2013 Globe Awards by Alamo Theatre Arts Council, San Antonio

Thanks to Deborah Martin's listing at Art Beat, San Antonio Express-News:







by Deborah Martin
October 14, 2013

Classic Theatre was the big winner at this year’s Alamo Theatre Arts Council’s Globe Awards, walking away with a total of 16 awards. Of those, nine went to the company’s production of “The Importance of Being Earnest.”

The Woodlawn Theatre and the Sheldon Vexler Theatre did pretty darn well, too, scoring 13 and 11 awards, respectively. The Woodlawn’s wins include People’s Choice Award, which was voted on by Globe attendees at Sunday’s (Oct. 13) awards ceremony; it went to “In the Heights.”

The Jasmina Wellinghoff Award for contributions to the city’s theater scene went to husband-and-wife team William McCrary and Michelle Pietri.

Without further ado, the other awards went to:

Comedy

Production: “The Importance of Being Earnest,” “Painting Churches” and “Scapin,” all produced by Classic Theatre of San Antonio.

Direction: Allan S. Ross, “The Importance of Being Earnest,” Classic Theatre; Matthew Byron Cassi, “Scapin,” Classic Theatre; and Roberto Prestigiacomo, “La Tempesta,” Trinity University.

Lead actor: Bradley Tejeda, “Italian American Reconciliation,” The University of the Incarnate Word; Scott Leibowitz, “The 39 Steps,” Sheldon Vexler Theatre; and Dru Barcus , “Scapin,” Classic Theatre.

Lead actress: Catherine Babbitt, “Chapter 2,” Woodlawn Theatre Black Box; Alyx Gonzales, “La Tempesta,” Trinity University; Terri Peña Ross, “Painting Churches,” Classic Theatre.

Supporting actor: John O’Neill, “The Importance of Being Earnest,” Classic Theatre; Eric Montoya, “Italian American Reconciliation,” University of the Incarnate Word.

Supporting actress: Jo Grabow and Terri Peña Ross, “The Importance of Being Earnest,” Classic Theatre.

Drama

Production: “August: Osage County,” Sheldon Vexler Theatre; “Red,” Playhouse Cellar Theatre; “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,” Overtime Theater.

Direction: Tim Hedgepeth, “Red,” Playhouse Cellar Theater; Paul Fillingim, “August: Osage County,” Sheldon Vexler Theatre; and Seth Larson, “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,” Overtime Theater.

Lead actor: Andrew Thornton, “Red,” Playhouse Cellar Theatre; Jim Mammarella and Roger Alvarez, “Glengarry Glen Ross,” Sheldon Vexler Theatre.

Lead actress: Christy Huffman and Anna Gangai, “August: Osage County” and Belinda Harolds, “Glengarry Glen Ross,” both shows produced by the Sheldon Vexler Theatre.

Supporting actor: Stephan Gaeth, “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,” Overtime Theater; and Rodman Bolek, “Red,” Playhouse Cellar Theatre.

Supporting actress: Jennifer Colacino, “August: Osage County,” Sheldon Vexler Theatre.

Musicals

Production: “The Producers,” Woodlawn Theatre; “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” San Antonio College; and “Ragtime,” Playhouse.

Direction: Vivienne Elborne, “The Producers,” Woodlawn Theatre; Ronald Watson, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” San Antonio College; Christopher Rodriguez, “When Pigs Fly,” Woodlawn Black Box Theatre.

Musical direction: Mary Lou Russell, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” San Antonio College.

Choreography: “In the Heights,” Woodlawn Theatre.

Lead actor: Gerardo Solis, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” San Antonio College; Isidro Medina, “When Pigs Fly,” Woodlawn Theatre Black Box Theatre; and Walter Songer, “The Producers,” Woodlawn Theatre.

Lead actress: Mariela Flor Olivo, “Spring Awakening,” Playhouse.

Supporting actor: Chris Berry and Michael J. Gonzalez, “The Producers,” Woodlawn Theatre; Rick Sanchez, “When Pigs Fly,” Woodlawn Black Box Theatre .

Supporting actress: Seeley Stephens, “Let’s Go to the Movies,” Harlequin Dinner Theatre.

Design

Scene design: Ben Grabbill and Kurt Wehner, “In the Heights,” Woodlawn Theatre; Abigail Entsminger, “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,” Overtime Theater; Ken Frazier, “August: Osage County,” Sheldon Vexler Theatre; Allan S. Ross, “The Importance of Being Earnest,” Classic Theatre.

Costume design: Katherine Johnson and Greg Hinojosa, “When Pigs Fly,” Woodlawn Black Box Theatre; Sophia Bolles, “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,” Overtime Theater; Margaret Mitchell and Jodi Karjala, “The Importance of Being Earnest,” Classic Theatre; Jodi Karjala and Teatro del Drago, “La Tempesta,” Trinity University.

Lighting design: Dylan Brainard, “August: Osage County,” Sheldon Vexler Theatre; Felice Garcia, “The Importance of Being Earnest,” Classic Theatre; Tim Francis and Teatro del Drago, “La Tempesta,” Trinity University.

Sound design: Rick Malone, “The Importance of Being Earnest,” Classic Theatre; Alex Coy, “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,” Overtime Theater; Rick Malone, “Painting Churches,” Classic Theatre; and Teatro del Drago, “La Tempesta,” Trinity University.

Adapted script: Sophia Bolles, “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,” Overtime Theater.

Original musical arrangements: Darrin Newhardt, “Scapin,” Classic Theatre.

Original musical score: Thomas Nyman and Kevin Parman, “Roads Courageous.”

San Antonio Express-News Posts Alamo Theatre Arts Council 2013 Globe Award Winners for October 13 Ceremony

What shows are getting ATAC Globes? Here’s the list

as posted by Deborah Martin, September 19, 2013

Eighteen San Antonio productions will be recognized at the Alamo Theatre Arts Council’s Globe Awards next month.

Awards will be given for acting, directing, design and other achievements.

Shows and theaters slated to receive awards are:

University of the Incarnate Word: “Italian American Reconciliation.”

Classic Theatre: “Scapin,” “The Importance of Being Earnest” and “Painting Churches.”

Sheldon Vexler Theatre: “The 39 Steps,” “Glengarry Glen Ross” and “August: Osage County.”

Woodlawn Black Box Theatre: “Chapter Two” and “When Pigs Fly.”

Woodlawn Theatre: “In the Heights” and “The Producers.”

Trinity University: “La Tempesta.”

Playhouse Cellar Theater: “Red.”

Playhouse: “Ragtime” and “Spring Awakening.”

Overtime Theatre: “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.”

San Antonio College: “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.”

Harlequin Dinner Theatre: “Let’s Go to the Movies.”

In addition, the Jasmina Wellinghoff Award, which recognizes contributions to the San Antonio theater community, will go to director William McCrary and director/choreographer Michelle Pietri, a husband-and-wife team who teach at UTSA and who have worked with theaters all over town.

Folks who show up for the awards ceremony will get to vote on a People’s Choice Award, which will be given that evening.

Molly Cox, who directed the soon-to-be-award-winning staging of “Ragtime,” will host.

Cocktails are at 6 p.m. and the curtain rises at 7 p.m. Oct. 13 at the Charline McCombs Empire Theatre. Tickets, which cost $35, go on sale soon at the Majestic Theatre box office and all Ticketmaster outlets.

San Antonio's October 14 Theatre Awards Come with Popcorn, Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News

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Globe Awards to be Served with a Side of Popcorn

by Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News

 

A funny thing happened on the way to last year's Alamo Theatre Arts Council Globe Awards.

When ushers got to the Charline McCombs Empire Theatre, they found boxes of popcorn ready to go, so they handed 'em out. The unexpected treat proved popular with the crowd... until it had to be taken away.

“It turned out (the popcorn boxes) were for the ‘Ethics Follies,' which was (at the Empire) the next night,” said ATAC President Tom Masinter. “So the ushers came and took them back. This year, we're providing popcorn boxes because everybody loved it.”

Popcorn is a tiny element of this year's Globes, which take place Oct. 14 at the Empire. The event recognizes theatrical achievement on stages across the city. Awards are given for acting, directing, design and overall productions.

This year, 23 productions will receive awards at the gala on October 14.

 

The evening also includes a catered buffet and performances from seven productions, including “Next to Normal,” “The Drowsy Chaperone” and “A View from the Bridge.”

Masinter noted that Proxy, the Woodlawn and the Overtime — all fairly new companies — will be receiving awards this year.

“These are theaters that weren't around six or seven years ago,” he said. “We're proud to be recognizing them for their effort, as well as the ones that have been around for a long time.”

Productions that will be recognized are:

Comedy: “The 39 Steps,” San Antonio College; “Burn This,” Proxy Theatre Company; “For the Love of an Anesthesiologist” and “Ugly People,” Overtime Theater; and “The Last Night of Ballyhoo,” Sheldon Vexler Theatre.

Drama: “A View From The Bridge,” Vex; “The Tempest” and “Jack and Jill: A Romance,” University of the Incarnate Word; “King Lear” and “The House of Bernarda Alba,” Classic Theatre; “Superior Donuts” and “Time Stands Still,” Playhouse; “I-DJ,” Overtime Theatre; “The Pillowman,” Woodlawn Theatre.

Musical: “The Secret Garden,” Harlequin Dinner Theatre; “Avenue Q” and “Next to Normal,” Woodlawn; “The Drowsy Chaperone” and “Oklahoma!,” Playhouse; “Oliver!,” Vex; “Fascinating Rhythm!,” Allegro Stage Co.; “Cabaret,” Allegro and Northwest Vista College; “DOA: A Noir Musical,” Overtime.

In addition, the Jasmina Wellinghoff Award for contributions to the city's theater community will be given to Richard Rosen, executive director of Magik Theatre. And Globe attendees will get to vote for a People's Choice Award for an overall production on the night of the ceremony.

Tickets go on sale today for $35 a pop at Ticketmaster outlets and the Majestic Theatre box office. Visit atac-sa.org for more information.

Read article at www.mysanantonio.com. . . .

Upcoming: Two Days of Arts Conference in Austin, January 31 - February 1

Knowledge and networking for almost no money . . .

The City's Cultural Arts Division has just e-mailed news for any arts organizations or arts buffs two days of workshops, discussions, entertainment and networking put together by the Texas Commission on the Arts and others. This Monday-Tuesday event January 31 - February 1 offers a rich program. Funded by the government and foundations, itt takes place right here in Austin and you can participate for the astonishingly inexpensive conference fee of $65.

Here's the word:

Register now for this new, annual statewide conference January 31 - February 1, 2011 at the Austin Omni Hotel! Please join us for a chance to interact with your peers from across the state and discuss important issues facing the creative industries. This conference is aimed at art administrators, arts education providers, cultural institution staff, board members and trustees of art organizations, and interested others.

View the conference agenda online! Sessions will address the state of the creative economy in Texas and present strategies for marketing, branding, fundraising, and more. Registration for the two-day conference is just $65. The Omni Hotel is also offering discounted room rates for conference attendees. (You must register by January 10 to receive the discount.) Visit the TCA website to register and for more information about room discounts.

State of the Arts is presented through a partnership of the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division, Texas Commission on the Arts, Texas Cultural Trust Council, and Texans for the Arts Foundation. This project is made possible in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Here's the ALT summary of conference events:

MONDAY, JANUARY 31

General Session, 2 p.m.

Master Storyteller Elizabeth Ellis

Developing Your Brand

Breakout Sessions, 3:15 p.m.– 5:00 p.m.

[A] Social Media 101: Why, How and NOW!

[B] Taking Social Media to the Next Level: Tips, Tricks and Cool Ideas
[C] General Session Alternatives - One-On-One meetings with TCA Program Staff, City of Austin Cultural Contracts staff, or Mid-America Arts Alliance

Economic Development Texas Style – 6 p.m. at Ballet Austin

The Texas Cultural Trust will unveil a new economic impact study focused on the creative industries in our state.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1

Breakout Sessions -- first phase, 9 a.m. – 10 a.m.

[A] Connecting with Foundations in Texas: What’s the Best Approach?

[B] Corporate Funding for the Arts: What’s the Best Approach?
[C] Using Online Resources to Enhance Fundraising
[D] Building a Fundraising Board

[E] Important! New Americans with Disabilities Act Laws Impact Arts

Breakout Sessions - second phase, 10:15 a.m – 11:15 a.m.

(same as above, repeated)

General session, 11:30 – 12:45

Keynote panel: Surviving and Even Thriving During Trying Times
Panelists include Kevin Moriarity, Dallas Theater Center; Sean McGlynn, City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department; Sylvia Orozco, Mexic-arte Museum; and Maureen Patton, Grand 1894 Opera House. Gregory Perrin, University of Texas Libraries, will moderate

Networking lunch

Afternoon breakout sessions, 1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

[A] Adding Up the Numbers: Calculating Economic Impact

[B] Collaborations and Successful New Models

[C] Engaging New Audiences and Participants

D] Building Your Audience Through Cultural Tourism

[E] Art in Rural Texas

[F] Innovation in Arts Education

General session: Flashes of Inspiration, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Fifteen presenters with five minutes each, with small group discussion afterward

-Texas Event Calendar
-Nature Tourism and the arts
-Texas Music Office
-Texas Cultural Trust’s Art & Digital Media Curriculum Project
-TCA opportunities for youth: Young Masters & Poetry Out Loud
-Groupon as an arts marketing tool
-Building a Nonprofit Village
-What about house concerts
-Mid-America Arts Alliance opportunities
-Texas Biennial exhibition expands statewide
-Family Time Rocks with Sara Hickman
-Building a local arts network
-Preparing for leadership transitions
-Creativity to Community arts nonprofit success one coffee at a time
-Is a Cultural District right for my community

General Session: Texas Music Live, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Marshall Ford Swing Band and young conjunto group Conteño

Mellon Foundation Awards $90,000 Planning Grant to Greater Austin Creative Alliance

Reproduced from Rob Faubion's AustinOnStage.com, October 16:

Mellon Foundation Awards $90,000 Planning Grant to Greater Austin Creative Alliance

The trustees of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation have awarded a grant in the amount of $90,000 to the Greater Austin Creative Alliance to fund 19 months of planning and collaborations among a collective of local artist-driven theater companies and theater artists who focus on creating and presenting new work.

The grant will support planning and research to create a formal system for sharing resources that can serve as a model for other communities devoted to creating and presenting new work in theater.

Awarded to the New Works Theater Community - a loosely affiliated, mutually supportive group of Austin small theatre companies and individual artists, designers, writers, technicians, performers and administrators - the "first of its kind" grant funds the efforts of an entire community of artists and artist-driven companies. The group includes presenting, producing, and service organizations of various sizes, both with and without
their own venues. The participating organizations and individuals include:

- Physical Plant - Katie Pearl, Steve Moore;
- VORTEX Repertory Company - Bonnie Cullum;
- Rubber Repertory - Matt Hislope and Josh Meyer;
- Fusebox - Ron Berry;
- Salvage Vanguard Theater - Jenny Larson;
- Austin Script Works - Christi Moore;
- Poison Apple Initiative - Bastion Carboni;
- Paper Chairs - Dustin Wills, Lisa Laretta, and Kim Ngo;
- Teatro Vivo - Jo Anne Reyes and Rupert Reyes;
- Pro-Arts Theater Collective - Lisa Byrd;
- Shrewd Productions - Shannon Grounds;
- Vestige Group - Susie Gidseg;
- Trouble Puppet - Connor Hopkins;
- Cambiare Productions - Travis Bedard and Will Snider;
- Loaded Gun Theory - Tim Thomas and Julie Winston Thomas;
- Da! Theater - Heather Huggins, Kirk German, and Jude Hickey;
- Rude Mechanicals - Kirk Lynn, Shawn Sides, Lana Lesley, Madge Darlington, and Thomas Graves;
- Greater Austin Creative Alliance - Latifah Taormina and Heather Barfield

The Creative Alliance - which, as Austin Circle of Theaters and as the Alliance, is or has been the fiscal sponsor for many of these groups - will serve as the fiscal sponsor for the initiative.

The project was initiated when David Dower, then the artistic director of Z Space Studio in San Francisco (and now with Arena Stage in Washington DC) visited Austin on behalf of a Mellon-commissioned national field survey on the infrastructure for new works and new voices in the American Theatre. Dower was especially excited by the work he discovered here in Austin and most especially, the community doing the work.

"David came to town to talk to us about the possibilities for our community," said Kirk Lynn of the Rude Mechanicals. "He felt like we could get together and ask for support as a community. Having an outsider recognize and value what you do is amazing. Austin is famous; we are known nationally as a hotbed for new collaborative work."

The Greater Austin Creative Alliance - formerly Austin Circle of Theaters - builds on ACoT's 36 years of work to greater public awareness, appreciation, and support for Austin's performing arts community to serve the wider Austin creative community across all disciplines and sectors. A nonprofit, community-based organization, the Creative Alliance grew out of the CreateAustin initiative and works to advance, connect, and celebrate Austin's creative life. For more information, visit www.AustinCreativeAlliance.org.

Arts Reporting: Thomas Jenkins' Rant on San Antonio's Theatre Awards, SA Current, October 6

In the current edition of the weekly San Antonio Current, under the title Pursuit of Competence theatre journalist and classics professorThomas Jenkins lays down the paper's second annual blast at the rules and processes of the Alamo Theatre Arts Council's 'Globes' awards.

The Current approves some reforms in the process since 2009 but is especially incensed at the requirement that “Actors, designers and directors must be residents of San Antonio Metro area to be considered.” Jenkins ironizes at length over that requirement, adding, tongue firmly in cheek,

"Austin’s B. Iden Payne awards are open to anybody involved in a local Austin production regardless of citizenship — but that just proves that Austinites are egalitarian commies open to new visions and interpretations."

The Current offers its own Alternative slate of awards, finishing up with

"Best comedy and drama

The brouhaha over the ATAC Globe Awards.

"Lastly, some parting thoughts. We’ve nothing against the idea of the Globes in general, but we do have reservations about how the Globes purport to recognize theatrical excellence. At the very least, San Antonio should recognize excellent actors, designers, and directors willing to travel from other theatrical communities: theater is a uniquely collaborative art, yet SA seems hell-bent on burning its bridges to the rest of the artistic world. As for the Globes’ actual award process, other cities — Austin and Washington among them — have innovated superior systems that strengthen, rather than divide or disillusion, the theatrical community. Let’s swallow our pride (if not our Dodecahedra) and overhaul the Globes for good — and excellence. "

Click to view Jenkins' full article in the San Antonio Current. . . .