The Sixth Annual Ambie Awards
Thanks to all for helping to raise $1,700 for NOCCA’s Theater Department!
In addition to the winners (marked with a * below), four Special Awards were presented:
--to DramaRama for 15 years of giving theater and dance artists the opportunity to present their works
--to Jefferson Turner for his musical adaptations & arrangements for "The Sweetest Sounds: The Music of Richard Rogers"
--to Thomas Little & Lisa van Wambeck for their original animation for "Crimes Against Nature"
--and to Liz Zibilich, props person extraordinaire
Best Production of a Musical
Assassins, The NOLA Project By Jeeves, ...Read More
The Sixth Annual Ambie Awards
Thanks to all for helping to raise $1,700 for NOCCA’s Theater Department!
In addition to the winners (marked with a * below), four Special Awards were presented:
--to DramaRama for 15 years of giving theater and dance artists the opportunity to present their works
--to Jefferson Turner for his musical adaptations & arrangements for "The Sweetest Sounds: The Music of Richard Rogers"
--to Thomas Little & Lisa van Wambeck for their original animation for "Crimes Against Nature"
--and to Liz Zibilich, props person extraordinaire
Best Production of a Musical
Assassins, The NOLA Project By Jeeves, Rivertown Repertory Theatre Li’l Abner, Summer Lyric Theatre at Tulane University Miss Saigon, Rivertown Repertory Theatre Rent, Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré *Tommy, NOCCA Best Production of a Drama
The Arabian Nights, Tulane Univ. Dept. Of Theatre *Metamorphoses, UNO Dept. of FTCA Rabbit Hole, Actor’s Theatre of New Orleans The Seafarer, Southern Rep A Soldier’s Play, Anthony Bean Community Theater Spinning Into Butter, Loyola Dept. of Theatre Arts
Best Production of a Comedy
The Altos, Shine Productions *Die! Mommy! Die!, Running With Scissors For Better, Southern Rep Laughing Wild, Actor’s Theatre of New Orleans A Place in the Sun, Running With Scissors Speech & Debate, Southern Rep
Unique Theatrical Experience
Halloween Silver Party, Arthur Roger/Halloween New Orleans HeartSong Two: A New Orleans Concert for Iowa, Le Chat Noir *Spaces in Between, Kathy Randels/Artspot Prod. & Art in Action Swimming Upstream, Ashé Cultural Arts Center Varla Jean Merman Loves a Foreign Tongue Ventriloquist Verses, The Alamo Underground
Best Original Work
*Crimes Against Nature, Otter/Backyard Ballroom A Place in the Sun, Richard Read/Running With Scissors The Renew Revue, Ricky Graham, Sean Patterson, Jefferson Turner, Dane Evans The Sweetest Sounds: The Music of Richard Rogers, Jefferson Turner/NOCCA Varla Jean Merman Loves a Foreign Tongue What, Has This Thing Appeared Again Tonight, Jim Fitzmorris/The NOLA Project & The Shakespeare Festival at Tulane
Best Children’s Show
Aida, JPAS Summer Youth Theatre Back to the 80s, 2 Left Feet Productions Cinderella, Wing & A Prayer Productions Holiday Extravaganza, NORD Crescent City Lights Youth Theater Jamal’s Special Christmas Gift, Anthony Bean Community Theater *Once Upon a Mattress, JPAS Summer Youth Theatre
Best Director of a Musical
AJ Allegra, Assassins *Roland “Butch” Caire, Miss Saigon Blake Coheley, Tommy Derek Franklin and Sonny Borey, Rent Diane Lala, Li’l Abner Gary Rucker, By Jeeves
Best Director of a Play
Lorenzo Gonzalez, The Arabian Nights Aimée Hayes, Speech & Debate Laura Hope, Spinning Into Butter David W. Hoover, Metamorphoses *René J. F. Piazza, Rabbit Hole Richard Read, A Place in the Sun
Best Actor in a Musical
Roy Haylock, Cabaret Vatican Lokey, Miss Saigon Michael Moore, Tommy Travis Resor, The Frogs *Joey Taranto, Rent Christopher Woods, Rent
Best Actress in a Musical
Becky Allen, Annie *Idella Johnson, Rent Meredith Long, Ruthless! The Musical Janie Planchet, Aida Rachel Romano, Once Upon a Mattress *Jessie Terrebonne, Cabaret
Best Actor in a Play
*Jason Kirkpatrick, Coyote on a Fence Keith Launey, Erik the Fourteenth Jack Long, A Place in the Sun Brian Peterson, Die! Mommy! Die! René J. F. Piazza, Rabbit Hole Will Williams, Radio Golf
Best Actress in a Play
Trina Beck, As You Like It Joyce Deal, Miss Margarida’s Way Laura Friedmann, Spinning Into Butter Elizabeth Skinner Gore, Laughing Wild Jennifer Growden, Uncle Vanya *Ashley Ricord, Side Man
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Matt Artigues, Tommy Lee Farrar Bailey, Oklahoma! Daniel deShazo, Miss Saigon Bob Edes, Jr., Cabaret *Richard Alexander Pomes, Assassins Josh Smith, Tommy
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Samantha Helmstetter, Tommy Jorinda Junius, Li’l Abner *Leslie Limberg, Rent Lisa Picone, Assassins Beverly Trask, Cabaret Ralshella Washington, Raisin
Best Featured Actor in a Play
A.J. Allegra, What, Has This Thing Appeared Again Tonight? Bob Edes, Jr., Die! Mommy! Die! Harold X. Evans, Radio Golf Rodney Graham, Gem of the Ocean *Dui Jarrod, A Soldier’s Play Ron Reeder, An Enemy of the People
Best Featured Actress in a Play
Gina Abromson, Rabbit Hole Julie Bounds, Talking With... Chrissy Garrett, Metamorphoses Claire Gresham, What, Has This Thing Appeared Again Tonight? Maura Hooper, An Enemy of the People *Peggy Walton-Walker, The Clean House
Best Ensemble
The Bug (Brittany Chandler, Cynthia Davila, Joshua Eichhorn, Rebecca Elizabeth Hollingsworth) Die! Mommy! Die! (Leon Contavesprie, Bob Edes, Jr., Jack Long, Brian Peterson, Dorian Rush, Dwayne Sepcich) Metamorphoses (Blake Balu, Natalie Boyd, Ryan Bruce, Ellen Buschang, Derrick Deal, Joyce Deal, Chrissy Garrett, Jonathan Mares, Ben Matheny, Jessica Salamin, Georgette Verdin, James Yeargain) The Renew Revue (Ricky Graham, Yvette Hargis, Sean Patterson, Mandy Zirkenbach) The Seafarer (Drew Battles, John Bostic, Jim Fitzmorris, Mark McLaughlin, Shad Willingham) *Speech & Debate (Natalie Boyd, Sean Glazebrook, Sean Knapp, Liann Pattison)
Best Costume Design
Linda Fried, Oklahoma! *Roy Haylock, Cabaret Charlotte Lang, Li’l Abner Shauna Leone, Frannie Rosenberg, Abbey Peterson, Back to the 80s Otter & Oliver Manhattan, Crimes Against Nature Julie Winn, Tommy
Best Lighting Design
Lyn F. Caliva, Metamorphoses *James Clotfelter, The Seafarer Su Gonczy, Die! Mommy! Die! Marty Sachs, For Better Scott Sauber and Nancy Macko, Rent Gary Solomon, Jr., Tommy
Best Set Design
Kevin Griffith, Metamorphoses Geoffrey Hall, The Clean House *Shannon R. Miller, Return to the Forbidden Planet Rick Paul, Li’l Abner David Raphel, For Better Chad Talkington, A Soldier’s Play
Best Choreography
*Blake Coheley, Tommy Karen Hebert, Cabaret Stephanie Herring, The Arabian Nights Arieuna McGee, Jamal’s Special Christmas Gift Matthew Neff, Oklahoma! Lindsey Price, Annie
Best Music Director
Roland “Butch” Caire, Miss Saigon *Donna Clavijo/Alan Payne, Fiddler on the Roof Jonne Dendinger, Annie Derek Franklin, Rent C. Leonard Raybon, Oklahoma! Jefferson Turner, Tommy
Best Sound Design
Priscilla Jenkins, Spinning Into Butter Richard Read, Die! Mommy! Die! Michael Singleton, For Better Liz Waldmen, What, Has This Thing Appeared Again Tonight? *Christopher Wright, Gem of the Ocean
Best Wigs/Make-Up
*Tori Bernard, Heather Autin, Back to the 80s Greg Bonin, Tommy Mel Calahan, Where the Girls Were Don & Linda Guillot, Li’l Abner Brian Peterson, A Place in the Sun Bryce Turgeon, Ruthless! The Musical
Best Special Effects
Die! Mommy! Die! Metamorphoses A Place in the Sun Rent *Splatter House Tommy
Best Food/Dining Experience
*Ginger Luke, Minacapelli’s Dinner Playhouse Andy Messina’s, Rivertown Repertory Theatre NOCCA Rocky & Carlos, The Altos/Shine Productions
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