Music Theatre Guild of Victoria Open Section Nominations 2012
Nomuinations for the Music Theatre Guild of Victoria Awards for 2012 have been announced. Winners will be announced at the 26th Annual Awards Night, to be held at Costa Hall, Geelong on December 8 at 8pm.
Nominations for the Open Section are:
Production of the Year
Cats, Footlight Productions
Godspell, Horsham Arts Council
Avenue Q, JYM theatre co.
Sunset Boulevard, CLOC Musical Theatre
Into the Woods, SPX Waterdale Players
Hairspray, PLOS Musical Productions
All Shook Up, CLOC Musical Theatre
Next to Normal, Williamstown Musical Theatre Company
Direction
Elaine Mitchell, Cats, Footlight Productions
Simon Dandy, Godspell, Horsham Arts Council
Pip Mushin, Avenue Q, JYM theatre co.
Chris Bradtke, Sunset Boulevard, CLOC Musical Theatre
Shane Sanfilippo, Into the Woods, SPX Waterdale Players
Danny Ginsberg, Hairspray, PLOS Musical Productions
Rhylee Nowell, Rent, BuSTCo (Burwood Student Theatre Company)
Craig Wiltshire, All Shook Up, CLOC Musical Theatre
Shaun Kingma, Next to Normal, Williamstown Musical Theatre Company
Musical Direction
John Shawcross, Cats, Footlight Productions
Andrew McCalman, Sunset Boulevard, CLOC Musical Theatre
Kirk Skinner, Anything Goes, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group
Sue Fletcher, Hairspray, PLOS Musical Productions
Andy McCalman, Hairspray, Ballarat Lyric Theatre
Kevin Nguyen, Rent, BuSTCo (Burwood Student Theatre Company)
Kent Ross, Monty Python’s Spamalot, OXAGEN Productions
Danny Forward, All Shook Up, CLOC Musical Theatre
Tyson Legg, Next to Normal, Williamstown Musical Theatre Company
Choreography
Jordan Punsalang, Cats, Footlight Productions
Amy Anselmi, Godspell, Horsham Arts Council
Cameron O’Reilly / Lisa-Maree David, Oliver!, BABIRRA Music Theatre
Steven Rostron, Hairspray, PLOS Musical Productions
Craig Wiltshire, All Shook Up, CLOC Musical Theatre
Settings
Andrew Bellchambers, Cats, Footlight Productions
Brenton Staples, Sunset Boulevard, CLOC Musical Theatre
Damian Muller, Oklahoma!, BLOC Music Theatre Andrew Plant, Oliver!, BABIRRA Music Theatre
Tad Hendry, Anything Goes, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group Richard Perdriau, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Mountain District Musical Society John Shelbourn, All Shook Up, CLOC Musical Theatre Shaun Kingma, Next to Normal, Williamstown Musical Theatre Company
Wardrobe
Ferri Bond, Cats, Footlight Productions
Christine Skicko, Disney My Son Pinocchio: Geppetto’s Musical Tale, Latrobe Theatre Company
Nerissa Saville, Sunset Boulevard, CLOC Musical Theatre
Lynne Muller, Oklahoma!, BLOC Music Theatre
Isaac Lummis / Sophie Cuttriss, Anything Goes, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group
Tyler Hess, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Mountain District Musical Society
Wendy Braid / Simone Braid, Into the Woods, SPX Waterdale Players
Brett Wingfield, Hairspray, PLOS Musical Productions
Victoria Horne, All Shook Up, CLOC Musical Theatre
Lighting
Scott Allan, Cats, Footlight Productions
Brad Alcock, Oliver!, BABIRRA Music Theatre
Jason Bovaird, Jekyll and Hyde, ARC (Amateur Repertory Company)
Brad Alcock, Hairspray, PLOS Musical Productions
Yossi Torbiner, Rent, BuSTCo (Burwood Student Theatre Company)
Brad Alcock, All Shook Up, CLOC Musical Theatre
Jason Bovaird, Next to Normal, Williamstown Musical Theatre Company
Technical Achievement
bare, sbc productions
Cats, Footlight Productions
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Mountain District Musical Society
Hairspray, PLOS Musical Productions
All Shook Up, CLOC Musical Theatre
Male Performer in a Leading Role
Tyson Legg, Leo Frank, Parade, SPX Waterdale Players
Mark Doran, Joe Gillis, Sunset Boulevard, CLOC Musical Theatre
Will Hanley, Billy, Anything Goes, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group
Tyler Hess, J. Pierpont Finch, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Mountain District Musical Society
Sam McPartlan, The Baker, Into the Woods, SPX Waterdale Players
Jonathan Guthrie-Jones, Chad, All Shook Up, CLOC Musical Theatre
Angelo De Cata, Man in Chair, The Drowsy Chaperone, Fab Nobs Theatre
Paul Watson, Dan Goodman, Next to Normal, Williamstown Musical Theatre Company
Female Performer in a Leading Role
Jaclyn DeVincentis, Lucille Frank, Parade, SPX Waterdale Players
Charlotte Kavanagh, Tracy Turnblad, Hairspray, Geelong Lyric Theatre Society
Maureen Andrew, Norma Desmond, Sunset Boulevard, CLOC Musical Theatre
Rosa McCarty, Nancy, Oliver!, BABIRRA Music Theatre
Ashlee Zaharin, Tracy Turnblad, Hairspray, PLOS Musical Productions
Melanie Ott, Natalie, All Shook Up, CLOC Musical Theatre
Amy Larsen, Janet Van De Graaff, The Drowsy Chaperone, Fab Nobs Theatre
Rosa McCarty, Diana Goodman, Next to Normal, Williamstown Musical Theatre Company
Male Performer in a Supporting Role
Tim Addicoat, Nickie / Trekkie Monster, Avenue Q, Fab Nobs Theatre
Lachy Joyce, Edna Turnblad, Hairspray, Geelong Lyric Theatre Societ
Chris Handley, Bud Frump, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Mountain District Musical Society
Andrew McDougall, Milky White, Into the Woods, SPX Waterdale Players
Mark Stefanoff, Angel, Rent, BuSTCo (Burwood Student Theatre Company)
Luke Oldmeadow, Patsy, Monty Python’s Spamalot, OXAGEN Productions
Tristan Lawrence, Sir Galahad, Monty Python’s Spamalot, OXAGEN Productions
Warwick Reid, Cornelius Hackl, Hello, Dolly!, BABIRRA Music Theatre
Tyler Hess, Dennis, All Shook Up, CLOC Musical Theatre
Robert Harsley, Jim, All Shook Up, CLOC Musical Theatre
Bradley Dylan, Gabe Goodman, Next to Normal, Williamstown Musical Theatre Company
Female Performer in a Supporting Role
Nadia Gianinotti, Bad Idea Bear, Avenue Q, Fab Nobs Theatre
Eleanor Horsburgh, Penny Pingleton, Hairspray, SLAMS Musical Theatre Company
Lucia Craven, Hedy La Rue, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Mountain District Musical Society
Gabriella Russo, Little Red Riding Hood, Into the Woods, SPX Waterdale Players
Lauren Elise, Judy Garland, The Boy from Oz, Altona City Theatre
Amara Jensen, Joanne, Rent, BuSTCo (Burwood Student Theatre Company)
Rachel Ledgerwood, Miss Sandra, All Shook Up, CLOC Musical Theatre
Natasha Bassett, Sylvia, All Shook Up, CLOC Musical Theatre
Junior Performer in an Open Production
Riley Spadaro, Prince Chulalongkorn, The King and I, PLOS Musical Productions
Jordie Race-Coldrey, Oliver, Oliver!, BABIRRA Music Theatre
Joshua Bruzzese, The Narrator, Into the Woods, SPX Waterdale Players
Jack Turner, Jack, Into the Woods, SPX Waterdale Players
Clary Riven, Lorraine, All Shook Up, CLOC Musical Theatre
Gladys Moncrieff Award for First Performance in a Featured Role
Jay Nelson, Moonface Martin, Anything Goes, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group
Ashlee Zaharin, Tracy Turnblad, Hairspray, PLOS Musical Productions
Hilary Cole, Mimi, Rent, BuSTCo (Burwood Student Theatre Company)
Emily Duncan, Angel, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, ASPECT Inc.
Dancer’s Award
Will Hanley, Billy, Anything Goes, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group
Chaise Rossiello, Don Lockwood, Singin’ in the Rain, CenterStage Geelong
Ashley Roussety, Seaweed J. Stubbs, Hairspray, PLOS Musical Productions
Todd Jacobsson, Link Larkin, Hairspray, Ballarat Lyric Theatre
Mark Stefanoff, Angel, Rent, BuSTCo (Burwood Student Theatre Company)
Cameo Performance
Peter Stanbrook, Captain Orton / Sir Edward Ramsay, The King and I, PLOS Musical Productions
Maxine Montgomery, Mrs Phagan, Parade, SPX Waterdale Players
Alard Pett, Morty the Prison Guard, Hairspray, Geelong Lyric Theatre Society
Richard Burman, Dr Grimwig, Oliver!, BABIRRA Music Theatre
Paul Watson, Elocution Teacher, Singin’ in the Rain, CenterStage Geelong
Theresa Stastny, bird seller, Sweeney Todd, Altona City Theatre
Jem Herbert, Nazi youth, Cabaret, Mansfield Music and Dramatic Society
Ensemble Performance
The cast, Cats, Footlight Productions
The cast, Godspell, Horsham Arts Council
The cast, Avenue Q, JYM theatre co.
Fagin’s gang, Oliver!, BABIRRA Music Theatre
The cast, Nunsense, Horsham Arts Council
Design Award
Kyahl Anderson, Miss Deep South’s puppetry, Pageant, SHooSH! Productions
Heidi Williams / Heather Fullard / Tamara Cadd, staging, “The Lonely Goatherd”, The Sound of Music, Echuca Musical Theatre Company
Brenton Staples, mansion set, Sunset Boulevard, CLOC Musical Theatre
Paul Congdon / Heath McKenzie / Andrei Chlebnikowski, audio-visuals, Hairspray, PLOS Musical Productions
Chris Churchward and scenic team, Pharoah’s palace, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Beaumaris Theatre
John Shelbourn, bus departure scene, All Shook Up, CLOC Musical Theatre
Concert/Revue Performance
Fab Nobs 10th Fabiversary Concert, Fab Nobs Theatre
There were 56 Open Section productions in 2012.
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