The 2019 Outstanding Awards of Excellence winners will be announced at the Gala on March 28th, 2019 in Des Moines, Iowa – the Festival and the Gala will be held in Des Moines March 27-28, 2019 – please save the dates and plan to attend this fantastic opportunity the network and share in the success of community theater across the great state of Iowa!
List of award finalists are available as a download: 2019 Finalists
Direction in a Play John Olson Driving Miss Daisy Performing Arts & Education Association of Southwest Iowa Elizabeth Thompson Five Women Wearing the Same Dress BrickStreet Theatre Lisa Gould Night Mother Ankeny Community Theatre Aimee Jones Proposals Starlighters II Comm Theatre Angela Rottering The Trouble with Cats Webster City Community Theatre
Direction in a Musical Greg Holt Beauty and the Beast Waterloo Comm Playhouse/ Black Hawk Children’s Theatre Veronica Skaar Children of Eden Judge Story Theatrical Troupe Sheryl Scheffert Mamma Mia New Minowa Players – Decorah Pauline Hesson Mary Poppins Newton Community Theatre Cheri Moser The Producers Opera House Players – Elkader
Ensemble in a Play Julie Murren and Tracy Rhodes A Bench at the Edge Southwest Iowa Theatre Group, Inc. Park Playhouse Vanessa Doden, Lynnea Fredrickson, Savannah Moore, Liz Hedin-Schmidt, Makayla Vogt, Danny Peterson Five Women Wearing the Same Dress BrickStreet Theatre Charissa Hamel and Beth Feilmeier Night Mother Ankeny Community Theatre Kathryn Huang, Kathleen Weiss, Deborah Maynard, & Valerie Davine The Odd Couple (Female Version) Rich Heritage of Cedar Rapids Theatre Company Nichole Ose as Mitzi, Sylvia Vust as No, Kaitlynn Seeley as Onie The Trouble with Cats Webster City Community Theatre
Ensemble in a Musical Lonnie Appleby, Mark Schaefer, Denise Gregory, Porter Haug, Jana De Zwarte & Lynn Cooper Beauty and the Beast Union Street Players Cast of Children of Eden Children of Eden Judge Story Theatrical Troupe Chorus [Mamma Mia, New Minowa Players] Mamma Mia New Minowa Players – Decorah Chimney Sweeps, Park Strollers, Supercalafragalisticexpialidocious Mary Poppins, Jr. Story Theater Company of Ames The Producers Cast The Producers Opera House Players – Elkader
Lead Actor in a Play Vince Williams An Inspector Calls The Road Less Traveled Theatre Co. Steve Clemmons as Kenny Proposals Starlighters II Comm Theatre Dean Evans as Phillip Julian The Trouble with Cats Webster City Community Theatre Joe Frenna The Understudy Waterloo Comm Playhouse/ Black Hawk Children’s Theatre Jeff Hiser as Doctor Arnold Lomax Those Crazy Ladies in the House on the Corner Southwest Iowa Theatre Group, Inc. Park Playhouse
Lead Actor in a Musical Neal Petersen (Beast) Beauty and the Beast Waterloo Comm Playhouse/ Black Hawk Children’s Theatre Kevin Lounsberry Children of Eden Judge Story Theatrical Troupe Scott Johnson Children of Eden Judge Story Theatrical Troupe Brandon Douglas – Max Bialystock The Producers Opera House Players – Elkader Jonathon Moser – Leo Bloom The Producers Opera House Players – Elkader
Lead Actress in a Play Debbie LaShomb A Nice Family Christmas Newton Community Theatre Cheri Moser as Jennifer A Year in the Death of Eddie Jester Opera House Players – Elkader Mary Beth Specht as Susan A Year in the Death of Eddie Jester Opera House Players – Elkader Erica Toney as Clemma Proposals Starlighters II Comm Theatre Cathy Olson as Ivy Julian The Trouble with Cats Webster City Community Theatre
Lead Actress in a Musical Julie Erickson Children of Eden Judge Story Theatrical Troupe Linnea Carlson as Sophie Sheridan Mamma Mia New Minowa Players – Decorah Annie Foskett – Mary Poppins Mary Poppins Newton Community Theatre Kristine Perkins – Winifred Banks Mary Poppins Newton Community Theatre Jeana Jago, Fiona Shrek The Musical Performing Arts & Education Association of Southwest Iowa
Supporting Actor in a Play Michael Jones as Boolie Werthan Driving Miss Daisy Performing Arts & Education Association of Southwest Iowa Jacob Glass as Ray Proposals Starlighters II Comm Theatre Matt English as Vinnie Proposals Starlighters II Comm Theatre Steve Weiss as Jesus Costazuela The Odd Couple (Female Version) Rich Heritage of Cedar Rapids Theatre Company Jake Lahr as Parker Johnson The Trouble with Cats Webster City Community Theatre
Supporting Actor in a Musical Lars Skaar Children of Eden Judge Story Theatrical Troupe Matt Valen Children of Eden Judge Story Theatrical Troupe Jackson Finnagin as Davey Newsies Mills Masquers David Beck – Roger Debris The Producers Opera House Players – Elkader Max Koeller – Carmen Ghia The Producers Opera House Players – Elkader
Supporting Actress in a Play Katelynn Till An Inspector Calls The Road Less Traveled Theatre Co. Koryn Killerby – Imogene Herdman The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Starlighters II Comm Theatre Linda Thomas as Joy Bombay The Trouble with Cats Webster City Community Theatre Sunshine Garth as Sunshine The Trouble with Cats Webster City Community Theatre Stanna Wellauer as Jean Mitchell Those Crazy Ladies in the House on the Corner Southwest Iowa Theatre Group, Inc. Park Playhouse
Supporting Actress in a Musical Lisa Webb Children of Eden Judge Story Theatrical Troupe Meredith McMullen Children of Eden Judge Story Theatrical Troupe Anna Morrison as Finch Newsies Mills Masquers Alexa Munsinger, Pinnochio Shrek The Musical Performing Arts & Education Association of Southwest Iowa Misty Wissel, Gingy Shrek The Musical Performing Arts & Education Association of Southwest Iowa
Choreography Veronica Skaar Children of Eden Judge Story Theatrical Troupe Denise Bollinger Kiss Me, Kate Ankeny Community Theatre Ami Peterson Newsies Mills Masquers Megan Torbert Shrek The Musical Performing Arts & Education Association of Southwest Iowa Erin Horst The Producers Opera House Players – Elkader
Musical Direction Nicole Galliart Children of Eden Judge Story Theatrical Troupe Cathi Wickett Mary Poppins Newton Community Theatre James Waterbury Ring of Fire Waterloo Comm Playhouse/ Black Hawk Children’s Theatre Amy Demlow Shrek The Musical Performing Arts & Education Association of Southwest Iowa Brandon Douglas The Producers Opera House Players – Elkader
Costuming Kate Bell Children of Eden Judge Story Theatrical Troupe Lynnea Fredrickson Five Women Wearing the Same Dress BrickStreet Theatre Donalee Burns Mamma Mia New Minowa Players – Decorah Mary Beth Specht & Barb Chandler The Producers Opera House Players – Elkader Karin Yungclas The Trouble with Cats Webster City Community Theatre
Scenic Design Veronica Skaar Children of Eden Judge Story Theatrical Troupe Cary Kann It Runs In the Family Opera House Players – Elkader Robert Kurt Proposals Starlighters II Comm Theatre Jonathon Moser & Cary Kann The Producers Opera House Players – Elkader Dale Arends and Angela Rottering The Trouble with Cats Webster City Community Theatre
Lighting Design Veronica Skaar Children of Eden Judge Story Theatrical Troupe Thomas “TJ” Mack Number The Stars Story Theater Company of Ames Del Reimer & Jonathon Moser The Producers Opera House Players – Elkader Sam Ose The Trouble with Cats Webster City Community Theatre Pete Francis Those Crazy Ladies in the House on the Corner Southwest Iowa Theatre Group, Inc. Park Playhouse
Sound Design Jonas Christian Children of Eden Judge Story Theatrical Troupe Amanda Gray Number The Stars Story Theater Company of Ames Tony John Ring of Fire Waterloo Comm Playhouse/ Black Hawk Children’s Theatre Craig Strutt The Producers Opera House Players – Elkader Sam Ose The Trouble with Cats Webster City Community Theatre
Children’s Show Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon Rich Heritage of Cedar Rapids Theatre Company Bye Bye Birdie, YPE Southwest Iowa Theatre Group, Inc. Park Playhouse Disney’s Frozen Jr Rich Heritage of Cedar Rapids Theatre Company The Jungle Book BrickStreet Theatre Twinderella BrickStreet Theatre
