The Shellie Committee announced the names of the nominees for the thirty third annual Shellie Awards. The nominees will be feted at a gala celebration honoring outstanding performing arts achievements in Central Contra Costa to be held Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 7:30pm at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek. Tickets for the event will go on sale October 29th, 2011 at the Center Ticket Office. Tickets are priced at $30, which includes a post ceremony reception. All proceeds from ticket sales go towards the continued support of the Shellie Awards program and the participating performing arts companies. The Shellie Awards are sponsored by a generous donation from the Diablo Regional Arts Association.
The evening will feature production numbers from each of the nominated musicals along with scenes from the nominated plays. Ken Bergmann will conduct the Shellie Awards Orchestra. Shellie Awards innovator, producer, director, Scott Denison, says “The Shellie Awards were founded thirty years ago in order to recognize outstanding achievement in the performing arts in the Central Contra Costa/Diablo Valley region. This is an evening to honor the nominees as well as the award winners.”
Patterned after Broadway’s Tony awards, the 33rd Annual Shellies will honor over 100 individuals and their work in musical and non-musical theatrical productions, which took place between September 1, 2010 and August 31, 2011. The thirteen regional companies participating this year are: Butterfield 8 Theatre Company, Center REPertory Company, Contra Costa Musical Theatre, Diablo Actors’ Ensemble, Diablo Theatre Company, Galatean Players Ensemble Theatre, Hapgood Theatre Company, Onstage Theatre, Pittsburg Community Theatre, Role Players Ensemble Theater, Town Hall Theatre Company, the Vagabond Players and Willows Theatre Company.
The winners will be awarded a custom-designed porcelain Shellie statuette. Guest presenters for the evening will include presidents, producers and artistic directors of all of the participating theatre companies along with special guest dignitaries. And the evening will conclude with a champagne gala honoring the nominees and award recipients. This year’s nominees are:
Nominees—Musicals
Outstanding Actress:
Kelsey Venter for She Loves Me, Center REPertory Company; Victoria Morgan for Hairspray, Contra Costa Musical Theatre; Sharon Rietkerk for The Drowsy Chaperone, Diablo Theatre Company; Shawn Creighton for Rivets!, Galatean Players Ensemble Theatre; Juliet Heller for Side by Side by Sondheim, Hapgood Theatre Company; Marlene Ward for Nunsense, Pittsburg Community Theatre; Melynda Kiring for Scrooge, the Musical, Town Hall Theatre Company; Ella Wolfe for Always…Patsy Cline, The Vagabond Players; Kerry Wininger for Chicago, Willows Theatre Company
Outstanding Actor:
Ryan Drummond for She Loves Me, Center REPertory Company; Marcus Klinger for Hairspray, Contra Costa Musical Theatre; Michael Patrick Gaffney for The Drowsy Chaperone, Diablo Theatre Company; Robert Brown for Rivets!, Galatean Players Ensemble Theatre; Stewart Lyle for Side by Side by Sondheim, Hapgood Theatre Company; Dan LeGate for Way Off Broadway, Pittsburg Community Theatre; John Blytt for Scrooge, the Musical, Town Hall Theatre Company; Neftali Jimenez for The King and I, The Vagabond Players; LaMont Ridgell for Once On This Island, Willows Theatre Company
Supporting Actress:
Brittany Danielle for She Loves Me, Center REPertory Company; Erica Richardson for Hairspray, Contra Costa Musical Theatre; Laurie Strawn for Annie, Diablo Theatre Company; Angelica Reyes for Rivets!, Galatean Players Ensemble Theatre; Wendy Wiggs for Nunsense, Pittsburg Community Theatre; Grace Miazga-Chaffey for Scrooge, the Musical, Town Hall Theatre Company; Rhonda Taylor for Always…Patsy Cline, The Vagabond Players; Nicole Frydman for Rags, Willows Theatre Company
Supporting Actor:
Noel Anthony for She Loves Me, Center REPertory Company; Alex Rodriguez for Rent, Contra Costa Musical Theatre; Dan LeGate for The Drowsy Chaperone, Diablo Theatre Company; Jay Lopez for Rivets!, Galatean Players Ensemble Theatre; Milton Wu for Way Off Broadway, Pittsburg Community Theatre; Harold Pierce for Scrooge, the Musical, Town Hall Theatre Company; Shaun Carroll for Chicago, Willows Theatre Company
Director:
Robert Barry Fleming for She Loves Me, Center REPertory Company; Jasen Jeffrey for Rent, Contra Costa Musical Theatre; Daren A.C. Carollo for The Drowsy Chaperone, Diablo Theatre Company; Kathryn G. McCarty for Rivets!, Galatean Players Ensemble Theatre; Jeremy Messmer for Side by Side by Sondheim, Hapgood Theatre Company; Tina Smith for Nunsense, Pittsburg Community Theatre; Jessica Richards for Scrooge, the Musical, Town Hall Theatre Company; Sharon Redman for Always…Patsy Cline, The Vagabond Players; Eric Inman for Chicago, Willows Theatre Company
Music Director:
Brandon Adams for She Loves Me, Center REPertory Company; Matt Smart for Rent, Contra Costa Musical Theatre; Cheryl Yee Glass for Annie, Diablo Theatre Company; Peter Maleitzke for Rivets!, Galatean Players Ensemble Theatre; Michelle Brown for Nunsense, Pittsburg Community Theatre; Min Kahng for Scrooge, the Musical, Town Hall Theatre Company; Joan Cifarelli for Always…Patsy Cline, The Vagabond Players; Rachel Robinson for Chicago, Willows Theatre Company
Choreography:
Mandy Bell & Lisa Navarro for Becoming Britney, Center REPertory Company; Jennifer Perry for Hairspray, Contra Costa Musical Theatre; Suzanne Brandt for White Christmas, Diablo Theatre Company; Renae Cazet for Rivets!, Galatean Players Ensemble Theatre; Mariah Heath for Nunsense, Pittsburg Community Theatre; Emily Morrison for Scrooge, the Musical, Town Hall Theatre Company; Cassandra Montgomery for The King and I, The Vagabond Players; LaTonya Watts for Chicago, Willows Theatre Company;
Costumer:
Victoria Livingston-Hall for She Loves Me, Center REPertory Company; Marianna Ford for Rent, Contra Costa Musical Theatre; Carol Edlinger for The Drowsy Chaperone, Diablo Theatre Company; Miguel Garcia for Rivets!, Galatean Players Ensemble Theatre; Kirk Stefferud for Side by Side by Sondheim, Hapgood Theatre Company; Marlene Ward for Disney’s Cinderella – Kids, Pittsburg Community Theatre; Bessie Delucchi for Scrooge, the Musical, Town Hall Theatre Company; Allena Behnke for The King and I, The Vagabond Players; Sarah Rozett for Rags, Willows Theatre Company
Scenic Design:
Eric Sinkkonen for Blues in the Night, Center REPertory Company; Kelly Tighe for Rent, Contra Costa Musical Theatre; Mark D’Angelo for Rivets!, Galatean Players Ensemble Theatre; Robert Haycock for Side by Side by Sondheim, Hapgood Theatre Company; Diana Schepers for Disney’s Cinderella – Kids, Pittsburg Community Theatre; Emily Greene for Scrooge, the Musical, Town Hall Theatre Company; Deanna Greensides for Always…Patsy Cline, The Vagabond Players; Laura Burggren for Once On This Island, Willows Theatre Company
Lighting Design:
Kurt Landisman for Blues in the Night, Center REPertory Company; Michael Gilliam for Hairspray, Contra Costa Musical Theatre; Michael Palumbo for The Drowsy Chaperone, Diablo Theatre Company; Mark D’Angelo for Rivets!, Galatean Players Ensemble Theatre; Jason Miller for Side by Side by Sondheim, Hapgood Theatre Company; Ronn Ton for Nunsense, Pittsburg Community Theatre; Jon Gourdine for Scrooge, the Musical, Town Hall Theatre Company; Johnny Hackenkamp for The King and I, The Vagabond Players; Danny Maher for Chicago, Willows Theatre Company
Outstanding Production:
She Loves Me by Center REPertory Company; Hairspray by Contra Costa Musical Theatre; The Drowsy Chaperone by Diablo Theatre Company; Rivets! by Galatean Players Ensemble Theatre; Side by Side by Sondheim by Hapgood Theatre Company; Nunsense by Pittsburg Community Theatre; Scrooge, the Musical by Town Hall Theatre Company; Always…Patsy Cline by The Vagabond Players; Chicago by Willows Theatre Company
Nominees—Plays
Outstanding Actress:
Becky Potter for Pride and Prejudice, Butterfield 8 Theatre Company; Lynda DiVito for Boeing-Boeing, Center REPertory Company; Ann Kendrick for Driving Miss Daisy, Diablo Actors’ Ensemble; Maryssa Wanlass for Imaginary Love, Hapgood Theatre Company; Stacey Reeve, Christmas Belles, Onstage Theatre; Siobhan O’Brien for Run For Your Wife, Pittsburg Community Theatre; Sylvia Burboeck for Lion in Winter, Role Players Ensemble Theater; Ginny Wehrmeister for Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Town Hall Theatre Company; Deborah Black for Over the River and Through the Woods, The Vagabond Players; Barbara Grant for King O’ the Moon, Willows Theatre Company
Outstanding Actor:
Edwin Peabody for Pride and Prejudice, Butterfield 8 Theatre Company; Alex Moggridge for Boeing-Boeing, Center REPertory Company; L. Peter Callender for Driving Miss Daisy, Diablo Actors Ensemble; Rob Seitelman for The Cocktail Hour, Hapgood Theatre Company; Edwin Peabody, Heaven Can Wait, Onstage Theatre; Ken Sollazzo for Run For Your Wife, Pittsburg Community Theatre; James Hiser for The Hairy Ape, Role Players Ensemble Theater; Ryan O’Donnell for Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Town Hall Theatre Company; Bill Dietz for A Bench in the Sun, The Vagabond Players; Shaun Carroll for Sleuth, Willows Theatre Company;
Supporting Actress:
Kerri Gudjohnsen for Lady Windermere’s Fan, Butterfield 8 Theatre Company; Jennifer Erdmann for Boeing-Boeing, Center REPertory Company; Roselyn Hallett for Imaginary Love, Hapgood Theatre Company; Shanti Rachel Peterson for Heaven Can Wait, Onstage Theatre; Claire Stevenson for Run For Your Wife, Pittsburg Community Theatre; Janice Fuller Leone for The Foreigner, Role Players Ensemble Theater; Heidi Abbott for Glass Menagerie, Town Hall Theatre Company; Teresa Grosserode for Over the River and Through the Woods, The Vagabond Players; Andrea Snow for King O’ the Moon, Willows Theatre Company
Supporting Actor:
Matthew Gardner for Twelfth Night, Butterfield 8 Theatre Company; Hunter Milano for To Kill a Mockingbird, Center REPertory Company; Timothy Beagley for Driving Miss Daisy, Diablo Actors’ Ensemble; Gary Martinez for The Cocktail Hour, Hapgood Theatre Company; Bill Clemente, Heaven Can Wait, Onstage Theatre; George Doerr for Run For Your Wife, Pittsburg Community Theatre; Ben Oldam for The Foreigner, Role Players Ensemble Theater; Justin DuPuis for Twelfth Night, Town Hall Theatre Company; Gary Mutz for Over the River and Through the Woods, The Vagabond Players; Eric Inman for King O’ the Moon, Willows Theatre Company
Director:
John Butterfield for Pride and Prejudice, Butterfield 8 Theatre Company; Michael Butler for Boeing-Boeing, Center REPertory Company; Scott Fryer for Driving Miss Daisy, Diablo Actors’ Ensemble; Josy Miller for The Cocktail Hour, Hapgood Theatre Company; Helen Means, Heaven Can Wait, Onstage Theatre; Suzan Lorraine for Run For Your Wife, Pittsburg Community Theatre; Eric Fraisher Hayes for The Hairy Ape, Role Players Ensemble Theater; Clive Worsley for Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Town Hall Theatre Company; Sharon Redman for Over the River and Through the Woods, The Vagabond Players; Richard Elliott for King O’ the Moon, Willows Theatre Company
Costumer:
Liz Martin for Pride and Prejudice, Butterfield 8 Theatre Company; Victoria Livingston-Hall for Dracula, Center REPertory Company; Hope Birdwell for Driving Miss Daisy, Diablo Actors Ensemble; Jason Miller for The Compleat Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Hapgood Theatre Company; C. C. Cardin, Heaven Can Wait, Onstage Theatre; Lisa Danz for The Hairy Ape, Role Players Ensemble Theater; Anna Oliver for Twelfth Night, Town Hall Theatre Company; Sharon Bell for King O’ the Moon, Willows Theatre Company
Scenic Design:
John Butterfield for Pride and Prejudice, Butterfield 8 Theatre Company; Kim A. Tolman for Dracula, Center REPertory Company; Loren Hoselton for Visiting Mr. Green, Diablo Actors’ Ensemble; Jason Miller for Imaginary Love, Hapgood Theatre Company; Diane McRice, Heaven Can Wait, Onstage Theatre; Diana Schepers for Run For Your Wife, Pittsburg Community Theatre; Bo Golden for The Hairy Ape, Role Players Ensemble Theater; Chris Hayes for Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Town Hall Theatre Company; Adam Puglielli for King O’ the Moon, Willows Theatre Company
Lighting Design:
John Butterfield for Twelfth Night, Butterfield 8 Theatre Company; Kurt Landisman for Dracula, Center REPertory Company; Ron Spaulding for Driving Miss Daisy, Diablo Actors’ Ensemble; Jason Miller & Mitchell Weisbrod for Imaginary Love, Hapgood Theatre Company; Randall Nott, Heaven Can Wait, Onstage Theatre; Ronn Ton for Run For Your Wife, Pittsburg Community Theatre; Chris Guptill for The Hairy Ape, Role Players Ensemble Theater; Chris Guptill for Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Town Hall Theatre Company; Robert Anderson for King O’ the Moon, Willows Theatre Company
Outstanding Production:
Pride and Prejudice, Butterfield 8 Theatre Company; Boeing-Boeing, Center REPertory Company; Driving Miss Daisy, Diablo Actors Ensemble; The Cocktail Hour, Hapgood Theatre Company; Heaven Can Wait, Onstage Theatre; Run For Your Wife by Pittsburg Community Theatre; The Hairy Ape, Role Players Ensemble Theater; Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Town Hall Theatre Company; Over the River and Through the Woods, The Vagabond Players; Sleuth, Willows Theatre Company
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Posted by Denise Rousset
on December 11, 2012. Filed under Theater.
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