Dear Greater Portland,
On this Friday before the Monday, ArtsWatch shamelessly purloins the home page of the Drammy Awards web site to list all of the candidates for outstanding achievement in the 2014-15 theater season. We feel good about this, because we’ve gone straight to the source, and are sucure in the happy knowledge that we’ll be making no mistakes in transcription. Also, the Drammy Committee has cleverly included photographs of all the candidates, which we consider a Good Thing.
Tobias Andersen (with Robynn Hayek), who opens Friday night at Clackamas Repertory Theatre as Big Daddy in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” will receive a lifetime achievement award at the Drammy celebration Monday night. Photo: Travis Nodurft
Things to remember:
– For the first time, the awards ceremony will be in the Newmark Theatre, 1111 S.W. Broadway, which has a capacity of 870.
– Time is 7 p.m., with bar open beforehand, Monday, June 29. Admission is free.
– Given Oregon’s unseasonable Heat Wave (Martha & the Vandellas, 1963, N. 1 on the Billboard Hot R&B chart), ArtsWatch is pleased to point out that the Newmark is air-conditioned.
– Wear what you want: It’s Portland. But wear something: no leftovers from Saturday’s Naked Bike Ride, please.
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The 2014-2015 Drammy Awards Celebration, the 37th of that ilk, will be held at
THE NEWMARK THEATRE
Photo:Michael Dahlstrom
on
MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2015
The ceremony will begin at 7 pm (bar and lobby open beforehand)
Entrance is free, ticketless, and open to the public.
Our fabulous MC at this year’s Drammys is the wonderful Dan Murphy! We couldn’t be happier!
Click here to read Dan’s bio. But better yet, come on June 29 to read all about him in the artslandia program, and best of all, to see him in action!
Here are this year’s Finalists! Please note that, in addition, PATA will be presenting Spotlight Awards as usual, and our parent company, PCTG, will be offering the Fulton Fellowship for an established artist, the Portland Civic Theatre Award in support of a theatre company, and the Mary Brand Award for support of theatre education for young people.
2015 Drammy Awards – FINALISTS
Click here for the link to the video announcement organized and recorded by our partner artslandia, so you can watch it again and again (because these two lovely ladies in PJs are simply too cute! Thank you Susannah Mars and Merideth Kaye Clark!)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Mujahid Abdul-Rashid
The Piano Lesson
Portland Playhouse
Joseph Costa
The Price
Artists Repertory Theatre
Chris Harder
Intimate Apparel
Artists Repertory Theatre
Todd Van Voris
Macbeth
Northwest Classical Theatre Company
BEST SCENIC DESIGN
John Ellingson
Mary Poppins
Northwest Children’s Theater
Peter Ksander
The Three Sisters
Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble (PETE)
Alan Schwanke
The Piano Lesson
Portland Playhouse
Rusty Tennant
The Last Days
Post5 Theatre
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Carmen Brantley-Payne
Show Boat
Lakewood Theatre Company
Cassi Q. Kohl
She Loves Me
Lakewood Theatre Company
Signe Larsen
Mary Poppins
Northwest Children’s Theater
Danielle Purdy
tick, tick…BOOM!
triangle productions!
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Em Gustason
The Sweatermakers
Playwrights West
Richard E. Moore
The Turn
The Reformers
Mark Valadez
Grounded
CoHo Productions
Matt Wiens
The Other Place
Portland Playhouse
BEST YOUNG PERFORMER
Elisha Henig
The Snowstorm
CoHo Productions
+ Many Hats Collaboration
Thom Hilton
Columbinus
Oregon Children’s Theatre
(Young Professionals)
Agatha Olson
The Turn
The Reformers
Haley Ward
Ivy and Bean: The Musical
Oregon Children’s Theatre
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Andrés Alcalá
Mary Poppins
Northwest Children’s Theater
Paul Harestad
Grease
Broadway Rose Theatre Company
Eric Little
The Rocky Horror Show
Live On Stage
Salim Sanchez
Parade
Staged!
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Sarah Jane Hardy
Mary Poppins
Northwest Children’s Theater
Kemba Shannon
The Rocky Horror Show
Live On Stage
Jacob Toth
Grease
Broadway Rose Theatre Company
Jessica Wallenfels
The Snowstorm
CoHo Productions
+ Many Hats Collaboration
BEST PIT ENSEMBLE
The Music Man
Broadway Rose Theatre Company
The Rocky Horror Show
Live On Stage
The World Goes ‘Round
Broadway Rose Theatre Company
tick, tick…BOOM!
triangle productions!
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Alison Heryer
The Mystery of Irma Vep
Third Rail Repertory Theatre
Darrin J. Pufall
The Rocky Horror Show
Live on Stage
Mary Rochon
Mary Poppins
Northwest Children’s Theater
Mary Rochon
The Jungle Book
Northwest Children’s Theater
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Dana Green
Dead Man’s Cell Phone
Profile Theatre
Sofia May-Cuxim
¡O Romeo!
Milagro
Rebecca Ridenour
¡O Romeo!
Milagro
Olga Sanchez
Learn to be Latina
Milagro
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
Don Crossley
Grounded
CoHo Productions
Daniel Meeker
Lizzie
Portland Center Stage
Daniel Meeker
The Other Place
Portland Playhouse
Peter West
¡O Romeo!
Milagro
BEST MUSIC DIRECTION
James Beaton
Lizzie
Portland Center Stage
Jeffrey Childs
The World Goes ‘Round
Broadway Rose Theatre Company
Jonathan Quesenberry
She Loves Me
Lakewood Theatre Company
Darcy White
The Rocky Horror Show
Live On Stage
BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Tobias Andersen
She Loves Me
Lakewood Theatre Company
Sarah Jane Hardy
Mary Poppins
Northwest Children’s Theater
John Oules
The Rocky Horror Show
Live On Stage
Jacob Toth
Grease
Broadway Rose Theatre Company
BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
John Ellingson
Mary Poppins
Northwest Children’s Theater
Drew Harper
tick, tick…BOOM!
triangle productions!
Brian Demar Jones
Bat Boy: The Musical
Funhouse Lounge
Joe Theissen
La Cage aux Folles
Pixie Dust Productions
BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Chrissy Kelly-Pettit
Mary Poppins
Northwest Children’s Theater
Chrissy Kelly-Pettit
The Music Man
Broadway Rose Theatre Company
Mary Kate Morrissey
Lizzie
Portland Center Stage
Dru Rutledge
She Loves Me
Lakewood Theatre Company
BEST ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL
Grease
Broadway Rose Theatre Company
Mary Poppins
Northwest Children’s Theater
The Rocky Horror Show
Live On Stage
The World Goes ‘Round
Broadway Rose Theatre Company
BEST ENSEMBLE IN A PLAY
Bob: A Life in Five Acts
Theatre Vertigo
Learn to be Latina
Milagro
¡O Romeo!
Milagro
The School for Lies
Theatre Vertigo
BEST ORIGINAL SCRIPT
Sean Doran
The Turn
The Reformers
Yussef El Guindi
Threesome
Portland Center Stage
Eric Nordin
The Snowstorm
CoHo Productions
+ Many Hats Collaboration
C.S. Whitcomb
The Seven Wonders of Ballyknock
Lakewood Theatre Company
BEST DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Bobby Bermea
Wait Until Dark
Northwest Classical Theatre Company
Olga Sanchez
¡O Romeo!
Milagro
Jessica Wallenfels
The Snowstorm
CoHo Productions
+ Many Hats Collaboration
Matthew B. Zrebski
Bob: A Life in Five Acts
Theatre Vertigo
BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY
Michael Elich
The Price
Artists Repertory Theatre
Chris Harder
The Snowstorm
CoHo Productions
+ Many Hats Collaboration
Heath Koerschgen
The Seven Wonders of Ballyknock
Lakewood Theatre Company
Damon Kupper
The Night Alive
Third Rail Repertory Theatre
BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Amy Newman
Tribes
Artists Repertory Theatre
Vana O’Brien
4000 Miles
Artists Repertory Theatre
Jamie Rea
The Snowstorm
CoHo Productions
+ Many Hats Collaboration
Luisa Sermol
Sans Merci
Badass Theatre Company
BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
Grease
Broadway Rose Theatre Company
Mary Poppins
Northwest Children’s Theater
She Loves Me
Lakewood Theatre Company
The Rocky Horror Show
Live On Stage
BEST PRODUCTION OF A PLAY
The Piano Lesson
Portland Playhouse
The Price
Artists Repertory Theatre
The Snowstorm
CoHo Productions
+ Many Hats Collaboration
The Three Sisters
Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble (PETE)
In addition, individual awards will be given in the following categories for outstanding achievement:
DEVISED WORK
PUPPET DESIGN
ORIGINAL MUSIC
PROPERTIES DESIGN
SOLO PERFORMANCE
MUSIC PERFORMANCE
FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY
And as previously announced:
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Miracle Theatre Group
El Centro Milagro
Please click on this link to read Milagro’s story
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Tobias Andersen
You can read all about Tobias’s FIFTY years in theatre by clicking on this link! Please join us on Monday, June 29, to celebrate both this remarkable actor and Milagro, the little theatre that could!
Click on this link to view all productions considered for this year’s Drammys.
Click here to view all eligible productions, with links to production photographs!
We are grateful to Portland’5 for sponsoring this event