711 Theatre Project » Past Award Recipients

2011

Best of Show: Incoherent Theatre Company “Holding Out For A Hero”

Producers’ Award: Rabid Dog Theatre

Group ‘A’:

• Audience Choice: Status Quo “Du Jour”
• Judges Choice: Team Caligula “Alley Cats”
• Best Direction: Bridget Grace Sheaff, Status Quo “Du Jour”
• Best Playwriting: Kyle Fine & Rachael Rhoades, SouthSiderStudios “Ourobos”
• Best Ensemble Performance: Status Quo “Du Jour”
• Best Individual Performance: Preshia Paulding, Banana Punch “Mother’s Day In November”
• Rising Star for Individual: Colette Sheaff & Mary Conway, Et Cetera “A New Addition”
• Tip o’ the Hat: Et Cetera “A New Addition”

Group ‘B’:

• Audience Choice: Incoherent Theatre Company “Holding Out For A Hero”
• Judges Choice: Incoherent Theatre Company “Holding Out For A Hero”
• Best Direction: Susan Gulbranson, Incoherent Theatre Company “Holding Out For A Hero”
• Best Playwriting: Eric Bench & John Cisar, Incoherent Theatre Company “Holding Out For A Hero”
• Best Ensemble Performance: Incoherent Theatre Company “Holding Out For A Hero”
• Best Individual Performance: Aaron Paul Homard, Lobsterman Productions “Where Is Home?”
• Rising Star for Ensemble: La Merde “Luckiest Man Alive”
• Tip o’ the Hat Award: Lobsterman Productions “Where Is Home?”

2010

Best of Show: Broken Angels “Daddy’s Little Girl”

Group ‘A’:

• Audience Choice: Alpha Psi “Would You Like Sighs With That?”
• Judges Choice: Broken Angels “Daddy’s Little Girl”
• Best Direction: David Oddy, Broken Angels “Daddy’s Little Girl”
• Best Playwriting: Cecelia Morelli, Alpha Psi “Would You Like Sighs With That?”
• Best Ensemble Performance: Alpha Psi “Would You Like Sighs With That?”
• Best Individual Performance: Craig Petersen, Broken Angels “Daddy’s Little Girl”
• Rising Star for Individual (Performance): Clare Roth, 8/7 Central “Bad Romance”

Group ‘B’:

• Audience Choice: The Coffee Pot Players “For Whom the Baby Yearns”
• Judges Choice: The Incoherent Theatre Company “Epsilon Indi or Bust”
• Best Direction: The Coffee Pot Players “For Whom the Baby Yearns”
• Best Playwriting: Eric Bench, The Incoherent Theatre Company “Epsilon Indi or Bust”
• Best Ensemble Performance: EPIKFUZION “Truck Stop: The Musical”
• Best Individual Performance: Sam Kyker, The Coffee Pot Players “For Whom the Baby Yearns”
• Rising Star for Individual (Music and Lyrics): Sean Pierce, Bridget Sheaff, Adam Tell, EPIKFUZION “Truck Stop: The Musical”
• Tip o’ the Hat Award – Make-Up: Claire Kapustka, EPIKFUZION “Truck Stop: The Musical” & Rachael Rhoades, SouthSiderStudios “The Passions of All My Children”

2009

Best of Show: The Coffee Pot Players “Secrets of Satan’s Secretary: Happy in Hell”

Group ‘A’:

• Audience Choice: The Incoherent Theatre Company “History Lesson”
• Judges Choice: The Incoherent Theatre Company “History Lesson”
• Best Direction: Kyle Fine & Dennis McCullough, SouthSiderStudios “The Night Forgotten”
• Best Playwriting: Bridget Sheaff, Status Quo “Lunch Break”
• Best Ensemble Performance: The Incoherent Theatre Company “History Lesson”
• Best Individual Performance: Rachael Rhoades, SouthSiderStudios “The Night Forgotten”
• Rising Star for Ensemble: Status Quo “Lunch Break”
• Best Use of Prop: The Comedy Co-Operative & Lucubrations “Kearney’s Got Talent!”

Group ‘B’:

• Audience Choice: The Coffee Pot Players “Secrets of Satan’s Secretary: Happy in Hell”
• Judges Choice: The Coffee Pot Players “Secrets of Satan’s Secretary: Happy in Hell”
• Best Direction: Adam Haselhuhn, The Coffee Pot Players “Secrets of Satan’s Secretary: Happy in Hell”
• Best Playwriting: Craig Petersen, Broken Angels “Crazy Love”
• Best Ensemble Performance: The Coffee Pot Players “Secrets of Satan’s Secretary: Happy in Hell”
• Best Individual Performance: David Oddy, Broken Angels “Crazy Love”
• Rising Star for Ensemble: Long Story Short “Ever After”
• Best Use of Prop: Situational Irony “Black Square, Red Scare”

2008

Best of Show: The Coffee Pot Players “Time Wrap”

Group ‘A’:

• Audience Choice: The Coffee Pot Players “Time Wrap”
• Judges Choice: The Coffee Pot Players “Time Wrap”
• Best Direction: The Coffee Pot Players “Time Wrap”
• Best Playwriting: Cecelia Morelli and Jeff Rost, Alpha Psi “Aurtistic”
• Best Ensemble Performance: The Coffee Pot Players “Time Wrap”
• Best Individual Performance: Maureen Korte, 8th Row Productions in Association with Lucubrations “Why Jason Never Called”
• Rising Star for Performance: Cecelia Morelli, Alpha Psi “Aurtistic”

Group ‘B’:

• Audience Choice: Maroon Troupe “Twisted Innocence”
• Judges Choice: Maroon Troupe “Twisted Innocence”
• Best Direction: Laura Lundberg, Bomphrat Theater, Inc. “The Tyrone O’Blarney Show”
• Best Playwriting: Ken Hartsook, Situational Irony “The Gift”
• Best Ensemble Performance: Maroon Troupe “Twisted Innocence”
• Best Individual Performance: Eric Sharp, Maroon Troupe “Twisted Innocence”
• Rising Star for Performance: Nick Cornelison, The Dreams & Bones Company
• “Where’s Dr. Winterbottom?”
• ‘Tip Ho’ The Hat’ Award: Rabid Dog Theatre “Gallery: The Musical”

2007

Best of Show: The Comedy Co-Operative “Martha’s Secret”

Group ‘A’:

• Audience Choice: 8th Row Productions “Andy Warhol Doesn’t Hang Here Any More”
• Judges Choice: Kappa Psi (WPU) “A Dog Breeders Guide to Cutting Corners”
• Best Playwriting: Tom Deiker, 8th Row Productions “Andy Warhol Doesn’t Hang Here Any More”
• Best Ensemble Performance: Kappa Psi (WPU) “A Dog Breeders Guide to Cutting Corners”
• Best Individual Performance: T. Scott Steel, Kappa Psi (WPU) “A Dog Breeders Guide to Cutting Corners”
• ‘One to Watch’ Award: Gillum Kyker, B&S.com “Brother to Brother”

Group ‘B’:

• Audience Choice: The Comedy Co-Operative “Martha’s Secret”
• Judges Choice: The Comedy Co-Operative “Martha’s Secret”
• Best Playwriting: Larry Enos, Theatre 125 “Wolf in the Fold”
• Best Ensemble Performance: The Comedy Co-Operative “Martha’s Secret”
• Best Individual Performance: Patty Uy-Westlund, Rabid Dog Theatre, “Eileen Vs. Creditor”
• ‘One to Watch’ Award: Waukee Productions “A Ditz, a Witch, and a Tax Collector”