The staff of DCMetroTheaterArts is pleased to honor the following designers for their work in 2014:
CHOREOGRAPHY
Michael J. Bobbitt for Carrie the Musical at The Studio Theatre
Debbie Clark, Nancy Newell, and Anna Bartels-Newton for Hairspray at Thomas S. Wootton High School
Philip Lee Clark for Little Shop of Horrors at West Potomac High School
Ben Cunis for Inherit the Wind at American University
Christopher D’Amboise and Ben Cunis for Colossal at Olney Theatre Center
Erich DiCenzo for 9 to 5: The Musical at Fairfax High School
Rachel Leigh Dolan for Hair at The Keegan Theatre
Parker Esse for Fiddler on the Roof at Arena Stage
Kristina Friedgen for West Side Story at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School
Matthew Gardiner for Sunday in the Park with George at Signature Theatre
Billy Griffis for Twelfth Night at Lumina Studio Theatre
Pauline Grossman for Godspell at The Catholic University of America
Jenny Male for Spring Awakening at Montgomery College
Mark Minnick for Mary Poppins at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia
Mark Minnick for Monty Python’s Spamalot at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia
Christopher Noffke for Gypsy at Riverside Center Dinner Theater
Rachael Schindler for Spamalot at Act Two @ Levine’s Pre-Professional Program
Stefan Sittig for Urinetown: The Musical at The George Washington University
Bobby Smith for Avenue Q at Olney Theatre Center
Ricky Stakem for Hairspray at Magruder Hugh School
Susan Stroman for Little Dancer at The Kennedy Center
Christen Svingos for Memphis at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia
Irina Tsikurishvili for Beauty and the Beast at Synetic Theater
Irina Tsikurishvili for Twelfth Night at Synetic Theater
Tara Jeanne Vallee for Disney’s The Little Memaid at Olney Theatre Center
Anthony Van Laast for Side Show at The Kennedy Center
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COSTUME DESIGN
Reema F. Al-Bawardy for Urinetown: The Musical at The George Washington University
Flo Arnold for Hairspray at Thomas S. Wootton High School
David Burdick for Amadeus at CENTERSTAGE
Eleanor Dicks for Carousel at The Catholic University of America
Candice Donnelly for Private Lives at Shakespeare Theatre Company
Todd Douglas for The Rocky Horror Show at Spotlighters
Laurel Dunayer for The Mystery of Edwin Drood at George Mason University
Kathy Dunlap for Into the Woods at NextStop Theatre Company
Wendy Eck for Brother Hal at Lumina Studio Theatre
Wendy Eck and Dianne Dumais for Twelfth Night at Lumina Studio Theatre
CS Ferguson for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at Rockville Little Theatre
Kathleen Geldard for The Understudy at Everyman Theatre
Mariah Hale for Richard III at Folger Theatre
Heidi Leigh Hanson for Fetch Clay, Make Man at Round House Theatre
Tim Hatley for Monty Python’s Spamalot at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia
Frank Labovitz for Sunday in the Park with George at Signature Theatre
Gaye Law for Gypsy at Riverside Center Dinner Theater
Gaye Law for Spamalot at Riverside Center Dinner Theater
Pei Lee for Disney’s The Little Memaid at Olney Theatre Center
William Ivey Long for Little Dancer at The Kennedy Center
Ken MacDonald for The Shoplifters at Arena Stage
Shannon Maddox for It’s A Wonderful Life at Arts Collective@HCC
Shannon Maddox for Ragtime at Arts Collective@HCC
Kristina Martin for Sylvia at NextStop Theatre Company
Lawrence B. Munsey and Janine Sunday for Shrek at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia
Barbara Tucker Parker for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown at American University
Robert Perdziola for The Importance of Being Earnest at Shakespeare Theatre Company
Kendra Rai for Beauty and the Beast at Synetic Theater
Kendra Rai for Twelfth Night at Synetic Theater
Reggie Ray for The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin at Howard University
Reggie Ray for Two Trains Running at Round House Theatre
Deb Sivigny for Yellow Face at Theater J
Chelsey Schuller for Hair at The Keegan Theatre
Robbie Snow for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at Providence Players of Fairfax
Robbie Snow and Courtney Fonnesbeck for Rumors at Providence Players of Fairfax
Beth Starnes, Carrie Dare, and Linda Swann for Children of Eden at 2nd Star Productions
Linda Swann for Hello, Dolly! at 2nd Star Productions
Paul Tazewell for Side Show at The Kennedy Center
Rameja Thompson for The Wiz at Creative and Performing Arts Center
Ann Hould-Ward for Henry IV Part I and Henry IV Parts II at Shakespeare Theatre Company
Peter Zakutansky for Les Misérables at Montgomery College Summer Dinner Theatre
Peter Zakutansky for Seussical at Montgomery College Summer Dinner Theatre
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HAIR/WIG DESIGN
Paul Huntler (Wig Design) for Henry IV Part I and Henry IV Parts II at Shakespeare Theatre Company
Samantha Hunter (Wig Design) for Sunday in the Park with George at Signature Theatre
Anne Nesmith (Wig Design) for Mother Courage and Her Children at Arena Stage.
LIGHTING DESIGN
Jason Arnold for Inherit the Wind at American University
Laurie Bautista and Simonne Vincent for West Side Story at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School
Ken Billington for Little Dancer at The Kennedy Center
Colin K. Bills for Colossal at Olney Theatre Center
Colin K. Bills for Moth at The Studio Theatre
Aaron Black for Next to Normal at CENTERSTAGE
Harold F. Burgess III for By The Way, Meet Vera Stark at Everyman Theatre
Anthony Cantrel for Spamalot at Riverside Center Dinner Theater
Jane Chan for Take Me Out at 1st Stage
Andrew Cissna for Sex With Strangers at Signature Theatre
Andrew Cissna for Yentl at Theater J
Dan Covey for Yellow Face at Theater J
Franklin C. Coleman for Into the Woods at NextStop Theatre Company
Franklin C. Coleman for Proof at The Little Theatre of Alexandria
Brittany Diliberto for Beauty and the Beast at Synetic Theater
Julie H. Duro for Disney’s The Little Memaid at Olney Theatre Center
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer for Side Show at The Kennedy Center
Coleen M. Foley for Monty Python’s Spamalot at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia
Chip Gertzog for Rumors at Providence Players of Fairfax
Jimmy Gertzog and Jason Hamrick for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at Providence Players of Fairfax
Andrew Griffin for Avenue Q at Olney Theatre Center
Carl F. Gudenius for Urinetown: The Musical at The George Washington University
Jay A. Herzog for The Understudy at Everyman Theatre
David A. Hopkins for Mary Poppins at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia
David A. Hopkins for Memphis at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia
Jim Hunter for Richard III at Folger Theatre
Jim Hunter for Julius Caesar at Folger Theatre
Lynn Joslin for It’s A Wonderful Life at Arts Collective @HCC
Lynn Joslin for Les Misérables at Montgomery College Summer Dinner Theatre
Lynn Joslin for Ragtime at Arts Collective@HCC
Lynn Joslin for Shrek at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia
Marianne Meadows for Elling at The Washington Stage Guild
Nancy Owen for Charles Dickens’ Christmas Carol at The Little Theatre of Alexandria
Jennifer Schriever for Sunday in the Park with George at Signature Theatre
Scott Selman for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at Act Two @ Levine
Scott Selman for Parade at Act Two@Levine’s Pre-Professional Program
Klyph Stanford for The Admission at Theater J
Eve Vawter for Brother Hal at Lumina Studio Theatre
Eve Vawter for Twelfth Night at Lumina Studio Theatre
Allan Sean Weeks for Hair at The Keegan Theatre
Robert Wierzel for As You Like It at Shakespeare Theatre Company
PROJECTION DESIGN
Brandon Babbit for Catch Me If You Can at Walt Whitman High School
Benjamin Burke for Spamalot at Riverside Center Dinner Theater
Kate Freer for The Shoplifters at Arena Stage
Robbie Hayes for Sunday in the Park with George at Signature Theatre
Riki K. for It’s A Wonderful Life at Arts Collective@HCC
Riki K. for Ragtime at Arts Collective@HCC
JJ Kaczynski for Avenue Q at Olney Theatre Center
Caite Hevner Kemp for Fetch Clay, Make Man at Round House Theatre
Patrick Lord for Judgement at Nuremberg at The American Century Theater
Jared Mezzocchi for The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With a Key to the Scriptures at Theater J
Klyph Stanford for The Admission at Theater J
Erik Trester for Tribes at The Studio Theatre
SCENIC DESIGN
Brian Barker for Spamalot at Riverside Center Dinner Theater
Colin K. Bills for Moth at The Studio Theatre
Beowulf Boritt for Little Dancer at The Kennedy Center
J. Branson for Hairspray at Thomas S. Wootton High School
Marielle Burt for Catch Me If You Can at McLean High School
Tony Cisek for Julius Caesar at Folger Theatre
Tony Cisek for Richard III at Folger Theatre
Tony Cisek for Two Trains Running at Round House Theatre
Dan Conway for Elmer Gantry at Signature Theatre
Daniel Conway for Sunday in the Park with George at Signature Theatre
John Coscia for Rumors at Providence Players of Fairfax
John Coscia for The House of Blue Leaves at Providence Players of Fairfax
Andrea D’Amato, Brian Sentman, and Diedre Nicholson Lamb for Charles Dickens’ Christmas Carol at The Little Theatre of Alexandria
John Downing and Bill Glickbarg for Murder on the Nile at Aldersgate Church Community Theatre
Daniel Ettinger for By The Way, Meet Vera Stark at Everyman Theatre
Daniel Ettinger for The Understudy at Everyman Theatre
James Fouchard for Disney’s The Little Memaid at Olney Theatre Center
Ryan Haase and Alexander Fox for Vanishing Point, A New Musical at Stillpointe Theatre Initiative
Ryan Haase, Nolan Cartwright, Jeanine Vreat, Danielle Robinette, and Mitchel Brower for Caroline, or Change at Stillpointe Theater Initiative
Jeff Harrison for It’s A Wonderful Life at Arts Collective@HCC
Jeff Harrison for Ragtime at Arts Collective@HCC
Robbie Hayes for Yentl at Theater J
Simon Higlett for The Importance of Being Earnest at Shakespeare Theatre Company
David A. Hopkins for Shrek at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia
Natalie Jurkowski and Ella Moore for Monty Python’s Spamalot at West Potomac High School
Natalie Jurkowski and Ella Moore for Little Shop of Horrors at West Potomac High School
Misha Kachman for Colossal at Olney Theatre Center
Kristofer Kauff for Superior Donuts at The Colonial Players
Matthew Keenan for Hair at The Keegan Theatre
Kirk Kristlibas for Absurdities: An Evening of Ionesco at The George Washington University
Kirk Kristlibas for Elling at The Washington Stage Guild
Kirk Kristlibas for Urinetown: The Musical at The George Washington University
James Kronzer for The Nutcracker at Round House Theatre
Kevin Kuchar for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at Act Two @ Levine
Patrick Lord for Judgement at Nuremberg at The American Century Theater
Timothy R. Mackabee for Amadeus at CENTERSTAGE
Timothy R. Mackabee for Deathtrap at Everyman Theatre
Ken MacDonald for The Shoplifters at Arena Stage
JD Madsen for One Man, Two Guvnors at 1st Stage.
JD Madsen for Sex With Strangers at Signature Theatre
Elizabeth Jenkins McFadden for Les Misérables at Montgomery College Summer Dinner Theatre
Elizabeth Jenkins McFadden for Seussical at Montgomery College Summer Dinner Theatre
Derek McLane with James Kronzer for Diner at Signature Theatre
Allen Moyer for Blithe Spirit at Shakespeare Theatre Company
Brian O’Connor for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at Providence Players of Fairfax
Daniel Pinha for Beauty and the Beast at Synetic Theater
Jim Porter for Brother Hal at Lumina Studio Theatre
Jim Porter for Twelfth Night at Lumina Studio Theatre
Ken Roos and Cathy Sledz for Into the Woods at Woodrow Wilson High School’s Theatre Arts
Meghan Raham for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown at American University
David Rockwell for Side Show at The Kennedy Center
Steven Royal for Etiology at The Catholic University of America
Steven Royal for Into the Woods at NextStop Theatre Company
Klyph Stanford for Oedipus the King at The Catholic University
Luciana Stecconi for Yellow Face at Theater J
Mary-Anne Sullivan for Blithe Spirit at Prince William Little Theatre
Ruthmarie Tenorio for Take Me Out at 1st Stage
April Joy Tritchler for The Me Nobody Knows at University of Maryland
Samina Vieth for Inherit the Wind at American University
Caleb Wertenbaker for Next to Normal at CENTERSTAGE
Jane B. Wingard for Children of Eden at 2nd Star Productions
Jane B. Wingard for Hello, Dolly! at 2nd Star Productions
SOUND DESIGN
Patrick Calhoun for The Me Nobody Knows at University of Maryland
David Correia for Proof at The Little Theatre of Alexandria
Drew Dedrick for Memphis at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia
Gracie Denton for Monty Python’s Spamalot at West Potomac High School
Lane Elms for Sunday in the Park with George at Signature Theatre
Frank DiSalvo Jr. for Elling at The Washington Stage Guild
James Bigbee Garver for Moth at The Studio Theatre
Kai Harada for Little Dancer at The Kennedy Center
Kevin Hill for It’s A Wonderful Life at Arts Collective@HCC
Daniel Kluger for The Wolfe Twins at The Studio Theatre
Eric Kritzler for Into the Woods at NextStop Theatre Company
Neil McFadden for One Man, Two Guvnors at 1st Stage
Neil McFadden for The Understudy at Everyman Theatre
Kenny Neal, Helen Tuliene West, and Erin Sullivan for Inherit the Wind at American University
Matthew M. Nielson for The Nutcracker at Round House Theatre
Matthew M. Neilson and Christopher Baine for The Wonderful World of Dissocia at Theater Alliance
Jeff Schabdach for Ragtime at Arts Collective@HCC
Scott Selman for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at Act Two @ Levine
Eric Shimelonis for Julius Caesar at Folger Theatre
Eric Shimelonis for Ordinary Days at Round House Theatre
Eric Shimelonis for The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With a Key to the Scriptures at Theater J
Thomas Sowers for Beauty and the Beast at Synetic Theater
David Van Tieghem for The Shoplifters at Arena Stage
LINKS
DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: Special Awards.
DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: Best Musicals in Professional Theatres.
DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: Best Musicals in Community Theatres.
DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: Best Plays in Professional Theatres.
DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: Best Plays in Community Theatres.
DCMetroTheaterArts: Best of 2014: Best Performances in a Musical in Professional Theatres.
DCMetroTheaterArts: Best of 2014: Best Performances in a Musical in Community Theatres.
DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: Best Performances in a Play in Professional Theatres.
DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: Best Performances in a Play in Community Theatres
DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: Best Director/Musical Director in a Musical in Professional Theatres.
DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: Best Director/Musical Director in a Musical in Community Theatres.
DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: University Productions and Performances.
DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2014: High School and Training Programs.
I am struck in seeing Reggie Ray’s name on the list.
Somehow he knows he has been given this honor.
A loss to our community and I will have a silent moment in his name.
There were a lot of tears flowing down my cheeks when I put his name on the list. I miss him too but his genius lives on forever.
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