2009 Elly Award Recipients

2009 Comedy
Costume Design Nicole Sivell
Snow White: A British Panto,
City Theatre at Sacramento City College
Direction Diane Bartlett
Noises Off, Chautauqua Playhouse
Leading Actor Stephen Kauffman
Visiting Mr. Green, Stage Nine Theatre
Leading Actress Jennifer Russell
Noises Off, Chautauqua Playhouse
Lighting Design Stefany Paulson
Chapter Two,Magic Circle Theatre
Overall Production Magic Circle Theatre
Chapter Two
Set Design Mike Jimena
Visiting Mr. Green, Stage Nine Theatre
Supporting Actor Kyle Gundlach
Visiting Mr. Green,Stage Nine Theatre
Supporting Actress Sarah Rowland
The Servant of Two Masters,
City Theatre at Sacramento City College
Supporting Actress Teresa Ahnin
Chapter Two,Magic Circle Theatre
2009 Drama
Costume Design Nancy Beggs Willoughby
Frida Kahlo, California Stage

Direction Ed Claudio
Blackbird, Actor's Theatre of Sacramento

Leading Actor Jonathan M. Grout
The Talented Mr. Ripley, Solano College Theatre

Leading Actress Voress Franklin
Mrs. Cage, Celebration Arts

Lighting Design Michael Palumbo
The Talented Mr. Ripley, Solano College Theatre

Overall Production Actor's Theatre of Sacramento
Blackbird

Set Design Giulio Perrone
The Talented Mr. Ripley, Solano College Theatre

Supporting Actor Rob Anthony
Blues for an Alabama Sky, Celebration Arts

Supporting Actress Diana Mandujano
Frida Kahlo, California Stage

2009 Education Musical
Choreography Christy Costales
Seven, St. Francis High School

Choreography Evelyn Barney and Nina Thiel
Anything Goes, St. Mary’s High School

Costume Design Traci LaDue
Anything Goes, St. Mary's High School

Direction Cheryl Watson
Seven, St. Francis High School

Leading Actor Daniel Gherardi
Anything Goes, St. Mary's High School

Leading Actress Tayler Anderson
Beauty and the Beast, Franklin High School

Lighting Design Amber Hood and Brett Bachmann
Beauty and the Beast, Franklin High School

Musical Direction James Mazzafero and Stafford Hebert
Bye Bye Birdie, Sheldon High School

Overall Production St. Francis High School
Seven

Set Design Terry Smith
Anything Goes, St. Mary's High School

Supporting Actor Michael Gilliland
Anything Goes, St. Mary's High School

Supporting Actor Spencer Reed
The Fantastiks, Ponderosa High School

Supporting Actor Ben Gibson
Anything Goes, St. Mary's High School

Supporting Actress Kaylynn Rothleder
Seven, St. Francis High School

2009 Education Play
Costume Design Cheryl Padilla
The Importance of Being Earnest, Franklin High School

Direction Cheryl Watson
Playing for Time, St. Francis High School

Leading Actor Colin Martin
The Complete Works of Wm. Shakespeare, Abridged,
Sheldon High School

Leading Actress Laura Holland
Playing for Time, St. Francis High School

Lighting Design Steve Decker
Playing for Time, St. Francis High School

Overall Production St. Francis High School
Playing for Time

Set Design Steve Decker
Playing for Time, St. Francis High School

Supporting Actor Hayden Comer
Macbeth, El Dorado High School

Supporting Actress Catherine Nickerson
The Complete Works of Wm. Shakespeare, Abridged,
Sheldon High School

2009 Musical
Choreography Gino Platina
Cats, Solano Repertory Theatre

Choreography Pepper Von
Let's Go!, Garbeau's Dinner Theatre

Costume Design Terri Thomas
Wizard of Oz, Imagination Theater

Direction Barbara Norris
Cats, Solano Repertory Theatre

Leading Actor Toni Wichouski
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,
Stage Nine Theatre

Leading Actress Erin Johnson Gabriele
Ragtime, Magic Circle Theatre

Lighting Design Dave Patrick
Wizard of Oz, Imagination Theater

Musical Direction Chris Cook
Wild Party, Runaway Stage Productions

Overall Production Solano Repertory Theatre
Cats

Set Design Steve Isaacson
Man of La Mancha, Davis Musical Theatre Company

Supporting Actor Tim Stewart
Cats, Solano Repertory Theatre

Supporting Actress Robin Hushbeck
Wild Party, Runaway Stage Productions

2009 Original Works
Adapted Script Christine Nicholson
Snow White: A British Panto, City Theatre at Sacramento City College

Original Script Lisa Lacey
Solomon's Storefront, Images Theatre Company

Production of Best Adapted Script City Theatre at Sacramento City College
Snow White: A British Panto

Production of Best Original Script Images Theatre Company
Solomon's Storefront

2009 Young People's Musical
Choreography Ron Cisneros
West Side Story, River City Theatre Company

Costume Design Christine Martorana
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,
El Dorado Musical Theatre

Direction Cheryl Watson
West Side Story, River City Theatre Company

Leading Actor Andrew McCollum
HMS Pinafore, Roseville Performing Arts Studio

Leading Actor,
Child
Ryan Blanning
Back to the 80's, River City Theatre Company

Leading Actress Monica Wright
Seussical, Magic Circle Theatre

Leading Actress, Child Julia Adams
Mulan Jr., El Dorado Musical Theatre

Lighting Design Louis Hudson
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,
El Dorado Musical Theatre

Musical Direction Jennifer Vaughn
Seussical, Magic Circle Theatre

Overall Production El Dorado Musical Theatre
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Set Design Kim A. Tolman
The Music Man, Solano Youth Theatre

Supporting Actor Elio Gutierrez
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Woodland Opera House

Supporting Actor, Child Hudson Shively
Back to the 80's, River City Theatre Company

Supporting Actress
Jessy Stein
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Supporting Actress,
Child
Joanna Rehwald
Mulan Jr., El Dorado Musical Theatre

2008 Young People's Play
Costume Design Eileen Beaver
Rumpelstilskin, Stage Nine Theatre

Costume Design Nikole Crossland
The Spell of Sleeping Beauty, Rocklin Youth Theatre Company

Direction Mike Bartram and Sabrina Willis
Peter Pan and Wendy, Changing Faces Theatre Company

Leading Actor Bob Baxter
Rapunzel, Runaway Stage Productions

Leading Actor,
Child
Brady Tait
Rumpelstilskin, Stage Nine Theatre

Leading Actress Megan Devencenzi
Peter Pan and Wendy, Changing Faces Theatre Company

Leading Actress, Child Brieta Davonne
Rumpelstilskin, Stage Nine Theatre

Lighting Design Michael Peters
The Spell of Sleeping Beauty, Rocklin Youth Theatre Company

Overall Production Changing Faces Theatre Company
Peter Pan and Wendy

Set Design Sabrina Willis
Peter Pan and Wendy, Changing Faces Theatre Company

Supporting Actor Nathanial Emond
Rumpelstilskin, Stage Nine Theatre

Supporting Actor, Child Brady Tait
Pinocchio,Stage Nine Theatre

Supporting Actress
Kacey Kamrin
Rapunzel, Runaway Stage Productions

Supporting Actress,
Child
Delaney Feener
The Spell of Sleeping Beauty, Rocklin Youth Theatre Company

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