FINDING NEMO JR
- Excellence in Choreography – Erin Speno-Stout
- Excellence in Costume Design – Alicia Farbstein & Sue Speno
- Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Amira Lavender
- Excellence in Producing – Adrianna Hartmann, Laura Peebles, Emily Nickles, & Rachelle
- Penilla
- Excellence in Set Design – Steve Fair & Brent Peebles
- Excellence in Direction – Brent Peebles, assisted by Caleb Redslob
- Excellence in House – Veronica Langmeyer & Sharon Turner
- Excellence in Lighting Design – Eric Bardes
- Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Izzy Wesloh
- Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Lucas Maritato
- Excellence in Properties – Jennifer Martin
- Excellence in Sound Design – Forrest Goodwin
- Excellence in Stage Management – Rachelle Penilla
THE LIGHTNING THIEF
- Excellence in Lighting Design – Eric Bardes
- Excellence in Lighting Execution – Eric Bardes
- Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Aiden Canino
- Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Ella Jo Wright
- Excellence in Direction – Rachelle Penilla
- Excellence in Musical Theatre Performance – Anna Farwig
- Excellence in Orchestral Performance – The Lightning Thief Orchestra
- Excellence in Other – Adrianna Hartmann, Curtis Perea, & Sue Speno – Minotaur Creators
- Excellence in Overall Technical Quality – The Crew of ‘The Lightning Thief’
- Excellence in Producing – Adrianna Hartmann & Emily Nickles
- Excellence in Program – Curtis Perea
- Excellence in Set Construction – Steve Fair
- Excellence in Set Design – Brent Peebles
- Excellence in Stage Combat – Sabrina Mack
- Excellence in Stage Management – Ari Penilla

Monday’s pick meeting was a success and completed in short order. There are 13 groups excerpting this year which means we will have three days of excerpts!
It is with great excitement we announce the Rising Star Award has officially been renamed the Joel Lind Rising Star Award after a unanimous vote from the ACT Cincinnati member groups. Joel Lind and Peyton Hahn were the driving forces behind the award’s creation back in 2019, and Joel continued to be a tireless advocate of the award, always striving to recognize people for their hard work and dedication to community theater and the ACT community in general.