2023 - 2024 DASH Nominees



Nominations (Winners listed in Bold) for DASH Awards for the 2023-2024 Season
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Supporting Performer in a Play, Comedy - Sponsored By EMACT
  • Becki Greene, Making God Laugh, Georgetown Theatre Workshop
  • JP Giuliotti, Arsenic And Old Lace, Marblehead Little Theatre
  • Jenny Fielding, A Comedy Of Errors, The Quannapowitt Players
  • Mary Beth Murphy, Stepping Out, The Footlight Club
  • Jacey Lynn Rutledge, A Comedy Of Errors, The Quannapowitt Players
  • Matt Foster, Blackadder Returns, The Cannon Theatre

 Supporting Performer in a Play, Drama - Sponsored By EMACT
  • Kimberly Blaise Appropriate, The Hovey Players
  • Laura Steele Deathtrap, Washington Street Players
  • Christian Philippe Roulleau Romeo And Juliet, Mass Arts Center
  • Dayna Reichert Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, The Footlight Club
  • Laura Gustafson Romeo And Juliet, Mass Arts Center
  • Matt Finn, Dr. Jekyll, And Mr. Hyde, The Footlight Club
 
Supporting Performer in a Musical - Comedy, Sponsored by EMACT, Past President, Jean MacFarland, In memory of Michael Trabucco
  • Ben Gold She Loves Me, The Walpole Footlighters
  • Stephen Flaherty Something Rotten, Marblehead Little Theatre
  • Jamie Cook Something Rotten, Theatre III
  • Thai Johnson Princess Ida Or Castle Adamant, The Sudbury Savoyards
  • Mark Damon Little Shop Of Horrors, Theatre Company Of Saugus
  • Sara Delong Princess Ida Or Castle Adamant, The Sudbury Savoyards

Supporting Performer in a Musical - Drama - Sponsored By EMACT
  • Ryan Boudreau, Amélie, The Musical, Mass Arts Center
  • Em Sheeran, Cabaret, Vokes Players
  • Jim Ansart, Tuck Everlasting, The Footlight Club
  • Stephen Russo, Assassins, Colonial Chorus Players
  • Cathy Merlo, White Christmas, Weston Friendly Society
  • Samir Bouchaiba, Rent, A Staged Concert, Riverside Theatre Works

Set Dressing for a Play, Sponsored By The Washington Street Players
  • Anne Damon & Steve McGonagle, Maytag Virgin, Vokes Players
  • Kristin Hughes, First Night, The Burlington Players
  • David Alger, Sweat, The Footlight Club
  • Nancy Stevenson, Death Trap, The Washington Street Players
  • John Murtagh, Tiny Beautiful Things, Vokes Players
  • Allen Bantly, Anne Bantly, Ava Enoch, The Play That Goes Wrong, The Concord Players

Set Dressing for a Musical, Sponsored by Colonial Chorus, In Memory of Judy Taylor
  • Glenn Fournier, Rose Noice, Heidi Cerullo, Amelie, The Musical, Mass Arts Center
  • Rachel Cieslik, Shawn Cannon, Alice By Heart, The Cannon Theatre
  • Jennifer Estabrooks, Fred Gallagher, Assassins, Colonial Chorus Players
  • Rebecca Warde, She Loves Me, The Walpole Footlighters
  • Lariss A Doronina, Katie Clarke-Robertson, Crystal Vanartsdalen, Legally Blonde Stage 284
  • Nathan Fogg-Desisto, White Christmas, Massasoit Community Theatre

Set Design for a Play, Sponsored By The Concord Players
  • Jack Dacey, Moon Over Buffalo, Dunstable Theater Collaborative
  • Martha Brooks, Out Of Order, New Players Theatre Guild
  • Sara Schonour, Sweat, The Footlight Club
  • David Wood, Tiny Beautiful Things, Vokes Players
  • Allen Bantly, The Play That Goes Wrong, The Concord Players
  • David Costa, Sweat, The Footlight Club

Set Design for a Musical, Sponsored by The Wellesley Players, In Memory of Linda Rakoff
  • Rose Noice, Glenn Fournier, Gypsy, Mass Arts Center
  • Craig Robertson, Crystal Vanartsdalen, Larissa Doronina, Legally Blonde, Stage 284
  • Ken Butler, Amelie, The Musical Mass Arts Center
  • David Bilodeau, Avenue Q, The Pentucket Players
  • Shawn Cannon, Alice By Heart, The Cannon Theatre
  • Rebecca Warde, She Loves Me, The Walpole Players

Sound Design for a Play, Sponsored by Anna Gabrielle Quinlivan Scholarship
  • Doug Hubbard, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Tcan Players
  • Bill Shamlian, Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, The Footlight Club
  • Ella McGaunn Geiger, The Squirrels, Acme Theatre Company
  • Tom Powers, The Play That Goes Wrong, The Concord Players
  • Bruce Webster, Puffs Or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years At A Certain School Of Magic And Magic, Mass Arts Center
  • Chris Brousseau, Sweat, The Footlight Club

Sound Design for a Musical , Sponsored By Arlington Friends Of The Drama, In Memory Of Brian Rehrig
  • Jacob Peavy, Avenue Q, The Pentucket Players
  • Todd Short, Something Rotten, Theatre III
  • Mark Deluzio, Liam Burke, Amelie, The Musical, Mass Arts Center
  • Linda Berman, She Loves Me, The Walpole Footlighters
  • Bret Bahe Alice By Heart, The Cannon Theatre
  • Brian Doser, Legally Blonde, Stage284

Prop Design for a Play, Sponsored by The Quannapowitt Players, In Memory of Honey Angell
  • Anne Bantly, Brighton Beach Memoirs, The Concord Players
  • Anne Damon & Steve McGonagle, Maytag Virgin, Vokes Players
  • Marianne Phinney, Jennifer Rich, Puffs Or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years At A Certain School Of Magic And Magic, Mass Arts Center
  • John Murtagh, Tiny Beautiful Things, Vokes Players
  • Margot Grossman, Silent Sky, Theatre III
  • Karen Dinehart, Linda Schumaker, Steve Lillis, Deathtrap, The Washington Street Players
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Prop Design - Musical, Sponsored by The Footlight Club
  • Paula McNabb, Nadine Sa, Brian Kelly, John Murtagh, Quinton Kappel, Cabaret, Vokes Players
  • Amanda Allen, Hannah Clifford, Mark Damon, Deirdre A. L. Shaw, Lauren Thompson, Jason Hair-Wynn, Little Shop of Horrors, Theatre Company of Saugus
  • Josh Hyatt, James Hunt, Assassins, Colonial Chorus Players
  • Carolyn Olson, Pippin, A Common Thread Theatre Company
  • Ninnette Cummings, Andrea Fistner, She Loves Me, The Walpole Footlighters
  • Gail Gilman, Amelie, The Musical, The Mass Arts Center


Consultant Choice Awards
  • Jim Sullivan, Ellen's Boys, “Original Play.” True Repertory Theatre, Sponsored by: Theatre@First, In Memory of Lucas Brooks 
  • Glenn Fournier, Rose Noice, Heidi Cerullo, Layne Thorpe, “Outstanding Scenic Design, Amelie, Mass Arts Center,  Sponsored by: A Common Thread Theatre Company
  • Andrew Harrington, Ken Tucci, Joey O'Hare, Deacon Fisher, Shawn Maguire, Tessie Schultz, “Many Hands Award”, The Play That Goes Wrong, The Quannapowitt Players
  • Susan Harrington, Rachel Sacks, “Dramaturgy”,  Appropriate, The Hovey Players
  • Tim Ayers-Kerr, ”The Show Must Go On”  Princess Ida Or Castle Adamant, The Sudbury Savoyards
  • Bruce Webster, "Outstanding Original Music In A Play”,  Romeo And Juliet, Mass Arts Center
  • Joe Dunn, "No Small Parts",  Out Of Order, New Players Theater Guild
  • Proof, Hull Performing Arts Center, “Excellence In Accessibility Design”
  • Adam Heroux, The Play That Goes Wrong, "It's All In The Wrist", The Quannapowitt Players


Specialty Ensemble Award In A Play or Musical, Sponsored By The Pentucket Players, In Memory Of Virginia Szmyt
  • Kate Delima, Stephanie Witz, Stacey Flaherty, The Strippers, Gypsy, Mass Arts Center
  • Matt Finn, Gina Pasciuto, Dayna Reichert, Andjana Keco, Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, The Hydes
  • Mikey Moses And Trevor St. Pierre, Sweat, (Movement, Mannerisms, & Dynamics)
  • The Footlight Club
  • Kelly McGowan, (Character Choices And Conviction), Gypsy, Mass Arts Center

Youth Performer In A Play, Sponsored By EMACT
  • Maddie Rossi, Midnight And Moll Flanders, The Burlington Players
  • Maia Ettinger, Appropriate, The Hovey Players

Youth Performer In a Musical, Sponsored by Theatre III
  • Isabel Coviello, A Little Night Music, Greater Worcester Opera
  • Ash Quasney-Sandler, Tuck Everlasting, The Footlight Club
  • Arden McAuliffe, Music Man, Needham Community Theatre
  • Adeline DeFeo, Tuck Everlasting, The Footlight Club
  • Mia Bonatti, White Christmas, Massasoit Community Theatre
  • Delaney Cuthbert, Seussical, Metrowest Family Theater


Lighting Design for a Play, Sponsored by MetroWest Theater Artists Guild
  • Eric Jacobsen, Midnight And Moll Flanders, The Burlington Players
  • Mike McTeague, Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, The Footlight Club
  • Susan Tucker, The Play That Goes Wrong, The Concord Players
  • Anthony Liapis, Puffs Or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years At A Certain School Of Magic And Magic, Mass Arts Center
  • Greg Mancusi-Ungaro, Mother Of The Maid, Marblehead Little Theatre
  • Dan Clawson, Tiny Beautiful Things, Vokes Players

Lighting Design for a Musical, Sponsored by The Howard Family, in Memory of Mike Howard
  • D. Schweppe, Cabaret, Vokes Players
  • Ken Butler, Robbie Seeley, Amelie, The Musical Mass Arts Center
  • Mark Whipple, She Loves Me, The Walpole Footlighters
  • Craig Robertson, Legally Blonde, Stage 284
  • Jason Hair-Wynn, Larry Segel, Little Shop Of Horrors, Theatre Company Of Saugus
  • John Holmes, White Christmas, Massasoit Theatre Company

Costume Design for a Play, Sponsored by Harriet Friedman, In Memory of Steven Friedman
  • Pat Brawley, Into The Breeches, The Walpole Footlighters
  • E. Rosser, Web Of Murder, Theatre@First
  • John Crampton, Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, The Footlight Club
  • Laura Dillon, Mother Of The Maid, Marblehead Little Theatre
  • Jeanne Swift, Moon Over Buffalo, Dunstable Theatre Collaborative
  • Elizabeth Hoermann, Shahn Knights, Blood Relations, Theatre III

Costume Design for a Musical, Sponsored By Harriet Friedman, In Memory Of Ron Godfrey
  • Dan Sullivan, White Christmas, Weston Friendly Society Of The Performing Arts
  • Laura Dillon, Something Rotten, Marblehead Little Theatre
  • Lori Rabeler (Designer) & Caroline Fonseca (Assistant), Cabaret, Vokes Players
  • Regina O'Connor And Maureen Larkin, She Loves Me, The Walpole Footlighters
  • Carol Benson Antos, Music Man, The Concord Players
  • Sarah Wolman, Assassins, The Colonial Chorus Players

Hair & Make-Up Design for a Play, Sponsored by EMACT
  • Jamie Cook, The Play That Goes Wrong, The Concord Players
  • Sarah Michelson, Gruesome Playground Injuries, Yorick Ensemble
  • David Costa, Stepping Out, The Footlight Club
  • Shawn Cannon, Blackadder Returns, The Cannon Theatre
  • Cara Guappone, Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, The Footlight Club
  • Rose Conley (Makeup); Jasmine Santos (Hair), Sweat, The Footlight Club

Hair & Make-Up Design for a Musical, Sponsored by The Arlington Friends of the Drama, In memory of Barbara Horrigan
  • Regina O'Connor, She Loves Me, The Walpole Players
  • Cara Guappone, Cabaret, The Pentucket Players
  • Erin Shine, Katharine Edel, Shawn Cannon, Alice By Heart, The Cannon Theatre
  • Karen Burum, Cabaret, Vokes Players
  • Alexandra Dietrich, Laura Dillon, A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder, Marblehead Little Theatre
  • Bridget Sullivan, White Christmas, Weston Friendly Society Of The Performing Arts

Stage Management for a Play, Sponsored by The Burlington Players
  • Kristyne A. Hughes, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Tcan Players
  • Monica Bruno, The Play That Goes Wrong, Quannapowitt Players
  • Shawn Cannon, Blackadder Returns, The Cannon Theatre
  • Paula Ruberti McNabb, The Play That Goes Wrong, The Concord Players
  • Zack Page, Tiny Beautiful Things, Vokes Players
  • Sydney Boncoddo, Appropriate, The Hovey Players

Stage Management for a Musical, Sponsored by The Burlington Players
  • Katie Meuse, A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder, Marblehead Little Theatre
  • Nicole Labresh, Amelie, The Musical, Mass Arts Cent
  • Anthony Rinaldi, Cabaret, Mass Arts Center
  • Linda Berman, She Loves Me, The Walpole Footlighters
  • Mindy Pierce, Legally Blonde, Stage 284
  • Ashton Lubin, Alice By Heart, The Cannon Theatre

Lead Performer in a Play - Drama, Sponsored by Theatre@First, In Memory of David Policar
  • Carla Mariarosa Perrotta, Blood Relations, Theatre III
  • Katherine McCrackin, Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time
  • Bradley Belanger, Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, The Footlight Club
  • Shawna Ciampa, Tiny Beautiful Things, Vokes Players
  • Victoria Bond, Ellen's Boys, True Repertory Theatre
  • Mike Daniels, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Tcan Players

Lead Performer in a Play - Comedy, Sponsored by Needham Community Theatre
  • Michael Jay, Brighton Beach Memoirs, The Concord Players
  • Quinton Kappel, The Play That Goes Wrong, The Concord Players
  • Dayle Ballentine, Ripcord, The Burlington Players
  • Matt Foster, Moon Over Buffalo, Dunstable Theater Collaborative
  • Ashley Risteen, The Play That Goes Wrong, Quannapowitt Players
  • James Barton, The Squirrels, Acme Theatre Productions

Lead Performer in a Musical - Comedy, Sponsored By The Cannon Theatre
  • Carly Williams, Legally Blonde, Massasoit Community Theatre
  • Nick Raponi, Something Rotten, Marblehead Little Theatre
  • Bryan Smith, Twelfth Night, A Musical Adaptation, Arlington Friends Of The Drama
  • Meaghan Delgenio, Legally Blonde, Stage 284
  • Michael Silvia, Little Shop Of Horrors, Theatre Company Of Saugus
  • Kimberly McClure, Gypsy, Mass Arts Center

Lead Performer in a Musical - Drama, Sponsored by Arlington Friends of the drama in memory of Jim Grana
  • Quinton Kappel, Cabaret, Vokes Players
  • Sean Perry, Assassins, Colonial Chorus Players
  • Aniliza May, Rent, A Staged Concert, Riverside Theatre Works
  • Cynthia Krebs Lee, White Christmas, Massasoit Community Theatre
  • Judi Olson, White Christmas, Weston Friendly Society Of The Performing Arts
  • Eliza Bean, Alice By Heart, The Cannon Theatre

Choreography, Sponsored By The Walpole Footlighters
  • Michelle Leibowitz, Cabaret, Vokes Players
  • Dan Sullivan, White Christmas, Weston Friendly Society Of The Performing Arts
  • Erica Lundin, Legally Blonde, Stage 284
  • Samantha Brior-Jones, White Christmas, Massasoit Community Theatre
  • Doug Hodge, She Loves Me, The Walpole Footlighters
  • Vincent Ratsavong, Amelie, The Musical, Mass Arts Center

Outstanding Performance By A Cast - Play, Sponsored by Vokes Players
  • The Cast Of The Play That Goes Wrong, The Concord Players
  • The Cast Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, The Footlight Club
  • The Cast Of Appropriate, The Hovey Players
  • The Cast Of Tiny Beautiful Things, Vokes Players
  • The Cast Of Murder In Green Meadows, The Quannpowitt Players
  • The Cast Of Stepping Out, The Footlight Club

Outstanding Performance By A Cast- Musical, Sponsored by The Sudbury Savoyards
  • The Cast Of Something Rotten, Marblehead Little Theatre
  • The Cast Of Little Shop Of Horrors, Theatre Company Of Saugus
  • The Cast Of Cabaret, Vokes Players
  • The Cast Of Amelie, The Musical, Mass Arts Center
  • The Cast Of White Christmas, Weston Friendly Society Of The Performing Arts
  • The Cast Of She Loves Me, The Walpole Footlighters

Music Direction, Sponsored By The Pentucket Players
  • Aldo Fabrizi, A Little Night Music, Greater Worcester Opera
  • Stephani Beatrice, Princess Ida Or Castle Adamant, The Sudbury Savoyards
  • David Flowers, A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder, Marblehead Little Theatre
  • Marilyn Whipple, She Loves Me, The Walpole Footlighters
  • Alan Freedman, Assassins, Colonial Chorus Players
  • James Haupt, Avenue Q, Pentucket Players

Direction of a Play, Sponsored By CC Consulting, LLC
  • David Costa, Stepping Out, The Footlight Club
  • Michelle Aquillon, Appropriate, The Hovey Players
  • Brian Kelly, The Play That Goes Wrong, The Concord Players
  • Gordon Ellis, Murder In Green Meadows, Quannapowitt Players
  • Katie Swimm, Tiny Beautiful Things, Vokes Players
  • Jill Tokac, Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, The Footlight Club

Direction of a Musical, Sponsored by Hingham Civic Music Theatre
  • Samantha Brior-Jones, Nathan Fogg-Desisto, White Christmas, Massasoit Community Theatre
  • Vincent Ratsavong, Amelie, The Musical, Mass Arts Center
  • Jason Hair-Wynn, Little Shop Of Horrors, Theatre Company Of Saugus
  • Katie Clarke-Robertson, Legally Blonde, Stage 284
  • William Deschenes, Gypsy, Mass Arts Center
  • Doug Hodge, She Loves Me, The Walpole Footlighters

Production - Play, Sponsored by The Washington Street Players
  • Tiny Beautiful Things, Vokes Players
  • Murder In Green Meadows, The Quannapowitt Players
  • The Play That Goes Wrong, The Concord Players
  • Appropriate, The Hovey Players
  • Stepping Out, The Footlight Club
  • Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, The Footlight Club

Production - Musical, Sponsored by The Theatre Company of Saugus
  • Amelie, The Musical, Mass Arts Center
  • Cabaret, Vokes Players
  • She Loves Me, The Walpole Footlighters
  • Legally Blonde, Stage 284
  • Gypsy, The Mass Arts Center
  • White Christmas, Massasoit Community Theatre

Lifetime Achievement Honorees
  • Sandy Armstrong, Theatre III
  • Donald Baillargeon, Vokes Players
  • Kay Blaha, The Walpole Footlighters
  • Kathy Campbell, Acme Theatre Productions
  • Ron Godfrey, Center Stage Theatre, Posthumous
  • Patricia Jamison, Punctuate4producitons
  • Judy Taylor, Colonial Chorus Players, Posthumous

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