- Drammy Awards
- MARY POPPINS, SWEEPIN' THE DRAMZ: Tbf, those costumes look delightful.
Portland's hyper-local answer to the Tonys, the Drammy Awards, were announced last night at a ceremony at the Newmark Theatre. Full giant list of winners after the jump, but first, some initial observations:
1. There were so. many. musicals. on the list of nominees to begin with. SO MANY! Maybe... TOO many? Oregon Children's Theatre's Northwest Children's Theater's Mary Poppins was evidently a big winner.
2. Speaking of musicals, I'm reminded YET AGAIN that Portland Center Stage put one on about Victorian murderess Lizzie Borden. AND I DIDN'T GET TO SEE IT. (It won an award for lighting design.)
3. It's great to see stage manager Jenn Lindell winning a Spotlight award from the Portland Area Theatre Alliance! Her work with groups like the millennial-focused overunder arts has injected the Portland theater scene with some necessary weirdness.
4. Cash money for PETE, Theatre Vertigo, and Kristen Mun. The Portland Civic Theatre Awards, grants announced the same night as the Drammys, went to some real worthy projects this year (and two of our more innovative theater companies). Portland Experiment Theatre Ensemble's getting a new soundsystem, Theatre Vertigo's making renovations to the Shoebox Theatre (about time!), and Kristen Mun is getting funded "to create an armory of theatrical weaponry." If you've seen Mun's excellent fight choreography (most recently in Portland Actors Ensemble's Macbeth at Lone Fir Cemetery), you know why this sounds awesome.
Okay, here's the whole damn list. It's probably too late, but maybe don't click through if you have an aversion to Mary Poppins.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY: Todd Van Voris, Macbeth, Northwest Classical Theatre Company
BEST SCENIC DESIGN: Rusty Tennant, The Last Days, Post5 Theatre
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL: Cassi Q. Kohl, She Loves Me, Lakewood Theatre Company
SPOTLIGHT AWARDS
Stage Management: Jenn Lindell
Crew Members: Jake Newcomb
Other: Cindi KinderARTSLANDIA AWARD for an emerging theatre: Post5 Theatre
BEST SOUND DESIGN: Em Gustason, The Sweatermakers, Playwrights West
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ORIGINAL MUSIC: Amir Shirazi, ¡O Romeo!, Milagro
BEST YOUNG PERFORMER: Elisha Henig, The Snowstorm, CoHo Productions + Many Hats Collaboration
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN PROPERTIES DESIGN: John Ellingson, Mary Poppins, Northwest Children’s Theater
PORTLAND CIVIC THEATRE GUILD AWARDS
Portland Civic Theatre Award in Support of Theatre (1): $4000 to PETE (Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble) for a mobile professional sound system.
Portland Civic Theatre Award in Support of Theatre (2): $4000 to Theatre Vertigo for renovations to their new venue, The Shoebox Theatre.
Leslie O. Fulton Fellowship: $5000 to Kristen Mun to create an armory of theatrical weaponry.
Mary Brand Theatre for Youth Award: $2000 to Playwrights West for the Teen West Project at Wilson High
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL: Eric Little, The Rocky Horror Show, Live On Stage
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FIGHT CHOREOGRPAHY: Sam Dinkowitz, Wait Until Dark, Northwest Classical Theatre Company
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY: Sarah Jane Hardy, Mary Poppins, Northwest Children’s Theater
BEST PIT ENSEMBLE: The Rocky Horror Show, Live On Stage
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC PERFORMANCE: Eric Nordin, The Snowstorm, CoHo Productions + Many Hats Collaboration
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Mary Rochon, Mary Poppins, Northwest Children’s Theater
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN PUPPET DESIGN: Jason Miranda, When Animals Were People, Tears of Joy Theatre
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY: Dana Green, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Profile Theatre
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN: Daniel Meeker, Lizzie, Portland Center Stage
BEST MUSIC DIRECTION: Jeffrey Childs, The World Goes ‘Round, Broadway Rose Theatre Company
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: MIRACLE THEATRE GROUP
BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL:John Ellingson, Mary Poppins, Northwest Children’s Theater
BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL: Dru Rutledge, She Loves Me, Lakewood Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DEVISED WORK: ¡O Romeo!, MilagroLIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Tobias Andersen
BEST ORIGINAL SCRIPT: Yussef El Guindi, Threesome, Portland Center Stage
BEST ENSEMBLE IN A PLAY: Bob: A Life in Five Acts, Theatre Vertigo
BEST DIRECTOR OF A PLAY: Matthew B. Zrebski, Bob: A Life in Five Acts, Theatre Vertigo
BEST ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL: Mary Poppins, Northwest Children’s Theater
BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL: Sarah Jane Hardy, Mary Poppins, Northwest Children’s Theater
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOLO PERFORMANCE: Rebecca Lingafelter, Grounded, CoHo Productions
BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY: Michael Elich, The Price, Artists Repertory Theatre
BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY: Luisa Sermol, Sans Merci, Badass Theatre Company
BEST PRODUCTION OF A PLAY: The Snowstorm, CoHo Productions + Many Hats Collaboration
BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL: Mary Poppins, Northwest Children’s Theater