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Two Tulsa Area Theatres receive
Top Honors at OCTAFEST 2006-2007
Click here for festival pictures
The Oklahoma Community Theatre Association (OCTA) is proud to announce the
results from OCTAFEST 2006-2007, the 20th biannual statewide festival of
community theatre sponsored by OCTA, held July 6-9, 2006 on the campus of
the University of Oklahoma. Heller Theatre of Tulsa’s production of “The
Unexpected Man” by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton; and
Tulsa’s Theatre North’s production of “Who Will Sing for Lena”? by Janice
Liddell shared honors as Outstanding Productions, and will represent
Oklahoma at the American Association of Community Theatre’s Region VI
Festival to be held in Alexandria, LA, on April 12-14, 2007
“It’s a privilege for Oklahoma to send two production to AACT Regionals,
and it only happened because so many theatres from around the state made
the effort to bring a production to OCTAFest. I want to congratulate
EVERY entry. It takes great sacrifice of time and resources to
participate in OCTAFest, and the Board and Staff of OCTA recognize and
appreciate the efforts of the participating companies”, said Michael
Jones, Executive Director of OCTA.
Lawton Community Theatre’s production of “The Three Billy Goat’s Gruff”
was named the Production of Honor, and will be the alternate entry for the
AACT Region VI Festival, should one of the other companies be unable to
attend.
Oklahoma community theatres participating in OCTAFest 2006-2007 were:
Theatre North of Tulsa, Red Carpet Community Theatre of Elk City, Grove
Community Playmakers, Muskogee Little Theatre, Ponca Playhouse, Ardmore
Little Theatre, ReACT Theatre of Tonkawa, Poteet Theatre of Oklahoma City,
Lawton Community Theatre, and Heller Theatre of Tulsa.
Adjudicators for OCTAFest 2006-2007 were Morrie Enders of Kalamazoo,
Michigan; Keith Martin of Richmond, Virginia; and Annette Procunier of
Bala, Ontario, Canada.
A complete listing of the awards is presented below:
Outstanding Production
( Picture ) |
Production of Honor |
Standing Ovation Award |
Honor shared by
Heller Theatre of Tulsa’s
production of
“The Unexpected Man”
by Yasmina Reza, translated by
Christopher Hampton
Jenny Jackson, Director
and Theatre North of Tulsa’s
production of
“Who Will Sing for Lina”?
by Janice Liddell
Todd Murray,Director |
Lawton Community Theatre’s production of
“Three Billy Goats Gruff"
a musical adaptation by Kevin M. Reese
Cynthia Kent, Director |
“The Gifts of the Magi,”
book and lyrics by Ben
Hall,
music composed and arranged by Matt Schinske and Kris Schinske,
additional music and lyrics by Jay Prock
Ben Hall, Director |
| All State Cast |
Vanessa Adams-Harris
for her portrayal of Lena May Baker
in Theatre North of Tulsa’s production of “Who Will Sing for Lina”
by Janice Liddel. |
Alec Carson
for his portrayal of Antoine
in ReAct Theatre of Tonkawa’s
production of “An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf”
by Michael Hollinger |
Tristan Clark
for his portrayal of Barry
in Ardmore Little Theatre’s
production of “The Boys Next Door”
by Tom Griffin |
Bryan Gamsjager
for his portrayal of Claude
in ReACT Theatre of Tonkawa’s
production of “An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf”
by Michael Hollinger |
Alex Hall
for her portrayal of Della Young
in Poteet Theatre of Oklahoma
City’s production of “The Gifts of the Magi”
book and lyrics by Ben Hall,
music composed and arranged by Matt Schinske and Kris Schinske,
additional music and lyrics by Jay Prock |
Ben Hall
for his portrayal of Soapy/Mr. Winterbottom
in Poteet Theatre of
Oklahoma City’s production of “The Gifts of the Magi”
book and lyrics by
Ben Hall,
music composed and arranged by Matt Schinske and Kris Schinske,
additional music and lyrics by Jay Prock |
Tiphani Haraughty
for her portrayal of Beth Finnegan
in Red Carpet
Community Theatre of Elk City’s production of “Jerry Finnegan’s Sister”
by Jack Neary |
Liz Masters
for her portrayal of The Woman
in Heller Theatre of Tulsa’s
production of “The Unexpected Man”
by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton |
Marquest Shannon
for his portrayal of Lucien
in Ardmore Little Theatre’s
production of “The Boys Next Door”
by Tom Griffin |
Aly Sutherlin
for her portrayal of The Troll
in Lawton Community Theatre’s
production of “The Three Billy Goats Gruff”
a musical adaptation by Kevin M. Reese |
Theatre of the Year
( picture ) |
| Grove Community Playmakers |
| Achievement in Directing |
Technical Achievement in Set Design |
Technical Achievement in Lighting Design |
Jenny Jackson
for her direction of
Heller Theatre of Tulsa’s production of
“The Unexpected Man”
by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton |
Pete Shields
for his design
of ReACT Theatre of Tonkawa’s production of
“An Empty Plate in the Café du
Grand Boeuf”
by Michael Hollinger |
Neil Fisher
for his
design of Theatre North of Tulsa’s production of
“Who Will Sing for Lina’?
by Janice Liddell |
| The OCTAVision Award |
The Bill Crawford Memorial Award |
Hall of Honor award |
The Board of Directors
of Muskogee
Little Theatre. |
Merrisue Lucardeaux
of Oklahoma City |
Joel Wellnitz
of Ardmore |
In addition to the awards above, the results of the OCTA 2006 Marketing
Contest were announced. Those winners were:
| Season Brochure Design |
Newsletter Design |
Poster Design |
T-Shirt Design |
1st Place to Shawnee Little Theatre
2nd Place to Ardmore Little Theatre |
1st Place to Owasso Community Theatre
2nd Place to Theatre Bartlesville |
1st Place to Grove Community Playmakers, “The Little Prince”
2nd Place to ReAct Theatre of Tonkawa, “An Empty Plate in the Café du
Grand Boeuf”
3rd Place to Carpenter Square Theatre of Oklahoma City, “Wonder of the
World”
Honorable Mention to Theatre Bartlesville, “Sordid Lives” |
1st Place to Owasso Community Theatre, “The Laramie Project”
2nd Place to Muskogee Little Theatre, “Dracula” |
| Program Design |
Website Design |
Unique Promotional Idea |
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1st Place to Ardmore Little Theatre, “Chicago”
2nd Place to Muskogee Little Theatre, “Bus Stop”
3rd Place to Duncan Little Theatre, “Uh, Oh…Christmas” |
1st Place to Owasso Community Theatre
2nd Place to Lawton Community Theatre |
1st Place to Muskogee Little Theatre, a DVD
presentation, “35 Years of Entertainment and Education”
2nd Place to Duncan Little Theatre, cover design contest for “Tom Sawyer”
3rd place – Creation of “Puck the Pelican” and Puck’s Protagonists |
OCTAFest 2006-2007 and all programs and services of the Oklahoma Community
Theatre Association are presented through the generosity of the Oklahoma
Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.
For more information contact Michael Jones at 405-236-0788 or via email at
octa@oktheatre.org
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