem to friendship, loyalty, girl power, and being true to yourself.

  • Fri-Sat, July 14-15 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, July 16 at 2pm
  • Fri-Sat, July 21-22 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, July 23 at 2pm

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