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AWARDSDolores Award
This award is chosen by the audience of each production and given to the standout cast member of each show. (Formerally Desdomona) 2017-2018 Dark of the Moon Kevin Roach Coney Island Christmas Olivia Joy Reese The Secret Life of Girls Regan Boord Tribes Emma Kreiner To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday Kiya Fix 2016-2017 Death of a Salesman Tom Peters Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus Hope Eulenburg The Real Inspector Hound Erica Cohen Take Me Out Bob Brumberg It Doesn't Get Any Deeper Than This Kelly Geoppinger 2015-2016 Acapulco Linda Callahan Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells Grace Critzer Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Bill Keeton Alice in Wonderland Olivia Dunn The Amish Project Livvy Stubenrauch 2014-2015 Inherit the Wind Joel Lind A Charlie Brown Christmas / A Seussified Christmas Carol Claudia Covarrubias Stanton's Garage Nancy Hughes Godspell Jodi Zerbe 2013-2014 Wuthering Heights Dee Dunn The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Leah Bracknell The Royal Family Traci Taylor A Midsummer Night's Dream Bob Buchtman 2012-2013 The Laramie Project Joel Lind The Butterfingers Angel, Mary & Joseph, Herod the Nut, & The Slaughter of 12 Hit Carols in a Pear Tree Anthony Belanger Quartet Barbara Karol Sylvia Natasha Boeckmann 2011-2012 Lonestar & Laundry and Bourbon Jonathan Gaietto Judgment at Nuremberg Joel Lind 5 Women Wearing the Same Dress Becky Coots 2010-2011 Taming of the Shrew Hannah Goodman 2009-2010 Death Defying Acts Bridgid Dunn Exhibit This! The Museum Comedies Natasha Boeckmann Glengarry Glen Ross Joel Lind 2008-2009 Ten Times Table Anne-Marie Ireland Home, or Future Soap Sarah (Hackett) Brennan An Evening of One Acts Michael Schlotterbeck 2007-2008 The Comedy Of Errors Michael Schlotterbeck 2006-2007 Vanities Julia Hedges The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery Dee Dunn Talk Radio Alex Cline 2005-2006 It Could Be Any One of Us Tony Doench Run For Your Wife Kent Wramplemeier Crimes of the Heart Beth Griffin The Boyfriend Dana Burke Wramplemeier Award This award is given out to a member of the technical staff of each production. This award is chosen by the Director and Producer of each show and is given to an individual for going above and beyond to make each production a success. 2017-2018 Dark of the Moon Chris Lee Coney Island Christmas Mike Williams The Secret Life of Girls Chris Lee Tribes Gregory Carl Smith To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday The Entire Technical Crew 2016-2017 Death of a Salesman Chris Lee Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus April Benken The Real Inspector Hound Clare Gray, the Truebloods & Kent Smith Take Me Out Jane Culp It Doesn't Get Any Deeper Than This Clare Gray 2015-2016 Acapulco Michael Hughes Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells Alan Trueblood Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Fred Hunt Alice in Wonderland Abby Bielski The Amish Project Alex Crocker-Lakness 2014-2015 Inherit the Wind Kathy Luhn A Charlie Brown Christmas / A Seussified Christmas Carol Alan Trueblood Stanton's Garage Dave Hughes Godspell Garrett Wallace 2013-2014 Wuthering Heights Carlos Vanover The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Becky Coots The Royal Family Design Team of David Hughes, Chris Lee, Greg Smith, and Alex Crocker-Lakness A Midsummer Night's Dream Charles Flatt 2012-2013 The Laramie Project Alex Crocker-Lakness The Butterfingers Angel, Mary & Joseph, Herod the Nut, & The Slaughter of 12 Hit Carols in a Pear Tree Charles Flatt Quartet Hannah Goodman Sylvia Beth Tuck 2011-2012 Judgment at Nuremberg Cathy Bennett Lonestar & Laundry and Bourbon Abby Spratt 5 Women Wearing the Same Dress Abby Spratt 2010-2011 Taming of The Shrew Shannon Gabbard 2009-2010 Death Defying Acts Guido Schlairet and Patt Robb Exhibit This! The Museum Comedies Shannon Gabbard Glengarry Glen Ross Bridgid Dunn and David Slivken 2008-2009 Ten Times Table Sarah (Hackett) Brennan and Ken Pape Home, or Future Soap Tony Doench An Evening of One Acts Shannon Casey Gabbard 2007-2008 The Comedy of Errors Andrew Doench 2006-2007 Vanities David Stevenson The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery Abby Stevenson & Tony Doench Talk Radio Alex Cline 2005-2006 Crimes of the Heart Gail Rudolph Run For Your Wife Abby Stevenson It Could Be Any One of Us Tony Doench The Boyfriend Barb Hoffman HISTORYWyoming Players to CenterStage Players: Over a Hundred Years of Community Theater
In 1885 local residents could reach downtown Cincinnati and its cultural attractions only by a train ride of over an hour, or a day-long trip by horse and buggy. In that year a group of local performers gathered in the Wyoming district's two-room schoolhouse to present "The Dowager", an English comedy of manners by Charles Matthews. After several changes of both name and venue, Wyoming Players came into existence. The group acquired a new home in 1886 thanks to the construction of a new facility, The Amusement Hall, which included a stage. Performances were inaugurated by touring Shakespearean James Murdoch in the then-popular drama "Hazel Kirk", after which the local actors used The Amusement Hall for many years. Although the Players' main interest was in doing their own productions of comedy and drama, they occasionally presented other kinds of performances. One of these was a "Game of Living Chessmen" in which two chess players conducted a real game by directing actors who represented the chess pieces around a giant board laid out on the stage floor. On another occasion, they hosted an exhibition by Olympian Albert Tyler of his pole vault technique - at the time Tyler held the world record with a vault of just 11' 2"! In the early 1950's a new Wyoming Civic Center was built at the corner of Springfield Pike and Worthington Avenue. The Center was built with a large common room which could be used as an auditorium, but lacked a proscenium stage or backstage area. The Wyoming Players undertook a fundraising effort to finance removal of part of the west wall and construction of a stage house addition. This was the Players' home base for approximately thirty years. In 1984 the Players moved to Fay Centennial Auditorium in the Wyoming Middle School. Productions at this site included a celebration of the group's centennial in 1985, with a reunion of members and a performance of the Players' first show, The Dowager. It was "back to the future" in August 2002 as the Players returned to their former home at the Wyoming Civic Center, with a production of Barefoot in the Park. In June 2007, Wyoming Players was selected to represent the Southwest Region at the State of Ohio OCTAfest competition over Labor Day weekend with the critically acclaimed production of “Talk Radio” by Eric Bogosian. In mid 2007 the Wyoming Board of Directors voted unanimously to move their productions out of the Civic Center to the Monmouth Theater in Newport, KY. In 2012, the board of directors voted to change their name to CenterStage Players, Inc., and at the same time to move back to Cincinnati. In 2017, the board of directors decided to move to Lockland Auditorium, a beautifully maintained with a spacious stage, dedicated dressing rooms backstage and a lovely grand drape for the 2017-2018 Season. |
Art Rouse Award The Art Rouse Award honors an individual “who has shown exceptional commitment and dedication to community theater.” 2014-2015 Dee Dunn Roger Grooms Award The Roger Grooms Award honors an individual "who has demonstrated dedication to raising the artistic quality of community theater production through active teaching and/or by demonstrating sustained excellence in the categories of directing, acting, choreography, musical or vocal direction". 2014-2015 Karen Vanover 2013-2014 Burt McCollom Southwest OCTAFEST Regional Awards 2018 Tribes Southwest OCTAFEST Regional Award
2017 Take Me Out Southwest OCTAFEST Regional Award
2016 Acapulco OCTAFEST State Awards
Southwest OCTAFEST Regional Awards
2015 Stanton's Garage Southwest OCTAFEST Regional Awards
2014 A Midsummer Night's Dream Southwest OCTAFEST Regional Awards
2013 The Laramie Project Southwest OCTAFEST Regional Awards
2012 Judgement at Nuremberg Southwest OCTAFEST Regional Awards
2011 The Taming of the Shrew Southwest OCTAFEST Regional Awards
Orchid Awards 2017-2018 DARK OF THE MOON Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY Kevin Noll Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY Nick Brown Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY Rae Krull Excellence in ENSEMBLE John Vanderplough and Cast Excellence in PROGRAM ART Katie Tekulve Excellence in SET DESIGN John Vanderplough Excellence in STAGE MANAGEMENT R. Chris Lee CONEY ISLAND CHRISTMAS Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY Cathy Judge Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY Chessie Vigran Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY Joel Lind Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY Olivia Joy Reese Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY Rich Schmaltz Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY Victoria Covarrubias Excellence in COSTUME DESIGN Amanda Borchers Excellence in DIRECTION Fred Hunt Excellence in ENSEMBLE Fred Hunt and Cast Excellence in LIGHT DESIGN Chris Lee Excellence in LOBBY DISPLAY Jen Baldwin Excellence in OTHER Joel Lind (Dialect Coach) Excellence in PROGRAM ART Katie Tekulve Excellence in SOUND DESIGN Jon Scheiding THE SECRET LIFE OF GIRLS Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY Claudia Covarrubias Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY June Daley Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY Kiki Hellerman Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY Nora Daley Excellence in ENSEMBLE Karen Vanover & the Cast Excellence in LIGHT DESIGN Chris Lee Excellence in LIGHT EXECUTION Chris Lee Excellence in PROGRAM ART Katie Tekulve TRIBES Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY Alan Kootsher Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY Emma Kreiner Excellence in ENSEMBLE Richard Zenk and Cast Excellence in PROGRAM Rebecca Coots TO GILLIAN ON HER 37TH BIRTHDAY Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY Kiya Fix Excellence in LIGHT DESIGN Gregory Carl Smith Excellence in LIGHT EXECUTION Chris Lee Excellence in PROGRAM ART Katie Tekulve Excellence in SET CONSTRUCTION Kent Smith Excellence in SET DÉCOR Koben Hinman Excellence in SET DESIGN Burt McCollom 2016-2017 DEATH OF A SALESMAN EXCELLENCE IN ACTING IN A PLAY Burt McCollom EXCELLENCE IN ACTING IN A PLAY Jeff Nieman EXCELLENCE IN ACTING IN A PLAY Tom Peters EXCELLENCE IN ACTING IN A PLAY Cathy A. Bennett EXCELLENCE IN ACTING IN A PLAY Chris Bishop EXCELLENCE IN ACTING IN A PLAY Ron Samad EXCELLENCE IN SET DÉCOR Nancy Kammer and Trisha Cooper EXCELLENCE IN SET DESIGN Burt McCollum EXCELLENCE IN SOUND DESIGN Chris Lee EXCELLENCE IN STAGE MANAGEMENT Wendy Williams YES, VIRGINIA, THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS EXCELLENCE IN STAGE MANAGEMENT April Benken EXCELLENCE IN ACTING IN A PLAY Ainsley Benken EXCELLENCE IN ACTING IN A PLAY Brandon Stout EXCELLENCE IN ACTING IN A PLAY Hope Eulenberg EXCELLENCE IN OTHER Set Painting: Alan & Margie Trueblood THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND EXCELLENCE IN DIRECTION Burt McCollom EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCING Burt McCollom EXCELLENCE IN ACTING IN A PLAY Chessie Vigran EXCELLENCE IN ACTING IN A PLAY jef brown EXCELLENCE IN COSTUME DESIGN Sharon Rose Tyahur EXCELLENCE IN ENSEMBLE Burt McCollom and the Cast EXCELLENCE IN SET DESIGN Burt McCollom TAKE ME OUT EXCELLENCE IN ACTING IN A PLAY Chris Koonce EXCELLENCE IN ACTING IN A PLAY Ivory Mazur EXCELLENCE IN ACTING IN A PLAY Ron Mason EXCELLENCE IN COSTUME DESIGN Kathy Luhn EXCELLENCE IN ACTING IN A PLAY Jon Scheiding EXCELLENCE IN DIRECTION Fred Hunt EXCELLENCE IN HOUSE Jane Culp EXCELLENCE IN OTHER Bridgid Dunn Weber for Pre-Show/Intermission Music EXCELLENCE IN PRE-SHOW CenterStage Players EXCELLENCE IN PROGRAM ART Jessica Smits EXCELLENCE IN PROPERTIES Liz Olekas EXCELLENCE IN SET DÉCOR Fred Hunt & Liz Olekas IT DOESN’T GET ANY DEEPER THAN THIS EXCELLENCE IN ENSEMBLE Judy Berrens and the cast EXCELLENCE IN ACTING IN A PLAY Kelly Goeppinger EXCELLENCE IN ACTING IN A PLAY Mary Lynne Schuster EXCELLENCE IN ACTING IN A PLAY Samantha Morrissey EXCELLENCE IN ACTING IN A PLAY Tiffany Adamson 2015-2016 Acapulco Excellence in LIGHT DESIGN – Alex Crocker-Lakness Excellence in PRODUCING – Burt McCollom and Jennie Hughes Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY – Jeffery K. Miller Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY – Linda Callahan Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY – Valeria Amburgey Junie B. in Jingle Bells Batman Smells Excellence in PROGRAM ART – Stephanie Mooney Excellence in PRODUCING – Fred Hunt Excellence in SET DESIGN – Colin Cronin Excellence in SET DÉCOR – Alan Trueblood Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY – Grace Critzer Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf Excellence in PRE-SHOW – Mark Aronson Excellence in PROGRAM ART – Rebecca Coots Excellence in PRODUCING – Fred Hunt and Dee Dunn Excellence in SOUND DESIGN – Mark Aronson Excellence in STAGE COMBAT – Kevin Burnley Excellence in DIRECTION – Lynne Aronson Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY – Bill Keeton Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY – Julie Poux Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY – Kiya Fix Alice in Wonderland Excellence in PROGRAM – Rebecca Coots Excellence in LIGHT DESIGN – Alex Crocker-Lakness Excellence in STAGE MANAGEMENT – Abby Bielski Excellence in SPECIAL EFFECTS – Charles Flatt Excellence in SOUND DESIGN – Chris Lee and Charles Flatt Excellence in COSTUME DESIGN – Kathy Luhn Excellence in DIRECTION – Burt McCollom Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY – Olivia Dunn Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY – Richard Zenk Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY – Clint Bramkamp Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Abby Bielski The Amish Project Excellence in DIRECTION – Karen Vanover Excellence in LIGHT DESIGN – Alex Crocker-Lakness Excellence in ENSEMBLE – Karen Vanover and Cast Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY – Skye Anderson Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY – Matthew Santeler Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY – Bridgid Dunn Weber Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY – Livvy Stubenrauch Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY – Rebecca Coots 2014-2015 Inherit the Wind Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Thurman Allen as A.K. Hornbeck Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Natasha Boeckmann as Rachel Brown Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Joel Lind as Henry Drummond A Charlie Brown Christmas / A Seussified Christmas Carol Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Claudia Covarrubias as Snoopy Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Jeffrey Spadafore as Scrooge Dee Dunn Excellence in Costume Design Trisha Cooper Excellence in Producing Stanton's Garage Dee Dunn and David Hughes - Excellence in Set Design Godspell Judy Berrens and Cast - Excellence in Ensemble Excellence in a Musical Performance - Neil Geoppinger Excellence in Musical Theater Performance 2013-2014 A Midsummer Night's Dream Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Angela K. Boyle as Helena Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Gary Glass as Theseus/Oberon Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Colin Thornton as Egeus/Flute The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Olivia Dunn as Alice Wendleken Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Tatum Wilmes as Beth Bradley Fred Hunt and Cast for Excellence in Ensemble Trisha Cooper for Excellence in Stage Management The Royal Family Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Betty Coulter as Fanny Cavendish Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Traci Taylor as Julie Cavendish Wuthering Heights Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Clint Bramkamp as Mr. Lockwood Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Dee Dunn as Ellen Dean 2012-2013 Sylvia Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Natasha Boeckmann as Sylvia Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - David Hughes as Greg Quartet Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Wayne Kirsch as Reggie Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - David and Jennie Hughes Excellence in Lighting Design - Alex Crocker-Lakness The Butterfingers Angel, Mary and Joseph, Herod the Nut, and the Slaughter of Twelve Hit Carols in a Pear Tree Excellence in Direction - Dee Dunn Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Anthony Belanger as Angel Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Colin Thornton as Man in Grey/Herod The Laramie Project Excellence in Direction - Fred Hunt Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Joel Lind as Doc O'Connor/Rev. Fred Phelps/Baptist Minister/Cal Rerucha Excellence in Acting in a Play - Barry Reynolds as Doug Laws/Dr. Cantway/Judge/Bill McKinney Excellence in Acting in a Play - Dee Dunn as Eileen Engen/Alison Mears/Lucy Thompson Excellence in Ensemble - Fred Hunt & Ensemble Excellence in Light Design - Alex Crocker-Lakness 2011-2012 Five Women Wearing the Same Dress Excellence in House - David & Jenny Hughes, Bridgid Dunn Excellence in Pre-Show - Wyoming Players Excellence in Sound Design - Joel Lind Laundry and Bourbon and Lone Star Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Jonathan Gaietto as Ray Judgment at Nuremberg Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Dennis Blom as Colonel Parker Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Burt McCollom as Judge Dan Haywood Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Mark Waldfogle as Oscar Rolfe Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Julie Jordan as Frau Bertholt Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Joel Lind as Rudolph Peterson Excellence in Costumes - Dee Dunn Excellence in Ensemble - Steve Suskin and the Cast Excellence in Producing - Dee Dunn Excellence in Stage Management/Scene Change - Cathy Bennett Excerpt Awards for Nuremberg Excellence in Acting - Dee Dunn as Mrs. Halbestadt in Judgment at Nuremberg Outstanding in Acting - Joel Lind as Rudolph Peterson in Judgment at Nuremberg 2010-2011 Taming of the Shrew Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Angela Boyle as Katherine Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Francis Boyle 12 Angry Men Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Rich Schmalz as Juror #8 Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Alan McLaughlin as Juror #9 2009-2010 Glengarry Glen Ross Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Tim Rogers as Blake Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - David Hughes as Williamson Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Joel Lind as Shelley Levene Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Bob Brunner as Dave Moss Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Steve Suskin as George Aaronow Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Peter Gibbons as Ricky Roma Excellence in Ensemble - The Cast Exhibit This! The Museum Comedies Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Elizabeth Chinn Molloy as Ricky the Agent, Louis XIV Tapestry & Guard Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Natasha Boeckmann as Tour Guide Death Defying Acts Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Elizabeth Chinn Molloy as Dorothy Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Nathan Ruggles as The Attorney & Delivery Boy 2008-2009 The Zoo Story Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Michael Schlotterbeck Megan Terry's Home, or Future Soap Excellence in Directing - Dee Dunn Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Gail Rudolph Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Sarah Brennan Excellence in Ensemble - The Cast Excellence in Producing - Keith Gabbard Excellence in Set Design - Tony Doench Excellence in Set Construction - Set Construction Crew Excellence in Lighting Design - Tom Fox Excellence in Sound Design - Mark Aronson Excellence in Stage Management - Keith Gabbard Excellence in Special Effects Excellence in Preshow Ten Times Table Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Anne-Marie Ireland Excellence in Costuming - Shannon Gabbard, Linda Roll and The Cast 2007-2008 The Comedy of Errors Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Michael Schlotterbeck Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Keith Gabbard Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Nancy Hughes Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Tony Doench Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Sarah Hackett Excellence in Costumes - Linda Roll and Koben Hinman Excellence in Original Program Art - Tony Doench 2006-2007 Vanities Excellence in Ensemble – The Cast Excellence in Sound Design – Mark Aronson Excellence in Pre-Show – Abby Stevenson The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Julia Hedges Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Dee Dunn Talk Radio Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Anthony Belanger Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Alex Cline Excellence in Ensemble – The Cast Excellence in Original Program Art – Abby Stevenson, Tony Doench, Andrew Doench Excellence in Sound Design – Mark Aronson Excellence in Photography – Andrew Doench 2005-2006 The Boyfriend Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Ashley Bowman Excellence in Dance Execution – Victoria Dickson & Michael McHale It Could Be Any One of Us Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Herb DuVal Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Shannon Casey Run For Your Wife Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Kent Wramplemeier Crimes of the Heart Excellence in Direction – Amy Hamilton Excellence in Ensemble – The Cast Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Claire Aburasturi Excellence in Set Design – Dennis Murphy Excellence in Set Décor – Gail Rudolph Excellence in Set Construction – Rick Hamilton 2004-2005 Black Coffee Excellence in ACTING IN A PLAY - Lynne Aronson |