Marquee winners revealed

Staff report

CANFIELD

Salem Community Theater has won the Marquee Award for Best Musical for its production of “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” while the award for Best Play went to the Oakland Center for the Arts for “The Normal Heart.”

Based on the AIDS crisis in New York City in the ’80s, “The Normal Heart” won seven awards.

The Youngstown Area Community Theater Alliance (YACTA), sponsors of the Marquee Awards, revealed the 2012-13 season winners in an awards ceremony Saturday evening at St. Michael’s Church Hall. The annual awards honor the best in community theater in the Mahoning Valley.

The Oakland and the Victorian Players Theater each snared a total of eight awards, while the Youngstown Playhouse and Stage Left Players won six apiece.

Here are the rest of the winners:

DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL: Reed Worth and Nathan Kuhns, “Godspell,” Stage Left Players

DIRECTION OF A PLAY: Marlene Minaldi Strollo, “The Odd Couple,” Victorian Players

BEST COMEDY: “The Odd Couple,” Victorian Players

LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL: Trey Gilpin, “The Last Five Years,” Salem Community Theater

LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL: Kayla Boye, “Spring Awakening,” Oakland Center for the Arts

LEAD ACTOR IN A PLAY: Christopher Fidram, “The Normal Heart,” Oakland Center for the Arts

LEAD ACTRESS IN A PLAY: Donnette Bishop, “The Rainmaker,” Victorian Players

REVIVAL OF A PLAY OR MUSICAL: Joseph Scarvell, director, and Susi Thompson, stage manager, “Death of a Salesman,” Youngstown Playhouse

SPECIAL THEATRICAL EVENT: Sam Luptak Jr., director, and Brittiani McNeil Ketchum, stage manager, “Mr. Lincoln,” Centaur Stage Productions

ORIGINAL SCRIPT: Brian Lee, “Family Reunion,” Rust Belt Theater

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL: Tyler Clark, “Legally Blonde,” Youngstown Playhouse

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL: Jennifer Kuczek, “The King and I,” Crown Theater Productions

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY: John Cox, “The Normal Heart,” Oakland Center for the Arts

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY: Molly Galano, “The Normal Heart,” Oakland Center for the Arts

FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL: Rodger Jones, “Cinderella,” New Castle Playhouse

FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL: Brandy Johanntges, “Honky Tonk Angels Holiday Spectacular,” Salem Community Theater

FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY: Eric Kibler, “Twelfth Night,” Mahoning Valley Players

FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY: Kim Voeks, “Our lady of 121st Street,” Youngstown Playhouse

CAMEO PERFORMANCE: Brittiani McNeil Ketchum, “Family Reunion,” Rust belt Theater Company

CHARACTER PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL: J.E.Ballantyne, “The Fantasticks,” Victorian Players

CHARACTER PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY: Jacob Ward, “Enchanted April,” Stage Left Players

FEMALE ENSEMBLE MEMBER: Allison Dolphin, “Godspell,” Stage Left Players

MALE ENSEMBLE MEMBER: Connor Bezeredi, “Godspell,” Stage Left Players

FEMALE JUVENILE IN A MUSICAL: Grace Offerdahl, “Living Dead:The Musical,” Rust Belt Theater Company

MALE JUVENILE IN A MUSICAL: Vinnie Dragos, “The Fantasticks,” Victorian Players

FEMALE JUVENILE IN A PLAY: Brandi Hughes, “Below the Surface,” Victorian Players

MALE JUVENILE IN A PLAY: Donny Wolford, “The Shadow Box,” Youngstown Playhouse

SWING ACTOR OF ACTRESS: Liz Conrad, “In the Spirit of Christmas,” Centaur Stage Productions/Victorian Players

MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Jodine Pilmer, “Godspell,” Stage Left Players

CHOREOGRAPHY: Julia Garda, “Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” New Castle Playhouse

COSTUME DESIGN: Marlene Minaldi Strollo, “Finale,” Victorian Players

LIGHTING DESIGN: Ellen Licitra, “The Normal Heart,” Oakland Center for the Arts

PROPERTIES DESIGN: Susi Thompson, “Death of a Salesman,” Youngstown Playhouse

SCENIC DESIGN: Sam Luptak Jr., Dr. Tom Copeland, Joey Pascarella, and Eric Dragos, “The Rainmaker,” Victorian Players

SOUND DESIGN: John Pecano, “The Normal Heart,” Oakland Center for the Arts

SOUND OPERATOR: Adam Jackson, “The Normal Heart,” Oakland Center for the Arts

FOLLOWSPOT OPERATOR: Kaitlyn Gorby, “Godspell,” Stage Left Players

LIGHT BOARD OPERATOR: Stephanie Sarrach, “The Woman in Black,” Youngstown Playhouse