2007-2008 B. Iden Payne award winners, Austin Circle of Theatres

Awards made Sunday, October 26, published at ACOT website:

B. IDEN PAYNE WINNERS 2007-2008

Plays for Youth

Outstanding Production of a Play for Youth
'The Red Balloon’ (Tongue and Groove Theatre)

Outstanding Director of a Play for Youth
Andrea S. Smith ("Wiley and the Hairy Man")

Outstanding Actor in a Play for Youth
Mark Stewart (the Boy, ‘The Red Balloon’)

Outstanding Actress in a Play for Yout
Kristin Bennett (Mammy, ‘Wiley and the Hairy Man’)

Music Theatre

Outstanding Production of Music Theatre
'Troades: The Legend of the Women of Troy’ (VORTEX Repertory Company)

Outstanding Director of Music Theatre
Bonnie Cullum (‘Troades’)

Outstanding Lead Actor in Music Theatre
Cedric Neal (Sportin’ Life, ‘Porgy and Bess’)

Outstanding Lead Actress in Music Theatre
Marva Hicks (Bess, ‘Porgy and Bess’)

Outstanding Featured Actor in Music Theatre
James La Rosa (Abraham, ‘Altar Boyz’))

Outstanding Featured Actress in Music Theater
Janis Stinson (Maria, ‘Porgy and Bess’)

Comedies

Outstanding Production of a Comedy
'Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead’ (Hyde Park Theatre)

Outstanding Director of a Comedy
Ken Webster (‘Dog Sees God’)

Outstanding Lead Actor in of a Comedy
Matthew Radford (‘Benedick,’ ‘Much Ado About Nothing’)

Outstanding Lead Actress in of a Comedy
Katherine Catmull (Winnie, ‘Happy Days’)

Outstanding Featured Actor in of a Comedy
Ben Wolfe (Michael, ‘Featuring Loretta’)

Outstanding Featured Actress in of a Comedy
Bernadette Nason (Madame Arcati, ‘Blithe Spirit’)

Dramas
Outstanding Production of a Drama
"Doubt’ (Zachary Scott Theatre Center)

Outstanding Director of a Drama
Shawn Sides (‘The Method Gun’)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama
David Stahl (‘Henry Drummond,’ ‘Inherit the Wind’)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama
Kathleen Fletcher (Catherine Holly, ‘Suddenly Last Summer’)

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Drama
Tyler Jones (Happy, ‘Death of a Salesman’)

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Drama
Rachel McGinnis (Zubaida Ula et al., ‘The Laramie Project’)

Cast

Outstanding Cast Performance
'The Beauty Queen of Leenan’e (Renaissance Austin Theatre and VORTEX Repertory Company)

Outstanding Ensemble Performance
Content Love Knowles, Betsy McCann, Kira Parra, Emerald Mystiek, Ashley Edwards, Leigh Shaw and Elizabeth Rast (Chorus, ‘Troades’)

Youth Performer
Outstanding Youth Performance
David Bologna (Mickey, ‘Golly Gee Whiz!’)

Technical Achievement Awards

Outstanding Set Design
Arthur Adair (‘The Red Balloon’)

Outstanding Lighting Design :
Jason Amato (‘Troades’)

Outstanding Sound Design:
Jeffrey Alan Jones (‘Death and the King’s Horseman’)

Outstanding Costume Design:
Derek Whitener (‘Porgy and Bess’)

Outstanding Music Director:
Justin Sherburn (‘The Red Balloon’)

Outstanding Choreographer
Robin Lewis (‘Porgy and Bess’)

Outstanding Original Script:
Zell Miller, III (‘Radio Silence’)

Outstanding Original Score:
Justin Sherburn (‘The Red Balloon’)

SPECIAL AWARDS

Austin Circle of Theaters Speical Recognition Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Theatre and Performing Arts:
Jason Amato

ACoT's Rudy Kloptic Award for Outstanding Improvistional Theatre
Given in 2008 to Austin's "Improvisational Dream Team" ( the best reps of improvisational theatre, both on stage and in the community.)
Dave Buckman, Asaf Ronen, Tami Nelson, Chris Trew, Michael, Jastroch, Shana Merlin, Roy Janik, and Justin York

B. Iden Payne Committee's Standing Ovation Certificate:
Outstanding Achievement in Animation to Leah Sharpe for ‘The Red Balloon’

Robert Faires' account of the evening, published in the Austin Chronicle of October 30