We can’t believe that the second season of the HRACT Awards has already come to a close.  We thoroughly enjoyed seeing all the shows this year, and really struggled to narrow down the list of deserving nominees to the requisite number for each category.  The winners will be announced at our awards ceremony on October 23^rd at 7:30PM at the Ferguson Center at CNU. 

If you are nominated, you should be either hearing from the theater your nomination is associated with or from us directly with the opportunity to attend the show. 

If you are not nominated but would still like to attend, each theater was provided an allocation of tickets, so please ask your associated theater to see if they still have tickets available (each theater has their own process for providing tickets to interested individuals, and that process may not have started yet, so please be patient). 

If you are not associated with a theater, your theater is not participating in the ticketing process, or you were not able to get tickets from your theater’s allocation, we will have an allotment of tickets available.  We will begin taking ticket requests starting on September 15 via email at HRACTAwards@gmail.com.  We will let you know if we are able to fulfill your request or not.

Note that all tickets are free.  We would love to have you!

We pulled names and roles directly off of Playbills, so if you were listed differently on two different Playbills and are nominated for both shows, you may have different names listed below.  If you have a spelling correction, a more preferred name, or a correction for who should be credited with a nomination (such as a Hair/Makeup Designer that should be included with the Costume Designer in the Best Costume/Hair/Makeup Design category, or a Music Director that should be included with the Sound Designer in the Best Sound Design category, etc), please let us know as soon as possible at HRACTAwards@gmail.com.  Changes we know about by August 7^th will be reflected on the nomination certificates given out at the awards ceremony.

Without further ado, here are the 2024-25 nominations for the Hampton Roads Achievement in Community Theater Awards! 

*Note: The theaters’ names have been shortened –

Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center = DG

Generic Theater = Generic

Little Theatre of Norfolk = LTN

Little Theatre of Virginia Beach = LTVB

Peninsula Community Theatre = PCT

Smithfield Little Theatre = SLT

Williamsburg Players = WP

BEST PLAY

Choir Boy at LTN

Deathtrap at WP

Misery at LTVB

Ripcord at LTVB

The Boys Next Door at PCT

BEST MUSICAL

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at LTVB

Ordinary Days at Generic

Ragtime at SLT

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at LTN

Tarrytown at Generic

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Karen Buchheim for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at LTVB

Coral Mapp for Kinky Boots at LTVB

Jennifer Kelly-Cooper for Memphis at LTN

Kris Wayne for Something Rotten! at PCT

Dana Margulies Cauthen for The Pajama Game at WP

BEST SCENIC DESIGN

Mike Hilton for 45 Seconds from Broadway at LTVB

Brian Cebrian for Choir Boy at LTN

Matthew Gorris for Misery at LTVB

Robert Cox, Matt Baranak, Jeff Eelman, Mike Hildreth, Steve Kellberg & Stephanie Kensicki for Ragtime at SLT

Kerri Crosby & Chris Hodl for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at LTN

BEST COSTUME/HAIR/MAKEUP DESIGN

David Prescott & Marilyn G. Abernathy for 45 Seconds from Broadway at LTVB

Kay Burcher for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at LTVB

Pamela Jacobson-Bowhers, Connor Payne, Kobie Smith, David Bohannon, & River Kitzmiller for Kinky Boots at LTVB

Jenn Melms, Andrew Smith, Elaine Brown, & Marilyn B. Bailey for Ragtime at SLT

Cindy Dragas, Kathy Hinson, & Marilyn Abernathy-Dyer for Top Girls at LTN

BEST LIGHTING

Derrion La’Zachan Hawkins for Choir Boy at LTN

Alicia Wolters for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at LTN

Dillon Bates for The Boys Next Door at PCT

Derrion La’Zachan Hawkins for Memphis at LTN

Scott Hayes for Working at PCT

BEST SOUND DESIGN

Serenity Jones for Choir Boy at LTN

Bruce Hermans, Sherry Forbes & Dr. Nancy Whitfield for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at LTVB

Mike Hallberg & Sarah Schweit for Ordinary Days at Generic

Serenity Jones, Andre Magalhaes & Loretta Schipul for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at LTN

Mike Hallberg & Brandy Bollen for Tarrytown at Generic

BEST DIRECTOR

Tré Porchia for Choir Boy at LTN

Carla Mutone for Drinking Habits at PCT

Sharon Cook for Memphis at LTN

Amy Harbin for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at LTN

Dillon Bates for The Boys Next Door at PCT

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING FEMALE ROLE (MUSICAL)

Chonise Thomas as Felicia in Memphis at LTN

Jessi DiPette as Claire in Ordinary Days at Generic

Marilyn B. Bailey as Mother in Ragtime at SLT

Sarah Schweit as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at LTN

Wren Beavers as Babe Williams in The Pajama Game at WP

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING MALE ROLE (MUSICAL)

Michael McOsker as J. Pierrepont Finch in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at LTVB

Dan Zhano McGary as Jason in Ordinary Days at Generic

Andrew Smith as Nick Bottom in Something Rotten! at PCT

Jonathan McCormick as Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at LTN

Andrew Dulce as Ichabod Crane in Tarrytown at Generic

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING MALE ROLE (MUSICAL)

Robert Shirley as J. B. Biggley in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at LTVB

Keith Bocklet as Charles in Pippin at WP

John M. Post as Nigel Bottom in Something Rotten! at PCT

David Sinclair as Brom in Tarrytown at Generic

Jeff Nicoloff as Vernon Hines in The Pajama Game at WP

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING FEMALE ROLE (MUSICAL)

Coral Mapp as Smitty in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at LTVB

Lynn Bright as Emma Goldman in Ragtime at SLT

KaJohnna Johnson as Sarah in Ragtime at SLT

Kelly Flick as Bea in Something Rotten! at PCT

Ashe Rory as Katrina in Tarrytown at Generic

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING FEMALE ROLE (NON-MUSICAL)

Ariel Miranda Conkel as Maggie Dalton in Into the Breeches! at LTVB

Kathy Hinson as Annie Wilkes in Misery at LTVB

KeeAjah Baldwin as Toshi in Mud Row at PCT

Ashley Williams as Regine in Mud Row at PCT

Madeleine Dilley as Marlene in Top Girls at LTN

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING MALE ROLE (NON-MUSICAL)

Steven Meeks as Mickey Fox in 45 Seconds from Broadway at LTVB

Jonathan Hite as Walt in A Great Wilderness at Generic

Calvin Graves Jr. as Pharus Jonathan Young in Choir Boy at LTN

John Cauthen as Elwood P. Dowd in Harvey at WP

Samuel Flint as Paul Sheldon in Misery at LTVB

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING MALE ROLE (NON-MUSICAL)

Bruce Hermans as Tim in A Great Wilderness at Generic

Jacar McNeil as David Heard in Choir Boy at LTN

Jonathan Aspin as Clifford Anderson in Deathtrap at WP

Clifford Clark as Tyriek in Mud Row at PCT

Rico Robinson as Davin in Mud Row at PCT

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING FEMALE ROLE (NON-MUSICAL)

Lisa Kearns as Abby in A Great Wilderness at Generic

Katy Feldl as Mother Superior in Drinking Habits at PCT

Meredith Owens as Grace Richards in Into the Breeches! at LTVB

Holly Johnson as Aunt May in Italian American Reconciliation at SLT

Amanda Harrison as Joyce/Isabella Bird in Top Girls at LTN

BEST PERFORMANCE OF A SONG (SOLO/SMALL GROUP)

Michael McOsker & Robert Shirley’s performance of “Grand Old Ivy” in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at LTVB

Chonise Thomas’s performance of “Colored Woman” in Memphis at LTN

Jessi DiPette’s performance of “Gotta Get Out” in Ordinary Days at Generic

Jonathan Aspin’s performance of “Corner of the Sky” in Pippin at WP

Andrew Dulce, Ashe Rory & David Sinclair’s performance of “The Man in the Middle” in Tarrytown at Generic

BEST PERFORMANCE OF A SONG (ENSEMBLE)

The Company’s performance of “Brotherhood of Man” in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at LTVB

The Company’s performance of “Close Every Door” in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at DG

The Company’s performance of “A Musical” in Something Rotten! at PCT

The Company’s performance of “The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise)” in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at LTN

The Company’s performance of “If I Could’ve Been” in Working at PCT

BEST COMEDIC ACTING

Ann Heywood as Rayleen Browning in 45 Seconds from Broadway at LTVB

Ree Stone as Helga Ten Dorp in Deathtrap at WP

Grace Caterine as Sister Augusta in Drinking Habits at PCT

Elizabeth Dickerson as Celeste Fielding in Into the Breeches! at LTVB

John Cauthen as Nostradamus in Something Rotten! at PCT

BEST SEASON SERIES

Little Theatre of Virginia Beach

Peninsula Community Theatre

Little Theatre of Norfolk

Generic Theater

Smithfield Little Theatre

Williamsburg Players