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	2009 Conference Awards

	The 38th Annual KTA Fall Conference drew to a close November 14th, 2009, with a host of awards being presented at the annual closing ceremony. The Inaugural Karen Willis Award (for lifetime service to theatre in Kentucky) was presented to writer/director/producer/actress/activist Karen Willis. This award will be presented at the discretion of the KTA board for outstanding contributions to the lives of Kentuckians through theatre. Click on the links below for other awards and photographs from the conference. Roots of the Bluegrass New Play Award High School Theatre Festival Awards Community Theatre Awards Photos from the Conference KTA Roots of the Bluegrass New Play Award (for a new play written by a KY playwright) Best New Play: : Aidan’s Gift, by Elizabeth Orndorff (Danville, KY) 1st Runner Up: Bernice Sizemore’s 70th Birthday, by Nancy Gall-Clayton (Louisville, KY) 2nd Runner Up: Gone Astray, by Walter May (Lexington, KY) High School Festival Best Performance: Almost, Maine, performed by Owensboro High School 1st Runner Up: The Taming of the Shrew, performed by Paul Laurence Dunbar High School 2nd Runner Up: The Zoo Story, performed by Bardstown High School Best Actor: Spencer Smith, Bardstown High School (Jerry, Zoo Story) Best Actress: Sydney Steele, SCAPA (Eve, The Apple Tree) Best Supporting Actress: Greylyn Burk, Shelby County HS (Bella, Big Love) Best Supporting Actor: Ross DeWitt, Owensboro HS (East, Almost, Maine) Best Newcomer: Tie: Atherton High School “This is a Test” & Larry A. Ryle High School “Still Life” Best Music and Dance: “The Apple Tree” School for Creative and Performing Arts Best Use of Voiceover: Atherton High School “This is a Test” Best Ensemble: Frankfort High School “Doing A Good One For The Redman” Best Use of Tech: Bardstown High School “Zoo Story” Best Costume Design: Shelby Co. High School “Big Love” All State Cast: Susan Creech “Taming of the Shrew” Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Ann Swift “Almost, Maine” Owensboro High School Garrett Walters “Doing A Good One For The Redman” Frankfort High School Jimmy Betts “The Apple Tree” School for Creative and Performing Arts Zach Jamison “This Is A Test” Atherton High School Cameron Stambaugh “No Problem” Fairview High School Joseph Taylor “The Actor’s Nightmare” Madison Central High School Clarissa Smith “Graceland” Bethlehem High School Grace Ingram “Still Life” Larry A. Ryle High School Michael Sheehy “Big Love” Shelby County High School Sampson Warren “Dinner Club” Knox Central High School Yoshi Shirokawa “Zoo Story” Bardstown High School Taylor Evans “Wizard of Oz Tribute” Harlan County High School Terrence McCraery “A Rose for Emily” Ballard High School Nikki Rowland, Caitlyn Dixon, Whitley Mullins, Lyndsey Campbell, Destini Jones (The Cheerleaders) “The Absolute Most Clichéd Elevator Play In The History Of The Universe” Perry Central High School Rachel Moser “Something About Shakespeare “Scott High School” Community Theatre Festival Best Performance: Selected Plays of Samuel Beckett, performed by the Balagula Theatre Company (Lexington) 1st Runner Up: Overtones, performed by Shelby County Community Theatre Outstanding Director: Ryan Case and Natasha Williams, Selected Plays of Samuel Beckett, Balagula Theatre Outstanding Actor: Ryan Case, Selected Plays of Samuel Beckett, Balagula Theatre Outstanding Actress: Lynn McReynolds Chenault, Overtones, Shelby County Community Theatre Outstanding Supporting Actor: Cody Anderson, Little Women, Artists Collaborative Theatre (Elkhorn City) Outstanding Supporting Actress: Teresa Myers, One Freaky Afternoon in the Office Lunchroom, Village Players (Fort Thomas) Outstanding Ensemble: Overtones, Shelby County Community Theatre Excellence in Lighting Design: Gareth Evans, Selected Plays of Samuel Beckett, Balagula Theatre Excellence in Costume Design: Little Women, Artists Collaborative Theatre Excellence in Scenic Design: Gareth Evans, Selected Plays of Samuel Beckett, Balagula Theatre Outstanding Technical Crew: Little Women, Artists Collaborative Theatre Excellence in Stage Management: Peggy Kenney, One Freaky Afternoon in the Office Lunchroom, Village Players Spirit Award: Little Women, performed by Artists Collaborative Theatre

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The 38th Annual KTA Fall Conference drew to a close November 14th, 2009, with a host of awards being presented at the annual closing ceremony.

The Inaugural Karen Willis Award (for lifetime service to theatre in Kentucky) was presented to writer/director/producer/actress/activist Karen Willis. This award will be presented at the discretion of the KTA board for outstanding contributions to the lives of Kentuckians through theatre.

Click on the links below for other awards and photographs from the conference.

Roots of the Bluegrass New Play Award

High School Theatre Festival Awards

Community Theatre Awards

Photos from the Conference

KTA Roots of the Bluegrass New Play Award
(for a new play written by a KY playwright)

Best New Play: : Aidan’s Gift, by Elizabeth Orndorff (Danville, KY)

1st Runner Up: Bernice Sizemore’s 70th Birthday, by Nancy Gall-Clayton (Louisville, KY)

2nd Runner Up: Gone Astray, by Walter May (Lexington, KY)

High School Festival

Best Performance: Almost, Maine, performed by Owensboro High School

1st Runner Up: The Taming of the Shrew, performed by Paul Laurence Dunbar High School

2nd Runner Up: The Zoo Story, performed by Bardstown High School

Best Actor: Spencer Smith, Bardstown High School (Jerry, Zoo Story)

Best Actress: Sydney Steele, SCAPA (Eve, The Apple Tree)

Best Supporting Actress: Greylyn Burk, Shelby County HS (Bella, Big Love)

Best Supporting Actor: Ross DeWitt, Owensboro HS (East, Almost, Maine)

Best Newcomer: Tie: Atherton High School “This is a Test” & Larry A. Ryle High School “Still Life”

Best Music and Dance: “The Apple Tree” School for Creative and Performing Arts

Best Use of Voiceover: Atherton High School “This is a Test”

Best Ensemble: Frankfort High School “Doing A Good One For The Redman”

Best Use of Tech: Bardstown High School “Zoo Story”

Best Costume Design: Shelby Co. High School “Big Love”

All State Cast:

Susan Creech “Taming of the Shrew” Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Ann Swift “Almost, Maine” Owensboro High School
Garrett Walters “Doing A Good One For The Redman” Frankfort High School
Jimmy Betts “The Apple Tree” School for Creative and Performing Arts
Zach Jamison “This Is A Test” Atherton High School
Cameron Stambaugh “No Problem” Fairview High School
Joseph Taylor “The Actor’s Nightmare” Madison Central High School
Clarissa Smith “Graceland” Bethlehem High School
Grace Ingram “Still Life” Larry A. Ryle High School
Michael Sheehy “Big Love” Shelby County High School
Sampson Warren “Dinner Club” Knox Central High School
Yoshi Shirokawa “Zoo Story” Bardstown High School
Taylor Evans “Wizard of Oz Tribute” Harlan County High School
Terrence McCraery “A Rose for Emily” Ballard High School
Nikki Rowland, Caitlyn Dixon, Whitley Mullins, Lyndsey Campbell, Destini Jones (The Cheerleaders) “The Absolute Most Clichéd Elevator Play In The History Of The Universe” Perry Central High School
Rachel Moser “Something About Shakespeare “Scott High School”

Community Theatre Festival

Best Performance: Selected Plays of Samuel Beckett, performed by the Balagula Theatre Company (Lexington)

1st Runner Up: Overtones, performed by Shelby County Community Theatre

Outstanding Director: Ryan Case and Natasha Williams, Selected Plays of Samuel Beckett, Balagula Theatre

Outstanding Actor: Ryan Case, Selected Plays of Samuel Beckett, Balagula Theatre

Outstanding Actress: Lynn McReynolds Chenault, Overtones, Shelby County Community Theatre

Outstanding Supporting Actor: Cody Anderson, Little Women, Artists Collaborative Theatre (Elkhorn City)

Outstanding Supporting Actress: Teresa Myers, One Freaky Afternoon in the Office Lunchroom, Village Players (Fort Thomas)

Outstanding Ensemble: Overtones, Shelby County Community Theatre

Excellence in Lighting Design: Gareth Evans, Selected Plays of Samuel Beckett, Balagula Theatre

Excellence in Costume Design: Little Women, Artists Collaborative Theatre

Excellence in Scenic Design: Gareth Evans, Selected Plays of Samuel Beckett, Balagula Theatre

Outstanding Technical Crew: Little Women, Artists Collaborative Theatre

Excellence in Stage Management: Peggy Kenney, One Freaky Afternoon in the Office Lunchroom, Village Players

Spirit Award: Little Women, performed by Artists Collaborative Theatre