2017 - 2018 DASH Nominees & Winners
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (PLAY)
Sponsored by the Quannapowitt Players in Memory of Sandie McNeal

• Hannah Clifford Noises Off The Concord Players
• Barbara Douglass Noises Off The Concord Players
• Jenny Fielding Kimberly Akimbo Quannapowitt Players
• Caroline Kautsire The Tempest MMAS Black Box Theater
• Teri Muller Looking for Normal Hovey Players WINNER!
• Christie Reading The Laramie Project Massasoit Theatre Company

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by South Shore Theatre Works

• Kels Ferguson Heathers: The Musical Massasoit Theatre Company
• Christine Gill Heathers: The Musical The Footlight Club
• Christianna Moestue Heathers: The Musical The Footlight Club
• Mary Beth Murphy Cabaret Hingham Civic Music Theatre, Inc. WINNER!
• Becky Ruccio 9 to 5: The Musical Arlington Friends of the Drama
• Maryanne Truax Blood Brothers Milton Players

BEST SET DESIGN (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Stage 284

• Ryan Began & Greg Mancusi-Ungara The Light in the Piazza Arlington Friends of the Drama
• Nate Bertone Letters From War Marblehead Little Theatre
• Brian Boruta Parade The Umbrella
• Fred Gallagher Side by Side by Sondheim Colonial Chorus Players
• Brian Harris & Allen BantlyThe Hunchback of Notre Dame The Concord Players WINNER!
• Tyson Miller Rock of Ages Marblehead Little Theatre
• Nicholas V. Raponi The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Theatre Company of Saugus

BEST SET DESIGN (PLAY)
Sponsored by Walpole Footlighters in Memory of Barbara Pettis

• Allen Bantly Noises Off The Concord Players
• Virginia Castagno In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) The Footlight Club
• Jim DeStefano Noises Off Spotlight Playhouse WINNER!
• Steve Dooner & Glenn Fournier The Tempest MMAS Black Box Theater
• Ruth Neeman Glengarry Glen Ross The Umbrella
• Ted Talanian Out of Order MMAS Black Box Theater

BEST SET DRESSING (PLAY)
Sponsored by Theatre Company of Saugus

• Jennifer Butler In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) The Footlight Club
• Glenn Fournier & Rose Noice The Tempest MMAS Black Box Theater WINNER!
• Glenn Fournier Out of Order MMAS Black Box Theater
• Fred Gallagher Over the River and Through the Woods Colonial Chorus Players
• Sarajane Mullins & Brian Boruta Glengarry Glen Ross The Umbrella
• Harriet Ryan, Dawn Labrie, & Glenn Ryan You Can't Take It With You Milton Players

BEST SET DRESSING (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Wakefield Repertory Theatre

• Nate Bertone Letters From War Marblehead Little Theatre
• Brian Boruta Parade The Umbrella
• Fred Gallagher & Bob Beckman Side by Side by Sondheim Colonial Chorus Players
• Amanda Allen, Bobby Imperato, Nicholas V. Raponi, & Jamie Nicole ImperatoThe 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Theatre Company of Saugus
• Brian Harris & Charlotte Kelley The Hunchback of Notre Dame The Concord Players WINNER!
• Brian Harris Carousel Savoyard Light Opera Company
• Michael Steers & Gail Gilman Heathers: The Musical Massasoit Theatre Company

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Theatre at the Mount

• Richard Bento La Cage Aux Folles Riverside Theatre Works
• Matt Kaiser In the Heights Nashoba Players
• Cristhian Mancinas-Garcia Rock of Ages Marblehead Little Theatre
• Nick Paone Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Franklin Performing Arts Company
• Anthony Pires, Jr. Parade The Umbrella WINNER!
• Nicholas V. Raponi The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Theatre Company of Saugus

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (PLAY)
Sponsored by Hovey Players

• Adam J. Leavitt Noises Off The Concord Players WINNER!
• Jason Myatt Glengarry Glen Ross The Umbrella WINNER!
• Joe Rich Out of Order MMAS Black Box Theater WINNER!
• Tim Vincent One Man, Two Guvnors The Burlington Players
• Brian Vogel The Boys Next Door MMAS Black Box Theater
• Paul Warner How the Other Half Loves Hovey Players

BEST SOUND DESIGN (PLAY)
Sponsored by MetroWest Theater Artists Guild

• Ned Bailey-Adams Absolutely Murder TCAN Players
• Grant Furgiuele Marjorie Prime Hovey Players
• Elizabeth Havenor To Kill a Mockingbird The Umbrella
• Nick Meunier Fahrenheit 451 The Cannon Theatre
• Tim Rose The 39 Steps Quannapowitt Players
• Bruce Webster The Tempest MMAS Black Box Theater WINNER!

BEST SOUND DESIGN (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by The Washington Street Players

• Greg Dana Rock of Ages Marblehead Little Theatre
• Sally Forrest Cats The Company Theatre Center for the Arts WINNER!
• Bob Pascucci The Hunchback of Notre Dame The Concord Players
• Derek Pisano Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Franklin Performing Arts Company
• Mary Gray Invaders from the Purple Planet Easton Children's Theatre
• Bruce Webster Hair MMAS Black Box Theater

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by 4Wall Entertainment

• Cindy Baer Big River Theatre at the Mount
• Adam Clark Cats The Company Theatre Center for the Arts
• SeifAllah Cristobal Parade The Umbrella
• Tyson Miller Rock of Ages Marblehead Little Theatre
• Jack O'Connor The Addams Family Venturing Theatricals
• Meg Quin Dussault & Richard Stiles Hair MMAS Black Box Theater
• Rick Shamel The Hunchback of Notre Dame The Concord Players WINNER!

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN (PLAY)
Sponsored by 4Wall Entertainment

• Jason Benagh The 39 Steps Quannapowitt Players
• SeifAllah Cristobal Disgraced The Umbrella WINNER!
• Eric Jacobsen Marjorie Prime Hovey Players
• Tony Liapis Radium Girls Walpole Footlighters
• Paul O'Shaughnessey Our Town The Footlight Club
• Olivia Sederlund In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) The Footlight Club

BEST YOUTH ACTRESS (PLAY)
Sponsored by Venturing Theatricals

• Samantha Atkins The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Stratton Players
• Nykol Fischer The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Stratton Players
• Rozzie Moe Suburban Holidays Six Quannapowitt Players
• Skylar Volman Looking for Normal Hovey Players WINNER!

BEST YOUTH ACTOR (PLAY)
Sponsored by Venturing Theatricals

• Zachariah Baumhardt To Kill a Mockingbird The Umbrella WINNER!
• Jackson Hughes-Page Suburban Holidays Six Quannapowitt Players
• Caleb Lenihan The Werewolves The Company Theatre Center for the Arts
• Zach Norton The Werewolves The Company Theatre Center for the Arts

BEST YOUTH ACTRESS (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Alexander Children's Theatre School

• Erin Fitzgerald Mary Poppins The Un-Common Theatre Company
• Michela Galego Shrek: The Musical Wakefield Repertory Youth Theater
• Alyssa McGhee Cats The Company Theatre Center for the Arts
• Mary Mahoney The Little Mermaid Jr. Theatre at the Mount
• Charlotte Rowell Alice in Wonderland Easton Children's Theatre
• Natalia Tsourides Cats The Company Theatre Center for the Arts WINNER!

BEST YOUTH ACTOR (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by The Cannon Theatre

• Max Charbonneau Big River Theatre at the Mount
• Shane Cunniff Cats The Company Theatre Center for the Arts
• Charlie Flaherty Cats The Company Theatre Center for the Arts
• Ethan Kasparian Weisman The Addams Family Theatre III
• Matt Neary Little Shop of Horrors The Un-common theatre Company
• Griffin Wilkins Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Franklin Performing Arts Company WINNER!

BEST MAKE-UP & HAIR DESIGN (PLAY)
Sponsored by Arlington Friends of the Drama in Memory of Barbara Horrigan

• Charlie Atherton and Cheri Fletcher Noises Off The Concord Players
• Trescha Brock Marjorie Prime Hovey Players
• David Allen Prescott The 39 Steps Theatre at the Mount
• Dustin Rennells Our Town The Footlight Club
• Troy Seigfried In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) The Footlight Club WINNER!
• Jane Willshire Tempesta Radium Girls Walpole Footlighters

BEST MAKE-UP & HAIR DESIGN (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Arlington Friends of the Drama in Memory of Barbara Horrigan

• Charlie Atherton, Karen Burum & Marc Capizzi The Hunchback of Notre Dame The Concord Players
• Dan Gravely The Scarlet Pimpernel Norton Singers
• Cara Guappone Heathers: The Musical The Footlight Club
• Deanna Lander 9 to 5: The Musical Arlington Friends of the Drama
• Lisa Pratt Shrek: The Musical Hingham Civic Music Theatre, Inc.
• James Valentin Cats The Company Theatre Center for the Arts WINNER!

BEST COSTUME DESIGN (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Harriet Friedman in Memory of my mom, Miriam, who taught me the love of music.

• Kathy Booth & Pat Kane The Hunchback of Notre Dame The Concord Players
• Andrea Goodman & Lindsay Hurley The Light in the Piazza Arlington Friends of the Drama
• Kathryn Ridder The Scarlet Pimpernel Norton Singers WINNER!
• Brian Simons Parade The Umbrella
• Mary Gray Invaders from the Purple Planet Easton Children's Theatre
• James Valentin Cats The Company Theatre Center for the Arts

BEST COSTUME DESIGN (PLAY)
Sponsorship Available!

• Maureen Festa To Kill a Mockingbird The Umbrella
• Nancy Ishihara In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) The Footlight Club WINNER!
• David Allen Prescott The 39 Steps Theatre at the Mount
• Rachael Rabinovitz Moon Over Buffalo Quannapowitt Players
• Dustin Rennells Our Town The Footlight Club
• Kate Smith The Savannah Sipping Society The Walpole Footlighters

BEST PROP COORDINATION (PLAY)
Sponsored by The Burlington Players

• L.A. Beitenman & Harriet Ryan You Can't Take It With You Milton Players
• Jennifer Butler In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) The Footlight Club WINNER!
• Patrick Cleary, Christine Connor, Heather Gay, and Jacey L. Rutledge Kimberly Akimbo Quannapowitt Players
• Judy Taylor Over the River and Through the Woods Colonial Chorus Players
• Sarajane Mullins  Glengarry Glen Ross The Umbrella
• Ninette Pantano Cummings The Savannah Sipping Society Walpole Footlighters

BEST PROP COORDINATION (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Colonial Chorus Players

• Amanda Allen, Damien Dakotah LaCount, Bobby Imperato, & Jamie Nicole ImperatoThe 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Theatre Company of Saugus
• Brian Bakofen Heathers: The Musical The Footlight Club
• Charlotte Kelley 9 to 5: The Musical Arlington Friends of the Drama WINNER!
• Sandi McDonald Company The Burlington Players
• Ruth Nicholson & Lyn Lambert Big River Theatre at the Mount
• George Szabo Invaders from the Purple Planet Easton Children's Theatre
• Sally Tomasetti Elf The Musical Jr. Next Generation Theatre Company

BEST STAGE MANAGEMENT (PLAY)
Sponsored by Easton Children's Theatre

• Elissa Jordan To Kill a Mockingbird The Umbrella
• Paula McNabb Noises Off The Concord Players WINNER!
• Nicole O'Keeffe Peter and the Starcatcher The Footlight Club WINNER!
• Cathy Regan Glengarry Glen Ross The Umbrella
• Katy Schneider Marjorie Prime Hovey Players
• Mikayla Williams The Laramie Project Massasoit Theatre Company

BEST STAGE MANAGEMENT (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Ashland Community Theatre

• Gail Allen Big River Theatre at the Mount WINNER!
• Coco Coviello-Foster Heathers: The Musical The Footlight Club
• Michael T. Lacey Parade The Umbrella
• John Murtagh Chicago Vokes Players
• Debra Packard Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Franklin Performing Arts Company
• Todd Short Cinderella Open Door Theater
• George Szabo Invaders from the Purple Planet Easton Children's Theatre

BEST SPECIALTY ENSEMBLE (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Hingham Civic Music Theatre

• The Ancestors Addams Family Venturing Theatricals
• Kit Kat Dancers Cabaret Hingham Civic Music Theatre, Inc.
• Tom, Huck & the Boys Big River Theatre at the Mount
• Duloc Dancers Shrek: The Musical Hingham Civic Music Theatre, Inc.
• The Jocks - Jack Cappadona & Anthony Light Heathers: The Musical Massasoit Theatre Company WINNER!
• Pick a Little - Talk a Little Ladies The Music Man The Footlight Club

BEST LEAD ACTOR (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Theatre III

• Gary Ames The Light in the Piazza Arlington Friends of the Drama
• Ethan Butler The Scarlet Pimpernel Norton Singers
• Richie DeJesus In the Heights Nashoba Players
• Christopher Hagberg La Cage Aux Folles Riverside Theatre Works
• Anthony Pires Jr. Big River Theatre at the Mount
• Joshua Wright Parade The Umbrella WINNER!

BEST LEAD ACTOR (PLAY)
Sponsored by Acme Theater Productions

• John Alzalpiedi To Kill a Mockingbird The Umbrella
• Michael Bradley You Can't Take It With You Milton Players
• Jeff Mitchell Our Town The Footlight Club WINNER!
• Michael Semonelli One Man, Two Guvnors The Burlington Players
• Ankur Singh Disgraced The Umbrella
• Bill Stambaugh Glengarry Glen Ross The Umbrella

BEST LEAD ACTRESS (PLAY)
Sponsored by CC Consulting

• Christine Connor The Exact Center of the Universe The Burlington Players
• Kathryn Gluck Marjorie Prime Hovey Players
• Sharon Mason Marjorie Prime Hovey Players WINNER!
• Kerrie Tilney Moon Over Buffalo Quannapowitt Players
• Demetra Tseckares Circle Mirror Transformation Hovey Players
• Cynthia Wegel The Savannah Sipping Society Walpole Footlighters

BEST LEAD ACTRESS (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by The Footlight Club

• Sara Comeau Heathers: The Musical Massasoit Theatre Company
• Morgan Doherty The Spitfire Grill Theatre III
• Sarajane Mullins Parade The Umbrella
• Tristyn Sepersky Heathers: The Musical The Footlight Club WINNER!
• Becky Ufema Ragtime Theatre at the Mount
• Sarah Vincelett Carousel Savoyard Light Opera Company

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Voices of Hope

• Sally Ashton Forrest Cats The Company Theatre Center for the Arts
• Samantha Brior-Jones Heathers: The Musical Massasoit Theatre Company WINNER!
• Laurie Fisher Heathers: The Musical The Footlight Club
• Kristin McGregor The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Theatre Company of Saugus
• Raye Lynn Mercer Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Franklin Performing Arts Company
• Daniel Forest Sullivan Chicago Vokes Players WINNER!

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTION (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by The Sudbury Savoyards

• Eli Bigelow Heathers: The Musical Massasoit Theatre Company
• Howard Boles Chicago Vokes Players WINNER!
• Lianne Goodwin Rock of Ages Marblehead Little Theatre
• James Murphy Parade The Umbrella WINNER!
• Shannon Stiles Hair MMAS Black Box Theater
• Hallie Wetzel Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Franklin Performing Arts Company

BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE (PLAY)
Sponsored by Vokes Players

• Cast of Disgraced The Umbrella
• Cast of Glengarry Glen Ross The Umbrella
• Cast of Marjorie Prime Hovey Players
• Cast of Noises Off The Concord Players
• Cast of The 39 Steps Quannapowitt Players
• Cast of To Kill a Mockingbird The Umbrella WINNER!

BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Norton Singers

• Cast of Chicago Vokes Players
• Cast of Heathers: The Musical The Footlight Club
• Cast of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Franklin Performing Arts Company
• Cast of Parade The Umbrella WINNER!
• Cast of Rock of Ages Marblehead Little Theatre
• Cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Theatre Company of Saugus

BEST DIRECTION (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by South Shore Theatre Works

• Brian Boruta Parade The Umbrella WINNER!
• Nathan Fogg Cabaret Hingham Civic Music Theatre, Inc.
• Eleza Kort Heathers: The Musical The Footlight Club
• Raye Lynn Mercer Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Franklin Performing Arts Company
• Mary Gray Invaders from the Purple Planet Easton Children's Theatre
• Maryann Zschau Chicago Vokes Players

BEST DIRECTION (PLAY)
Sponsored by TCAN Players

• Michelle Aguillon Marjorie Prime Hovey Players
• Nancy Curran Willis Glengarry Glen Ross The Umbrella
• Brian Kelly Noises Off The Concord Players
• Corinne M. Mason The Laramie Project Massasoit Theatre Company
• Michael McGarty Out of Order MMAS Black Box Theater WINNER!
• Paul Murphy Moon Over Buffalo Quannapowitt Players

BEST PRODUCTION (PLAY)
Sponsored by The Burlington Players

• Glengarry Glen Ross The Umbrella
• Marjorie Prime Hovey Players
• Noises Off The Concord Players
• Out of Order MMAS Black Box Theater
• The Laramie Project Massasoit Theatre Company
• To Kill a Mockingbird The Umbrella WINNER!

BEST PRODUCTION (MUSICAL)
Sponsored by Needham Community Theatre

• Chicago Vokes Players
• Heathers: The Musical The Footlight Club
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Franklin Performing Arts Company
•  Parade The Umbrella WINNER! 
• Rock of Ages Marblehead Little Theatre
• The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Theatre Company of Saugus

CONSULTANTS CHOICE AWARDS
Sponsored by The Umbrella

The Unsung Heroine Award (Stepping in for a Lead Actress at the Last Minute)
Mellissa Franklin The Scarlet Pimpernel Norton Singers

Excellence in a Cooperative Performance
Adam Preston & John Young Cinderella Open Door Theater

Excellence in Character Acting
Matthew John Finn Heathers: The Musical The Footlight Club