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CRT Announces Nominations for 2008 "Pavilion Awards"
CCortland Repertory Theatre has announced the nominees for their sixth annual “Pavilion Awards” which recognize outstanding achievement in local high school theatre. For the second year in a row, First Niagara Bank serves as the Corporate Sponsor for this program, which allows for many categories within the musical and non-musical genres. Musicals in consideration were held at the Cortland, Dryden, Homer, McGraw and Tully high schools. Non-musical plays were also presented at Cortland, Homer and Tully. The nominees are as followings:
Musical: Meet Me in St. Louis (Cortland), On the Town (Dryden), Fiddler on the Roof (Groton), The Pirates of Penzance (Homer), Once Upon a Mattress (McGraw) and Seussical! (Tully).
Play: Rumors (Cortland), The Taming of the Shrew (Homer), and Arsenic and Old Lace (Tully).
Ensemble (musical): Meet Me in St. Louis (Cortland), On the Town (Dryden), Fiddler on the Roof (Groton), The Pirates of Penzance (Homer), Once Upon a Mattress (McGraw) and Seussical! (Tully).
Ensemble (play): Rumors (Cortland), The Taming of the Shrew (Homer), and Arsenic and Old Lace (Tully).
Leading Actor in a Musical: Tim Fuchs (Dryden), Christopher Competillo (Groton), Nathan Keep (Homer), Justin Dimorier (McGraw) and Jeffrey Kerr (Tully).
Leading Actress in a Musical: Aisling Halpin (Cortland), Molly Parker (Dryden), Annali Fuchs (Dryden), Erin Patch (McGraw) and Bethany Harris (Tully).
Leading Actor in a Play: Kyle Tomlinson (Cortland), David Lata (Cortland), Nathan Keep (Homer) and Jordan Nguyen (Tully).
Leading Actress in a Play: Aisling Halpin (Cortland), Emily Hopkins (Homer), Bethany Harris (Tully) and Bethani Rahrle (Tully).
Supporting Actor in a Musical: Mark Whitmore (Dryden), Brandon Young (Groton), Jason Mulligan (Homer) and Ethan Phelps (McGraw).
Supporting Actress in a Musical: Kayla Lyon (Groton), Emily Hopkins (Homer), Katherine Niver (McGraw), Lilly Dickerson (Tully) and Erin Reppenhagen (Tully).
Supporting Actor in a Play: Matt Herbert (Cortland), Kory Nauseef (Homer), Christopher Berkeley-Hitt (Homer) and Jeffrey Kerr (Tully).
Supporting Actress in a Play: Skye Wilson (Cortland), Cassidy Barry (Homer), Elizabeth Martin (Homer), and Marlee Delia (Tully).
Featured Actor in a Musical: Chad Neville (Groton), Mikhail Kern (Groton), John Ochs (Homer), Ben Proctor (Homer), Travis Moore (McGraw) and Jordan Nguyen (Tully).
Featured Actress in a Musical: Lydia Allen (Cortland), Amanda Burlingame (Groton), Susan Zavaski (Groton), Shelby Warmbrodt (Groton), and Kendra Brown (Homer)
Featured Actor in a Play: Collin Horak (Homer), Jason Mulligan (Homer), and Kevin Whitlock (Homer).
Featured Actress in a Play: Demmarie Boreland (Cortland), Elisabeth Wethje (Homer), Beth Easton (Tully) and Lydia Shahan (Tully).
Technical Achievement: Theresa Pierce (Cortland), Stephen Johnson (Dryden), Alex Benson (Groton), and Alyssa Hirlemann (Homer).
Student Written One-Act Play: “Wait a Second, This is a Mystery?” by David Russell, “The Master-Poet of Cortland” by Emmanuel Sikora, “Greed, Love and a Funeral” by Demmarie Boreland, and “Personal Wizard” by Kyle Tomlinson. All nominees are from Cortland High.
Also the students themselves will pick a “Most Valuable Player” from each production. This award is chosen for the person involved in the production who went above and beyond the call of duty for their show. This recognition is voted on and chosen by the cast and crews themselves; no outside judges are involved.
For the productions and acting awards, volunteer judges attend the productions. All are involved with Central New York theatre in some way, whether as a performer, technician, within the educational system or as an avid theatre-goer. In each category, the nominees who received the most votes have been selected as finalists. In the event that a judge is unable to attend a performance, the total number of points each nominee receives is divided by the number of judges attending to determine ranking. Factors such as the size of the role, number of songs, time on stage, etc. determine the category in which each actor is placed
“The focus of these awards is to build a sense of a theatre community in Central New York,” CRT Producing Director Kerby Thompson explains. “We try to focus on the terrific high school theatre being presented in our area, and not on making this a ‘cut-throat’ competition. These students have been involved in something they will remember for the rest of their lives, and this award ceremony should be a fun way to end the school year.”
The Pavilion Award Ceremony will be held on June 1st at 7:00 pm at the Little York Pavilion, home to CRT. The awards will be presented on the set for CRT’s first show “8 Track, The Sounds of the ‘70’s”, and the cast will perform a musical number from that show. Each school will also perform at the ceremony, and presenters will include actors, performing interns and staff of CRT. The CRT Board of Directors will host a reception afterwards. Call 756-2627 for more information.