Best Show of the Season: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Best Direction of a Play or Musical: Cathy Woods, Happy Days: A New Musical
Best Set: Nick Ham, Little Shop of Horrors
Best Costuming: Sandra Evans, Happy Days: A New Musical
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play or Musical:
Bryan Ward as Randle P. McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play or Musical:
Michelle LeRoy as Nurse Ratchett in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Play or Musical:
Dylan Atwood as Chief Bromen in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Play or Musical:
Wanda Becton as Marion Cunningham in Happy Days: A New Musical
Best Vocal Performance by an Actor:
Nikolaus Martin in Happy Days: A New Musical
Best Vocal Performance by an Actress in a Play or Musical:
Linda Sampson in Happy Days: A New Musical
Best Special Performance by an Actor in a Play or Musical:
Mikey Daye as Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors
Best Special Performance by an Actress in a Play or Musical:
Patricia Amory as Lori Beth in Happy Days: A New Musical
Best Newcomer: The Fontine Family
The Rich and KJ Bernstein Production Team Award:
Rich and KJ were a young couple who loved technical theatre and didn’t hesitate to step on stage if needed. They used very innovative techniques behind the scenes whenever working on a play. Both were eager to lend their tech skills to improve any production with loads of energy, always putting in extra hours to “get it right”. Both Rich and KJ enjoyed teaching, always helping young thespians learn more about the tech side of theatre.
Little Shop of Horrors: Cathy Woods, Assistant Director; Alyssa Bayless Tiburcio, Producer; Kat Jensen, Stage Manager; Christie Mayo, Props.
Shannon Horton Award: Meah Fontine
The Shannon M. Horton Award is presented each year to recognize a youth member of Center Stage Theater who has shown unusual dedication to the organization through the continued pursuit of excellence, team spirit, and service beyond self. The recipient must be under the age of nineteen at the time of nomination and must have shown a willingness to put personal desires aside for the benefit of the group. The recipient must demonstrate the resolve to cheerfully carry out whatever task or part is assigned to them, both on and off stage, and the initiative to volunteer to help when they see something that needs to be done.
Director’s Award:
Little Shop of Horrors: Michelle Bayless, Costumer
A Christmas Carol: Ann Marshall, Assistant Director, Cathy Woods, Producer, Sandra Evans, Costumer
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Charlie Taylor, Assistant Director
Happy Days: A New Musical: Isabella Howell
The President’s Award: James Rikard
One Award presented to an individual of the President’s Choice
Fran Newby: Gene McLendon
Named after former CST member, Fran Newby, for her selfless service to CST, nominees for the Fran Newby Award should be a CST member that has gone “above and beyond” for the current season. Fran Newby currently resides in the mountains of NC.
Lifetime Achievement Award: Sue Nobers