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The Little Theatre of Watertown A little bit about the
oldest continuous running community theater troupe in NYS |
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The Little Theater of Watertown is a volunteer based, nonprofit organization that exists to offer quality
live theatre, provide lifelong learning opportunities, and foster creative
expression throughout the community in a fiscally responsible manner. There is a long history to Little Theatre of Watertown and this
page will explain it all some day soon. We are located in |
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We are currently looking for a new home in |
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Awards – Awards – Awards! |
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2011-2012 TANYS
Roving Adjudicator Awards My Three Angels
(November & December 2011):
Adjudicator: Joan Luther « Excellence Achievement in Direction
to « Meritorious Achievement in Ensemble
Acting to Terry Burgess, David Fichtenmayer, and Levi Whitney « Meritorious Achievement in Costume
Design and Execution to Rebecca Hopfinger Adjudicator’s comments: “The Little Theatre of Watertown gave its
audience some real laughs when three unusual angels hit the stage at the
Black River Valley Club. Under Sherman
C. Ward, Jr.’s direction, the stage came alive with
a Christmas story full of fun, merriment and compassion. It has something for everyone, including a
live chicken!” The dinner was great, too. |
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2010-2011 TANYS
Roving Adjudicator Awards Red, White and Tuna
(August 2011):
Adjudicator: Spencer Watson ·
Meritorious Achievement in Comedic Ensemble Acting
to Daniel Davis and David Simmons ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Flamingo Court
(April 2011):
Adjudicator: Ed Scutt « Meritorious Achievement in Acting to Jane Jenkins for her portrayal in the dual roles of Marie and Clara « Excellent Achievement in Acting to Terry Burgess for his portrayal of Dominic « Meritorious Achievement in Acting to Mark Chiappone for his portrayal of
Harry « Meritorious Achievement in Sound Design and Execution to
Dan Allington Adjudicator’s comments: Dinner and The Little Theatre of Watertown's
production of three interconnected one-act plays, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don’t Talk to the Actors (February 2011): Adjudicator: Joan
Luther ·
Meritorious
Achievement in Acting to Stephanie
Wilson for her portrayal of Lucinda Shaw ·
Meritorious
Achievement in Characterization to the Cast - Terry Burgess, David Fichtenmayer, David Murphy, Brianna Ramsey, Kathie Strader and Stephanie Wilson - and director, Sarah Hovey Adjudicator’s Comments: LT brought the wheeling and
dealing of backstage to life with their production …The cast and director
created a thoughtful comedy full of people we all can relate to. And the dinner at the Black River Club is
not to be missed! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sorry, Wrong Chimney
(November 2011) Adjudicator:: ·
Meritorious Achievement in Ensemble Acting to the
entire cast - Dan Allington, Kris Rusho, Sarah
Hovey, Scot Zaffora-Reeder, Terry Burgess, Adjudicator’s Comments: The reputation of
the Little Theatre of Watertown was definitely enhanced by this fast paced
romp of this yuletide farce. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Board Member Sherman Ward received the American Asso.
of Community Theaters (AACT) Fellows Award. "The Honorable designation of Fellow is
bestowed for life upon those members of AACT who over a period of years have
contributed significantly to the idea and ideal of community theatre."
He will also receive The Art Cole Award "Honors lifetime of leadership in community
theatre by members of AACT who have provided leadership at the national level
in addition to local and/or regional levels.”
Congratulations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Sherman C. Ward Jr. Distinguished
Volunteer Award was presented by the Theatre Association of NY State (TANYS)
in November 2010 to Jane
Bowman Jenkins. The Sherman C. Ward, Jr. Distinguished Volunteer Award is given
to an individual above the age of 65 who has faithfully provided significant
and valuable service to community theatre for over 25 years. |
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2009-2010 TANYS
Roving Adjudicator Awards Over the Tavern by Tom Dudzick (October 2009) Adjudicator: Laura Andruski · Meritorious Achievement in Acting to · Meritorious Achievement in Acting to Natalie Reff
as Annie · Meritorious Achievement in Ensemble Acting to the Cast · Meritorious Achievement in Direction to Sarah Hovey Rumors by Neil Simon (January 2010) Adjudicator: Spencer Watson ·
Excellence in Acting
to David Murphy for his portrayal of Ken Gorman ·
Meritorious
Achievement in Acting to Elizabeth Phimister
Smith for her portrayal of Chris Gorman ·
Meritorious
Achievement in Scenic Design and Construction to Steve Favret Opal's Baby (April 2010) Adjudicator: Arnie Galin ·
Meritorious
Achievement in Ensemble Acting to Jane
Jenkins, Judy Norris, Terry Burgess, David Beckstrom,
Brianna Ramsey, and Sarah Hovey ·
Meritorious
Achievement in Direction to Bonnie
McCormick and Nancy Wearne-Navarra Five
Outstanding One-Acts by Local Playwrights (August 2010) Adjudicator,: Robert Alonzo. ·
Always a
Bridesmaid by Kris Rusho - Meritorious
Achievement in Acting to Kris
Rusho for her portrayal of Stella. ·
The Coin Toss by Zachery Rufa -
Meritorious Achievement to Leonard
Planes for his portrayal of Lucifer. ·
The Lift by Jane Jenkins -
Meritorious Achievement to Kathie
Strader as Claudia and David Murphy as Charlie for their Ensemble Acting Work. ·
We're
a Close Family by Craig Thornton - Meritorious Achievement In
Playwriting to Craig Thornton. Visit www.TANYS.org,
to view past year’s awards. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Little Theatre of
Watertown email: lt@littletheatrewatertown.com Contact any of our Board Members for more info: Contacts |
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