After the ball

Founding members of the St. Louis Theater Circle

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Well, the first St. Louis Theater Circle awards have all been handed out.  A crowd of nearly 300 actors and theatre fans gathered at the Florissant Civic Center theater last night to eat, drink, and be merry celebrating professional theatre in St. Louis.  There were some minor hiccups along the way, but on the whole the ceremony went smoothly, everyone had a fine old time, and I was reminded of what a big, vibrant performing arts community we have here in St. Louis.

The complete list of honorees is below.  Whether you agree with all of them or not, you've got to admit it's a fairly diverse list.  Personally, as the only member of the St. Louis Theater Circle who is also a member of the Music Critics of North America, I was very gratified to see that two of the musical theatre awards went to our premier opera company, Opera Theatre of St. Louis.

I was also glad to see some of our smaller companies walk off with some awards.  It's a reminder that you need not have a big budget to produce big theatre.

The Theater Circle will be getting together in a few weeks for a debriefing/lessons learned session, and I expect we'll make a few minor tweaks in the process next year (maybe we'll even have a web site by then!), but don't look for any major changes.  I mean, why mess with success?


THE HONOREES

COMEDY

Outstanding Production: “The Comedy of Errors,” Repertory Theatre of St. Louis.

Outstanding Director: Paul Mason Barnes, “The Comedy of Errors”

Outstanding Actor: Greg Fenner, “Fully Committed,” Stray Dog Theatre

Outstanding Actress: Meghan Maguire, “Talley's Folly,” New Jewish Theatre

Outstanding Supporting Actor: Antonio Rodriguez, “The Violet Hour,” Max & Louie Productions

Outstanding Supporting Actress (tie): Teresa Doggett, “Season's Greetings,” St. Louis Actors' Studio, and Kirsten Wylder, “The Divine Sister,” HotCity Theatre

Outstanding Ensemble: “Jacob and Jack,” New Jewish Theatre

DRAMA

Outstanding Production: “Clybourne Park,” Repertory Theatre of St. Louis.

Outstanding Director: Timothy Near, “Clybourne Park”

Outstanding Actor: Michael Scott Rash, “9 Circles,” R-S Theatrics

Outstanding Actress (tie): Nancy Bell, “Clybourne Park,” and Patrese McClain, “No Child ...” The Black Rep

Outstanding Supporting Actor: David Wassilak, “Angels in America,” Stray Dog Theatre

Outstanding Supporting Actress: Laura Kyro, “Angels in America”

Outstanding Ensemble: “Clybourne Park”

Outstanding New Play: “The Invisible Hand” by Ayad Akhtar, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis

MUSICALS

Outstanding Production: “Sunday in the Park with George,” Repertory Theatre of St. Louis

Outstanding Director: Rob Ruggiero, “Sunday in the Park with George”

Outstanding Actor (tie): Ron Bohmer, “Sunday in the Park with George,” and Rod Gilfrey, “Sweeney Todd,” Opera Theatre of St. Louis

Outstanding Actress: Jennifer Theby, “Urinetown the Musical,” Stray Dog Theatre

Outstanding Supporting Actor: Dean Christopher, “Chicago,” the Muny

Outstanding Supporting Actress: Anna Skidis, “Spring Awakening,” Stray Dog Theatre

Outstanding Ensemble: “Sunday in the Park with George”

Outstanding choreographer: Dana Lewis, “My One and Only,” Stages St. Louis

Outstanding musical director (tie): Stephen Lord, “Sweeney Todd,” and F. Wade Russo, “Sunday in the Park with George”

DESIGN, PLAYS

Set design: Scott Neale, “Clybourne Park,” Repertory Theatre of St. Louis

Costume design: Margaret Weedon, “The Comedy of Errors,” Repertory Theatre of St. Louis

Lighting design (tie): Steve Carmichael, “The Hairy Ape,” Upstream Theatre; Nathan Schroeder, “Talley's Folly,” New Jewish Theatre, and Michael Sullivan, “Way to Heaven,” New Jewish Theatre

Sound Design: Robin Weatherall, “Way to Heaven”

DESIGN, MUSICALS

Set design: Adrian Jones, “Sunday in the Park with George,” Repertory Theatre of St. Louis

Costume design: Alejo Vietti, “Sunday in the Park with George”

Lighting design: John Lassiter, "Sunday in the Park with George”