2015 ARTS FOR LIFE Performance & Achievement Award Recipients ---------- “Best Musical Production” ---------- SMALL ENSEMBLE MUSICAL PRODUCTION Nunsense - HAWTHORNE PLAYERS LARGE ENSEMBLE MUSICAL PRODUCTION Mary Poppins - CHRIST MEMORIAL PRODUCTIONS ------------------------- “Best Achievement in a Large or Small Ensemble Production” --------------------- ---- DIRECTION Mary Poppins (CMP), Mary K McCreight CHOREOGRAPHY Mary Poppins (CMP), Kimberly Klick MUSICAL DIRECTION Evita (FMT), Kevin J Jones/Mary Jewell Wiley SET DESIGN Nunsense( HP), Ken Clark COSTUME DESIGN Evita (FMT), Kevin J Jones LIGHTING DESIGN Mary Poppins (CMP), John Jauss/Aaron Wolf ------------------------- “Best Performance in a Large or Small Ensemble Production” --------------------- ---- ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Jonathan Hey,"Che" Evita (FMT) ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Heather Matthews,"Mary Poppins" Mary Poppins (CMP) ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE Justin M Spurgeon,"Amos Hart" Chicago (ATT) ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE Ann Hier,"Carrie Pipperidge" Carousel (HP) ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Omega Jones,"Migaldi" Evita (FMT) ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Stefanie Kluba,"Sr. Mary Leo" Nunsense (HP) ACTOR IN A COMEDIC ROLE Mark Lull,"Fester Aadams" The Aadams Family (AP) ACTRESS IN A COMEDIC ROLE Rebecca Loughridge,"Little Sally" Urinetown (ATT) ACTOR IN A NON-SINGING ROLE Mark McCreight,"Erronius" A Funny Thing Happened (FMT) ACTRESS IN A NON-SINGING ROLE Andrea Loenard,"Stage Manager" Forbidden Broadway (ALT) ACTOR IN A CAMEO ROLE Michael Blackwood,"Mr Sowerberry" Oliver! (APF) ACTRESS IN A CAMEO ROLE Amanda Kocher,"Peron's Mistress" Evita (FMT) DUO OR GROUP PERFORMANCE Tim Conrad/Colin Dowd/Raymond J Gill/Michael Huelsmann,"Welcome to Transylvania Quartet" Young Frankenstein (LGP) OUTSTANDING JUVENILE PERFORMER Lucy Schene,"Jane Banks" Mary Poppins (CMP) LeeAnn Smith Cho BEST MUSICAL PERFORMANCE AWARD Heather Matthews, "Eva Peron" Evita (FMT) ---------- “Best Youth Musical Performance” ---------- YOUTH MUSICAL PRODUCTION Mary Poppins - SHOOTING STAR PRODUCTIONS ------------------------- “Best Performance in a Youth Production” ------------------------- LEAD ACTOR IN A YOUTH PRODUCTION Thomas Fischer,"Cat" Seussical the Musical (YPT) LEAD ACTRESS IN A YOUTH PRODUCTION Rachel Weidig,"Mayzie" Seussical the Musical (YPT) SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A YOUTH PRODUCTION Liam Brenzel,"Grimsby" The Little Mermaid (LGP) SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A YOUTH PRODUCTION Makayla Eason,"Scuttle" The Little Mermaid (LGP) ------------------------- “Special Recognition in a Youth Production” ------------------------- BEST YOUTH FEATURED DANCER AWARD Michael Schimmele,"Bert" Mary Poppins (SSP) ALT/Alton Little Theater; APF/Alpha Players of Florissant; ATT/Act Two Theatre CMP/Christ Memorial Productions; FMT/Family Musical Theater; HP/Hawthorne Players; LGP/Looking Glass Playhouse; SSP/Shooting Star Productions; YPT/Young People's Theatre.