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2001 TOPPER NOMINATIONS and WINNERS
This annual Europe-wide competition among all US Forces community theater programs is our regional equivalent to Boadway's Tony awards, complete with tuxedo glitz, floor show, and VIP award presenters. An international panel of professional judges spent six weeks travelling Europe from tip to tail, watching every production entered in the competition. The official judging period for this Tournament of Plays was from the end of February to the beginning of April. Here
is a complete list of all those who were honored with nominations, |
Best
Musical
Annie
(SHAPE Belgium)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Darmstadt, Germany)
Gypsy (Vilseck, Germany)
The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd (Vicenza, Italy)
Triumph of Love
(Stuttgart, Germany) (web
site)
Best
Comedy
Deathtrap
(Mannheim, Germany)
Don't Dress for Dinner (Spangdahlem, Germany)
The Mystery of Irma Vep (Wiesbaden,
Germany)
Take
A Number Darling (Hanau, Germany)
Best
Drama
The
Boys Next Door (Garmisch, Germany)
Lost
in Yonkers (Heidelberg, Germany)
(production pics)
Misery (Ansbach,
Germany)
A Raisin
in The Sun (SHAPE, Belgium)
Best
Director of a Musical
Bonnie
Daniels, The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (Vicenza, Italy)
Randy Elwood,
Gypsy (Vilseck, Germany)
Brett
Harwood, Triumph of Love (Stuttgart, Germany)
Jacqueline
Kilduff, Annie (SHAPE
Belgium)
Elle Shepard,
Forum (Darmstadt, Germany)
Best
Director of a Comedy
Jerry
Beatty, The Mystery of Irma Vep (Wiesbaden, Germany)
Todd A. Langenfeld, Don't Dress For Dinner (Spangdahlem, Germany)
Daria Riegler,
Deathtrap (Mannheim, Germany)
Best
Director of a Drama
Vicki
Hanrahan , Misery (Ansbach, Germany)
Jacqueline
C. Kilduff, A Raisin In The Sun (SHAPE, Belgium)
Dane
Winters , Lost in Yonkers (Heidelberg, Germany)
Best
Make-up for a Musical
Marco Luigi
Fassetta, Victor/Victoria (Wiesbaden, Germany)
Gypsy (Vilseck, Germany)
Little
Red Riding Hood (Ramstein, Germany)
Olaf
Ruehl, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Darmstadt,
Germany)
Triumph
of Love (Stuttgart, Germany)
Best
Make-up for a Play
Patty
Devlin, Steel Magnolias (Bamberg, Germany)
Dracula
(Hanau, Germany)
Marco Fassetta,
The Mystery of Irma Vep (Wiesbaden, Germany)
Mickey Medlin,
Don't Dress For Dinner (Spangdahlem, Germany)
Misery
(Ansbach, Germany)
Best
Lighting Design for a Musical
Alex
Caufriez & Olivier Galloo – Annie (SHAPE
Belgium)
Ross Daniels,
The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (Vicenza, Italy)
Stefan
Kaelber & Christina Powell, Forum (Darmstadt,
Germany)
Frank Lewandowski,
Gypsy (Vilseck, Germany)
Best
Lighting Design for a Comedy
Deathtrap (Mannheim, Germany)
The Mystery
of Irma Vep (Wiesbaden, Germany)
Steel Magnolias
(Bamberg, Germany)
Best
Lighting Design for a Drama
Axel
Caufriex & Olivier Galloo, A Raisin In The Sun (SHAPE, Belgium)
Vicki Hanrahan,
Misery (Ansbach, Germany)
Terence
Powell, Dracula (Hanau, Germany)
Martin P.
Koob, Romeo and Juliet (Giessen, Germany)
Dane
C. Winters, Lost In Yonkers (Heidelberg, Germany)
Best
Set Design for a Musical
Robert
K. Chung, Triumph of Love (Stuttgart, Germany)
Frank Lewandowski,
Gypsy (Vilseck, Germany)
William
Morehead, Forum (Darmstadt,
Germany)
Michael
Rhodes , Annie (SHAPE
Belgium)
Eric Robinson
, Victor/Victoria (Wiesbaden,Germany)
Best
Set Design for a Comedy
David Doherty,
Steel Magnolias (Bamberg, Germany)
Phyllis
O. Leyva, Take A Number Darling (Hanau, Germany)
Robert
Marshall, Don't Dress For Dinner (Spangdahlem, Germany)
Andrew
J. Meredith & Daria Riegler, Deathtrap (Mannheim, Germany)
Eric
Robinson, The Mystery of Irma Vep (Wiesbaden, Germany)
Best
Set Design for a Drama
Vicki
Hanrahan, Misery (Ansbach, Germany)
Jacqueline
C. Kilduff, A Raisin In The Sun (SHAPE, Belgium)
Martin
P. Koob, Romeo and Juliet (Giessen, Germany)
Nathan Records,
Dracula (Hanau, Germany)
Dane C.
Winters, Lost In Yonkers (Heidelberg, Germany)
Best
Costume Design for a Comedy
Amanda
S Cherry, Steel Magnolias (Bamberg, Germany)
Herbert
Ehrhardt, The Mystery of Irma Vep (Wiesbaden, Germany)
Fallen Angels
(Bad Kreuznach, Germany)
Kim Sanders,
Don't Dress For Dinner (Spangdahlem, Germany)
Best
Costume Design for a Musical
Annie
(SHAPE Belgium)
Marco Luigi
Fassetta , Victor/Victoria (Wiesbaden,Germany)
Ceci
Green and Terri Crites, Gypsy (Vilseck, Germany)
Billy Lord,
Forum (Darmstadt,
Germany)
Triumph
of Love (Stuttgart, Germany)
Best
Costume Design for a Drama
The Boys
Next Door (Garmisch, Germany)
Lost
In Yonkers (Heidelberg, Germany)
Misery (Ansbach, Germany)
A
Raisin In The Sun (SHAPE, Belgium)
Best
Stage Properties and Dressing for a Musical
Annie
(SHAPE Belgium)
Lauren Nelbach,
Forum (Darmstadt,
Germany)
Tina Plotts,
Gypsy (Vilseck, Germany)
The Roar
of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (Vicenza, Italy)
Sue Zarutskie,
Victor/Victoria (Wiesbaden,Germany)
Best
Stage Properties for a Comedy
Dawn
Bingman, Don't Dress For Dinner (Spangdahlem, Germany)
Daria
Riegler, Deathtrap (Mannheim, Germany)
Steel Magnolias
(Bamberg, Germany)
Sue Zarutskie,
The Mystery of Irma Vep (Wiesbaden, Germany)
Best
Stage Properties for a Drama
The
Boys Next Door (Garmisch, Germany)
Lost in
Yonkers (Heidelberg, Germany)
Misery
(Ansbach, Germany)
A Raisin
In The Sun (SHAPE, Belgium)
Best
Sound Design
Gary
Giorgis, Ron Paoletti, and Dane C. Winters, Lost In Yonkers (Heidelberg, Germany)
Jacqueline
C. Kilduff, A Raisin In The Sun (SHAPE, Belgium)
CW3 Ben
Maupin, Misery (Ansbach, Germany)
Regine
Schulze, Dracula (Hanau, Germany)
Best
House Management
Darmstadt
Performing Arts Center, Forum (Darmstadt,
Germany)
Hohenfels
Box Seat Theatre, Painting Churches (Hohenfels, Germany)
Spangdahlem
ACT Eifel, Don’t Dress For Dinner (Spangdahlem, Germany)
Vicenza
Soldiers Theatre, The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd (Vicenza, Italy)
Wiesbaden
Amelia Earhart Playhouse, Victor/Victoria (Wiesbaden,Germany)
Best
Scene Painting
Don’t
Dress For Dinner (Spangdahlem, Germany)
AF Maj George
Linka, Gypsy (Vilseck, Germany)
William
Morehead, Forum (Darmstadt,
Germany)
Michael
Rhodes, Annie (SHAPE
Belgium)
Dani Shields-Weiss
and Ernie Harnett, Little Red Riding Hood (Ramstein, Germany)
Best
Program
A
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Darmstadt,
Germany)
Gypsy (Vilseck, Germany)
Steel Magnolias
(Bamberg, Germany)
Triumph
of Love (Stuttgart, Germany)
Best
Poster
Annie
(SHAPE Belgium)
Gypsy (Vilseck, Germany)
Little Red
Riding Hood (Ramstein, Germany)
Triumph
of Love (Stuttgart, Germany)
Victor/Victoria (Wiesbaden,Germany)
Best
Instrumentalist
Richard
Cavazos, Sax/Synth, Annie (SHAPE
Belgium)
Sharon Everton,
Keyboard, Little Red Riding Hood (Ramstein, Germany)
Kevin Morris,
Trombonist, Forum (Darmstadt, Germany)
Kate Nelson,
Victor/Victoria (Wiesbaden,Germany)
Robert Ozawa
Loe, Keyboard Bass, and Trumpet, Gypsy (Vilseck, Germany)
Best
Orchestra or Musical Accompaniment
Annie
(SHAPE Belgium)
A Funny
Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Darmstadt, Germany)
Gypsy (Vilseck, Germany)
The Roar
of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (Vicenza, Italy)
Triumph
of Love (Stuttgart, Germany)
Best
Musical Director
Alan
Buxkemper, Triumph of Love (Stuttgart, Germany)
J ulie Lucht,
Gypsy (Vilseck, Germany)
SFC Joan
Murray, Annie (SHAPE
Belgium)
Alex Nitschke,
Forum (Darmstadt, Germany)
Anna Pittaro
& SPC Aaron Talley, The Roar of the Greasepaint–The Smell of the Crowd (Vicenza, Italy)
Best
Technical Director or Stage Manager for a Musical
Paula
Fairbrother, Little Red Riding Hood (Ramstein, Germany)
MSgt
Joe Kuberski, Gypsy (Vilseck, Germany)
William
Morehead, Forum (Darmstadt, Germany)Eric Robinson
, Victor/Victoria (Wiesbaden,Germany)
LTC David
Rogers, Annie (SHAPE
Belgium)
Best
Technical Director for a Play
David
Doherty, Steel Magnolias (Bamberg, Germany)
Jacqueline
C. Kilduff, A Raisin In The Sun (SHAPE, Belgium)
Sam Lightle,
Take A Number Darling (Hanau, Germany)
Eric
Robinson , The Mystery of Irma Vep (Wiesbaden, Germany)
Dane C.
Winters, Lost In Yonkers (Heidelberg, Germany)
Best
Military Performance in a Play (TIE)
CPT
James T. Bozer, Louie, Lost In Yonkers (Heidelberg, Germany)
CW3 Ben
Maupin, Paul, Misery (Ansbach, Germany)
SPC. Richard
Redding, title role, Dracula (Hanau, Germany)
SSgt Angelo
Smith, Bernard, Don't Dress For Dinner (Spangdahlem, Germany)
MSG Lynda
Tyson, Ruth, A Raisin In The Sun (SHAPE, Belgium)
Best
Military Performance in a Musical
SPC
Ryan Brownell, multiple roles, Annie (SHAPE
Belgium)
Dutch Army
SGT Robert De Doelder, Rooster, Annie (SHAPE
Belgium)
SPC Aaron
Talley, Cocky, The Roar Of The Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (Vicenza,
Italy)
PV2 Mark
Carter, Protean, Forum (Darmstadt, Germany)
Best
Debut Performance by an Actress
Tanya
Chambers, Gladys Nurmy, Take A Number Darling (Hanau, Germany)
SGT Robin
Jackson, Annelle, Steel Magnolias (Bamberg, Germany)
Kendra Schinbeckler,
Suzanne, Don't Dress For Dinner (Spangdahlem, Germany)
Denise Stauffer,
Grace, Annie (SHAPE
Belgium)
Cassandra
Wren, Mama, A Raisin In The Sun (SHAPE, Belgium)
Best
Debut Performance by an Actor
1LT
Rick
Boarder, Ken, Hotline (Death Defying Acts, Schweinfurt, Germany))
Paul
Border, Wolf, Little Red Riding Hood (Ramstein, Germany)
Hank Hayes,
Senex, Forum (Darmstadt, Germany)
Eric Robinson,
multiple roles, The Mystery of Irma Vep (Wiesbaden, Germany)
Best
Chorus Member (TIE)
Arik
Cullen, Victor/Victoria (Wiesbaden,Germany)
Deborah
Hartranft, The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (Vicenza,
Italy)
Jule Kunkel,
Forum (Darmstadt, Germany)
SGT Paul Levine, Annie (SHAPE
Belgium)
PFC Alex
Teal, Forum (Darmstadt, Germany)
Youth
in Community Theatre Award
Parker
Crandall , Arty, Lost In Yonkers (Heidelberg, Germany)
Carolyn
Gortler, title role, Little Red Riding Hood (Ramstein, Germany)
Maggie MacFarland,
June, Gypsy (Vilseck, Germany)
Juliana
Toney, Tessie, Annie (SHAPE
Belgium)
C.J. Tyson,
Travis Younger, A Raisin In The Sun (SHAPE, Belgium)
Best
Ensemble for a Play
Don't
Dress For Dinner (Spangdahlem, Germany)
Lost In
Yonkers (Heidelberg, Germany)
A Raisin
In The Sun (SHAPE, Belgium)
Romeo
and Juliet (Giessen, Germany)
Best
Chorus or Ensemble for a Musical
Courtesans,
Forum (Darmstadt, Germany)
Farm Boys,
Gypsy (Vilseck, Germany)
Orphans,
Annie (SHAPE
Belgium)
Three
Strippers, Gypsy, Karen Kuberski, Linda MacFarland, & Kelly McCulloch, (Vilseck,
Germany)
Urchins,
The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (Vicenza, Italy)
Best
Actress in a Minor Role in a Musical
UK Naval
Forces leading writer JoAnne Currie, Lily St. Regis, Annie (SHAPE
Belgium)
Linda Dahlstrom,
The Kid, The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (Vicenza, Italy)
Tamsin Douglas,
Star-To-Be, Annie (SHAPE
Belgium)
Christina
Powell, Domina, Forum (Darmstadt, Germany)
Kara
Skaggs, Corine, Triumph of Love (Stuttgart, Germany)
Best Actor in a Minor Role in a Musical
Thomas Harke,
Harlequin, Triumph of Love (Stuttgart, Germany)
Ed Martinez,
Dimas the Gardener, Triumph of Love (Stuttgart, Germany)
MAJ Alan
Ostenberg, Pres. Roosevelt, Annie (SHAPE
Belgium)
Lewis Plotts,
Tulsa, Gypsy (Vilseck, Germany)
James Thompson,
Squash, Victor/Victoria (Wiesbaden,Germany)
Kai Werth,
Miles Gloriosus, Forum (Darmstadt, Germany)
Best
Actress in a Minor Role in a Comedy
Francesca
Armstrong, Ilona Valdez, Take A Number Darling (Hanau, Germany)
Debbie
Bengtson Kosak, Helga Ten Dorp, Deathtrap (Mannheim, Germany)
Samantha
Davis, Phyllis, Central Park West (Death Defying Acts) (Schweinfurt, Germany)
Best
Actor in a Minor Role in a Comedy
MSGT
Robert Benton, George, Don't Dress For Dinner (Spangdahlem, Germany)
Bill
Robertson, Maurice, Fallen Angels (Bad Kreuznach, Germany)
Erik Zink,
Sam, Central Park West (Death Defying Acts) (Schweinfurt, Germany)
Best
Supporting Actress in a Musical (TIE)
Nora Borchers, Philia, Forum (Darmstadt, Germany)
Mary
Lang Fournier, Norma, Victor/Victoria (Wiesbaden,Germany)
Sara
Harvey, Louise, Gypsy (Vilseck, Germany)
Ingrid
Harwood, Triumph of Love (Stuttgart, Germany)
Dani
Shields-Weiss, Grandmother, Little Red Riding Hood (Ramstein, Germany)
Best
Supporting Actor in a Musical
Richard
Herman, Hero, Forum (Darmstadt, Germany)
AF Major George Linka, Herbie, Gypsy (Vilseck, Germany)
William
Lord, Hysterium, Forum (Darmstadt, Germany)
Richard
Schultz, Toddy, Victor/Victoria (Wiesbaden,Germany)
Joerg Witzsch,
Triumph of Love (Stuttgart, Germany)
Best
Supporting Actress in a Comedy
Karrisa
Arnold, Ellen, Take A Number Darling (Hanau, Germany)
Amber Dykes,
Bernie, Take A Number Darling (Hanau, Germany)
Ann Coltman-Wendtlandt
, M'Lynn, Steel Magnolias (Bamberg, Germany)
Catherine
Wrighter, Myra, Deathtrap (Mannheim, Germany)
Best
Supporting Actor in a Comedy
Chance
Giddens, The Attorney, The Interview (Death Defying Acts) (Schweinfurt, Germany)
Sam Lightle,
Bill, Take A Number Darling (Hanau, Germany)
1LT James
Martin, Clifford, Deathtrap (Mannheim, Germany)
Best
Actress in a Comedy
Dawn Bingman,
Jacqueline, Don't Dress For Dinner (Spangdahlem, Germany)
Tanya
Chambers, Gladys, Take A Number Darling (Hanau, Germany)
Kate
Leonardo, Shelby, Steel Magnolias (Bamberg, Germany)
Tanya
Linette Weiss, Suzette, Don't Dress For Dinner (Spangdahlem, Germany)
Best
Actor in a Comedy
A1C
John Memolo, Robert, Don’t Dress For Dinner (Spangdahlem, Germany)
CPL Nathan
Records, Duncan, Take A Number Darling (Hanau, Germany)
Ken Rouse
, Sidney, Deathtrap (Mannheim, Germany)
Michael
Stephen, Multiple Roles, The Mystery of Irma Vep (Wiesbaden, Germany)
Best
Actress in a Minor Role in a Drama
Monica
Bailey, Clara, The Boys Next Door (Garmisch, Germany)
Kristy Huettner,
Lady Capulet, Romeo and Juliet (Giessen, Germany)
Chantal
Schurr, Sheila, The Boys Next Door (Garmisch, Germany)
Best
Actor in a Minor Role in a Drama (TIE)
Dutch
Army SSG Dave Appiah-Adeji, Joseph, A Raisin In The Sun (SHAPE, Belgium)
SPC Joseph
P. Howard, BoBo, A Raisin In The Sun (SHAPE, Belgium)
Don Lawson,
Narrator, Painting Churches (Hohenfels, Germany)
Terence
Powell, Renfield, Dracula (Hanau, Germany)
Mark Williams,
Capulet, Romeo and Juliet (Giessen, Germany)
Best
Supporting Actress in a Drama
SSG
Avril Adams-Hooker, Beneatha, A Raisin In The Sun (SHAPE, Belgium)
Vicki Partin,
Nurse, Romeo & Juliet (Giessen, Germany)
Sylvia
Rausch, Grandma, Lost in Yonkers (Heidelberg, Germany)
Susan Sweetman,
Mags, Painting Churches (Hohenfels, Germany)
Best
Supporting Actor in a Drama
Omar
El-Saeidi, Tybalt, Romeo & Juliet (Giessen, Germany)
Richard
Haverinen, Eddie, Lost in Yonkers (Heidelberg, Germany)
Aaron LaMere,
Arnold, The Boys Next Door (Garmisch, Germany)
Damien McLoughlin,
Norman, The Boys Next Door (Garmisch, Germany)
Best
Actress in a Musical
Terry
Crites, Rose, Gypsy (Vilseck, Germany)
Diane Cumbie, Miss Hannigan, Annie (SHAPE Belgium)
Jennifer King, Princess Leonide, Triumph of Love (Stuttgart, Germany)
Allie Hundley,
title role, Annie (SHAPE
Belgium)
Sue Paramore,
title role, Victor/Victoria (Wiesbaden,Germany)
Best
Actor in a Musical
Terry
Smith, Sir, The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (Vicenza, Italy)
LTC
Mick Cumbie, Daddy Warbucks, Annie (SHAPE Belgium)
Tony
King, Agis, Triumph Of Love (Stuttgart, Germany)
SSgt
Rob Gwin, Pseudolus, Forum (Darmstadt, Germany)
Michael Boyer, King Marchan, Victor/Victoria (Wiesbaden,Germany)
Best
Actress in a Drama
Joann
Boone, Fanny, Painting Churches (Hohenfels, Germany)
DeAnne Murphy,
Annie, Misery (Ansbach, Germany)
Jeanne
Ragonese, Bella, Lost in Yonkers (Heidelberg, Germany)
Best
Actor in a Drama
Dale
Coldwells, Jay, Lost in Yonkers (Heidelberg, Germany)
Roy Favors
, Gardner, Painting Churches (Hohenfels, Germany)
Bill
Knoll, Lucien, The Boys Next Door (Garmisch, Germany)
Thaddaeus
Meilinger, Romeo, Romeo & Juliet (Giessen, Germany)
(Ret) MAJ
Bernard Slayton, Walter, A Raisin In The Sun (SHAPE, Belgium)
Special
Award for Original Music
Fate, Romeo and Juliet
(Giessen, Germany)
Special Award for Outstanding Family Theatre Program
Little Red
Riding Hood, Razz Ma Tazz Family Theatre (Ramstein,
Germany)
Special
Award for Outstanding Follow Spot Operator
Jordan Lucht
and David Stockbauer, Gypsy
(Vilseck, Germany)
Special
Award for Innovative Programming
Hohenfels Box Seat Theatre (Hohenfels,
Germany)
Outstanding
Contribution to Military Community Theatre
Jeannine Bennett, Roseann Drydale, & Dennis Williams
(Bad Kreuznach, Germany)
Special
Animal Performance
Baxter, Sandy in Annie
(SHAPE Belgium)
Special
Award for Outstanding Support of Command Program
Susan
Lunt & Gary Giorgis (Heidelberg, Germany)
James
T. Martin Award for Individual Excellence
Ross Daniels (Vicenza, Italy)
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