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Saturday, January 23, 2016

Bill's Best of 2015: DRAMA AWARDS

Bodiam Castle, Eas Sussex, UK.
Here's the last of the 2015 Bill's Best Awards, also known in some circles as the "Wheelies."  (Thank you, Emma Messenger!)  This post is for DRAMA awards, another category requiring some careful analysis and some very difficult decisions.

It's not difficult to see how hard these decisions were for me.  For the first time ever, I am posting a TIE.  You will see that two distinguished, talented, and hard working actresses have won the award for Best Actress, Drama, Small Companies.  They are NOT sharing this award.  They are both, individually, receiving a Best Actress Award in this category.  

I decided that a TIE was the only possible outcome here for a couple of reasons.  First, it's a two woman show; both are central, critical, and essential to the story being told.  Second, their onstage relationship (mother and daughter) cruelly ties each of them to the other's fate.    Most importantly, one cannot separate one from the other; both performances are intertwined, and both performances were off the charts.  Congratulations to both of you.  There is no question in my mind that you changed some lives.

As I have mentioned in my other posts, actors, actresses, production crew, companies, please feel free to reproduce the certificates below, with one restriction.  Please do not make any changes to the text.  If you need something corrected (misspelling, typos, etc), please contact me at bilweeler@gmail.com.  I will make those corrections and provide you with a new certificate.

For those who want a high resolution version to print on photo paper, please contact me.  I will need your email address to get you the hi res file.  I can get it to you using dropbox.com or via email.

I have had a couple of questions about the photos at the top of my Bill's Best posts.  I took them.  I thought I would share some of them, if only because there's little I can do to give back to all the people who make theater magic.  So the pix are all from 2015, and they are some of my favorites.  Today's photo is from Bodiam Castle, East Sussex, UK.

Finally, thank you to all (not just the nominees and winners) in the Colorado theater community for your hard work, dedication, and high quality productions.  Everywhere I go, I am constantly amazed by what you do.  You make your community a better place, and for that reason, you are all winners.


I.  DRAMA, LARGE COMPANIES


A.  The nominations for Best Play, Drama, Large Companies were:

1.  Stupid Fucking Bird, Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company 

2.  CockThe Edge Theatre Company

3.  JerusalemThe Edge Theatre Company

4.  The Archbishop’s CeilingArvada Center

5.  Wait Until Dark, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center

6.  Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Edge Theatre Company



Winner, Bill's Best of 2015 Best Play, Drama, Large Companies is:

 JerusalemThe Edge Theater Company.





























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B.  The nominations for Best Actor, Drama, Large Companies were:


1.  Augustus Truhn as Johnny “Rooster” Byron in Jerusalem, The Edge Theater.

2.  Luke Sorge as Con, Stupid Fucking Bird, Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company.

3.  Michael Bouchard as John, Cock, The Edge Theatre. 

4.  Tad Cooley as Billy, Tribes, Denver Center Theater Company.

5.  Christian O'Shaughnessy as Oswald, Ghosts, Theatreworks.

6.  James O’Hagan-Murphy as Nick, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Edge Theatre.

7.  Scott Bellot as George, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolfe?, The Edge Theatre.


Winner, Bill's Best of 2015 Best Actor, Drama, Large Companies is:

Michael Bouchard, CockThe Edge Theater Company.
































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C.  The nominations for Best Actress, Drama, Large Companies were:

1.  Jessica Weaver as Susan, Wait Until Dark, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.

2.  Lynne Hastings as Winnie, Happy Days, Theatreworks.

3.  Heather Lacy as Maya, The Archbishop’s Ceiling, Arvada Center

4.  Rachel Bouchard as W, Cock, The Edge Theatre

5.  Maggie Stacey as Honey, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Edge Theatre Company.

6.  Emma Messenger as Martha, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Edge Theatre.

7.  Emily Paton Davies, Rosemarie, Outside Mullingar, Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company.

Winner, Bill's Best of 2015 Best Actress, Drama, Large Companies is:

Lynn Hastings, Happy Days, Theatreworks.
































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D.  The nominations for Best Supporting Actor, Drama, Large Companies were:

1.   Chris Kendall, Outside Mullingar, Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company.

2.  Brian Landis Folkins as MCock, The Edge Theatre.

3.  Joel Leffert as Ed Devery, Born Yesterday, Theatreworks.

4.  John Brown as Ginger, Jerusalem, The Edge Theatre.

5.  Timothy McCracken as Anthony, Outside Mullingar, Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company.


Winner, Bill's Best of 2015 Best Supporting Actor, Drama, Large Companies is:

Chris Kendall, Outside Mullingar, Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company.

































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E.  The nominations for Best Supporting Actress, Drama, Large Companies were:

1.  Kate Finch, Tribes, Denver Center Theater Company.

2.  Rebecca Remaly as Mash, Stupid Fucking Bird, Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company.

3.  Billie McBride as Aoife, Outside Mullingar, Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company.

4.  Missy Moore as Myrtle Mae Simmons, Harvey, Arvada Center.

5.  Sharon Andrews as Helen, Ghosts, Theatreworks.


Winner, Bill's Best of 2015 Best Supporting Actress, Drama, Large Companies is:

Rebecca Remaly, Stupid Fucking Bird, Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company.
































II.  DRAMA, SMALL COMPANIES

A.  The nominations for Best Play, Drama, Small Companies were:

1.  The Cripple of Inishmaan, Miner’s Alley Playhouse.

2.  My Name is Asher Lev, Miner’s Alley Playhouse.

3.  Hellcab, Funky Little Theater.


5.  The Lion in WinterFirehouse Theatre Company

6.  ‘Night Mother, Vintage Theatre Company.

7.  Killer Joe, Starbar Players.

Winner, Bill's Best of 2015 Best Play, Drama, Small Companies is:

'Night Mother, Vintage Theatre Company.
































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B.  The nominations for Best Actor, Drama, Small Companies were:

1.  Emory John Collinson as Nye, Lonesome Hollow, Springs Ensemble Theatre Company.

2.  Curtis Johns as Asher Lev, My Name is Asher Lev, Miner’s Alley Playhouse.

3.  Andrew Uhlenhopp as King Henry II, The Lion in Winter, Firehouse Theatre Company.

4.  Cody Schuyler as Billy Claven, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Miner’s Alley Playhouse.

5.  Roy Ballard as The Cabbie, Hellcab, Funky Little Theater.

6.  Dylan Mosley as Killer Joe, Killer Joe, Starbar Players.  


Winner, Bill's Best of 2015 Best Actor, Drama, Small Companies is:

Cody Schulyer, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Miner's Alley Playhouse.

































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C.  The nominations for Best Actress, Drama, Small Companies were:


1.  Billie McBride as Daisy Werthan, Driving Miss Daisy, Cherry Creek Theatre Company.

2.  Emma Messenger as Eleanor, The Lion in Winter, Firehouse Theatre Company.

3. Emma Messenger as Thelma, Night MotherVintage Theater Company.

4.  Jacqueline Garcia as The Women, My Name is Asher Lev, Miner’s Alley Playhouse.

5.  Alysabeth Clements Mosley as Sharla, Killer Joe, Starbar Players.

6.  Haley Johnson as Jessie, Night Mother, Vintage Theater Company.


Winners, Bill's Best of 2015 Best Actress, Drama, Small Companies are:

TIE

Haley Johnson and Emma Messenger, 'Night Mother, Vintage Theatre Company.































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D.  The nominations for Best Supporting Actor, Drama, Small Companies were:


1.  Mark Collins as Roy Disney, A Public Reading of An Unproduced Screenplay about the Death of Walt DisneyThe Catamounts.

2.  Albert Banker as The Men, My Name Is Asher Lev, Miner’s Alley Playhouse.

3.  Cajardo Lindsey as Hoke, Driving Miss Daisy, Cherry Creek Theatre Company.

4.  Mark Collins as Johnnypateenmik, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Miner’s Alley Playhouse.

5.  Steve Emily as Glover, Lonesome Hollow, Springs Ensemble Theatre.

6.  Shayn Megilligan as Chris, Killer Joe, Starbar Players.


Winner, Bill's Best of 2015 Best Supporting Actor,
Drama, Small Companies is:



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E.  The nominations for Best Supporting Actress, Drama, Small Companies were:

1.  Ellen Regina as Margo, A Late Snow, Springs Ensemble Theatre Company.

2.  Désirée Myers in multiple roles, Hellcab, Funky Little Theater.

3.  Ellen Regina in multiple roles, Hellcab, Funky Little Theater.

Winner, Bill's Best of 2015 Best Supporting Actress, 
Drama, Small Companies is:

Ellen Regina, HellcabFunky Little Theater Company.





















III.  DRAMA, MICRO COMPANIES

A.  The nominations for Best Play, Drama, Micro Companies were:

1.  Gruesome Playground InjuriesPassage Theatre Company

2.  Silent Salzburg, Rocky Mountain Deaf Theatre

3.  The Twilight Zone, Theatre Company of Lafayette

Winner, Bill's Best of 2015 Best Play, 
Drama, Micro Companies is:

 Silent Salzburg, Rocky Mountain Deaf Theatre.



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B.  The nominations for Best Actor, Drama, Micro Companies were:

1.  Kevin Lowry as Doug, Gruesome Playground Injuries, Passage Theatre Company.

2.   Albert Tharpe III as Hans, Silent Salzburg, Rocky Mountain Deaf Theatre.

3.  Ian Gerber as Rod Serling, The Twilight Zone, Theatre Company of Lafayette.


Winner, Bill's Best of 2015 Best Actor, 
Drama, Micro Companies is:

Ian Gerber, The Twilight Zone, Theatre Company of Lafayette.




















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C.  The nominations for Best Actress, Drama, Micro Companies were:


1.  Nicki Lepetit Runge as Shirley ValentineShirley Valentine, Funky Little Theatre Company

2.  MacKenzie Sherburne as Kaylene, Gruesome Playground Injuries,  Passage Theatre Company.

3. Lisel Viser as Marlena, Silent Salzburg, Rocky Mountain Deaf Theatre.

Winner, Bill's Best of 2015 Best Actress, 
Drama, Micro Companies is:

MacKenzie Sherburne, Gruesome Playground Injuries, Passage Theatre Company.




















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D.  The nominations for Best Supporting Actor, Drama, Micro Companies were:


1.  Shawn Harmer as Gerhardt Klottmeier, Silent Salzburg, Rocky Mountain Deaf Theatre.

2.  Dan O’Brien as Uncle Otto, Silent Salzburg, Rocky Mountain Deaf Theatre.

3.  Aidan Stockrider, multiple roles, The Twilight Zone, Theatre Company of Lafayette.

Winner, Bill's Best of 2015 Best Supporting Actor, 
Drama, Micro Companies is:

Dan O'Brien, Silent SalzburgRocky Mountain Deaf Theatre Company.




















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E.  The nominations for Best Supporting Actress, Drama, Micro Companies were:


1.  Kate Noonan Rickers as Lisa Klottmeier, Silent Salzburg, Rocky Mountain Deaf Theatre.

2.  Renee Malis as Jana, The Twilight Zone, Theatre Company of Lafayette.

3.  Sage Miller as Professor Farwell, The Twilight Zone, Theatre Company of Lafayette.


Winner, Bill's Best of 2015 Best Supporting Actress, 
Drama, Micro Companies is:

Renee Malis, The Twilight Zone, Theatre Company of Lafayette.




























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