​2015 - 2016 DASH Nominees and Winners


2016 DASH Gala Survey Results
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​​BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (PLAY)
Sponsored by Needham Community Theatre in Memory of Bill Quinn
  • Kristen Dattoli Or, (Hovey Players)
  • Karen Dervin The Shadow Box (Winthrop Playmakers)
  • Cara Guappone Picasso at the Lapin Agile (The Wellesley Players)
  • Patricia Peterson Jamison Lettice and Lovage (Castle Hill Productions)
  • Katie Moore A Midsummer Night's Dream (Quannapowitt Players) WINNER!
  • Jessica Washington Clybourne Park (The Longwood Players)


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Alexander Children's Theatre School
  • Janet Ferreri The Boy From Oz (Arlington Friends of the Drama) WINNER!
  • Caroline Keeler A Chorus Line (Arlington Friends of the Drama)
  • Sarajane Morse Mullins Bonnie and Clyde (The Umbrella)
  • Alicia Powell The Rocky Horror Show (The Footlight Club)
  • Elizabeth Rouse The Rocky Horror Show (The Footlight Club)
  • Rebecca Shor The Great American Trailer Park Musical (The Burlington Players)


BEST SET DESIGN (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Lexington Players
  • Brian Boruta Bonnie and Clyde (The Umbrella)
  • Pam Denning Oliver! (Colonial Chorus Players)
  • Meg Quin Dussault & Ken Butler Godspell (MMAS Black Box Theater)
  • Tyson Miller Cabaret (Marblehead Little Theatre) WINNER!
  • Kevin Deane Parker Urinetown (The Longwood Players)
  • David Allen Prescott Follies (The Concord Players)


BEST SET DESIGN (PLAY)
Sponsored by Walpole Footlighters
  • Allen Bantly Proof (The Concord Players)
  • Douglas Cooper & Dick Rubinstein Clybourne Park (Arlington Friends of the Drama)
  • James DeStefano & Leslie McGrath The Man Who Came to Dinner (Spotlight Playhouse) WINNER!
  • Brian Harris Amadeus (The Concord Players)
  • Ruth Neeman My Old Lady (Quannapowitt Players)
  • Nicholas V. Raponi The Shadow Box (Winthrop Playmakers)​


BEST SET DRESSING (PLAY)
Sponsored by The Concord Players
  • Anne Bantly Proof (The Concord Players) WINNER!
  • Anne Bantly, Allen Bantly, Larry Blundell, Page Evett, Brian Harris, Linda McConchie Amadeus (The Concord Players)
  • James DeStefano & Leslie McGrath The Man Who Came to Dinner (Spotlight Playhouse)
  • Jane Martel & Vicki Brussard Doubt (Acme Theater Productions)
  • Dave Sheppard & Elisabeth Peet Self Help (Acme Theater Productions)
  • Judy Weinberg Clybourne Park (Arlington Friends of the Drama)


BEST SET DRESSING (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Crown Trophy
  • Anne Bantly Follies (The Concord Players) WINNER!
  • Brian Boruta and Mary Ellen Pastor Bonnie and Clyde (The Umbrella)
  • Kirsten Brown, Barbara Beake, & Judy Taylor Oliver! (Colonial Chorus Players)
  • Dave Cook, Leslye Wanthal, Dawn Colford, & Janet Eichler The Little Mermaid (Acting Out Theater)
  • Brian Harris Once Upon A Mattress (Savoyard Light Opera Company)
  • Kristin Hughes The Great American Trailer Park Musical (The Burlington Players)
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by The Footlight Club
  • Gordon Bedford The Full Monty (The Wellesley Players)
  • Mark DiCampo Titanic (Theatre III)
  • Brian Liebson A Chorus Line (Arlington Friends of the Drama)
  • Justin McCoubry The Boy From Oz (Arlington Friends of the Drama)
  • Anthony Pires Jr. The Full Monty (The Wellesley Players)
  • David Wright Bat Boy: The Musical (The Footlight Club) WINNER!
  

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (PLAY)
Sponsored by Susan Harrington in Memory of Denis M. Fitzpatrick
  • Ron Amon Twelve Angry Men (Marblehead Little Theatre)
  • Brian Dion The Shadow Box (Winthrop Playmakers)
  • Francis Hauert Fawlty Towers (The Cannon Theatre)
  • David Kimmelman Clybourne Park (Arlington Friends of the Drama)
  • David Lebahn The Man Who Came to Dinner (Spotlight Playhouse) WINNER!
  • Matt Ryan Clybourne Park (The Longwood Players)


​BEST SOUND DESIGN (PLAY)
Sponsored by Hovey Players
  • Andrew Child The Witches (Artists from Suburbia)
  • Nathan Todd Dykes The Shadow Box (Winthrop Playmakers)
  • Darin Maguire The Man Who Came to Dinner (Spotlight Playhouse)
  • Robert Pascucci Clybourne Park (Arlington Friends of the Drama)
  • Alex Savitsky True West (The Umbrella)
  • Bruce Webster Becoming Dr. Ruth (MMAS Black Box Theater) WINNER!


BEST SOUND DESIGN (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Susan Harrington in Memory of James F. Lynch
  • Adam Crary Bat Boy: The Musical (The Footlight Club)
  • Shannon Daly & Michael Glicksman The Rocky Horror Show (The Footlight Club) WINNER!
  • Mark Deluzio Jekyll & Hyde (Norton Singers)
  • Robert Pascucci Follies (The Concord Players)
  • Alex Savitzky Bonnie and Clyde (The Umbrella)
  • Jim Sullivan & Peter Kates Next to Normal (Curtain Call Theatre)


BEST LIGHTING DESIGN (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Wakefield Repertory Theatre
  • Matthew Bretton Cabaret (Marblehead Little Theatre)
  • SeifAllah Cristobal Bonnie and Clyde (The Umbrella)
  • Erik Fox Urinetown (The Longwood Players) WINNER!
  • Frank Furnari & Olivia Sederlund The Rocky Horror Show (The Footlight Club)
  • Mike McTeague The Little Mermaid (Acting Out Theater)
  • Miranda Risley and Alex Landers Jekyll & Hyde (Norton Singers)


BEST LIGHTING DESIGN (PLAY)
Sponsored by Chris Rose
  • ​Iain Bason My Old Lady (Quannapowitt Players)
  • Bridget Collins Clybourne Park (The Longwood Players)
  • SeifAllah Cristobal True West (The Umbrella)
  • Eric Jacobsen Clybourne Park (Arlington Friends of the Drama) WINNER!
  • Bruce Pennypacker The Unexpected Guest (Quannapowitt Players)
  • Susan Tucker Proof (The Concord Players)


BEST YOUTH ACTOR OR ACTRESS (PLAY)
Sponsored by The Cannon Theatre
  • Olivia Gentes Romeo and Juliet (Marblehead Little Theatre)
  • Cecilia Juliano Belle Moral (Theatre III)
  • Grace Studley The Miracle Worker (Marblehead Little Theatre) WINNER!
  • Toni Turilli The Shadow Box (Winthrop Playmakers)
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​BEST YOUTH ACTRESS (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Weston Friendly Society of the Performing Arts in Honor of Guy Dillaway, President Emeritus
  • Lauren Abramson Seussical (Wakefield Repertory Youth Theatre)
  • Nicole Albanese Fiddler on the Roof (Alexander Children's Theatre School)
  • Mia Francis Cinderella Jr. (Neverland Theatre)
  • Gabi Huggler Little Women (Musical) (Winnmere Family Theater)
  • Danielle Kerr Fiddler on the Roof (Alexander Children's Theatre School)
  • Brigit Smith Seussical (Wakefield Repertory Youth Theatre) WINNER!


BEST YOUTH ACTOR (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Winnmere Family Theater
  • Brendan Callahan The Little Mermaid (Acting Out Theater)
  • Gabriel Clark Seussical (Wakefield Repertory Youth Theatre)
  • Liam Connelly Seussical (Wakefield Repertory Youth Theatre)
  • Elijah McTiernan Little Women (Musical) (Winnmere Family Theater)
  • Cian Murphy Seussical (Wakefield Repertory Youth Theatre) WINNER!
  • Harry White Fiddler on the Roof (Alexander Children's Theatre School


BEST MAKE-UP & HAIR DESIGN (PLAY)
Sponsored by Arlington Friends of the Drama
  • Amanda Allen The Man Who Came to Dinner (Spotlight Playhouse)
  • Lauren Amaru The Shadow Box (Winthrop Playmakers)
  • Marc Capizzi Clybourne Park (Arlington Friends of the Drama) WINNER!
  • Cara Guappone & Diane Rothauser Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Wellesley Players)
  • Katie Moore The Unexpected Guest (Quannapowitt Players)
  • Marie Petrie & Liz Bishop Amadeus (The Concord Players)


BEST MAKE-UP & HAIR DESIGN (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Arlington Friends of the Drama
  • Marc Capizzi & Karen Burum Follies (The Concord Players) WINNER!
  • Michael Geary & Joy Cochran Bat Boy: The Musical (The Footlight Club)
  • Jake O'Hara Bonnie and Clyde (The Umbrella)
  • Jake O'Hara, Catherine Moniz, & Mark Sickler The Rocky Horror Show (The Footlight Club)
  • Diane Rothauser & Eddie Fee The Full Monty (The Wellesley Players)
  • Cameron Barney The Boy From Oz (Arlington Friends of the Drama)


 BEST COSTUME DESIGN (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Harriet Friedman
  • Rosanne Colarusso, Annie Barber, Linda Schoonmaker, Catherine Booth The Little Mermaid (Acting Out Theater)
  • Maureen Festa The Rocky Horror Show (The Footlight Club)
  • Kris Gines Once Upon A Mattress (Savoyard Light Opera Company)
  • Shahn Knights Follies (The Concord Players)
  • Heather Oshinsky Urinetown (The Longwood Players) WINNER!
  • Kathleen O'Connell Nottingham (The Legend of Robin Hood) (Stage 284)


BEST COSTUME DESIGN (PLAY)
Sponsored by Jen Howard
  • David Alger Moon Over Buffalo (The Footlight Club)
  • Eileen Bouvier Picasso at the Lapin Agile (The Wellesley Players)
  • Heather Oshinsky Clybourne Park (The Longwood Players)
  • Anna Silva True West (The Umbrella)
  • Debi Fici Tucker The Man Who Came to Dinner (Spotlight Playhouse)
  • Tracy Wall Amadeus (The Concord Players)​ WINNER!


BEST PROP COORDINATION (PLAY)
Sponsored by The Burlington Players
  • Anne Bantly & Linda McConchie Amadeus (The Concord Players)
  • Ken Butler Becoming Dr. Ruth (MMAS Black Box Theater)
  • Andrea Fistner & Heather Pence Incorruptible (Walpole Footlighters)
  • Sarah Marshall True West (The Umbrella) WINNER!
  • Carolyn Olson Table Manners (TCAN Players)
  • Rose Salvati, Dave Sheppard, & David Wood Self Help (Acme Theater Productions)


BEST PROP COORDINATION (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Sudbury Savoyards
  • Anne Bantly Follies (The Concord Players)
  • Karen Dinehart & Laura Ozella Hamel The Fantasticks (Washington Street Players)
  • Anthony Minichiello The Great American Trailer Park Musical (The Burlington Players)
  • Mary Ellen Pastor Bonnie and Clyde (The Umbrella)
  • Toni Ruscio, Mike Kilduff, & Jim Gross Scrooge, The Musical (Riverside Theatre Works) WINNER!
  • Molly Tannatt The Little Mermaid (Acting Out Theater)


BEST STAGE MANAGEMENT (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Marblehead Little Theatre 
  • Matthew Ciborowski Urinetown (The Longwood Players)
  • John Murtagh Follies (The Concord Players)
  • Christopher Nadeau The Rocky Horror Show (The Footlight Club)
  • Cathie Regan Bonnie and Clyde (The Umbrella)
  • Sharon Silberman Jekyll & Hyde (Norton Singers) WINNER!
  • Lauren Stockless Scrooge, The Musical (Riverside Theatre Works)


BEST STAGE MANAGEMENT (PLAY)
Sponsored by Patrick Cleary
  • Shannon Gmyrek Becky Shaw (Hovey Players)
  • David Gould Amadeus (The Concord Players)
  • Chrissy Lewis Leading Ladies (The Burlington Players)
  • Alissa Palange Clybourne Park (Arlington Friends of the Drama)
  • David Ross Table Manners (TCAN Players)
  • Margaret Umbsen True West (The Umbrella) WINNER!


BEST SPECIALTY ENSEMBLE (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Open Door Theater
  • The Broken Toys Mary Poppins (Pentucket Players)
  • Fagin's Pickpockets Oliver! (Colonial Chorus Players)
  • God's Arms Are Always Open Bonnie and Clyde (The Umbrella)
  • The Phantoms The Rocky Horror Show (The Footlight Club) WINNER!
  • Rockin' the Boat Guys and Dolls (Riverside Theatre Works)
  • Tessie Tura, Mazeppa, & Electra Gypsy (Winthrop Playmakers)


BEST LEAD ACTOR (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Theatre III
  • David Berti Follies (The Concord Players)
  • Sean Crosley Bonnie and Clyde (The Umbrella)
  • Matthew Brendan Ford The Rocky Horror Show (The Footlight Club)
  • Kevin Hanley Urinetown (The Longwood Players)
  • Nick Kelley Bat Boy: The Musical (The Footlight Club) WINNER!
  • Kevin Mischley Jekyll & Hyde (Norton Singers)


BEST LEAD ACTOR (PLAY)
Sponsored by Acme Theater Productions
  • John Alzapiedi Amadeus (The Concord Players) WINNER!
  • Gordon Ellis True West (The Umbrella)
  • Kendall Hodder Or, (Hovey Players)
  • Mark Nichols The Man Who Came to Dinner (Spotlight Playhouse)
  • Jason Rutledge Picasso at the Lapin Agile (The Wellesley Players)
  • Wayne Vargas Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Theatre III)


BEST LEAD ACTRESS (PLAY)
Sponsored by Curtain Call Theatre
  • Alex Alexander The Miracle Worker (Marblehead Little Theatre)
  • Cynthia August Lettice and Lovage (Castle Hill Productions) WINNER!
  • Anne Damon Doubt (Acme Theater Productions)
  • Evelyn Holley The Laramie Project (Theatre Company of Saugus)
  • Liz Robbins My Old Lady (Quannapowitt Players)
  • Jacey Rutledge The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (Hovey Players)


BEST LEAD ACTRESS (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Theatre at the Mount
  • Roz Beauchemin Once Upon A Mattress (Savoyard Light Opera Company)
  • Margaret McCarty Follies (The Concord Players)
  • Megan Morrissey The Little Mermaid (Acting Out Theater)
  • PattiLou Normand Jekyll & Hyde (Norton Singers)
  • Lea Oppedisano Follies (The Concord Players) WINNER!
  • Rachel Fisher-Parkman Jekyll & Hyde (Norton Singers)


BEST CHOREOGRAPHY (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by The Wellesley Players
  • Kai Chao The Great American Trailer Park Musical (The Burlington Players)
  • Lara Finn Cabaret (Marblehead Little Theatre)
  • Lauren Hall Urinetown (The Longwood Players)
  • Dori Bryan Ployer The World Goes 'Round (MMAS Black Box Theater)
  • Elizabeth Rouse Bat Boy: The Musical (The Footlight Club) WINNER!
  • PJ Terranova Guys and Dolls (Riverside Theatre Works)

BEST MUSIC DIRECTION (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Winthrop Playmakers
  • Don Boroson Follies (The Concord Players)
  • Shawn Gelzleichter The Rocky Horror Show (The Footlight Club)
  • Jeff Kimball Bat Boy: The Musical (The Footlight Club) WINNER!
  • Katherine Engel Meifert Once Upon A Mattress (Savoyard Light Opera Company)
  • Nate Newton The World Goes 'Round (MMAS Black Box Theater)
  • Anthony-Alexander Torelli Jekyll & Hyde (Norton Singers)


BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE (PLAY)
Sponsored by The Burlington Players
  • The Cast Clybourne Park (Arlington Friends of the Drama)
  • The Cast Clybourne Park (The Longwood Players)
  • The Cast The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (Hovey Players)
  • The Cast Picasso at the Lapin Agile (The Wellesley Players)
  • The Cast The Shadow Box (Winthrop Playmakers) WINNER!
  • The Cast True West (The Umbrella)


BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Theatre Company of Saugus
  • The Cast Bat Boy: The Musical (The Footlight Club)
  • The Cast Godspell (MMAS Black Box Theater)
  • The Cast The Great American Trailer Park Musical (The Burlington Players)
  • The Cast The Rocky Horror Show (The Footlight Club)
  • The Cast Urinetown (The Longwood Players) WINNER!
  • The Cast The World Goes 'Round (MMAS Black Box Theater)


BEST DIRECTION (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by CC Consulting
  • Kristin Hughes The Great American Trailer Park Musical (The Burlington Players)
  • Michael McGarty The World Goes 'Round (MMAS Black Box Theater)
  • Ted Mitchell Jekyll & Hyde (Norton Singers)
  • Daniel Morris Urinetown (The Longwood Players) WINNER!
  • Beverly Hill van Joolen Bat Boy: The Musical (The Footlight Club)
  • Nancy Curran Willis Bonnie and Clyde (The Umbrella)


BEST DIRECTION (PLAY)
Sponsored by TCAN Players
  • Michelle Aguillon True West (The Umbrella)
  • Ken Butler Becoming Dr. Ruth (MMAS Black Box Theater)
  • Celia Couture Clybourne Park (Arlington Friends of the Drama)
  • Laura Espy Lippitt The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (Hovey Players)
  • Kirsten Gould Amadeus (The Concord Players)
  • Nicholas V. Raponi The Shadow Box (Winthrop Playmakers) WINNER!


BEST PRODUCTION (PLAY)
Sponsored by The Burlington Players
  • Amadeus (The Concord Players)
  • Becoming Dr. Ruth (MMAS Black Box Theater)
  • Clybourne Park (Arlington Friends of the Drama)
  • The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (Hovey Players)
  • The Shadow Box (Winthrop Playmakers)
  • True West (The Umbrella) WINNER!


BEST PRODUCTION (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by As You Wish
  • Bat Boy: The Musical (The Footlight Club)
  • Bonnie and Clyde (The Umbrella)
  • Follies (The Concord Players)
  • Jekyll & Hyde (Norton Singers)
  • The Rocky Horror Show (The Footlight Club)
  • Urinetown (The Longwood Players) WINNER!
 

CONSULTANT'S CHOICE AWARDS


EXCELLENCE IN COMEDIC PROWESS IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE​
Sponsored by The Umbrella
  • Jon Nuquist Suburban Holidays (Quannapowitt Players)
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EXCELLENCE IN CREATIVE CONCEPT​
Sponsored by Wakefield Repertory Theatre
  • The Lapin Agile Entertainment Picasso at the Lapin Agile (TCAN Players)


EXCELLENCE IN SPECIALTY DESIGN​
Sponsored by The Umbrella
  • Clinton O'Dell Guys and Dolls (Riverside Theatre Works)


EXCELLENCE IN PROJECTION DESIGN
Sponsored by The Umbrella
  •  Chris Sabatino & Anthony Liapis You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Walpole Footlighters)



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