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Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theatres

2016 - 2017 DASH Nominees & Winners


Sponsored by Lexington Players & YouthStage Drama Program
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (PLAY)
Sponsored by Ashland Community Theater
  • Curtis Bellafiore The Glass Menagerie Curtain Call Theatre
  • Taylor Cormier Never the Sinner Your Theatre, Inc.
  • Jordan DiGloria Wings Vokes Players
  • John Softcheck Never the Sinner Your Theatre, Inc.
  • Bill Stambaugh The Pillowman Hovey Players
  • Paul Warner Picasso at the Lapin Agile MMAS Black Box Theater WINNER!


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Footlight Club
  • Michael Celularo Hairspray Theatre at the Mount
  • Jim Fitzpatrick The Producers The Concord Players
  • Mike Giblin Nice Work If You Can Get It Savoyard Light Opera Company
  • Brian Higgins The Mystery of Edwin Drood Vokes Players
  • Kevin Mischley Young Frankenstein Norton Singers WINNER!
  • Josh Wright The Producers The Concord Players


BEST SET DRESSING (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Sudbury Savoyards
  • Allen Bantly & Charlotte Kelley The Producers The Concord Players
  • Brian Boruta Big Fish The Umbrella WINNER!
  • Dave Cook, Leslye Wanthal, Janet Eichler, Dawn Colford, Linda Schoonmaker, & Jay Nicolosi The Wizard of Oz Acting Out! Theater Company
  • Douglas Cooper The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Arlington Friends of the Drama
  • Brian Crete & Jacey Rutledge The Mystery of Edwin Drood Vokes Players
  • Glenn Fournier The Great American Trailer Park Musical MMAS Black Box Theater


BEST SET DRESSING (PLAY)
Sponsored by Walpole Footlighters
  • Donnie Baillargeon & David Berti Wings Vokes Players
  • Lorien Corbelletti & Gail Steele Boeing Boeing Theatre at the Mount
  • James DeStefano & Charlotte Kelley Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Quannapowitt Players
  • Karen Dinehart Proof Washington Street Players
  • William Endslow You Can't Take It With You The Longwood Players WINNER!
  • Bette Lavery Lost in Yonkers The Walpole Footlighters


BEST SET DESIGN (PLAY)
Sponsored by Walpole Footlighters
  • James Barton Wings Vokes Players WINNER!
  • Brian Boruta Equus The Umbrella
  • James DeStefano Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Quannapowitt Players
  • William Endslow You Can't Take It With You The Longwood Players
  • Dan Sheehan Don't Dress For Dinner The Walpole Footlighters
  • Ted Talanian Barefoot In The Park MMAS Black Box Theater


BEST SET DESIGN (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Theatre Company of Saugus
  • David Bilodeau Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Pentucket Players
  • Brian Boruta Big Fish The Umbrella WINNER!
  • Ken Butler The Great American Trailer Park Musical MMAS Black Box Theater
  • Andrew Kasper Into the Woods Riverside Theatre Works
  • Nathaniel Punches Stiltskin Stage 284 WINNER!
  • T. Corbett Thursby Young Frankenstein Norton Singers


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Jennifer Howard in memory of Sandie McNeal
  • Connell Benn Nice Work If You Can Get It Savoyard Light Opera Company
  • Valerie Cabral Young Frankenstein Norton Singers WINNER!
  • Melissa Lynch Into the Woods South Shore Theatre Works
  • Melinda Mogel Promises, Promises The Footlight Club
  • Carolyn Schwartz The Mikado The Sudbury Savoyards
  • Pam Sontag Mary Poppins Theatre at the Mount


​BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (PLAY)
Sponsored by South Shore Theatre Works
  • Patricia Lawrence Equus The Umbrella
  • Sharon Mason Equus The Umbrella
  • Margaret McCarty Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Quannapowitt Players
  • Angela Rossi Lost in Yonkers Theatre Company of Saugus
  • Barbara Shapiro Barefoot in the Park MMAS Black Box Theater WINNER!
  • Karen Wadland Lost in Yonkers The Walpole Footlighters


BEST LIGHTING DESIGN (PLAY)
Sponsored by Advanced Lighting & Productions Services
  • SeifAllah Cristobal Dear Elizabeth The Umbrella
  • Michael Hirsh Wings Vokes Players WINNER!
  • Eric Jacobsen Extremities Acme Theater Productions
  • Peter Kates Don't Dress for Dinner The Walpole Footlighters
  • Eric Linebarger & Kristine Mackin The Pillowman Hovey Players
  • Bruce Pennypacker Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Quannapowitt Players


BEST LIGHTING DESIGN (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Advanced Lighting & Productions Services
  • Iain Bason Sunset Boulevard Arlington Friends of the Drama
  • SeifAllah Cristobal Big Fish The Umbrella
  • Brian MacManimon Little Shop of Horrors The Footlight Club
  • Mike McTeague Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Pentucket Players
  • Tyson Miller Billy Elliot Marblehead Little Theatre
  • Nathaniel Punches Stiltskin Stage 284 WINNER!


BEST SOUND DESIGN (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Savoyard Light Opera Company
  • Greg Dana Billy Elliot Marblehead Little Theatre
  • Elizabeth Havenor Big Fish The Umbrella
  • Emma Kane Peter and the Starcatcher The Cannon Theatre
  • Bob Pascucci The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Arlington Friends of the Drama
  • Tom Powers The Producers The Concord Players WINNER!
  • Bruce Webster The Great American Trailer Park Musical MMAS Black Box Theater


BEST SOUND DESIGN (PLAY)
Sponsored by Hovey Players
  • J. Mark Baumhardt Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Quannapowitt Players
  • Adam Crary Dear Elizabeth The Umbrella
  • Grant Furgiuele The Pillowman Hovey Players
  • Elizabeth Havenor Equus The Umbrella
  • Bruce Webster Barefoot in the Park MMAS Black Box Theater WINNER!
  • Robert Zawistowski Wings Vokes Players


BEST YOUTH ACTOR (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Lexington Players & YOUTHStage Drama Program
  • Antoine Baize Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Alexander Children's Theatre School
  • Ryan Baker Shrek The Musical Alexander Children's Theatre School
  • Diego Clark The Wizard of Oz Wakefield Repertory Youth Theatre
  • Christopher Renaud Billy Elliot Marblehead Little Theatre
  • Jaden Scott Hairspray Theatre at the Mount
  • Miles Tardy Billy Elliot Marblehead Little Theatre WINNER!


BEST YOUTH ACTRESS (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Alexander Children's Theatre School
  • Meg Ahern Legally Blonde Winnmere Family Theater
  • Elsa Conway Shrek The Musical The Wellesley Players
  • Katherine Crowley Shrek The Musical Alexander Children's Theatre School
  • Gianna DiReda Peter and the Starcatcher The Cannon Theatre
  • Sadie Kennedy James and the Giant Peach, Jr. Theatre at the Mount
  • Emma Waterhouse Mary Poppins Theatre at the Mount WINNER!


BEST YOUTH ACTOR/ACTRESS (PLAY)
Sponsored by Wakefield Repertory Theatre
  • Daria Contino Good Kids Winnmere Family Theater
  • James Cormier Lost in Yonkers Theatre Company of Saugus
  • Naomi Fleeger Peter Pan Needham Community Theatre
  • Riley Mulroy Lost in Yonkers The Walpole Footlighters
  • Zach Perry Lost in Yonkers Theatre Company of Saugus WINNER!
  • Colin Wilbur Lost in Yonkers The Walpole Footlighters


BEST COSTUME DESIGN (PLAY)
Sponsored by The Umbrella
  • Linda Burtt An Inspector Calls Arlington Friends of the Drama
  • Barbara Douglass The Lion in Winter Quannapowitt Players WINNER!
  • Mark P. Fuller Never the Sinner Your Theatre, Inc.
  • Anna Silva & Joanne Powers Wings Vokes Players
  • David Allen Prescott Boeing Boeing Theatre at the Mount
  • Anna Silva, Donna Corbett, Jenny Fielding, & Kerry Anne Kilkelly Suburban Holidays V Quannapowitt Players


BEST COSTUME DESIGN (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Harriet Friedman in honor of Ronald Godfrey
  • David R. Alger Promises, Promises The Footlight Club
  • Carol Antos The Producers The Concord Players
  • Lindsay Hurley Sunset Boulevard Arlington Friends of the Drama
  • Kathryn Ridder Young Frankenstein Norton Singers WINNER!
  • Rena Pemper-Rodriquez & Jean Pemper The Pirates of Penzance Riverside Theatre Works
  • Merrie Whitney Beauty and the Beast Franklin Performing Arts Company


BEST MAKE-UP & HAIR DESIGN (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Arlington Friends of the Drama in memory of Barbara Horrigan
  • Karen Burum & Jake O'Hara Nice Work If You Can Get it Savoyard Light Opera Company
  • Jake Egan The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Arlington Friends of the Drama
  • Michael Geary The Wild Party The Umbrella
  • Dan Gravely Young Frankenstein Norton Singers WINNER!
  • Deanna Lander & Charlie Atherton The Producers The Concord Players
  • Hannah A. Paul The Great American Trailer Park Musical MMAS Black Box Theater


BEST MAKE-UP & HAIR DESIGN (PLAY)
Sponsored by Arlington Friends of the Drama in memory of Barbara Horrigan
  • Charlie Atherton & Marc Capizzi Blithe Spirit The Concord Players
  • Elissa Badique The Pillowman Hovey Players
  • Suzanne Bergeron Never the Sinner Your Theatre, Inc. WINNER!
  • Marc Capizzi Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Quannapowitt Players
  • Marc Capizzi & Dorothy Santos An Inspector Calls Arlington Friends of the Drama
  • Catherine Majeski The Importance of Being Earnest Marblehead Little Theatre


BEST STAGE MANAGEMENT (PLAY)
Sponsored by As You Wish
  • Gail Allen Boeing Boeing Theatre at the Mount
  • Sydney Boncoddo The Pillowman Hovey Players
  • Allie Brown The Farnsworth Invention The Burlington Players
  • Judy Forgione The Lion in Winter Quannapowitt Players
  • John Murtagh Wings Vokes Players WINNER!
  • Cathie Regan Equus The Umbrella


BEST STAGE MANAGEMENT (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Marblehead Little Theatre 
  • Joey Asgeirsson Beauty and the Beast Franklin Performing Arts Company
  • Katie Clarke Stiltskin Stage 284
  • Katie Copelas Billy Elliot Marblehead Little Theatre
  • Michael T. Lacey Big Fish The Umbrella WINNER!
  • Robin D. Liberty Sunset Boulevard Arlington Friends of the Drama
  • Margaret Umbsen The Wild Party The Umbrella


BEST PROP COORDINATION (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Washington Street Players
  • Allen Bantly, Charlotte Kelley, & Linda McConchie The Producers The Concord Players WINNER!
  • Celeste Herbst Billia Mary Poppins Theatre at the Mount
  • Libby Ostrofsky and Tilly Martel Shrek The Musical The Wellesley Players
  • Rachel Sacks Big Fish The Umbrella
  • Molly Tannatt The Wizard of Oz Acting Out! Theater Company
  • Judy Weinberg Sunset Boulevard Arlington Friends of the Drama


BEST PROP COORDINATION (PLAY)
Sponsored by Burlington Players
  • Lorien Corbelletti, Jeff Boisseau, & Gail Steele Boeing Boeing Theatre at the Mount WINNER!
  • Lydia Gard Equus The Umbrella
  • Shannon Gmyrek, Liz Peet, & Gregg Thomas Hate Mail Hovey Players
  • Charlotte Kelley Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Quannapowitt Players
  • Katie Moore The Farnsworth Invention The Burlington Players WINNER!
  • Vickie Taylor The Pillowman Hovey Players


BEST SPECIALTY ENSEMBLE (PLAY)
Sponsored by Vokes Players
  • Auld Acquaintance Suburban Holidays V Quannapowitt Players
  • The Chorus (Horses) Equus The Umbrella
  • Liquid Love Suburban Holidays V Quannapowitt Players WINNER!
  • The Three G'S Boeing Boeing Theatre at the Mount


BEST SPECIALTY ENSEMBLE (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Norton Singers
  • Chorus Girls Nice Work If You Can Get It Savoyard Light Opera Company WINNER!
  • The Grannies The Producers The Concord Players
  • Insects James and the Giant Peach Create. Inspire. Change. Theater Company
  • The Munchkins The Wizard of Oz Acting Out! Theater Company
  • Trailer Park Trio The Great American Trailer Park Musical MMAS Black Box Theater
  • Urchins/Ronnettes Little Shop of Horrors The Footlight Club


BEST LEAD ACTRESS (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Theatre at the Mount
  • Jess Andra Big Fish The Umbrella
  • Janet Ferrari Sunset Boulevard Arlington Friends of the Drama WINNER!
  • Angela Richardson Shrek The Musical The Wellesley Players
  • Olivia Rizzo Little Shop of Horrors The Footlight Club
  • Jennifer Sterling Into the Woods South Shore Theatre Works
  • Christy Wendlandt Mary Poppins Theatre at the Mount


BEST LEAD ACTRESS (PLAY)
Sponsored by CC Consulting
  • Jessica DePalo Proof Washington Street Players
  • Sabrina Fenton Extremities Acme Theater Productions WINNER!
  • Kathryn Gluck The Lion in Winter Quannapowitt Players
  • Margaret McCarty The How and the Why Hovey Players
  • Deanna Swan Wings Vokes Players
  • Jessica Washington Who Will Sing for Lena? Lexington Players


BEST LEAD ACTOR (PLAY)
Sponsored by Acme Theater Productions
  • Craig Ciampa The Pillowman Hovey Players
  • Will Daley Bill W. and Dr. Bob Spotlight Playhouse
  • Phillip Esposito Equus The Umbrella
  • Jason Myatt Brooklyn Boy Acme Theater Productions
  • David Allen Prescott Boeing Boeing Theatre at the Mount
  • Jason Hair-Wynn Extremities Acme Theater Productions WINNER!


BEST LEAD ACTOR (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Theatre III
  • John Alzapiedi Fiddler on the Roof Theatre III
  • Timmy Chase Mary Poppins Theatre at the Mount
  • Tom Frates Man of La Mancha The Burlington Players
  • Anthony Pires Jr. Shrek The Musical The Wellesley Players
  • Ronny Pompeo The Producers The Concord Players
  • Billy Elliot Marblehead Little Theatre WINNER!


BEST MUSICAL DIRECTION (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Voices of Hope in honor of all those for whom we sing
  • Steven Bergman Sunset Boulevard Arlington Friends of the Drama
  • Lee Condakes The Producers The Concord Players
  • Shawn Gelzleichter Little Shop of Horrors The Footlight Club
  • Lianne Goodwin Billy Elliot Marblehead Little Theatre
  • Joanne Landry Mary Poppins Theatre at the Mount
  • James Murphy Big Fish The Umbrella WINNER!


BEST CHOREOGRAPHY (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Pentucket Players
  • Katie Alexander The Producers The Concord Players
  • Julia Deter Shrek The Musical The Wellesley Players
  • Crisanto Guadiz Nice Work If You Can Get it Savoyard Light Opera Company
  • Samantha Brior-Jones Young Frankenstein Norton Singers WINNER!
  • Justin McCoubry The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Arlington Friends of the Drama
  • Dori Bryan-Ployer The Great American Trailer Park Musical MMAS Black Box Theater


BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Open Door Theater
  • Cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Arlington Friends of the Drama
  • Cast of Big Fish The Umbrella
  • Cast of The Great American Trailer Park Musical MMAS Black Box Theater
  • Cast of Shrek The Musical The Wellesley Players
  • Cast of The Wild Party The Umbrella
  • Cast of Young Frankenstein Norton Singers WINNER!


BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE (PLAY)
Sponsored by Winnmere Family Theater
  • Cast of Boeing Boeing Theatre at the Mount
  • Cast of Equus The Umbrella
  • Cast of Extremities Acme Theater Productions
  • Cast of The Pillowman Hovey Players
  • Cast of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Quannapowitt Players
  • Cast of Wings Vokes Players WINNER!


BEST DIRECTION (PLAY)
Sponsored by TCAN Players
  • David Berti Wings Vokes Players
  • Lorien Corbelletti Boeing Boeing Theatre at the Mount
  • Celia Couture Extremities Acme Theater Productions WINNER!
  • Sal Jones Who Will Sing for Lena? Lexington Players
  • Edward J. Maguire Never the Sinner Your Theatre, Inc.
  • Nancy Curran Willis Equus The Umbrella


BEST DIRECTION (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Curtain Call Theatre
  • Brian Boruta Big Fish The Umbrella
  • Julia Deter Shrek The Musical The Wellesley Players
  • Kevin Mark Kline Sunset Boulevard Arlington Friends of the Drama
  • Justin McCoubry The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Arlington Friends of the Drama
  • Ted Mitchell Young Frankenstein Norton Singers WINNER!
  • Dori Bryan-Ployer The Great American Trailer Park Musical MMAS Black Box Theater


BEST PRODUCTION (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Needham Community Theatre
  • The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Arlington Friends of the Drama
  • Big Fish The Umbrella WINNER!
  • The Great American Trailer Park Musical MMAS Black Box Theater
  • Mary Poppins Theatre at the Mount
  • The Producers The Concord Players
  • Young Frankenstein Norton Singers


BEST PRODUCTION (PLAY)
Sponsored by Burlington Players
  • Boeing Boeing Theatre at the Mount
  • Equus The Umbrella
  • Extremities Acme Theater Productions
  • The Pillowman Hovey Players
  • Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Quannapowitt Players
  • Wings Vokes Players WINNER!
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