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Henry Award 2016 nominees announced by Colorado Theatre Guild

The Colorado Theatre Guild on Monday announced the nominees for the 2016 Henry Awards, honoring outstanding achievements in the Colorado theater community in the last season. The 11th Annual Henry Awards will take place July 18 at the PACE Center in Parker.

This year the Colorado Theatre Guild has expanded the number of nominees to seven in each category. The number of eligible shows for 2015-16 totaled 219.

Outstanding Season for a Theatre Company

• Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
• Aurora Fox Arts Center
• Buntport Theater
• DCPA Theatre Co
• The Edge Theater Company
• Theatre Aspen
• Vintage Theatre Productions

Outstanding Production of a Play

• “All the Way,” DCPA Theatre Company, Anthony Powell, Director
• “Equus,”  The Avenue Theater, Warren Sherrill, Director
• “Ideation,” Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company, Stephen Weitz, Director
• “Other Desert Cities,” Theatre Aspen, Sarna Lapine, Director
• “Rabbit Hole,” Vintage Theatre Productions, Bernie Cardell, Director
• “The Rembrandt Room,” Buntport Theater, Buntport Theater, Director
• “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” The Edge Theater Company, Rick Yaconis, Director

Outstanding Production of a Musical

• “The Big Bang,” Spotlight Theatre Company, Katie Mangett, Director; Blake Nawa’a, Musical Direction
• “Cabaret,” Theatre Aspen, Mark Martino, Director; Eric Alsford, Musical Direction
• “Death Takes a Holiday,” Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Rod Lansberry, Director; David Nehls, Musical Direction
• “Guys and Dolls,” Creede Repertory Theatre, Jessica Jackson, Director; Joe Montelione, Musical Direction
• “Jekyll and Hyde,” Aurora Fox Arts Center, El Armstrong, Director; Martha Yordy, Musical Direction
• “Ragtime-The Musical,” Performance Now Theatre Company & Lakewood Cultural Center, Kelly Van Oosbree, Director; Eric Weinstein, Musical Direction
• “Sweeney Todd,” DCPA Theatre Company, Kent Thompson, Director; Gregg Coffin, Musical Direction

Outstanding Direction of a Play

• Bernie Cardell, “Rabbit Hole,” Vintage Theatre Productions
• Buntport Theater, “The Rembrandt Room,” Buntport Theater
• Sarna Lapine, “Other Desert Cities,” Theatre Aspen
• Gavin Mayer, “The Mountaintop,” Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
• Anthony Powell, “All the Way,” DCPA Theatre Company
• Stephen Weitz, “Ideation,” Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company
• Rick Yaconis, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” The Edge Theater Company

Outstanding Direction of a Musical

• Bryce Alexander, “Cabaret,” Phamaly Theatre Company
• Nathan Halvorson, “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas,” Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
• Rod A. Lansberry, “Death Takes a Holiday,” Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
• Mark Martino, “Cabaret,” Theatre Aspen
• Gavin Mayer, “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas,” Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
• Kent Thompson, “Sweeney Todd,” DCPA Theatre Company
• Kelly Van Oosbree, “Ragtime-The Musical,” Performance Now Theatre Company & Lakewood Cultural Center

Outstanding Musical Direction

• Eric Alsford, “Cabaret,” Theatre Aspen
• Gregg Coffin, “Sweeney Todd,” DCPA Theatre Company
• Donna Kolpan Debreceni, “Violet,” Town Hall Arts Center
• Jay Hahn, “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas,” Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
• Joe Montelione, “Guys and Dolls,” Creede Repertory Theatre
• David Nehls, “Death Takes a Holiday,” Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
• Eric Weinstein, “Ragtime-The Musical,” Performance Now & Lakewood Cultural Center

Outstanding Choreography

• Piper Lindsay Arpan, “Catch Me If You Can,” Aurora Fox Arts Center
• Mary Ripper Baker/Nathan Halvorson, “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas,” Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
• Reace Daniel, “The Wild Party,” Ignite Theatre
• Kitty Skillman Hilsabeck, “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas,” Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
• Mark Martino, “Cabaret,” Theatre Aspen
• Nick Sugar “West Side Story,” Town Hall Arts Center
• Kelly Van Oosbree, “Ragtime-The Musical,” Performance Now & Lakewood Cultural Center

Outstanding Actor in a Play

• Benjamin Bonenfant, “Henry V,” Colorado Shakespeare Festival
• Tad Cooley, “Tribes,” DCPA Theatre Company
• Jonathan Farwell, “The Outgoing Tide,” Bas Bleu Theatre Company
• C. David Johnson, “All The Way,” DCPA Theatre Company
• Andrew Pastides, “Tribes,” DCPA Theatre Company
• Ben Schrager, “Dancing Lessons,” Lake Dillon Theatre Company
• John Douglas Thompson, “Satchmo at the Waldorf,” TheatreWorks

Outstanding Actress in a Play

• Betty Hart, “The Mountaintop,” Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
• Carolyn Holding, “As You Like It,” DCPA Theatre Company
• Erin Rollman, “The Rembrandt Room,” Buntport Theater
• Billie McBride, “The Velocity of Autumn,” Lake Dillon Theatre Company
• Emma Messenger, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” The Edge Theater Company
• Missy Moore, “Getting Out,” The Edge Theater Company
• Lori Wilner, “Other Desert Cities,” Theatre Aspen

Outstanding Actor in a Musical

• Joe Von Bokern, “The Big Bang,” Spotlight Theatre Company
• Daniel Langhoff, “Ragtime-The Musical,” Performance Now & Lakewood Cultural Center
• Jon Peterson, “Cabaret,” Theatre Aspen
• Robert Petkoff, “Sweeney Todd,” DCPA Theatre Company
• Sean Thompson, “Guys and Dolls,” Creede Repertory Theatre
• Danny Vaccaro, “La Cage Aux Folles,” Lake Dillon Theatre Company
• Markus Warren, “South Pacific,” Candlelight Dinner Playhouse

Outstanding Actress in a Musical

• Mehry Eslaminia, “Guys and Dolls,” Creede Repertory Theatre
• Lindsey Falduto, “Ragtime-The Musical,” Performance Now & Lakewood Cultural Center
• Ellen Kaye, “Violet,” Town Hall Arts Center
• Linda Mugleston, “Sweeney Todd,” DCPA Theatre Company
• Marcia Ragonetti, “Sunset Boulevard,” Vintage Theatre Productions
• Lauren Shealy, “Jekyll and Hyde,” Aurora Fox Arts Center
• Kirsten Wyatt, “Cabaret,” Theatre Aspen

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play

• Spencer Althoff, “Equus,” The Avenue Theater
• Emory John Collinson, “Lonesome Hollow,” Springs Ensemble Theatre
• Curran Connor, “Other Desert Cities,” Theatre Aspen
• Steve Emily, “Lonesome Hollow,” Springs Ensemble Theatre
• Rodney Lizcano, “Much Ado About Nothing,” Colorado Shakespeare Festival
• Marc Stith, “Rabbit Hole,” Vintage Theatre Productions
• Jack Wetherall, “Other Desert Cities,” Theatre Aspen

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play

• Hannah Duggan, “Greetings from Camp Katabasis,” Buntport Theater
• Kate Finch, “Tribes,” DCPA Theatre Company
• Emma Messenger, “Exit Strategies,” The Edge Theater Company
• Deborah Persoff, “Rabbit Hole,” Vintage Theatre Productions
• Peggy J. Scott, “Other Desert Cities,” Theatre Aspen
• Maggy Stacy, “Rabbit Hole,” Vintage Theatre Productions
• Maggy Stacy, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” The Edge Theater Company

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical

• Scott McLean, “Violet,” Town Hall Arts Center
• Paul Page, “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas,” Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
• Mark Rubald, “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas,” Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
• Steven Sitzman, “The Addams Family,” Rocky
• Mountain Repertory Theatre
• Colin Summers, “Ring of Fire,” Midtown Arts Center
• Richard Vida, “Cabaret,” Theatre Aspen
• Graham Ward, “Guys and Dolls,” Creede Repertory Theatre

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical

• Brittany Brook, “Ring of Fire,” Midtown Arts Center
• Suzanne A. Champion, “The Addams Family,” Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre
• Michelle Coben, “Peter and the Starcatcher,” Theatre Aspen
• Annie Dwyer, “South Pacific,” Candlelight Dinner Playhouse
• Sarah Philabaum, “The Addams Family,” Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre
• Sharon Kay White, “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas,” Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
• Lori Wilner, “Cabaret,” Theatre Aspen

Outstanding Ensemble Performance

• “Cabaret,” Theatre Aspen, Mark Martino, Director; Eric Alsford, Musical Direction
• “Other Desert Cities,” Theatre Aspen, Sarna Lapine, Director
• “Pump Boys and Dinettes,” Miners Alley Playhouse, Brenda Worley Billings, Director; Mitch Samu, Musical Direction
• “Rabbit Hole,” Vintage Theatre Productions,  Bernie Cardell, Director
• “Sex with Strangers,” Curious Theatre Company, Christy Montour-Larson, Director
• “Sweeney Todd,” DCPA Theatre Company, Kent Thompson, Director; Gregg Coffin, Musical Direction
• “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” The Edge Theater Company, Rick Yaconis, Director

Outstanding New Play or Musical

• “Fade” by Tanya Saracho; Directed by Jerry Ruiz; Produced by DCPA Theatre Company
• “Exit Strategies” by Jeff Neuman; Directed by Kate Marie Folkins; Produced by The Edge Theater Company
• “The Nest” by Theresa Rebeck; Directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt; Produced by DCPA Theatre Company
• “The Rembrandt Room” by Buntport Theater; Directed and Produced by Buntport Theater
• “Reunion ’85” by Susan Draus, David Larsen, and Cody Jamison Strand; Directed by David Larsen, Musical Direction by Chris Sargent; Produced by Lone Tree Arts Center
• “Uncle Jed’s Barbershop” by Kenneth Grimes and David Wohl; Directed by Susan Einhorn, Musical Direction by Michael Williams; Produced by DreaMaker Productions
• “Voddville” by Robert Dubac and Dave Shirley; Directed by Dave Shirley; Produced by Avenue Theater

Tickets for the Henry Awards ceremony are $23 for CTG members (limit 2 per person online with the code Henry2016), $30 non-members or $50 VIP. Tickets go on sale June 20 through the PACE Center website, parkerarts.org, or by calling the box office at 303-805-6800.