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2023-2024 Orchid Awards for Acting Up

ACTUP-logoFINDING 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

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Excerpt Schedule Announced by ACT Cincinnati

ACT_logoMonday’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!

The schedule is as follows:

Thursday, June 13:

  • 5:00pm Registration begins
  • 7:00pm Village Players of Fort Thomas “Doublewide, Texas”
  • 8:00pm CenterStage Players “Only Rose”
  • 9:00pm Queen City Productions “Rent”

Friday, June 14:

  • 5:00pm Registration begins
  • 7:00pm The Footlighters Inc. *”Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express”* (Per Concord, this is not the author’s cutting)
  • 8:00pm The Drama Workshop “The Tin Woman”
  • 9:00pm Mason Community Players “Above the Sand”
  • 10:00pm Loveland Stage Company “The Red Velvet Cake War”

Saturday, June 15:

  • TBD Registration begins
  • 9:00am Sunset Players “The Outsider”
  • 10:00am Tri-County Players “The 39 Steps”
  • 11:00am INNOVATheatre “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”
  • 12:00pm Lunch Break
  • 1:30pm Beechmont Players “Gladys Nights”
  • 2:30pm Mariemont Players “The Book of Will”
  • 3:30pm Fairfield Footlighters “The Tempest”

Do not delay- register now to see all these great excerpts and get the early bird pricing here: www.actcincinnati.org/registration

More detailed information to come, but wanted to get this out ASAP! Get excited, ACT Cincinnati family!

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2024 SW Regional OCTAFest Venue – Matthews Auditorium

ACT_logoIn an effort to get to know our fancy new excerpt venue, some members of the ACT Cincinnati team recently took a field trip to Princeton High School. We took photos and gathered information about what equipment and facilities will be available to us for the SW OCTAFest in June.

We’ve created a page on our website specifically for Matthews Auditorium to hopefully give everyone a little more information. Matthews Auditorium | ACT Cincinnati

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ACT Cincinnati Announces 2024 Technical Scholarship Winner

ACT_logoIn keeping with one of our core values to “Educate”, ACT Cincinnati is proud to announce the winner of the 2024 technical scholarship:

  • The Charles Avery Memorial- Keystone Technical Scholarship was awarded to Allison Calkins, currently attending Yale University but transferring to the University of Cincinnati- CCM

Congratulations to Allison and thank you to all the students who applied this year. Special thanks to Scholarship Chairperson Arlene Balczo, and our panel of judges: Betsy Obermeyer, John Wesseling, and Aubrey Wilson.

For more information, go to Scholarships | ACT Cincinnati

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ACT Cincinnati Rising Star Award Renamed to The Joel Lind Rising Star Award

MCP_Joel LindIt 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.

We couldn’t think of a more appropriate way to honor Joel’s memory than by affixing his name to the award he was so passionate about.

As a reminder, all groups can nominate a candidate for the Joel Lind Rising Star award, as well as for the Art Rouse, Mario Pitocco, and Roger Grooms awards until May 1, 2024. All information can be found here on our website: Annual Awards | ACT Cincinnati

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