2008 Ostrander Award Winners

Posted on August 24th, 2008

And the winners are…

Set Design College: Craig Lewis
Set Design Community: Christopher McCollum, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Costume Design College: Janice Lacek, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Costume Design Community: Andre Bruce Ward, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Makeup and Wigs Community: Barbara Sanders, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Lighting Design College: Ken Friedhoff, Animal Farm
Lighting Design Community: Michael Compton and Chris Swanson, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Props Design College: Emily Wells, Animal Farm
Props Design Community: Robin Black, High School Musical 2
Set Dressing Community: Kerry Strahm, Crimes of the Heart
Sound Design College: Eric Sefton, How I Learned To Drive
Sound Design Community: David Newsome, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Musical Direction College: Mark Ensley, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Musical Direction Community: Dennis Whitehead, Jerry Springer - The Opera
Choreography College: Jay Rapp, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Choreography Community: Mitzi Hamilton and Kathy Caradine, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Sup. Actress Musical College: Shaheerah Farrakhan, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Sup. Actress Musical Community: Jude Knight, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Sup. Actor Musical College: Jason Hansen, Assassins
Sup. Actor Musical Community: Ken Zimmerman, The Producers
Sup. Actress Drama College: Katie Preston, How I Learned to Drive
Sup. Actress Drama Community: TIED Jo Lynne Palmer, Pride and Prejudice AND Sheana Tobey, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Sup. Actor Drama College: Matthew Crewse, Animal Farm
Sup. Actor Drama Community: Matt Reed, Seascape
Cameo College: Andrew Whaley, The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Cameo Community: Corey Cochran, A Year With Frog and Toad
Lead Actress Musical College: Kirie Walz, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Lead Actress Musical Community: Cheyenne Nelson, The Great American Trailer Park Musical
Lead Actor Musical College: Chris McCollum, Assassins
Lead Actor Musical Community: Kent Fleshman, The Great American Trailer Park Musical
Leading Actress Drama College: Shannon King, How I Learned to Drive
Leading Actress Drama Community: Sheana Tobey, And Baby Makes Seven
Leading Actor Drama College: TIED Greg Krosnes, How I Learned to Drive AND Reginald C. Brown, Animal Farm
Leading Actor Drama Community: Jerre Dye, Compleat Female Stage Beauty
Ensemble Acting College: Animal Farm
Ensemble Acting Community: Pride and Prejudice
Direction of a Musical College: Stephen Hancock, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Direction of a Musical Community: Mitzi Hamilton, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Direction of a Drama College: Gloria Baxter, Animal Farm
Direction of a Drama Community: John Rone, Pride and Prejudice
Best Original Script: Rebecca Fisher, The Magnificence of the Disaster
Production of Original Script: The Magnificence of the Disaster
Musical Production College: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Musical Production Community: Thoroughly Modern Millie
Dramatic Production College: Animal Farm
Dramatic Production Community: Pride and Prejudice
Behind the scenes award: Alvin Miller
Larry Riley Rising Star Award: Ken Friedhoff
Eugart Yerian Award: Dorothy Kirsch

Congratulations to all the winners!!

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Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story production photos now online

Posted on August 24th, 2008

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Buddy First Sunday Photos now online

Posted on August 19th, 2008

Take a look at the photos from the First Sunday Event for Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story. We had an array of beautiful classic cars, burgers and wings from Outback Steakhouse, root beer floats, jelly beans, bubble gum, pineapple cherry martinis and much more at our very special sock hop.

Click here for more photos, or see them here on our facebook page.

Thank you to everyone who participated and helped to make this event such a huge success.

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2008 Memphis Theatre Awards Nominations Online

Posted on August 11th, 2008

Click here for the list of nominations.

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Auditions - History Boys

Posted on August 8th, 2008

WHAT: Cold-readings for the drama History Boys.

WHEN: Saturday, September 20, 1pm and Sunday, September 21, 6pm

WHERE: Playhouse on the Square’s NEW Office Building (On the corner of Cooper Street and Union Avenue - directly across the street from Playhouse on the Square). There will be staff members available at Playhouse to direct auditioners.

ARTISTS INVOLVED: Directed by Rhodes Chairman Cookie Ewing. Starring Resident Company Members Dave Landis and Irene Crist. All other roles are open, though some may be filled by our Resident and Associate Company Members.

For more information about History Boys, click here. For more information about auditions, email Courtney Oliver at courtney@playhouseonthesquare.org.