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Fourth Annual Youth "Billie" Awards!

Emily Shackelford and Brian Polk from SDJT's "Seussical." Photo by Ken Jacques.

San Diego Playbill is excited to announce the winners of our Third Annual San Diego Playbill Youth "Billie" Awards to honor outstanding work in local youth theatre. For the first year, 17 youth productions were reviewed from 8 different youth theatre companies. This year, 42 youth productions from 20 youth theatres, making the selection process increasingly difficult, as there are so many amazing performances that deserve awards. Thank you all for your incredible work and all the unforgettable entertainment over the past year!

In addition to the youth who performed in the youth theatre companies, any minor (under age 18) who performed at any theatre was also considered for the awards, as well as the adults who participated in the youth theatre productions backstage (directors, set designers, costume designers, etc.).

The winners will be formally presented with their awards at a ceremony honoring their accomplishments on Monday, June 13 at the Garfield Theatre in the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center located in La Jolla. Home of J*Company for the past several years, they are generously donating the use of their state-of-the-art, 495-seat theatre space, as well as their professional assistance, for this year's festivities as they have for the past two years. This year's adult awards will be announced in early August and held on August 22, 2005.

If you are interested in attending the youth awards ceremony, please click here for more details and RSVP information.

Rob Hopper
San Diego Playbill

And the winners are ...

Outstanding Production:
Beauty and the Beast directed by Monica Hogue Hall (Carlsbad High School)
Seussical the Musical directed by Michael Anthony (San Diego Junior Theatre)
Sweeney Todd directed by Robert Wolter (Rising Stars)

Artist of the Year:
Brian Polk (Julian Marsh in 42nd Street, Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors, Horton in Seussical the Musical, Stage Manager in Our Town, Daddy Warbucks in Annie)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical:
Matthew Bohrer as the Cat in the Hat in Seussical the Musical (San Diego Junior Theatre)
John Cardenas as Beast in Beauty and the Beast (Carlsbad High School)
Brian Crum as Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (J*Company)
Gedaly Guberek as Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd (Rising Stars)
David Hott as Fagin in Oliver! (Christian Youth Theater)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical:
Kari Campbell as Gertrude in Seussical the Musical (J*Company)
Courtney Evans as Jo in Little Women (Christian Youth Theater)
Meagan Flint as Gertrude in Seussical the Musical (Christian Youth Theater)
Kelsey Henderson as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd (Rising Stars)
Haleigh Kotter as Belle in Beauty and the Beast (Carlsbad High School)
Monet Payne as Princess Winnifred in Once Upon a Mattress (San Dieguito Academy)
Kaitlynn Terrill as Nancy in Oliver! and Queen Evangeline in Snow White (Christian Youth Theater)
Mia Wilson as Belle in Beauty and the Beast (Young Actors’ Theatre)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy or Drama:
Tyler Leslie as Father in Six Characters in Search of an Author (Nonsense Productions)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy or Drama:
Margot Nelson as Virginia in A Clearing in the Woods (Rancho Buena Vista High School)
Emily Shackelford as Emily Webb in Our Town (San Diego Junior Theatre)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical:
Adam Covalt as Everyone Else in Suds (J*Company)
Collin McConnell as Gaston in Beauty and the Beast (Carlsbad High School)
Nico Ramirez as Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast (Young Actors’ Theatre)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical:
Leslie Tammone as Mayzie LaBird in Seussical the Musical (Encore Youth Theatre)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama:
Jacob Silva as Barney in A Clearing in the Woods (Rancho Buena Vista High School)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama:
Rickie Hendrickson as Essie Carmichael in You Can’t Take It With You (Granite Hills Acting Workshop)
Blair Hollingsworth as Ruth in The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (Poway Performing Arts Company)
Carolyn McMahon as Mother in Six Characters in Search of an Author (Nonsense Productions)

Outstanding Ensemble:
Anything Goes directed by Jim Chatham (Granite Hills Acting Workshop)
Beauty and the Beast directed by Monica Hogue Hall (Carlsbad High School)
Beauty and the Beast directed by Jean Isaac (Young Actors’ Theatre)
Grease directed by Mark Scott (Rancho Buena Vista High School)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood directed by Marinee Payne (Torrey Pines Players)
Once Upon a Mattress directed by Sharon Dasho (San Dieguito Academy)
Seussical the Musical directed by Becky Cherlin Baird (J*Company)
Seussical the Musical directed by Michael Anthony (San Diego Junior Theatre)
Sweeney Todd directed by Robert Wolter (Rising Stars)

Outstanding Costume Design:
Jane Craig-Jones and Sue Bouse Team for Beauty and the Beast (Carlsbad High School)
Clark Mires for Seussical the Musical (San Diego Junior Theatre)

Outstanding Lighting Design:
Ginger Harris for Seussical the Musical (San Diego Junior Theatre)

Outstanding Set Design:
David Kievit for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (San Diego Junior Theatre)

Outstanding Sound Design:
Chuck Elledge for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (San Diego Junior Theatre)

Outstanding Direction:
Michael Anthony for Seussical the Musical (San Diego Junior Theatre)
Desha Crownover for Our Town (San Diego Junior Theatre)
Mark Scott for A Clearing in the Woods (Rancho Buena Vista High School)
Robert Wolter for Sweeney Todd (Rising Stars)

42 youth productions
20 youth theatres
46 Awards Given
22 Shows received awards (Seussical the Musical – 6, Beauty and the Beast – 6, Sweeney Todd – 5).
14 Theatres received awards (San Diego Junior Theatre – 11, Carlsbad High School – 6, Rising Stars – 5).

Shows Reviewed:

42^nd Street (San Diego Junior Theatre)
Annie (San Diego Junior Theatre)
Annie (Youth Summerstock Theatre)
Anything Goes (Granite Hills Acting Workshop)
Babe (San Diego Junior Theatre)
Beauty and the Beast (Carlsbad High School)
Beauty and the Beast (Young Actors’ Theatre)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (San Diego Junior Theatre)
Cinderella (CYT-NCC)
A Clearing in the Woods (Rancho Buena Vista High School)
The Crucible (Granite Hills Acting Workshop)
Esther (San Diego Jewish Academy – UCSD Mandeville auditorium)
Feiffer’s People (Carlsbad High)
Grease (Rancho Buena Vista High)
Into the Woods (Scripps Ranch High School)
Joseph (Encore)
Joseph (J*Company)
Les Miserables (California Youth Conservatory)
Li’l Abner (Peter Pan Junior Theatre)
Little Shop of Horrors (San Diego Junior Theatre)
Little Women (CYT-East County)
Music Across America (Youth Summerstock Theatre)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Torrey Pines Players)
NCRT Theatre School productions
Oliver! (CYT-NCI)
On the Razzle (Torrey Pines Players)
Once Upon a Mattress (San Dieguito Academy)
Our Town San Diego Junior Theatre)
Peter Pan (Young Actors’ Theatre)
The Phantom Tollbooth (Theatre School @ North Coast Rep)
A Piece of My Heart (La Jolla High School)
Pippi Longstocking (J*Company)
Seussical the Musical (Christian Youth Theater-East County)
Seussical the Musical (Encore Youth Theatre)
Seussical the Musical (J*Company)
Seussical the Musical (SDJT)
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Nonsense Productions)
Snow White (CYT-North County Inland)
Suds (J*Company)
Sweeney Todd (Rising Stars)
A Winter’s Tale (Torrey Pines Players)
You Can’t Take It With You (GHAW)

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