[Capdist-announce] PRESS RELEASE: 2018 Berkshire Theatre Award Winners Announced

[Gail Burns]

November 13, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Gail M. Burns

gburns35 at gmail.com

413-458-4246

http://www.berkshirecritics.org




*Third Annual Berkshire Theatre Awards Presented Williamstown Theatre
Festival and Barrington Stage Company Take Top Honors*





PITTSFIELD, MA (November 13, 2018) - At an SRO ceremony held at Zion
Lutheran Church in Pittsfield, the Board of the Berkshire Theatre Critics
Association presented the Berkshire Theatre Awards on the evening of
Monday, November 12, 2018. This was the third year the awards have been
presented to honor and celebrate the excellence and diversity of theatre in
the greater Berkshire region.



The 2018 awards really display the commitment of regional theatres to
presenting new and diverse work. Women and minorities were well represented
among the nominees and the winners in all categories. Nominees represented
theatres in Massachusetts, New York, Vermont, and Connecticut.


Critics J. Peter Bergman and Macey Levin once again hosted the ceremony,
which saw top honors for Outstanding Play Production go to the Williamstown
Theatre Festival’s production of Theresa Rebeck’s *Seared*, and *West Side
Story* take home the award for Outstanding Musical Production for
Barrington Stage Company.



This year’s ceremony featured several performances from regional theatre
groups, some of whom were nominated for awards. The Acting Class with
Patrick White recreated scenes from their production of *Men in Boats*,
nominated for Outstanding Ensemble Production. Director Christine Decker
and actors Erika Floriani and Jana Lillie presented a scene from *Chocolate*
by Frederick Stroppel, Brian Petti performed a monologue from the Bridge
Street Theatre’s production of Mickie Maher’s *There is a Happiness that
Morning Is* directed by John Sowle. And Joel Ripka and Paul Pontrelli, did
a scene from the Chester Theatre Company’s production *The Aliens* by Annie
Baker, directed by Daniel Elihu Kramer, which won the Outstanding Ensemble
Production award for the cast, which also included James Barry.



Julianne Boyd was named Outstanding Director of a Musical for her work on *West
Side Story* at Barrington Stage, and James Warwick was named Outstanding
Director of a Play for *Mothers and Sons* at Shakespeare & Company.


Danielle Skraastad took home the award for Outstanding Solo Performance in
Tony Kushner’s *HOMEBODY*, directed by Jeffrey Mousseau and presented at
the Ancram Opera House.


The Larry Murray Award for Community Outreach and Support through Theater
went to Shakespeare & Company for their Shakespeare in the Courts and Fall
Festival of Shakespeare programs.



*2018 Berkshire Theatre Awards (winners appear in Boldface)*



*1.  Outstanding Supporting Actress Musical*

*Skyler Volpe as Anita - West Side Story *- Barrington Stage

Hayley Podschun as Gwen Cavendish - *Royal Family of Broadway* - Barrington
Stage

Latoya Edwards as Dionne - *Hair *-Berkshire Theatre Group

Monica M. Wemett as Miss Hannigan - *Annie* -Mac-Haydn Theatre



*2. Outstanding Supporting Actor Musical*

Chip Zien as Oscar Wolfe - *Royal Family of Broadway* - Barrington Stage

*Sean Ewing as Bernardo - West Side Story *- Barrington Stage

A.J. Shively as Perry - *The Royal Family of Broadway* - Barrington Stage

Steven Rattazzi as Marinetti - *Lempicka* - Williamstown Theatre Festival



*3. Outstanding Supporting Actress Play*

Ella Loudon as LaBelle/Phoebe Dennis - *As You Like It* - Shakespeare and
Co.

Victoria Frings as Viv - *Well Intentioned White People* - Barrington Stage

*Nemuna Ceesay as Macy - The Cake - Barrington Stage*

Mary Stout as Anne Marie - *A Doll’s House, Part II* - Barrington Stage



*4. Outstanding Supporting Actor Play*

Brooks Ashmanskas as Ronnie Wilde - *The Closet* - Williamstown Theatre
Festival

Phillip James Brannon as Marcel - *Dangerous House* - Williamstown Theatre
Festival

*John Hadden as Arnold - HIR - Shakespeare and Co.*

Daniel K. Isaac as Atung - *The Chinese Lady* - Barrington Stage



*5. Outstanding Lead Actor Musical*

Will Branner as Tony - *West Side Story* - Barrington Stage

Will Swenson as Tony Cavendish - *Royal Family of Broadway* - Barrington
Stage

David Garrison as Irving Berlin - *Coming Back Like a Song* - Berkshire
Theatre Group

*George Dvorsky as “Daddy” Warbucks - Annie – Mac-Haydn Theatre*



*6. Outstanding Lead Actress Musical*

*Addie Morales as Maria - West Side Story - Barrington Stage*

Harriet Harris as Fanny Cavendish - *Royal Family of Broadway* - Barrington
Stage

Laura Michelle Kelly as Julie Cavendish -*Royal Family of Broadway* -
Barrington
Stage

Andrea Prestinario as Alison Bechdel - *Fun Home* - Weston Playhouse


*7. Outstanding Lead Actress Play*

*Annette Miller as Katherine - Mothers and Sons - Shakespeare and Co.*

Debra Jo Rupp as Della - *The Cake* - Barrington Stage

Alfie Fuller as Noxolo - *Dangerous House* - Williamstown Theatre Festival

Laila Robins as Nora - *A Doll’s House, Part II* - Barrington Stage



*8. Outstanding Lead Actor Play*

Jonathan Epstein as Gustav - *Creditors* - Shakespeare and Co

Christopher Innvarr as Torvald - *A Doll’s House, Part II* - Barrington
Stage

David Adkins as Allen Squier - *The Petrified Forest* - Berkshire Theatre
Group

*Hoon Lee as Harry - Seared - Williamstown Theatre Festival*



*9. Outstanding Ensemble Production*

*HIR* - Shakespeare and Co.

*Three Sisters* - Living Room Theatre

*Men on Boats* - Acting Class with Patrick White at Sand Lake Center for
the Arts

*The Aliens** - Chester Theatre*



*10.  Outstanding Solo Play*

Mona Golabek in *The Children of Willisden Lane* - Hartford Stage

*Danielle Skraastad in HOMEBODY - Ancram Opera House*

Sharon Washington in *Feeding the Dragon* - Hartford Stage



*11. Outstanding Director Musical*

*Julianne Boyd - West Side Story - Barrington Stage*

John Rando - *Royal Family of Broadway* - Barrington Stage

John Saunders - *Cabaret* – Mac-Haydn Theatre

Rachel Chavkin - *Lempicka* - Williamstown Theatre Festival



*12. Outstanding Director Play*

Nicole Ricciardi - *Creditors* - Shakespeare and Co.

Saheem Ali - *Dangerous House* - Williamstown Theatre Festival

Jennifer Chambers -*The Cake* - Barrington Stage

*James Warwick - Mothers and Sons - Shakespeare and Co.*



*13. Outstanding Scenic Design*

Alexander Dodge - *Royal Family of Broadway* - Barrington Stage

Wilson Chen - *The Petrified Forest* - Berkshire Theatre Group

Dane Laffrey - *Dangerous House* - Williamstown Theatre Festival

*Kristen Robinson -West Side Story - Barrington Stage*



*14. Outstanding Costume Design*

*Alejo Vietti - The Royal Family of Broadway - Barrington Stage*

Hunter Kaszarowski - *The Petrified Forest* - Berkshire Theatre Group

Montana Levi Blanco - *Lempicka* - Williamstown Theatre Festival

Angela Carstensen - *Cabaret* – Mac-Haydn Theatre



*15. Outstanding Lighting Design*

Bradley King - *Lempicka* - Williamstown Theatre Festival

Andrew Gmoser - *Damn Yankees* – Mac-Haydn Theatre

*Lap Chi Chu - Dangerous House - Williamstown Theatre Festival*

David Lander - *West Side Story* - Barrington Stage



*16. Outstanding Sound Design - TIE*

Daniel Kluger - *The Sound Inside* - Williamstown Theatre Festival

*Fabian Obispo - The Chinese Lady - Barrington Stage*

Rider Q. Stanton - *Ring of Fire* - Capital Repertory Theatre

*Palmer Hefferan - Dangerous House - Williamstown Theatre Festival*



*17. Outstanding Choreography*

*Robert La Fosse - West Side Story - Barrington Stage*

Joshua Bergasse - *Royal Family of Broadway* - Barrington Stage

Sebastiani Romagnolo - *Cabaret* – Mac-Haydn Theatre

Lisa Shriver - *Hair *- Berkshire Theatre Group


*18. Outstanding NEW Play*

*The Sound Inside* by Adam Rapp, directed by David Cromer - Williamstown
Theatre Festival

*The Chinese Lady* by Lloyd Suh, directed by Ralph B. Pena - Barrington
Stage

*The Closet* by Douglas Carter-Beane, directed by Mark Brokaw
- Williamstown Theatre Festival

*Dangerous House** by Jen Silverman, directed by Saheem Ali - Williamstown
Theatre Festival*



*19. Outstanding NEW Musical*

*Lempicka* - Book and Lyrics by Carson Kreitzer; Music by Matt Gould,
directed by Rachel Chavkin - Williamstown Theatre Festival

*Royal Family of Broadway* - Book by Rachel Sheinkin; Music and Lyrics by
William Finn, directed by Joshua Bergasse - Barrington Stage

*Coming Back Like a Song*


* - by Lee Kalcheim. Songs by Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen, Jimmy Van Heusen
and their collaborators. Directed by Gregg Edelman - Berkshire Theatre
Group *

*20. Outstanding Musical Production*

*West Side Story** - directed by Julianne Boyd - Barrington Stage*

*Hair* - directed by Daisy Walker - Berkshire Theatre Group

*Ring of Fire* - directed by Maggie Mancinelli -Cahill - Capital Repertory
Theatre

*Anything Goes* - directed by Alan M-L Wager - Sharon Playhouse



*21. Outstanding Play Production*

*Creditors* by August Strindberg, adapted by David Greig. Directed by
Nicole Ricciardi -Shakespeare and Co.

*Mothers and Sons* by Terence McNally. Directed by James Warwick
- Shakespeare and Co.

*Dangerous House* by Jen Silverman, directed by Saheem Ali - Williamstown
Theatre Festival

*Seared** by Theresa Rebeck. Directed by Moritz von
Stuelpnagel. Williamstown Theatre Festival*



*The 2018 Larry Murray Award for Community Outreach and Support through
Theater *

Awarded to Shakespeare & Company for their Shakespeare in the Courts and
Fall Festival of Shakespeare programs.



-- 
Gail M. Burns
57 Linden Street
Williamstown, MA 01267-2511
413-458-4246 home
gburns35 at gmail.com <gailmburns at roadrunner.com>
Reviews at BerkshireOnStage.com
<http://www.GailSez.org>
-- 
Gail M. Burns
57 Linden Street
Williamstown, MA 01267-2511
413-458-4246 home
gburns35 at gmail.com <gailmburns at roadrunner.com>
Reviews at BerkshireOnStage.com
<http://www.GailSez.org>
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