2008 Column Award Winners announced

by John Garcia of John Garcia's The Column

The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex theater community has spoken and chosen the following productions and individuals to bestow this year's coveted Column Award, and the winners are:

Best Musical - Equity: The Great American Trailer Park Musical, WaterTower Theatre

Best Musical - Non-Equity: Urinetown, Runway Theatre

Best Play - Equity: Valley of the Dolls, Uptown Players

Best Play - Non-Equity: The Boxer, Bootstraps Comedy Theater

Outstanding New Work by a Local Playwright: The Boxer, Matt Lyle, Bootstraps Comedy Theater

Best Director Musical - Equity: Bruce R. Coleman, Tick…Tick…Boom!, Uptown Players

Best Director Musical - Non-Equity: Sara VC Henderson & Bill Fountain, High School Musical, Teatro delle Muse

Best Director of a Play – Equity: Cheryl Denson, Master Class, Lyric Stage

Best Director of a Pay - Non-Equity: Matt Lyle, The Boxer, Bootstraps Comedy Theater

Best Musical Director of a Musical - Equity: Mark Mullino, Tick…Tick…Boom!, Uptown Players

Best Musical Director of a Musical - Non Equity: Pam Holcomb-McLain, Pirates of Penzance, ICT MainStage

Best Choreographer of a Musical - Equity: Vicki Squires, Hair, Uptown Players

Best Choreographer of a Musical - Non-Equity: Nan Gammon & Teri Hagar Scherer, Urinetown, Runway Theatre

Best Stage Manager of a Musical - Equity: Margaret J. Soch, Carousel, Lyric Stage

Best Stage Manager of a Musical - Non-Equity: Rose Anne Holman, Urinetown, Runway Theatre

Best Stage Manager of a Play - Equity: Adam Hughes, Die Mommy Die, Uptown Players

Best Stage Manager of a Play - Non-Equity: Brittany Noll, Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage, Collin Theatre Center

Best Actor in a Musical - Equity: Joshua Doss, Tick…Tick…Boom!, Uptown Players

Best Actor in a Musical - Non-Equity: Cedric Neal, A Midnight Cry, Dallas Children's Theater

Best Actor in a Play - Equity (TIE): Gregory Lush, Pygmalion, Theatre Three and Lou Diamond Phillips, A Few Good Men, Casa Manana

Best Actor in a Play - Non-Equity: Jeff Swearingen, The Boxer, Bootstraps Comedy Theater

Best Actress in a Musical - Equity: Liz Mikel, Caroline, or Change, Theatre Three

Best Actress in a Musical - Non-Equity: Carrie Slaughter, Little Shop of Horrors, Theatre Arlington

Best Actress in a Play - Equity: Gail Cronauer, Master Class, Lyric Stage

Best Actress in a Play - Non-Equity: Arianna Movassagh, Book of Liz, Bootstraps Comedy Theater

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical – Equity: Cedric Neal, Tick…Tick…Boom!, Uptown Players

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical - Non-Equity: Clayton Younkin, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Garland Civic Theatre

Best Supporting Actor in a Play - Equity: Steven Walters, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare Dallas

Best Supporting Actor in a Play - Non-Equity: Lon Barrera, Noises Off, OnStage in Bedford

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical - Equity: Wendy Welch, Caroline, or Change, Theatre Three

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical - Non-Equity: Michelle McElree, High School Musical, Teatro delle Muse

Best Supporting Actress in a Play - Equity: Cara Statham-Serber, Valley of the Dolls, Uptown Players

Best Supporting Actress in a Play - Non-Equity: Jennifer Youle, The Boxer, Bootstraps Comedy Theater

Best Featured Actor in a Musical - Equity: Joshua Doss, Carousel, Lyric Stage

Best Featured Actor in a Musical - Non-Equity: Tom DeWester, Urinetown, Runway Theatre

Best Featured Actor in a Play - Equity: Elias Taylorson, Valley of the Dolls, Uptown Players

Best Featured Actor in a Play - Non-Equity: David Meglino, An American Daughter, ICT MainStage

Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Equity: Delynda Johnson Moravec, Honk!, Flower Mound Performing Arts Theatre

Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Non-Equity: Mary Mceleree, High School Musical, Teatro delle Muse

Best Featured Actress in a Play - Equity: Kim Lyle, Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing, Dallas Children's Theater

Best Featured Actress in a Play - Non-Equity: Lindsay Neinast, Dog Sees God, Inevitable Theatre Company

Chita Rivera Dance Award - Male: John de los Santos, Carousel, Lyric Stage

Chita Rivera Dance Award - Female: Lili Froehlich, Carousel, Lyric Stage

Best Costume Design of a Play – Equity (TIE): Coy Covington & Suzi Shankle-Valley of the Dolls, Uptown Players and Aaron Patrick Turner, A Critical Case of Murder!, Pegasus Theatre

Best Costume Design of a Play - Non-Equity: Bruce R. Coleman, Dracula, ICT MainStage

Best Costume Design of a Musical – Non-Equity: Tory Padden, Pirates of Penzance, ICT MainStage

Best Costume Design of a Musical – Non-Equity: Robin Armstrong, Hair, Uptown Players

Best Lighting Design of a Musical - Equity: Julie Simmons, CAROUSEL, Lyric Stage

Best Lighting Design of a Musical - Non-Equity: Michael Winters, Urinetown, Runway Theatre

Best Lighting Design of a Play - Equity: Laura McMeley, End Times, Kitchen Dog Theater

Best Lighting Design of a Play - Non-Equity: Joyous Israel, The Boxer, Bootstraps Comedy Theater

Best Scenic Design of a Musical - Equity: Andy Redmon, Tick…Tick…Boom!, Uptown Players

Best Scenic Design of a Musical - Non-Equity: Claire Floyd DeVries, The Mikado, Garland Civic Theatre

Best Scenic Design of a Play - Equity: Randel Wright, Shadowlands, Contemporary Theatre of Dallas

Best Scenic Design of a Play - Non-Equity: The Boxer, Bootstraps Comedy Theater

Best Sound Design of a Musical - Equity: Bill Eickenloff, Carousel, Lyric Stage

Best Sound Design of a Musical - Non-Equity: Jeff D. Sones, Pirates of Penzance, ICT MainStage

Best Sound Design of a Play - Equity: Rich Frohlich & Bob Hess, Valley of the Dolls, Uptown Players

Best Sound Design of a Play - Non-Equity: Andrew Duckworth, Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage, Collin Theatre Center

The 2008 Special Column Award Winners are:

• Kathleen Freeman Award: Frank Shirar
• Rudy Seppy Volunteer Award: Phillip Hearn
• Ben Brettell Youth Award: Parker Fitzgerald
• Ben Brettell Youth Award: Max Swarner
• Ben Brettell Youth Award: Carly Rosemore
• Ben Brettell Youth Award: Megan McKennon