1. I saw more shows this year than any year in the past. Breaking out these 2 new categories helped me manage the biggest categories: drama and musicals.
2. These really are separate genres in a sense. Holiday shows are seasonal. They may or may not fit well with a company's regular season shows. Holiday shows draw a somewhat different audience. The holiday shows target families that might not be regular theater patrons.
3. Original work is important to developing new talent, interesting scripts and unusual topics. A company's ability to draw a younger demographic is important; new work can be helpful.
Actors, actresses, and companies are welcome to print the certificates below. The platform for the certificates is Microsoft PowerPoint. If the resolution is not good enough, please contact me at bilweeler@gmail.com. I will make the original PowerPoint images available to you via email or dropbox.com.
Finally, it is inevitable that awards create fewer winners than runners up. Please understand that the decisions are difficult, and the results are my best judgments of all the shows I saw. In my view, you are all "winners."
I. ORIGINAL WORK
A. The nominations for Best Original Play were:
1. Benediction, Denver Center Theater Company
2. Beets, Read and Rant Productions
3. Stick Guns, Millibo Arts Center
4. Unmarried in America, Vintage Theatre Company
4. Unmarried in America, Vintage Theatre Company
Winner, Bill's Best of 2015 Best Original Play is:
Benediction, Denver Center Theater Company.
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B. The nominations for Best Actor, Original Play were:
1. Jim Jackson as Jim Jackson, Stick Guns, Millibo Arts Center*
2. Andrew Uhlenhopp as Fred Hunt, Beets, Read and Rant Productions
3. Mike Hartman as Dad Lewis, Benediction, Denver Center Theater Company
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C. The nominations for Best Actress, Original Play were:
1. Kelly Uhlenhopp as Isabelle Hunt, Beets, Read and Rant Productions
2. Emily K. Harrison as Ham Jones, Ham McBeth, Square Product Theatre Company
3. Joyce Cohen as Mary Lewis, Benediction, Denver Center Theater Company
4. Lauren Hirte as Alice, Looking Glass Alice, Denver Center Theater Company
5. Kelsie Huff, Ranch Dressing and Other Coping Mechanisms, Square Product Theatre Company.
6. Missy Moore as Gina, Unmarried in America, Vintage Theatre
6. Missy Moore as Gina, Unmarried in America, Vintage Theatre
Winner, Bill's Best of 2015 Best Actress in an Original Play:
Missy Moore, Unmarried in America.
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D. The Nominations for Best Supporting Actor, Original Play were:
1. Drew Hirschboeck as Dieter, Beets, Read and Rant Productions
2. Ed F. Martin as Reverend Rob Lyle, Benediction, Denver Center Theater Company
3. Samuel Taylor as the White Knight, Lookingglass Alice, Denver Center Theater Company.
4. Jeff Jesmer as Gary, Unmarried in America, Vintage Theatre Company.
4. Jeff Jesmer as Gary, Unmarried in America, Vintage Theatre Company.
Winner, Bill's Best of 2015 Best Supporting Actor, Original Play.:
Samuel Taylor, Lookingglass Alice.
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E. The Nominations for Best Supporting Actress, Original Play were:
1. Nancy Lemenager as Beverly Lyle, Benediction, Denver Center Theater Company.
2. Jordyn Morgan as Anna, Beets, Read and Rant Productions.
3. Molly Brennan as The Red Queen, Lookingglass Alice, Denver Center Theater Company.
II. HOLIDAY SHOWS
A. The nominations for Best Holiday Show were:
1. Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Arvada Center
2. A Christmas Carol, Denver Center Theater Company
3. Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, CS Fine Arts Center
4. Stocking Stuffers, Springs Ensemble Theatre Company
Winner, Bill's Best of 2015 Holiday Show:
Irving Berlin's White Christmas, Arvada Center.
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B. The nominations for Best Actor, Holiday Show were:
1. Philip Pleasants as Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol, Denver Center Theater Company.
2. David Olson as Scrooge, Scrooge’s Christmas: A Christmas Carol, Black Box Theatre
3. Ben Michael as Bob Wallace, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Arvada Center.
4. Sammie Joe Kinnett and Sammy Gleason, multiple roles (dual nomination as Kinnett/Gleason are co-stars of a 2 person show), A Tuna Christmas, Millibo Art Theatre (MAT).
5. James Michael Reilly as Bob Cratchit, A Christmas Carol, Denver Center Theater Company.
Winner, Bill's Best of 2015, Best Actor Holiday Show:
Philip Pleasants, A Christmas Carol, Denver Center Theater Company.
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C. The nominations for Best Actress, Holiday Show were:
1. Mackenzie Sherburne as Betty Haynes, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.
2. Lauren Shealy as Betty Haynes, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Arvada Center.
3. Erica Sweany as Judy Haynes, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Arvada Center.
4. Alannah Vaughn as Judy Haynes, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.
Winner, Bill's Best of 2015, Best Actress, Holiday Show:
Lauren Shealy, Irving Berlin's White Christmas, Arvada Center.
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D. The nominations for Best Supporting Actor, Holiday Show were:
1. Paul Page, General Henry Waverly, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Arvada Center
2. John A. Zincone, multiple roles, Stocking Stuffers, Springs Ensemble Theatre
3. Max Ferguson, multiple roles, Stocking Stuffers, Springs Ensemble Theatre.
4. Jeffrey Roark as the Ghost of Jacob Marley, A Christmas Carol, Denver Center Theater Company.
Winner, Bill's Best of 2015, Best Supporting Actor, Holiday Show:
Paul Page, Irving Berlin's White Christmas, Arvada Center.
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E. The nominations for Best Supporting Actress, Holiday Show were:
1. Autumn Schubauer, multiple roles, Stocking Stuffers, Springs Ensemble Theatre.
2. Jen Lennon as Martha Watson, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.
3. Sarah S. Shaver, multiple roles, Stocking Stuffers, Springs Ensemble Theatre.
4. Leslie O’Carroll as Mrs. Fezziwig, A Christmas Carol, Denver Center Theater Company.
Winner, Bill's Best of 2015, Best Supporting Actress, Holiday Show:
Jen Lennon, Irving Berlin's White Christmas, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.
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