The Spokies: nominations for 2009-10

The 2010 SPOKIES
Covering what Bobo managed to see in the June 2009-May 2010 season.
Winners announced in the June 24 Inlander and at inlander.com.
Admiration, kudos and applause to all.

Please write in with corrections and comments.

CHOREOGRAPHY
Tralen Doler for The Producers, Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre
Troy Nickerson and Jillian Wylie for The Pirates of Penzance, Spokane Civic Theatre
Troy Nickerson and Jillian Wylie for Curtains, Civic
Michael Wasileski for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, CdA Summer

LIGHTING DESIGN
Bryan Durbin for Amadeus, Lake City Playhouse
John Gallegos for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, CdA Summer
Peter Hardie for Escanaba in da Moonlight, Civic
Joel Williamson for Miss Saigon, CdA Summer Theatre

SET DESIGN
David Baker for The Pirates of Penzance, Civic
David Baker for The Spitfire Grill, Civic Studio
Peter Hardie for Annie Get Your Gun, Civic
Peter Hardie for Escanaba in da Moonlight, Civic
Don McLaughlin for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, EWU

COSTUME DESIGN
Judith McGiveney for Miss Saigon, CdA Summer Theatre

Jan Wanless for Annie Get Your Gun, Civic
Jan Wanless for The Pirates of Penzance, Civic

FEATURED ACTOR, PLAY
Andrew Garcia as Mason Marzac in Take Me Out (staged reading), Gonzaga
David Gigler as Remnar Soady in Escanaba in da Moonlight, Civic
Todd Kehne as Jimmer Negamanee in Escanaba in da Moonlight, Civic
Patrick Treadway as Yvan in Art, Interplayers

FEATURED ACTOR, MUSICAL
Lance Edwin Babbitt as Christopher Belling in Curtains, Civic
Patrick Treadway as Franz Liebkind in The Producers, CdA Summer Theatre
Steven Dahlke as Carmen Ghia in The Producers, CdA
Jerry Christakos as Hennesy/The Captain in Dames at Sea, CdA Summer Theatre
Doug Dawson as the Major-General in The Pirates of Penzance, Civic
Brian Gunn as Sheriff Joe Sutter in The Spitfire Grill, Civic Studio
Patrick McHenry-Kroetch as Aaron Fox in Curtains, Civic
Henry McNulty as Molokov in Chess (concert version), Civic
Gary Pierce as Charlie Davenport in Annie Get Your Gun, Civic

FEATURED ACTRESS, MUSICAL
Liberty Harris as Shelby in The Spitfire Grill, Civic Studio
Maureen Kumakura as Georgia Hendricks in Curtains, Civic
Yvonne Same as Gigi in Miss Saigon, CdA Summer Theatre
Ellen Travolta as Mona Kent in Dames at Sea, CdA Summer Theatre

FEATURED ACTRESS, PLAY
Wendy Carroll as Clairee in Steel Magnolias, Civic
Sarah Denison in multiple roles, String of Pearls, Civic
Kathie Doyle-Lipe as Ouiser in Steel Magnolias, Civic
Tami Rotchford in multiple roles, String of Pearls, Civic
Kate Vita in multiple roles, String of Pearls, Civic

LEADING ACTRESS, MUSICAL
Krystle Armstrong as the Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, CdA Summer Theatre
Andrea Dawson as Florence in Chess (concert version), Civic
Tami Knoell as Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun, Civic
Manuela Peters as Percy in The Spitfire Grill, Civic Studio
Mia Yoshida as Kim in Miss Saigon, CdA Summer Theatre
Darcy Wright as Ruby in Dames at Sea, CdA Summer Theatre

LEADING ACTOR, PLAY
Damon Abdallah as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus, Lake City Playhouse
Dan Anderson as Arthur in Psychopathia Sexualis, Interplayers
Jack Bannon as Marc in Art, Interplayers
Wes Deitrick as Albert Soady in Escanaba in da Moonlight, Civic
Jamie Flanery as Ray in Blackbird, West Central Community Center
Bill Forant as Greg in Sylvia, Civic Studio
Reed McColm as the Librarian in Underneath the Lintel, Interplayers
Damon C. Mentzer in multiple roles, A Tuna Christmas, Civic
Aaron Murphy as Father Flynn in Doubt, Interplayers
Dave Rideout as John Haddock in Lips Together, Teeth Apart, Civic Studio
Roger Welch as Serge in Art, Interplayers

LEADING ACTOR, MUSICAL
Steven Booth as Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, CdA Summer Theatre
Jerry Christakos as Roger De Bris in The Producers, CdA Summer Theatre
Patrick McHenry-Kroetch as Frank Butler in Annie Get Your Gun, Civic
Russell Seaton as Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance, Civic
Matthew Wade as Leopold Bloom in The Producers, CdA Summer Theatre
Andrew Ware Lewis as Lt. Frank Cioffi in Curtains, Civic
[ Bobo regrets that he did not see Mike Hynes in both halves of the title role in Jekyll & Hyde at Lake City Playhouse ]

LEADING ACTRESS, PLAY
Beth Carey in the title role in Sylvia, Civic Studio
Nancy Gasper as Artie in Eleemosynary, Interplayers
Bethany Hart as Shelby in Steel Magnolias, Civic
Emily Hiller as Una in Blackbird, West Central Community Center
Caryn Hoaglund-Trevett as Lucille in Psychopathia Sexualis, Interplayers
Ann Russell Whiteman as Sister Aloysius in Doubt, Interplayers

DIRECTION, PLAY
Maria A. Caprile, Eleemosynary, Interplayers
Kevin Connell, Take Me Out (staged reading), Gonzaga
Troy Nickerson, Escanaba in da Moonlight, Civic
Roger Welch, Doubt, Interplayers

DIRECTION, MUSICAL
Tralen Doler for The Producers, CdA Summer
Yvonne A.K. Johnson for The Pirates of Penzance, Civic

Kirk Mouser for Miss Saigon, CdA Summer
Troy Nickerson for Curtains, Civic

Roger Welch for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, CdA Summer Theatre

BEST ENSEMBLE
Art, Interplayers
Doubt, Interplayers
Escanaba in da Moonlight, Civic
String of Pearls, Civic Studio
Sylvia, Civic Studio

BEST TOURING MUSICAL
Avenue Q
The Lion King
Little House on the Prairie: The Musical

BEST LOCAL MUSICAL
Curtains, Civic
The Pirates of Penzance, Civic
Miss Saigon, CdA Summer Theatre

BEST DRAMA
Art, Interplayers
Blackbird, West Central Community Center
Doubt, Interplayers
String of Pearls, Civic Studio

BEST COMEDY
Escanaba in da Moonlight, Civic
Psychopathia Sexualis, Interplayers
Sylvia, Civic Studio

Spokies experiment: a dud

Of the dozen people Bobo contacted to ask for their participation on a Spokies panel for 2010, nearly all declined. (This would have been a panel to see local productions, make nominations and then vote.)
Some, I never heard back from. Some politely declined, pleading lack of time, going to see shows in other cities this year, but think of me next time. Some object on principle to the idea of comparing local theaters and setting them in competition against one another.
So, back to Square One.
Which has only one guy in it.
I'd like to honor local theater types more -- but I could use your suggestions. The sentiment at Inlander HQ is for an awards ceremony with trophies and yours truly as emcee.
But I'm not much of a party host, ain't no Billy Crystal, and would sort of feel like judge, jury and executioner up there (given that the Spokies are, at least at present, a one-man cottage industry).
Your thoughts?
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The 2008-09 Spokies: Here are your nominees …

For shows that opened during June 2008-May 2009 and that Bobo actually saw.
Winners will be revealed in the July 2 Inlander.

Just this week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) announced its decision to nominate 10 movies for Best Picture at Oscar time next February.
As the sole member of the Spokane Academy of Theatrical Arts and Numismatic-tossing (SATAN), Bobo feels inspired by that decision and has accordingly gone CRAAAZY, filling out some of the Spokie categories below with an unusually large number of nominees.

I know I’m the guy with the notepad who walks in the room and makes everybody nervous (or angry, or indifferent), but the Spokies — limited as they are, like peering at just one guy’s Oscar ballot — ought to celebrate what’s best about the theater season just concluded. People deserve to see their names listed. Why limit nominees arbitrarily?

Please write in listing all of Bobo’s egregious mistakes.


Outstanding Choreography
Tralen Doler for La Cage aux Folles, Coeur d’Alene Summer Theater
Kathie Doyle-Lipe for Oklahoma!, Spokane Civic Theater
Jean Hardie for No, No, Nanette, Civic
Troy Nickerson and Cameron Lewis for A Christmas Carol: The Musical, Civic

Outstanding Lighting Design
David Baker for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Spokane Civic Theater
Peter Hardie for Godspell, Civic’s Studio
Justin Schmidt for Waiting for Godot, Spokane Interplayers Ensemble
Joel Williamson for Les Miserables, CdA Summer Theater

Outstanding Set Design for a Musical
David Baker for A Christmas Carol: The Musical, Spokane Civic Theater
David Baker for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Civic
Peter Hardie for No, No, Nanette, Civic
Michael McGiveney for All Shook Up, CdA Summer Theater
Michael McGiveney for Les Miserables, CdA

Outstanding Set Design for a Play
David Baker for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Spokane Civic Theater
David Baker for Shakespeare in Hollywood, Civic

Outstanding Costume Design
Susan Berger and Jan Wanless for A Christmas Carol: The Musical, Civic
Judith McGiveney for Les Miserables, Coeur d’Alene Summer Theater
Jan Wanless and Susan Berger for No, No, Nanette, Civic

Featured Actor in a Musical
Jadd Davis as the Minstrel in Once Upon a Mattress, CdA Summer Theater
Cameron Lewis as Will Parker in Oklahoma!, Spokane Civic Theater
Cameron Lewis as Billy Early (not Trainor) in No, No, Nanette, Civic
Tim Louma as Jacob in La Cage aux Folles, CdA
Gavin Smith as Jacob Marley in A Christmas Carol: The Musical, Civic
Robert Wamsley as Senex in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Civic

Featured Actor in a Play
Damon Abdallah as Pozzo in Waiting for Godot, Spokane Interplayers Ensemble
Jamie Flanery as Max Reinhardt in Shakespeare in Hollywood, Spokane Civic Theater
Thomas Heppler as Dale Harding in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Civic
Thomas Stewart as Roger Wolders in Together Again for the First Time, Interplayers
Paul Villabrille as Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Civic

Featured Actress in a Musical
Jean Hardie as Aunt Eller in Oklahoma!, Spokane Civic Theater
Darcy Wright as Eponine in Les Miserables, Coeur d’Alene Summer Theater

Featured Actress in a Play
Caryn Hoaglund-Trivett as Gwendolyn Fairfax in The Importance of Being Earnest, Actors Repertory Theater of the Inland Northwest
Karen Kalensky as Audrey in Together Again for the First Time, Interplayers
Anne Lillian Mitchell as Lydia in Shakespeare in Hollywood, Civic

Leading Actress in a Musical
Krystle Armstrong as Cosette in Les Miserables, Coeur d’Alene Summer Theater
Krista Kubicek as Fantine in Les Miserables, CdA
Kat Ramsburg as Princess Winnifred in Once Upon a Mattress, CdA

Leading Actor in a Play
Luke Barats as Frank in Never Swim Alone, Civic Studio
Kevin Connell as Bill Livingston in The Women of Lockerbie, Civic Studio
Carter J. Davis as Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate, Interplayers
George Green as Bill in Never Swim Alone, Civic Studio
George Green as Randall P. McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Civic
Jonn Jorgensen as Vladimir in Waiting for Godot, Interplayers
Jon Lutyens as Algernon Moncrieff in The Importance of Being Earnest, Actors Rep
Reed McColm in multiple roles in The Dining Room, Spokane Interplayers Ensemble
Damon C. Mentzer as Jack Worthing in The Importance of Being Earnest, Actors Rep
Damon C. Mentzer as Oberon in Shakespeare in Hollywood, Civic

Leading Actor in a Musical
Jerry Christakos as Albin/”Zaza” in La Cage aux Folles, CdA Summer Theater
Robby French as Jesus in Godspell, Spokane Civic Theater
Jerry Sciarrio as Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Civic
Douglas Webster as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables, CdA

Leading Actress in a Play
Ashley Cooper as Rootie in Graceland, Spokane Civic’s Studio Theater
Ellen Crawford as Emily Dickinson in The Belle of Amherst, Spokane Interplayers Ensemble
Karen Kalensky as Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate, Spokane Interplayers Ensemble

Outstanding Direction of a Play
Jack Bannon for Together Again for the First Time, Interplayers
Yvonne A.K. Johnson for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Spokane Civic Theater
Yvonne A.K. Johnson for Never Swim Alone, Civic’s Studio
Brooke Kiener for Museum, Whitworth
Christopher Schario for The Belle of Amherst, Spokane Interplayers Ensemble

Outstanding Direction of a Musical
Tralen Doler for La Cage aux Folles, Coeur d’Alene Summer Theater
Rick Hornor for Urinetown, Gonzaga
Kirk Mouser for Les Miserables, CdA
Troy Nickerson for A Christmas Carol: The Musical, Spokane Civic Theater
Troy Nickerson for Godspell, Civic’s Studio
Diana Trotter for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Civic
Roger Welch for All Shook Up, CdA

Best Ensemble
Les Miserables, CdA Summer Theater
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Spokane Civic Theater
Together Again for the First Time, Spokane Interplayers Ensemble

Best Touring Musical
The Color Purple
Phantom of the Opera
Spamalot

Best Comedy
The Importance of Being Earnest, Actors Repertory Theater of the Inland Northwest
Shakespeare in Hollywood, Spokane Civic Theater
Together Again for the First Time, Spokane Interplayers Ensemble

Best Drama
The Belle of Amherst, Spokane Interplayers Ensemble
Never Swim Alone, Spokane Civic’s Studio Theater
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Civic

Best Local Musical
All Shook Up, CdA Summer Theater
Cowgirls, Spokane Interplayers Ensemble
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Spokane Civic Theater
Godspell, Civic
La Cage aux Folles, CdA
Les Misérables, CdA