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2005 - 2006 First
Annual National Youth Theatre Awards!
 National
Youth Theatre
is excited to announce the winners of our First Annual National Youth Theatre Awards to honor outstanding work in
youth theatre, an outgrowth of the San Diego Playbill Youth "Billie"
Awards. For this
first year, forty youth productions were reviewed from four different states. 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
a show reviewed by a National Youth Theatre reviewer 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 12 at the Garfield
Theatre in the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center located in La Jolla,
California.
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
three years. In future years, as we expand the number of shows reviewed in
different states, we hope to begin holding regional awards ceremonies. But for
this year, all winners are invited to the San Diego ceremony.
Photo Album
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Rob Hopper
National Youth Theatre
And the winners are ...
Outstanding Production:
Beauty and the Beast directed by Michael Anthony (San Diego Junior Theatre)
Fools directed by Jay Seller (Horizon High School, Thornton, CO)
Honk! directed by Jack Pauly (Greasepaint Scottsdale Youtheatre, Scottsdale, AZ)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical:
Seth Biberstein as Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls
(J*Company)
Michael Ciraulo as Hook in Peter Pan (Young Star Musical
Theatre, Prescott, AZ)
Adam Covalt as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables (San Diego
School of Creative and Performing Arts)
Justin Gleiberman as Emcee in Cabaret (Canyon Crest Academy)
Mitch Kroener as Bobby Strong in Urinetown (San Diego Junior
Theatre)
Luke Marinkovich as Emcee in Cabaret (La Jolla High School)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical:
Jackee Bianchi as Toffee in Zombie Prom (San Diego Junior
Theatre)
Megan Evans as Sally Bowles in Cabaret (La Jolla High
School)
Amanda Friel as Princess Winnifred in Once Upon a Mattress
(Young Actors Theatre, Spring Valley, CA)
Tatiana Holthaus as Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls (J*Company, La Jolla, CA)
Ashley Moore as Cathy Hiatt in The Last Five Years (Scripps
Ranch High School, San Diego, CA)
Jessica Place as Adelaide in Guys and Dolls (Young Star
Musical Theatre, Prescott, AZ)
Brittany Reed as Peter Pan in Peter Pan (Young Star Musical
Theatre, Prescott, AZ)
Stephanie Ward as Hope Cladwell in Urinetown (San Diego
Junior Theatre)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical (13 and under):
Nate August as Danny Zuko in Grease (Alpine Union School
District)
Ian Brininstool as Oliver in Oliver! (Starlight Musical
Theatre)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical (13 and under):
Christine Hillmann as Leslie in Bridge to Terabithia
(Christian Youth Theater, Escondido, CA)
Hannah Prater as Rumpelstiltskin in Rumpelstiltskin is My Name (J*Company, La Jolla, CA)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy or Drama:
Alex Fleming as George in Of Mice and Men (San Diego Junior Theatre)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy or Drama:
Devin Bozzelli as Raja Englanderova in I Never Saw Another
Butterfly (Rainbow Company Youth Theatre, Las Vegas)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical:
Matthew Crosby as Cat in Honk! (Greasepaint Scottsdale Youtheatre,
Scottsdale, AZ)
Alex Fleming as Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast (San Diego
Junior Theatre)
Daniel Johnsen as Amos Hart in Chicago (Hamilton Academy of
Music, Los Angeles, CA)
Brian Newby as Sir Dandiprat Bombas in Snow White
(Northglenn Youth Theatre, Northglenn, CO)
Brian Polk as Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast (San Diego
Junior Theatre)
Nico Ramirez as the Jester in Once Upon a Mattress
(Christian Youth Theater, San Diego, CA)
Alexander Vassos as Gaston in Beauty and the Beast (San
Diego Junior Theatre)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical:
Piper Davis as Little Sally in Urinetown (San Diego Junior
Theatre)
Natasha Edwards as Lowbutt in Honk! (Greasepaint Scottsdale
Youtheatre, Scottsdale, AZ)
Mallory Fox as Queenie in Honk! (Greasepaint Scottsdale
Youtheatre, Scottsdale, AZ)
Cloteal Horne as Principal Delilah Strict in Zombie Prom
(San Diego Junior Theatre)
Maggie Schlundt as Witch Hex in Snow White (Northglenn Youth
Theatre, Northglenn, CO)
Krysta Thorne as Queen Brangomar in Snow White (Northglenn
Youth Theatre, Northglenn, CO)
Chloe Tucker as Velma Kelly in Chicago (Hamilton Academy of
Music, Los Angeles, CA)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical (13 and under):
Khaleel Mandel Carter as Young Simba in The Lion King
(National Tour)
Davin Curtis as Benjamin in Ask Dorothy (Megill &
Company, Vista, CA)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical (13 and
under):
Milan Barnes-Shuford as Young Nala in The Lion King
(National Tour)
Veronica Bird as Chava in Fiddler on the Roof (Rocky Mountain
Theatre for Kids, Boulder, CO)
Abbi Hirschfeld as Griselda in Rumpelstiltskin is My Name (J*Company,
La Jolla, CA)
Ashley Twomey as Queen Prima Donna in Rumpelstiltskin is My Name (J*Company, La Jolla, CA)
Maya Ward as Yente in Fiddler on the Roof (Rocky Mountain
Theatre for Kids, Boulder, CO)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama:
Brian Polk as Lenny in Of Mice and Men (San Diego Junior
Theatre)
Steven Rotramel as Dr. Zubritsky in Fools (Horizon High
School, Thornton, CO)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama:
Sonya Bender in Crave (Lynx Performance Theatre, San Diego,
CA)
Catherine Chengery as Lenya Zubritsky in Fools (Horizon High
School, Thornton, CO)
Vicky Truscott as Abigail Williams in The Crucible (OnStage
Playhouse, Chula Vista, CA)
Outstanding Ensemble:
Beauty and the Beast (San Diego Junior Theatre)
Cabaret (Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, CA)
Cabaret (La Jolla High School)
Chicago (Hamilton Academy of Music, Los Angeles, CA)
Fools (Horizon High School, Thornton, CO)
Good News (Carlsbad High School)
Guys and Dolls (J*Company, La Jolla, CA)
Honk! (Greasepaint Scottsdale Youtheatre, Scottsdale, AZ)
Les Miserables (San Diego School of Creative and Performing
Arts)
The Music Man (Young Actors Theatre, Spring Valley, CA)
Once Upon a Mattress (Christian Youth Theater, San Diego,
CA)
Peter Pan (Young Star Musical Theatre, Prescott, AZ)
Urinetown (San Diego Junior Theatre)
Outstanding Costume Design:
Shulamit Nelson for Alice in Wonderland (San Diego Junior
Theatre)
Outstanding Lighting Design:
Mia Bane for Zombie Prom (San Diego Junior Theatre)
Outstanding Set Design:
David Kievit for Alice in Wonderland (San Diego Junior Theatre)
Outstanding Choreography:
Sandahl Bergman and Gary McIntyre for Chicago (Hamilton
Academy of Music, Los Angeles, CA)
Amy Kiley for Once Upon a Mattress (Christian Youth Theater,
San Diego, CA)
Outstanding Musical Direction:
Jim Foschia for Chicago (Hamilton Academy of Music, Los
Angeles, CA)
Brian Kohn for Cabaret (Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, CA)
Outstanding Direction:
Michael Anthony for Alice in Wonderland (San Diego Junior
Theatre)
Alice Cash for Into the Woods, Jr. (Broadway Kids of San
Diego)
Desha Crownover for Zombie Prom and Urinetown (San Diego
Junior Theatre)
Jeremy Lapp for Once Upon a Mattress (Christian Youth Theater, San Diego, CA)
Shmaine Shepherd for Peter Pan (Young Star Musical
Theatre, Prescott, AZ)
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