Colorado Backstage Spotlight Awards 20072007 may seem like a long time ago, but the impact of 2007 theatre continues to reverberate. Of course, there is more than one winner. The Colorado theatre community runs the gambit of polished professional Masters, to Community Theatres growing their wings, to knock out artists, to relatively new beginners and everything in between. Just as apples and oranges and tigers and monkeys can’t be compared, each must fly its own flag of standards. Small theatres with small budgets can’t be expected to compete against well-established theatres in sets, lights, and costumes. Gifted actors reaching for the stars shouldn’t feel out of competition against accomplished Masters. In 2007, you knocked me out, made me think, tickled my imagination, made me laugh at loud, and yes, a few times left me wondering what it was you were doing and why. You turned me upside down with making hard-core decisions as I re-lived and re-thought through each production. I congratulate you. I bow to your artistic expertise as I stand in awe, amazement, and gratitude for who you are, why you are, and what you are. — Holly SPOTLIGHT On Drama Productions:A Touch of the Poet & Many Stately Mansions, Germinal Stage DenverTuesdays With Morrie, Miners Alley Playhouse The Night Heron, Paragon Theatre Company SPOTLIGHT On Comedy Productions:Run For Your Wife, Spotlight Production CompanyNot Now, Darling, Miners Alley Playhouse Moonlight And Magnolias, Arvada Center SPOTLIGHT On Musical Productions:Ragtime, Boulder’s Dinner TheatreI Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Avenue Theatre My Fair Lady, Town Hall Arts Center Joseph And The Technicolor Dreamcoat, Town Hall Arts Center La Cage aux Folles, Arvada Center SPOTLIGHT On Year for a Theatre Company:Germinal Stage Denver with Diversions And Delights; Razzle Dazzle: A Saroyan Circus; What The Butler Saw; A Touch of the Poet; More Stately MansionsMiners Alley Playhouse with Deathtrap; Tuesdays With Morrie; Lobby Hero; Not Now Darling; Prelude To A Kiss; My Old Lady; and Tuna Christmas SPOTLIGHT On Scenic Designs:Kent Homchick, Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Arvada CenterDavid LaFont, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Paragon Theatre Company Ed Baierlein, More Stately Mansions, Germinal Stage Denver Tina Anderson, Macbeth, Listen Productions Richard H. Pegg, Death Trap, Miners Alley Playhouse Theatre Group, Tiny Tim Is Dead, Theatre Group SPOTLIGHT On Lighting Designs:Gail J. Gober, La Cage aux Folles, Arvada CenterNicholas Kargel, Ragtime, Boulder’s Dinner Theatre Joseph Welch, The Night Heron, Paragon Theatre SPOTLIGHT On Sound Designs:Steve Stevens, The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Arvada CenterBrian Freeland, The Night Heron, Paragon Theatre Company Wayne Kennedy, Ragtime, Boulder’s Dinner Theatre SPOTLIGHT On Costume Design:Sallie Diamond, A Touch of the Poet & Many Stately Mansions, Germinal Stage DenverAnnette Westerby, Macbeth, Listen Productions Brynn Scott Coplan, A Night Heron, Paragon Theatre Company Linda Morkin, Ragtime, Boulder’s Dinner Theatre SPOTLIGHT On Ensembles:I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Avenue TheatreJacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, Denver Victorian Playhouse An Evening With Edgar Allan Poe, Hunger Artists Ensemble Theatre, Denver Victorian Playhouse SPOTLIGHT On Directors of A Drama:Wendy Franz, The Night Heron, Paragon Theatre CompanyGeoffrey Kent, Macbeth, Listen Productions Ed Baierlein, A Touch of the Poet & Many Stately Mansions, Germinal Stage Denver Steven Tangedal, Tiny Tim Is Dead, Theatre Group Robert Kramer, Death Trap, Miners Alley Playhouse SPOTLIGHT On Actors In A Drama:Roger Simon, Tuesdays With Morrie, Miners Alley PlayhouseSam Gregory, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Paragon Theatre Company Ed Baierlein, A Touch of the Poet, Germinal Stage Denver SPOTLIGHT On Actresses In A Drama:Martha Harmon Pardee, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Paragon Theatre CompanyLori Hansen, A Touch of The Poet, Germinal Stage Denver Karen Slack, Macbeth, Listen Productions Patty Mintz Figel, My Old Lady, Miners Alley Playhouse Shelly Bordas, Tiny Tim Is Dead, Theatre Group SPOTLIGHT On Supporting Actors In A Drama:Scott McLean, Tuesdays With Morrie, Miners Alley PlayhouseMichael Stricker, The Night Herron, Paragon Theatre Company Paul Page, Death Trap, Miners Alley Playhouse SPOTLIGHT On Supporting Actresses In A Drama:Barbra Andrews, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Paragon Theatre CompanyTrina Magness, A Touch of the Poet, Germinal Stage Denver Ger-Ree Henshaw, Macbeth, Listen Productions Mare Trevathon, A Night Heron, Paragon Theatre Company SPOTLIGHT On Directions Of A Musical:Michael J. Duran, Ragtime, Boulder’s Dinner TheatreRod A. Lansbury, The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Arvada Center Christopher Willard, My Fair Lady, Town Hall Arts Center SPOTLIGHT On Actors In A Musical:Wayne Kennedy, Ragtime, Boulder’s Dinner TheatreMarcus Waterman, The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Arvada Center Andrew Caldwell, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Town Hall Arts Center Michael Gold, La Cage Aux Folles, Arvada Center SPOTLIGHT On On Actresses In A Musical:Shelly-Cox Robie, Ragtime, Boulder’s Dinner TheatreJoanie Brousseau-Beyette, Evita, Country Dinner Playhouse Beth Flynn, The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Arvada SPOTLIGHT On Supporting Actors In A Musical:Brandon Dill, Ragtime, Boulder’s Dinner TheatreDavid Ambroson, 1776, Town Hall Arts Center Milton Craig Nealy, La Cage aux Folles, Arvada Center SPOTLIGHT On Supporting Actresses In A Musical:Melissa Benoist, Evita, Country Dinner PlayhouseBarb Reeves, Ragtime Boulder’s Diner Theatre Jenna Bainbridge, Urinetown, PHAMALY SPOTLIGHT On Choreographers:Alicia Dunfee, Ragtime, Boulder’s Dinner TheatreKitty Skillman Hilsabeck, La Cage Aux Folles, Arvada Center Nick Sugar, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Town Hall Arts Center Debbie Stark & Cindy Bray, Urinetown, PHAMALY SPOTLIGHT On Music Directors:David Nehls, The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Arvada CenterNeal Dunfee, Ragtime, Boulder’s Dinner Theatre Donna Kolpan Debreceni, My Fair Lady Town Hall Arts Center SPOTLIGHT On A Child Actor:Isaiah Miller, Tiny Tim Is Dead, Theatre GroupSPOTLIGHT On A One Character Production:Pam Clifton, Shirley Valentine, Playwright TheatreSPOTLIGHT On Directors Of A Comedy:Richard H. Pegg, Not Now Darling, Miners Alley PlayhousePat Payne, Run For Your Wife, Spotlight Production Company Arthur Goodman, No Sex Please, We’re British, Denver Victorian Theatre SPOTLIGHT On On Actors In A Comedy:Bernie Cardell, Run For Your Wife, Spotlight Production CompanyChristian Mast, Not Now Darling, Miners Alley Playhouse Erik Sandvold, Moonlight And Magnolias, Arvada Center SPOTLIGHT On Actresses In A Comedy:Haley Johnson, Sabrina Fair, Theatre Company of LafayetteAriana Griffith, No Sex Please, We’re British Denver Victorian Theatre Bonnie Greene, Run For Your Wife Spotlight Theatre Company SPOTLIGHT On Supporting Actors In A Comedy:Charles Kolar, My Husband’s Wild Desires Almost Drove Me Mad, Denver Victorian PlayhouseClint Hayn, Run For Your Wife, Spotlight Productions Seth Maisel, No Sex Please, We’re British, The Denver Victorian Theatre Dell Domnik, Red Herring, Fire House Theatre Company SPOTLIGHT On Supporting Actresses In A Comedy:Leslie O’Carroll, Moonlight And Magnolias, Arvada CenterPaige Larson, My Old Lady, Miners Alley Playhouse Linda Suttle, Sabrina Fair, Theatre Company of Lafayette SPOTLIGHT On Special Effects:Hobbit Puppets, designed by Cory Gilstrap, The Hobbit, Backstage Theatre, BreckenridgeSPOTLIGHT On Children’s Theatre:The Hobbit, Directed by Geoffrey Kent, Backstage Theatre, Breckenridge |
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