ARTS FOR LIFE supports the THEATRE RECOGNITION GUILD in
NOMINATIONS FOR THE YEAR 1999 MUSICALS
of Metro-St. Louis Community Theatre:

---------- “Best Performance and Best Achievement” ----------

MUSICAL PRODUCTION

Bitter Sweet ~ Hawthorne Players
Grease~ Alpha Players of Florissant
Little Shop of Horrors ~ Spotlight Productions
Sweeney Todd ~ Curtain Call Repertory


------------------------- “Best Achievement” -------------------------
FEATURED DIRECTOR
Anything Goes (SGP), Gary Long
Bye, Bye Birdie (FMT), Mike Hesser
Crazy For You (BTG), John Weiss
Forever Plaid (KTK), Kathy Schottel
CHOREOGRAPHY
Anything Goes (SGP), Mary McCreight
Bye, Bye Birdie (FMT), Donna Parks
Crazy For You (BTG), Sanjay M. Shastri
Grease (APF), Eugene Peirce
West Side Story (C&C), Margeaux Heaton
   
CHORUS
Bitter Sweet (HP), Ike Eichenberger /LeeAnn Smith
Grease (APF), David Kowalczyk
Little Shop of Horrors (SP), LeeAnn Smith
Sweeney Todd (CCR), Jo Irwin
SET DESIGN
Bitter Sweet (HP), Larry Marsh
Grease (APF), John Hann
Kiss Me, Kate (ALT), Steve Zakrzewski
Sweeney Todd (CCR), Robert Thomas
   
Orchestra
Bitter Sweet (HP), Larry Marsh
Carzy For you (BTG), Joe Paule
Grease (APF), David Kowalczyk
Kiss Me, Kate (ALT) David Drillinger
COSTUME DESIGN
Bitter Sweet (HP), Steve Dorhmann/Lori Renna
Crazy For You (BTG), JoAnne Smiley
Hello Dolly (CCR), Debbie Bixler
Kiss Me, Kate (ALT), Diana Enloe
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (C&C), Barb Vaughn
The Sound of Music (CCR), Dennis Shelton
------------------------- “Best Performance” -------------------------
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Glenn Guillermo, “Albert Peterson” Bye, Bye Birdie (FMT)
Ben Newmark, “Bobby Childs” Crazy For You (BTG)
Kevin Lafser, “Danny” Grease (APF)
Dennis Folwarczny, “Fred/Petruccio” Kiss Me, Kate (ALT)
John (J.T.) Ricroft, “Seymour” Little Shop of Horrors (SP)

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Kay Love, “Sarah/Sari/Lady Shayne” Bitter Sweet (HP)
Nancy Lubowitz, “Rose Alvarez” Bye, Bye Birdie (FMT)
Christina Levi, “Kate/Lili” Kiss Me, Kate (ALT)
Michelle Collier, “Audrey” Little Shop of Horrors (SP)
Lynda Waters, “Mrs. Lovetts” Sweeney Todd (CCR)
   
ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE
Jim Kistner, “Moonface Martin” Anything Goes (SGP)
Paul Morris, “Carl Linden” Bitter Sweet (HP)
Doug Erwin, “Cornelius Hackl” Hello Dolly (CCR)
Christopher Crivelli, “Mr. Muschnik” Little Shop of Horrors (SP)
Gerry Love, “Max Detweiller” Sound of Music (CCR)
ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE
Zoe Goldberg, “Kim McAfee” Bye, Bye Birdie (FMT)
Heather Jane Lynn, “Irene” Crazy For You (BTG)
Michelle Tappmeyer, “Rizo” Grease (APF)
April Bauman, “Bianca/Lois” Kiss Me, Kate (ALT)
Johanna Elkana, “Anita” West Side Story (C&C)
   
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jack Hunt “Roger” Grease (APF)
Glenn Guillermo, “Rookie Carroca” My Favorite Year (KTG)
Matt Holtman, “Tobias” Sweeney Todd (CCR)
Marlowe Valdeabella, “Bernardo” West Side Story (C&C)
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amalia LaViolette, “Manon” Bitter Sweet (HP)
Michelle Barbarash, “Minnie Faye” Hello Dolly (CCR)
Laura Kyro, “Bella Steinberg Carroca” My Favorite Year (KTG)
Kay Love, “Baroness Elsa Schrader” Sound of Music (CCR)
   
ACTOR IN A COMEDIC ROLE
Jason Cannon, “Henry Jekyll/Green Com. Quartet” Bitter Sweet (HP)
Matt Caulley, “Mr. McAfee” Bye, Bye Birdie (FMT)
Glenn Applebaum, Marty Eckhard, Jamey Farley and
Tom O'Conner
“The Plaids” Forever Plaid (KTK)
Jay Eiler, “Eugene” Grease (APF)
Jeff Harrison, “Gangster #1” Kiss Me, Kate (ALT)
ACTRESS IN A COMEDIC ROLE
Shawn Hartung, Grease (APF)
Diane Hesser, “Mae Peterson” Bye, Bye Birdie (FMT)
Amy Gleason “Jan” Grease (APF)
Michelle Collier, “Audrey” Little Shop of Horrors (SP)
Mary-Ellen Tobin, “Alice Miller” My Favorite Year (KTG)
Jennifer Vaughan, “Princess Puffer” Mystery of Edwin Drood (C&C)
   
ACTOR IN A NON-SINGING ROLE
John Lydon, Jr., “Elijah J. Whitney” Anything Goes (SGP)
Ray Shea, Bitter Sweet (HP)
Michael Cox, “Harrison Howell” Kiss Me, Kate (ALT)
Joel Hackbarth, “Lt. Shrank” West Side Story (C&C)
ACTRESS IN A NON-SINGING ROLE
Sally Eaton , “Mrs. Millick” Bitter Sweet (HP)
Janet Lay, “The Piano Player” Forever Plaid (KTK)
Valarie Waters, Hello Dolly (CCR)
Jessica Bedwinek, “Anybody's” West Side Storyl (C&C)
   
ACTOR IN A CAMEO ROLE
Patrick Wheatley, “Lord Evelyn Oakley” Anything Goes (SGP)
David Gibbs, “Hugh Devon” Bitter Sweet (HP)
Joel Hackbarth, “Moose” Crazy For You (BTG)
Mark Vaughan, West Side Story (C&C)
ACTRESS IN A CAMEO ROLE
Dottie Bertolino, “Lady Devon/Mrs. Devon” Bitter Sweet (HP)
Jennifer Chilson, “Dollie Chamberlain” Bitter Sweet (HP)
Mary Henry-Kurtz, “Frenchy” Grease (APF)
Rheaume Crenshaw, Trenneta Horton and Natalie Wisdom,
“Do Whop Girls” Little Shop of Horrors (SP)
   
MMOB/ 1000 Miles Off Broadway; AAP/Archangel Players; ALT/Alton Little Theater; APF/Alpha Players of Florissant;
BTG/Bravo Theatre Group; C&C/Characters & Company; CCR/Curtain Call Repertory; CCT/Clayton Community Theatre;
GP/Gifted Productions; FMT/Family Musical Theater; HP/Hawthorne Players; KTG/Kirkwood Theatre Guild
KTK/K’s Theatrical Korps; MHCT/Maryland Heights Community Theatre; ORT/O’Fallon Repertory Theatre;
RBP/Ragged Blade Productions; SCRC/St. Charles Repertory Theater; SGP/St. George Parish Theatre Group;
SP/Spotlight Productions; TGWG/Theatre Guild of Webster Groves; YRT/Y-Repertory Theater.