2021-2022 DASH Awards

The Mass Arts Center’s Megan Laliberte won for Best Stage Management (Play) for Blithe Spirit, and Kenneth Butler won for Best Set Design (Play) for Blithe Spirit, in the 2021-2022 DASH Awards.

The Mass Arts Center received 10 Distinguished Awards and Special Recognition (DASH) nominations from the Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theatre the 2021-2022 DASH Awards. All categories and nominations are shown below, or visit the EMACT website.

2021-2022 DASH NOMINEES & WINNERS

SUPPORTING PERFORMER FEMALE-IDENTIFYING ROLE (PLAY)

Kathleen Larson Day, Our Town – Eventide Theatre Company
Sue Gilbert, Morning’s At Seven – Quannapowitt Players
Hannah Schuurman, Translations – Marblehead Little Theatre
Rachael Rabinovitz, Steel Magnolias – The Concord Players
Deanna Swann, Morning’s At Seven– Quannapowitt Players
Bethany Johnson, Steel Magnolias – New Players Theatre Guild Inc.

SUPPORTING FEMALE-IDENTIFYING ROLE (MUSICAL)

Crystal Van Artsdalen, Newsies – Stage 284
Kelly Hodge, Titanic – The Concord Players
Crystal Van Artsdalen, Pirates of Penzance (In Concert) -Marblehead Little Theatre
Lauren Abramson, Newsies – Stage 284
Rebecca Riley, Into the Woods – Eventide Theatre Company
Marielle Sciore, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Needham Community Theatre

BEST SET DESIGN (MUSICAL)

Needham Community Theatre, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Chris Stulb
Concord Players, Titanic – Allen Bantly, Douglas Hodge, and Amanda Fulda
Eventide Arts, Into The Woods – Guy Trudeau
Pentucket Players Inc, A Little Night Music – David Bilodeau
The Burlington Players, The Bridges of Madison County – Jason Toppan
Stage 284, Newsies – Craig Robertson

BEST SET DESIGN (PLAY)

Quannapowitt Players, Inc., Mornings At Seven – Steve McGonagle
Marblehead Little Theatre, Translations- Greg Mancusi-Ungaro
The Mass Arts Center, Blithe Spirit – Ken Butler
Vokes Players Inc., THE PRICE – Donnie Baillargeon
New Players Theatre Guild, Inc, Steel Magnolias – David Allen Prescott
Concord Players, Steel Magnolias – Allen Bantly

BEST SET DRESSING (PLAY)

The Concord Players, Harvey – Anne Bantly , Allen Bantly
Marblehead Little Theatre, Translations – Greg Mancusi-Ungaro
The Vokes Players, THE PRICE – Donnie Baillargeon, Anne Damon, John Murtagh, Christina Petrillo
New Players Theatre Guild, Inc. Steel Magnolias– David Allen Prescott, Kristen Richford
The Mass Arts Center, Blithe Spirit – Glenn Fournier, Rose Noice
Acme Theater Productions, Inc., Tiny Beautiful Things – Katie Pompeo, Gregg Thomas

BEST SET DRESSING (MUSICAL)

Needham Community Theatre, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Heather Daley, Kathy Magni, Libby Ostrofsky, Erica Traub
Hingham Civic Music Theatre, Inc., Nunsense – Julie Collinge, Pat Sherman
Eventide Arts, Into The Woods – Guy Trudeau
Pentucket Players Inc., A Little Night Music – John Buzzell, Dawn Colford
Pentucket Players Inc., Into the Woods – David Bilodeau Scenic Painting by Zack Fuller

SUPPORTING PERFORMER MALE-IDENTIFYING (MUSICAL)

Gavin Davis, A Little Night Music – Pentucket Players
David Picariello, Spring Awakening – Theatre Company of Saugus
Will Farfard, Jr., Into The Woods – Pentucket Players
Brian Higgins, Titanic – The Concord Players
Dan Monopoli, Beauty And The Beast – Riverside Theatre Works
Beau Jackette, Into the Woods – Eventide Theatre Company

SUPPORTING PERFORMER MALE-IDENTIFYING (PLAY)

John Alzapiedi, Our Town – Yorick Ensemble
John Pease, Drinking Habits – Colonial Chorus Players
Curtis Eames, The Mousetrap – The Belmont Dramatic Club
Wayne Vargas, Angel Street -Arlington Friends Of the Drama
Timothy Kenslea, Translations – Marblehead Little Theatre

BEST SOUND DESIGN (PLAY)

Curtain Call Theatre, Every Brilliant Thing -Jim Gross
The Mass Arts Center, Blithe Spirit – Bruce Webster
Concord Players, Harvey – Tom Powers
Curtain Call Theatre, The Effect – Jim Gross, Kayte Duren & Martin
James Goldrick
Quannapowitt Players, Inc., Mornings At Seven – J. Mark Baumhardt
Mass Arts Center, Moon Over Buffalo– Bruce Webster

BEST SOUND DESIGN (MUSICAL)

Needham Community Theatre, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee– Chris Tess
Concord Players, Titanic – Jeremy Stark
Arlington Friends of the Drama, The All Night Strut!- Tom Powers
Theater UnCorked, STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S PASSION – Tim Rose
Pentucket Players Inc, A Little Night Music – Mike McTeague
Theatre Company of Saugus, Spring Awakening – Patrick Dzierzak

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN (MUSICAL)

Theater UnCorked, STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S PASSION – Erik Fox
The Burlington Players, The Bridges of Madison County – Eric Jacobsen
Concord Players, Titanic – Rick Shamel
Eventide Arts, Into The Woods – Greg Hamm
Pentucket Players Inc, A Little Night Music– Mike McTeague
Theatre Company of Saugus, Spring Awakening – Nathan Fogg-DeSisto

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN (PLAY)

Concord Players, Harvey – Susan Tucker
Curtain Call Theatre, The Effect –Jim Gross
Enter Stage Left Theater, The Laramie Project – Rich Greaves
Arlington Friends of the Drama, Angel Street– Iain Bason
Mass Arts Center, Moon Over Buffalo – Ken Butler
Marblehead Little Theatre, Translations – Greg Mancusi-Ungaro

BEST MAKE-UP & HAIR DESIGN (PLAY)

Quannapowitt Players, Inc., Mornings At Seven – Marc Capizzi (Hair Design) & Karen
Burum (Makeup Design)
City on a Hill Arts, The Diary of Anne Frank– The Cast
New Players Theatre Guild, Inc., Steel Magnolias– Steven Cristofono (Hair Design)
Concord Players, Harvey – Mark Capizzi
The Concord Players, Sense and Sensibility – Gabbie Hatcher & Charlie Atherton
Mass Arts Center, Moon Over Buffalo– Daniel Gravely, Katelyn Miller

BEST MAKE-UP & HAIR DESIGN (MUSICAL)

Pentucket Players Inc, A Little Night Music – Amelia Moscone
Eventide Arts, Into The Woods – Tom Crutchfield
Vokes Players, Inc., Cinderella- Marc Capizzi and Ameila Boyce Munson
Theater UnCorked, STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S PASSION – Wig Design – Marc Capizzi,
Concord Players, Titanic– Jamie Cook
Theatre Company of Saugus, Spring Awakening – James Valentin

BEST COSTUME DESIGN (MUSICAL)

Theatre Company of Saugus, Spring Awakening- James Valentin
Needham Community Theatre, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Heather Daley, Kathy Magni
Vokes Players, Inc.-Cinderella– Linda Burtt
Pentucket Players Inct, A Little Night Music – Katrina Bradley, Irene Schickel
Concord Players, Titanic– Regina O’Connor
Theater UnCorked, STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S PASSION – Anna Silva

BEST COSTUME DESIGN (PLAY)

Curtain Call Theatre, Every Brilliant Thing -David Costa, Mary Beth Murphy
A Common Thread Theatre Company, Still Life with Iris – Carolyn Olson, Mary Ann Baril, and Rachel Baril
Quannapowitt Players, Inc., Mornings At Seven – JoAnne Powers
Concord Players, Sense and Sensibility – Tracy Wall
Marblehead Little Theatre, Translations – Elvira Schoenthal
Concord Players, Harvey – Kris Gines

BEST PROP COORDINATION (PLAY)

New Players Theatre Guild, Inc, Steel Magnolias – Michael Knight
Marblehead Little Theatre, Translations – Victoria Hermann
Vokes Players Inc., THE PRICE – Donnie Baillargeon, Anne Damon, John Murtagh, Christina Petrillo
Acme Theater Productions Inc., Tiny Beautiful Things – Katie Pompeo, Gregg Thomas
Arlington Friends of the Drama, Angel Street – Charlotte Kelley
Mass Arts Center, Moon Over Buffalo – Gail Gilman

BEST PROP COORDINATION (MUSICAL)

Pentucket Players Inc., Into the Woods – Katherine Edel and Ellen Oteri
The Theatre Institute at the Hockomock Area YMCA, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical – Emily Hathaway and Madison Gentile
Hingham Civic Music Theatre, Inc., Nunsense – Pat Sherman, Debbie Johnson, Patty Bowes Phillips
Needham Community Theatre, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Erica Traub
Theater UnCorked, STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S PASSION – Shana Dirik
Eventide, Into The Woods – Bonnie Corliss, Priscilla Hurley

BEST STAGE MANAGEMENT (PLAY)

Acme Theater Productions, Inc., Tiny Beautiful Things – Gordon Ellis
Nashoba Players, Rose’s Dilemma – Kal Larsen
Concord Players, Sense and Sensibility – Monica Bruno
The Mass Arts Center, Blithe Spirit – Megan Laliberte
Ashland Community Theater LLC, California Suite – Terri Boelke
Marblehead Little Theatre, Translations – Piper Hall

BEST STAGE MANAGEMENT (MUSICAL)

Stage 284, Newsies – Meghan Delgenio
Theater UnCorked, STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S PASSION – Paige DeGirolamo
The Burlington Players, The Bridges of Madison County – Allie Winer Brown
Pentucket Players Inc., A Little Night Music – Jonathan Touchette and John Buzzell
Concord Players, Titanic – Nadine Sa

BEST SPECIALTY ENSEMBLE (MUSICAL)

Ashley McGinnes, Tessa Newell, Maddie Sabin – The Silly Girls: Beauty And The Beast – Riverside Theatre Works
Matt Russell, Aislin Kate Anderson, Emily Herschlag, Georgia Manning, Brendan Cawley, John Crampton . Emmanuel Martinez, Richard Oaxaca, Benjamin Medeiros – The Waiter’s Gallop: Hello Dolly – Riverside Theatre Works
Jackie Chianca, Will Fafard, Jr., Ben Fuller, Chris Losco, Andrew Murdock, Pranav Ram, Christian Ramos, Alex Skaggs, Jonathan Touchette – The Infantry: Evita – The Pentucket Players
Jared Palazzo, Liz Sielian, Theodore Jensen-Fellows, – Trio, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical – Open Door Theater

BEST SPECIALTY ENSEMBLE (PLAY)

The Letter Writers: Sara Jones, Kimberly MacCormick, Allison Rudmann Putnam, Tiny Beautiful Things – Acme Theater Productions, Inc.

LEAD PERFORMER MALE IDENTIFYING (MUSICAL)

Ted Rusomanis, A Little Night Music – Pentucket Players
Kenny Meehan, The Bridges Of Madison County – The Burlington Players
Brian Vaughn Martel, Titanic – The Concord Players

LEAD PERFORMER MALE IDENTIFYING ROLE (PLAY)

Michael Jay, The Curious Incident of the Dog – In the Night-Time, Curtain Call Theatre
Chris Cardoni, Harvey – The Concord Players
Jon Baril, Still Life With Iris – A Common Thread Thread Theatre Company
Bryan Deroo, Drinking Habit – Colonial Chorus Players

LEAD PERFORMER FEMALE IDENTIFYING ROLE (PLAY)

Aiden O’Neal, Sense and Sensibility – The Concord Players
Jenny Fielding, Tiny Beautiful Things – Acme Theater Productions Inc.
Mary Beth Murphy, Every Brilliant Thing – Curtain Call Theatre
Susann Creel, Our Town – Eventide Theatre Company
Kimberly MacCormack, Cry It Our – Acme Theater Productions
Jennifer Bean, Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike – The Footlight Club

LEAD PERFORMER FEMALE IDENTIFYING ROLE (MUSICAL)

Angelica Jeffreys, A little Night Music – Pentucket Players
Lydian DeVere Yard, The Bridges Of Madison County, – The Burlington Players
Kels Ferguson, Nunsense – Hingham Civic Music Theatre
Emily Baker, Puccini Double Bill: Gianni Schicci and Suor Angelica – Greater Worcester Opera
Caitlin Beckman, Guys And Dolls – Colonial Chorus Players
Rachel Pride, Spring Awakening – Theatre Company of Saugus

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY (MUSICAL)

Hingham Civic Music Theatre, Inc., Nunsense – Diana Byrne Gossard
Vokes Players, Inc., Cinderella – Amelia Boyce Munson
Theatre Company of Saugus, Spring Awakening – Kathleen Tringale
Riverside Theatre Works, Inc., Hello, Dolly! – PJ Terranova
Pentucket Players Inc., Evita – Alex Skaggs
Arlington Friends of the Drama, The All Night Strut! – Susan Chebookjian

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTION (MUSICAL)

Needham Community Theatre, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Alan Rodi
Concord Players, Titanic – Ben Oehlkers
Pentucket Players Inc., Evita – John David Eldridge
Arlington Friends of the Drama, The All Night Strut! – Dan Rodriguez
Theatre Company of Saugus, Spring Awakening – Kelvyn Koning
Pentucket Players Inc., A Little Night Music -John David Eldridge

BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE (PLAY)

Quannapowitt Players, Inc. – Mornings At Seven
Acme Theater Productions, Inc. – Tiny Beautiful Things
Marblehead Little Theatre – Translations
Acme Theater Productions, Inc. – Cry It Out
Mass Arts Center – Moon Over Buffalo
Concord Players – Sense and Sensibility

BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE (MUSICAL)