LOCAL PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR - PLAY
33rd ANNUAL LOCAL AWARDS
April 12, 2025
AWARD PRESENTATIONS
PERFORMANCES
RED CARPET
LOCAL ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Melissa Bair ('Night, Mother, Always a Bridesmaid, Ember Women's Theatre)
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Rasheeda Brown (Mel Brooks' The Producers, Little Shop of Horrors, Chicken & Biscuits, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical)
Anita McFarren (Second Servings, Chapter Two, The Red Velvet Cake War, Seussical)
Nicholas McInturff (Mel Brooks' The Producers, Ride the Cyclone, Chicken & Biscuits, Silver Foxes, The Canterville Ghost, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical)
Kyle Roby (Mel Brooks' The Producers, Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein, Godspell, The Secret Garden, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians)
Cindy Tran Nguyá»…n (The Addams Family, Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, You Will Get Sick, Lunch Bunch, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical)
Alan Tyson (The Skeleton Crew, Chicken & Biscuits, Wife of a Salesman, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical)
Jordan Young (Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Legally Blonde, Next to Normal)
LOCAL PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR - MUSICAL
Ain't Misbehavin' - Short North Stage (Directed by Lisa Glover)
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Beautiful: The Carole King Musical - Gallery Players (Directed by Alan Tyson)
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Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Columbus Children's Theatre (Directed by David J. Glover)
Legally Blonde - Short North Stage (Directed by Dionysia Williams Velazco)
Ride the Cyclone - The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio (Directed by Leda Hoffmann)
LOCAL PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR - PLAY
Good People - The Tipping Point Theatre Co (Directed by Pamela Hill)
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An Iliad - Actors' Theatre of Columbus (Directed by Cat McAlpine)
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'Night, Mother - Ember Women's Theatre (Directed by Michelle Batt)
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Wife of a Salesman - The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio (Directed by Leda Hoffmann)
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You Will Get Sick - Available Light Theatre (Directed by Eleni Papaleonardos)
LEAD PERFORMER IN A PLAY - COMEDY
Dana Bauman - Much Ado About Nothing (Endeavor Theatre)
Cathy Bean - Chicken & Biscuits (Actors' Theatre of Columbus)
Tom Cardinal - Silver Foxes (Evolution Theatre Company)
Rudy Frias - You Will Get Sick (Available Light Theatre)
Weston McAloney - Chapter Two (Performing Arts Creative Ensemble)
LEAD PERFORMER IN A PLAY - DRAMA
Kim Garrison Hopcraft - The Facebook Effect (Original Productions Theatre)
Tom Holliday - A Walk in the Woods (Abbey Theater of Dublin)
Megan Lear - Wife of a Salesman (The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio)
Sonda Staley - Good People (The Tipping Point Theatre Co)
Merritt Weirick - 'Night, Mother (Ember Women's Theatre)
LOCAL BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Matthew Benedek - Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Gallery Players)
Jackson Cleland - The Prom (Hilliard Arts Council)
Samantha Grubbs - Little Women (Curtain Players)
James Hewlett - The SpongeBob Musical (Millersport Community Theatre)
Monica Pedrozo - Bye Bye Birdie (Westerville Parks and Recreation Civic Theatre)
LEAD PERFORMER IN A MUSICAL - COMEDY
Doug Joseph - The Prom (Hilliard Arts Council)
Mackenzie Leland - Ride the Cyclone (The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio)
Shauna Marie - Ride the Cyclone (The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio)
Nick Navaratnam - The Addams Family (Imagine Productions)
Laura Overby - Legally Blonde (Short North Stage)
LEAD PERFORMER IN A MUSICAL - DRAMA
James Held - Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Columbus Children's Theatre)
Rachel Hertenstein - Next to Normal (Columbus Children's Theatre)
Lucy Hoy - Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Gallery Players)
Hunter Minor - Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Columbus Children's Theatre)
Israeljah Reign - Hair (Short North Stage)
SUPPORTING PERFORMER IN A PLAY - COMEDY
Jordan Fehr - You Will Get Sick (Available Light Theatre)
Patty McAvoy - The Red Velvet Cake War (Weathervane Playhouse)
Michelle Schroeder-Lowrey - Lunch Bunch (Available Light Theatre)
Jeanine Thompson - You Will Get Sick (Available Light Theatre)
Traci Weaver - Always a Bridesmaid (Ember Women's Theatre)
SUPPORTING PERFORMER IN A PLAY - DRAMA
Sha-Lemar Davis - Fairview (Available Light Theatre)
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Monaé James - Good People (The Tipping Point Theatre Co)
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Cosette Payne - An Iliad (Actors' Theatre of Columbus)
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Sean Taylor - Starmaker (Evolution Theatre Company)
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Susan Wismar - Good People (The Tipping Point Theatre Co)
LOCAL TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Zac DelMonte (Music Direction) - Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Columbus Children's Theatre)
Dan Hildebrand (Set Design) - Little Women (Curtain Players)
Cindy Straub (Choreography) - Bye Bye Birdie (Westerville Parks and Recreation Civic Theatre)
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Dave Wallingford (Sound Design) - Ride the Cyclone (The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio)
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Lonelle Yoder (Props Design) - Wife of a Salesman (The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio)
SUPPORTING PERFORMER IN A MUSICAL - DRAMA
Kelsey Hopkins - Big Fish (The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio)
Laurence Katz - Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Gallery Players)
Jake McAskill - Little Women (Curtain Players)
Chloe Simon - Ordinary Days (Imagine Productions)
Cindy Tran Nguyen - Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Gallery Players)
SUPPORTING PERFORMER IN A MUSICAL - COMEDY
Tatum Beck - Legally Blonde (Short North Stage)
Brian C. Gray - Ride the Cyclone (The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio)
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Lorenzo McKeever - Mel Brooks' The Producers (Gallery Players)
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Taylor Oberschlake - The Prom (Hilliard Arts Council)
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Elizabeth West - Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein (Pickerington Community Theatre)