2024 - 2025 DASH Nominees & winners


Nominations (Winners listed in Bold) for DASH Awards for the 2024-2025 Season​
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Supporting Performer in a Play, Drama - Sponsored by Judson Pierce
  • Nico Miller, Stupid F#cking Bird, Hovey Players
  • Pamela Schweppe, And Then There Were None, TCAN Players
  • Jason Myatt, Stupid F#cking Bird, Hovey Players
  • Lucas Cardwell, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, City On A Hill Arts
  • Jim Butterfield, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Marblehead Little Theatre
  • Christian Roulleau, Mauritius, Walpole Footlighters

Supporting Performer in a Play, Comedy - Sponsored By EMACT
  • Karen Fanale, The Book of Will, Burlington Players
  • Nick Miller, Shakespeare In Love, Concord Players
  • Will Dalley, The Book of Will, Burlington Players
  • Kerrie Tilney, Shakespeare In Love, Concord Players
  • Glenn Arthur Pierce, The Outsider, Vokes Players
  • Sarah Logsdon, The Secretary, Hovey Players
   
Supporting Performer in a Musical - Comedy, Sponsored by Sudbury Savoyards
  • Scott Berozi, Into the Woods, Weston Friendly Society
  • Kristen Sehn, First Date, Colonial Chorus Players
  • Molly Peters, Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus! The Musical!, Theatre III
  • Todd Yard, A Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder, Vokes Players
  • Faith Brodi, Curtains, Savoyard Light Opera Company
  • Charlotte Delaney, Into The Woods, Weston Friendly Society

Supporting Performer in a Musical - Drama
  • Olivia Christopher, Little Women, The Broadway Musical, Marblehead Little Theatre
  • Cynthia Krebs Lee, Pippin, Massasoit Theatre Company
  • Kaitlin Eggers, Little Women, The Broadway Musical, Marblehead Little Theatre
  • Carole Shannon, Pippin, Massasoit Theatre Company
  • Chris Jordan, Matilda, The Musical, Metrowest Family Theater
  • Nadia Robertson Gemma, Ghost, The Musical, Dramatically Incorrect Theatre Company

Set Dressing for a Play, Sponsored By Walpole Footlighters
  • Amanda Albion, James Bowers, Jess McNamara, Mauritius, Walpole Footlighters
  • Steve McGonagle, Donnie Baillargeon, The Outsider, Vokes Players
  • Ruth Neeman, Rabbit Hole, Quannapowitt Players
  • David Costa, Tricia Freitas, Fred Gallagher, Barefoot In the Park, Colonial Chorus Players
  • Peyton Tavares, Andrew Barnett, Lynn Turner, A View From the Bridge, Marblehead Little Theatre 
  • Chris Rose, Ben Brotman, Karen Dervin, Working for Crumbs, Burlington Players

Set Dressing for a Musical, Sponsored by Savoyard Light Opera Company In Memory of Deb Boles
  • Larissa Doronina, School Of Rock, Honor Rolling Stones, Stage 284
  • Keira Blake, Caroline Bendig, Margot Grossman, Wyatt Indermuehle, Fran Betlyon, Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus! The Musical!, Theatre III
  • Jacey Lynn Rutledge, A Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder, Vokes Players
  • Patrick Cleary, Jason Hair-Wynn, Lauren Thompson, Evil Dead: The Musical, Theatre Company Of Saugus
  • David Bilodeau, First Date, Colonial Chorus Players
  • Caroline Kurman, Laurel Martin, Ruddigore, or The Witch’s Curse, Sudbury Savoyards

Set Design for a Play, Sponsored By Washington Street Players
  • Steve McGonagle, The Outsider, Vokes Players
  • Ruth Neeman, Rabbit Hole, Quannapowitt Players
  • Chris Rose, The Book of Will, Burlington Players
  • Ken Butler, Macbeth, Mass Arts Center
  • Rebecca Warde, The Cake, Walpole Footlighters
  • Chris Albrecht, Stupid F#cking Bird, Hovey Players​

Set Design for a Musical, Sponsored by Marblehead Little Theater
  • David Bilodeau, First Date, Colonial Chorus Players
  • Laurel Martin, Brendon Chetwynd, Blair Eig, Ruddigore, or The Witch’s Curse, Sudbury Savoyards
  • David Wood, A Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder, Vokes Players
  • Gavin Fraser, Into The Woods, The Walpole Footlighters
  • Craig Robertson, School Of Rock, Blackboard Sabbath, Stage 284
  • Emmett Buhmann, Godspell, Massasoit Theatre Company

Sound Design for a Play, Sponsored by Your Theater 411
  • Miche Furlotte, Peter Pan, Georgetown Theatre Workshop
  • Todd Short, Radium Girls, Theatre III
  • J. Mark Baumhardt, Rabbit Hole, Quannapowitt Players
  • Matt Garlin, Working for Crumbs, Burlington Players
  • Bruce Webster, Macbeth, Mass Arts Center
  • Kayte Duren, Out of Sight...Out of Murder, Footlight Club

Sound Design for a Musical , Sponsored By Your Theaer 411
  • Mel Ingalls, Evil Dead: The Musical, Theatre Company Of Saugus
  • Todd Short, Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus! The Musical!, Theatre III
  • Brian Doser, School Of Rock, Honor Rolling Stones, Stage 284
  • Craig Robertson, Beauty and the Beast, Stage 284
  • Mel Ingalls, First Date, Colonial Chorus Players
  • Dannie Smith, A Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder, Vokes Players

Prop Design for a Play, Sponsored by Carla Perrotta, Peter Cavicchio
  • David Costa, Jennifer Estabrooks, Barefoot in the Park, Colonial Chorus Players
  • Michelle Fisher, The Revolutionists, Quannapowitt Players
  • Jennifer Shea, Tom Berry, The Secretary, Hovey Players
  • Margaret McCarty, Rabbit Hole, Quannapowitt Players
  • Kimberly Blaise, Stupid F#cking Bird, Hovey Players
  • Kara Schmitt, The Book of Will, Burlington Players

Prop Design - Musical, Sponsored by Your Theater 411
  • Libby Ostrofsky, Fiddler on the Roof, Needham Community Theatre
  • Margot Grossman, Patrick Cleary, Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus! The Musical!, Theatre III
  • Jacey Lynn Rutledge, A Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder, Vokes Players
  • Sheila Kelleher, Into The Woods, Walpole Footlighters
  • Jennifer Estabrooks, First Date, Colonial Chorus Players
  • Patrick Cleary, Jason Hair-Wynn, Evil Dead: The Musical, Theatre Company Of Saugus

Specialty Ensemble - Play
  • Caroline Kautsire, Kathleen Carr Foster, Barbara Schapiro, The Witches, Macbeth, Mass Arts Center
  • Chanta Luk, Abby Kesselman, Jennie Florence Jacinto, Bradley Belanger, Audrey Adji, Vivian Liu-Somers, Kayla Maloney, David Kim, Greek Chorus, Yellow Face, The Footlight Club
  • Liz Ruark, Emily Grove, Victoria Lee, Thalia Ruark, The Revolutionists, TCAN Players​
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Specialty Ensemble Musical, Sponsored By Needham Community Theatre
  • Youth Ensemble, School Of Rock, Blackboard Sabbath, Stage 284
  • Charlotte Delaney, Kat Murphy O'Connor, Nikki Ready, Andy Swansburg, Kevin
  • Dibble, Peter Boettcher, Curtains, The Savoyard Light Opera Company
  • Jordana Meltzer, Marielle Sciore, Hannah Novack, Fiddler on the Roof, Needham Community Theatre.
  • Youth Ensemble, Newsies, Theatre Rats
  • Brendan Smith, Connor O'Brien, Kiss Me Kate, Hingham Civic Music Theatre

Youth Performer In A Play - Musical, Sponsored By Metrowest Family Theater
  • Miles Lundsted, Lord of the Flies, City On A Hill Arts
  • Brynn Kilgore, Fun Home, Burlington Players
  • Maren Phifer, Sunday in the Park with George, Norton Singers
  • Turo Rigdon, Into The Woods, Walpole Footlighters
  • Delaney Cuthbert, Matilda, The Musical, Metrowest Family Theater

Lighting Design for a Play, Sponsored by Your Theater 411
  • Bruce Pennypacker, The Revolutionists, Quannapowitt Players
  • Susan Tucker, How I Learned To Drive, Concord Players
  • Hugh Thompson, The Book Of Will, Burlington Players
  • Vyren Gray, Kodachrome, Burlington Players
  • Mike McTeague, Rabbit Hole, Quannapowitt Players
  • Ken Butler, Macbeth, Mass Arts Center

Lighting Design for a Musical, Sponsored by The Anna Gabrielle Quinlivan Scholarship, In Memory of Anna Gabrielle Quinlivan
  • Artie Sharpe, Godspell, Massasoit Theatre Company
  • Terryn Dean Fraser-Mines, First Date, Colonial Chorus Players
  • Erik Fox, Into The Woods, Weston Friendly Society
  • Craig Robertson, Beauty and the Beast, Stage 284
  • Dan Clawson, A Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder, Vokes Players
  • Kaitlin Dowds, Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus! The Musical!, Theatre III

Costume Design for a Play, Sponsored by Harriet Friedman, In Memory of Max Mandel, Miriam Mandel, Ron Godfrey
  • Joanne Powers, The Outsider, Vokes Players
  • Donna Roessler, The Revolutionists, TCAN Players
  • Em Sheeran, The Secretary, Hovey Players
  • Kris Reynolds, The Book of Will, Burlington Players
  • Laura Dillon, The Resistible Rise Of Arturo Ui, Marblehead Little Theatre
  • Lauren Gilgan, Macbeth, Mass Arts Center

Costume Design for a Musical, Sponsored By Harriet Friedman, In Memory Of Steven Friedman, MD
  • Elizabeth Hoermann, Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus! The Musical!, Theatre III
  • Linda Burtt, A Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder, Vokes Players
  • Sue Flint, Donna Roessler, Ruddigore, or The Witch's Curse, Sudbury Savoyards
  • Nora Sullivan, Anastasia: The Musical, Weston Friendly Society
  • Shawn Cannon, A Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder, Cannon Theatre
  • Dan Sullivan, Into The Woods, Weston Friendly Society

Hair & Make-Up Design for a Play
  • Shawn Cannon, Play On, Cannon Theatre
  • Jane Willshire Tempesta, Kristin Fehlau, And Then There Were None, TCAN Players
  • Jane Willshire Tempesta, The Revolutionists, TCAN Players
  • Morgan Dexter, The Importance of Being Earnest, Eventide Theatre Company
  • Karen Burum (Make-Up), Marc Capizzi (Hair), The Revolutionists, Quannapowitt Players
  • Karen Burum, Radium Girls, Theatre III

Hair & Make-Up Design for a Musical, Sponsored by Susan Harrington, In Memory of Jim Lynch
  • Bridget Sullivan, Into The Woods, Weston Friendly Society
  • Atia Silvi, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Mass Arts Center
  • Mark Capizzi, A Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder, Vokes Players
  • Shawn Cannon, A Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder, Cannon Theatre
  • Cara Guappone, The Drowsy Chaperone, Pentucket Players
  • Jamie Cook, Urinetown, Concord Players

Stage Management for a Play, Sponsored by The Burlington Players
  • Monica Bruno, How I Learned To Drive, Concord Players
  • Allie Brown, Kodachrome, The Burlington Players
  • Eve Eichenholtz, Wit, City On The Hill Arts
  • Marianne Phinney, Macbeth, Mass Arts Center
  • Alissa Palange, Rabbit Hole, Quannapowitt Players
  • Ben Brotman, Working for Crumbs, Burlington Players

Stage Management for a Musical, Sponsored by The Burlington Players
  • Naomi Goldman, Heather Daley, & Nadine Sa, Fiddler on the Roof, Needham Community Theatre
  • Katie Kinlay, A Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder, Vokes Players
  • Abbey Ross, Mystic Pizza, Marblehead Little Theatre
  • Moriah Giovannucci, Into The Woods, Weston Friendly Society
  • Molly Scrivens, Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus! The Musical!, Theatre III
  • Allie Brown, Chiara Buchanan, Fun Home, Burlington Players

Lead Performer in a Play - Drama, Sponsored by Washington Street Players
  • Gordon Ellis, How I Learned To Drive, Concord Players
  • Tom Berry, Rabbit Hole, Quannapowitt Players
  • Quinton Kappel, Stupid F#cking Bird, Hovey Players
  • Christian Roulleau, Macbeth, Mass Arts Center
  • David Allen Prescott, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, City On A Hill Arts
  • Christa Dunn, Macbeth, Mass Arts Center

Lead Performer in a Play - Comedy
  • Nancy Finn, The Outsider, Vokes Players
  • J.P. Giuliotti, The Outsider, Vokes Players
  • Katie Gluck, Kodachrome, Burlington Players
  • Lida McGirr, The Roommate, Nashoba Players
  • Quinton Kappel, Shakespeare In Love, Concord Players
  • Dayle Ballentine, The Roommate, Nashoba Players​

Lead Performer in a Musical - Comedy
  • Robert Orzalli, Into The Woods, Weston Friendly Society
  • David Smyth, Ruddigore, or The Witch’s Curse, Sudbury Savoyards
  • Richie DeJesus, First Date, Colonial Chorus Players
  • Jen Stearns, Groundhog Day, Theatre At The Bell
  • Mark Estano, A Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder, Vokes Players
  • Rosemary Ouellet, Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus! The Musical!, Theatre III

Lead Performer in a Musical - Drama
  • Jennifer Glick, Sunday in the Park with George, Norton Singers
  • Elizabeth Fidler, Matilda, The Musical, Metrowest Family Theater
  • Ari Schmidt, Fun Home, Burlington Players
  • Jim Braunstein, Fiddler on the Roof, Needham Community Theatre
  • Stefani Wood, Bright Star, Mass Arts Center
  • Perry Albert, Bright Star, The Footlight Club

Choreography
  • Jamie Cooke, Urinetown, Concord Players
  • Abbey Lambert, Newsies, Theatre Rats
  • Bridget Sullivan, Into The Woods, Weston Friendly Society
  • Katie Swimm, A Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder, Vokes Players
  • Rebecca Robichaud, Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus! The Musical!, Theatre III
  • Kendra Thyne, Curtains, Savoyard Light Opera Company

Outstanding Performance By A Cast - Play, Sponsored by Concord Players
  • Cast: Out of Sight...Out of Murder, Footlight Club
  • Cast: Stupid F#cking Bird, Hovey Players
  • Cast: Working for Crumbs, The Burlington Players
  • Cast: The Revolutionists, TCAN Players
  • Cast: The Secretary, Hovey Players
  • Cast: Mauritius, Walpole Footlighters

Outstanding Performance Cast- Musical Sponsored by Jean MacFarland In Memory of Michael Trabucco
  • Cast: Bright Star, Mass Arts Center
  • Cast: Evil Dead: The Musical, Theatre Company Of Saugus
  • Cast: Into The Woods, Weston Friendly Society
  • Cast: Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus! The Musical!, Theatre III
  • Cast: A Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder, Vokes Players
  • Cast: Urinetown, The Concord Players

Music Direction, Sponsored By The Pentucket Players
  • Sandee Brayton, Kiss Me Kate, Hingham Civic Music Theatre
  • Hollis W. Sullivan, Into The Woods, Weston Friendly Society
  • Jeff Kimball, A Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder, Vokes Players
  • Aldo Fabrizi, Ruddigore, or The Witch's Curse, Sudbury Savoyards
  • Pam Wannie, A Grand Night For Singing, Eventide Theatre Company
  • Derrick Lacasse, Bright Star, Mass Arts Center

Direction of a Play, Sponsored By Celia Couture, In Memory of Russ Swift
  • Demetra Tseckares, Stupid F#cking Bird, Hovey Players
  • Kristin Hughes, Kodachrome, Burlington Players
  • David Dooks, The Book of Will, Burlington Players
  • Doug Sanders, The Outsider, Vokes Players
  • J. Mark Baumhardt, Rabbit Hole, Quannapowitt Players
  • Steve Dooner, Macbeth, Mass Arts Center

Direction of a Musical, Sponsored by Hingham Civic Music Theatre
  • Allison Holloway, First Date, Colonial Chorus Players
  • Briana Bensenouci, Ruddigore, or The Witch’s Curse, Sudbury Savoyards
  • Katie Swimm, A Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder, Vokes Players
  • Vincent Ratsavong, Bright Star, Mass Arts Center
  • Ruth Bendig, Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus! The Musical!, Theatre III
  • Anthony Masciangioli, Into The Woods, Weston Friendly Society

Production - Play, Sponsored by Vokes Players
  • The Revolutionists, TCAN Players
  • Working for Crumbs, Burlington Players
  • Stupid F#cking Bird, Hovey Players
  • Rabbit Hole, Quannapowitt Players
  • The Outsider, Vokes Players
  • Macbeth, Mass Arts Center

Production - Musical
  • Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical! Theatre III
  • Evil Dead: The Musical, Theatre Company of Saugus
  • Into The Woods, Weston Friendly Society
  • Ruddigore, or The Witch’s Curse, Sudbury Savoyards
  • A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Vokes Players
  • Bright Star, Mass Arts Center
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Consultant Choice Awards 
  • Lauren Thompson, Vanessa Phelon, Jason Hair-Wynn, “Excellence In Blood Creation & Execution,” Evil Dead: The Musical, Theatre Company of Saugus
  • ​Kole Furlotte (operator), Casey Preston, Miche Furlotte (design), “Second Star to the Right and Straight on Til Morning,” Peter Pan, Georgetown Theatre Workshop ​
  • Mike Duarte, Glenn Fournier, Heidi Cerullo, Madeline List, Matthew List, Declan List, and Jon Myer, “Excellence In Scenic Painting and Design,” Good People, Mass Arts Center
  • Ben Greer, “Excellence in Construction of Milky White,” Into The Woods, Weston Friendly Society
  • Chris Rose, Ben Brotman, "Special Effects" Working for Crumbs, Burlington Players
  • Andrew Rhodes, “Best Dead Body Choreography,” Working for Crumbs, Burlington Players
  • Holly Chin, “Best Original Play,” Pressing Violets, Holly Chin Vocal Studio
  • Rosemary Ouellet, Wendy Blizard Eldredge, Patrick Cleary For “Best Puppetry And Puppetry Design,” Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical!, Theatre III
  • Jack Dacey, “Excellence In Playwriting,” Dystopian Follies, Dunstable Theatre Collaborative

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging Honorees
  • Theatre Rats
  • Theatre III
  • Michele Aguillon


Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients 
  • Andrew Barnett, Marblehead Little Theatre
  • Shawn Cannon, Cannon Theatre
  • Kevin Cassidy, Theatre III
  • Thomas G. Coffin, Colonial Chorus Players (Posthumous)
  • Nathan Fogg Desisto, Hingham Civic Music Theatre
  • Mary Frieburger, Theater Rats
  • Elizabeth Hunter, Theatre@First
  • Ellen Kazin, Arlington Friends of the Drama
  • Stu Kazin, Arlington Friends of the Drama
  • Don Oliver, Theatre III
  • Libby Ostrofsky, Needham Community Theatre
  • Larry Segel, Theatre Company of Saugus
  • Phyllis Uloth, Quannapowitt Players

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