IN THE NEWS: Phoenix Stage Company brings home five awards from NERF 2019
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PHOENIX STAGE COMPANY of Oakville participated in the 2019 NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL FESTIVAL on March 9, 2019. The competition was presented by the Connecticut Community Theater Association (CCTA) and hosted the Warner Theater in the Nancy Marine Studio Theater.
PHOENIX STAGE COMPANY presented “One Night with Fanny Brice” featuring Mary J. Cantoni Johnson with music director TJ Thompson and director Sharon W. Houk. This original musical was originally mounted by PSC in 2011 and again in 2015 after an extended Off-Broadway run and tour. The production did very well in the regional competition and took home five awards. "One Night With Fanny Brice" received awards for Outstanding Achievement in a Leading Role (Mary J. Cantoni Johnson), Outstanding Lighting Design (Sharon W. Houk), Outstanding Set Design (Sharon W. Houk), Outstanding Costume Design (Renee C. Purdy) and a special judges award for Outstanding Instrumental Performance for accompanist Dan Ringuette. The NERF is hosted every other year in cooperation with the American Association of Community Theater (AACT). Community theatre companies from Region 1 (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine) that have competed in their local state festival and were selected by adjudicators to represent their state were present for this cycle. LEXINGTON PLAYERS' production of "Who Will Sing for Lena" was selected by adjudicators to represent New England (Region 1) at the National AACTFest19 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in June 2019. The full list of winners from the 2019 NERF is below: Outstanding Overall Production “Who Will Sing For Lena”; Lexington Players (MA) Outstanding Achievement in a Leading Role MARY CANTONI-JOHNSON ,“One Night With Fanny Brice”; Phoenix Stage Company (CT) JESSICA WASHINGTON, “Who Will Sing For Lena”; Lexington Players (MA) Outstanding Achievement in a Supporting Role COLLEEN STRANG, “The Actor’s Nightmare”; Windham Actors Guild (NH) Outstanding Achievement in Ensemble Performance “21 Chump Street”, ActorSingers (NH) Outstanding Set Design SHARON W. HOUK, “One Night With Fanny Brice”; Phoenix Stage Company (CT) Outstanding Lighting Design SHARON W. HOUK, “One Night With Fanny Brice”; Phoenix Stage Company (CT) Outstanding Costume Design RENEE C. PURDY, “One Night With Fanny Brice”; Phoenix Stage Company (CT) COLLEEN STRANG & EMILY FITZGERALD, “The Actor’s Nightmare”, Windham Actor’s Guild (NH) Road Runner Award for Fastest Set-Up “21 CHUMP STREET - THE MUSCIAL”, ActorSingers (NH) SPECIAL ADJUDICATORS AWARDS Outstanding Achievement in Choreography JACOB DUBY, “21 Chump Street”; ActorSingers (NH) Outstanding Instrumental Performance DAN RINGUETTE, Accompanist, “One Night With Fanny Brice”; Phoenix Stage Company (CT) |
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