2019 - 2020 DASH outstanding achievement

Due to the pandemic-shortened season this year, EMACT suspended our usual nomination process and Gala, and instead on August 22 honored the top 3-6 highest scoring performers and designers in each category with Outstanding Achievement Awards. 

If you were unable to join us online, a recording of the Awards can be found here!
​EMACT would like to thank WCTV Wilmington Community Television for their filming services, which helped to make this virtual event possible!
SUPPORTING ACTRESS (PLAY)
  • Nicole Abbondanza, Pride and Prejudice - Skylight Theater Collective
  • Nancy Finn, Silent Sky - Quannapowitt Players
  • Danielle Wehner, The Hollow - The Burlington Players

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (MUSICAL)
  • Stephanie Wallace, Beauty and the Beast - Massasoit Theatre Company
  • Christine Kasparian, Legally Blonde - The Footlight Club
  • Christine Dickinson, Nevermore -The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe - Theatre Company of Saugus
  • Caroline Fonseca, Nevermore -The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe - Theatre Company of Saugus
  • Abigail Mack, Fun Home - Vokes Players

SET DESIGN (MUSICAL)
  • Chris Cardoni, Fun Home - Vokes Players
  • Andrew Barnett, Young Frankenstein - Marblehead Little Theater
  • Nathan Fogg-Desisto, Beauty and the Beast - Massasoit Theatre Company
  • Brian Harris, Music Man - Savoyard Light Opera Company
  • Nicholas Raponi & Jason Hair-Wynn, Nevermore - The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe - Theatre Company of Saugus
  • Sara Carda & Chris Carda, Mary Poppins - Needham Community Theater

SET DESIGN (PLAY)
  • Fred Gallagher, Smell of the Kill - Colonial Chorus Players
  • Allen Bantly, Barefoot in the Park - The Concord Players
  • James DeStefano, Silent Sky - Quannapowitt Players
  • Michael Dornisch, Other Desert Cities - Walpole Footlighters Playhouse
  • Ted Talanian, Boeing-Boeing - MMAS Black Box Theater
  • Jacey L. Rutledge, The Language Archives - ACME Theater

SET DRESSING (PLAY)
  • Glenn Fournier, Rose Noice, & Michael McGarty, Boeing-Boeing - MMAS Black Box Theater
  • Judy Taylor, Smell of the Kill - Colonial Chorus Players
  • Rebecca Warde, Other Desert Cities - Walpole Footlighters Playhouse
  • Andrea Roessler & Allan Bantly, Barefoot in the Park - The Concord Players
  • Alex Rohall, Kristin Hughes, Hugh Thompson, & Allison Walters-Short, The Hollow - Burlington Players
  • James DeStefano, Clybourne Park - Quannapowitt Players

SET DRESSING (MUSICAL)
  • Chris Cardoni, Fun Home - Vokes Players
  • Emily Stewart & Sandy Eisenbies, Music Man - Savoyard Light Opera Company
  • Nathan Fogg-Desisto, Beauty and the Beast - Massasoit Theatre Company
  • Allan Bantly, Anne Bantly, & Charlotte Kelley, Funny Girl - The Concord Players
  • Nicholas Raponi & Jason Hair-Wynn, Nevermore -The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe - Theatre Company of Saugus
  • Sarah Bergeron, Into the Woods - Stage 284 Playhouse
  • Libby Ostrovsky, Heather Daley, Rachel Baril, Sarah Carda & Jenn Bradbury, Mary Poppins - Needham Community Theater

SUPPORTING ACTOR (MUSICAL)
  • Bobby Imperato, Beauty and the Beast - Massasoit Theatre Company
  • Kartik Ayysola, Funny Girl - Concord Players
  • Andrew Swansburg, Funny Girl - Concord Players
  • Jon Saul, H.M.S. Pinafore - The Sudbury Savoyards
  • Josh Telepman, Pirates of Penzance - Yorick Ensemble

SUPPORTING ACTOR (PLAY)
  • Tom Lavallee, The Man Who Came to Dinner - Attleboro Community Theatre
  • Bruce Church, The Man Who Came to Dinner - Attleboro Community Theater
  • Jason Myatt, Clybourne Park - Quannapowitt Players

SOUND DESIGN (PLAY)
  • Bruce Webster, Dead Man’s Cell Phone - MMAS Black Box Theater
  • Grant Furgiuele, Ripcord - Vokes Players
  • Nicole Sparks, The Language Archives - ACME Theater
  • Ned Bailey-Adams, One Man, Two Guv'nors - TCAN Players
  • Nicole Sparks, The Hollow - The Burlington Players
  • Curtis David, Wait Until Dark - Attleboro Community Theatre
  • Michael Shannon, 20th Century Blues - The Burlington Players

SOUND DESIGN (MUSICAL)
  • Jason Hair-Wynn & Mel Ingalls, Nevermore -The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe - Theatre Company of Saugus
  • Pat Dzierzak, Beauty and the Beast - Massasoit Theatre Company
  • Robert Zawistowsk, Fun Home - Vokes Players
  • Greg Dana, Young Frankenstein - Marblehead Little Theater

LIGHTING DESIGN (MUSICAL)
  • Paul Vaillancourt, Beauty and the Beast - Massasoit Theater Company
  • Matthew Garlin & Jason Hair-Wynn, Nevermore - The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe - Theatre Company of Saugus

LIGHTING DESIGN (PLAY)
  • Dan Clawson, Ripcord - Vokes Players
  • Hugh Thompson, The Hollow - The Burlington Players
  • Doug Greene, Wait Until Dark - Attleboro Community Theater
  • Christopher Gehrke, Pride and Prejudice - Skylight Theater Collective
  • Kathy Campbell, Eat the Runt - ACME Theater
  • Hugh Thompson, 20th Century Blues - The Burlington Players

YOUTH ACTOR/ACTRESS (PLAY)
  • Brooks Workman, James and the Giant Peach - Theatre Company of Saugus
  • Verity Preston, Wait Until Dark - Attleboro Community Theatre

YOUTH ACTRESS (MUSICAL)
  • Sydney Johnston, Fun Home - Vokes Players
  • Kenly Murray, Mary Poppins - Needham Community Theater
  • Madeleine Penafiel, Ruthless - Colonial Chorus Players

YOUTH ACTOR (MUSICAL)
  • Marcus Myers, Seussical - Hingham Civic Theatre
  • Max Shoemaker, Mary Poppins - Needham Community Theater

MAKE-UP & HAIR DESIGN (PLAY)
  • Jeanne Callinan, The Hollow - The Burlington Players
  • Katie Pompeo & Marc Capizzi, Clybourne Park - Quannapowitt Players
  • Katelynn Miller, Boeing-Boeing - MMAS Black Box Theater

MAKE-UP & HAIR DESIGN (MUSICAL)
  • C.J. Hawes, Beauty and the Beast - Massasoit Theatre Company
  • Dianne Rothauser, Jane Willshire-Tempesta, & Gianna Romanelli, Mary Poppins - Needham Community Theater
  • Amanda Allen, Jason Hair-Wynn, & William Fafard, Nevermore -The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe - Theatre Company of Saugus
  • Dustin Todd Rennells, Dreamgirls - Riverside Theater Works
  • Jeanne Callahan & Becky Jo Roland, The Addams Family - Arlington Friends of the Drama
  • Laura Dillon, Kathleen Tringale, & Ursina Amsler, Into the Woods - Stage 284

COSTUME DESIGN (MUSICAL)
  • Jennifer Spagone, James A. Valentin, & Aaron Stolicker, Beauty and the Beast -Massasoit Theater Company
  • Dustin Todd Rennells, Dreamgirls - Riverside Theater
  • Kathy Magni & Heather Daley, Mary Poppins - Needham Community Theater
  • Amanda Allen & Jason Hair-Wynn, Nevermore - The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe - Theatre Company of Saugus
  • Marc Capizzi, Fun Home - Vokes Players
  • Doreen Croteau, Singin’ In The Rain - Theatre At The Mount

COSTUME DESIGN (PLAY)
  • Tracy Sullivan & Maddie Sparks, The Hollow - The Burlington Players
  • Amelia Boyce Munson, Pride and Prejudice - Skylight Theater Collective
  • Dustin Todd Rennells, One Man, Two Guv'nors - TCAN Players
  • Mary Ellen Macri & Michelle Aguillon, Clybourne Park - Quannapowitt Players
  • Elizabeth Peet, Eat the Runt - ACME Theater
  • Elizabeth Tustian, Ripcord - Vokes Players

PROP COORDINATION (PLAY)
  • Donnie Baillargeon & Jason Rutledge, Ripcord - Vokes Players
  • Alex Rohall, The Hollow - The Burlington Players
  • Judy Taylor, Smell of the Kill - Colonial Chorus Players
  • Julie Wiseman, Jacey Rutledge, & Tom Berry, The Language Archives - ACME Theater

PROP COORDINATION (MUSICAL)
  • Gail Gilman, Beauty and the Beast - Massasoit Theatre Company
  • Donnie Baillargeon, Anne Damon, & John Murtagh, Fun Home - Vokes Players
  • Libby Ostrofsky, Erica Traub, & Sarah Sallis, Mary Poppins - Needham Community Theater
  • Bobby Kerrigan & Erik Rodenhiser, Young Frankenstein - Marblehead Little Theater
  • Amanda Allen, Jason Hair-Wynn, Damien LaCount, & Deirdre A.L. Shaw, Nevermore -The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe - Theatre Company of Saugus

STAGE MANAGEMENT (PLAY)
  • Katelyn Miller, Boeing, Boeing - MMAS Black Box Theater
  • David Dooks, 20th Century Blues - The Burlington Players
  • Alissa Palange, Ripcord - Vokes Players
  • Alison Walters-Short, The Hollow - The Burlington Players
  • Mike McTeague & Heather Gay, Clybourne Park - Quannapowitt Players
  • Katy Schneider, Eat The Runt - ACME Theater

STAGE MANAGEMENT (MUSICAL)
  • Ryan Barrow, Tommy - The Company Theatre
  • John Murtagh, Fun Home - Vokes Players
  • Jenn Ryan Gelzleichter, Carrie: The Musical - Arts After Hours
  • Nathan Fogg-DeSisto, Beauty and the Beast - Massasoit Theatre Company

SPECIALTY ENSEMBLE
  • The King and His Courtiers, Love’s Labours Lost - Arlington Friends of the Drama

LEAD ACTOR (MUSICAL)
  • Alex Thayer, Fun Home - Vokes Players
  • Benjamin Finn, Nevermore-The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe - Theatre Company of Saugus
  • Andrew Coutermarsh, Beauty and the Beast - Massasoit Theatre Company
  • Nate Scott, Dreamgirls - Riverside Theatre Works

LEAD ACTOR (PLAY)
  • Bruce Church, The Man Who Came to Dinner - Attleboro Community Theatre
  • Matthew Gousie, Over The River and Through the Woods - Attleboro Community Theatre

LEAD ACTRESS (PLAY)
  • Danielle Wehner, Barefoot in the Park - The Concord Players
  • Anne Damon, Ripcord - Vokes Players
  • Jenie Michael, Pride and Prejudice - Skylight Theater Collective
  • Deanna Swan, Ripcord - Vokes Players

LEAD ACTRESS (MUSICAL)
  • Christine LaMont, Mary Poppins - Needham Community Theatre
  • Kathleen Comber, Fun Home - Vokes Players
  • Meghan Rose, Funny Girl - Concord Players

CHOREOGRAPHY (MUSICAL)
  • Samantha Brior-Jones, Beauty and The Beast - Massasoit Theatre Company 
  • Nicole Couture Skorb, Singin’ In The Rain - Theatre At The Mount
  • Jason Hair-Wynn, Nevermore - The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe - Theatre Company of Saugus

MUSICAL DIRECTION (MUSICAL)
  • Eli Bigelow, Beauty and The Beast - Massasoit Theatre Company 
  • Lindsey Soboleski & Kathryn Denney, H.M.S. Pinafore - The Sudbury Savoyards
  • Shane A. Stecher, Carrie:  The Musical - Arts After Hours
  • Shawn Gelzleichter, Nevermore - The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe - Theatre Company of Saugus
  • Howard Boles, Fun Home - Vokes Players

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE (PLAY)
  • Cast of The Hollow - The Burlington Players
  • Cast of Smell of the Kill - The Colonial Chorus Players
  • Cast of The Language Archives - ACME Theater
  • Cast of Ripcord - Vokes Players
  • Cast of Eat The Runt - ACME Theater
  • Cast of Clybourne Park - Quannapowitt Players

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE (MUSICAL)
  • Cast of Beauty and the Beast - Massasoit Theatre Company
  • Cast of Fun Home - Vokes Players
  • Cast of Nevermore - The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe - Theatre Company of Saugus

DIRECTION (MUSICAL)
  • Samantha Brior-Jones & Nathan Fogg-DeSisto, Beauty and the Beast - Massasoit Theatre Company 
  • Bobby Kerrigan, Young Frankenstein - Marblehead Little Theater
  • Donnie Baillargeon, Fun Home - Vokes Players
  • Jason Hair-Wynn, Nevermore -The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe - Theatre Company of Saugus

DIRECTION (PLAY)
  • Nancy Curran Willis, Silent Sky - Quannapowitt Players
  • Michael McGarty, Boeing-Boeing - MMAS Black Box Theater
  • Kevin Nessman, Eat The Runt - ACME Theater
  • J. Mark Baumhardt, Ripcord - Vokes Players

PRODUCTION (PLAY)
  • Clybourne Park - Quannapowitt Players
  • The Hollow - The Burlington Players
  • Eat The Runt - ACME Theater
  • The Language Archives - ACME Theater
  • Ripcord - Vokes Players

PRODUCTION (MUSICAL)
  • Beauty and the Beast - Massasoit Theatre Company 
  • Fun Home - Vokes Players
  • Nevermore - The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe - Theatre Company of Saugus
  • Young Frankenstein - Marblehead Little Theatre


CONSULTANTS CHOICE AWARDS

Excellence in Projection
Phil Grenier, Beauty and the Beast - Massasoit Theatre Company.  

Excellence In Original Music
Greg Borodulin, James and the Giant Peach - Theatre Company of Saugus

Excellence In Set Construction
Lou Schoenthal, Young Frankenstein - Marblehead Little Theatre 

Excellence in Risk Taking
Cast of Eat The Runt - ACME Theatre 

No Small Parts
Caroline Spinali, Into the Woods - Stage 284

Excellence in Sound Heroics
Samuel Colburn, Chess - The Norton Singers