2017 Herman Award Winners

Here are all the winners from this year’s Herman Awards! Congratulations to all winners and nominees on a terrific season, and here’s to the next year in Center Stage Theatre!

Best Show of the Season: Into the Woods

Best Direction of a Show or Musical: Sandra Evans (Bye Bye Birdie)

Best Set: Michael Manning (Into the Woods)

Best Costuming: Donna Forehand (Into the Woods)

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play or Musical: Martin Mejia as Greg (Sylvia)

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play or Musical: Sue Nobers as Scrooge (A Christmas Carol)

Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Play or Musical: Kenan Stewart as Conrad Birdie (Bye Bye Birdie)

Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Play or Musical: Debbie McLendon as Maria Merelli (Lend Me a Tenor)

Best Special Performance by an Actor in a Play or Musical: Jim Grant as Cinderella’s Prince (Into the Woods)

Best Special Performance by an Actress in a Play or Musical: Wanda Becton as Mrs. Mae Peterson (Bye Bye Birdie)

Best Vocal Performance by an Actor in a Musical: Jim Grant as Cinderella’s Prince (Into the Woods)

Best Vocal Performance by an Actress in a Musical: Cindy Roy as Mrs. Doris MacAfee (Bye Bye Birdie)

The Katherine Costa Award for Best Choreography: Crystal Hodges (Bye Bye Birdie)

The Rich & KJ Bernstein Production Team Award: Lend Me a Tenor (Karen Parrish, Cathy Woods, Deanne Morris, Jessy Fields, Venessa Therrien)

Director’s Award (Into the Woods): Keagan Kermode

Director’s Award (Sylvia): Nicole Weintraub

Director’s Award (A Christmas Carol): Sue Nobers

Director’s Award (Lend Me a Tenor): Cathy Woods

Director’s Award (Bye Bye Birdie): Melissa Turner

President’s Award: Heath Radford

Fran Newby Award: Heath Radford

Shannon Horton Award: Jessy Fields

Newcomer Award: Stephanie Slusser

Lifetime Achievement Award: Ron Taylor

Costume Contest: Solo-Heath Radford, Couple (tie)-Keith & Karen Parrish/Charlie & Allison Taylor, Group-Heath Radford, Wanda Becton, Kenan Stewart