2020-21 DASH Consultants' Choice Awards

EMACT is pleased and honored to recognize our member companies that made extraordinary theatre under extraordinary circumstances during the pandemic season!

You can view the entire online presentation on our YouTube Channel here!


  • Siena Ruark, The Adventure of the Speckled Band: A Sherlock Holmes Radio Play - Theatre III​

EXCELLENCE IN TECHNICAL PRODUCTION
  • Chris Tess, Dan Henderson, & David Bailit, A Little (More) Fun in 2021: A Musical Revue (Part 1 & 2) - Needham Community Theater

SPECIFICITY IN ACTING
  • Abigail Bradie, Angel Street (Gaslight) - ​A Common Thread Theatre Company

EXCELLENCE IN COSTUME DESIGN
  • Dustin Todd Rennells, Woman in White - The Footlight Club

EXCELLENCE IN PROPS & COSTUME DESIGN
  • Carolyn Olson, Mary Ann Baril, & Rachel Baril, Angel Street (Gaslight) - A Common Thread Theatre Company
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EXCELLENCE IN PROPS DESIGN
  • Carol Gallagher, Rope - The Footlight Club

EXCELLENCE IN ACTING
  • Matthew Finn, Hedda Gabler - The Footlight Club
  • Catherine Philippe, The Crucible - The Misfit Artist Company
  • Judson Pierce, Sure Thing - The Concord Players
  • Jessica Washington, The Mountaintop - The Lexington Players

EXCELLENCE IN ACTING & ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
  • Margaret McCarty & Jennifer Shotkin, Love is a Blue Tick Hound - Quannapowitt Players

EXCELLENCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
  • Shane Patrick Hennessey, 25 for 25 - The Footlight Club

EXCELLENCE IN MUSICAL THEATER PERFORMANCE
  • Taylor Lawton, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder - Greater Worcester Opera

EXCELLENCE IN THEATRICAL PRODUCTION VALUES
  • Douglas Cooper, The Mountaintop - The Lexington Players

EXCELLENCE IN MUSIC DIRECTION
  • Elias Condakes, 35MM: A Musical Exhibition - The Yorick Ensemble

EXCELLENCE IN VOCAL PERFORMANCE
  • The Cast of 35MM: A Musical Exhibition - The Yorick Ensemble

OUTSTANDING CABARET SOLOIST
  • Ashley DiFranza, A Little (More) Fun in 2021: A Musical Revue (Part 1 & 2) - Needham Community Theater

EXCELLENCE IN SOUND ENGINEERING
  • Charles Crane, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder - Greater Worcester Opera

EXCELLENCE IN SOUND DESIGN
  • Samuel Zeiberg, Rope - The Footlight Club

EXCELLENCE IN ADAPTATION & DIRECTION
  • Katie Swimm, Woman in White - The Footlight Club

EXCELLENCE IN TECHNICAL DIRECTION
  • Chris Brousseau, Woman in White - The Footlight Club

EXCELLENCE IN VIDEO DIRECTING
  • David Atwood, Words, Words, Words : DMV Tyrant : Sure Thing - The Concord Players

EXCELLENCE IN REALISM
  • Stephen Jackson, Waiting for the Host - The Spotlight Players

EXCELLENCE IN ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
  • The Cast of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change -The Concord Players

EXCELLENCE IN VIDEOGRAPHY & VIDEO EDITING
  • Alan McRae, The Mountaintop - The Lexington Players

EXCELLENCE IN RECORDING, ENGINEERING & SOUND QUALITY
  • Todd Short, The Adventure of the Speckled Band: A Sherlock Holmes Radio Play - Theatre III

EXCELLENCE IN LIGHTING DESIGN
  • Rich O'Neal, Angel Street (Gaslight) -  A Common Thread Theatre Company

EXCELLENCE IN DIRECTION
  • Julia Deter, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change - The Concord Players